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The Skin.

TIE skin is wonderful beyond concep-
ton in the multiplicity of its parts, and
in its diverse offices and relations. Mil.
lions of nerves connect it with the brain.
Thousands of arteries bring to it nour-
ishment, and almost as many veins bear
away the waste. Millions OF ducts empty
out the perspiration upon it. Innumer-
able glands anoint it with q lubricating
oil, and countless little scales are con-
stantly thrown from its surface. So
intimate and powerful is its connection
with the nervous centers, that one kind
of emotions instantly blanches it and
another kind mantles it with burning
blush-the first contracting its vessels,
the other dilating them. The skin has
its peculiar diseases, but many of its
ailments come from its readiness to help
other organs which are diseased or tor
pid, for it exceeds all others in this 'vi-
carious power. The skin is double.
The outer -epidermis - protects the
nerves and vessels of the inner from rude
contact Wy, and from the absorption
Of, poisodous of lnndul substance.
10 vacciHatey He'haSs 10 break through
the epidermis. So, too, when this is
sound, it is safe to handle morbid mat
ter; but to do so with the slightest
scratch or chafc is sometimes to incur
death in its most frightfnl form. Warmth
applied to the surface dilates the blood
vessels. Of the skin, and cold contracts
them. Hence, q warm bath soothes and
refreshes, by drawing the blood to the
surface; local lamentations over an in
famed spot will relieve the pain BY
drawing away the blood. A counter
irritant acts on essentially the same
principle. Cold applied to the surface
for brief time contracts the vessels and
crowds the blood back. which then re-
turns with accumulated force, producing
q healthful glow. If the vitality is low,
this reaction does not take place, and
the cold only harms. Generally only
the purest soap (castile) should be used
in washing the hands, as the alkali Of
most soaps tends to destroy the epi-
dermis. No bathing of the whole body
should be protracted beyond . few min
utes, else the good effect of it is lost,
even if serious harm is not done. Sea-
bathing is additionally beneficial from
the stimulating effect Of its SALTS
Youths Companion.
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AN English physician stationed in
n,,,,. kSvNho CE:noco otn m

AN English physician stationed in
Formosa says: "The Chinese make, on
the whole, very good patients. Occa-
sionally some OF them try our patience
not little. One takes a four days sup.
ply Of medicine away with him, the re.
cipe bearing on it, "a spoonful three
times daily after each meal He come,
back next morning for more, thinking
TO fiatter you by stating that he dram
the former quantity at one dose. An
other has his arm carefully put up in
splints, and on his next visit he bring
his dressings in a separate parcel: They
are great believers in interna! admins
tration, and, although he have only q.
cut finger, It il difficult for a Chinanan
to see why he should not get some niedi-
cine to eat"
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-13
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY,

AN International Sanitary Congress
will he held 1t Washington in January,
1891, under the authority Of the Govern
Ment. '. s...
PROF. SlLvEsrRI finds that the sum-
nit of Mount Etna has been lowered
about forty feet as result of recent VOL
canic activity.
UNDER favorable conditions the chest
nut and the oak will live a thousand
years. The beech and the ash live less
than halfas long.
THE boring of the Arlberg Tunnel is
in active progress on the Austrian side
of the mountain, and ground will shortly
be broken on the Swiss side.
The attraction of the earth upon n
magnetic needle ut It's surface has been
found to be about the same as that OF Il
strongly magnetized hard steel bar
forty inches long at a distance Of one
foot.
AN appropriation bill passed by the
United States House of Representatives
provides for a survey of the Gulf Stream
from its origin to the Saragossa Sea.
The plan embraces soundings, dcep.sea
temperatures, and observations of the
currents.
IT has been proposed to utilize the
swift current of rivers by systems of an
chored floats carrying current wheels
connected with dynamo-clcctric appa-
ratus. The electricity thus generated
might be used for almost any purpose
for which power is required, as well as
for lighting towns.
ANOTHER lake village, assiSaed by
experts to the age of bronze. has been
discovered at Auvenier, near Neuchat Ell.
Several millstones quite new, others
half made, have been brought to light,
from which it is Inferred that the place
may have been the seat of manufac-
tory of these articles.
A VERY curious proof of the identity of
animal and vegetable protoplasm has
been supplied BY Claude Bernard, who
has shown that both are alike sensitive
to the influence OF anpSthctics. Elk.
posed to ether, a sensitive plant no
longer closed its leaflets when touched.
Assimilation and growth, as well as
termination, are arrested by chloro.
form. Schuztenberger has proved that
the fresh cells of the yeast plant breathe
like an aquatic animal.
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PlTH AND POINT.

