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Another Deluge Predicted.

A Belgian professor has published a
work entitled Periodicite des Grands
Deluges Resultant du Movement Grad
uel de Ia Ligne des Aspides de la Terre, "
In which he warns US that we may be
on the lookout for another deluge of
the world. At certain regularly-recur-
ring intervals, he maintains, the waters
OF one hemisphere are suddenly pre-
cipitated across the equator and flood
the other. The last of these deluges,
which always flow from north to south,
or from south to north, was that of
Noah's times, which was from the north.
Hence the explanation of the great pre-
ponderance of water in the southern
hemisphere, and of the general southern
trend of North and South America,
Africa, and many minor peninsulas.
The next of these deluges will flow
from the south to the north The
cause, he argues, is the alternate in
crease and decrease of the ice-caps ut
the poles, and the consequent change of
the worlds equilibrium. Since 1913
the South pole has been continually
charging, while the North pole has
been proportionately diminishing, to-
day the diameter of the southern gla-
cier being about 5000 miles, and that
of the northern 1,5O0. When these
two glaciers shall have arrived ut their
maximum and minimum extension, then
will the earth tilt over and be sub
merged by another great flood, the fif-
teenth of the kind that has occurred.
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Fancy Work.

In the past week l have completed n
shoo-bag, which now ornaments the inside of
my closet door. / will gladly give the direc-
tons. They may be acceptable to some. Pro-
cure piece of pillow ucking-a yard and a
quarter. Tear off two widths, che about nine
inches, the other trfe less these are for the
pockets). OF course the remaining goods will
be too wide for the foundation, 80 tear off sufi-
Gent to leave the width twenty-three or twenty
four inches. Pin the lower edge of the deepest
pocket TO the lower edge of tho large piece,
then leave the space of finger length. Now the
second pocket Place pencil line Gf you choose)
at the top and lower edgeof each pocket These
pieces can now be laid aside. Work the feather
stitch down every alternate line of white in the
ticking-any color of zephyr is suitable. Green
and black alternately are pretty; or YOU can
make il similar to @Josophs coat" which will
be most excellent way to use up odd pieces Of
zephyr. All is to be worked with the excep-
ton of that to be covered by the pockets They
are to be stitched In the same manner Bind the
top OF each with skirt braid, which will blend
tho best with the zephyrs. About an inch from
the braid place q facing in which to run the
elastic; gather the lower edge OF the upper
pocket, and put on with piece of the braid,
or band made of the ticking, with single
row of the stitching; the lower pocket gathe, and
haste. or run the elastic in the facings and draw
until even with the gathered part, fasten firmly
at each end. stitch with the machine two rows
at equal distances, thus making three apart
ments in each pocket. Bind the edge of the
whole with braid, fasten rings to each side and
in the middle, by which to hang it
The extra pieces of ticking can be used for
making iron-holders. If have described the
shoe-bag understandingly you cannot fail to be
pleased. EDNA.
CHICAGO Ill
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Sunsets Pleasant Chat.

The question that now arises is in what way can
l make myself the most agrceablep What can
do TO contribute to the entertainment Of the
family croleg 1 do not wish to intrude: will
listen and learn, and try not to encroach upon
others themes or topics. / think we can learn
u great deal that is useful of each other
heard one gentleman say to another: Il am
not afraid to ask questions; every one must bs
each others teacher. and should be ready and
willing to impart knowledge" Grandma Old
ways tells us that Home is not merely four
square walls" Imagine, il You can, anything
more dreary; but IL IL the surroundings, the
continual work of love within these walls that
makes home what il should be-books, pictures,
paintings and music, the work basket, with its
dainty needle work, the pleasant chit chat the
table talk, the questions and resdy answers, and
the happy voices of the little folks that make
home, sweet home
But to many n weary child any place is moro
preferable. than the home in which they live
Many child cannot cay, There's no place like
home the very atmosphere il chilled with
the stern realities of life, and mothers frowl,
an impatient word or hasty rebuke from
father, holds the child at an Incompatible dis
lance, and the young people soon find their
homes that are brighter than theirs; confidence
Is lost between parents and children and
peace is destroyed Parents, let ono who has
travelled many miles in this journey Of life
advise you TO make your children coupanio,,-
able; draw them oloec 10 you, always be ready
your advice and sympathy. 1t is true that
there is no place like home," IL that home is
what it should be-peacoful and happy; IL there
Is no contentiou, envy. and malice But to
make home the sdearest spot on earth" we
kind, and e!f-socrVici~0-willing. to bear
and forbear. We are none OF us per-
fect and the longer we live we are
better able to judge Of our own faults and fail
iDgs, and have moro charity for our younger
friends who are at the foot of the hill and it is to
the Homes" in the press nowadays. l
often think what q help all these dear good
letters that we have 80 MUGS pleasure reading
every week would have been TO US when We
were learning the lessons Of life SUNSET.
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Saved by Cold Water.

