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PIrH AND POINT.

Tight pants and tight dresses have
both gone out of style, but 1t seems as
If tight men never will.-ChicGgo Irtb-
u11e.
"A Grabbed old bachelor says:
'.When rain falls, IL she gets the big
ger half of the umbrella they are lovers;
4 he takes the bigger half they are mar
ried."
The latest freak of fashion in New
York is to have the feet photographed.
1t was tried in Chicago but given up be-
cause it was impossible to get whole
foot into focus.-Philadetphta Netos.
"A French lady at Nice went to her
room, put on q white satin dress and
blew out her brains. 1t ruined her dress
maker, as ladies considered she was
driven to the deed by the badness OF the
fit.-Boston Post.
Two white tramps have been sent
to the chain-gang for throwing kisses at
the young ladies of q Georgia seminary.
The privileges of the American citizen
seem to be getting very limited indeed
M Y. Commercial advertiser.
The average age of different men is
put down thus: Merchants, 55; physi-
clans and lawyers, So; farmers, 81;
clergymen, Ga; and great geniuses, 70.
1t will be observed from the above that
the journalistic profession tends to
longevity.
-Edith-The fact that you do not
know what crock SALT is shows that you
have never kept house. Rock salt comes
in little bags labeled "best family table
salt" 1t has to be pounded with a fat
| iron before you can get any out.-P'itt-
adelphid Neacs.
There is one good thing about this
two-cent postage. The swarm OF spring
poets won't be compelled to face the
dreadful fact that the stamp on the en-
velope is worth three times as much As
the poem inside. 1t will only be worth
twiceas much.-Chicago Times.
Little George, age four, saw ant
heard violin for the first time. HI
thought it very funny, and this is tht
way he described it: "Why, mamma,
couldn't help laughing. The man hao
the funniest little piano you ever saw
and he held it up to his neck and pullet
the music out with stick. m Z
Tribune.
"A correspondent of the Atlant,
Constitution, after giving an account o
the attempted suicide of woman VIII
choked herself with one of her stock
ings, adds: 81 am informed that tn
stocking was a red and blue striped.
Accuracy in details is an important art
Gle in the stock in trade of q newspape
= Chicago Inter Ocean.
"A bashful young man went thre
times to ask beautiful young lady
he might be the partner of her joys an
, sorrows and other household furniture
but each time his heart failed him an
he took the question away unpoppeC
She saw the anguish of his soul and ha
compassion on him. So the next tin
. he came she asked him if he thought
bring a screw-driver with him. 3
J blus6ed and wanted to know what TO
J And she, in the fullness of her hear
! said she didn't know but he'd want
q screw up his courage before he left. E
: took the hint and the girl.
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Teaching Swimming.

"Our process of teaching is q very
simple and easy one. When the pupil
presents herself and has donned her
bathing suit, which consists Of sack,
skirt and broad trousers, she Is taken to
the preparatory room and is taught the
proper motions of her arms and legs on
a carpet. These mastered, she Is taken
to the bathing pool, where q strap, so
padded as not to hurt her, Is passed
around her body, and she is placed in
the water with her face down and kept
afioat by q rope passed through pulley.
Here she goes through the motions OF
swimming, which like her music lesson
at home, are indicated by the voice of
the female teacher, who counts one, two,
three in . monotone that gives the time
to the motions of the limbs. The next
stage is swimming with float or life
preserver around the body. In this the
action of the limbs are perfectly free,
and the pupil, accompanied by the
teacher, often succeeds in making .
round of the bath in the second or third
lesson. All her motions are closely
watched, and her attention is sharply call
ed to any false stroke or laggard move
ment. The motions once perfectly
learned, the pupil soon gathers confidence
| in her ability to swim, and It Is only In q
few cases that we are not able to dispense
with the float at the fifth lesson and
send the young lady out to swim with.
out any other aids than those given hel
by nature. Girls are taught the same
stroke as boys, but think there s ar
essential difference between them in the
matter of using the propelling power o.
the lower limbs. The boy is more Wig
orous and more propulsiye in his leg
than in his arms, while with the girls th'
reverse Is the case. = Many Of our LAD,
i swimmers dispense with the skirt, which
somewhat retards their motions, anC
wear simply the sack and the trousers
III think that d the most REASONABLY
swimming costume, for the skirt Is ap
10 hold the water and lessen the spec
of the swimmer by giving her heavis
load to carry.-FroHs an iltervte'0 ,o'f
a Professor, IN Indianapolis Journal
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WHAT HAPPENED TO JOS. BEACH.
Stone In the kidney Expelled after Using
DIR. David Kennedy's "Favorite Reme-
dyD About two Weeks.