"KEEP to the write," said tho =,
to his lazy clerk.-SteubenrQis' M ss.y.,
The man exhibits the greatest ~
ence Of mind WAC is never absent p!e:'
ed at the sight Of the CONTRIBUTES se
--Harkeye. 'A'oox.
FEMALE economy--buying h,,f.,,,
lar straw hat, then putting ejeve naa 4.
half dollars worth Of trimming on a !;
HarIo| S'taelay Jomnal. 'A"'-
WHEN a Cincinnati man sn.,ls -,
productions of his pen, you neye , u I, ~
whether he i, a literary Teller or a 1 hos
raiser. -Eost," transcript. "'s'
A WOMAN who can sit down an, h..
six teeth pulled out in success;on NOV "ass
out taking gas or chloroform is hrs~ na'
than the man who leads a regiment i ;nts
battlc.-Detro't Free Press. aug
Now comes the time when dain+,, mat,
90 wand ring through HE grass, ,l naNs
Ana seek in all the shady hooks o'"0cs'
rof lovely leaves to press in books.
Those leaves with ear. they NM s,,,.
70 be thrown out next ctcnnfnw Ia|s
"SCIENCE enumerates SIS snec;os :.
organic forms in the air we breathe y
Just think of it! Every time Won Jro.
in breath 4 whole geological rard s.
slips down your windpipe, and no frss
tickets to the press. -Nen Huyen Rev.
lister. IVY
COMPLAINT is made in Mjlwarto.
that the butchers make veal from ,so
meat of three-year-old steers. The con nv
plainants are the sort of peopla WIN
would grumble at q setting hen on a
clearinghouse table for spring chicka.
purposcs.-NcW OrleonS Picuyxne
"Is swinging healthy?" asks a Wee
Side young lady. Ii is, under some CIV
cumstances. But if the gste.hin".
breaks, the pastimc is not only NV
healthy, but dangerous. We are alway,
glad to extend to the young and inpy.
pericnced the knowledge attained Nv
years Of experience. Chicago TriJun:
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!, CONDENSED TEIE.al,RnlAlus ., !

