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Clips.

The fashion of carrying fans was
brought from Italy in the time of
Henry VIII, and young men used
them in the 10th and 18th century.
Abdalla, the father of Mahomet, was
a poor camel driver, but so handsome
that when he married, two hundred
despairing maidens died broken-heart-
ed.
The Egyptians of to-day commence
the building of a house by tracing an
outline plan on the ground with the
aid of a sack of plaster.
Runrig is a term applied to a kind
of cultivation once common through
out Scotland, in which TIVE alternate
patches or ridges of a field belonged to
different proprietors or tenants.
The leaves of the sunflower are en-
ployed by the Chinese as substitute for,
or for mixing with, tobacco. Its fibre
they use to adulterate and dye their
silken fabrics.
White, the emblem of innocence and
purity red, the color of passion bluer
constancy /; green, hope pink, love (;
violet, friendship brown, indifference /;
black, death and despair.
An old law in Holland, condemned
criminals to be wholly deprived of salt
as the severest punishment in that
moist country. The effect was that
they were a prey to internal parasites.
Among the notes to the third chapter
of his History of England, Lord Ma
cauley alludes to the vulgar proverb that
"the gray mare is the better horse, !"
attributing its rise to the preference
given in the seventeenth century to the
| gray mares of Flanders over the coach
horses of England.
A New Y ork lady had a pet dog and
cat that were very fond of each other
and never quarrelled. When the dog
wished to go into the kitchen he would
! stand by the door and puss would jump
up, catch one paw on the latch and
press the other on the thumb piece,
and, as the door swung open, she
would drop down on the dogs back
and ride in in triumph.
Ladies of rank in the last century did
not kpnu hour RI small worry well Lady
STAFFORD wrote of the death-struggles
of her favorite dog, "poor charming
Fubs y as follows GAS it leved soe il
dyed, full of Low leening its head in my
bosom, offered to snap at any
body in its horrid torter but nussle it,
head to us and loock earnestly upon me
and Sue, whoe cryed for thre days as i
! ii had been for chllde or husband"
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Emperor Williams Wardrobe

An interesting and extensive ward
robe is that of Emperor William. His
uniforms comprise one of each of the
regiments of the guards and of the body
regiments, one each of Baden, Bavaria,
Saxony and Wurtemburg, four Russian
uniforms and one each of his Austrian
regiments of the line and hussars. The
civilian suits are elegant and chiefly
dark, although alight pair of %pantaloons
is now and then tolerated the regular
h~ead-covering is the high silk hat. The
hunting-suits are rarely renewed, on
the principle the older the better and
more comfortable. Most of the inter
esting pieces have long been sent tc
different museums, except the dress
worn ON the day of Nobiling's attempt.
Perhaps the most remarkable piece is
the Emperor's brownish-gray havelock,
which he wears in the Spring and Fal
on his drives, and with which, although
nearly twenty-five years old, he is moi
willing to part. AL his uniforms and
suits are made by a member of the SAINT
family, whose predecessors presented
the young Prince William with his frs
uniform. Numerous as the contents o.
the wardrobe have been and still are, il
has never held an article which nearly
every citizen looks upon as an indispen
| sable one-viz., a dressing-gown.
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A Story by T~urgenieff.

