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OF THE FLOWER
BED.

Nothing looks worse in a flower gar
den than to sec plants, large and small,
bright or sombre, placed Heterogeneous
ly together in one bed. 1t is usual to
see small beds filled with six or seven
varieties of flowers of as many different
colors. This imparts very scattered
effect to parterre, for too much variety
in detail leaves no spot for the eyn to
rest on. Small beds should never con
tain more than one species and one
color, though this may be as bright as
you please. Large beds, on the con
trary, may be planted with O greater
variety of flowers. Great care should
always be taken to plant flowers of the
brightest hues-scarlet pelargoniums
for example--in the center Of the group ;
and these should be softened by de-
grees with flowers of a less brilliant
tint towards the margin of the bed
White flowers are, perhaps, the best to
plant along the margin Immediately in
side the box or turf edging Land and
Water.
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MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

Have you seen the recent statistics on
divorce? Appalling! And the most
cultured centers seem to be the most
given to divorce. While on this similar
theme I may as well call attention to
the hasty marriages of the period and
the consequent tardy divorces. have
long entertained notion peculiarly my
own on this subject, and now put it
forth with all seriousness and trust that
it may be so received; and that is, that
marriages should be almost impossible
and divorces very easy. To be bit
explicit: would have it so established
by law that no marriage should take
place hastily Two or three years with
universal publication of the proposed
marriage, in the case of very young peo-
pie, should be required; or one or two
years in the case of older people. This,
I think, would put your divorce courts
pretty well out of employment. Tire
would certainly be but few divorces
under this arrangement. And if there
should be any I would have them OBJ
tanned by the consent of the parties,
and as speedily as possible, without the
years of delay and the fearful publicity
Of scandals which brings all concerned
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THE INFLUENCE .tF roe.

Poe, like Pope, threw himself INTO
war with ounces He hit and thrust a
them vigorously, he exposed score
cheap popularities, he was mercile:o t
the inexpensive reputation then reaAll
acquired by every tootler on the vii t
of Miss Eliza Cook.
Since the time of Poe, America i
erature has wonderfully advan y d il
the acquisition CT force and poli h
American novelists, for example. aim s,
give us lessons in careful elaboration OF
style, in reticence and in well calculated
effects. American poets are, perhaps.
too numerous. That they get hearing
as they do, and appeal to a really l,r ye
public, say much for the interest of tie
people in contemporary verses. In
form, in the mere art of versifying, even
the minor American poets Of to-day
show wonderful versatility and deft-
ness. Commonplace is much less Sue
cessful than it was of old. We cannot
but think that this rapid riporing o.
the American Muse (who was raw.
uniformed schoolgirl in the lifetime
Poe) is due In part to the influence Ct
that critic. His method is a; unlike the
method of Mr.. Matthew Arnold as pos
sible. But he exercised the same kind
of influence. Like Mr.. Arnold he int O.
duced some tinge of French thought
and of French literature into the work
nanship of his countrymen.
Perhaps he was not wide reader,
and the element of affectation in his na-
ture may be detected in his quotations
of obscure Latin authors and in his
Oriental illusions. 1t is hard to say
how much knowledge was implied in
these illusions-how rich the mine was
from which Poe dug these sparkling
fragments. Still, he judged the writer's
of this country with some knowledge O;
other iteratures. AS he was quite ruth
less in his criticism he did good, but at
his own cost.-EGchdnge
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THE DRESsSUIT OF MAN.

