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The Benefit of Bedbugs.

In my last paper 1 asserted that
mosquitoes contained a large quantity OF
animal quinine, and therefore when they
bite person they inject into his system
an antidote to malaria and febrile causes
generally. I had then experimental
with the mosquito and knew whereof ]
spoke, ard since you kindly published
my communication / have captured
quite a number Of these insects, and,
macerating them in q morter with al
cohol, have by chemical experiment
acqually precipitated the sulphate of
quinia, or quinine of the drug stores, to
the amount of 20 per cent. of the mass.
In this Southern land of ours, except
where the salt breezes Immediately along
the coast are freshest from the briny
waves, in every household IN the woods
away from the habitations, are myrlads
of chinches or bedbugs.
Chinches, annoying as they may be,
have a purpose, and night after night
they are working the accomplishment of
that purpose (; achieving those duties
which as factors in the economy of ma
ture are incumbent upon them. The
chinch in sucking blood from the human
body draws nourishment and strength,
and, above all, the material which in the
retorts of his body is distilled into a
rich fluid which he in biting one elects
into the body TO take the place of the
blood he has but borrowed, and this
entering into the circulation furnishes
an antidote against rhumatism. All
mercurial preparation, when taken IN
excess, causes articular rheumatism,
affecting the bodies and the joints of
the bones of the human body. The
calomel taken, by decomposition in the
system, forms corrosive sublimate, but
not in the quantity to produce death
save by slow torture of rhumatism.
Corrosive sublimate, as every housewife
in all the land will testify, is the only
radiance for bedbugs. The juices of
the bug and the sublimate are the anti
dotes of each other, foes by nature, and
whenever they meet only the death of
one or the other can end the contest. A
single bug, of course, can not overcome
the quantity of sublimate it comes in
contact with, but the human system be-
coming gradually fully impregnated
with the juice of the bug, by their bit
ing at night the poison in his veins of
the sublimate, from the use of calomel
or mercury, is in the end overcome and
neutralized, and, the cause being re-
moved the rheumatism gets WELL
DaJh 8 { (Zeras) Herald.
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Two Cats.

The Spectator delights in cat stories.
May l add one to the interesting list
which has from time to time appeared
in your columns =? Picture to yourself a
little girl, about two years of age, sitting
on low stool before q drawing-room
fire. Coiled up on the rug is a favorite
domestic cat The child is in fretful
mood, and has been crying for some
time. The cat endures the annoyance
for some time, though evidently dis
pleased. But even feline patience has
it's limits. So pussy uncoiled herself,
walked up TO the child, and gave her
box on the ear with her closed paw, and
then lay down again before the fire. The
child, taken completely aback, cried
louder than ever. Again pussy tried to
endure it. Again her patience became
exhausted, and she delivered a second
box ON the ear. 1t was now the girls
turn to be enraged. She rushed at the
cat, and dragged it around the room by
the tail. The story rests on the authority
of the chld's mother, who was witness
of the scene.'
''As l am a constant reader of the
Spectator, / know you take great in
terest in domestic animals, and have
long wished to tell you about Dot
was beautiful glossy black, and at the
throat was a pretty white star. Each
day, as the different articles were brought
IN for dinner and placed on the table,
the charge always was, Now, Dot,
come here and take care of this till |
come back Dot mounted guard at
once on chair at the side of the table
and was never known to leave her post
till the viands were claimed. Whether
1T was beef, mutton, fish, or game, all
was perfectly safe; ; and she was quite
pleased when a cooked morsal, after din
ner, was given to her as o reward. Her
own dinner, though placed close beside
her. she never touched. but always
waited till it was given to her, however
hungry she was known to be.
"She was obedient to all orders, one
OK which was that she was not to come
to my room. Il prefer to keep at re-
spectful distance from even domestic
pets, however excellent their individual
chaiacters.) But one very cold evening
OF very severe winter, Dot passing
all the other rooms, to which she had
perfect freedom, came to my door, and,
with special petition, to which my at
tention was drawn, as being something
quite unusual in cat language, waited
till she was told she might come in. The
gopd creature placed herself before the
bright fire, and purred-to her own great
plSasure-a self-invited and truly happy
guest. She never encroached ON this
one little special favor. Could even
the illustrious Jack have excelled her,
when food was the charge ?"-Letters to
ths- london Spectator.
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An Odd Sort Of a Fire=Place.. !.

