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Reesd fo1. Headaches.

Dir. Day says, in a late lecture; What
ever be the plan of treatment decided Hpor
rest is the first principle to inculcate il
every severe headache. Rest, which the
busy man and anxious mother cannot
obtain so long as they can manage to keeI
about, is one ofthe first remedies for every
headache, and we should never cease to en-
force it, The brain; when excited, as much
needs quiet and repose as q fractured liml
or an inflamed eye, and it is obvious tha
the chances of shortening the seizure ant
arresting the pain will depend on our pow
er to have this carried out effectllally. Il
is practical lesson to keep steadily il
view, in that there may lllk behind sim,
pie headache some lesson Of unknown
magnitude which may reinain stationary
ifqtiet can be maintained. "l
There is point worth attending tG il
treatment of all headaches. See that the
head is elevated at night, and the biIov
hard; for, if it be soft, the head sinks int
it and becomes hot, which with some peo
pie enough to provoke an attack i'll tht
morning ifsleep has been long and heayy
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EnfeI1citfess

Many al immortal work has been writ
ten with the blood Of the author, at the ex-
| pense of his happiness and Of his life. Elt-
ripides studied III a dark cave-Demosthe-
nes at night. Thomson was SO excessively
lazy that he once was seen to be eating
fruit from a tree, as it grew, standing with
both hands in his pockets. a certain
French writer, failing to please the critics
of his day by his avowed productions, re-
sorted to the expedient Of publishing three
volumes of poetry and essays as the work
ola journeyman blacksmith. The trick
succeeded, and all France was in amaze
ment at the son Of Vulcan. Morel pos
sessed such devotion to study that, when
the death of his wife was announced to
him, he could not be prevailed upon to re-
sign his pen, butsimply said, Il am sorry,
she was a good woman. Y
CoWper once wrote; II wonder that q
sportive thought should ever knock at the
door of my intellect, and still more, that it
should gain admittance. 1t is as If a hal-
leqlGn should intrrde itself into a chamber
where a corpse is deposited in state. =
Chattersols starved two days before he
cut his throat Vangelas was surnanled
the "OWl, !" from being obliged to keep
within allday and venture out only at
night, through fear Of creditors. Sheridan
watched long and anxiously for q bright
idea, and afterwards rewarded it on linn
self with a glass or two ofzport. Burns
was a hard worker; when his iiehlI music
jaded, he used to rock himself ia u chair,
patiently waiting her Inspiration. Walter
Scott entertained the idea that bis poetic
vein never flowed happy except between
the yernal and autumnal equinoxcs. Ros-
seau, when doomed to full company, oecu-
pied himsilf knitting lace strings, which
he preferred to long yarns Bloomfield
wrote his Tanners Boy 2 with chalk up
on pair Of bellows. Tasso, on one occa-
sion, having addressed a sonnet TO 4 favor
ite cat, he begs the light of her eyes to
write by, as he was too poor TO buy Il candle.
It is supposedj and with great reason, that
but for peculiar circumstances, men of
genius would not have achieved so much,
or so well.
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,A,Eae yYf6ees secret.

II will tell you the secret Of. our happy
married life" said a gentleman Of three
score and ten. ssE'Te have been married for
forty years; my bride was the belle Of
New York when | married her, and though
I loved her for herself, still a lovely flower
is ali the more 1oylier poised in an eNquis-
ite vase Ny wife knew this, and, true to
her genuine refinement, has never, in all
these forty years, appeared at the table or
allowed me to see herless carefully dressed
than during the days of our honeymoon.
Some might call this foolish vanity;l call
this true wonlanliness. / presume | should
not have ceased TO love her had she fol
lowed The example of many others, and,
considering the everyday life ofhome nee
essariIy devoid of beauty, allowed herself
to be careless Of such small measures as
dressing for her husbands eye; but love is
increased when we are proud Of the object
loved, and to-day [ am more proud Of my
beautiful wife with her silVery hair and
gentle faca, than Of the bride whose lovli-
ness was the theme Of every tongue. Any
young lady can win a lover; how few car
keep them such after years Of married life !:
In all the little courtesies Of life, III all
that makes one attractive and charming,
i'll thoughtfulness of others and forgetful-
ness ofself, every house should be begun
and continued. Men should be more care
FIJI to sympathize with and protect the
wife than the b1ide-more willing to pick
up the scissors, hand her the paper, Eor car
~ her package than if she We're a young
lady; and as no young woman would for
moment think Of controlling the engage
ments and movements Of a young gentle
man, neither should she do 80 when he is
her husband; If by making herself bright
and attractive she fails to hold him, COM
pulsion will only drive him farther from
her. I believe it impossible TO retain the
friendship of anyone by demanding it. /
do not believe it possible to lose it by being
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NEoaaotGHpGusS A4akD0g.

