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Why Patty Spoke in Church.

If the minister had asked any other
question, it never would have happened.
If it had been on any other day than
that one particular day, it never would
have happened.
If any other boy in the whole wide
universe excepting Robby had been with
Patty, it never would hare happened.
Above all, if it had been two strangers
standing before the altar instead of Sister
Susie and Willy Norris, it never could
have happened. r~rna "a 1r
But it did happen, and that is all !
know about it.
elf any one present." said the min
lister, looking kindly upon the sweet
bride with the brave young man beside
her, and then giancing calmly over the
little churchill of wedding guests,
"knows of any reason why this man
and this woman should not be joined
together in the holy bonds of matrimony,
let him speak now, or 80 E
'sWhat's all thatp' whispered Robby,
in great scorn, to Patty. al guess he
doesn't know. There amt any bounds
of materony about it,
That was enough. Robby was her
oracle. Up jumped Patty, anxious to
set things right, and determined that
the wedding should go on, now that
Sister Susie had on her white dress and
orange flowers and every thing.
81 do!'' she called out in a sweet,
resolute voice, and holding up warn
ing finger. al do. Please wait. sir
There amt any materony about it a,
all. They came on purpose to be mar
ried!"
90 course they didr' nuttered
Robby. ~ - A'-
Every body stared at Patty. 1t was a
dreadful moment, but the wedding went
on, all the same.
And Patty and Robby wee the very
first to kiss the bride.-Joel Stacy, in st
Nicholas for February.
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CoCA.-The remarkable properta|
coca-thc dried leaves of q small n
growing in Peru and Bolivia-and es|
cially its power to enable one to 4
forth long continued exertion witld
fatigue, have been exciting a good ID
Of attention among scientific men 1
the last few years. These propen
were known and priced long before d
Spanish conquest, the leaves being d
ployed, even as a medium of exchsle
After the conquest, they were and
the most valuable articles Of export.
Potosi alone, 100000 bushels were "a
sumed yearly. Under the influence
the leaves of this plant, the miners d
work night and day, with only briei
tervals Of rest and sleep. The slight
food and a handful Of the leaves end
the natives to endure the severest \
most protracted toll of every kind. II
take them three times a day, chew
them and lodging them in the dds|
their mouth, like quid OF tobacco.
1876, the Toronto (Canada) Lacr|
Club, consisting of Is players, ali
sedentary professions, held the cha|
pionship of the world against all come
white men or Indian, fortified mainly
coca, which they chewed during
game, swallowing the saliva. One d
during which the heat in the sun wss
1l0o F., though their antagonists, 4
chanics and tradesmen of sturdy bu|
were utterly exhausted before the 81
was finished, the former seemed as 4
from fatigue as at the beginning: /
chief action is upon the heart, and 1
believed by some, at least, that IL
liable to the same objection as OF
powerful stimulants and narcotics.
French writer affirms that when d
used in excess, it affects the brain, 4
ultimately induces mental imbeciiif5|
Youths Companion.
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Taking Care of Things.