A gentleman in Barnesville initiated a
colored man as servant. The negro
was instructed as one of the first orders
to make fire in the CRATE in the parlor
He armed himself with fuel and pro-
ceeded to the parlor. After thoroughly
examining the room for fire. place in
which to raise the fire he discovered the
open space In the organ occupied by the
pedals as the only thing resembling a
fireplace. He fixed In the fuel and was
about to introduce the fire, when the
gentleman who gave the order for the
fire happened to walk into the parlor.
We viii not tell what ensued.
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THE WORKSHOP:

EXHAUST steam should not be dis
charged into brick chimney : the
steam viii disintegrafe the mortar. and
the chimney be injured.
A FLExIBLE paint for CANVASS is made
rs follows Yellow SOAP, q pounds /;
boiling water, II gallons dissolve !;
grind the solution while hot with 125
pounds of good oil paint.
SERIES of tests at the Firminy Steel
Works, France, on = the resistance of
steel wiTe to tensile and torsile strains,
have conclusively shown that steel is
superior to iron for wire ropes. -
ENGLISH steel castings are made by
sope firms from old files IN Connection
with other material, and are,said tor be
sound and wary strong sItsis said that
the excess of,carbon in the stock is found
60 slissS vantage. .
zsry Anerican nj lraiiray car. ~ssaeh
as follows: A sleeping car of the usual
pattern, about 66, $50 pounds a draw
ing-room car, 63, 900 pounds; passen-
ger car, 55 feet long, 42-inch wheels, and
four-wheel trucks, weighs 40. $40 pounds.
A SINGLE plate of perforated zinc,
about foot square, suspended over
gas Jet, Is said to retain the noxious
emanations from the burning gas, which
it is well known, destroys the bindings
of books, furnishes the gliding and witt
ates the atmosphere for breathing.
A NEW speed indicator, called the
s,rathmograph, for indicating the speed
of locomotives, has been introduced on
the Hanoyerian railroads. BY it the en-
gineer can read from scale the actual
speed of his locomotives at any moment,
besides a record of the trip kept on
strip of paper.
The long wooden tunnels covering
forty miles of the Central Pacific Rail-
way over the Rocky Mountains, costing
per mile from SS, 900 to $4,000, and in
some places, where heavy masonry was
needed, $4,000 per mile, are firmly
constructed to support the great weight
of snow and resist the rush of ava
lanches. Fire precautions are very
thorough. Corrugated plates of iron
separate the buildings into sections, and
In the great ten-mile shed there are au-
tomato electric fire alarms. At the
summit Is an engine and tank ready to
flood the ignited spot in an instant.
These sheds shut in the view of the
great Sierras, but without them winter
travel would be impossible.
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
The Date in the Hing.

Inc DAte IN the AlnEs
1oeEomen dressed her for farewell
Asnowy silk and lace;
crown Of braided hair they set
move her quiet face,
Anaon her placid breast they lzi&
hA'k roses as became q maid.
hsrn nother bent and kissed her lips,
AN kissed her braided hair,
AHatolded down the peaceful hands
opn the bosom fair.
aIi1~eeping, saw on one ring,,
a I've golden, timeworn thing.
sheRok II from the icy hand
An looked for rhyme or name,
SoIN,hing 10 say why II was there,
- Hn whose fond thought IL came.
Snefly saw, through many a tear,
u@e long past-dsy, month and year.
hs some schoolfeIIow's gift, !" she sighed,
he child forgot to show
Andhlt 1t back in itH own place
Nh tender touch and slow:
Afita w. ats tiny glitter rest
Lfk5Bunshine on that quiet breast
All, little ring, you kept II well,
The secret Of your dstei
Whate'er its meaning, IL goes untold
Beyond the earth and fate;
Pain or blessing-who can say
How much Of either In 1t lay7
We watch the light in our darling's eyes,
The lines that the SOW years bring
YET kaow as little Of what they mean
Asthe secret of the ring.
Jov q sorrow-God only knows
How nucn of both lies under the ross.
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a FnshIonabIe Bride.