|
Nature abhors monotony. &. Iussey
argued that he could stand any amount OF
repetition; it was with him only question
of wages. The contestant. to prove his
theory, offered him two dollars and fifty
cents day for year to carry brick from
his store on Clay street, to q store over the
way andback, ten hours day, Sundays
excepted Hussey faced the monotony
gayly, and at eve chuclded over the two
dollars aud fifty cents received. The second
day all right, only ayawn now and then
and an increase. of tobacco sQuirts, till
yesterday, the fifth day, he petered out and
cayed in. S'Neverin my life did do work
so exhausting, I'd rather starye than go on
l9not1ter tiay.'5
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a ,FSa1a ael.Ssss Esi1's.

~
But HoWs at last, slctlls colnefo the real
"dangefous girl l''-the girl who seems by
some fine fitness to walk into the empty
room III mans heart which has never
been opened to another N0inan, ;ild take
up her abode there. 'tSle is just as high
rs nay, heart" Orlando says of Rosalind,
and there can be no more accurate meas
urement fora lovers delight in his sweet
heart. She fits him5 she suits lliny She
may not be pretty; she need not ije clever;
she may be both Of these things ii a re-
markable degree, and a ballroom belle be
side, and a. chef. d'9uyIe of a1illiner' s art
i'll the bargain. But she has a gift over
and beyond all these which renders all
Others subordinate. She has a wap of Lis
ttcning which makes the 1onst reserved
man eloquent, and herlittie speeches, never
.audacious and rarely. brilliant, have yet
something tenacious about them, and cling
10 his memory when he sitsoYeI his fire by
might on goes about bis daily work. Then
her face, her distinct and vivid personality,
pursItes him; ii II The gift herself, not her
! bangles me-: Iter founces, that he remen-
| brfe. 1T feels natuMl,to him that he is
thus taken possession Of and held captive.
No ugtter .hSS cold he may have been
herctff Wy becomes a7de}it, warm
hearted affAfdra$fis he ,nsay II have admired
pretty girl, with ,1srr rfurbeloN@s and
tl5lnees, and her 4Fiee perception Of the
most becoming, he may have been q little
heayF -hearted over the sunaptuoHs beauty
of tie belle, :aldllaye enjoyed tile society
Of the Clever. girl who s3yed him The trouble
ofdoing III tl9e talking, being able 70 DO i
55=herse1fso much more brilliantly But this
4 hankering after private felicity, this ferviC
belief in attainable Happiness, this large
=fa:,itfs in the futur6 which marriage may as
sllrg to him, Only followed l9is aequaillt
i Ance Mitii#tihe dangerous girl who mp
s set Ills boastfsd< ideas of Independent en
Eioyment, overturned All his preeonceiyet
notions of bachelorhool and set him long
J ing to he engaged. Until he say heP, II
saiti with Benedick, One woman is fair
q yet / am we'll; atfother i. wise, get an
sFWell; another Firtrlous, yeti am well bn
/ tillali graces come into one woman, on
woman shall not come into my grace.
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EHo1g 10 PaY Epsaa ? Ii IN : "A 1.

Y VI Y %
TO pag compliment is to tell the truth
land 10 tell II ~ though yoltlpeaIltit. Ane
the only way todo tilatis to mean II. II ;
.gifl isprefty oF aeconpii shed; If slie plays
well, Of sings wen, o. dances we'll or talk
we'll !; III in 4 word, sfe pleases, why, ila tllt
name of ofcommon sense, Should She not b
told ST if Don't blurt If OF before every
body. THAT Till onlK serve to make hel
feel uncomfortable and make yen appeal
+r-iitlienlotts. Say 4 u5lietiy, when o5porsts
Mtg. eiffcIss bllt say il strongly Convey
the ieea distinctly and fully, ~ shat tilef'
niay. l1s no mistake about. if-5 Bit don
ii officially. Fellaalif9 Is abou
the eoldest thing known.
More than one maiden has been mad
happy s;.g for BALI ~ HOURLY u man
TAX ting oiti1Ee to5sstlE 4 aIeassgaf fltilas
II. stat He lkal, arlt y; l;,iag y
ifaslfion's gollies liaYe been given up q!
girls Eihell tlley uotiea;t discreet ~ lsps
eessternin on#tIlt part o4 their zen
Iein5f friends A 1le#iifelfiiag little l,laf'
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ERa tIae Police Court.

