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Cats

A century or two ago the destiny Of
cats especially of black ones, or of such as
belonged to poor. lonely old woman who
was wretchcd and periious indeed. No
notion Of mercy toward them seems to
have occurred to any body, even to men
exercising judicial functions. We read
that a. woman was burned alive in France
for numbering some babies, and the mode
OF execution was that she was put in a
cage. with fourteen cats over fire, so
that the animals in their agony should
tear her while burning. Another story
equally horrible appears without a word
Of comment or reprobation, in familiar
letter Of just two hundred years ago, IN
the Hatton correspondence. The writer
describes pageant of the period, perform
ed IN London in concentration of the
coronation of Queen Elizabeth. "There
were," he says, "A,ighty bontires, and
the burning of most costly Pope. carried
by four persons, and the eff gies of two
divells.' The interior of tae. Pope
was filed with live cats, "wllo squawled
most hideously as soon as they felt the
fire." the people making the joke that it
was tire Language Of the Pope and the
devils! Such were the amusements OF
that age to which great living man OF
science looks back with signs of regret,
because people were not so soft Eurtur-
ed" then as we are now; and Queen Vic
toria only sends for artists to paint he1
animals-unlike her predecessor, James
l., who sent for psychologists to cut them
up The Spectator.
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FatalisM.

Mr. Henry Labouchere writes as fol-
lows: The first time went to Malta
had an opportunity Of observing the
effects of fatalism. was in Alexandria,
and | saw the mail-stcamer leave whilst
I'was rowing towards it. so l asked cap
tain in steamer close 10y that appe.: ed
about to start, whether he would give me
passage to Malta, il he was going there.
"rCertainly,:". he. replied, if you don't
mint my cabins being filled with mer-
chandise, and my. decks, being covered
with pilgrims on their way hack to Tunis
from Mecca" The second day that we
were ut see number Of i'll, pilgrims died
OF fever, and were incontinently thrown
overheard. Many more then slammed
deatlE in order. TO share the fate Of their
friends. They, too, went overheard with
asAmile Of l'estitude on their countcnances.
+ demonstrated with the captain, beng
then young and tender hearted He re-
piled that it was an affair between their
shiek and them, and that he had nothing
to do with the matter beyond general
wish that, on our arrival at Malta, we
should not be put into quarantine. then
had it out with the shiek, who could
speak little French. lie explained to
me that any one dying during pilgrim
age went direct to Paradise, and that it
was ftindly act to throw over pilgrims
with the fever without looking too close
sly whether they were dead, more par
tioularly when they themselves cncourag-
ed the pious fraud.
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purchase OF stocks and railroads controlled by
him. Yet, whenever he made an investment
he 5S' received J; in return an equivalent
either - his. Own, or as, 3collateral secu-
rity. Dir. B. ". Pierce has invested. MANY
hundred thousand dollars III Advertising, de-,
pending entirely upon the sup erior merits of
his goods for security. The unparalleled pop-
ularity Of his family medicines, and the annual
increase In their SALE attests in arguments
stronger than words OF their purity and cfiici-
ency. II the blood be Impoverished, the liver
sluggish or there, be tumOrs, blOtches. and
plmples, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry will effect speedy cure. If the bowels be
conBtfpated use DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purga-
tive Pellets. !, Debilitated females suffering
With these peculiar dragging down eenba-
tiOns and weakness, will find DR., Piefces
Favorite Prescription asafe and certain remdy.
universally followed it's use, that the doctor
now lsitunder positive guarantee.
@, OAKLAND: Douglass Co." Oregon, Jan. %,
Dr.. PIERCE, Buffalo, N Y: vi; .-.f 4.
J.. Dear Sa-Your Golden Medical Discovery
has cured my daughter Of goitre, after many
physicians had failed. Inclosed please find
$3.50 for O copy, of The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser. With us it takes the
place Of the family physician. ' -
/ .:..., Yours truly, AARON ALLEN.
M; KER,N0N, Ohio, Julv 10, 1876
DR.. PIHRCE, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear S,-FOur bottles Of your Favorite
Prescription has entirely cured my wife. We
|.employed three different physicians and many
remedies but found no relief. With a thank.
Ever your ar friend, AUGUST WARNING Il
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"YOu Have, You Hayc!"