The time appointed for the marriage
ceremony in the church was 3 o'clock in
the afternoon. Borealis Brown, the
bridegroom, and Aurora White. the
bride, were in a close carriage ten blocks
away at six mirutes before 3.
We shall get there right on time, -
said he, looking at his watch.
Now, it is dreadfully questionable to
get to the church promptly, and Aurora
would have felt just like dropping
through the floor, don't you know, if
she had walked up the aisle on time.
Don't You think, my dear, it would
be better to be ten minutes late? ?" said
she, leaning against him in a kind of
harmless hug.
"No; 1 pride myself on punctuality.
Give minutes, then ?"
Now, my darling, don't coax"
"Just as you say"
She put her hand carelessly on his
shoulder, and then let it drop slowly
along down over his coat to a small
pocket set IN at the waist seam, where it
fingered for few seconds.
"You have tho ring where you can
find it readily" she remarked, laying
placidly back in her seat. "There Is
nothing so awkward as to tumble Tor the
ring at the altar, you know"
Oh, I've made sure on that point,
as 1 told you," he said, confidently.
81 slipped the ring right into this ham
dy little pocket, where I-good Lord IN
heavens
What, Borealis ?"
I" The ring Is lost. "
He thrust his fingers into the pocket
madly, again and again, but the ring
surely was not there. He made wild
conjectures, felt in all his other pockets,
and concluded he must have left 1t at
Auroras residence. He ordered the
coachman to turn about. When they
had gone back almost to the house q
public clock struck 3.
"What is that ?" said Aurora. pointing
to the bottom of the carriage.
The ring lay glitter1ng IN a corner.
81 must have dropped it." said Bore
ais, picking it up, !" but [ swear [
looked in that very spot two minutes
ago."
He had looked there, as a matter of
fact, just before Aurora threw the ring
down.
"Well," he remarked, looking at his
watch again, lyon viii have your way
after all. We can't get to the church
before ten minutes late, anyhow" )"
"To be sire"
Acute presence OF mind is character
istic of brides. They may blush, but
they know what they are about. Their
ewes may be dim with tears. but they
can see misplaced thread in their dress.
Two blocks from the church Aurora ex-
pressed fear that she was as pale as
ghost.
"Say as fair as alabaster," Borealis
suggested.
"Now, my DEAR" she retorted, 4" this
is no time for compliments. Is there
the least bit of color in my face ?"
Well, no, but"
''I must look ghastly."
Would you like to blush as you go
IMP"
"Yes."
He threw his arms around her, drew
her to his breast with the grip of a
wrestler, and kissed her loud and long.
He was through with it just as the car
riage door was opened by an usher, and
she walked into church with a satisfac-
tory amount of pink on her Checks
III
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Went Shopping.

al amt feeling very well to-day.
My head aches, my liver is out of order,
I've got the sciatica. my pulse is feeble,
and Iexpect I'll die before night if
don't lake care of myself.
"And you won't go to the Office to-
day, dearest ?' tenderly inquired his
wife.
"NO," he answered, groaning, and
looking very pale.
"rn so glad, deary. You can tend
the children, then, while I go shop
ping, and she skipped upstairs to put
on her things with joyous, heart-easy
laugh that only the true wife ever
gives vent to.
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First Love.

A long story In the Wheeling Leader
Is headed, "Her First Love" We have
no time to read long stories, but if it
was really and truly her first love it is
safe to say he got away. 1t takes a
practiced hand to know just when to
reel In, pay out more line, and "play +"
him till he can be landed and put In the
basket. 1t can't be done by girl with
her first love, because of the excitement
when she first feels there is one nibbhng,
causing her to shut both eyes. pull for
dear life and throw him fifteen feet into
the air, when the hook drops out of his
mouth, he falls "slap" into the water
and scuds under some old root. The
desert of life is strewn all over with the
bleaching bones of first loves, who have
had their jaw torn off so they could not
mastioate their food.-PecE's San.
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A ooRREspoNpENr writes ns

A CORRESPONDENT writes us to know
which, in our judgment, is the safest
seat in case of railroad collision, as he
wishes to settle a controversy with some
friends. From long and painful study
In this matter, and calling to orlr aid a
ripe experience; we would say, without
fear of a successful denial, that the safe
seat in case of railroad collision is the
top rail of reliable fence about four
miles in northeasterly direction from
the collision.-Laranlie Boomerang.
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TbeCONt of a SidewnIk Benutv.

