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How to Break off Bad Habits.

Understand the reasons, and all
the reasons, why the habit is injuri-
Gus. Study the subject until there is
no lingering doubt in your mind.
Avoid The places, the persons and
thoughts that lead to the temptation.
Frequent the places, associate with
the persons. indulge in the thoughts
that lead away from the temptation.
Keep busy; idleness is the strength
of bad habits. Do not give up the
struggle when you have broken your
resolutions once, twice-a thousand
times. That only shows how much
need there is for you to strive.
When you have broken your resolu-
ton, just think the matter over, and
endeavor to understand why you
failed, so that you may be on your
guard against a recurrence of the
same circumstances. Do not think
that it is an easy thing that you have
undertaken 1t is folly to expect to
break off bad habit in day, which
may have been gathering for long
years.
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essary to the operations and require
ments OF agriculture. They ceased
calling him GUS" he became "Mr.
Petersen" in the neighborhood.
Other laborers had come and gone.
He was the sole representative of the
men who were on the ranch when he
came there. The most important gain,
perhaps, was that he had a complete
and practical knowledge of farms and
farm work, Of our soil, climate, limi-
tations and possibilities. Lastly, he
had with stern, self denial saved
every cent he could, and it was in
vested in different ways.
So Mr.. Petersen, after seven years
of vacationless work, took summer
trip, rather unaccountably prolonged,
to the Norwegian settlements of the
Western States, and returned with a
warmhearted, maidenly wife, for
whom every one had pleasant word.
Then he went to the farmer, and
wanted tn buy piece of land.
81 would rather live near here,
and still work for you at odd times.
only want twenty acres" he said.
Twenty acres seemed so small a
tract to the farmer accustomed to
working his two thousand acres, that
he tried to persuade him to take
more, but Petersen still chung TO the
conviction that fruit, flowers, vege.
tables, a Windmill to lift water, a few
COWS, chickens and pigs, with the
close care which he so we'll under
stood, would make twenty acres a
bright and self supporting home.
Finally, upon the farmers earnest,
friendly desire, he took forty acres
at fifty dollars per acre, paying $1,000
down and letting the rest wait at ten
per cent. interest.
With what earnestness and pa
thence he has begun to toll, having now
his own home, or how faithfully his
wife seconds his efforts, we have not
space to relate. The goal is reached.
The crops already on his forty acres
will go far towards paying off the
debt this Fall. They spend little,
they live within themselves, they de-
sire to build up loving and beauti-
full cottage home, full of peace, purity,
restfulness. And they have gone
about it in the way open to the mass
of humanity-6y simple hard work
| and self denial.
This sketch is, except in names
used, a transcript from actual occur
rences. The man of whom we speak
is a Norwegian, but the lesson is
equally full of encouragement for
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IncOnvenient Questions.