A young man, q post Office clerk, de-
tectcd in stealing letters, was arrested and
brought before the United States Com
missioner. While waiting the examina-
ton, his father, more than seventy years
"i age, came in, and was led to the chair
in which the prisoner was seated. Rest
ing his trembling hands on the shoulders
Of his son, he cried, in broken voice:
80, Charles, Charles! you have-you
have! Before your mother died, she said
yo, would sometime break my hearth"
In few minutes the wife of the young
man, leading her child, entered the room
Rushing to him, she threw herself in his
arms, exclaiming:
"Charlie, Charlie, have you done this2
Have We been living upon these thefts2'
II only did it this once" replied the
weeping husband. -.
The frcnzied wife looked around upon
the silent officers, and then: falling II pom
her knees before the Commissioner, cried
-out in the agony Of her grief:
Kill me, murder me! do what you
will, but let me have my Charlicv
Kind hands led her, scarcely conscious
from the raom, while her husband, in,
default of bail, was committed to prison.
The terrible consequences of transgression
not that his crime finds out the crimi-
nal, but that his kinsmen and his kins-
women are included in its penalty.
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How Long Will HE Forests Last.

Under such heavy yearly drain, the
question naturally comes up, how long
will our forests hold out at the present
rate of manufacture? 1t is really an i'm
portant question, upon which follows
the inquiry as to what we are to do for
building material when this magnificent
wood-pine-is exhausted. One author
ity after another has entered formally
upon its solution, with satisfactory results
in local instances, but very vague ones
as to the field at large. At the rate we
ale cutting it to day, from thirty to fifty
years seem to be agreed upon as the
limi+. Twenty years ago there was ap-
parenly no limit, for the consumption
was not only less, but the means for its
manufacture were primitive, and accom-
plished much smaller results than now.
It seems as if it were impossible to
further improve the machinery of saw
mills, but the near future may, fer ali
that, see saving machinery, in COMPARE
son to which that Of the present will be
contemplate. So, although twenty years
ago there was no seeing the end of the
timber, now, with the modern mills and
inyriads of them, We are 5egining to cal
culate with dire certainty as to The time
when the wooden age" will be thing
Of the past.-Scribner.
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A Broken Heart.

One morning, a fortnight ago, Ihap-
pened in at the American Consulate, and
was introduced to a gentleman apparent
ly about thirty. six years OF age. He was
above the middle height, and remarkable
handsome, dark and Spanish looking. l
saw him only few minutes, but he
made decided impression on ME. I
little thought that I should never see
Congressman J. E. Leonard again. He:
died last night at the Hotel Telegrato, of
a broken heart, the victim of the old, old
story-unrequited love.
His romance was this: Some years
age he formed the acquaintance of q
young Cuban LADY of wealthy family, and
courted her on the promise that he would
yet present her with a career worthy of
her hand. His promotion was rapid. In
short time he rose from post to post, to
Judge and Congressman. Seeing his til;
ture so insured, he came to Havana to lay
his honors at tho lady's feet, and to offer
her his heart and hand. While still on
board the steamship Columbus, in this
port, he received letter from her, which
had been awaiting his arrival for dcliv-
cry, and in which she advised him not to
land, as she was not disposed to listen to
his oyerturcs.
OF course it was impossible for Mr.
Leonard to remain on shipboard III the
hot harbor. He landed, but only to find
he was cruelty Tilted, and that lie had
been in the pursuit SO long of heart If
stone. His excitement drove him to his
bed. He fell into morbid condition,
which he vainly endcavored to:conquer
He struggled bravely, but such:was his
bitter griet, such tine blow his love and
manly dignity had received, that he speed.
| lily sank into state which left him the
easy prey of the first of those many fell
diseases Of these latitudes, which are ever
lowering round, vulture-like, to seize on
declining human powers. His fate came
in the form of the demon yellow fever
His condition spread about anon g the
lady's friends, and they were. convinced
that his life rested in her hands. They
condemned her conduct, ana, it is said
demonstrated with her for it. On the
night before he died, the at length con.
sclence-stricken woman sent messenger
to his bedside to state that they could
meet this spring in New Orleans, and
matters might lie satisfactorily arranged
A sad smile passed over his face, ands. in
the midst oft might lie seen a gleamfs OF
new life, Of triumph, perhaps SOM thipe
of resentment. II do not want that WON
an he said bitterly. 1t was. his <las,
effort. He was within reach Of his cher:
ished prize, with power-perhaps til,
latent hope to seize it. Alas! poor hu
man nature; the crisis and the complica
lions were too great. lie sank after:tha
momemta'y rally. the dclirium resumed
its sway, and he died at one o'clock o,
the morning OF March 15.-UaouuuA Coz
N. Y. Spirit Of the Times. -
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Things Worth Knowing.

