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Poison Ivy.

w. G. ConAnt In Scientific American.
Having lived more than fifty summers In well
founded dread of any chance contact with the
three 1eaved pest, Rhus toricodendron Cor Rus
radicans-which is IT'D, / deem it a duty to pub
ltsh the only effectual remedy, Of the many
have seen recommended and have tried in the
course of my extended sufferings-now for some
years happily ended. Four or five years ago 1
was led to try B,yonid alba. The tincture did
no good. The next season that I caught the
poison, tried BryOnia in the third (hom9O-
pathic) attenuation as an antidote, in alterna-
ton with sulphur (same attenuation J. to relieve
the itching and burning; taking one in the
morning and the other at night. The result
was immediately satisfactory In both respects
The attack passed of gradually, with little
eruption or distress. Next season. tor test,
fortified myself with a prophylactic dose Of Bry-
Onia. and marched boldly on my business
through and through a field overgrown with the
malignant weed, adding secOnd dose at night.
For the first time in my life looked on poison
ivy with impunity and even tramped on It..
This summer. grown careless with security.
have several times Numbered into bed of the
stuff, without taking either prophylactic or
remedy. The poison asserted itself feebly, with
moments of the unmistakable burning itch
characteristic OF it. on parts Of the skin which
it frequents most. but this only when provoked
by friction and presently passing oil, with no
eruption. 1t seems evident that the antidote
have used has not only overcome the poison,
but the susceptibility to its influence, which is
well known to be relative and constitutional,
many persons being naturally quite exempt.
Montclair, N. j., August II, 1883.
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TWINS AND rnIPLEr.


From the Chicago Times.
DR.. Henry Ogden, in paper read before the
Chicago Medical society, discoursed learnedly
upon the rather interesting subject Of Trip
let's" When three Of kind appear the event
Is doubtless trebly interesting, though the re-
Elections Of the father, who has to provide for
the newcomers, may not be the most pleasant
in the world. Men whose wives present them
with twelve pound babies always take particu-
lar pains to boast Of the fact to their friends,
but there are few instances on record where the
fond parent ever busted himself in buying liquid
refreshments for his neighbOrs when the doctor
or midwife informed him that he was the
daddy" OF thirty-six or forty poundsOf HUI
mainly sent to him in three installments
Tripets. under ordinary circumstances may not
liable to be an added frequency Of cherubic SER
enades.
From DR.. Ogden's tribute to these infantile
multipes it is learned that the instances are
rare, fact which may be gratifying to the able
bodied married clerks who toll for S12 q week.
Twins are said to occur once i'm eighty times
while triplets occur only once in 5000 or 600
times. Generally, says DR., Ogden, twins are OF
different sex: next in frequency are two boys,
and least in frequency are two girls. From a
table taken from the registration of births in
Prussia. between the years 1926 and 1S49 pc
Rod OF twenty-three years. it appears there were
13, $50. SIS births. OF these there were 149, 964
cases Of twins. $50 cases Of triplets and thirty
six cases of bankruptcies. In other words there
were twins once in eighty-nine cases. triplets
once In 1910 cases, and bankruptcies once in
31, l26 cases. bankruptcies appear to have been
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Queer Cures.

queer cures.
From the Monros (Ga) Advertiser.
"What's that in the top Of your hat?" asked
one gentleman Of another in our Office the other
day.
s'That's rattlesnake rattles.''
"What's it there for?''
For neuralgia. had it repeatedly and had
it very bad, and hearing that rattle would
cure it. wrote to a friend in Florida to get me
one. He bought one for fifty cents. l put it in
the top OF my hat and haven't had neuralgia
since. You may laugh at it, but it is SO
whether the rattle cured 1t or not, the neuralgia
stopped. know two other men calling their
names) who have the same experience. One
of them says he wouldn't take Gas for his rat
tie"
This reminded the Advertiser of an old gen.
tleman who, a dozen years ago related a similar
experience with buckeyes and piles. He said:
1.-THE buckeye may not have cured the disease,
but had 1t before | carried the buckeyes In my
pocket and have not had it since.'
1t also reminded us of the experience of
another old gentleman, which was given to us
few years ago. Said he: years ago while
my wife was sick. there came. in addition to her
other sickness very severe and unceasing pain
in the lower part of the bowels. The physician
did what he thought right, but it did not 90
away, nor abate The doctor was puzzled. An
liar kind of lily root, if applied, would cure the
pain. sent all over town. and the surround
Ing country for that root and took two or three
days, in trying to find it. but was unsuccessful.
While we were hunting the remedy, the pain
went away ana never returned. If We had
applied the poultice, we would have felt sure
that that was the cause Of the cure"
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You.