To the young man of limited means
who likes once in q while to join in SO
cial routs, it is a God-send. The la
dies, with their sensitiveness alb u
wearing their party dresses too often
are put to great expense that to man,
a man would be frequently ruinous
But if young man can once secure til
ready capital to invest in dress SIT.
or can find tailor with sufficient
trustful nature, his wardrobe is sup
piled. In fact, dress suit covered By
the spots and dusts of many campaigns.
if only neatness has been satisfied by &
sufficient cleansing and brushing, i
more correct" than one fresh from The
tailor's hands. It looks as if its ownei
had seen something of society, as if the
present occasion were not bis first vent
ure into the region of balls, parties
and dinners Men will be very slow t.
adopt any new-fangled notions about
the advantages of knee-breeches anG
slashed doublets, with all their fuss and
feathers, even if they do set off neat
legs and fine forms. The regulation
dress suit is just what is wanted in III 3
hurried American life, where the me,
at least cannot stop to elk up even
they have the money.
Then, again, the dress suit has its
esthetic side. On other occasions men
are apt to cover up their shirt fronts
under broad expanse OF silk, pop
ularly known as "the dirty-shirt cravat.
Against such opportunities for general
ing the amount OF mans washer
woman account, the dress suit is &
standing protest. It breaches tbs
sermon of cleanliness next to godlires-
in the face of uncleanly tendenc es.
Even the white lawn cravat, which no
whims of fashion can permanently dis
place, speaks of the freshness OF attire
which should characterize every gentle
mans dress when he presents hinso:I
to his hostess. In word, the dress
suit came long years ago to stay, ard to
stay on it's merits, both practical and
esthetic. W1terb1EJ'U (Ct) american.
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ERYSIPELAs TO ORDER.

Modern surgery does not simply deal
with mere practical questions, as is
shown by the brilliant experiments of
Fehleisen, one of Bergman's assistants,
who succeeded in breeding and isol It.
ing the micrococci of erysipelas in "pure
cultures" Reinculturenl, after Koch's
method. Remembering that erysipelas
proves very seldom fatal, when TN
complicated, and that this disease, on
the contrary, sometimes acts as resorb-
emit in cases Of morbid growths, he ven
tured to inoculate patients of that kind
with such micrococci, and saw them
taken with real erysipelas promptly
after from fifteen to sixteen hours. This
is the first instance of the reproduction
Of human zymotic disease in other
human individuals by the inoculqtion
of isolated bacteria, the fatal qualities
of the anthrax or tuberculous .vilus
naturally forbidding similar expert
ments. The instance must convince
even the most skepital minds OF the ac-
curacy of the conclusions drawn from
that well-known series of experiments
inaugurated by r. Koch. -WedieGl
NeUS.
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gOr 4yF IN OURS.

In the morning the young man who
aspires to be professional baseball
Player, goes forth arrayed in all the
gloN of a 81 baseball suit, and
proudly enters the diamond field of his
ambition. In the evening the young
man, who, in the morning aspired to be
a professional baseball player, comes
in from the baseball grounds with all
his aspirations stripped from him, to-
gether with his shirt and part of his
pants. He has lost his cap, and one
canvass shoe, and has acquired bunch
on the side of his head-about the size
of an egg-and black eye. His lip IS
cut and swollen, and one ear hangs de-
iectedly down his neck. A strip OF
court plaster across the centre span OF
his nose. adds to his dilapidated appear
ance. And one arm slung up in a dirty
handkerchief, appeals to the sympathy
of the beholder.
He has evidently been to bat" but
the way he sits down on the edge of
chair, we would conclude that he does
not want to be considered "on deck"
We had expected the baseball craze
to die out ere this, but it seems to be on
the increase. Well, let those play it
who choose to, though cold cat, play
ed with soft yarn ball, covered with
the lining of an old bootleg, is fun
enough for us.
Our makeup does not seem to re-
quire the thrill of excitement engen-
dered by standing before a fiannel-clad
mountain howitzer, and letting it shoot
solid shot at us. We are not of that
peculiar temperament that finds pleas
ure in so simple thing as making a
home run with 700 people looking on,
and making remarks about our shape,
OF lack of it. Men of our usefulness
are not SO plenty that we can afford to
spend our time standing out in the CEN
ter of vacant lot, with our hands on
our knees, while three or four other fell
lows quarrel over SO unimportant
matter as whether the pitcher killed
the third baseman with the ball, or
revolver Life is too short and full of
creditors, and we are not SO anxious to
be ushered into the presence of our
Creator, that we will take the chances
of being sent there clad in borrowed
baseball suit, and League perspira-
ton.
No, no, others may like it, but as for
us, give us regular old-fashioned
game of "Antie over" with it's scientific
catch, and exciting run around the old
school-house. Give us this, and our
youth, and the rest of the world may
have all the pleasure they can find in
the broken bones, and broken contracts,
and big salaries, and gate receipts of the
great American game Peck's Sun
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SLY COUNTRY CoURT1NG.