A gentleman recently invited well
known lecturer to his home 10 take
tea. Immediately on being seated
at the table. a little daughter of the
gentleman said to the guest, quite alb
ruptly:
Where is your wife ?".
The gentleman, havingrecently been
separated from the partner Of his life,
was surprised and annoyed at the
question, and stammered forth the
truth, Don't know"
Don't know" replied the infant
terrible. why don't you know 2"
Finding that the child persisted in
her interrogation, despite the mild re-
proof of the parents, he concluded to
make clean breast Of the matter,
and have it over at once. So he said,
with calmness, We'll, we don't live
together. We think, as we can't
agree, we'd better not" He stifed
q groan as the child began again,
and darted an exasperated look at her
parents.
But the little torment would not
be quieted until she exclaimed Can't
agree! Then why not fight it out, as
pa and ma do.
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and weak.minded men, who adj
mired them, homes'with her in def
ance of old Bluebeard, and they.
kept up the clatter on their favorite
subject until he sometimes even
wished he were dead. He used to
disappear at such times and no one
knew where he went, but it after
ward transpired that he secretly
repaired to the "bloody closet"
where his former wives were hung
up to dry, seeking in.their tranquil
society that repose which was de
MED him when Fatima was around.
Married to a yirago, the old loves
came back again, as it were.
1t was all stuff about Bluebeard
pretending to Fatima that he had got
to leave home for few. weeks on an
excursion to Mexico, or something
like that, giving her the keys of the
house with an injunction not to open
the mysterious closet on pain OF
death. The truth was, she took the
keys away from the old man herself,
choking him until he was glad to
give them up. Then she dragged
him along by the coat collar until
she came to the fatal closet, when
she opened the door, and, flinging
him among his murdered wives,
locked him in for week at time.
He tackled the wrong woman when
he got hold of thst last wife Of his ;
she had loved before. Fatima was a
Chicago woman, and had been mar
RED and divorced half a dozen
times herself, and what she didn't
know about managing a husband
wasn't worth knowing.
Whenever the old rascal's native
meanness showed ITSELF into the
closet he went, and he spent more
than half his time there. His wife
used to jeer at him through the key
hole, and ask him if he had selected
nail yet for her to hang on. Her
sister, who came to visit her, popu-
lirly represented as sitting in tower
watching for the arrival of their big
brothers, while Bluebeard was in the
hall below whetting his scimeter on
the banisters, preparatory to chop
ping off his wite,s head, never kept
watch for anybQdx, being as able to
take care ct herself as Mrs. Blue
beard was; and whenever the big
brothers did happen to call at the
castle they generally had to interfere
to prevent their sisters from killing
the old man. They made it so hot
for him ttat he was finally compelled
to FAmose ~ lnnIt.is not
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histe hissdf clear out of sight, the
mule'll tucker him out and tucker
him in the end, if he's kept on the
trail long enough. Mules amt no
slouches on the track sometimes too.
Mules will live, too, on what a horse
would starve before he'd touch.
They'll grow fat on sage brush, and
I've known 'em to live and work for
weeks, by chewin' on each others
names and tails and wagon tongues,
feed boxes, wagon sheets, sand and
SIGH stuff. Oh, you bet a mules
tough"
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A Story of Success.

We all like to hear of successful
men. To know that a homeless,
triendless young man has fought his
way steadily upward, with bright,
tireless energy, is tonic full Of iron,
and subtle with encouragement. No
trade or calling, however hard and
narrow, has failed to furnish examples
of men who won success. 1t is a
thought which should encourage
every toiler. The stone cutter has
his Hugh Miller, the weaver his David
Livingstone, the blacksmith his Elihu
Burritt.
1t is not, however, of men of great
attachments and widely trumpeted
fame that we would now speak, but
rather of an instance of humble, hon
est success in founding home in one
of the central counties of this State.
The story is full of hope and encour-
agement to the daily laborer; perhaps
it has a warning for some whose
wasted opportunities stand beside
them as accusing angels.
In the year 1871, young Norwe-
gian landed in San Francisco, know
ing only few words in English, hav-
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Bluebeard'S Last Wife.