II could have my dearest wish fulfilled,
And take my choice OF all earth'S treasures, too,
Or choose from heaven whatsoever i wiied,
I'd ask for you.
No man I'd envy, neither low nor high,
Nor King In Castle old OF palace new,
I'd hold Golcondas mines less rich than L
III had you
Toll and privatiOn, poverty and care,
Undaunted I'd DEFY, nor fortune WOO,
Having my wife, 20 jewels else Id wear,
III she were you
Little I'd care how lovely she might be,
How graced with every charm, how fond, how
true;
Fen though perfection, she'd be naugnt to me
Were she not you
There Is more charm for my true, loving heart,
In every thing you think, or Say or do,
Than all the Joys that heaven could ere impart.
Because It's you.
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Though you should come and kneel low at my
feet -
And weep In blood tears OF agony
IL would not bring one single panp to me-
Nor stir my heart out of is quiet beat
There was time when any word you spoke,
When but the sound OF your melodous voice.
Would thrill me through and make my heart re-
1Oice--
Your wish was law; but now the spell is broke.
And though an angel with a shining brow
Shoul1 come from heaven and speak to me:
"Co with this man and be his AWAY"
Iwould reiuse-l would not trust you now.
Though you should pray me. writhing in white
pain,
For Just one last carcSs, and / should know
That you were draining out the dregs OF woe,
j would not let you hold my hand again.
This is q wonan's love- wOman's pride.
There Is stream that never can be crossed:
III rolls between Us, and the trust lost
Has sunk forever IN the rushing tide.
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A SpriE of Rosemary.

Not that think You ever will forget me,
So long as memory keeps her sacred trust,
Or even that you would no more remember
III this warm heart OF mine were only dust,
But that to-day the june sky Is SO tender,
The roses breathe such Incense OF delight,
And all the world seems shining I'm a splendor
Bewiiderfng TO the senses and the sight
kiss the rosemary With deepest meaning,
And send IL 10 you with a loving prayer;
~ pray you. love, remember" and send answer,
That may re i IL In the fragrant air;
That may know ty every radiant blossom
That gives ITS sweetness to the summer breeze,
BY every warble OF the happy Wild birds
That sing their love-SOngs In the sheltertne
tres,
By all things beautiful that bud and blossom
From tender May to regal-hued september,
That still you wear the loyal rosemary,
And OH, my darling, that you still Iememberi
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What Is the Use.

What is the use OF this impetuous hastef
The end IS certain. Let US take our time,
And hoard the vital forces that We waste
Before our day has reached its golden prime,
What is the use of rushing with spent breath
After old age, its burrows, its white hair?
Why need we hurry so 10 welcome death,
Or go half Way, with hands stretched out, tC
care?
There is no use. Dear heart, II we but wait
All things Will find u.s. Let US pause, say.
WaeannOt go beyond the silent gate
That lies short days journey down the way,
80 let US take our time In youths fair bowers
The summer season Is so brief at best;
Let Us look on the stars, and pluck the flowers
And when our feet grow weary, let US rest
Let us take time for love and its delights:
lt Is the one sweet thing that pays for all
The bitterness OF life, for sorrows blight,
For pains despair and deaths runereal pall.
ELLA WHEELER
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What the Early Birds Catch.