"Doyou see the young lady swinging
down ae street with all the style of a
milliomiress ?" said the primer man Of
the Nav Haven Register. "She is
beautiful, is she not? Wouldn't you
like to be as she? You would? Very
well, It will cost you 81 for set Of
curled hair-bangs, and 10 cents for cos
metics TO give that beautiful color to
your Gheeks. Be careful and save up
your Yin-money until you have S7.15,
and yea can be a sidewalk beauty and
be muth admired"
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UCKY. FRIDAY. MARCH 10. 1882. VOL

cret collaborators of Nine. de Peyronny.
One of the most precious for her is NJ.
Lucien Double, the sagacious and witty
historian, the demolisher of Charlie
magne, as M. Gambetta calls him. He
has suggested to Nine. de Peyronny to
make a volume of the "Cornet dun
Mondain, F" inserting in it various unpub-
Ished stories and having it printed with
charming illustrations composed by A.
Ferdinandus. 1t will be an elegant
book destined for men and women of
taste
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DIR. HAMMOND says when you stick
your finger In your ear the roaring
sound you hear is the circulation in
your finger. Probably when you stick
In lead-pencil the same roaring which
You then hear is the circulation of sap
IN the pencil.
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Generation of Heat.

Two little boys met and began to talk
over matters and things.
Where is Billy Jones?" asked one.
He is at home.
"If he was out he would go with us
and find dog to tie tin kettle to.
'"His pa won't let him come out.
"What did ne do?"
"He put wet cartridge on the stove
to dry"
"Did it go off?"
"Yes, it got warm before it went off,
and Billy got warmed, after it went of,
five or SIX times with boot-iack. I"
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DenominationaI Statistics.

The following statistics in regard to
the various religious denominations In
the United States are from the New York
Observer. Figures preceded by an as
terisk are estimated
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Fhe Train.

A dress train IS q nuisance, the lady
of fashion admits but while it is the
fashion she must wear it. But what
pleasure can there be in looping up or
in throwing over the arm these impedi-
ments during a brisk waltz, or when
elbowing ones way through crowded
Parlor? And then, country stile /;
lover the brink of it, picture it, think
of it !" The lady would be more help
less than the hapless Miss Biffin who
was once forgotten at a theater. The
box-keepcr said, ALLOW me, madam, to
offer you my arm and to conduct you
down stairs" Said Miss Biffin, al am
very sorry, but L haven't any arms. "
Bless me, ma'am - observed the as
tOnished attendant, "then 1 must
trouble you TO walk out, as we are
closing the house. al really cannot
oblige you, reioined the lady, "for I
do not happen to have any legs"
The English uatrOn.
In England it is the dowager
and nature matron who is au-
tocrat of everything. 1t is said,
in a legendary way, that the Briton
rules his house; but that is as true as
other legends, and no more than they.
The viii of the intelligent wife is abso-
lutte Law, and her advice is held as real
wisdom and her suggestions are hon
ored quite beyond the belief of an Amer
ican, who speaks contemptuously of the
"old woman" or the meddling old
girl :" and yet the advanced matron of
the mother country Is far less youthful
in her thought, manner, pleasure and
appearance than the American lady, who
is of the same age, the same freedom
from importuning cares, and the same
exemption from sorrow. The tranquil
hties that come to the American are in
consequence of a ripening process rather
than decaying one. The composure Of
the average English woman it is not
hypercritical to mention as a refined
quality of stupidity, or perhaps, to be
more Just and courteous, of torpidity.
The furniture of her mind becomes cum
bersome, if not immovable, with age !;
therefore, she cannot be stirred to social
innovations, and in her hand lies the
balance Of power. In fact, the English
woman. by nature and habit, is medita-
tive rather than contemplative, which
makes the old easier and more agreeable
to her than the new hence, to the aver
age feminine authority, a novel amuse-
,nent. if considered at all, is carefully
examined, and, if it be approved, it is
added to those pleasures that have
already been consecrated, but it must
not displace or even modify them. "To
modernize is to vulgarize," is what the
English authorities teach their followers,
and nobody wishes to be mentioned as
dong just that, even though in the Sc
cret places of thought he may desire to.
1t may be admitted that to be unconven-
honal, even in a few things, would be
bliss imme lsurable to visitor.
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Lors of people are willing to rob
Peter to pay Paul, only they get tired
when their Job is half done. They neg
ect to pay Paul.
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MADAME CHRISTINE NnssoN's favorite
amusement is shooting.
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The. Roman Catholic church reports
6,865 churches, 6,471 priests Bishops
ipc.uded), and 6,377, $50 population.
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WONDERFUL sCRYSTAIswEDL
DING.