How delightful the country Dir is
this morning." remarked Miss Fitzioy
as she stepped to the threshold and
looked toward the rising sun. "Ishould
like to live here always"
well, I guess Josh wouldn't object,
said Farmer Robinson, with a sly wink.
And then Josh scud around the corner
OF the house and began yelling at the
cows, and Miss Fitzjoy started inside
to take down her erimps SO as to look
as pretty as possible by breakfast time.
Hartford Post.
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AMoNKEY AND A MIRROR.

I witnessed the following incident in
the Jardin DIES Plantes, not many years
ago, but it struck me greatly at the
time and I have narrated it repeatedly
in the interval. A large ape-I believe
anthropoid, but cannot tell the species
was in the great iron cage with
number of small monkeys and was lord
ing it over them with many wild gam
bols to the amusement OF a crowd o
spectators. Many things-fruiSs and
the ike-had been thrown between the
bars into the cage, which the ape was
always forward to seize. At last rome
one threw in a small hand looking
glass, with a strong-made franc of
wood. This the ape at once laid hold
of and began to brandish like ham
mer. Suddenly he was arrested by the
reflection of himself in the glass aad
looked puzzled for moment; then he
darted his head behind the glass to find
the other of his kind that he evidently
supposed to be there. Astonished at
finding nothing, he apparently be-
thought himself that he had not been
quick enough with his movement. He
now proceeded to raise and draw the
glass nearer to him with great caution;
and then, with a swifter dart, looked
behind. Again finding nothing, he re-
peated it once more. He now passed
from establishment to anger, and began
to beat with the frame violently on the
floor of the cage. Soon the glass was
shattered and pieces fell out. Contin-
uing to beat, he was in the course of
one blow again arrested by his image in
the glass remaining in the frame.
Then, as it seemed, he determined to
make one trial more More circum-
specify than ever the whole first part
of the process was gone through with,
more violently than ever the final dart
was made. His fury over this last fail
ure knew no bounds. He crunched the
frame and glass together with his
teeth, he beat on the floor, he crunch9d
again, till nothing but spGnters were
left.
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THE BAD BOYS F4THER.

George W. Peck, of the Milwaukee
Sum, is known far and wide throughout
the world as the father of @The Bad
Boy" The origin Of 'The Bad Boy
was an accident Peek's son one day
told him that one of his chu1ns ha6
played @ good joke ON his father, in
sending note to him signed Daisy"
requesting a meeting. The old man.
who is something of masher, accepted
the invitation, and strolled the streets
half the night looking for his mash"
The boy told his mother, and there was
high old time at home. Mr.. Peck
thought over the occurrence and finally
wrote it up, with considerable imaginn-
tion, and thus gave birth to what has
since become national character. For
many years he has been in journalism.
In fact, with the exception of the time
spent fighting for his country, he has
never done anything else, for he is
graduate from "the case When
Brick Pomeroy was in New York Mr..
Peck worked for him, and as one of his
editorial writer's made for himself a
reputation as a humorist that has
always remained. He might almost be
called the father of "paragraphing," as
for three years he daily contributed
column of that class of work to Pome
roy's paper. From New York he went
to La. Crosse, Wis, where he had
charge of Pomeroy's paper there. He
then, in 1874, established the Sun
at La Crosse, which he finally moved
Milwaukee in 1S7S.--DenUer Tribune.
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BREAKFAST BUNS,

Never use your thumb-nail as screw.
driver.
If you see man hopping his brow,
don't ask him if he thinks it is hot.
After a man tells you he has just lost
his wife, don't forget to tell him that
you once lost a valuable horse.
Before the collection plate is passed
around in church, suddenly remember
that you have an important engage
ment.
Tell your wife to use your best meer-
schaum pipe when she wants a tack
hammer-Ne,o York Journal.
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WHAT MRS. NEWMAN saw IN 4
HAREM.

