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Costume in Nevada.

Her dress was of a highlv-wrought
fabric OF old pinchbeck gold, frosted over
with Paris-green can-spangles, and bro
caded with mahogany sawdust There
was an exquisite 'overskirt, sIiirred with
hempen yarn of unique pattern, and
elegantly caught up with n costly zinc
plate suspender buckle.
A wreath of natural shoemakers' wax
hung in ravishing waves from the waist,
while loops of molasses candy heightened
the caHdal appendages of the Masquerade
coat. The train was massiye and decol-
lete. 1t was gorgeously resplendant
with a row of richly embroidered shells
de-oyster, sprinkled with assorted grains
Of costly coal de-ashe. Surmounting all
was q. rich Oriental mantle of bag-de-
cordage, which was pirnoied at the right
shoulder of the fair wearer with a shingle-
de7nail, on which was leviathan carved
dome, wrought entirely of rare pie ces OF
gum-de-spruce. tt5
The fair wearer of all this magnificent
apparel wore tin star, buried In per-
feet torrent of red-hot black-coal hair,
while she glided through the mazes of
the dance like a gazelle with its right
arm in a sling. When she brought her
pretty little Cinderella slipper down up
ON the marble tiles of the festive hail. the
rafters in the building shook with silver
laughter, while crockery in the cellar,
ike enchanted fairies, leaped up and
kissed the floor underneath When ex-
cited and full of enthusiasm, this lovely
Venus opened her mouth, revealing two
massive rows of pearl that reminded the
enchanted beholder of trains of white
washed cars gliding on wings of love
through Hoosac's magnificent tunnel.
Her musical laugh sent thrill of delight
across the mass of surging, worshiping
humanity, like the trickling of cold milk
punch down the back of a man who has
iust filled his boots with chocolate ice
cream. Carson Gazette.
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Prentice Milford, in the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. relates the following in
his experience Of comical and provoking
annoyances as public speaker. He
says: None can realize until they enter
the lecture-field what trivial occurrences
may transpire to upset the unfortunate
man on the platform, and divert and dis
tract from him the attention of an au-
dieuce
ION one occasion a cat got into the
church where 1 was speaking, and
trotted up and down a course she had
laid out for herself before the pulpit
She did this with an erect tail, and at
times made short remarks.
1T Is singular that a single cat acting
in this manner is more effective in inter-
esting ard amusing an intelligent audi
ence' than any speaker. Under such
conditions Cicero himself would have to
knock under to-the cat He might 90
on talking, but the cat would capture the
house.
"And then the awful sensation of be-
ing obliged to keep on as though nothing
had disturbed You; to pretend you don't
see such n cat; that you are not thinking
of it, and knowing all the while that your
audience are getting their moneys worth
out of the cat. and not out of you'll
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Never Mind the Butcher.

II was during the peninsula campaign,
lust before the battle of Williamsburg
that General Mcclellan had issued an
order forbidding foraging under penalty
of severe punishment. A section of ar
tillerv had been supported by the Fifty
sixth New York Volunteer Infantry In a
little skirmish late in the evening, and
owing to some misunderstanding the in
fantry and artillery were left on the
picket line till late hour without any
rations. Darkness had closed IN and a
farm-vard In. the vicinity offered too great
a temptation for the hungry artillerymen
to resist. Soon the fragrant aroma Of
roast pig drew more than one officer to
the vicinity of the improvised barbecue.
Among others was Colonel Van Wyck,
the senior officer in command. He was
asked by one of the improvised camp
cooks if he would partake of the menu.
Certainly" replied the Colonel, and
with sharDened appetite he at once took
hold of the luscious roast porcine ribs.
Suddenly a staff officer rode upon the
scene With an unmistakable French
tvanp he said: "With de compliments
of de General commanding, / wish to
know who kilt dis roast hog ?"
Itch the General commanding, !"
roared Colonel Van Wyck, stretching his
tall form to its utmost altitude, "that
Colonel Van Wyck never inquiries who
the butcher is when he sits down to a
gentleman's table.
The staff officer was the Comte de
Paris of General McClellan's staff. No
further inquiry was instituted into the
mystery of the foraging expedition.
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Worth. tic Mnn.MnIiner.