"'Tis time for our crystal wedding
said Mr.. Frost to his wife,
With 'siiddealy sharp expression
That cut ike a tTo-edged knife.
The North Wind must be invited
To bring hts friend from the East
And none Of our friends must bo sghteA
OR fail to appear at the feast"
So then they began to make ready
With speed, regardless OF cost,
For the beautiful crystal Wedding
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frost
The North and the East Wind calledfor
Miss Snow and old Mr.. sleet,
And all Of that party together
We're sure to have things eompiee.
In honor OF the occasion
The houses with fringe they drnDe,
Rich beads and bugles OF crystal
Suspended in every shape,
Nhils all the poles and the chimneys
We're dressed in transparent suits,
And the trees VT re overloaded
With loveliest glazed fruits.
The TeIegraphs were invited
Ais7a tSts g ss B Saf' - Ieh s. easwer
When any one cried q Helloi"
The magnates were not forgotten,
Who stand in serene repose,
And Franklin made his appearance
With an icicle on his nose.
There were acres on acres OF icing,
And wonderful rivers and lakes;
Most beautiful caves and grottoes,
And delicate frosted cakes;
While cobweb curtains suspended
Above the scene, in mid-air,
Lent a charm TO the crystal wedding,
That proved such grand affair.
Decsnters and tumblers, engraven
With initials Of old Jack Frost.
We're scattered about in profUsiOn-
No telling just what they cost;
And couldn't begin to number
How many from out Of town
Came in to this crystal wedding,
And at the banquet sat down.
Old Sol got wind Of the matter
just as he was going TO bed,
And out from between the curtains
He suddenly popped his head
And smiled. as with glowing fingers
He took Jack Frost by the ears,
And loosened. the pearls and diamonds,
That straightway dissolved IN tears.
Soon faded the lovely picture,
The limpid and sparkling sheen,
That seemed, to our raptured vision
Like unto. a fairy scene;
And some viii remember the beauty,
And some will remember the cost
or the wonderful crystal wedding
or Mr.. and Mrs. Frost. -
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He threw his arms around her, drew
her to his breast with the grip of a
wrestler, and kissed her loud and long.
He was through with it just as the car
riage door was opened by an usher, and
she walked into church with a satisfac-
tory amount of pink on her checks
Clara Belle.
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"IT Is poor taste to laugh at your own
jokes" said Henderson; something /
never do, through L do say it. "Does
anybody else ever laugh at them 2''
, 1882-09-16

ments for the partial restoration Of
Cetewayo to Zululand, with proper
safeguards and conditions. Some
portion of the country, to be hereafter
defined, will be reserved in order to
meet obligations towards those Of the
appointed chiefs and people who may
not be willing to return under Cote-
wayo's rule. A British Resident will
be maintained in ZuluIand, and Cote
wayo will be required to enter into
engagements similar to those by
which the 13 appointed chiefs are
now bound, which specially includes
q prohibition to revive in any form
the military system formerly prevail
ing. No portion Of ZuluIand will be
annexed to British territory. A com
munication to the effect of the fore
going was made this morning to
Cetowayo by the Secretary Of
State.-TjmeS Of 10th Auga8t.
, 1882-09-16

tn is vulgar ~buffoonery done away
with. "The Squadron crossed the
line," says the Times, " on November
28th, when King Neptune held his
usual ~revels, the customary ducking
and shaving lasting on board the
flagship from nine o'clock until two,
during which $50 officers and men
who had not previously been opera
ted upon were passed through the
ordeal. On board the 'Bacchante,'
the young Princes were somewhat
roughly treated by the sea-gods, one
getting some soap in his eyes, which
Inconvenience him tor some time"
VIII the young Princes regard their
W inconvenience as giving them q
sort Of claim to justify the vexation,-
not unfrequontIy sufferings,-of fu-
lure victims, or rather, in the more
honorable way, as calling upon
them to abolish all this ~unmeaning,
and often really tormenting barbarity?