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Freaks of Fashion.

1t is difficult to account for the rise
and fall of the freaks of fashion during
even the period of a single decade.
Like the rhythm of the sea, or the ebb
and flow of the tide, they come and go
each marked by some striking pecu-
liarity that makes it for a longer or
shorter time an almost universally ac-
cepted feature in the fashionable
world. 1t would be a curious under
taking to trace, if trace we could, the
origin and development ofa single one
of these to fiud out when, where, and
under what necessity or craze it had
its origin or out of whose brain it
sprang, and whose were the hands
which first modified and perfected it
for public approval. The search would
often prove fruitless, and the searcher,
fain to " give it up,n would be CON-
PEELED to follow Mrs. Stoves I0psy in
disposing of the vexed question of her
age ami origin. Who, for instance, is
answerable for the high-heeled boots,
tapering forward to the curve of the
ipstep, deforming and torturing the
wearer? Out of whose self. conscious
ness sprang the ideal that a coal-scuttle
bonnet was a thing of beauty? Whose
sense of fitness and modesty suffered
total eclipse when his or her model OF a
fitting hoop was launched upon the
sea of fashion? And by what model
in art or nature were the lines drawn
that gave TO al ashtonisi ed world
The earliest specimen of a "Grecian
Bend?' The past season has given US
hats of immense proportions and Won
derful ircumference. At the present
moment has arisen a mania for dotted
fabrics of every description. How this
ton which no man, importer or other
wise, can answer but the counters of
every leading house in the city show
which way the tickle wind of fashion
is blowing just now. Hosiery of silk,
Isle thread, and cotton has caught the
polka-dotted malady, ruffs and fichus
of p~oIka-dotted net are trimmed with
friIls polka dotted lace rercales, cali
Goes and satines look as If they had
been vaccinated all over. New French
fabrics of silk and satin CLEAN forth
wi lunar dots, crescents, and stars.
Great moons of gold and silver shine
out from fabrics of surah or merveil-
leux over changeable groundworss
resembling the aurora-borealis and a
month hence, arrayed in all these
''heavenly"-looking garments, the
young lady of the period will walk in
beauty like the night"
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An Infallible Sign.

DR.. Lambert says that a long. lived
horse is known by the elasticity of its
ear, az a short-lived one has a fiabby
ear. The same rule, he says, holds
good with regard to women. A
woman whose a is pulled out of shape
by a heavy earring has not many
years to live, while n whose ear
stands the strain will attain a good
old age. This is good. 1t is often that
men do not have any other use for a
wife than to take the place of a horse
that this piece of information will
prove valuable. And then, it gives
The wooing young men such an easy
chance to ascertain beforehand If his
love is long-lived for he need only
pull her ears. If she objects TO this,
he a still reach the same end by
making her a present of heavy ear
rings and watching the result. We
merely hint that a mans lease of life
"a generally be ascertained by an ex-
animation of his nose.
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Punched Out.

Yesterday / bought a knife from
you" began a man, as he entered q
store.
"Yes, sir-yes, sir, and now you
want to exchange it for a rolling pin ?
Come this way, sir"
II don't want any of your rolling
pins. You gave me a half dollar with
a hole In it,"
"Yes-just SCI remember it. You
put a string through it and now you
want TO ask me whether to wear it on
you breast or shoulders. My forty
years exp"
"Wear it? What ia thunder do /
want to wear a half dollar for ?" ex-
claimed the customer.
THAT'S it-certaiply-just so. You
want another hole in it, eh2 Some
thing new in wall de coration-good
idea-put on with g~old-headed tacks.
William ~
81 want you to take this half dollar
back and give me"
1.-Two quarters with holes in 'em
Certainly-glad to oblige. William,
look over the change and get the
pieces he wants, and If he finds that
two quarters won't answer, we'll give
him five tens with the centers
punched out!"
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Pink Finger-Nails