A Windham county correspondent
tells the remarkable story of man in
Canterbury, who, sick with some kind
of fever, was pronounced by the local
physician to be beyond hope of recov-
cry. A neighbor was called in to watch
with the sick man, and, as there seemed
no possibility of the patient living
through the night, the watcher insisted
that the family should all retire early,
promising to call them Immediately if
any unfsvorsble change occurred. AS
soon as he was left alone with the pre-
sumably dying man, the attendant COM
menced feeding the patient with cold
water tablespoonful at n time. continu-
ing the process until an ordinary WATER
pail full had actually been administered.
The fever thus drowned out, the sick
man fell asleep, awakening late in the
morning to call for food. He was al
lowed to eat what he wanted, continued
TO improve, and in two or three days
was up and about his business. The re-
case is well attested, and there
seems to be no doubt of its substantial
as recorded above. The water
used was obtained from well adjacent.
(Ct) Poet.
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Eglantrne's Trouble.

1t seems to me so many women's lives-my
own included Are, in social point of view.
Nothing but leaves" For instance, friend
comes in to spend an hour with me-; we discuss
the weather, our house plants, and in harm
less way, our friends and neighbOrs III q
familiar friend, she notes my little improve
ments about the house, aud tells mo of hers
Then she goes, and hope she thinks lit was
good TO be there" while she leaves me with a
pleasant sense of her kindly interest aud friend
iiness And 30 far it is good, but, it seems to
me, 1t might be, ought to be, better. After all,
what has there been in our intercourse that
shall give us any lasting benefit? 1t does not
seem right that such topics, though well in their
way, should make up tho sum total of our con-
versation. 1t would seem that women were
really possessed of inferior minds which can
never be raised above the level of simple
everyday occurrences. And yet il has been 80
in every neighborhood in which l have lived.
fancy some one Gays, well, why don't you
remedy matters.' But il seems hard
thing to do. Some would no. understand
others would soon lead me beyond my depth.
My education, my reading, have not prepared
me for It, Light reading has been to me- as to
many others, u curse 1t has almost untitled
me for anything else. don't mean entire dis
approval Of tit is well enough in it's way
the leaves have their uses, but there should
be fruit also. From my earliest remembrance
novels have had for me such fas-
cination as rum has for tho drunk
ard, and / can no more lot them alone
than he can resist the drink which he knows
will ruin him. From tiny child was always
making up Stories" and the fanciful crowded
out the real and earnest in life. But cannot
feel it to be right The nothing but leaves is
thorn in any side.
There, they say that confession is good for the
soul Now can any one suggest remedyg
Have any of you ever known and conquered an
insatiato thirst for reading which is senseless,
meaningless, morallessy II is only that part l
would drop There arc many novels which ele-
vate our thoughts, expand our ideas, and mako US
better in the reading
Also, can any one suggest sort OF course of
reading which would cultivate and draw out the
miDdy Not too solid, to begin on the invalid
mind must be prepared by degrees for solid
food There is so much to be learned in this
world that when think of it, my litto store Of
know ledge sinks into utter nothingness, and
don't know whore to begin-what little part /
could learn in short lifetime would do me
most good. My time for study is quite limited
Cannot some one give recipe for improving
memory" My mind ia persistent in retaining
only inconsequent things and utterly failing all
others EGLANTINR
STOCKTON Kan.
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MISCELLANEOUS oLEANINGs.