From the Chicago News.
AS the first gray glimmer of dawn appears
there is stir of life on the river and along the
docks. Queer looking specimens of humanity
may be seen crawling out of lumber yards and
other dark hiding places where they have passed
the night, to sneak away before daylight comes
to betray them. The ragpickers put in an ap-
pearance on the streets, raking over the trash
in the cutters, spying around ash barrels,
searching in every nook and Granny, and picking
up many things besides rags and waste paper
There are men. women and children-mostlv
Italians engaged in this business, and they
commence their days work before the toilers Of
the night have fairly dispersed.
Among the other characters that begin to ap-
pear is the man who walks slowly along ON the
outer edge OF the sidewalk, looking down into
the gutter and scanning the pavement in front
OF him. He occasionally stops to scatter pile
of rubbish with his foot, or bends down to take
closer view of something that has caught his
eye. He is evidently looking for something
but what7
'.He is looking for money. and whatever else
of value may be lying around loose" explains
the policeman to whom you apply for infOrma-
ton. you'll see him out every morning at this
hour on the same kind Of a hunt. He's not the
only one; there's lots OF these early birds who
come out at daybreak to look for that oft-auoted
worm. They stand the first chance of finding
whatever may have been lost by the crowds on
the streets last evening or swept out Of the
stores"
Have you ever known them to find any
thing?"
''You wouldn't believe how often they pick
up money and things that can be turned into
money. I've known some of these fellows to
make rich finds. Not long ago one of them
found roll of bills amounting to $500. Last
Thursday morning fellow picked up diamond
cross in front of one of the theaters. He
thought 1t was cheap affair at first, but, come
to find out, 1t was worth over $500. Things OF
less value, and small amounts of money, are
found almost every morning. 1 actually believe
that some of these chaps depend for livelihood
on what they can find at day5reak."
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AMATEUR CHEMISTS.
Youthful Photographers and Dyna-
mite Eiends-A Passion for ExplO.
hiVe6.

From the Boston Globe
''Give me quarters worth Of bichromate Of
potassium, said a twelve-year-old boy, walking
into large chemical establishment.
Sand what are you going to do with bichro-
mate of Potassium" askeda reporter after the
purchase had been effected
II am going to make solution and take pho
tographs."
yes. You just wash piece Of white paper
with the solution" replied the youngster
delighted to have listener. "and lay on a fern
the glass In the sun and where the light reaches
1t it will turn dark" and he disappeared with
his paper of potash in his hand.
''YOu have really no idea how many young
STEERS experiment on their own account" re-
marked the clerk, as he watched the young
chemist disappear through the door. "And
some OF them are very Ingenious; they read a
great deal and hear lectures at school, Electric
batteries are their especial delight. One Of our
most constant customers, youth Of eleven,
caused great CONSERVATION in his neighborhood
by exploding pickle jar with hydrogen gas,
which he had generated with sulphuric acid and
zinc filings. / understand his chemical ex-
periments have been indefinitely suspended by
his stern parent.
"You would be surprised to see the amount
Of explosives we sell just before the Fourth of
July to boys They are mostly used to make
caps for toy pistols or to sprinkle on door-steps
They are not powerful or dangerous but give q
good report which Is the main thing. One
enterprising young chemist succeeded In manu-
featuring about pint of nitro-glycerine, which
is very inexpensive and easy to make. But
what to do with it after 1t was made was a
question that agitated that household for some
time. The yOungster had made it for the pur-
pose of verifying statement he had read in a
chemistry book that lighted match could be
dropped into it with impunity. Fortunately
he was prevented from carrying out his expert
ment.
YES" concluded the clerk, chemistry lee
lures are very good thing, but the subject
of explosives should be treated very carefully.
The youthful mind is too fond of verifying for
itself"
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Russla,s HOrSe Reserve.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

Austria Hungary is said to possess 1853, 600
horses. Germany 1859 600, France 3,OOO,OO
Great Britain O. 100 600, and Italy 657, 600; while
in the kirghiz steppes alone Russia possesses
1000. 600 riding horses. The excellent qualities
OF the kirghiz horse have led to proposal to
use 1t Tor cavalry remOunts. The provincial
studs. especially those of the Don. are in de-
cadence; the price of horses is consequently
rising. and the difficulty Of procuring remounts
IL continually increasing. Sooner or later Rus
STA must fall back on the studs of the steppes.
The KirghiZ horses constitute q precious and
abundant reserve. Most of these horses are
small, intelligent, doclle, of great speed, indie
fatigable and very temperate. qualities which
make them suitable for military service. The
best are those belonging to the steppes of Oren-
berg and Turkestan; but only half Of them are
available for regular cavalry, the others being
too small. 1t Is also doubtful whether these
horses, used to Q dry, hot climate and the herb
age Of the steppes, could bear the damp which
prevails In the greater part Of Western Russia
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Thy Name.