A lady from New York, writes as
follows, in relation to pink finger
nails: When my time came l sat in a
row with five other ladies, all in the
easiest of ~arm-chairs, and with damask
napkins in our laps. Finger bowls of
stained glass on plates of painted
French china, filled with tepid water
perfumed and containing an acid to
soften the skin, were given us, and
solemnly we sat and soaked u fingers
for fifteen minutes. At thu end of
that time an Operator" on a low stool
seated herself before me, dried one
hand, posed it on a pink satin cushion,
and with a fine steel instrument
quickly scraped away all the soft skin
round the nail, then she filed it into a
point at the top and clipped the sides
with sharp scissors, then she rubbed a
red salve, called yosaline, over it ;
wiped it off and proceeded to polish
with the diamond powder, using the
palm of her band, until the nail fairly
giittered, and finally warm water, cas-
tile soap and a soft brush left it clean,
smooth and shining. The process was
repeated on every finger and in half
an hour, for the sum of 81 80 was in-
ished, and the result was ten pink and
brilliant weapons of defence so sharp
and pointed as to suggest the advan-
tages of peace. The fashion of wearing
these long and pointed nails has be-
come so exaggerated that necessitates
long-ingered gloves and extreme care
to prevent their breaking off.
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%titions, not by bsry-vept
the horses from fighting and kicking
each other.
5. Let proper openings be made just
under the ceiling to permit the hot
foul air TO escape, and proper openings
at the bottom Of the wall to admit fresh
air. Impure and confined air will
cause broken wind.
6. The fresh air should enter through
y number OF small holes, rather than
a large hole, such as an open window.
That prevents draughts, which cause
chills and cough.
7. Thetemperature of a stable should
be that of a sitting-room or a parlor;
not over seventy degrees in summer,
not under forty-five in winter. Hot,
close or foul stables will bring on
CHAMBERS or Inflammation, while a very
cold or damp one may an incur
able cough or disease of the lungs,
s Do not keep the hay over the
manger. The steam and breath of the
animal make it both unpleasant and
unwholesome. II the hay must be
kept over the horse, the ceiling should
be of plaster. This will prevent the
vapors from passing up to the food
o. Have no opening into the manger
from the hsy-loft. Dust lie very often
thrown into the horses eyes when fed
in this way, and thus blindness is be-
gun. The breath ascends directly to
food through the opening, which at
the same time pours a continual
dra1ght down on the horses head,
thus causing chills as well a bad food.
- Valentine d Co.'S Stable HINTS"
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Sunday Musings.

A correspondent of the New York
Observer says 81 have found that
those who have a pride in making
their religion very broad generally
get it amazing thin"
An old sailor was observed to be
always hanging about the door of q
church when a marriage was taking
place. He explained that he liked to
see the tide going out.
"C-o-l.o r s." said a Sunday school
boy, slowly spelling it out-"eoat OF
many collars-why did it have to have
SO many collars, teacher? So they
could lift him out of the well easy ~
The question whether a layman may
ace horses without sin is before a
Troy church. 1t will probably be
decided that he can, if the owners OF
the track have a few big pumpkins on
hand to look at between the races.
A modest disclaimer-The Professor
Opening his wife's prayer book by
chance) "'With all my worldly roods
I thee endow" Why, when we mar
ried, Maria, / hadn't a penny to bless
myself with, let alone to endow your
Maria: mo, my love; but you had a
magnificent intellect, and endowed
me with that The Professor: mo,
/ didn't, Maria.n
The Roman Catholic population OF
Asia is estimated at 10, 1872, si5. OF this
number 523. 900 are in Turkey, l,4Sl POI
in India, 8 100, 600 in Persia and Ara
bia, and l,5ll ,6S4 in China and neigh
boring Kingdoms.
Archdescon Allen wants the Convo-
cation of Canterbury to appoint a COM
mittee to mark passages in the revised
New Testament which are clearer
than they are found in the authorized
version, to the end that they may be
read in the churches.
The Roman correspondent Of the
London Tablet is authority for the
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.emspt that q special Propaganda
. aggregation for American affairs is
10 be created shortly. A precedent for
such action is found in the establish
nlent by Plus TX. Of a special eongre-
CATION for oriental affairs.
The adberents of the Scotch Church
number 1908, 600; those of the Free,
100, coo and those of the United, fI4'-
600. Other non-established churches
have 537, 900, cad absentees from all,
$50. 600. The population of Scotland is
1894 600: the Established Church can
claim only about a third of it.
At the annual meeting of the Con-
eregational Church of RsvenswoOd the
report of the Clerk showed the church
in a very fourishing condition, and
the church out OF debt. The report
showed the total membership a lO4
Besides paying Off the Indebtedness OF
the church, 1855 so was raised for
expenses, and Sos for outside Genevo'
lent objects. The Sunday. school has
2s4 members. Mr.. j. M. Whitehead
was elt cted clerk for the ensuing year
The question of disestablishment In
Scotland is coming to the front with
increased force every day. Bodies o.
the Free Church, as well as of the
United Presby terrain Church, are tax
ing strong ground in favor of 1t. In
the Glasgow Free Presbytry recently
Prof Bruce opposed disestablishment
on the ground that the true policy o
| the Free Church at the present time is
Ito cherish a spirit of quietness, conf
dence, patience, and charity, and te
aim at internal efficiency in all de
parts ents of her work" He was
beaten by a vote of " to II.
The Baptists have again broken with
the American Bible Society. They
withdrew first in 1855 because of a rule
of the society discriminating against
certain versions by Baptist missiena'
ries. Four years ago this law was
dropped, and leading Baptists pro.
posed to patronize the society again
But the society having refused to aio
in the circulation Of Judson's Burmese
version, the Baptists resolved to hold
aloof. The society condemns the yer
sion of DIR. Judson, because, in trans
lating the Greek word for baptize, 6
Burmese word meaning immersion
is used.
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The Dispensary.