Diamond dust has all the properties
| Of the diamond, and the essence of a
great writer's genius may be traced in
the slightest of his productions. Few
better illustrations of this canon could
be adduced than the little prose poems
which have amused the declining years
| of NJ. T~urgenieff. They may be COM
pared to the "Twice-Told Tales of
Nathaniel Hawthorne writer who
has no slight affinity to Turgenief-for
their comparative brevity, their terse
finish, and their more fanciful and
ideal character in relation to the bulk of
the authors writings. They differ
! partly as the productions of a master of
literary form differ from those of a be-
ginner partly inasmuch as with Haw-
thorne the story is usually of at least as
much Importance as the thought, while
with Turgenieff it only exists for the
development of an idea frequently 50
slight that a lyric poet would have de-
spatched it in a stanza. The keynote of
each collection is a deep melancholy;
but with Hawthorne this is the egotistic
melancholy of a lonely visionary who
passes by banquet and by business like a
shadow with Turgenieff it is the sor-
row Of one but too deeply interested in
human life, and who feels in every fibre
the misery of a nation "retten before it
is ripe, +" as Goblet has it.
Perhaps the best idea of M. Turgen-
ieff's manner in this work will be con
veyed by an ~abridgement of one of his
tales. naving recounted how Giafar,
the renowned Vizier of the Caliph
Haroun Alrasehid, while yet young and
undistinguished, rescued an old man
from a~ssassins, and afterwards visited
the old man at his request, he contin-
ues
The old man took Giafar by the hand
and led him into a garden enclosed by
high walls, in the midst of which
grew a strange tree, in semblance like a
cypress, only its leaves were of an azure
hue. Upon this tree hung three APP
pies one of longish shape and white as
milk the second round and red the
third little, shriveled and yellow.
:" YOUTH said the old man, "pluck and
eat one of these apples. If the white, thou
wilt be the wisest of men if the red,
thou wilt be the richest if the yellow,
thou wilt be singularly acceptable to all
old women. But make speed; the
charm loses its virtue within an hour"
G. ar ruminated with much perplexity.
III / know everything" thought he,
me if l become too rich other men
will envy me. l will eat the yellow APP
pie" And he did so. The old man
aughed with his toothless mouth, and
exclaimed "Good yonthl in sooth
| thou hast chosen the better part. What
| need hast thou of the white apple ?
ct already wiser than Solomon. Nor
eldest thou the red apple, either :.
on wilt be rich enough without it,
and none will envy thee" "Vener-
able sage" responded Giafar, "deign to
indicate to me the dwelling of the
august mother of the Commander of
the Faithful" The old man bowed to
the ground and showed the way. And
Giafar is the greatest subject in Bagdad.
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Home Economies.

To CLEAN VARNISHED PAINT
Boil a pound of bran in one gallon of
water at least an hour, and wash the
paint with the bran water.
To WASH RED FLANNEL.-To
wash red Or scarlet flannel, when soiled,
mix a handful of -four in a quart of
cold water and boil ten minutes. Add
this to some warm suds and wash the
flannel gently, rinsing rather than rub
bling it. Rinse it in three or four warm
waters, and the brightest scarlet viii
never lose its color. Soft SOAP or olive
soap should be used for .woolen goods
in preference to bar soap,
To REMOVE PAINT FROM WOOD
Where it is necessary to remove paint
entirely, this is generally done by scrap
ing. Another way is to soften the
paint passing a fiat flame over a portion
of the surface at a time, and it can
then be very easily scraped off while
hot. But another and the method most
recommended, is to lay on a thick coat
ing OF plaster of fresh Stacked lime
mixed with soda the next day wash it
off with clear water, and it will remove
the paint entirely, leaving the surface
clean.
WHEN TO APPLY PAINT.-Paint, to
last long, should be put ON early in
| winter or spring, when it is cold and no
| dust flying. Paint put ON in cold
| weather forms a body or coat upon the
| surface of the wood that becomes hard
and resists weather, or an edged tool
even, like slate.
To CLEAN MARBLE.-To clean
| marble mix quicklime with strong I've,
50 as to form a mixture having the
consistency of cream, and apply it I'M
mediately with a brush. If this COM
position be allowed to remain for a day
or two, and then wash off with soap
and water, the marble will appear as
though it were new.
To MEND BROKEN GLASS. A
much better process for mending
broken glass, china and earthenware
with schellac than heating them is to
dissolve the schellac in alcohol to about
the consistency of molassas, and with a
thin splinter of wood or pencil-brush,
touch the edges of the broken ware. In
a short time it sets withoutany heating,
which is often inconvenient. 1t will
stand every contingency but a heat
equal to boiling water.
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FemininitieS.