'sMr, Bamsey, open Cotlrt. 3Er: Pal
nler keep everybody quiet back there in the
audience--the first man that moves shoot
him on the spot. Nj. Murphy, you'll
have to eIel5k loud, there being 50 much
noise on account Of having no carpet on the
floor; this room is disgrace to the city.
Mr.. Gaul, please be kind enough to get in
/ to those cocl5roaches cavorting arotnd that
spittoon there, and Mr. Taylor, those bed
| bugs crawling up that column alongside Of
you should be eStcrneinated. Now let
/ the business proceed, 7 were the remarks
Of Judge Wilson when he took his seat on
the Judicial throne,
4 w. j. Conlml, we'll known to his Horror
as Il candidate button-holer, was put out OF
the way for three months: sFhis will be q
relief to the various candidates before the
coming conventions, as Judge Wilson re
marked he was one of the worst bores that
ever tackled a candidate.
s'lVhat il your business, Thomas Ross, =
asked His Honor Of q sad looking5 badly
bruised specimen that stood i,i1 to answer
charge Of drunkenness. ssItm a nurse at
the Cincinnati Hospital, The replied. III
looks 10 me Is though you needed nursing
now Goout to the Work-house and get
the #ilislSey out Of you, remarked His
Honor, and the hospital nurse was dragged
down stairs.
Il ID II 4% y - - r.
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Qnick wit Wins. n

Years ago, into a wholesale grocery
store in Boston, walked tall muscular
looking man, evidently from some back
woods town Id Maine or New Hampshire.
Accosting the first person he met who
happened to be the merchant himself, he
asked:
ssYou don't want to hire Il man II your
store do you? -
s.What can you do2'' asked the mer- I
chant, with a smile.
ssDon' said the man 81 rather guess /
can turn my hand to almost anything
what do you want done
Ell, 1T was 10 hire ]. man il would he
one that could lift. well. 4 strong, WHY
fellow. one. for instance, that eoslo
shoulder q sack of coffee like that yondef.
and carry ii across the floor and never las
| it down.
ssrhere, now, apt:lill, said the country.
man, that can lIft any tllill2
hitch to-: You can suit better. ha
win you give a man that w si==1lit you
IN tell yeu, said tlle merchant, {
rou vii shoulder that sack ofz5coIfee an
/ carry It across the store tsiees and i1eVe1 W
IaF ii down, i viii hire sou y year af Slo'
per month.
ssIsone n said the stsiss and s'a7 fhl m
Zine every clerk had gatlleresa around an
waited to join iin the laugh against e
.3 IrE5 X,
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Our Girls.
or so well.

The girls i'll the principal cities i'll thi
country are noted asf olloWs. 5
Boston; the handsomest
Baltimore, the most intellectual.
New York, the gayest and most eXpen
siya in dress.
Philadelphia, the most refined and lady
like.
Chicago, the fastest and most dissipa
ted.
Toledo, the biggest feet. s.-
New Orleans, the most truthful.
St: Louis, the most reckless.
Cincinnati, the gaydst tiirtss
Louisville, the proudest.
Indianapolis, the best formed and thu
greatest number to the square inch
Maysville, she Hndest and most amiabl'
disposition.
Detroit, the widest.
Cleveland, the most graceful and enter
tanning in conversation.
San Francisco, the mcst Indifferent.
M0Dlle, the most lloeTai 9 nteftaiileie.
Hartford, the best musicians.
Buffalo, the dullest.
Rochester City, the most anxious to b
loved. .-
Pittsburgh, the most ind'rtrious.
Quincy, the most anxious to get mar
ried.
Helena, the most atiectioliates
Benton, the most affected
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ssosane oftIne A.fssaard6eies ef
Society.