-
PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF SCAR
LET FEvER.-The carrying out of the
following simple rules by the family
in case of the occurrence of scarlet
fever would go far to prevent the
spread of the disease.
Scarlet fever is a highly contagious
disease which usually appears about
n week after the person has been
exposed to the contagion.
When a ease of scarlet fever occurs
in a family, observe the following pre-
cautions
I. Put the sick person, If possible,
in a room by himself and leave moth
ing in this room which is not neces-
sary. Take out the carpet and all
stuffed or upholstered furniture and re-
move all curtains. When circum-
stances do not permit the giving the
person a room to himself the best
thing to be done in most CAGES is to
send him to a hospital.
II. Let the sick person be nursed as
far as possible by one person only.
Do not allow other children to enter
the room, not even if they have had
the disease.
III. The contagion is chiefly in the
matters which come from the head,
nose and skin, but all the discharges
should be treated as dangerous. The
| excrements should be received in YES
sells containing a strong solution OF
copperas, one and a half pounds to a
gallon. All clothing, towels, bed linen
handkerchiefs, etc, should at once be
placed IN a solution composed of four
ounces of sulphate of zine and two
ounces of common salt to the gallon
of water.
Under no circumstances should any
of these articles be removed from the
room while dry, and while they are
in it care should be taken not to shake
or disturb them while dry, any more
than is necessary. In the wash, all
such clothing, bed-linen, etc, should
be boiled at least one hour. No sweep
ing or busting is to be done in the room;
dust and dirt are to be removed by
means of damp cloths, which must be
treated like the bedding and clothing,
Sanitary Engineer.
CAUSES OF DEATH AMONG Chill.
DREN The sad mortality of children
was the theme of the opening address
of DR.. B. w. Richardson, the presi.
dent of the British Health Congress,
at its meeting in December. He could
not have chosen a more urgent topic.
He classified the causes under four
heads-the inherited, the accidental,
the inflicted and the acquired. Under
the first head he TT ferred 10 the influ,
ence OF hereditary diseases under the
second the diseases of an epidemic
character, and which occur from ex-
posture to n or the other of the com
municable poisons, were considered
under the third head the injuries arts
ing from bad nursing, excessive COM
petition in education and improper
feeding were brought under notice
and under the fourth head the evils
to early resort to smoking, the use OF
stimulants, late hours and irregular
meals We're subjects of comment.
What he urged especially was the re-
sponsibility of parents for the health
of children.-Our Continent.
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Nuggets.

