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perish by it il is usually owing to this &C.
tion aud cUncdcnt alterations of the blood.
Enlargement of the heart is n common abb
normal condition, distractions in the course
OF thu circulation, notably, the kidneys arc at
time. Instrumental in the causation Of this
trouble. The ,hrobbing Of an enlarged heart
is sometimes quite annoying by its violence.
II along with an enlarged heart there be weak
blood vessels, it is plnin that n break is quite
possible. This will bc followed by results of
greater or less gravity, according to the loca-
tion of tho broken artery. A proportion OF
the sudden deaths said TO he due to heart
disease are in Nil probability due to the
breaking OF an artery in the brain. Dyspep-
tic persons often imagine that they have
heart disease and it is quito true that palpit-
ation-iircgular action-of the heart is very
usual coincidence of indigestion. An i'm
povcrishcd condition Of the blood renders the
occurrence Of palpitation of the heart very
much more likely.
Affection of the valves of the heart is the
form of heart trouble most to be dreaded.
This affection arises usually from cNtreor-
dinary muscular efforts, or IN the course OF
acute rheumatism of the jNints. The gray
ity of this condition must now he sufficiently
plain. Individuals SO affected may, how
ever, prolong their lives much by correct
habits. Dropsy is aso II result of certain
heart troubles; this Is explained readily
enough. suppose the heart becomes weak
and cannot efficiently do its work, what is
there more natural than that the blood
should settle In the cXiremities, tho feet in
particular Pain. probably neuralgia, of the
heart is q very distressing affection; some
cases of it are, however quite durable. An
abundance of good food and sleep and every
thing else that is wholesome for the body
generally is equally useful for the heart.
Working or sleeping in illy-vcntilated apart
mcnts impairs the blood and this in its turn
very quickly dcrangcs the heart.
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Hot Versus Cold Water.

Just Mt the moment when cold-watcr
cures, milk cures, whey cures, grape
cures, and the karlsbad of starvation
cures, occupy the attention of those who
perhaps are in great measure personally
responsible for wanting any cure at all,
n new one has sprung up in America, and
has already found followers in England,
says the London DaiW NcWs. The
drinking of hot water was an old-fashion-
cd practice among persons with impaired
digestive organs. Hot water MS cos
mctic has greatly advanced in favor dur
ing the present London season, while the
practice of drinking water MS near boiling
point rs is humanity possible has taken to
itself supplementary treatment in the
United States.
The probably apocryphal sa. ing attrif-
butcd to Diane de Poicicrs, that she owed
the preservation of her beauty to the use
Of cold water is gradually becoming dis
credited, and Phyllis no longer laves her
lovely features in the cool translucent
wave but in the same almost boiling hot
As, few years ago, We were enthusiastic
about cold Tubing, most meritorious
when tho ice on the top is required to bt
brokcn.with bootiack, SO is n kind o.
scalding propaganda in progress at the
present moment, and those who clunf
most desperately to the geld tub are nov
quietly pushed into luliewarm il not bo
| water.
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ALONG TIz7: CONGO,
Something about II Dismal Region.