told the rose thy name-it blushed and stirred,
It's petals trembled as in ecstasy.
j cried thy name alOud-and 10. the bird
Burst into song within the thick-leaved tree.
spake IL when the moon was gray and cold,
And straight from out his east upShOt the sun.
1spake 1T In the night-the clouds that rolled
Above dispersed; the stars came one by one.
Should any whisper It when on my face
The black earth les calm sleeping underground,
think my heart would beat apice,
And that my lips would trembie at the sound.
And II before the gates of heaven came,
And could for my own worth no entrance win,
j think that then IL should name thy name
The eternal doors would stir and let me In.
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True Love.

think true love is never blind.
But rather brings an added light
An inner vision quick to ind
The beauties hid from common sight
No soul can ever clearly see
Anotner's highest noblest part
Save through the sweet PHILOSOPHY
AND loving wisdom OF the heart
Your unapointed eye shall fall
On him who ILLS my soul with light.
You do not see my friend at all,
You see what hides him from your sight,
see the feet that fain would climb:
You, but the steps that turn astray;
see the soul unframed, sublime;
You, but the garment and the clay.
You see mortal, weak, misled,
Dwarfed ever by the earthly clOd;
see how manhood, perfected,
May reach the stature Of q god.
Blinded stood. as now you stand,
Till on mine eyes, with touches sweet,
Love, the deliyerer. laid his hand,
And 10. worship ct his feet!
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Love Song.

Dear! II you change, I'll never choose again;
Sweet II you shrink. I'll never think Of love;
Fair, II you fail, I'll judge all be tujy vain;
Wise! if too Weak, more wits I'll never prove.
Dear. Sweet! Fair! Wise! change, shrink not,
nor be weak:
And, On 10y faith, my faith shall never break.
Earth with her flowers shall sooner heaven adOrn
Heaven her bright stars through earth'S Jim
globe shall move;
Fire heat shall lOse and frost Of fame be born;
Air, made to shine, as black as hell shall prove;
Faith. heaven, fire, air, the world TRANSFORMED
shall view,
Ere prove false to faith or strange to you.
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KOSSUTH'S ROMANTIC STORY.
A Letter from the Patriot, Who ChrOnf.
cles q Remarkable Incident

From the Courier Des Etats Unis Of August 90
The Vienna German Zeitung of August pub
fishes a letter from Kossuth addressed to DR..
Cotuos about his brilliant defense of the Jews in
the Tiszla Eszlar affair. After congratulating
the advocate the old dictator relates an incident
that happened some thirty years ago in the
Neutraer-Comitat. Gan individual named Bar
tos SaudOs, who mated the Jews" writes Kos
suth, ''had become enamOred of beautiful
young Jewess, called Julia Weiss He desired
to convert her and then take her into his SER
vice. Julia Weiss repulsed the man and would
listen to nothing he said. Some time later
Julia Berecs young Christian girl, one of
Julia Weiss best friends, disappeared. The
Jewess was inconsolable. Saudos had her
brought before him, and violently apostrophiz-
ing her demanded to know the whereabouts of
Julia Berecs.
"How should know?" replied the Jewess.
"Where have you taken herr"
''I2" said Julia, astOnished.
"Yes you. And since you dare not avow It
I'll tell you. Julia Berecs is lying yonder by
the stone bridge. dead. Twas you who struck
her to death with pOignard!'
''Oh! She was my intimate friend"
''Be silent. A Christian cannot be friends
with Jew and, to follow the closer the pre-
| scriptions of your Talmud, you have washed
your hands in the blood of Christian, thinking
thereby to become still more beautiful"
I'm vain the poor girl pleaded that she knew
! nothing OF the Talmnd or scarcely how to read
| or write. She was thrown in prison, passed be-
fore the assizes and was condemned to death.
By reason Of her youth her punishment was
committed to hard labor for life. Two years
had passed and the poor girl could not COM
prehend why she was so tortured. One day she
was taken before the directrice of the prison,
who received her with great kindness and the
startling intelligence that she was to be imme-
diately set Free At the same time she was pre-
sented with purse or twenty-five ducats as a
gift from the emperor.
Eat the prison gate Julia Weiss embraced her
family who were awaiting her there. Twas
then they told her that three weeks previously
her prosecutor, Bartos Saudos, had been found
dead and that in his pocket was discovered a
written confession, in which he acknowledged
having killed Julia Berecs and having falsely
accused the young Jewess. He. proclaimed
Julla Weiss innocence and begged her to pray
for him. He also left his fortune In legacy to
her. Julia Weiss refused that fortune.
''FrOm the lips Of, the young girl herself, ~
continues KOssuth, II heard this story"
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That Wicked Telephone.