What neat housekceper is not annoyed
when she sees on the spotlcss Voc Vorks
of her doors or windows those Ion & dark
scratches which reveal that some one: has,
tried to light match by drawing it across
the paint3 Now this is sometimes our ex-
perience, for servants will be forgetful or
careless and the tell-tale scratches greet
our eyes in most unlooked-for quarters
But we have found a remedy for the
marks, which, as every one knows, quite
defy soap and water. Cut sour orange or
lennon in half; apply the cut half to the
marks, rubbing for moment quite hard !;
then wash of, with clean rag, dipped first
in water tomoisten It; and then.in whiting.
Rub we'll whit this rag, dry thoroughly,
and nine times out of ten the ugly marks
will vanish. Ofcourse, sometimes they are
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A New lnnustry for Woman.

New York! 0rsphts.' F.,
1.-The most destructive foe of the burglar
appears to be the American woman.
a day passes without the an-
nouncement of an encounter Of this kind,
in which the deteriorating professional
comes ont second best. Sometimes he is
caught with his hand under window. as
in the Pennsylvania case, and held there
till the distant and somnolent policeman
is reused and brought to the scene of
action sometimes he has his head knock
ed. offon the spot, as in the case of a we'll
greaved spinster of Elgin, who knew how
to WELD the deadly f1at-iron; sometimes
he j. put toignominious flight, as in As
tOria; sometimes he Is enticed into
rcugh-snd- tumble scrimmagc, side hold,
best three in five, and laid out :breathless
ON the floor and, taken into custody, as
recently by, Mrs.. Kydd. in this city;
sometimes he is tied neck and heels to a
bed post, as in Covington; sometimes he
il merely dragged supinely around the
house and Kicked off the front steps by
the contemptucus matron, as in one Of
the Berkshire towns last week and some
times. he is chased up and down stairs
and shot in various portions of his an
atomy, like the chap in Rochester by Mrs.
Hopkins.
We may be mistaken, but it seems to
~ that This suggests new employment
for women. Her sphere has been some.
what too circumscribed, hitherto on &C.
count of the willingness Of able bodied
males to take all the tat offices and &C.
,cept oil the high salaries; but there seems
TO be d development of generosity on the
part Of men ia conceding to women the
privilege OF, quelling the burglar. Hus-
bands and fathers magnanimously stand
back and give the woman chance. 1t is
crcditable to the alleged stcrner sex. II
adds one more to the. Lucrative vocatiens'
which Mrs. Livermore shows are opening
to- women. 1t indicates a relaxation Of
masculine jealousy and greed. Perhaps
the captures thus tar made have not been
poor; bnt it is obvious that wealthy burg:
lars with their clothes full OF money and
jewelry will be occasionally caught by
the industrious sentlnels i'll ghostly
uniforms, and the brave sisters will then
receive their reward.
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Beware Of Old Smoking.Pipes.

Nicotin is not the only poisonous SUBJ
stance in tobacco. it has been found
that I'D old smoking pipes: two other
poisonous compounds are collected
namely, pyridin and picolin. The cause
Of the investigation was the death of a
child who had been blowing soap-bub-
'bles from an old dirty pipe. it was
first put down as a case of nicotin poi
soning, but further investigation showed
the correctness of the researches of
Vohl and Gutenberg in regard 20 the
'poisonouk effects of what they call the
pyrldin series, product of the dry dis
tillation of tobacco, which acts by par
ally ziBg the respiratory: nerves, and
,faases; desthbY, exhaustive commissions,
terminating in total asphvxia; so it was
concluded that the child did not die
from nicotin, but from pyridin. This
now may be all the same to the public,
but it is not the same to the physician
and chemist, whose duty it is to ascer-
tain the correct causes of disease and
death, in order to profit by this knowl-
edge for the benefit of mankind
Scientific American.
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A Newspaper Wonder. :.