lGn.iSls 'f4'f .-VlHt s"'tA 'i'I' 90 AM
skHSwARD .ParlP, one of the edi-
Iosn iiiAAe New York Truth, was arrested
~ tnSo2sth In BROOKLYN. upon q warrant
issued BY Judge Noah Davis. Of the Supreme
CoQft, charged with hsvtpr. publthed !,
cifniinal libel , ON James : A. Garfield.
said alleged, libel being the, celebrated
Horey letter in reference to the Chinese.
Gen. RogerIA. Pryor. Of counsel for de-
iepdasi waved N exanination on behalf Of
ss SI,eet AZ dsmandsd An early trim. The
s. "as .d)oarnsd until the follow
.s FnH o"ne WV eals 'oh ssAsp'
psa1os! eal en- .soa,"l'a2'sH 10 na
&, FULL ana cm So; returns from the &C.
tohes election In Indiana ihow the total vote
y - A0t3, Of which Porter received 81, :
W. anA landers 22a,45s; Porter's plurality,
S,se1o :Hawm, fos lStase Secretary, ssa,bas;
Shannm, ~, $40, Hswn's plurality, 5,lS4.
Gnee, GfetnoMk candidate fee Governor,
fsceisse 1851 votes. -
. 1rcIAI from Rishmond, w., to
e. 81 Louis Globe. Democrat, eth, say.
'ss. No republican National Conn
.'"'se 'su ses' properly accredited agents
" 49, s,ste, urging Rcpuolicau voters to
sslpos. sse head!eter National ticket and
~ s.e,s Oco.1sss'onsi ticket In oil districts
s..sps No..o.k ana feterso"rs, where the
epu"io.a oano'os'es 3e 'nou&nt 20 haSes
C00nC0 OF NM oIAcf0d 80 4.lla. ia 4.
lALBERrI AlB0rr, . son OF the late
NJ Z. Il. talbot, Of Marywille, Mo-, has
49, Erosteo, cn09ed with the murder OF
on az Meo was snct and KILLED BY an an.
x.s..!.s aaeaaeln wnse Ssieaaq y hA OWL
49, ~ u 'ae night o. sepe H. Nrs. TAT
smother ~ ~ -. =. ns S,..a -. e. raoo,
have been .,rs.. Ieu IMAM ..o o.@en wyes'e
detective. - m. d;.o,,;s. -. 49, ,.S.A
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"A T1RE resulting in the loss Of five lives oc-
Cured, ahotlt eleven o'clock to-day in the
shoddy'factOry Of BENJAMIN Hay, corner Of
Second and Broadway. The hre caught from
81 leased rags fs,lling upon the bales and before
the engines could be brought to the spot the
whole building. owing to the iniiammable
character Of ito contents. was in flames.
Twenty giFls and women, under the super.
vision Of Mary Foren, the fOrewOman Of the
sOF(ing department, were at work in the sort.
Ing anu storage rooms on the third floor.
These women knew nothing of the presenceOf
the FIRE until one of them saw smoke coming
l through the cracks in the floors. She at
once called Fire." aud started for the stair.
case In the storaYe.rOom. Mos. of the womei
ct this time were In the storage.rOOnl, only
eight then being In the sorting-room. The
forewoman ran TO the door between the two
rooms and told them the building WA on fire,
and to hurry out. Two OF the eight ilnmedl.
ately followed her, but the other six, anxious
to save their clothing, stopped to take on their
| working dresses and put On those they wore
| going to and from work. The consequence
| was when they returned to 60 down the stair.
case In the stOrage-rOOm they found
the flames had cut them of in that
directions, Then turning toward the
drying-r0Om, all there was found to be in
fam es. Their only chance was the windows.
Only two of the six reached that point alive.
Two, afterward identified as Mrs. Rachel Dos.
Rett and Mrs. Catherine Jackson, were sufRo-
Gated by tho smoke, and fell almost ut the
threshold Of tho door through which they had
In vain cndeavored to escape. Two others,
Miss Margaret Welsh and Miss Curran, fell
not NOR than ten fee: from tho window
which Mrs. Eliza Barrack and Mrs. Mary Lyon
reached alive. No sooner were their agou-
led faces seen ut the window than cry
OF horror went up from the thousands
attracted tc the vicinity by the fire., A NUM-
Der Of citizens hastily rolled under the window
number OF bales OF rags and called upon the
women to Jump. Mrs. Barrack, after turning
I her head and looking back at tue flames ran.
idly increasing In volume, stepped upon the
window.slll and leaped down the forty or nifty
feet. lighting ON tho bales. and IN striking
broke her left ankle. she was Immediately
picked up and carTiedt to neighbOring store
whence she was sent to the hospital
Mrs. Lyon, after seeing the accident
which had hefallen Mrs. Darrack, stood
still In the window-sill, and. in response
to cry from Officer Burke to slump, for
Code sake" was heard to say something
which sounded like mo: no; cannot"
Then, turning, she rushed back into the flames,
and was seen no more until her dead and
eharred body was found lying near those Of
her companions. ~ 4l r.G @,es so
Xhe general opinion is that tho unfortunate
victims are to blame for the terrible tragedy,
the statements Of the forewomen. many fire.
t'en andthe etrl Aante Madden whodrst CAV,
ne alarm on thas tlo0r,, be.nsiO the eject thai
.hey had ample time to escape after the alarm
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III asas} alsa stla .sn335ss,E al3l IS
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A Piti.Able sight.

TnE Chicago Times Of the 2lst publishes the
following among many other affecting incr
dents growing out of the loss on Lake Michi-
gan of the steamer Alpena: n most pitable
sight is the grief of an aged Englshman named
John Osborn. who, with anguish depicted in
every lilcament Of a wrinkled face, has sew
cval times within the past two days appeared
at the desk of secretary Wright The invari-
able question, expressed in a plantiye tone
SUCH as would touch the stoniest heart, is:
Anything YETI Last evening, before the
response was given, he turned away,
sobbing out: Gone, gone! All gone" Down
with the Alpcna went his only son. daughter
and two grandchildren. The downward course
OF bis life is dark with clouds Of sorrow. One
of the afflicted Is Mr.. William Vandecar. With
anxious face he walked into the office of the
Goodrich Company on yesterday morning and
b.uke out with the usual Have You heard
from the Alpena, sirt' To the silent shake Of
the head of the clerk to whom the question was
put, b, ouly said, shes gone, them! and, lag
Ing p. spt Oh the desk, walked away. The
slip real: My wife, short, stoutly-bult, sew
eral rings on her hands. Send me telephone
# found. Vim. Vandecar.' Rev. Farrell Hart
and wife, Of White Pigeon, Mich, are Of the
lost. They were on their way to home IN
this city. and q peculiar interest attaches to
their death from the fact that they had just
been welded, and were enjOyilR bridal trip"
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OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A Smart Girl.