Tho London DaiLy TcicgrdpHs cor
respondent, who visited Stanley last win
ter and whose letters have been Tor some
weeks appearing in that journal, writes
that January 7 he left Vivi for lsangin
and Stanley pool. Stanley was very i'll
with fever, but he made every provision
to aid the writer in his travels, The jour
ney at first was very difficult because Of
the high grass, which circumscribos the
view. at is terribly exasperating, " says
the writer, "that all-obscuring grass, ono
of the first and foremost Of Africa's petty
disagrecables. Some of this monstrous
herbage scatters on us barbed seeds that
are armed at one end by a sharp needle
point, and surrounded with short reversed
hairs, so that, once the seod enters the
clothing it can only work inward and not
backward. Soon our bodies are priclSed
and scratched and irritatcd by the sharp
pointed avis that have penetrated through
the innermost clothing to the skin. Here,
however, we are at another village, Nguy
Mpanda, surrounded, as are most CONG
hamlets, by splendid forest trees and well
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saigon Correspondence New York IIcradl
1t is one Of the most remarkable features
of Chinese countries that people can live at
OIL in spots which are chosen by the inhabit-
ants for the crccii.n of their domicilcs.
Dcnscly populated houses are built, in close
proximity ov,r srcthing pools of mud and
filth, that appear to simmer in the hot sun and
emit all sorts of breeding vapors and
yet the people seem st,ong and healthy One
gentleman, for the past seven years a
resident of Saigon, told me that he had at
tributed it TO the universal habit of opium
moking, which, lie said, fortified the sys-
TEN against all tie diseases arising from n
malarial climate, AS, however, he admitted
having acquired the habit himself, | could
not help thinking his opinion somewhat
prejudccd. lie said he had commenced
using the pipe in compliance with the adj
vice of his physician and now continued it
from necessity. lie nevertheless asserted
thut since he had commenced using opium
he had never suffered, in any degree, from
| the evil effects of a climate pronounced ex-
cecdingly unhealtby-so notoriously un-
healthy that officers of the packet ships
stopping at the port not unfrcquently decline
ull hospitality from friends on shore in tlciI
dread oi uner!ofscvli consequences E'ti
though opium may preserve the body from
cholera, fcvors and dyscnteric diseases, il Is
an open question whether it would be better
to die ef gn honest disease than 10 continue
the living death of an opium licnd. 1hougl
my informant appeared none the worse from
his INDULGENCE of the opium habit, but, ol
tic contrary, seemed to have been benefited
crcby, it was only because he could indulge
! his appetite. Let him be deprived by acci
dent or 'lcsign Of his accustomed pipe and III
would suffer the tor.urcs of pureatory
There Is scarcely any extent of abascmcnt It
which lie, an honorable gentleman, woulC
not dI sccnd for the material to alleviate hi;
sulrcrings. What an existence for a man
to be so dependent upon drug 50 much tn,
slave of habit which, contrary to the gen
orally accepted opinion, instead of ailordinl
pleasure by its indulgence, simply must b
continued to keep of the most agonizinl
suffering. So much, however, does tn
habit prevail in all oriental counties tina
even in colonies under the protection o
Europonn powers, opium is sold withou
reserve, and opium dens for tue indu'genc
Of the habi, are licensed. Prisoners undc
guard who are addicted to its use must b
supplied with it by their costodans, an,
legal prov ision is made for that purpose.
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"Snc * dead !" they sad to him "Cumc away.
Kiss her and lea, . hcr-thy love is clay !"
Ttcy smnothcl hc~ tIcsscs Of dark brown hair ;
Ga hcr IUrchCld uf stouc they la'dl IA;
oscr her eos tat gaaci loo much
TltS ''tw the lids vita gentle touch;
WIZ tender touch they closed up well
TicswcUl liza lips that hal secrets 10 tell j
Aroyc her wows aud hcautiftl fac,
TicA llyd her veil AMI her mgrragj lace;
Anl drew on her white feet her white IN shoes !;
Which weiri ilt wiiicst, no eye could Choose.
AMI over ncr bosom they eros ,ed her handr-
"tumc away they sdd-"Got understands"
hll ucic wa' silcncc, and nothing lcre
Bul f''choc alil scents OF cglanterc,
AMI Jasmine, AMI io,cs, and rosemary
And tncy sad: "As u lady shoulG lie, lies She
With shudier, TO glance at Its stiffness and gloom
BIl he who loved her too well to dread
Thc sweet, the stately, the beautiful dead,
H. III his lamp and took the key
AHd turned 1t alone again-hc and she.
II sud she hut she would not speak,
mo lie KISSED, IN Tie old Place, the quiet check.
lie AMI she: yet she would not smile,
Tho ne calic her the name she loved crcwhllo.
H. an,l she slul she did not move d"
70 any one passionate w1isrcr of 1--we.
Then he, saiI; "cold lips and breasts without
breath,
IstLcrc no voice, no language OF dea'h
"numh to the eat and Still to the sense,
But 10 heart and TO soul distinct, intense?
"Scc now; Iwi listen with soul not ear;
What Was the secret Of dying, dear .?
WAS 1t the innrtc wonder o. all
That you ever could let l,fI's flower fail?
"nr was 1t a greater marvel 10 feel
The perfect calm DER tle >ny steal?
"Was The miracle Grelic' to find how deep
Beyond all dreams sank downward that sleep?
"D.illfc roll back its records, dear,
And show, Us they say ii does, past things clear?
"Aud was it The innermost heart OF the bliss
t. lnd out 50, what wisdom ovcs?
80 perfect dead! o dead most dear,
hOd the breath OF my sou 10 hear
"I listen as deep as 10 hor. BILE hell,
A. 1igh as to h"lveh, anu you do not tell.
'rdcrc must he pleasure in dying, sweet
To make you 50 placid I'on head TO feet!
Il would tell you, darling, II I were dead
III 'iwcre you" hot tca.s upon my brow shed
II would say, inourl the Angel of Death had laid
HIS sword on my li's to Keep it unsaid.
"lou should not ask yainly, with streaming eyes,
Wh'ch of all deaths was the chiefcst surprise,
''rhc very strangcst and sudlenest thing
OF all IN. surprises that dying must bring"
An. foolish world oh. most Find dead
Though lie told me, who Will believe it was said 2
VINO viii believe uat he heard her say,
with the sweet, sol, voice, in the dco Old way
"lhe utmost womb r is tlIis-I hear
hnd see you, and love you, and kiss you, DEAR
'And am your angel, who was your bride,
Ana Nil1T hlt, though dead, have never died."
-EdiriH irhold.
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The Tower of London.