"No," said a belle-"n no electric
light for me it can't be turned down
low enough" :
The modest young woman who
turned all colors" has given up the
business owing to the multiplicity of
new shades. fft
Alady who spent 500, 600 of her own
money during the war in aiding
wounded soldiers, is 10 living in great
poverty in Ashviile, N. c.
"Oh, pa said a young lady, "why
not get a fir tree ? 1t would be soecono-
nical to raise our own furs, and then
We could raise whatever kind we
wanted"
Glow much older should a husband
be than his wife 2n--Edith. Three to
i've years is usually sufficient >Dat, if
ne is very rich, fifty or sixty years is
allowable.
The censns proves that the number of
persons in a family in the United States
isa small fraction over five. In some
families the husband is the small frac-
ton over.
SIS it true that when a wild goose's
mate dies it never takes another 2" askz
a young widow. Yes, but don't worry
about that. The reason it acts that way
is because it is a goose.
A father may turn his back on his
child, brothers and sisters may become
inveterate enemies, husbands may de-
sert their wives, wives their husbands,
but a mothers love endures through
all.
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In Gardeners Music of Ncture, we
are told ON what notes the buzz of bees
and the hum of other insects is pitched.
He says, 1.-THE Gnat huns in A the
Death-watch calls in B fiat the Cricket
chirps in b natural the buzz of a Bee
hive is F a House-fy huns in F first
space the Humble-bee an octave lower;
and a Cockchater in d below the line.
A whole orchestra might be composed
of insect voices, the Door-beetle taking
the bass, the Gnats the trumpets, and
8 on"
In classical mythology Alastor is
used as a surname of Zeus or Jupiter.
1t is also used to signify a deity Shc
punishes-the never-forgetting, revenge
full house demon or spirit who, in con-
sequence of some crime perpetrated,
p~ersecutes a family for generations.
According to the belief of the time, if
Cicero had killed himself by the Preside
of Augustas, the family of the latter
weuld have been prosecuted for genera
tons by Alastor. There are various
opinions about Alastor. Some of the
early writers thought he was the same
as Azael ; others that he was the demon
himself.
On a train going into Detroit the other
day was a newly married couple, the
bride appearing to be about twenty-five
years, and the groom being a dapper
lit'lechap a year or two younger. A
lady who came aboard at Wyandotte
took a seat just ahead, and after a few
minutes she heard the pair criticising
her bonnet and cloak and general style.
Without showing the least resentment
Ii her c~ountenance she turned around in
her seat and said MADAM, will you
have your son close the window behind
you The SON closed his mouth in
stead, and the madam didn't giggle
again for sixteen miles.
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IN Alpine Horn.

Tie Alpine horn, which is SO contin-
ually heard in some parts of Switzerland,
has many legends attached TO it. The
following is M story of its origin =
A young herdsman, sleeping in his loft,
was one night aroused by wonderful
music Stach made him weep for
pleasure Ieering down he saw three
men in the kitchen apparently engaged
in making cheese. After they had
separated the curds from the whey, they
poured the whey into three buckets. In
one it appeared red, in one green, and in
one as white as snow. Then they called
to the herdsman to come down and the
man standing by the red bucket, who
was of gigantic proportions and had a
voice like thunder, invited him to choose
and drink the bloody liquid which
should give him strength and and ener-
gy above all his companions. The
stranger who held the green bucket, who
was of a milder aspect, babe him drink
and inherit the finest pastures of the
Alps. The third offered only the in
strument to make such music as he had
listened to. The herdsman still under
the influence of the enchanting strains.
chose and drank the white liquor.
Immediately the three men vanished,
the fire which they kindled, went out,
but from its expiring spark sprsng a
horn, which the herdsman seized and
played upon till morning. He took it
to the mountains with his flock, and
with it saluted a pretty shepherdess
whom he had loved from his childhood,
and who returned his affection. After
wards, he learned oneday that her father
had promised her in marriage to a rich
citizen of Berne, and in a fit of despera-
ton he resolved to quit his native noun
tains. He hid his precious horn among
the rocks, and became a soldier ina for
eign country. After many years had
| passed, a great inconsistencies fell upon
him and he returned to his native val
ley.
He wandered forth to the mountains,
and was met by an old shepherd, who
gave him a letter. 1t was from his be-
loved, whom he had thought false to
him. tT leave this letter to tell thee l
died faithful to thee. I know thou wilt
some day return to thy home" Wild
with grief, he wandered on, not knowing
where he went, till he espied his horn in
the crevice where he had hidden it. He
mechanically put it to his lips, and, as
the mountain echoes replied to him, he
fancied that it was the voice of his lost
love, He blew again a blast so ire
mendous that all the valley heard and
wondered, but in the effort his heart
| broke and his spirit passed away.
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What Boys Wish to Become.