An elderly lady of great sagacityl was
engaged in looking over a trunk of rare
old lacesa and embroideries for the, pur-
pose of distributing them among num-
Der of grandnieces. twas observed that
the portion laid aside for certain niece
contained the choicest and most delicate
selections. On being asked why she
made this difference, the old lady re-
piled: 81 give these to Marx because
she understands the art of taking care of
things. In her hands they will last and
retain their beauty for yea4s awhile the
other girls would probably ruin and de-
stroy them in a few MONTHS
The good old lady had really dis
covered and explained the secret of the
great difference. in the appearance and
dress of many young ladies, and of older
ones, too. Laces, embroideries, neck
ties, gloves, and, in fact, all the little
refinements and elegancies of costume
depend for their looks on the care taken
of them.~ 1t is not only bad taste and
bad manners, but it displays real lack
of personal refinement for alady to wear
crumpled, torn or soiled finery. There
is no need and no excuse for it. All
these delicate little articles of adornment
can be so carefully laid away when not
in use that their freshness and beauty
shall be preserved. So with gloves; so
with fine dresses or garments of any
sort. TO see an elegant silk all full Of
wrinkles, looking as though it has been
slept in. or to see handsome cloak all
out of shape and dotted with lint through
being carelessly hung up under other
clothes in wardrobe, is offensive in the
extreme to refined taste. On the con-
trary, the daintily cared-for lace and
ribbon, looking fresh and bright as
though just bought, the carefully, done
up collar, the carefully kept, unwrinkled
dress, all mark the woman of real re-
finement and of skill in the art of taking
care of things.
And the same art is most necessary
one in order to the attractive appearance
of our homes. The housekeeper who
knows how to use things, and yet take
care of them, is possessed of happy
secret 1t does children no good, it
does not make them whit happier, to
allow them to pound or scratch or abuse
things. Entirely too much latitude has
Z VA itttc OCcH dllOWCu CHuuiCu III tnlo
direction. If children wish to cut wood
or drive tacks or ride on chairs, by all
means let them have play-room where
! proper material will be afforded them,
but compel them to respect good nature.
They are no better for being allowed to
put their feet on chair seats or the
carved support of the center-table.
They have no business to put candy on
the piano or smear it with greasy fingers.
They may just as well be taught that the
carpet is not the place for their muddy
boots nor the floor the place for their
hats. The mothers work is to give line
upon line and precept upon precept in
any case, and one of the best things she
can teach her children through this
educational process is the art of taking
care of things.-Erchange. sf-
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A PICTURE by Miilais proved the
means of getting young lady wealthy
and aristocratic husband. A Mr.. God
be recently started in London bank,
called the ssLondon Bank of Utah. The
Secretary of this institution is EIr.
Armstrong, formerly an opulent mer-
chant in London, but latterly reduced
in circumstances. Mr.. Armstrong has
two charming daughters, and before his
bad fortune overlook him he engaged
Mr.. Millais to paint their portraits. The
pictures were considered not only re-
markable ikenesses, but admirable
works of art. The young ladies were
represented as Night " and Morn
ing" Owing to Mr.. Armstrong; mis-
fortune, these two pictures were, with
the rest of his household effects, brought
under the auctioneer's hammer. The
wealthy and well connected young gen.
tleman who purchased one of the por-
traits fell in love with the lovely face il
represented, and never rested until he
had sought out, been introduced, and
was finally married to the beautiful
original.
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feet parts of the general des;..
show that the adaptation Of ms, "
ends is the real secret Of perfect -, n
lecture. Some day we expect = sscs
something more in this style ratbe - !,
in imitation of Swiss chalets :. ua
other form of European architectn',.a
of place and incongruous IN Arr:
surroundings, and having no psr,;esls
convenience or beauty to recom~s.
them. Particularly for a summer css,a
there could be no finer model ~. i.
wide, open entries and broad pia,,,' !
the Southern houses, and If an er,r.s
or two were shown in the North Y
imagine it would be largely followsd
Providence (R. i. journal. ~ ~
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A WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT WHY
The soothing influence of music WI
applied to the savage breast was y
trated by recent event in Washings1
The other day, it is related, the WI
party of Utes gathered at the windos|
witness the strange sight Of an timer
organ grinder. The musician was
ally induced by the offer of several p
MES to go into the yard Of the hotel !
serenade the aborigines. As soon ~
began to turn the crank it was too m9
for Indian blood, and a retreat from
window followed. Headed by Jack,
party silently filed down stairs, 4
through the kitchen into the ward, 4
scrutinized the wonderful thing. Al
giving them an hour of unalloyed ple)
ure, the grinder, becoming weary
forced to desist, and the Indians returI
to their room. The music had dons
work, however, for when they 60
stairs series of dances were indwa
in which would have made q song q
dance man turn pale with envy.
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Says the st. Paul Pionee,.p..
Some weeks ago it TRANSFERRED thss
big land sale had been or was he;c. ;,
fected by the st. Paul and Siour ~
Land Department to London IT.
land) company. The negotiation !,
minated within the last day or tn ;
the closing Of trade for zoe. 900 as,'
of the st. Paul and Sioux City rs;Ims'
lands at Sc per acre, payable in ~
annual installments, with intereS }
z per cent. per annun on the balanr.
due. The very ponderousness 4 n
sale barely left the reporter bress
enough TO ask what lands would = ,
fected by the sale. The Land Comm
sioner replied that the sale would III.
all the railroads lands in Iowa. exe,,
portion of Dickinson County, Anal
embraced a large tract in Noble Count
Minnesota. Pursuing the tenor Of 4
narration, Mr.. Drake added that i
English company proposed establish,
agencies at all the important poiuti
the United Kingdom, and to laciI;tr
emigration from Britain and ireland |
offering the lands TO emigrants on 4
stallments derived from products Of 4
soil, and by securing them cheap TN
portation from Europe to their coloujs
The arrangements on this side Of d
Atlantic will be equally replete. n
colonization company will estabE
town sites at convenient poim
whereat grain elevators will be cred,
and all other facilities afforded the Cd
nists.
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BUcKwHEAr CAKEs.-Make . ~
of warm water, teaspooufui Of sa'5 !
cupful Of homemade yeast; aI !
enough buckwheat -four 70 max In I
ter: set in a warm place the n'gm
fore they are wanted that they n ~
LIGHT: to make them brown nicely "a
little sweet milk. Toprevent ne ~
from smoking rub wi'havery '''''' :
wax instead of grease.
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Connected with the various Ito 4
ant denominations in New ~ tV ,hsse
are 3s5 Sunday schools. Oi .ns.
are Episcopalian, 20 Presoy.s s,nsd.
Methodist, "A Baptist, % Ksi : 1Io;s
Lutheran, Z Congregations: = an. nd
salist, ) Quaker, 4 Unitarian i1aa g mn mi
Moravian. There are arg - clsss
Sunday schools and 4 which s's '
as miscellaneous.
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PLUM PuDpIsG.-One pound Of .
suet chopped fine; one pouno y y.
sins, seeded; add q little salt, one P0a
of currants, washed and drlea, '
pound of flour, quarter po9nI
citron, cut fine, nutmeg gra'ea; " 4
eggs. milk enough to make Q st,n !, =
ter; pour into well buttered BOWS ~ 2
full; have cloths dipped in not W W
and spread on top, tie down =. =
bring the four corners over 'n -
of the bowl and pm II y;
put into boiling water and keep ~ =,
six hours in plenty OF water "a = !
with sweet sauce. Thus qua"
Gil two medium sized bowls.
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Queen Victoria has placed in