The AmcricdR Register has been look
ing up the history of the Tower Of Lon
don, and finds that some curious ceremon-
les are still kept up in that grim old pile.
That Of locking up the tower o'nigh
is the most ancient, and, certainly the
most stately one. A few minutes bofor
the clock strikes II, the porter, with an
attendant, appears before the main guard
honsc, carrying n lantern and calls ont,
"Escort Keys" The guard, supplied al-
ways from the Queens Household Troops,
then turns out and escorts "Keys' to the
cutter gate called the Spur" each sentry
challenging MS they pass his post, "Who
goes thcrc?" "Kcys." After the gates are
securely locked and barred the procession
returns, the sentries exacting the same
explanation rs before. When they como
in front of the main guard-house the SEN
try stationed there gives II loud stamp ON
the ground with his foot and demands,
"Who goes there" Keys" "Whose
Koys?" "Quecn Nictoria's Keys.
"Pass Queen Victoria's keys and alrs
well" The porter then calls out, God
bless Queen Victoria, to which the main
guard responds, "Amen." The guard
then presents arms, the officer kisses the
hilt of his sword and the keys are deposit
in the lieutenant's lodging. After this all
ingress or egress is impossible 1t some
times happens that strangers visiting the
pile do not get out before the time comes
for locking up. In that event they may
have to sleeper keep awake-on bench
cs in the guard-room.
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TENAS SURPASSED.
Washington .omnnce-What hoy
swallowed, ana Nobody Else Will.

The Washington Star publishes an account
of an autopsy held in that city Thursday
night on the body of boy named Elmore
Beach, aged about ten and a-half years.
Some time ago the boy was taken with a
swelling OF the stomach, which continued TO
increase. Recently he has been going about
as usual, olthough swollen much beyond
his normal proportions. On Wednesday he
was out on the street, and Thursday ut
p. M, he died. Twenty five or thirty ply
scans examined him before his death, and
none of them could tell what caused the re-
markablc swelling of the abdomen. A Star
reporter called on DR.. Custer yesterday
afternoon to learn the result of the autopsy.
"The immediate cause of DEATH" said the
doctor, "was obstruction in the bowels. The
case will attract the attention Of medical
men, because the obstruction was in the
small inteslincs-not down in the usual
place, but higher up. Another remarkable
fact is that his intcstincs were immediately
enlarged. There were taken from then
twenty la'gc seeds Of damsOns, copper
cent, nickel, tooth, two buttons aud
other iudigesliblc articles. His liver wa:
swelch to such size that 1t took the place
of the lungs and nearly everything else, aut
one of his kidneys was greatly displaced
Altogether it ia remarkable case, and
do not think there is another one on recort
like it,"
The mother OF the boy states that SOM
time ago he was taken with vomiting ant
vomted large worm that had pro,uberaucc
like horns aud legs. A gentleman borrowed
1t to examine it and never returned it, III
ulsD vomilCd some orange seeds lha) hat
been ia his stomach SO long that they ha'
sprouted A thorough examination Of tn
case will be made, ard the result publishe
in medical journal
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break through and steal. If you nave any
doubt on this point hang up your seed
corn in building infested with mice. 1t
is better to dry the cars, especially Of
sweet corn, by artificial heat, and pack the
seed in Tin case, proof against rats and
mice. The yellow cucumbers, laid upon
tho shed roof TO ripen, are apt to be left
until rotten and frozen. The tomatoes
need to be washed out, md the sccd
spread upon papers or plates to dry. in
the sun, or by the fire. The saving, dry
ing, labelling, and dating the best seed
the land will produce is essential to thrift
upon the farm and in the garden. Some
seeds are better for keeping, especially
those of melons, squashes, ard cucum-
bers. Those that are useless should he
carefully burned. Sort the seed box
every year. Carefully label ond date
every package.
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Green Not Irclnnd's Color