Five persons have died at the village
Of Marmors, in the province of Ontario, Can.
from disease which high medical authority
says Is nothing lees than the plague, and sew
ersi others are nick with the same malsdy.
Surgeon General Woodwork, OF the
ULited States Marine Hospital service, In his
last weekly.report says the Eastern Plague had
its origin In China, and that the last outbreak
IN Russia was not caused by the spontaneous
generation Of the virus In the valley OF the
volga, but by reintroducuon Of the disease
from China
-Four murderers were executed in the
Urited States, on Friday. March Ia, Victor
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DOMESTIC INTRLLIoENCE.

The prices of all descriptions of mer-
chant iron have been advanced per cont by
the Philadelphia Iron Merchants' Association
The New York World is to pass into
the hands of George W. Childs, of the Phila-
delpnia Ledger, who will convert it into an in
dependent 2-cent paper.
A. G. Woodward, Secretary and
Treasurer OF the Sanstead and Sherbrook
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, at Derby
Line, Vt, is reported behind in his accounts
some sl25, 600.
About fifty vessels engaged in the
Gloucester (Mass.) fisheries on the Atlantic,
were at sea in the violent gale and storm of
snow ard sleet that swept the coast on the 10Th
of February. No tidings have been received
from fourteen of these vessels, and il is feared
that they were lost, carrying down with them
40 men-leaving forty -one widows and nearly
100 children to mourn their sudden destruction.
The remains of the late Bayard Tay-
Tor arrived at New York by steamer from Eu-
rope last week.
Many storekeepers in New York have
combined for mutual protection against persons
Who are @bad pay" Their plan will be TO keep
sblack list"
Mrs. John Taylor and two sons, Will
lie, aged 10, and Johnnie, 5, wore drowned in
pond at Mantle, CT, a few days ago. The
children went for poll of water and fell IN.
Mrs. Taylor, hearing their cries, went to their
assistance, aud was also drowned
West.
Vhe reported massacre OF thirty-eight
Indians in Washington Territory telegr sphed
East two or three weeks ago. turns on. to have
been q hoax
A telegram from Cincinnati says that
Archbishop Purcell has received letters from
Cardinal McCloskey and Archbishop Wood
giving the result Of the conference which took
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An Humble Heroine.