A lady, having looked upon the mon
arch of mantua-makers, writes thus:
''Worth is not all that fancy pictured to
my minds eye before L saw him. In
fact, 1 found him nothing more than a
shrewd. business-like looking man, with
a head so hike the portraits of Oliver
Goldsmith that doubtless the resem-
blance has often been commented upon. :"
Worth is getting along III years, and the
anxieties of his profession are beginning
to tell upon him. His life has been a
hard one. He has gone into the great
stronghold of the French-that of wom-
ems dress-and beaten them. He is an
Englishman, and was for a Ions time
shopman at Swan & Edgar's, in London.
He has two sons, both Frenchmen to
the backbone; neither of them, however,
wish to follow their fathers profession,
but have chosen a military life, which
plainly shows their want of taste ac-
cording to their fathers idea.
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EXCHANGE EXPRESSIONS.


THE Boston Herald observes that the
man who digs one hundred feet into the
ground for water gets along well,
MATTER from St. Louis papers, repu6-
lished in the papers of Chicago, Is al
ways credited to country exchanges. -
N. .. PicaYttf9e.
a FEMALE spider eats her husbands.
If Mormon women lived on husbands,
there never would be enough left TO
warm up III hash.-Bj1lghaDlt0n RcEu6-
lican.
.''LorrA is an old maid" says the At
lanta Constitution bravely. True; but
she is the sauciest, livehest, lickingest
old maid in the business.-N y. Cone
mercidi -Adce1fiSer.
An actor viii tell you that it doesn't
hurt to let yourself fall on the floor, but
if you try it you viii get up deeply i'm
pressed with the belief that the actor Is
har- Try it, Boston Post
The Hartford C0lFant has come to
the conclusion that the button makers
who allow but two tiny holes for the
thread are Justly accountable for the
length of our divorce docket.
WHRN sharp man wants to get Job
on a St Louis paper, he tells the pro-
about Chicago than any other living man.
And they always give him chance
Boston Post
IF the wedding boom keeps up in Al
bany, the Press fears there won { be old
maids enough in the neighborhood to
sew for destitute children IN Africa or
get mp donation parties for bachelor
ministers. resssse.
of Japan If they can teach small boy
to go willingly into garden and weed,
the sooner we can get the Japanese sys-
tenn of education into. our schools the
better. Detroit Free Press.
THE two classes OF persons most apt to
visit editors are those who want their
names put in the paper and those who
want them left out; and others who brings
taffy for themselves and gall for their
neighbors. -Ne3o orleans Picdg1u7e. FL
THE high prices of living are just now
a sore prevention to marrying Tie in-
dustrious Young man is not always Born
with ten thousand n year. VIII our
young ladies please make a note OF tins?
Cincinnati EHqHiret. -ban-
The Elmira AdUertiSer says: I'VE
can not help thinking that if G. Wash
ington had lied n little ust.a httle-he
would have lived longer aud enjoyed
better health +" The AdrertiSer evident
" understands this question thoroughly.
The most eminent HAIRS IN the country
are generally healthy, well fed men, ais.
ENGLISH papers announce that his
royal bighness the Duke OF Cambridge
has invented a new whistle. 1t is such
things as this that demonstrate the ad-
vautages of nlonarchies over mere re-
pubhcs, and we mention the dukes bril-
liant achievement reluctantly, because it
is 50 likely to move our people to envy
and disquiet.- Uticq Hera}d,
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An Enghshman answered
"tWhat have we to do with the law of
God? What is that TO MS ?''
One OF the natives retorted


You remark that jury of one man
might be better than twelve, because he
could never disagree. This reminds me
of the anecdote of case of the kind in
a Justices court. A jury had been de-
manded, but there was difficulty about
getting a jury together. One juryman
had appeared, and it was finally agreed
by the court that they would Try the case
by jury of one. Accordingly the case
was tried, and the jury (of one) retired
10 consult of their verdict under the
charge of an officer. After waiting an
hour'or two the jury were called into
court ossee-if- they had agreed on their
verdict, and the foreman informed the
court that they had not agreed, and that
there were no prospect of their agreeing.
And the court sent the jury out again
waited two or three hours longer for the
result, when they were again called into
court, and they informed his Honor that
they had not agreed, and there was no
prospect of any agreement. The hour
being late the jury was then discharged
without verdict. This may have been
a farce, but, if it was, it was no more so
than are onezhalf of our jury trials
Orr AIJNIN Lar TO1fT110T
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The Square Man.