published in New York has created marked
excitmcnt among publishers. It was begun
in May 1875, Us a local paper. at Spring VAL
ley. Rockland county, and on Jan'y 1st, 1877,
removed to New York. The frst issue in
that year was 1888 copies, using twenty-five
pounds Of white PAPER, postage fifty cents,
zoo, using near nine tons of white paper and
paying $500 postage. This has been done by
discreet but bold method Of advertising.
The company expect to reach circulation Of
2,GOO,O00 in 1850, and propose to expend $500,
600 in advertising to secure that end. 1t dur
ing the months of June. July, August and
September puts it advertisement Of one col
&sailics. If business men would take courage
and show faith in printers ink much could
be done to dissipate hard times by rcviving
business
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Jamie. where ha'. 70 been nv. lad, ="
~ There's tallow upon your sleeve. =
An your face Is just as red as your heard =.
Ivefily do believer. t'fs5- }.1@irH
Il was out + the bran a-lockin, up. air I'll
For to keep tho thieves AVA; ~
YEN mind ~ ye told me not to forget J.,
Jlst week agane to DAP l'ts u!
Jennie, where ha' ye been, my lasss =.
Your tresses are = awee, ~, >
AN the red on your cheeks is very red, .
An asparkle Is In your e'e"
1.-THE win was BLOWN SO dreary. sir. I'i
- That the candle light was dim,
An please, sir, only went alang
-, list to held it weel for him. g.
"Weel, many's the time I've lockt the barn
An I've, eth clean coat-sleeve,
An Jennie held niver light for me,
~ III verify do believe.
There's eomethln' comin'-God bless =.
i '~.,t.' both -; :,,;.
Ill know what am about:
Take care that the dreary win o. life
Blows never your candle OUT
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Jim Lanes Last MessaEe.

You see that Jim Lane of the Office {,
III Had the keeping at Panamar Greek; az
As fine and as noble fellow
As ever translated the "click. "sssss4
We we've chums in the army together
His signal knew like book, '''
And his nervous crisp manner Of working
A message could not be mistoOk,
Poor Jiml he was the first to 60 under, 49,. :,
When the Yellow Jack happened this
way; .. ak
Aud a sorrow time twas In the mountains
When we laid him away In the clay
The boys the whole length OF the line here
Made purse for the widow an S'chick,'
But we missed Jimmy Lane and his signal,
And the sharp nervous Wav iOf his click.
Well, one midnight or near itlast season, !:
was timing the mail from the West, :;
Sweeping on through the long narrow val
ley - * =
Like a thunderbolt doing its best,
Till hesignal came from the last station,
And knew in ten minutes the mail" =,
Would be past me and climbing the grad:
ing
Between here and Cumberland vale
When quick on the heels of the message
Came signal with sharp, nervous click;
I'd swore that jim Lane was working
The wires upat Paramar Creek,
Back my answer, and on came 4 message;
"Quick, quick. change the further branch!
sWitch!' Z;
was cut in moment and tearing
Down the track by that orner
Where found that some wretch had been
turning
The switch to demolish the train;
And u spike driven in the timber
To render my efforts in vain. ;.
l tell you now, stranger, no mortal Il
Ever worked Us did that night 49,
I believe other hands were a helping,
Tough you may conclude il was fright
But that spike was pulled out in some man
ner, 49,. -
And the switch-lcvcr swung to its place
Just rs past swept the frain on her metal,
Nip and Tuck with her time in the race
And as reelel back in nay weakness, 4,
In the last flying coach OF the train !
Isaw Jimma's widow and baby
Looking out through a bright-liyhted
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Two Little Girls.