One of the most remarkable cases that has
ever been brought to the notice OF the public
is that OF Mr.. J. s. Beach, Of Stone, Bridge,
Ulster Co., New York. Mr.. Beach had SUI
fered since October IS, 1874, from the pres
ence of Calculus or Stone in theright Kidney.
No less than seven physicians were employ
ed at different times, to whom Mr.. Beach
paid hundreds of dollars for medical treat
meut, with only temporary relief from his
agony.
By the urgent solicitations of his friends
he was inducee to try DR.. David Kennedy's
"Fayorite neutrality-suspicious. marked
improvement from the first day he began to
use the medicine: on the 18th of September
he yoided a stone as large as could be pass~
ed through the natural channel.
Mr.. Beach concIudes long letter to DR..
Kennedy by saying: at will always afford
me pleasure to recommend the 'Favorite
Remedy to those who may be suffering from
difficulties of the Kidneys or Bladder, or any
disorders arising from an impure state of the
| blood. The"Favorite Remedy" sold by all
druggists. The Doctors only address is
Rondout, New York. 46t4
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Dyspeptics and the Drugstore.

But nine out of ten dyspeptics resort
to the drugstore. They get bottle of
''tonic bitters." They try DIR. Quack's
..Dyspepsia Elixir" They try 'blue
pilT'-in the hope of rousing Nature, as
It were, to 8 sense of her proper duty.
Now, what such ''tonlcs" can really
do for them is this; they goad the sys-
tenn into the transient and abnormal ac-
tivity incident to the necessity of ex-
pelling q virulent poison With the ac-
complishment of that purpose the ex-
ertion ceases, and the ensuing exhaus-
ton is worse than the first by just as
much as the poisors.fe has robbed the
system of larger or smaller share OF
its little remaining strength. The stim-
ulant has wasted the organic energy
which it seemed to revive. "But, !"
saws the invalid, ''if repetition of the
dose can relieve the second reaction,
would the result not be preferable to
the languor of the unstimulated system3
Wouldn't it be the best plan to let me
support my strength by sticking to my
patent tonicP"
Yes, it would be very convenient, es-
pecially in times of scarcity, if q starv-
| ing horse could be supported by the
| daily application of a patent spur. 1t
would save both oats and oaths. Even
fastidious nag could not help acknowl-
edging the pungency of the goad. But
it so happens that spur-fed horses are
somewhat short-lived, though at first
the diet certainly seems to act like q
charm. For day or two the drug
stimulates the activity of the digestive
organs as well as of the mental facul-
ties, but the subsequent prostration Il
| so intolerable that the patient soor
chooses the alternative of another poi
son-fever. Before long the pleasant
phase of the febrile process become:
shorter and the reaction more severe
the iaded system is less able to responC
to the goad, and, in order to make "
for the difference, the dose of the stimu
liant has to be steadily increased. Th
| invalid becomes bondsman to the drug
store, and hugs the chain that drag
him down to the slavery of conirme'
| poison-habit.
Circumstances may differ. A dysper
tic who intends to make his own quietu
within q month or two, and in tn
meanwhile has q certain amount c
work to finish, would be justified i
stimulating his working capacities b
all means, in order to improve to tn
utmost whatever chances OF mundan
activity may remain to him. But b
who intends to stay has to make up b
mind that recovery can not be hope
for till he has not only discontinued b
drug, but expiated the burden of 81
which the stimulant outrage has adde
to the cause of the disease Nature hi
to overcome the effects both of maln'
triton and of malpractice. The dru
has complicated the disease.-Dr. Eel
L. OslDdld, ia Popular Science hor'tht
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A Dull Pawnbroker.