1t is strange to be told that after all
green is not the old national color Of ire
land. The popular belief orcenturies is
in favor of emerald color. But the old
books show that the popular belief is con-
irary to the fact. There was n Duke Of
Ireland in Richard III. s time, Robert dc
We're, Duke of Ireland and Marquis of
Dublin, to whom the King granted coat
of augmentation, ''azure three crowns,
or. with border argent" In Edward
". - time the arms of ireland were such
problem for the horalds that Commits
sioners were sent to investigate and to re-
port. The Commissioners pronounced
that the arms of that kingdom were three
crowns in pale. \ drawing in the British
Museum settles the question. The draw
| ing was made in the reign of Queen Eliz-
abcth, or Mt least, registered the colors as
they existed in her reign. The national
| flag appears then to have been n harp on
with strings argent on an azure ground.
Thus in early times the national flag was
certainly blue. 1t may be that the color
changed impcrceptbly. There are blues
that are almost green. Twenty years agt
the Italian tri-color was brick red, whit,
and olive green. These were the esthe
tic tints in use at time when Carlyle hat
not yet explained TO us IN = hHtc how
Richter invented the word "w.thetic'
and what he meant by it. Now any ont
who looks at the italian Tag iluatinS owe
the House Of Parliament in the Piazza il
Rome will see that the red is bright car
) mine and the green is rank emerald.
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en- with baked potatoes this is gool End
economical dish.

en- with baked potatoes this is gool end
economical dish.
A delicious chocolate and bread pud-
ding is made by following this rnlc: Dry
and CRATE two coffee cups of bread, or
break into fine crumbs until You have this
quantity mix with ittwelyc tcuspoonfuls
Of grated chocolate. Heat TO the boiling
point one quart of rich, sweet milk. Pour
this over the chocolate and hrcal When
it has cooled little, Gld the beaten y
Of four eggs, with sugar to your taste. A
little vanilla is also always an addition to
the unnavorcd chocolate. Put this in
pudding dish and bake for one hour.
When done, spread the whites Of the four
eggs over the top, having first beaten them
stiff and added two tablcspoonfals of
powdered sugar to them. Set back i'll
the oven and brown slightly.
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Notes..