Queen Victoria has placed in her
pew, at Whippingham Church, q me-
mortal medallion of the late Princess
Alice, bearing this inscription: "To
the dear memory of Alice Maud Mary,
Princess of Great Britain and Ireland,
Grand Duchess of Hesse, who departed
this life in her thirty-sixth year, on the
anniversary of her beloved fathers
death, December IA, 1873. Blessed are
the pure in heart, for they shall see
God. st. Matthew, v. s. This monu-
ment is placed by her sorrowing mother,
Queen Victoria, 1879" i-'
a More men brake IN the railroad
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school and Church.

ScnOOl ana Cnurcns
There are nine women in the Lon
don School Board.
9 The Jesuits have at last been per-
mitted to open college in Cairo, Egypt
- The income of Plymouth Church
(Rev. ii. w. Beecher's) from its pews
for the present year win be $40, 2S9.
PC An eminent engineer has been or
dered to make preliminary study for a
tunnel through Mont Blanc.
City of Paris has just opened
seven new central schools of design for
girls only. Education in drawing has
lately been made compulsory in France,
and the means for acquiring it are
therefore being extended in every direc-
ton.
"A leading Dutch clergyman, DIR.
Hoedemaker, says that he receives one
of the largest salaries paid to a minister
in Holland-$l, 100, out of which he
pays $500 house rent. The ministers,
he explains, usually marry rich wives
indeed, have to do so 10 live.
= "A new denomination known as "The
Methodist Church has been organized
at Philadelphia. Its doctrines are the
same as those of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, but its system is different. 1t
has but one order in the ministry, that
of elders, and TO this order women are
eligible. The only presiding officer is
the President of the Annual Confer
ence. The denomination has nine
churches.
AT the meeting Of the Illinois State
Teachers Association in December last
Hon James Shaw advocated compulsory
education. His main argument was
based on the doctrine that the children
are the property of the State, and that
the most important duty that befalls a
State or nation is to give, free of all ex-
pense, an elementary education to its
children.
DIR. Samuel A. Green has presented
to the Public Library Of Boston valua-
BILE collection designed to include every
thing which Benjamin Franklin wrote
and printed, and every thing which has
been written about him, besides por
traits, prints, medals, autographs and
other personal memorials. The collec-
ton comprises 40 books and pamphlets
by or about Franklin, and 80 different
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
Personal and Literary.