The square-man mezzuresa the same
each way, and haint got no winny edges
nor shaky lumber in him. He is free
from knots and sap, and WON'T warp.
He is klear stuff, and 1 don't care what
yu work him up into, he won't swell and
he won't shrink. He IL AMONGST men
what good xii dried boards are among
carpenters, he won't season krack It
don't make any difference which side nv
him yu- cum up to, he is the same big.
ness each way, aud the only wav few
get at him, emmy how, IL to face him,
He knows he IL square, and never
spends emmy time trieing to prove il.
The square man is one of the hest
shaped men the world has ever produced.
He IL one of them kind ov chunks that
kant alter tew fit a spot, but You must
alter the spot to fit him. Josh Biiliros.
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USEFUL HINTS.


To TAKE fresh paint off a wooden o.r-
ment rub the spots with stale bread -,
til removed. 'i1
LEMONS can be kept sweet and frosb
for months by putting them in cIeo,,
tight cask or jar, and cover with Ill
water. The water must be chanpad -
often as once every other day, and the
cask kept ina cool place.
To DESTROY ANrs.ATake carbo,;o
acid diluted with -talse-ona -.
acid to ten parts water-and viii a
syringe throw this liquid INTO All tl,e
cracks eand holes where they nest o-1d
ants will soon vanish. Cockroaches or. ara
also driven away by it.
WHEN sewing buttons. on cbiIl,o,,,s
clothes where there viii be much sfra;,,-
on the button, the danger from tear;,,l,
the cloth out will be greatly lessened b9
putting n small button directly nndcr
the larger outside button. This aprlies
of course, only to buttons with holes
through them.
An exchange says ''For worms and
flies infesting house plants, several read
ers recommend watering them with lime
water Close the opening at the bottom
Of the pot, fill with lime water and let II
stand for au hour or two, then remove
the plug at the bottom and drain if off
Ii one application Is insufficient, trva
second.
To GIVE n beautiful gloss TO shirt
bosoms, procure two. OUNCES of -f16
white gum arabic and pound it to now
der, put 1t into pitcher and pour on to
it pint or more of boiling water. nc
cordipg to the degree of strength Won
desire, and then, having covered it let
II set all night In Sac morning ponr it
carefully from the dregs into n clcau
bottle, cork it, and keep 1t for fuaher
use. A TABLESPOONFUL OF gum water
stirred into a pint of starch that has
been made IN tire usual msJnner will give
a beautiful gloss 10 shirt bosoms, and. 10
lawns (either white 81 printed look oil
newEess to which nothing else can
restore them after washing. 1t is also
goodtfor thin white mUshR and nj Kinds
OF laces.
To CLEAN MRRoRs. -Fakc inews-
paper or part OF one, according g tleg
size Of the glass. Fold i Small iiTa ia e
1t into a basin OF clean cold water when
thoroughly wet squeeze 1t out ~ Youl
hand as you w0ulda sponge, and thelA
rub it hard all over the face of the glass
taking care that 1t is not SO wet 8s o.
run down. in streams In fact, the paper
must only be completely moistened or
ldampcd all through. After the glass
has been wen rubbed with wet paper
let il rest for few minutes, and then
90 over it with a fresh dry newspaper
folded small in your hand) till il looks
clear and bright. which il VIII almost
immediately and wItk no further trouble.
This method, simple rs il is, Is the
best and most exp ditious for cleaninG
mirrors, and II viii be found SO on trial
giving a cleanliness and polish that
can be produced by no other process.
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Like Mistress. Like Maid.

"Sir, says Ruskin, there is only
one way to have good seryants-that is,
to be worthy of being wen served. All
nature and all humanity viii serve a
good master and rebelagainst an ignoble
one. And there is no surer test of the
quality of nation than the quality of its
servants, for they are their masters
shadows, and distort their faults in a
hattened mimicry. A-wise- nation will
have philosophers in its servants hall, a
knavish nation will have knaves there,
and kindly nation will have friends
there. Only. let it be remembered that
kindness means, as with your child, so
with your servant, not indulgence, but
care ~
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m Pnner nr 49,.