The Hartford Journal remarks: <hn anS
s,oaote is told of a prettily dressed little girl
who fell the other day on a muddy streef
crossing, and a gentleman hastened to her
assistance After cleaning off her clothes
he asked her ifhe Shouldn't escort her home.
mo, thir, answered the little damsel, rs
yoll please we aim been Introduced = 'satS,
little girl doubtless reflected tfsa sentiments
that she had heard expressed al hon1st
ne think many people are too puncssEeu~
| in their notions about the impropriety sE
recognizing one TO whom they have rot
been iIlt4Nlaeeel. Persons will for long
time live as nefgffbors, look at each Others
faces when they meet, and YET never eN~
change a salutation because they have not
been introduced And so they will go to
the same church, attend the social religious
meetings, and look expectantly 1t eseH
other. but never exchange word OF recoa-
milton, because by chance they have moi
been introduced. Says Mrs. A., ~ met
Mrs, B. to-day aud she looked as though
she would like to have spoken to me, and
I should have been glad if she had, but !
didn't want to speak first, because ! have
never been introduced TO her. slsars
fine ago we witnessed the introduction OF
two ladies at d social gathering. The greet.
| ING between them was very cordial. ga
Mrs. r.. :sIhaYe been dying to speak 70
YOU for a long. time. but | didn't dare 70
because we had mot been introduced.
|Isaid Mrs. E., s.That is just the way =
/ have felt. aud haze wondered If We eyer
should get introduced. Now, u potn
these ladies' desired an acquaintance, anu
their na1ners toward each other fnllg
showed Il, why should they have allowed
months of what would haze proved 3 Y
4 Euleasa,lt acquaintance and friendship ~
pass away simply because No fhlfa person
happened to give them an infrodaeslon -
Iaach otflers And so between a lady ana ana
|.gaut1e1f,af, ii, II here their social position u
i 8IIe1sial. there may be the same amount y
j over nur1efiIiousness e should " ~
i means have that social etiquette repeaisa
4 which establishes the rtsle that an miro
/. d,,efion shall take place before an aequaln~
a,,a.a IL termed. btlt one N own sense ana
judgement should tell them ssnefss #aii sA-
Il ea,.t;n,, ta this rule nlay he safely haatae.
r,ge,, il case Of an tiect1oil, Il ls net
!. III aecorslanee with etiquette unless nofn
] rarties have been consulted and slgn1fled
i pleasure. Then A two, by eaeh otheI 3
re satisfied that 20 aeelaasI,sssaass
would be mutually desirable, w s1so...a
EfIaey wait week after week fef ~ Y. -
fglnit 10 occur for IsftS s -
Isluee them! " III should fhes saos s'sss''T
5uee themselves
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l.eyed beauty once said to a gentleman {. I
/ like to have YOU say sweet things to me,
it seems to come 50 easy and natural 2
In general terms, it may be said that il is
always better TO say an agreeable thing
than a dtsagreeable one, better for an par
ties. The gallant who, when young
lady stepped on his foot while dancing and
asked pardon, said, Don't mention it; 4
dainty little foot like that would not hurt
a daisy, y oil net only the truth, but
douh less fel more comfortable than the
Eboor who, i hen his foot was slept on,
roared out, That's right; climb all over
| me with your ,reat, clumsy hoofs. Y
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nc Poetry Of Hz.oaa.

There is wonderful fascination about
iron and workers. Noye1ists have
made tj,era the scenes and. heroes Of #theil
stories; poets have made thentsthe themes
ofdeathlees song, We sing Of the forge
Of 1ubal Cain, and Hector swore '1bE tho
forge that gtfshisd Mars felln,n but the
other trades are passed over.
When did the poet in lofty numbers
stag the carpenter lathihg back room On
the second floor?
Who chants The braWny arms OF the
thrilling deeds Of a man climbing a four
story ladder with a hod Of mortar2
Does anybody stand with rapt emotion
watching a painter putty up q nail hole?
/ would not exchange my one hour al
midnight in the iron-works at Ashland tor
a whole week Of watching a man mix NOR
tar with q hoe. Why, these iron-Works
surround the Ashlanders with enough ro-
nance to last Western community at
least six weeks. And yet I suppose there
are people about here who never saw a
nail made in their lives.
have known times in my own eminent
" useful aud him1>1~ 97zsamental career,
tsEEsssssz sasiiGH @ aEas 10 nail a front
s5&fa Be- 39a$&g U5asg 5hen wished
Gs.ea 4ag5 gs@. teea 4 nail made any
.a5l.fg b s5 lt4g Ef8s a}l I watched as
sz "A tr9a Bite a8tde}T85 machines fast
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'I'Bsc H.ogadtoal S4asc~Coa IN.