Mary Ann Wilson is peanut woman
of New Orleans. She has shabby
little stand on st. Charles street, for
which with all its contents, says a New
Orleans paper, a So note would be an
extravagant price" Grandma Wilson
has bent over the same little stand
nearly forty years. Nobody would ever
know to see her or would hear from her
own lips that this withered, poor old
woman was the most famous yellow
fever nurse in the South. Yet such is
the fact In 1887, forty-two years ago,
she faithfully nursed fever-stricken pa
tients in New Orleans. Again, in 1853,
she was at her post, caring for the sick
that whole sorrowful summer. In 1855
there was yellow fever epidemic at Nor
folk. Grandma Wilson went there and
nursed. Another year she went to Sa-
vannah, and remained while the plague
lasted, caring for the hapless sufferers.
Again she went to Memphis, perform
ing the same noble duties. Last sum-
mer, on the outbreak of the fever, she
went to Grenada, and for thirty EIGHT
days and nights stayed there, and those
withered hands were often the only
ones to soothe burning brows or close
dying eyes. To her tender care were
their children by dying par
ents.' From Grenada she sent TO
Memphis, and stayed there, ministering
to the sick and dying like an angel of
mercy till the frightful plague ceased.
Then, simple as she was noble, the heroic
old woman went back without a word
to her shabby little fruit stand in st.
Charles street.
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to the improvement in the styles of ladies'
underwear. / have lately received by mail
from New York dealer the Lady's Princesse
Bazaar patterns, viz Prinoesse petticoat, prin-
cesse chemiae, corset cover and under petticoat
combined; combination chemise with drawers,
and long sacque night dress The same firm
viii also send, for the same amount, child y
lingerie, consisting of night wrapper, night
drawers, with stockings, day drawers and waist,
princosse petticoat and French apron.
The comfort and hygienic effects of garments
made from these patterns cannot be estimated
until worn. With little or no fullness or bands
around the waist line, how superior
to the old way OF making up garments.
BY adopting these articles of underwear, dis
carding the abominable corset. and wearing
the polonaise or basque moderately loose ladies'
need not be such sufferers from tho innumera-
bic diseases to which they have been subject in
the past
1t seems TO mo the lungs. heart, stomach,
liver and spine would need to be made of
iron to bear the pressure which ia numberless
cases is imposed upon them. But people are
growing wiser in the matter of dress, and, as
they become more and more enlightened in re-
gard to tie laws that govern their physical
nature they will not barter their health and
lives for the sake of following the fashions of
the senseless few. / have IN my possession
what would purport to be q corset made fifty
or sixty years ago, which, when compared
with one of modern make, is a monster. The
cloth is Of heavy linen, into which are stitched
as closely as they can be placed little bars of
iron, instead of steel or whalebone, with APP
pliances for lacipg 1t seems almost fit in
strument for the Inquisition, yet was worn by
one who, am told, considered herself sensi-
BILE woman. We see by this that one of the ar
ticles of dress, at least, in We olden time was
more capable OF doing injury than any we have
at present But, az am taking up too much
space will conclude by saying am rejoiced
that we Americans have adopted the style OF
wearing thicker soled shoes than formerly. II
part of the heels were only off! HATTIE.
PIrTsFIELp, Mass.
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Nunex q Pueblo, Col, for The murder Of Louis
Ranscomb, In October. 1877; John Q Pinkham,
at Concord. N. H., for the murder of Mrs.
Berry, in January. 1877; William H. Devlin, at
Lowell, Mass, for the murder Of his wife and
child in December, 1877, and Henry dravelin,
at Windsor, VT, for the murder OF Herbert D.
White. in October. 1870
Fears are entertained for the safety OF
the settlement OF Sitka, Aiaska, which WAS
threatened by the Indians.
The new Canadian tariff, under which
the import duties are almost doubled, has just
gone into effect, and the Dominion ranges it
self under the banner of protection to homo
industries
A six-days' pedestrian contest for the
championship Of the world was begun at Gil
more's Garden, New York city, on Monday
morning, March TO- and concluded on Saturday
evening, March Is. The contestants were
Daniel O'Ieary, of Chicago, heretofore cham
pion Of America and of the world; Charles
Rowell, of London, England; John Ennis, Of
Chicago, and Charles A. Hartman, Of Maine.
O'Leary, who won the Ashley belt, for which the
men were struggling, and brought it from En-
gland TO this country, gave out and left the track
on the third day OF tho race. The other
three remained on the track to the end Rowell
made 500 miles, thus winning the belt, which
he carries back in triumph to England. Ennis
Travelled 475 miles, and Hartman succeeded in
covering $50 miles. There was an immense at
tendance during the progress of the match, and
the gate money, after paying all expenses,
amounts to almost 900, of which Rowen re-
ceives so per cent, Ennis 30 per cent, and
Hartman 20 per cent
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Flor1culture.

PnKs AND CARNATIONS
Tho Primrose will pu', the hrstlngs o. the year,
An will pm the Pink the emblem o. my dear,
For she's the pink o. womankind, and blooms
without peer;
And n to be Posie 10 my ain dear May.
-Bwns' Posie.
shall this week speak Of the Dian
thus family, which includes among its
members such popular flowers ~ Pinks, Sweet
William and Carnations. In these really splen-
did gems of biennials and perennials are found
some OF the most beautiful and fragrant flowers
in cultivation. l shall first speak of Pnks. or
these ID. Ohinenss, or China Pink is q biennial
of great beauty, blooming the first year from
seed. The colors Of the flowers are exceeding
" rich aud in large beds scarcely two will be
found alike. To a Mr.. Heddewig We are in
debted for many improvements on the China
Pink. Heddewig's Fink has very large flowers,
often measuring three inches across. The
Double Japan Pink produces flowers Of great
beauty; 1t only lacks fragrance to make il per-
feet The Double Diadem is of more dwarf
habit than any of the preceding; the bloom is
densely double and of al colors Should be
grown in every garden for cutting for bou-
quess These Pinks bloom the whole summer,
and, II tho flowers be frequently picked of to
prevent the plants forming seed, they will sur
vive the winter, and bloom much more abun-
dainty the following season. Seeds may be
sown in the spring; easily transplanted
The Sweet William is such an old garden
favorite that an extended notice seems unneces-
sary 1t is perfectly hardy, easily raised from
seed, and in all respects desirable flower for
those who have but little time to devote to cul-
hvating IT
Carnations are among the most beautiful
and desirable Of plants, being alike valuable
fo bedding out during summer, and for the
decoration of the window garden in winter
They are of the easiest culture. To grow the
Carnation from seed, sow early in boxes and
transplant, following the directions given be-
low. As they are nearly hardy, they can be set
out quite early in the spring They will en-
dure quite severe frost without injury Set
out Ill beds, at distance of about one foot
between each plant Early in autumn they
will commence blooming, and continue until
checked by cold weather, Ii intended for win
ter blooming, remove all buds as fast as they
appear, until September, allowing those which
are formed after that to remain on the plants
In October they should be lifted, taking care to
preserve some OF the soil about the roots, and
put into pots of suitable sze six-inch pots will
generally answer. They should now be placed
In shady situation a few days, and will then
be ready for removal TO the window where
they are TO bloom,
The Carnaton il very impatient of wet
soil, and care should be taken not to water
them much, but the foliage should receive a
thorough bath az often as once q week as a pre-
ventive to the red spider. Mr. RENNIR.
HfSsDALK, Dupage county. III.
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A Startling Fact.