One of our learned professors who
make business of overthrowing OF
seriously curtailing the proportions
OF traditional celebrities tackled old
Bluebeard not long ago, expecting to
prove that he was myth like Will
lam Tell and lots of other fellows,
but he didn't succeed. He dis.
covered, however, that Blubeard's
last wife, Fatima, was very differ
ent sort of woman from what has
long been supposed Instead of be-
ing a timid creature, frightened to
death every time the man in azure
side whiskers looked at her, ready to
faint at the sound of his voice, she
was, in reality, regular "rip-snorter"
and led Bluebeard a terrible life
from the day they were married.
She had heard all about::his numerous
wives disappearing, and she gave him
to understand on the way from tie
parsons to the castle that he couldn't
come any of his games over her. She
wouldn't have it. She said if she
disappeared it wouldn't cost him
cent.
1t is not generally known, but
Bluebeard's last wife was the origi-
nal woman's rights woman. She it
was who started the movement. She
was the first women to lecture on
woman's rights, and she stumped the
country in favor of female suffrage
before Susan B. Anthony was ever
heard of. Bluebeard used to growl
about it, and swear until everything
was blue, blue as his beard, but it
didn't do any good; he couldn't cen.
.rol that woman anyhow. She at.
ended all = the conventions, and
brought strong-minded n- women
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70 Dry1 S.-TRey may'Aoi
either spread IN shallow boxes and co.
cred with mosquito netting, to prevent
flies reaching them, and left to dry in
the sun and wind, protected from rains
ana dew : or. to ten pounds of berries.
allow one pound of sugar, and enough
waterto just dissolve the sugar: put
over slow fire and scald dip out the
berries on to earthen- ware dishes. and
boil down the juice, when few SPOON
fuls may be added to each dish. We
prefer to dry them prepared in this way
in the oven. and on the back of the
stove
To Can BLackbeyries, etc.-For pre-
serving fruits of all kinds, we think
glass Jars with glass top, rubber band
and screw ring have given with us, the
best satisfaction, Fill the cans with
perfect fruit, sprinkled with sugar in
the proportion of one-half pound of SUI
gar to pound of berries lay the glass
covers on. and place on straw or broken
plates, in a wash boiler of luke-warm
water. The water should come within
an inchor two of the tops of the cans.
Let come to boil, note the time, and
Doll twenty minutes. Draw to the back
OF the stove; take out the cans. and if
the berries be not covered with their
own juice, pour in little diluted syrup
OF sugar and water, to fill them to the
very rim wipe the top of the can per
fectly dry, put the rubber in place. and
screw on the ring as tightly as possible.
Screw down again and again as the cans
cool, causing contraction of the glass.
Some prefer to cook their fruit in a por-
celain kettle, with sugar added in the
proportion of one-fourth or one-half
pound to pound of fruit. There are
several ways for preparing glass cans
for hot fruit. The jars may be filled
with cold water and gradually heated,
or placed empty in cool oven and in
that way heated. Again, many are sue.
cessful and never break or crack a jar,
by simply placing it on towel wrung
ont OF cold water, and wrapped closely
about, so as to exclude the air. Place
q silver spoon inside and fill.
OkrG.-We have never seen or heard
Of its being canned, but know of no
reason why it could not, as we'll as as
oaragus, beans, peas, etc.-Rurol Neso
4 Care fol, Nasal CdtGrrh. Make a
weak brine and snuff up the nostrils.
ind let it run down the throat also wet
he head with the same. If persisted
n sufficient length of time, it will eff
cure the nasal catarrh. It is
aid by a physician, that the yar1ous
mixtures sold as Catarrh Remedies"
ire in many cases, only salt disguised,
% as not to be known. .Hlisalaa s-o1
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S0"hS HHan ny Ills IN <epo Gsa/LOft
nonsense, nor by they s1h his
moustache "
DO not imagine that aM Wa rib.
bon tied about the neck cay remedy
the defect of soiled collar or an
untidy dress.
If your hands are Drowned by la
Dor, do not envy the lily fingers of
the Misses Fuss and Feathers, whose
mothers work in the kitchen, while
the daughters lounge in the parlor.
If dandy with a cigar between
his fingers, asks you if smoking is of.
fensive to you, tell him emphatically,
Yes" The habit should be, though
the odor may not.
Do not waste your tears on the inn
aginary sorrows of Alonzo and MeIis-
sa, nor the trials OF the dime novel
heroines. Seek rather, to alleviate
the woes of the suffering ones on
earth.
If your dress is inconveniently
long, and a gentleman steps upon it,
don't be angry, but meekly beg his
pardon, as you ought.-Ec.
AS parallel, we give the following
ADvI CE To YOUNG GENTLEMEN.
Never sacrifice principle to passion.
Have opinions of your own and
express them freely. Live up to
your honest convictions.
Do not estimate the worth of
young lady, by the hue of her COM
plexion, for it may be only patent
outside.
Do not imagine it makes man of
you to swear and chew tobacco.
The lowest of your fellows do the
former, and worms eat the "weed.r |
Do not graduate your opinion of
your lady friends by the amount of
dry goods they manage 10 display.
Seek rather for the worth that lies
below the surface glitter.
The most brilliant men are not
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some toothold, and SO can other toll
ers. Ten years from now, if we keep
track Of our hero, we shall probably
find him well known and respected
everywhere, owning a highly cult.
waited farm, educating his children in
our public schools, taking the best
American papers, and in all respects
thoroughly we'll informed citizen.
So we cannot help wishing, in conclu-
sion, that we had more such men IN
this young State of ours.-.yan Fran.
cisco Weekly Bulletin.
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RECIPES.