A lady sends the following to the Ma
tional Baptist in regard to her little
nieces: zone of them is extremely Diff
dent, and will hardly speak to a stranger.
After many efforts she finally summoned
up the courage to recite a verse to her
Sunday school teacher. She came home
greatly elated, and told her mamma what
she had done. She was asked to repeat
It, when she very glibly said, No, good
thing will the Lord withhold from him
that steps up sprightly.' Her sister, who
is two years younger, is not as good as
she might be, but she is 50 sweet we
overlook many things. In serious con-
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Horrid! Yes, 1t is, that our habits will pro.
duce disease; but it is certain fact that our
style Of eating and working. will sometimes
produce Heart Disease: and Nv we must buy
mend TO you DR.. Graves HI ART REGULA-
TOR as q reliable remedy, one which has been
sold for twenty years, and whose merits are
conceded by those who know of its. use. Try
It, and our word for it you will thank us for
the recommendation. Among the many
forms Of Heart Disease are Palpitation, En-
largement, Spasms Of the Heart, Stoppage of
the Action Of the Heart, Trembling all over
and about the Heart, Ossifcation OF Bony For
nation Of the, Heart, Rheumatism, General
Debility and Sinking Of the Spirits. Send for
. circular of testimonials Of cures. to F. E.
INGALLS,, Concord, N. H..
druggists at 50 cents aud 81 per bottle.
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Precious Girls,

An old-fashioned notion that; the sim:
plest plan is to bring all; the young people
together, and let them amuse themselves,
turns out to be complete failure. Thin
is not at ALL what is expected, and even
their parents are disappointed, with the
1fiasco. That an elaborate toilet should end
in blindnan's buff is intolerahle; and 80 q
children party only differs from = full!
dress ball in the height, of the dancers.
Tho little l.dy starts tor her nights dis:
sipation when she ought to be in bed, and
has the cares Of maturity early upon, her:
mind, lest her card should not BE filled
up in the evening. She reproduces' the
talk Of her mothers boudoir: in the BALI
room, and can criticise the dress of her
vis-a-vis after the best, models OF we'll
bred disparagement. She. distinguishes
between the dreamy pleasures Of waltz
and the more athletic enjoyment Of .
"supper ret" and can flirt With an air of
ingenious simplicity which might suggest
very valuable hints 10 her elder sister.
She has a poor opinion Of square dances,
knows that her dress may get torn in the
last figures of the lanciers. and finds one
Of" the bores of dancinga quadrille is
that the figures are Away Changing.
With scdulous care: she is quite up, to
the method .:1by (Which an undesirable
partner may be cQurteously, avoided, and
is careful to =. see how The gentleman
dances before she permits his autograph
on her card. When the evening is over,
she knows she has utilized her time, and
has engaged herself three or four deep
for the next children's ball at some
nelghbor's house. "A dance in January is
not forgotten in the ensuing month. and
her correspondence on the 14th of Febru-
airy has reference to some remembered
events in the nights entertainment. She
has fine contempt for her own brothers,
and with characteristic. precocity affects
a terror Of schoolboys generally, but finds
herself q ute equal to sustain prolonged
conversation with her eldest sisters id.
mirer:' That worsh1per having at last
withdrawn to the more appropriate shrine
Of his devotion, she admits to a subse'
quent partner that all the time she was
bored. There can be, she says, no real
| pleasure in talking to an engaged man.
London May Fair. ''' It - '.....~ j
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Some one has discovered that there is
actually a law in force which permits
money to be carried as baggage. Since
this is the case we may travel consider
ably this year. 1t was the supposed ab-
sence of srch alaw that kept US at home 50
much.
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versation with her recent ], Ter mother
said, what makes you such .assbad girlI'
Without hesitation, she replied, WELL,
mamma, God sent you just the best
children he could find, and, If they don't
suit you, I can't he1D 1t. ..>,>.
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. / F3utsss5.s: TfT 70 .
burned in SO deeply that they cannot be
eraaiested. All 8ngtx: marks On painted
walls etc. Observation-Disclosures ID with / iii.
tie S. %.ss xH;9& sa, the :;%s s:S and
stroy he pfiat.-Eelden Hlae. ....
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[? "A marriage notice is not CONSIDERED
complete without the name of the
officiating clergyman; and yet custom
| sanctions the publication of death-no-
tees without any mention being made OF
the doctors name.
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No one thing adds so much to the
proftableness and selling advantages as
q farm as 1ruit and shade trees.
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There Is no remedy in the world so valuable
to use in the case OF sudden accident or ILL.,
ness as Johnson's An~ync Imminent. 1t can be
used internally and externally, and its power
Is truly marvellous.
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There is nothing so dear as cheap medicine
it is dear at any price. This is true Of the
large packs of condition powders now sold
Buy She'5don's Cana|,y Condition Powders and
you can't make mistake. The large packs
are utterly worthless