Some scientific tests which have been
in progress for several months by one of
the most distinguished professors of
agricultural chemistry in the country
have developed rather startling fact
that the sprouting qualities of last year 8
crop of No. 2 spring wheat have been
seriously damaged, owing to the exces.
sive heat which prevailed just before
the harvest of last year in various parts
of the West, notably Minnesota, and in
consequence of which large quantity
of the wheat product is utterly ruined
by the blight. This fact is ofincalculable
importance to farmers out West. No. 2
spring is the grade which is generally
used for sowing purposes, and it is feared
unless the farmers are promptly IN
formed of this timely discovery as to the
destruction of last years products, and
make ample allowance for it in their ar
rangements for sowing this spring-that
the next crop will not equal 80 per cent.
of the usual product. 1t is stated that
damage to the sprouting capacity of the
kernel is not such as to Affect its value
for milling purposes. Outwardly, to all
appearance, the kernel is plump and un-
impaired. But it is the structural in
terror growth which is affected. The
discovery of these facts is timely indeed,
and if properly promulgated may avert
pretty disastrous consequences, such as
would surely follow on a general use of
damaged wheat for sowing. At the same
time, the fact is one of great importance
to all who are interested in the course
of prices for wheat. - Ne,0 York
GrnDhic
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Recipes.

Coffee Cakc-Onc tescup sugar, one of
molasses, one of cold coffee, three-quarters of
cup of butter, ono teaspoonful ground cloves
or cinnamon, large cup of chopped raisins,
flour to make AZ stiff as ordinary stirred cake.
English Plum Pudding. Take one pound
of stoned raisins, one pound of English cur
rants, washed and rubbed thoroughly dry, one
pound Of suet chopped fine, one pound Of loaf
sugar, one pound of -four. one half pound
bread crumbs, two teaspoonfuls of ground all
spice and little nutmeg, six eggs well beaten
in half-pint of new milk, candied peel, three
ounces chopped fine. Mix well, put into boil
ing water and boil eight hours. Must be kept
boiling WEEPING WILLOW.
OTTAWA, Ill.
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Women LAWYERS.

Women are to-day practicing in
Maine, Connecticut, the District of Co.
lumbia, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Missouri, Illinois and California
while in the Territories, where
woman suffrage exists, there is, of
course, no bar to their entering the pro-
fession. 1t was recently stated on good
authority that forty women are now
practicing law in the United States, one
of the most bonored names on the list
being that OF Mrs. Myra Bradwell, the
editor of the Legal Ne,cs, the leading
law journal of the country. That this
band of pioneers will steadily increase
in numbers cannot be doubted-Lillie
DeperesLx Blake, in Ne,r York Tele-
0Tdm.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

Orville Grant, brother of Gen. Grant
is in Washington, partially in sane. He is said
to be in pitiful conditca All has not been
restrained of his liberty, although proper
subject for an asylum
The Chinese Minister to this country,
Chin Ian Pin, is making preparations to pro-
coed to Spain for the purpose of establishing a
Chinese legation at Madrid.
Surgeon General Woodwork, of the
United States Marine Hospital Service, died at
Washington last week.