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Table Manners.

Everybody said that Fred was bsd
boy at table, He split the salt, he up
set his mug Of milk, and 3e knocked
over his glass of water. Hi found fault
with Whatever was set before him: the
bread was too old, the soap too hot, the
milk too rich. In fact, he never came
to the table without gsambling about
something, and making everybody on-
comfortable. He clattered his knife
and fork, and made faces. He talked
loudly and acted 80 much Ike q little
clown, that it made his father and
mother very miserable. They often
lad to send him away, or punish him,
At the same time he talked q great
deal about what he would do when he
was man. He used to put on his
father hat and take his cane and strut
about, just to v,e how it would seem to
be . real man. Ja.f,
II hope you won't spill your soup
over yoNr jacket when you're . real
man. " said his little sister. =
Men don't wear jackets" Fred
answered. ."That's all girls know
shout it. - = =" t'..
!, One dsy, when his father was late to
tsa, Fred slipped into his place, and b.
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: Stake Your Plants.

d. not allow lsrkspurs, hollyhocks,
and other experimenting plants, to
grow up and topple over before you
stake them; else they win not look so
handsome as il staked early. If peren-
NAL asters, larkspurs herbaceous cle-
matises, and the like come up in a thick
bunch Of stems, pluck away all the
weakest shoots, and so reduce the
clumps that every shoot will have plenty
ofroom for full developne.t. You will
have stronger plants and larger flowers
for it. In stalking; do not huddle the
shoots tightly together around the stake,
but tie them firmly but loosely, and il
there are several Of them, tie in little
punches, rather than all III one. l. For
dahlias and other heavy plants use one
strong stake for each. They may not BE-
easily inserted deep enough in dry
weather, but when the ground is wet
you can put them in Is deeply as yen
please. Stakes for gladioluses and
wand.like flower spikes like red psnt.
stemons, should be slender but strong,
not nearly So long IS the spikes, ana in
troduced in almost indiscernible feshion.
Country Gentlessas. a ar j ~
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gan to ask Che other children xhs q
would have, in a big voice.

gan TO ask she other children WIN a..
would have, in big voice.
Presently his father came in an ...,
Fred's seat; but he was hardly se.,s{
before he astorished Fred BY pusS S;ea
his plate away and snarling out thu,
didn't want any Of that stuff. Thsr ~ ~
twisted in his chair, and overturn. a ~ !.
dish in his neighbours lap. He cr;.i
out that he wanted to be helped to h;a
piece of cake. "Give me some msrn ~s
ladc, tell your he roared; "I~;',
have some; won't eat my supper sT
don't have it." And he began to a.
with his mouth open. "Dippcltoa -; !;
he cried, II hate it," And he mod.
such a horrible face that it ,Imo" e
caused Fred's hair to stand on end
Hes acting just the way you ID
Fred" said one Of the children.
From that time Fred began to mend
his table manners. He now behaves
like a gentleman. He does not roar for
what he wants. He does not make a
mess on the tablecloth. He does mt
slop his milk about. He does not OFT
spots on his clothes, Or tip over back.
wards in his chair. You would never
know but he was alreadya grown man
-Mury N. Prescott, IN Our Little Ones,
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Successful sxper ments have - -.
made in England with the electro ~
in, collieries.. Fla Swan lamp WE y.
ployed, in which the light pn0 49,
from the incandescence Of u fine nos."
carbon, the combustion Of which Z =. II.
vented, by it's being enclosed ' In an ~. ~
baustedi glass bulb. These we're aE. y
enclosed 10. lanterns, so coRstrus's ... -
to renderit impossible that the as''a ar'
Of the lamp within could c.pse' - =. t IN,
pIosion. i,aasmuch as the air lnss'. NV
lantern would suffice for the lns .s sat.