When Charles IT was making his tn
afdphant progress through England GER
tam country ladies who were presented
20 him, instead of kissing the royal hand
in their simplicity held mp their pretty
Ups to be kissed by the King, "a blunder
30 one would more willingly excuse than
the lover OF pretty Nell Gwyune. Geor-
giana,f Duchess of DeyOnshire,. gave
Steele, the butcher, kiss for his vote
acarly eentIy since, and another
equally beautiful woman, Jane, Duchess
If Gordon, recruited her regiment IN a
similar manner A kiss from his mother
made Benjamin West an artist - Kiss
me, mother, before L sleep. How sim
PIE boon, yet how soothing to the little
7uppliant is that soft, gentle kiss. The
head sinks contentedly ON the pillow
for all is peace and happiness within.
The bright eyes and rosy lips
lose, and the little darling il soon
Yelling IN the bright and sunny dreams
IF innocence. Yes, kiss, mother, for
that goodnight kiss viii hnger IN the
memory when the giyer lies moldering
in the grave. The memory Of a gentle
mothers kiss has cheered many a lonely
wanderers pilgrimage and has been the
beacon light, to illuminate his desOlate
heart life has many stormy blllOw to
cross, many a rugged path to climb. and
we know not what Is in store for the lit
tie one so sweetly slumbering, with no
marring care to disturb its peaceful
dreams. The parched and fevered lips
viii become dewy again as recollection
bears TO the sufferers couch mothers
love, mothers kiss. Then kiss your
little ones ere they sleep; there is
magic power in that kiss which will en-
dure to the end of life. Troy Times.
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ct believe it to be all wrong and even wicked
for clergymep or other public men to bele5 into
giving testimonials to quack doctors or vile
stnffs called medicines, but when a reallv Yoeri-
torious article is made up of common " i,Isble
remedies known to all and that all pbvsiciaT,s
use and trust in daily, we should fre en-
mend it. / therefore cheerfully and heartily
commend Hop Bitters for the good tbeH have
done me and my friends, firmly beleyins thew
have no equal for family use. 1 will not be
without them" Rev, -, Washington. d. G.
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4 Just Rebnke.

Some Euglishmen were making an
excursion in New Zealand, and engaged
natives as. guides and TO carry their hug
gage. On the first Sabbath, the Euro
peans were proposing to journey as usu-
al, but the natives said:
No; we rest ON the Sabbath"
Thechief of the gui6es was a Christian
man, and stood firm. The Englishmen,
hike too many of their countrymen when
abroad, forgot the religion of their early
days. They got into a great rage, and
refused to pay them If they did not
obey orders. The natives asked:
What are We to do with the law of
God?''-
An Englishman answered
''What have we to do with the law of
God? What is that to us
One OF the natives retorted
You have much to do with that. If
it were not for the law of God we should
not remain quiet on your refusing to
pay us for our labor. We should have
taken by force what you have, and
robbed, If not killed, you. You have that
much to do with the law of God"
What was the end of this strange
scene we do not know, bat we hope that
among these Englishmen there was suf-
ticient manliness and good feelingt to ac-
cept the unexpected rebuke, and to
honor the Maori for his tirmness and
principle.
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II troubled for many years with Kidney
l was dull and inactive; could hardly crawl
about, andaSas an old, sworn-out man all over.
and could get nothing to help me, until got
Hop Bltters, and now L am boy again. NV
blood and kidneys are all right and I am as
active as man of 80, although l am y, and
have no doubt it will do as well for others of
my age. 1t is worth the trial" Father.l
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WHEN about twelve years old said Mr..
Geisman, of the Globe Chop House to
our representative, l met with an acct
dent with horse, by which my skull
was fractured, and ever since I have sHf-
fered with the most excruciating rheuma-
TIC pains. OF late applied st. Jacobs
on, which has given me almost total re-
lief.-Fort Wayne (Ind) Sentinel.
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xz3g ro;xSfoLD COAT. dAqIgF