Life must be measured by action,
not by time for a man may die old at
thirty, and young at eighty nay, the
one lives after death, and the other
persisted before he died.
1t is the temper of a blade that must
be the proof of a good sword and not
the gliding of the hit, or the richness
of the scabbard so it is not his gran.
deur and possession that make a man
considerable, but intrinsic merit.
Mr.. Longfellow has received a trib'
ute neve before offered an American
literary man. The city of Portland
Maine, his birth place tenders him the
honor of a public reception on the 9th
of February. The event will be n
public holiday.
The origin of the phrase "Roobing
Peter to pay Paul" is thus given: In
the time of Edward VI. of England,
many of the lands of st. Peter, at
Westminster, were seized by his
majesty's ministers aud conrtiers but
in order to reconcile the people to that
robbery, they always allowed a por-
ton of the lands to be appropriated to-
ward the repairs of st. Paul's Church
hence the phrase, "Robbing Peter to
pay Paul"
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"Pa," says the child, thirsting for
knowledge, they say that beavers are
the most industrious ofanimals. What
do they make?" Beaver hats, my
child-beaver hats"
New college joke.-Professor says {:
"Time is money how do you prove
it?" Student says, "Well, If you give
twenty ave cents to a couple of tramps,
that is a quarter to two."
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Jacksonville, Burlington Co., N. J.
DR.. CLARK JoHNsoN:-I have used
yeur reliable Indian Blood Syrup for
intammatory rheumatism and various
other diseases arising from Impure
Blood, and have received great benefit.
{ recommend its use to suffering hui
uanity. JOEL FENTON.
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my SMoKE-HoUsE." IA man who
lives in Albany, and whose business
is that of a clerk, said that he had
lately built a house that cost him three
thousand dollars. His friends ex-
pressed their wonder that he could
afford to build so fine a dwelling.
why" said he, "tbat is my smoke
house,
"Your smoke-house! What do you
mean ?"
"Why, l mean that twenty years
ago / left off smoking, and / have put
the money saved fIom smoke, with
the interest, into my house. Hence 1
call it my smoke-house."
Now, boys, we want you to think Of
this when you are tempted to take
your first cigar. Think how much
good might be done with the money
yeu are beginning to spend IN smoke.
What would you think of a man who,
to smuse himself, should light a paper
twenty five cents and watch it burn !?
Is it any more sensible to take for
your quarter q roll of dry brown
leaves, light it, and see it smoke?
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Man Eating Shark.

A man-eating shark, measuring
seventeen feet ten and one half inches
from tip to tip, wa recently caught
off the Georgia coast. In his stomach
were found eleven silver Mexican
dollars, a Spanish doubloon and about
a poun | of brass buttons.
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Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., NJ.
DIR. CLARK JoHNsoN:-I have used
u excellent Indian Blood Syrup for
Piles and have received great benefit
therefrom. | cheerfully recommend
it TO the afflicted.
LIPPENCOOT DENNIS. Water st.
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For BiIiousness.

Turnsrsville, Gloucester Co., N. J.
DIR. CLARK JoHNsoN:-This is to Ger
tify that your Indian Blood Syrup has
entirely cured me of Biliousness. l
recommend its use to suffering human
- PERDEN MILLS.
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Take Care OF the stable.

|. Let your stable be well drained
and sufficiently lighted. The vapors
from a damp, putrid floor and the sud
den chang from darkness TO light
will almost certainly cause blindness.
2. Let the floor of the stalls be quite
fiat and level. Standing on a sloping
place is very painful, and causes lame.
ness by straining the ligaments and
membranes. 1t also produces grease
and sore heels.
8. Every stall should be at least six
feet wide, and nine feet long. Thi
will enable the horse to turn around
without bruising himself, and to lie
down and stretch himself with conn.,
fort.
4. Let the stalls be separated by par
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Greatly BENEFITED.

Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., N. J.
DR.. CLARK JoHNsoN:-This is to Ger
ify that your Indian Blood Syrup has
greatly benefited me for indigestion.
E. 7. IDELL, No. 10 Church St.
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Dyspepsia and Indigestion.

lurnersville, Gloucester Co N. j.
DR.. CLARK JoHNsoN:-I have used
your reliable Indian Blood Syrup, for
Dyspepsia, and believe it to be the best
medicine in use for that disease.
PETER CHEESMAN.
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Cures ~stinat

Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., N. J.
Or. CLARK JoHNsoN:-After suffer
ing from Constipation Of the Bowels
for seventeen years, / was persuaded
TO try your Indian Blood Syrup, a short
trial of which efIectually cured me.
MRS. S. B. GIBBS, Water st.
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Heart Disease,
Smiths Landing. At,anti

Smiths Landing, Atlantic Co.
DIR. CLARK JoHNsoN:-I have used
nor excellent Indian Blood Syrup for
Ieart Disease, and have received great
enefit tlierefrom. recommend its
use to serering humanity.
SCH ENGI ICu
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NEW JERSEY.
Best Family Medicine.