GUS combustion of the casaon h,s :s."S
before tie flame could be comman,cs. ~.
to tho external air. The new hsot VIZ ~
found to be admirably saited 'of 'a y ut ~
ouirshpents of the workers SINCE y on nS -
only gave q light many times as l !. u.s
as The lights it replaced but Nv; ~ ~; !,
equally brilliant in whatever os s.a'n n \,
was placed, and required absolutely ~
attention.
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Pruning Deciduous Trees.

As a general rule, the less shade trees
are pruned the better. Nature will
form better top and a more harms-
Nous tree in all its parts than stt
Severe pruning is no longer practieed
even in fruit orchards by our best hor.
ticulturists. The custom that formerly
prevailed, Of pruning evergrcens and
other trees, 80 as to make top.shaped,
ovate and other fantastic tops, s3ao (!
longer regarded as good taste. II you
want a tree with a low spreading top
plant one that grows that way. yea
want an oyate or pyramidal TOP Rlsat
a tree that will make such q toy, butdo
not attempt to force trees to assume
different forms from those which nature
gives them. Each tree treated in this
way is 4 standing lie, and proclaims to
every passer.by the folly Of its owner
The true idea is to make each species
assume as nearly as possible the typical
form of that species. To do this, some
pruning is sometimes necessary. II
trees are not crowded-if each one be-
room enough for the air and. sunlight to
have free access to it on allsides.it
will round out and develop its full pro'
portions. and if it does not actually at.
tain it, will approximate its typsa
form. Where the lower limbs are y .
the way, Of course they must be SCH.
feed, but where they are not leave
them and you will have q finer aud l more o
thrifty tree. If a limo, as is often ~
case with the elm in Que dry SOIL etr
tends beyond the rest, absorbing tns
strength and destroying the symne:t!
of the tree, it should be cut back while
yet small. ' H"5s- i'' ~ ,'ss, t''as -
The soft maple often throws o.
limbs that have no, firm attachment :
the body, and will sooner or Lister SPIN
off; these should be- removed WINE
small. The idea of cutting back I'D
| top Of q soft maple, or any other tles'
| to prevent it from becoming top heavy.
! is fallacious; it relieves for thetime 'boe
makes it worse. afterwards II > sd1
maple, as some Of tn will o. breaks
bodily, and continues to do 80, i y o: =.
ter to remove it and plant another lrs1 ;
place. Severe pruning lowers " d
vitality Of any ordinary tree, MAKING MAJ vs.! .
less able to bear tho drouth and hs9
of summer, and the. cold Of winter sae
leaving. it an easy prey to Ooress' -
other noxious insects. a,2a'liti ~ =
AS a strong man is able to res'ss'as =
ease, so.a. vigorous tree Is aole 70 - ~
the attacks Of its enemies, whlle as''
BILE one succumbs, ~ Il, ,.. Z.
So far as possible all limbs ' siloulu 4
| removed while small. It is rarely ~ ~.
essary to.cut a large limb from ON AM ~ ~.
that has, been properly cared lof' - :,
j. r.. &e,Uart. r.. f "a s,:g.il },
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curious feature of her case, however, Is
that all this time she has been aole
to communicate with all about ner
though bereft of all her senses. This
ahe has done in writing. In asking
her q question it was necessary to 90
70 in writing, her hand being laid on that
If the questioner during the time ne was
writing. This being done she at once
wrote an answer to the question, out
while doing so it was necessary 1or inc
to place his hand on hers or
% lightly hold the top of the pencil with
which she was writing. All this time
her eyes were closed and her head rest
Ing on her pillow in such a position that
she could not have seen what was doing
and she not blind.
g 1t appears that the young laay's is a
peculiar organism-that she has long
been a sort Of psychological puzzle.
Many instances might be- given OF THIS
popularity, but they nearly all concern
people we'll known here and who 90 not
wish to have their names mentioned.