10 Can Corn Gut the corn from the
cob when not too old fill tin cans and
seal up, by soldering on the lid; punch
a small hole in the lid, and place in a
pan of boiling water, which should come
almost to the top of the can. Boil in
this oath one halt hour, or till thAsteam
escapes freely from the aperture -
out and seal up with drop O
Return to the hot water, and bdl4
three to four hours. When cool. if
canning RasaReaas perfect. theeapds
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D,
'tii,a pa ae kiss-we can almost feel
,ao beobbing of their hearts to-day.
~. III have passed from us, but where
Wthey? Just beyond the line of
.e invisible. And the fathers and
mothers who educated us, who d.
rected and comforted us, where are
they, but just beyond the line of the
Invisible ? The associates of our
lives. who walked along life's path
way, those with whom we took sweet
counsel, and who dropped from our
side, where are they but just beyond
us mot far await may be very
near us, in the heaven of light and
love. Is there anything to alarm us
in the thought of the invisible? MOI
1t seems to me that sometimes, when
our heads are on the pillow, there
come whispers of joy from the spirit
land, which have dropped into our
hearts, thoughts of the sublime, and
beautiful, and glorious, as though
some angels wing, passed over our
brow, and some dear one sat by our
pillow and communed with our hearts
to raise our affections to the other
and better world.-Bishop Simpson.
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the Spirit World.

The very grave is passage into
the beautiful and the glorious. We
have laid our friends in the grave, but
IL, ~ o,..Ao,o. a - TT,b E1;t+lo ILL
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nonsense, nor by the s~ his
moustache. ~
DO not imagine that am, Na rib
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Mteel.-

The wonderful success achieved III
manufacturing lar e and puiEect pieces
in east aud wrought steel, Of immense
strength and superb finish, has added
greatly TO the power, security, aud
the durability particularly III niyehin-
cry FIR proptlling ocean steamships,
white the general Introduction Of this
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tracks aud railroad machinery has eff
iecied an immense reduction in the
eusi Of railway transportation As
s.h instance Of the advantages already
acaliaed frem the substitution Of steel
ior iruil- altl ia some measure what
snay be expected IN tie future from
the largely increased use II better
mctal--a double headed steel rail was
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ana, as a prominent railroad manager
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San Joee Mercnry.


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Dull Brothers, employel By The Santa
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If the well Being unplepared for
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PRIVATE SALE.

The following property at Middletown, Delaware
Building 50x50 feet square, stories in heighth, IL
feet to each story cellar under the whole of It. with
cement floor There is one and one-quarter acres of
land within 100 yards of main line Of Delaware Rail-
road-switch into building. This building was built
In the year 1876 of the most substantial lumber that
could be bought II cost $4,000 to build it, and can
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The Wicomico &c Pocemoke Railroad was badly
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pporGTmoke river. half way between Salisbury and
nceSn City. The trestle was so feet long Several
Otber smaller bridges were torn away.
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A LOosIxG JoKE-A prominent physician of Pitts
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A Southerner who has been studying the New Eng
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have not heard an offensive reference to the South