Rows of grape vines should run north
and south, remarks the FuTraing Il'orld,
SO that every leaf should get the sunlight
either in the forenoon or afternoon. This
is more important in September thou IN
the heat of Summer II the rows. run
east and west, the vines shade the entire
ground, and hence you lose large part
of the heat, and the moment the sun dis
appears there is no storcd-up heat to car
~ the vines through the night. This in
time of frost is of great importance.
The Gc,mdHtouW Iticgrdph reports
that at recent meeting af the farmers
of Peapack n. j., an agreement was sign
ed binding themselves to prosecute every
farmer in that locality whonllows the Can
ada thistle to mature its seeds on his prim-
isos. If energetic measures Of this kind
were generally adopted, this widespread
pest would soon be deminishcd innumbcrs,
and in many places extirpated. If others
of the principal weeds, 50 injurious to
farmers, were included the beneht would
be greatly enlarged.
The strawberry is hardy. says the GdT-
dcncy's Monthly. The roots will live
through the sevcrest Winter, but it isgcn-
orally believed that il the leaves are pre-.
served through the season green until
Spring it is better for the crop that is tc
follow. Hence light covering OF straw
is benefit where the Winter is severe
enough to destroy the fully exposed
leaves. 1t is not frost, but the sun whlcl
does the iuiury-hence little straw
serves the double purpose of shndinglth'
leaves and keeping the roots from being
drawn out.
Cows, which are 10 give milk through
the winter, need to he fed with spocia
care at this time. Ii possible, the flow o
milk must not be permitted to decrease
Mangcls and sugar beots are excellent
cut in slices and sprinkled with bran
The rule, that good feeding brings goo.
manure should be kept inmlnd IN Il judi
cous care of farm animals during winter
Good feed in abundance is not enough
it should be given with regularity. TN
habits of different animals have to be stu
died, and treated accordingly Scarcel.
auy two cows or horses have the same ap
petite. 1t is important to so mix an
, change the feed, that sameness may b
? avoided. A variety OF food encourage
= hcalthful digestion, and upon this tn
| profits of the owner largely depend.
' 1t requires time and patience, caretr
70 full attention to details, to secure the goo
o seed you have selected, to put it in pacl
r ages with label and date, and then to bo
a it where it will be secure from moisture
: insects, and mice. These are the kind
riches that the moth corrupts, and thieyt
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Seed Germ for Next Years Planting



This has been another untayorable sea
son for the Indian corn crop. Great los
scs have occurred from the use of poor
seed, selected from the poorly ripcncd
crop of the previous year This has
caused Il thin stand of corn. and in many
cases second planting late in the season
became necessary. This late planting
has been quite generally frozen IN the low
and frosty lands and will be entirely unfit
for seed next year. We passed through a
coi ntcld short time since, il which Il
majority of the kernels had sproutcd on
the car, while the stalks were yet standing
uncut. Farmers who have good, sound
corn, well ripcncd, should take extra
paius this season in curing and storingit So
| that all the choicest of it will be suitable
to plant next spling. A great many far.
mers will have to purchase all their seed
for next years planting, and this Will be
punishment enough without being impos-
ed upon by the purchase of seed that may
look well, but which will not grow. AZ
huskiug time the ears which feel dry ano
warm, damp corn always feels colder
than that which is dry), should be kept
by themselves, and unless perfectly dry
already, placed where they will dry thor
oughly, before being stored in largcIpllcs
When corn is partially Injured, the few
sound cars should be hung up by theiI
husks in "A dry, sunny place, or in warn
room where they will dry i'll short time
Sweet corn is more difficult to dry than
field varieties, and accordingly extra pains
should be taken, for this too will doubt
less be scarce and dear next spring. Tho
poor, frosted corn that is ssprouting shoult
led out as rapidly rs it safely can be to
all kinds of stock this fall. 1t should be
made to save lay at the stable and take
the place of purchased grain at the pig
pen.
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We notes in an exchange poem hy Jean
Ingclow, entitled "Goue Over" We have
not read it, but presume it to have been
written on a Democrat who has gone ovei
from Butler TO Robinson. Lo,oeN Citizen.
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Use Muck and Peat.

A dry fall often furnishes the best time
in the whole circle of the year for procur-
ing the needed supply Of muck or peat
for absorbents in the sty and stable. The
use of this article is on theincrease among
those farmers who have faithfully tried it,
and are seeking to make the most of home
resources of fertilizers. Hundreds OF dol
dars are wasted on many n farm, every
year, for want of some absorbent to catch
this volatile and most valuable constltu-
ent of manure. In some sections 1t is
abundant within short distance OF the
barn. The most difficult part of supply
ing the absorbent is the digging. Jn dry
fall the water has evaporatcd, from the
swamps, so that the peat bed can be eX-
cavatcd to depth of four or five feet at n
single digging. Oftentimcs ditching, for
the sake of surface draining, will give the
needed supply of absorbcnts. 1t will
prove n safe investment to hire extra labor
for the enlargement of the muck bank. 1t
helps right where our farming is weakest
in the manufacture of fertilizers. 1t IS
n good article not only for compost with
stable manure. but to mi:; with other fer
tilizcrs, ut butchers oilal, night soil, kahn
ite, ashes, bone dust. fish, rock weed, kelr
and other marine products. Dig the muck
now and have it ready.