As totthe character of these things, we
may say that she in several instances
'felt impelled to 90 to persons who we're
strangers to her and tell them things
that were for their good, and which
made their hair almost stand on end, tor
the reason that her revelations showed
that she knew almost every action OF
their lives. In speaking of some per.
sons she said she knew every action OF
their lives from childhood. Another
curious thing remains to be told. &C.,
In Gold Hill, fully half mile away
from the residence Of the girl, are two
persons who appear to be affected
Through, her. One of them is a boy
labout six years Of age and the other a
man Of mature age. Since she has been
stricken down these persons have felt
every change that has taken place in the
young lady's condition; have known it
instantly. She has had frequent con-
yalsio ms, and whenever one OF these fits
EhSs seized her the man and the boy at
|G6ld Hill have in some way been made
aware Of the fact. Also, whenever she
was seized with a spell of vomiting
(Which spells were quite frequently the
factwas instantly known to the two per.
sons at Gold Hill. In order to prove
this, persons interested in this curious
business have made many quick trips
from Gold Hill to the Divide, carefully
noting the time, and always found that
the man and boy had exactly described
the young lady's condition.
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"A witness was on the s. stand 10 ~
illegal liquor sale case. me ,.; co" n =
was trying to find oa't in what k ~ , -
glass the liquor was handed to t IT, w w.t.
nass in and at last exclaimed: WE %
kind Of. Of looking glass was it'' ,' "b e.
CORA, sor, it was not a looklnss'ss'"'' "
all. it was a tumblor.' .-
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Hawks and owls prey upon rats,
mice and other small animals, thereby
keeping them in check; while the crow
prefers gruhs, out-worms and earrion to
any other kind Of food, and while they
may occasionally rob q birds nest or
pun up 3 little corn, they do thousand
aots Of kindness to the farmer for every
one that Is injurious.
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Cur Young Folks.
LITTLE FOXES.

Among my tender vines spy
A little fox named -3y-an,I-BY'
Then set upon him, quick, l say,
The swift young hunter -RiJht-llrdy.
Around each tender vine plant,
l find the little foX-L csut;
Then fast as ever hunter ran
Chase him with bod and bravc-l can.
NJ use IN 'rvi,J -lars and whincs
This fox among my tender vines;
Then drive him low and drive him high,
With this good hunter named-LNr v'
Among the vines in nv small lot
Crccps in the young fOX-l forgot;
Then hunt him out and to his den
With WjE-not fnget-,tgain.
The little fox that hidden there
Among my vines isl d,n't CI't!
Then let I'm sOrlii-huntcr true
Chase him afar from vines and you.
-uhihiiCNs Hour.
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when Pat went a cunning TOT .t tae
first time he made one shot ana 'n S
looked under a tree for his game a ar'
found a toad. "Begorra' no "a "a.
claimed, "Pd scarcely recognlze, o; n,
hit We must have been a moighty i !,
bird fore l shot the feathers OH 70
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:" "rve often heard of tho fruits tts,, o.
marriage" said Bubbles. when y, 'I twins;
ed that he was the father OF ";nat
:. but / most seriously protest I. se co. in
having those fruits ,p'eseateu !" ~
the shape Of pairs"
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Florida MastOdOn.

! We mentioned some weeks since the
fact Of the existence in Peace Greek Of
the remains of the mastodon. We are
now informed of the discovery in the
Lower Withlacoochee River of the al
most perfect remains of one of this ex'
tinct race Of gigantic animals. This in
formation is furnished US by Mr.. J. A.
Harrison, in person, of Eureka, Marion
County. Mr.. Harrison says the remains
were found some shorttime sinceby Mr..
w. j. Hogans and Mr.. Morrison, while
out hunting. They were fording the
river at point about mile and half
east Of Stokes Ferry, Marion County,
twenty miles south Of Ocala. The bones
lay grouped together as. if they had not
been disturbed, and it is thought the
nearly complete skeleton can be recov-
cred. The mass was found in about two
and one-half feet Of water, which is the
usual depth, except in time of freshct,
when it rises four and half or five feet.