ass. y u aLaaH ZM M Z . 81
When a boy has ceased to wish to be
a clown he desires TO drive an engine,
and when that ambition has passed his
next want is to go to sea-. 1t is curious
to observe the uniformity of opinion
among boys on these matters. We
never hear of a lad passionately anxious
to be a lawyer, and hiding himself in
corners in order to read about the law,
nor probably is a lad--a small lad
often found who devotes his days and
nights to thinking how delightful it
must be to be a clergyman. To be .
stock broker, a broker, a farmer, to be
even a Member of Parliament is not
among the ambition of boys. They
would be willing to shine as actors,
indeed, but on condition that they APP
pear with w'dtened cheeks and with a
leg of mutton and a hot poker in their
pockets. OF engineering they have few
ideas outside the notion that an engi-
neer, whether civil or otherwise, is an
individual with a grimy face-a distinct
advantage to boys, most of whom
= r. soap-who stands behind a loco
IL. s4e and makes it go along as fast as
he pleases, not to mention whistling
whenever he takes it into his head to
enter a tunnel. The sea, however, is
usually the boys longest and most earn
est dream. And it is not a little extra
ordinary that the hardest, the toughest,
and, having regard to the routine of its
discipline and the character of its mem
bers, the most prosaic of all callings
should stand at the very head of the
| professions as an inspiration of senti-
ment, of poetry and of romantic fancies.
The sea has a charm for the young
| which men can only understand by be-
| coming boys again in fancy, and think
| ing out of the minds they had when
| boys. Were it possible exactly to deter
mine all that a lad dreams about the
sea, the impulses which 10 him
| toward it, his ideas of life on board
ship and the wonders of the world into
which the mariner sails, we should find
the picture wanting neither in humoI
nor in pathos-humor in the utter un.
likeness of the truth, and pathos in the
genuine, child-like imagination which
filings its wonderful light over n OF
the harshest and most unsympathetic Of
human facts, enriehing it to such a
degree that even the mature mind il
captivated by the boyish fancy, and
regards the sea from the standpoint Of
the dreaming, enthusiastic Lad.
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CHAS ". CABLE,
HOUSE E. SIGN PAINTER,
MAIN Street,
PENNSCROVE.
Flowers.

There are many pl ants whose leaves,
flowers and seeds contain virulent poi
sons, which every one should know, so
as to avoid them and keep the children
from them.
Buttercups possess a poisonous iprc-
perty which disappears when the flowers
are dried in hay /; no COW will feed upon
them, while in blossom. So caustic are
the petals, that they will sometimes in
flame the skin of tender fingers. Every
child should be cautioned against eat
ing them indeed, it is desirable to eau
ton children about tasting the petals of
any flower, or putting leaves into their
mouths, except those known to be harm
less.
The oleander contains a deadly poison
in its leaves and flowers, and is said to
b a dangerous plant for the parlor or
dining room. The flower and berries of
the wild briony possess a powerful
pur yative ; and the red berries, which
att act chi dren, have proved fatal.
Inc seeds OF the labuTnum and catalpa-
tree should be kept from children and
t ere is a p,isolous properly in their
Dark, The seeds of the yellow and of
the rough podded yetches will produce
nausea and severe headache. FOOLS
parsley has tuberous roots which have
been mistaken forturnips, and produced
a fatal effect an hour after they were
eaten.
Meadow hemlock is said to be the
hemloek which Socrates drank 1t kills
by its intense action upon the nerves,
producing complete insensibility and
palsy of the arms and legs, and Isl most
dangerous drug except in skilful hands.
In August it is found in every field, by
seashore and near mountain tops, in full
bloom, and ladies and children gather
its large clusters of tiny white flowers in
quantities, without the least idea Of
their poisonous qualities. The water
hemlock, or COW bane, resembles par
snip, and has been eaten for them with
deadly effect.
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Early Potatoes.

A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says The earliest potato,
as far as my experience goes, is the
Early Electric. Last season in order
to test the comparative earliness and
yield of the new varieties alongside of
well known kinds, l planted at measur-
ed distances a definite number of hills of
each of the kinds given in the following
table. They were all planted in the
midst of a field of potatoes, and given
the same cultivation a the whole
field. Single eyes were planted, one
in a hill, on the 18th day of
May.
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The dying of the tops was taken as the
period of ~ripening. 1t will be seen that
the Early Electric is three weeks
earlier than Early Rose. Had it been
planted very early, 1 presume the yield
would have been satisfactory. The De-
fiance was by far the best producer /;
quality good. The handsomest potato
was Roses Seeding /; all large. Great
care was necessary in making the ex
pertinent, which those who grow
potatoes expressly for seed will appre
ciate.
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NUMBER A.