49, JIN LAnIsoS runs the dray linein Blooming.
ton, nj. The other day while he was getting a
safe downstairs from an Office the rope broke
and it fell down; he vas II the way and mar
rOwly escaped being crushed. As it was, he
had his leg broken and bis foot smashed. This
left hin with apparently NO one to attend to
his business, which IL quite extensive. In
this emergency his daughter Nancy, aged
fourteen, took hold Of his accounts, and
since then has run the whole line, and done
1t very successfully. She has attended to the
orders. KEEP; the men at work, made out and
collected I'LL the bills, and transacted all the
affairs of the line just as well as any one could
have done. This is tho kind of girl to have,
ana if Jim don't take her into partnership
then he deserves never to get out Of bed. BY
tho way, the most successful coal and lumber
merchant in that city is woman, Miss Geor-
gian Trotter. She is q good business woman
too, and knows how to make Is we'll ~ keep
MOney.-Ps0ria Journal. s..sa,..s.sa-..s
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--It;s best to look the insv'''0''
tho face and see what it is ike
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Reua,s. q Two Aged BrstAers.


JOHN AND DANIEL MILLER, twins, were born
In Adams County, Pa, in 1876. When they
were four years old their mother was left q
widow. Being destitute and in ill-health, she
was unable to support herself and children.
She sent Daniel to live with friends in Wash
ington County. John found home in Vest
morcland County. Daniel grew upand became
Il miller John learned the biacksmith's trade.
They never saw or heard of one another after
leaving their mother, and each supposed the
other was dead. Over fifty years ago John
Miller abandoned his trade aud became
q toi!-ga, sleeper ON the Butler turnpike, in
Allegheny County. He holds the position
still. one day recently he went out OF his
house TO collect toll of an old gentleman who
was driving through the gate. A neighbor OF
the toli-gatekecper stood BY. lie made the
remark that the traveller and the keeper
looked enough alike to be twins. This brought
about inquiries on the part of the two Old
men. "'nc traveller proved to be Daniel Miller,
Johns irwin brother. He had lived for years
IN bradford, but . few miles away from the
tolLgate, in another county. This was the first
meeting Of the brothers since they were four
years 0ld-sixty years ara. . n.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-13
A Pr.m,.e to a Mother Kept.

CHARLIE Owen, express messenger on the
train that was wrecked last Friday evening,
was struck between the shoulders by a box,
temporarily paralyzing his arms, but when
offered glass Of whisky by the physician he
refused, and when the doctor urged him be
again refused. Insisting, the medical man and
several others standing near told him he must
lake it to save his lite. S"NO. sir. said the
young man., firmly refusing. "When went
toraflroading l promised my mother that
would never touch whisky, and III die here
in my tracks, gentlemen, before III touch
it," The young man mentioned is a brother
Of the agent at Knoxville. He is but nine
teen years OF age, and has been in the
employ of the, Southern Express Company for
y few months only. He has been tried on
several roads, and on account of his integrity,
intelligence and close application to duty has
been rapidly promoted by his route agent to
the position of first claSs" messenger. He
left ,Lynchburg September "a with heavy
'"run' of freight and valuables. The entire
train left the track near Big Lick, and the ex-
press car ana contents were crushed and torn
to splinters. Charlie was dragged from under
the wreck crushed and bruised and was
evidently suffering greatly. His first words
were to call for bis safe and two boxes Of
silver. When brought to him be extended his
bruised body over them and watched bis valu.
able, 'run''t through the long hours Of the
night. -Knotra's (Ts7In.l Itt6wnS." e.is'tf 81
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Parents and Children.