Ordinarily the river is fordable here:
Mr.. Harrison proposes to recover and
restore the frame for q private collec-
ton. He showed US a portion ola right
pposterior molar olsthe lower jaw, which
he brought with HIM on his present visit
to Jacksonville. It is'of largely added
weight from petrhaction. It presents
one Of the plsongs of the root, the for
ward prong and nearly half Of the den.
tai surface of the tooth proper being
gone, and this weighs over two pounds.
It is thought the complete tooth must
have weighed five or six pounds. The
jawbone was brought away, and this
and several other teeth have been ex.
tractad. One of the femur or thigh
bones was measured, and it is stated to
be about five feet long, which will give
a correct idea Of the size of the animal.
I'll iaw-bone taken away measured two
FL long. So large quantity Of Indian
Arrows were found near the skeleton
sufficient. i is thQnght 70 gather up "a
peck or halt bushel-the, corclpslon is
that the Indians killed the animal there
y Weight i the the frsashis!fspt| tRs position
during the ages following the existence
of these pre-. historic beings. OF course
all the bones have, teo6ne sfS$ilzsd to
some extent, and thus are much heavier.
That thg aqn ip Ea.ns smesA game q
ton (the choice of the term is little
dbubtfuD even! to the ,stalwart tribes
who We may suppose lby analogy were
their contemporaries is apparent from the
quantity " the missiles necessary to the
extinction of thisspecimeny anl 40 ddnb'
the occasion was q field day in Indian
ing.-Jacks0nville Onion. ~
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when washing fine laces do.not use
starch at oil; In the hast water In which
they are rinsed put little 6ne white
sugar, dissolve i thoroughly, and the
result win 30 pleasing. i
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e!1T ~ f-@s Fl u
The Stature Of Different Races of Men,

4e C concern su oalssf3es I'll *Etsshs sass
est Or shortest II E q 9e J. III ss,A tsibs, but
who mfy ste ltd eh Al fpF bpietenta.
tives 81 tier whoie tribe. The differ
ence Of gsteral, itatht( is lwsh shown
where q tall and q short people come
together in one district. Thus, in Aus
tralia the average. English colonist 0f
five feet eight inches looks clear over
The heads sofs the Ave feet sfouf Inch
Chinese lsborers.- Still more in Sweden
does the Swede Of Ave feet seven inches
tower over IN tst{4tpd laps, whdse
average MEASURE il hot much over i've
feet Among the tallestof mankind are
the Patagonians, who seemed . race Of
giants to the Europeans who first
watched them striding along their cliffs
IdFSped in their skin cloaks; twas even
declared that the heads Of Magalhaens''
men hardly reached the waist of the
first Patagonisn they met. Modern
travellers find, On measuring them, that
they really often reach six feet four
inches, their mean height being shout
five feet eleven inches-three or four
inches taller than average Englishmen.
!RAe shortest Of mankind are the Bush
men and related tribes in South Africa,
with an average height not 1ar exceed
ing four feet six inches. Afair con-
trsst between the tallest ,aad shortest
races Of mankind may DO seen in the
Rstagoniau and Bushman, whose head
only reaches to the fornar's breast.
Thus the tallest race Of men is less than
one.fourth higher than the shortest. q
fact which seems surprising TO those MOI
used To measurements. In general, The
stature Of the MonAen .of any race may
DO taken Is shoot oae.sixteenth lesl
than ,that or ths men. Thus, in Eng.
land . man Of Ave feet eight inches and
10 woman Of Eve feet four inches look a.
ordinary wen.matohsd coupe.-E. B
lasl1pv. IL Rs9l0s Science xontklv. af
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kudu6iAV pm UuV pCAs0S0Ao' IooVA0Ao oAo
too expensive to be often INDUCED in.
But Ishould advise.ySur beginning with
a good white, or brown and white one.