From the Detroit Free Press.
~ guess I hat my telephone took out of my
house." said resident of the eastern part of the
city as he took seat beside Manager Jackson
the other day.
"Anything wrong?"
eyes, eafrytings is wrong" was the doleful
answer.
"Perhaps the battery needs more water?"
"Vhell, maybe SO, but doan keep no track of
dot. You see. vhas down to my peesness
good deal. In der morning. after vhas gone
leedle while, somebpody rings aboudt sixteen
hundred times and scares my old vhoman half
to death. She asks Who yhas dere, and some
body answers Hello! Shake, vhas dot you?
Say, Shake, how aboudt dot leede gal dot
wrote you dot letter. Ha! ha! hal Und dot
makes my wife so madt dot she shumps oop und
down und pulls her hair, and when comes home
she goes for ME like some tigers. Was dot der
right vhay to put up some shobs on MANI"
"NO, of course not"
"Und pOOty Queek after dot somebody else
rings Oop my house two tousand times, und my
vhife almost faints aveay. When she asks who
saw you riding oudt NIT your vhfe on der Lake
road last Sunday! Doan' be afraldt-I doan'
give him avail Und den my vhife vhas madt
enough to Dust In two. und when comes home
she sthrikes at me NIT ter teapot. Do you call
him telephone convenience"
II call it a shame. SIR"
''Vhell, some Odder times somepOdy goes
r-r-rr-ringing -ing-ring like tunder, und my vhife
vhas as pale ash bedquilt. She thinks dot vhas
some occident to me, or some steanpoat blowed
OOp NIT her sister, Her heart beats like it would
slump Oudt on der floor, and when she asks who
was killed somepOdY answers: '1sh dot Shake
Say, Shake, how much you gif dot policeman to
keep still on you, ehl All! dot vhas q fine
racket, Shake, but II der oldt vhomans drops on
it you vhas gone oop like some Gilderoy's kiter
Den my vhife she vhas madt some more, und
she packs 0op her trunks, und she vhas all
ready to go when comes home. Vhas dot some
more convenience by electricity"
II shall certainly look into the matter.
Such things must be stopped"
"Und sometimes s0mepOdy rings softly, shust
| like cats, und my Wife wants to know who
vhas dot. Ne! Who vhas me2 Katie! Who
vhas Katie7 Why, Shake d0an' you know dot
vidder vhomans you met on der bost3 Say,
Shake, how vhas der oldt vhomans to-day!
Und how vhas dot on me when goes home?
vhas In my saloon all der time, und dot
dOan' know some vidder vhomans from q load
OF hay2 tell you, Aisser Shackson, dot tele-
phone preaks oop my family II doan' look
oudt. Eafery day 1t Is hello! Shake!' und
eafery evening when comes home it is some
more crying und talking like ! vhas der worst
man in Detroit"
He was promised speedy and permanent re-
lief, and as he backed upstairs to the sidewalk,
he said:
"Vhell, dot makes me feel like vhas happy
II somepody WANTS to hello! Shakep ON me,
| let him come to my saloon. Gif him some
telephone convenience 30 he vhas lame for six
| months!"