THERE are few parents who fully
comprehend the amount OF influence
their example and spirit exert over their
children. The intuitions of childhood
are wonderful, and parents rarely I'M
derstand their power and influence in
the formation of character, which often
begins In q child long before the parent
in the least degree expects it. The babe
in its mothers arms is more or less at
fected by the disposition and temper OF
its parent and older members OF the
family, and as it grows older the mora!
tone and actual practical life manifested
in the household, affect it very much
more than any amount of instruction or
impaired precept. The first manifesto
ton Of reason in infancy is shown in the
child's attempts to initiate what it sees
done in its presence and SO the moral ex.
ample that is set before children, and
the spirit and temper that parents par
take Of, are naturally initiated by them,
and they take their strongest impress
sions, and are very much more intlu.
enced by what occurs in their presence
than any amount of instruction or WARM
ing directly impaired to themselves by
word Of mouth. If little prattler is
taught to be gentle, loving and kind,
and then sees its parents quarrelsome,
proud, self.willed, and selfish, the child
very naturally feels that the instruction
is Of little account, and so soon mani
tests the same characteristics that are
prominent in one or both of its parents.
Children are great critics, and quick to
note the weakness of their elders, and
readily observe any failure on the part
Of a parent to practice what the child is
taught to do and say. And 80 l desire
to call the attention of thoughtless and
indiscrect parents and instructors to the
importance of looking to their CONVERSE
ton, tempers, and doings generally,
when in the presence of childhood, so
that no evil influence is unconsciously
exerted by them upon young immor.
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In the shooting Of man named James Nc
Callaum, recently, but upon examination
established his Innocence and was acquitted.
.NsCallsuns hesehssss hs~svsr, Ahssshsssd
to kill him for his part in the affair, and As
tfetha since left the country, 1t Is sup.
posed they carried their threat into cxecu-
ton. "a "a u
The Woodin Hotel at Saltwater,
Mich, burned on the 18th. The proprietor
is widow, whose five-year.oldton peiished
in the flames. She Is insane with grief.
A ROW between cowboys and soldiers
occurred in low dive at Camp Sheridan.
Neb., in which two Of the cowboys were
killed and one soldier was shot in the leg. 1t
was thought he would die.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12
Claude Melnotte In Real Life.

was recently told by a young French
gentleman (the son of the Project of
La Rochelle) one of the strangest ro-
mances of real life that ever came to
my knowledge. Some four years ago
q peasant boy who lived on farm near
the town of Clermont-Ferrands saw and
fell in love with the beautiful daughter
of gentleman of good fortune and po-
sition, he being at the time seventeen
years of age and the young lady just
sixteen. This new Claude Melnotte
was so madly in love that he went
straight to the house of the young girls
parents and demanded her hand in
marriage. The father treated the pre-
posterous proposition with good-natured
scorn. "Come back when YOU have
an income of 200, 600 francs, ($40, 00O),"
was his answer, land then we will see
about it." The infatuated youth took him
at his word, and forthwith set to work.
Now, one of the peculiarities of the
town OF Clermont-Ferrand is scarcity
of water. There is no river near it, so
it relies for its water supply on springs
and wells. Under these circumstances,
a spring is valuable piece of property,
and commands relative high price.
So the young peasant lover set off for
an adjacent mountain, there to search
for hidden springs. My informant said
that he had honeycombed the whole
side of the mountain with his works,
constructing at one point a tunnel over
two miles in length. All this was exc
cuted with his own hands, He works
from dawn to dark, lives upon potatoes
of his own planting, and never spends
so much as sou upon mug of beer.
Every Sunday he goes to mass in the
town, after which he proceeds to the
house of his lady-love, 10 ask if she is
married, or likely to be. On receiving
a response in the negative he plods con-
tentedly homeward and starts out
fresh to his toll on the morrow. This
life has continued now for fun ten
years. Up to the present time he has
discovered three important springs,
each of which he has sold for. 5000,
but though now possessed of what for
man in his condition of life is wealth,
he abates none of the hardships of his
existence. He has one fixed idea,
namely, to become the possessor of
fortune sufficient to enable him to claim
the hand of the object of his blind pas
sion. Yet no one who knows the part
les even imagines that the young lady
will ever consent to marry him. She
is now twenty-six years Of age, and is
pretty; refined and accomplished.
while he is coarse, unlettered peas
ant, without even physical comliness,
as he is short, thick-set, with broad,
stolid countenance. What will be the
end of his dream. / wondera Ny in
formant told me that the story was true
in every particular; he had himself Wis
tied the works. and entered the curl
Gus tunnel. and been presented to this
new Jacob. willing to serve even more
than seven years for his Rachel.-Mrs.
Hooper's Letter to Philadelphia Tsle-
graph.