The water-drOpwort resembles celery
when not in flower, and its roots are
also similar to those of the parsnip, but
they contain a virulent poison, produce
ing commissions which end in death in a
short time. The v~ine-leaved water
dropwort and the common dropwort are
also dangerous weeds.
Tbs bulbs of tie daffodil were once
mistaken for leeks and boiled in soup,
with very disastrous effects, making
the whole household ntenselynauseated,
and the children did not recover from
their effects for several days.
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Herr Bretzel (who has just had a tele-
phone put up, calls for the repairer next
day)-"Look a-here, my vrent, tidn't
you dole me dot dellervone shbeak
Cherman and converse in Cherman ?"
Repairer--" Yes, sir" Herr B. -
"Vell, py chiminetty | 1 dalk Cher
man to dot delleryone yesterday, init
bolideness, unit Ply unit Ply it say.
Hello, phat air We jabberin'? Come off,
We ould Dutchy2 p l ton'd allow no
d~ellervone to sass me dot way. Bonner
himmel! Dake it away p'-LVe.
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The Tfareler gives us the important
news that a well-formed spotted fawn
was born at the d~eer..park on the Com
mon, this morning. 1t is to be hoped
the mother enjoys the thrift that fol-
lows fawning. - Commercial Bulletim.
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For the Young.
rha.Eox and the cat.

In6.f OK ana the SdI
1t happened one day that a cat met a
fox in a wood, and as she thought he
was smart and experienced, and had a
! good position in the world, she was in
clined to be very polite and attentive &c
him, and said "Good morning, good
Mr.. Fox, how are you ? how are you
getting on ? l hope these hard times
do not affect you % The naughty fox
locked at the cat from head to foot, and
for a long time hesitated whether he
should answer at all but at last he re
piled "You miserable lick-whisker
you simpleton! you mouse-hunter
whatare you thinking of? DO you know
what you are doing when you venture
to question me ? What do you under
stand ? What can you pretend to do p
'I can only do n thing | understand
but n art answered the cat modest
ly. "And, pay, what is that ?" in
quired the fox. When the dogs are
after me, / can run up a tree and save
myself" Sis that all 2" replied the
fox, contemporary. al am master
of a thousand arts and besides these,
| have a whole sack full of cunning
tricks. l pity you'll Come with me
and III show you how to deceive the
dogs" At this moment a hunter with
four dogs came by the cat sprung
nimbly up a tree, and concealed herself
effectually among the leaves and
branches, from whence she called down
to her companion. "Open your sack,
friend fox open yonr sack !" but the
dogs had already seized him, and held
him fast. "OhI'' said the cat, with
ali your arts, l see you're caught had
you only known how to climb a tree,
you would have saved your life" Dear
children, never boast - Youths Comp.
Tie Wolf and the Lamb.
One hot day in June, a wolf and a
lamb came just at the same time to
quench their thirst in the stream of a
clear brook that ran down the side of a
high hill.
The wolf stood on the high ground
the lamb was on low ground a good way
off from where the wolf stood.
But the wolf did not wish to be at
peace with the lamb, so he said to him,
Why do you spoil the nice drink ?
You make it thick and black with the
mud that you stir up ~
The poor lamb was in a great fright,
and said in a mild tone of voice, "Sir,
how can l spoil the drink 1t flows
from your part to mine, not from mine
to yours but / would not spoil your
drink Il | could"
Z" Ee ii that as it may" said the
wolf, ''you are no friend of mine ]
have been told that you spoke Ill of me
six months since-let me think, yes,
just half a year since"
"Then you were not told the truth,
sir," said the meek lamb, "for at the
time you name | was not born.p'
"Then if it was not you, it was YOU
| dam, and that is all one--all sheep,
rams, ewes and lambs are bad-you
shall die l will sieze you and kill you
at once"
The wolf then made a meal of thu
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ON THE EDGE OF THE MARSH


II NUF
sienna and rusty gold
Tell the year on the marsh is old.
Blackened and bent, the sedges SHRINK
Back from the sea pools frosty brink
Low in the West a wind-cloud lies.
Tossed and wild in the Autumn skies
Over the marshes, mournfully
Drifts the sound of the restless sea,
IN JUNE.
Fair and green is the marsh in June;
Wide and warm is the sunny noon.
The lowering rushes fringe the pool
With slender shadows. dim and cool.
From the low bushes Bob White calls
Into his nest a rose-leaf falls,
The blue-hag fades and through the neat
Far off, the seas faint pulses beat.
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To EXTERMINATE BED-BUGS.-
Wash the article infested with a weak
solution of chloride of zinc. This is IN
~affectual banisher of these pests.