Bret Harte is in London in delicate
health.
Mr.. Habberton's " Helen's Babies"
has appeared in French translation.
New York is just as crazy over the
d" Pirates of Penzance F" as it was over
" Pinafore."
Joseph Cook and his wife write SO
much alike that few persons can tell
when one of his letters is an autograph
and when dictated to his wife.
A writer in the Christian Intelligent
Ger speaks of Robert Bonner as t'the
enterprising editor who introduced Ed
ward Everett, DIR. Tying and Sylvanus
Cobb to the American public, and got
Henry Ward Beecher to dance a liter
airy hornpipe in the clogs OF novel
writer"
When N. p. Willis visited England
in the summer of 1889, he announced in
his journal, the Corsdir, that he had
"engaged as regular correspondent a
Mr.. Thackeray." When Mr.. Thack-
eray's first letter appeared in the Cor
sair, the Southern Literary Messenger
declared that it "could not see its sOver-
eign merit; and added the wise re-
mark, that "Mr. Thackeray has much
of the dandyism, affectation, and pueril-
ity of Mr.. Willis himself"
Mr.. Shillington, a Washington book
seller and a neighbor and friend of Ben
ton, used to select from the Congress
sio,sal Globes, which were brought to the
Senator's house in quantities, the ex-
tracts he needed in preparing his abridg-
ment of the Congressional debates. at
was strange and remarkable study"
Mr.. Shillington is quoted by the Albany
Journal as saying, "to see that old man
lying there Hat on his back, unable to
rise, his spectacles poised on the tip of
his nose, looking through the long de-
bates, whose huge folios he held on his
breast. He was running a race with
death to get the book finished, for he
believed that it was vital thing to keep
the country together. He used to send
me word four or five times day to
come up there, and the people said that
/ was his servant. If | did not come
promptly on time the old gentleman
seemed to feel that was in some way
derelict in my duty to the country"
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More men brake IN the railroad
business than any other.
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Science and Industry.

Over seven million wine-giasses are
sold annually in the United States.
81. "A Belgian physician claims that the
excessive use OF tobacco produces color
blindness
Prof. Proctor says that within the
orbit of Mercury are several small plan
cts, of which certainly two, and proba.
bly, three, were seen during the eclipse
of July 20, 1873. All of these must be
beyond the reach of any but the most
powerful telescopes. ~
-Drs. Erlenmeyer and Planta- Reich
enau believe that the wax of the honey
comb is chiefly formed by the bees from
sugar. Though cane-sugar is present
in honey, the saccharine matter occurs
chiefly in the form of glucose. The in
verting agents are the saliva of the bee
and the pollen of flowers.
IS, Our great progress in journalism is
shown by the fact that in 1875 there were
in the United States less than 40 news
papers and periodicals, whose aggregate
issue for that year comprised 1000, 600
copies; now the united press publishes
over 500 daily newspapers, more than
1000 weeklies, and about 600 monthly
publications; of the dailies that existed
in 1870 about 800, 100000 copies were
struck off that year; of the weeklies,
about COG, 1000, 600; and of other serial
publications, about 100, 000, 900, amount
ing in all TO 1,500, 000, 900 copies. And
to sum the matter up yet more forcibly,
it must be stated that the United States
publishes more newspapers, with greater
combined circulation, than all the other
countries of the world can together
boast of having.
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portraits, and is to be added to as occa-
sion serves by the trustees of the library.
Mrs. Jennie Carr, wife of Prof.
Ezra Carr, State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction in California, was elected
State Lecturer of the Grangefor the en-
suing year. Mrs. Carr has acted as Dep
uty Superintendent the two years past,
lecturing in the different counties. In
consequence of her husbands frequent
and protracted illness, she has dis
charged all the duties pertaining to the
Office of State Superintendent Of Public
instruction, and done it acceptably.
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THE w~aITrAEEa cAsE