Smiths Landing, Atlantic Co., ". J..
DIR. CLARK JoHNsoN:-This is to
certify that your Indian Blood Syrup
las greatly benefited myself and family.
L cannot recommend it too highly.
i. Carlo.
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Sunny side, Hunterdon Co., Nj.
Or. CLARK I~oHNsoN:-I have used
your excellent Indian Blood Syrup for
Dyspepsia, and have experienced great
relief therefrom.
JACOBD. SMITH,
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Dyspepsia and copstipetiou.
Mt. Holly IBurlington Co. IN. ]

Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., N. j.
Or. CLARK Having used
your Indian Blood Syup myself, and
being fully satisfied of its efficiency in
uring Dyspepsia and constipation, /
recommend it to others.
THEODORE A. GIBBS,
West Washington st.
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Nervous Debility.

sunny Side, Hunterdon Co., N. ].
DR. CLARK JoHNsoN.-I have used
your reliable Indian Blood Syrup for
some time, and can safely recommend
1t TO all afflicted with Weakness caused
by Indigestion or Nervous Complaint.
L would not be without your valuabl.
medicine. ISSAC A. HOFFMAN.
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Coughs and Cold.

Sunny Side, Hunterdon Co., n. J.
DR.. CLARK J~oHNsoN:-I was suffer
ing with a severe Cough, which threat,
ed to give me consumption. | had the
care Of Physicians, but received 40 re-
lief until l tried your Indian Blood
Syrup, which effectuany cured me.
MRS. JOHN p. HOFFMAN.
Splendid Blood Purified.
Sunny Side, Hunterdon Co, n. j.
DR.. CLARK JoHNsoN:-Ih have taken
your Indian Blood Syrup with the most
beneficial results, aud al recommend
II as a valuable Blood Purifier.
J. F. HOFFMAN.
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A Medicine.

Sunny Side, Hunterdon Co., N. ].
DR.. CLARK JoHNsoN:-Having made
A trial of your Indian Blood Syrup, /
consider it a good medicine. l recom-
mend its use to suffering humanity.
A. p. SHIVE.
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For Headache.

Trenton, Mercer Co., N. j.
DIR CLARK JoHNsoN:-This is to
certify that your great Indian Blood
Syrup is the best medicine l have eve
used for Headache and Weakness.
AIRS. LIZZIE COMPTON,,
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1t is the cross-eyed man who looks
On both sides of a subject.
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InAammatory Rheumatism,

SCUIL ENGLISH.
, 1882-08-02
The Future Of Electric Lighting.

On Wednesday, at the Royal United
Service Institution, Mr.. SD0ttlSwOOde, the
President of the Royal Society presiding,
Mr.. George Lane-Fox, the electrical engi-
neer, lectured on " The Future of Electric
Lighting and on the Exhibition at the
Crystal Palace" The chairman, in intro
ducing the lecturer of the day, spoke of
him as one who had been very successful
in developing the powers of electricity. 1t
was safer, Mr.. SpOttiS wOode said, to pre-
phesy what electricity could do than what
it could not, and he illustrated the unsafe
character Of negative pr0phesy by pointing
to the fact that a committee Of the House
of Commons a few years ago arrived at
the opinion published in the Blue-book;
that the subdivision of electrical force was
{" not to be hoped for" The lecturer, who
spoke in a very low tone, expressed his
opinion That the development of electricity,
great as it had been of late, would be great
or in the immediate future, especially as
trained minds were now being devoted to
the subject. He spoke of the electric lighting
as opening up, for one thing, a new indus
try, and then proceeded to describe the
exhibition at the CRYSTAL Palace as illus
trating the strides which had recently
been made. He declared that the ques-
tions frequently aSked-whether the pub
lie could lave the electric current in their
houses, and whether the light would be
cheaper than gas-could be confidently
answered in the affirmative. He then
went into details, and, with reference to
the various systems, expressed the Opin-
ion that the arc light would shortly be
superseded altogether by the "~incandeS-
cent lamp" He then proceeded to speak
of the principle upon which, as he thought,
electricitycould be laid on to districts. DIS
tricts could be lighted from a central point,
from which the lighting power could be sup
piled by main and branch wires under ground.
from any accident to the central station,
he would have in another part of the DIS
trict a supplementary battery, In when
there would be a storage during the day OF
, 1882-08-02

electrical energy. Re then described the
construction of the incanieScent lamp, aud
entered upon a relation of the devices
which had been adopted upon a later ex-
perience Of materials. H. believed that
the cost of the incandescent lamp would be
found far less than that of gas. The great
cost arising from the bre4kaye of these
lamps would b. remelied when the lamps
were properly nude they would then b3
found practically indestructible. A $50
candle ligl5 by electricity would, he cal.
culated, De produced at the cost of a r.
candle light of gas-a farthipg an hour.
In regard to the danger to human life
from contact with the wires, the supply
would require only a low tension, which
could not affect life. Dmger from fire
could result only from gross clrelessnesS.
Thanks to the lecturer concluded the pro.
ceedings.