Poor coat, well loved for man yrreasops' $50
This Ranstlnas lbrdshed You for ten seasons
kenSocrates no naore could d9c ..,,..
Whilst Tims xour thin and white-seaneu stun
Keeps on attacking without end,
WISELY ilkeme, his blowsirebuni fFaffi
Andneyer let Us pari, old irisns' U afseaaa
That bitttiay down, wfeii frstT wore you, {
III mind welI-memcry yet ~ strong q
Ny friends around TO honpr bore YOU, s..-1.s
And poured their welcome forth in song
Your shabby plight-of which m valn-
flinders them not an arm % lend,
They'd freely feast Us nov again To
SO never let us part, old friend
You're patcheflbehind, an ancient rending; ?
That. too recalls past delight; = 81 - II
One night 10 run from Jane pretending, ...
felt her soft hand clutch me Hght
.sTorn were you, and that frightfufteI .ifisHi-
1t took my Jane Two days to mend, s
While l was held her captive there s
So never let us part, old friend
Have you been stepped in musk and amber,
Which fqPs sniff. Looking 10 the glass
Or pushed along an ante-chamber
For sweIls 10 sheer at as we pass2 ~
Throughout ali France by faction rent,
Ribbons and stars fell strife can send
A feld-aower Is Your ornament; 20
So never let US part, old friend.
Fer no more days of idle ranging,
When our two fates become as one,
OF pleasure with plain interchangins,
OF intermingled rain and-sun
For the last time | soon shall don
Ny clothes gust watt aud We wiz wend
Together, gently going off,
~ Sonever let US part, old friend :, rs I'd
cnta III rsEN H4 Hf1Ff .ieF ne ar
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CHARLEs NELSON, ESQ, Proprietor

CHARLES NELSON, ESQ, Proprietor
Nelson House, speaking to us recently,
Observed: 1 suffered so much with
Rheumatism that my arm withered, and
physicians could not help me- was in
despair of my life, when some one adj
vised me to try St. jacobs Oil i did so,
and as if by magic, [ was instantly re-
lieved, and, by the-continued use of the
Oil entirely cured. / thank heaven for
having used this wonderful remedy, for
II saUed Hy iJe. 1t also cured my wife
Port Huron Commercial.
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The Homes of America.

1t is not a mere accident that the
homes of America are the most comfort
able and comforting on earth. Nor are
these home comforts due simply to me
chanical skill or economic Judgment. A
country which has limited the powers Of
its government stimulates society, and
highly moral society produces the most
perfect homes which human eyes OF
poetic visions can behold No one knows
the American system well who does not
know the American home. Our political
system is publicity itself; American so
ciety has never yet been fully charac-
terized; while the best result of both, the
perfect home, has been praised IN gen
eral terms, but not described and ex-
planned In its true fullness. The novel
writer's, from whom such descriptions
might be expected, have failed ignomin-
iously in their attempts at showing the
maturest results of our social system.
Yet this system Is unique, and it is
marked advance upon all European
models. The English home approaches
the American home, while the German
home approaches the English; but the
ideal American home, not rarely realized,
has n comfort, a character and a dignity
all its own It may seem to be wanting
in the graces, traditions and RESPONSE
bilities peculiar to the best English
homes; it surpasses them in moral dig.
nifty; it differs from all the others in be-
ing the result of a bighly-refned civiliza-
ton; 1t is the best and purest outcome of
our ethical system. There has been
much pleasant banter about the great
American novel that is to come. Let it
not dwell too much on politics; British
politics are larger than ours. Let it not
tell too much of busy people; the French
are as industrious and Industrial as we
are. Let it not confine itself to analysis
of character or sentiment; other nations
have both in abundance. Let it describe
tie purest and sweetest of American
htmes and letit describe, not an ideal,
but that reality which distinguishes the
American home from all others, and
shows it to be the best outcome of our
history, our political institution and our
social system. -BOstOlI Advertiser.
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SEA captain was brought before a
justice in Marseilles and merciIesslv nj
tackled by his opponents lawyer. When
at length he was suffered to snaalr he
said: Your honor, ask DELAY Of one
week in the proceedings, 50 that NAV
find big enough liar to answer that
man. His request was granted