Thursday spEoessdiRU a West Point
iBclGdsd the testino1y Of Prof. Guesn-
eT, whose pupil Whitaker was in South
Carolina, and who testified that Whit
taker EAs . model student, had the best
character out Of the 800 in the uniyer-
sity, and the hest in a class II IS. lie
Was ssnt TO West Point on aecOnnt Of
scholarship. Witness was the inst col
ored student 10 enter Harvard, was
universally well and eourteously traat-
ed, Was a member Of the college socie-
ties. etc, with the white Students and
had a white room mate. II didnt
speak well for the aeadmy Of West
Point, when a student Of blameless de-
pertinent attended there three years,
and ouly two cadets spoke TO him dur
ing all that time, and the instructors
did not CONF near him. Prof. GreeDer
suggested further that RyAn's testimO-
ny should be followed uP, and all the
students he put ON oath. and not ON
honor merely. He complained that the
oath administered 10 Whitaker was
more binding than that 10 any other
witness.
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FAcr. AxD FAxcIEs

In Michigan social etiquette permits
a bride TO be married without gloves he
canse that's the way she handles the
groom after marriage.
An Indiana girl who vas suddenly
kissed at a party has become insane.
Such things should be talked over at
least a whole week beforeh and.
A Wisconsin woman has been mar
Tied 6fty-eight yearsand has never miss
ell building her kitchen fire. Her hus-
land Is probably the Oldest ireescape
on record. artrH.
A fairly rich English man lately
looked into his payments for his minis
ter's support and discovered that every
sermon he heard cost him iyepence-
less han he paid for backing his boots.
OF course there are no parallel cases in
this country.
As summer approaches the usual gush
about funeral sermons Is going the
rounds. II these fluctuations were
paid for, their number would, Of course,
depend upon their cost. But Bishop
Bedell, OF Ohio, thinks that II ministers
would only speak the truth about the
dead mt funerals the demand for such
ernons would be rapidly diminished.
We think so, too.
A Boston minister Is authority for
the statement that n census OF our ma
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company


IT is author,atively stated that the
recent establishment Of naval coaling
stations by the United States vessels
Kearsage and Adams, on the coast Of
Costa Rica, has been with no oppo-
sition whatever from the authorities of
the localities In question, nor are any
objections 10 the stations anticipated,
statements to the contrary notwith-
standing. It Is known to be fact that
when the local officials were appraised OF
the mission OF the vessels. they assisted
the commanders In prosecuting their
work. Had any opposition on the part
OF the government OF Costa Rica been
encountered, the commanders Of the
respective vessels would have been or
dered 10 cease work Immediately, but
mo necessity for the issuance OF such an
order having arisen, the stations were
quietly established.
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THE New York Tribune, of Friday,
has the following: The report was
taken to various newspaper Offices at n
late hour last night, that Vanderbilt
had sold to Jay Gould 100000 shares of
the Western Union telegraph company
stock, for si0,0 Oo, 600. No contirina-
tion OF this story could be obtained, aud
no reason was known for crediting il.
Other journals have stories corrobora-
tive of the above, and some with n few
details and stories looking TO n future
consolidation with the American Union
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The committee o. political economy,
Of the DaIOit Lime Kiln club, an
RoaBesd that tLsy were ready % make
thsiT monthly report, aud being tOd "a
take the pole, the chairman KiI~d on
his mouth and said:
de snbieck giyin' TO dis committee
10 mangls MAS: Am II wicked TO 60
70 a cireusg'' We has giyin de suhjeck
de widest range q investigashun. We
went slow, an stopped a good many
times befo' de snaix an de ri hggens.
We interviewed de innocent child an
de hardened yiIlyun- We tackled men
on de street an We talked 10 women
frew de Telephone. AFTER due an pa
shient investigAtslnn dis committee am
pleased TO report dat il am n unit on de
follorin' piuts;
II. It's wrong IL you crawl under de
canvas an git eotel,ed At II.
- It's wrong II you need de money
10 pay funeral expenses.
-. It's wrong IL de clowns git on
any jokes less dan twenty Vars old.
"a It's wrong IL you go home an
tell your wife dat de lodge was workin'
on de ninth degree AN you couldn't git
away.
''on gineral principles de committee
TO say dat de pusson who can't go TO n
circus an keep de good from mixin' up
wild de bad, an hurtin' his gineral sys-
TEN. had better he done up IN a soft rag
an laid away wharf de mice can't nib
BILE him." The report was accepted as
the sentiment OF the club.