"The gates of the Abode of Bliss"
said Mrs. Newman, CLOSED instantly
after 1 entered the building. A long
corridor opened into the main apart
ment of the harem. 1t was furnished
with gorgeous tapestry hangings and
sumptuous satin furniture of curious
design. The curtained windows looked
down upon blooming gardens. Ranged
about the chamber in various attitudes
were a score of women. Some were
seated on divans and some were kneel-
ing. Thirteen of them were the wives
OF the Pasha. A cloud of negro SER
wants attended to their wants. I could
speak but a few words of Arabic, but
we we're OF home on the subject of
dress, which has universal language
OF It's own among women. All the
women had large, long-lashed and lus-
trous eyes. and dark, fnely-chiseled
features. Their costumes we're magni-
fcent, and strangely fashioned of rich
satins and loaded with ornaments of
gold and Jewels and garlands of pearl.
Their head dresses were of silken
gauze, held by bands OF gold and sur
mounted by graceful ostrich fea hers.
They wore silk trousers and silver slip
pers, and their fnger-nails were tinged
with yellow. To an elderly lady, very
queenly In her movements, implicit
obedience was yielded by the others.
The air of the apartment was heavy
with the perfume of sandal wood. A
crowd of colored servants brought in
cigarettes and sweet-meats and coffee,
and, of the delicaeies I was pressed to
partake.
The eating of these dainties and Cos
siping with each other is the sole occu-
patton of these women of the harem.
They live in luxurious bondage, in
blssful ignorance of the outside world.
I longed to reveal it's beauties and pos
abilities to them, but could converse
only by gestures. Before I left baby
Pssha was shown to me. It's mother
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GL4DsroNEs roUsGER DAYS.

Gladstone had come up from Etor
with quite an uncommon reputation 70,
ability, and all his contemporaries agree
in saying that he was regarded as a our;
man of exceptional promise. H, MAJ
agement OF the Elton MiSce!irny la;
shown what power he possessed OF a.
tracing lads of lads of talent ilto hs
fellowship and of maintaining. his IL
tendency over them; and at Chs
Church he became in his first term t.
recognized leader of set whose tloirC
we're watched with interest," By dor
and undergraduates alike. lis fiuancz
In augmentation, and the trouble I:
took to convince people of things vhic
often did not seem worth dispute ver
among the noticeable traits of his cilal
acter; but this fondness for reasoni
had been purposely fostered in him h,
his father. Mr.. John Gladstone like
that his children should exercise ler
Judgment by stating the why and vhere
fore of every opinion they Offered, al:
college friend of Williams who wen
on visit to Fasque, in Kincardineshire.
during the summer of 1929. furnishe
amusing particulars of the family Gus
toms in that house, where the children
and there parents argued upon ever:
thing" They would debate as to
whether the trout should be boiled CT
broied, whether q window should be
opened, and whether it was likely to lie
fine or wet next day. It was all per
fectly good-humored, but curious to q
stranger because of the evident c1re
which all the disputants took TO advance
no proposition, even as to the prospect
of rain, rashly. One day Thomas
Gladstone knock down a wasp with his
handkerchief and was about to crush it
on the table when the father started the
question as to whether he had tho right
to kill the insect; end this point was
discussed with as much seriousness *
if human life had been at stake.
When at last it was adjudged that the
wasp deserved death because he was 6
trespasser in the drawing-room, com
mon enemy and danger there, it IVES
found that the insect had crawled from
under the handkerchief, and was flying
away with staggering sort of buzz as
if to mock them all. On another occa-
sion William Gladstone and his sister
Mary disputed as to where certain
picture ought to be hung. An old
Scotch servant came in with a ladder
and stood irresolute while the argument
progressed, but as Miss Mary would
not yield, William calamity ceased
from speech, though unconvinced, o.
course. The servant then hung the
picture where the young lady ordered,
but when he had done this he crossed
the room and hammered i nail in the
opposite wall. He was asked why he
did this: "Aweel, miss, that1l do to
hang the picture on when yell have
come around to Master Willie's opecn-
ion. "-Temple Bar.
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WORK.
Grading Third Street.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUEBLO WoEEs,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Minu., Aug. 81, 1883.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Public Works in and for the corporation of the
City of st. Paul. Minnesota, until II NJ, on
the 18th day of Septembes 4. D. 1883, for the
grading of Third street from Broadway to Kit
son street in said city according to plans and
specifications on file in the office of said
Bad.
A bond, with at least two l2) sureties, il 2
sum of at least twenty (20) per cent. Of the
gross amount pid, must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the night TO reject
any or all hide
VIM. BARRETT, President pro tenn.
Official: r. l.. GoRMAE.
Clerk Board of Public Works. 2445
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CONTRACT WORK
Grading MENDOZA Street.
ORFIcE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, l
CITY OF ST.. PAUL. MIMI, Sept. 5, 1883.

Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Public Works in and f9T the corporation of the
city of St. Paul, Minnesota, at their Office in said
city, until IL m. on the 18th day of Septem-
Der, A. D. 1888, for the grading of Mendoza
street, from the right of way of the Chicago,
St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad com
pany to Seventh street in said city, accordi g
to plans and specifications file in the Office of
said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties in
sum of at least twenty (2O) per cent. of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
eThe said Board reserves the right to reject auy
all bids.
M. KOCH, President pro TEN.
Official. r. l.. GORMAN.
Clerk Board of Public Works. 249-25S
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SAUK CENTER ACADEMY,
AND
Commercial Institute.

This institution is the "Grove Lake Academy
of Individual Instruction. which by liberal
bonus of land and money by the people of Sank
Center is now located on the banks of Sank lake,
one and half miles from the village The
school Will enter on its seve. tn yea and resume
business on Monday, Septenber3 This school
has been complete success, an has given TO
its patrons entire satisfac ,oa No classes.
Pupils reeite alone in private roors. Reference
to the business and professional men of Sank
Center. 1t viii pay parents VINO have sons to
educate from home to send for cular and rules
of this institution. We have mpIe sccOmmo-
dation for eighty $780, boarders
sun,sat.wkly THE RINCIPAL.
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svUAea IKE veritable sleeping Beau
ty.' The interest shown in the baby
and the mother by the other women of
the harem was to me beautiful evi-
dence of the universal sisterhood of
women. From q Letter on the East
ern World.
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WORK.
Sewer on St, Clair Street.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 5, 1888.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WoRKs,
CITY OF ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 5, 1888.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Public " orks in and for the corporation of the
city of st. Paul, Minnesota, a. their office in said
city, until IL m. on the l7th day of September,
A. d. 1883, Tor the construction of sewer on
st. Clair street, from Seventh 9TH street., flor
merly Fort street, to Toronto avenue, in said
city, together with the necessary catch basins
and manholes according to plans and specihca-
tons on file in the Office of said Board.
A bond with at least (2) sureties, in sum of
at least twenty (20) per cent. of the gross
amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
Nj. KOCH, President pro tenn.
Official: Il. l.. GoDMAN,
249-259 Clerk Bard of Public Works.
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to shame and sometimes to ruin. At
least something must be done. Maybe
my plan is not the right one. But GER
tainly if we can stop the marriages we
will stop some of the divorces; Ell p
Joaquin Miller.
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PHYs1oLoGIsTs are strongly recom-
mending young ladies not to marry
young men who drink beer, because
they are apt to get furiously Jealous
and to foam at the mouth.
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UONTkAU'r WORK
G01dhuG Street.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 81, 1888.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Public Works, in and for the corporation of the
City of st. Paul, Minnesota, until IL m. on the
18th day of September A. D. 1883, for the grad
ing of Goodhue street from Duke street to Cliff
street, Ill said city, accordi1 to plans and spec
ifications on file in the Office of said Board
A bond with at least two (2) sureties in a
of at least twenty COZ per cent. of the gross
amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
VIM. BARRETT, President pro TEN.
Official: r. l. GoRMAN,
244-254 Clerk Board Of Public Works.