It, is / great outlay, ! know, but it saves
in trimmings, beside giving style to
the hat or bonnet,l and'it ohtlastsl . good
many punches Of artificial flowers. 50
that / consider it the cheapest In the
ED After the feather hepQweat OQdirtK
Ar}Rbar, it can. q elt4ked. 'SayS Twice,
OIL, then having been dyed dark
,hrowhjtMill and ita deyp By ,enbeliish-'
ing the best winter hat. BY watching
the Especial bargains''' advertised ~
most merchants at the end of the sea-
son, You cam bhgia eddA shedefy dhesp,
and It will last four or five years. What
l have said in regard to summer hats
applibs equally to winter ones. It j.
impossible to lay down hard and fast
rules about shapes ands prices. But II
any kihdpdf .to1ues sheuA be worn as
as last winter, .chdose ono in pref
erence to straw or beaver hat. For
with ) wire Shape 'Shd hfeeaquarters Of
q yald of material that matches the
dress you usuapy MsafsEpf esl easily
manufacture one for small sum, and
together with the felt hat before
mentioned, will be all that you you'd
Ewsntfor every day forthe whole Winter.
II YOU can afford one Of dark velvet,
= s ss ?s:s;sl aBf9,e:|E ::|f l H::}
collection Of hats suitable for the needs
Of any lady 45lE + q h .an qss;.eo G. sos,sl Il
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d suit the taste.

es"sulphuric acid," he said, s'is not .
.hsalthful article of diet; but,t as I said
before, thing may be perfectly inno-i
cent il diluted shape and in a very
small quaaiCth{ would h hertful y
that dellcAtA sfbAsrS and perfumes
should come from the refuse of the alb
Ddtfoit and the coal oil disallery?i But
great many pleasant things have
humble origin -" Ie'q YMb Syn: +
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.APychelegical Wonder "A Young Lady
!. l Predict igsHfr Own Affections.

There Is in this city, says the Vir-
g.! 6: ~ l!; 'ls
most curious and . puzzle for physi-
.oisns and, ,all wlo, @e acquainted with
her condition and the peculiar oircum-
stances attendant upon and connected
Aetbs{itla tn ybang lady is a Miss
Mary Kenney, aged about Is years, who
resides on the Divide, Previous "a hpr
illness she wusS9 phpn sif .Pfo1.s Fhh3J
school, where she was distinguished for
her close application to her studies and
hsr quiet snd ladylike department. She
~aslambitiousto lbeoqne . teacher, and
,tuai. 2. ysty A1Ed il order + b able to
ago Miss Kenney told her mother and
othsrs. that . grsat. calamity aEas soon to-
s;isd. 1 aTi Hat1a ::399R. st,'|sHt;
announcement she was much distressed
and wept bitterly. It waS IL vain that
her friends tried to comfort her; she
said it VA , thing that must come. A
tx days later, While ID 'het Wat home
6n Sc1ooA Shs wassssddsaly struck
Sqid, and WAS led BY IN, band the re-
imSander Of The way homo. -Four physi-
eians, including br. Weber,, eosnty
phyaictsn, have been attending the
young lady dnce shr Hlnass, and have
b4ensuuabl0 10 n0tormfnN the onnso Of
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of the natural fruits fffNYss Y te>$ss
presence. Butyric acid is naturally

OF the natural fruit@ HffYfEt 1yyc.tSI
presence. Butyric; acid IS naturally
present in the pineapple, tartaric acid in
s%qH !; f''t j Uni Viii artificial
low that III "a avors. il Injurious
iany more & linouds should not
t be- eaten = Mr. III sp' MATER 81 ls s
soda Watch nd casdy issers are
almost inys III VIII ~ 1.-The ,bou-
duet and as1G 6fmaa5 8 bosue Qfwine
sdue to aT Ri snIlie 81 hs'l oil
' III REM nbs," he continued, .see-
ing some tine ago ~ asScdote about q
French wi9 blless who said TO his son:
always III mber,. my son. that wine
.,m1H be out sfstanything, even
grape-juidd - shcught the same
thing oftet{SI6ssf Ave drunk the sweet
cider Of cd Sese OF course there is
.asweet eli shat is made from apple
Juice and fIhay be kent from getting
hard. by addition 81 bisulphite Of
lime. bu&4here s1A1llhmeuss quantities
Of sweet ddbs sold ttktsars perfectly in
nocent Of niPfe t,ice ,x and there are
plenty of tsiptsa0r making it. Peo-
pla.that k,nr Whist good apple cider is
ht1 not liz Ito drink much Of the man.