There are probably not many i'll this
room who ever went to London i'll a stage
coach. brt in 1892, the first time went to
London, | went outside q: stage-coach
called the .Peyeril Of Peak, 8 and it start
ed from Market street in Manchester, at
O'Clock in the evening" foul'-horSe coach,
admirably managed and horSed-and we
arrived i'll London at ) O'Clock the next
afternoon. III happened To- lie the very
night when the House Of Lords were dis
cnesing the second reading Of the great
Reform bill, and during the 18th Of April, /,
think il was, as we were tr&yeJing along
the road, some passengers observed some
thing coming toward Us, but still in the
distance, and we al looked with great in
tcrest. We saw horses galloping and car
riages coming at a speed which would
quickly have left behind our coach if they
had been going the same way, BY and by
we found cut they were chaises with four
horses in each chaiae, having two OF three
men inside, and they were throwing out
Placards from each window; These were
express chaiscs coming from London,
bringing the news to ali the people Of the
conntry--for there were no telegraphs
then-of the glorious t1iumphs Of the pop
ular principles, even il the House Of
Lords. do not know how long it sat the
previous night, but it was not till in the
morning that the House divided, and the
second reading Of the great measure was
carried by majority of 8 votes. It has
always been to me a pleasure to think Of
the excitement this incident caused among
us coach passengers When we found what
was the business and the message of those
gentlemen in the expresses.
Then, l say, we were q hours iusgoing
to London. 4. Now if you go from Man
chester to London, you are five hours on
the journey. We paid for our place ON the
coachG3 1oS., think; now 60 by first class
for 25s. When left the lTia was pouring
down, and was o,itside the coach, and the
rain poured down for hours; whereas now
we all 60 under cover, and as. comfortably
as ii: we iSters sittingin oiu bWn houses.
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cattle, as the wild herds Of buffalo far ex-
ceed the domestic cattle Innunlbers. Gun
resources for hides and meats would be in
creased at once on i prodigious scale, and
We should no oIonger depend upon the cat
lie of the Buenos ATFes pampas for ou1
hides, when we should have such re
source as This TO look to. We trust that
tie effort viii be made under some sure
auspices, whether Congress shall reject
the Offer. of. not. Unless something Of the
kind is done these vast herds Of buffalo will
be wasted away By Indians and white
hunters in pursuit of their hides for robes.
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a cg.nns.e t7.nt i Ncedea.

We need an uplifting, a.>p'uification Of
what may be called public party opinions,
50 that the leaders Of all parties may be
constrained to seek worthy ends by intel
ligent means, SO that them who pass fol
statesmen will conform their party policies
to the substantial interests Of the country,
and give Up whining about the great fraud
and the bloody shirt" We want change
thatshall lift thenationt higher level Of
party morality and public character. Unless
we can have this, a change from one party
to another will am0unttO nothing.
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Demonstrating, sTse Buffalo.

s4tfortss lie being mae along tllls route
af the Kalisas Pacific railroad. to sloInesti=
ete sla bison 81 otsfiislo 81 the Great plains.
Tic hide ftlse animal s said 90 Ile super
ioi jIyatte III fllit of tile este
cattle for lssI.n while
tIae meat Ii good. Ihe bison Ills been
with domestic stock and HE new
3=blieed Is highly spoken of, although Y-5s
doubt III superiority for aIs5s sIllg9sses.
PROPOSE ton has s9eell lIae ts a-
oiia fspNelsal llellH. bg tlie ral INV toial-
4 iItlssa it9sffle of eozz
zsll taI#b ffSzfi
s1sHit.s ffalte them afl f1ka
I this 5e sic ltaslal ~
Md a11arTatattsIv ID 9I
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u Hsaetty Pass Indeed.

Nj. Cttrrie. the. genial gentleman who,
in d moment Of plasfulness, htt1noro1lsl5E
murdered the actor, Mr.. Portoi., viii Ill all
probability be acquitted On the ground
tita lle aeted III se!f-defense. The Great
blnneIer il Nr. f''sirrie case was on the
ps.t ef the Coroner jury which should
have found that Il. Portestiietl Of typhoid
fever Had this been done,all this Worry
and es spense and ammo TO sIr. CaaIrie
would HhsFe been tyoisletl. By .JaYcit it i i
beaolaliis1e So that I'eSsls gentleman car
not al pt.t i BIT IF sIoa1. Of morning
Without islteEferefl With and Eestefee
bra police officers and legal men men
n pass s:sle coming srlllg5