ufactur red lIahd X they did it would
not hurt til pt ~ dgh ! should not like
to drink caa M1M from this receipt. :
70 The chi, TT sfed the reporter q
tradA recei \ tidV which called fol
Money, c@Utb aatsiageat rosin)
ALUM, yed Sr sslnonds, cloves,
bufrt SUI aloool. The receipt
adds: y"l1toos sweet, add sdlphuric acid
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strike on one incline and be forced in an
opposite direction from that taken by the
ete, which, striking the other side, is
slid off into hopper or receptacle. A
little less than halfway between the slit
in the trough OF. sand receptacle and the
ground, and Of the Sarne WIDTH are .
pair Of large magnets, which receive
their electrical energy either from jars
or steam generator, just as is desired,
according to tho plant. /, af!
The object, as I have above stated, is
to extract the magnetic iron ore from
the sand and titaniferous ore. The
sand is shoveled into the trough and
beipg drN fAhthropgh the nal1F 4tla
in d sheet four feet long and Soaie ska
teenth OF an inch in width. The mag
nets are provided with just enough
power to dedect the magnetic or block
oxide Of iron from 1sperpendkhlar fall
and deposit it on the side of the separa.
tor opposite the sand, which, having no
affinity for the magnets, falls direct to
the ground, together with the titanifer-
GUS ore. It is then taken up, placed in
sacks and shipped. The process is very
rapid.
It may be asked what particular value
is to be attached to this simple invention
and where it is,to be adopted. 1t is one
of the most valuable Of modern inven-
tons, and is to be made use of right
/ here on th6 Atlantic coast, for the pres
ent at least, and the Lord only knows
where it may not be applied, for, &C
,cording to = Edison's statements, the
|.ocead shofSs.4re shnp6, covered with
these iron deposits. Heretofore Swed.
ish iron has never been made outside of
that country, where these sand deposits
exist, and Yhrp the crystals of mag.
nesiss arex&y llrge. But Here, right
under our very nose, there are, it ap.
pears, millions upon millions of tons Of
this sand containing incalculable
Esmeppts of tAe psgesAesd .hestieo4,erNl
Nor | = nitite 6r AHcksoxi3 Q&if u
Ethe sEp1est Dre povp, (QptsiHin sno
phosphorus or sulphur. There are banks
Ol LQlS S8nQ O4 &IOpk ASAHuN 04Yu9 tWcu-
y feet high who're theresa layers upon
layers of the deposits, and these banks
are from 100 to, $50 feet in width. There
! IS one strip Of coast that has been pros.
| pected that Il twenty miles long. Re.
moving the white.surfape sand, there is
usually found q deposit Of black sand
sbsut ts4 issbepin,d eh - Aput two
.i1dbes l1ox, oconss apkfla2 de1a4 In
these deposits is found the iron ore that
IL soi valuable. 'i;it,is estimated that
about, 40 per cent of tho sand is COM
rosed IL the TWO forms 81 iron ore
magnetic and titaniferous-While Of
PtRis from 1S t6 20 pet bbht Is PhSe Nag
netite.
Under the present working by those
Who are managing the machine in ope-
ration about 10 per cent is extracted,
but Edison says he can get more than
this il he should take hold of it person.
ally. He gave the present operator a
ten minutes lesson one day, and that's
all the instructions he had; 50 he is nat.
urally working q little crude .-Neb York
j Ca. Ca;aavo .7kib~aes asa< aeiaaa
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!, IA little pow dered borax and tallow ars
~ good - anything to nd to starch to
prevent IT. sticking,