The other day Detroit pawnbroker
received call from q young man with
the tan and freckles of the country on
his face and nose, and an old-fashioned
bulls-eye watch in his hand which he
desired to pawn.
s.Vhere you lifa'' asked the broker.
sOh, out here q few milesm
"Vhere you got dot vhatchP"
at used to be dads, but he gave it to
me-"
The broker looked him all over with
suspicious glance, and asked and re-
ceived his name, and then added:
'Vhy you WANTS to pawn dot
vhatch, ehP"
.'Well, needed little money"
''Dot looks suspicious to me, und l
guess call der boleece.
sSuspiciousl Policem repeated the
young man. ''Say, mister, you don
know the difference between q thief
selling his plunder and q young man in
town with his gal, and that gal wanting
peanuts and candy and sody water and
street car rides until she's cleaned him
out of his last cent, you'd better &c
and start q sheep ranch"
ssOh, dot vhas it, eha Vhell, gn
| you tree dollar. Dot makes it all ash
blain as der face ON my nose, und
hope you haf some goot times. Here
two und one makes tree. ."-Detrot
Free Press.
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The Death Of Robin Hood.

All accounts affirm that Robin Hood
lived to a very old age, and at last died
by treachery. He had cousin, who
was the prioress of q nunnery called
Kirklees, and when he was aged and in
firm, and suffering from an attack Of
disease, he went to her to be bled-
Robin was very sick when he reached
the gate of the nunnery, where he was
met by his cousin Little thinking Of
treachery, he suffered her to conduct
him to q room and open q vein in his
arm. There he was left bleeding. The
door of the room was locked, and the
window was too high above ground to
admit of jumping out He remGned in
this state till the next day at noon,
when he thoughtto blow blast on his
sound. Little John was lingering
about, waiting to see his beloved master.
When he heard the mournful blast, he
sprang up and hurried to the nunnery.
| He broke locks and dashed open doors
until he reached the room where Robin
lay dying He fell on his knees, and
begged to be allowed to burn Kirklees
Hall and all the nunnery; but Robin
| said: "No, / never hurt . woman in
nv life, nor q man in company with a
woman, and l will not allow such q
thing to be done now. But string my
bow for me, and give me it and broad
arrow, which will shoot from the win
dow, and where that arrow falls there let
my grave be dug. Lay green sod under
my head and another at my feet; and
lay my bent bow by my side, for it has
always made sweet music for me-"
This request was complied with by
J Little John. The arrow that Robin
} shot fell under tree, and there the bold
J chief was buried. His death was prob
ably near the year 1900.
Some worthy historians have doubted
whether such 3 man as Robin Hooc
ever lived, and have classed the stories
of his exploits among the myths of thu
past It is hardly probable, however
that this Is the correct theory. Th'
: safer and more reasonable conclusion
would seem to be that Robin Hoot
; really reigned in the forests as rep
resented, but that many of the storie
about him have been exaggerated b
: the ballad singers and early writers Q
England.-Maurice Thompson, iH 81
q Nicholas.
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HOME AND Farm.

If . person has been bitten by Q
mad dog, tie cord tightly about the
wound, apply warm water to encour-
age bleeding, suck the wound and ap-
ply caustics--M Y. Times.
I'm the Ohio Former . correspond
ent recommends growing potatoes
under q coveBing of straw, put on
about the time the tops are coming
through. The covering keeps the
ground moist in Q dry time The
straw was put on in some insta noes to
depth Of ten to twelve inches.
Corn Bread: Two two cups of In
dian meal allow one cup Of white flour,
two tablespoonfuls of white sugar, two
and half cups of buttermilk. one tea
spoonful of soda, one of salt, one table
spoonful and half Of melted butter;
steam for two hours in a well buttered
tin. and dry of in the oyen.-Ercha'sge.
The Rural Net1 Yorker says toma-
toes raised in poorish light soil will
ripen ten days earlier than those raised
in rich soil. We know this from the
actual test during the past season. II
large, snowy tomatoes are wanted, re-
gardless of flavor or time of ripening,
then the rich soil and the rank growth
| are needed. Cutting off all but one or
two fruits of the clusters while they are
small and green will also cause those
remaining to grow to larger size.
Says lady writing to the Country
Gentleman: Few housekeepers prop
erly estimate the value of providing
covers for pillows in common use,
thinking if the cases are changed each
week the pillows are properly pro
tected This is q real mistake, as any
one can see by putting a white cover
underneath the case and noticing how
soon it becomes soiled- Old pillow
cases can be used, by tearing off the
buttons and putting buttonholes In the
hems-
-Poached Eggs and Toast: Pou
some boiling water into frying pan
then break the egg into . saucer YER.
carefully, and slide it off into the no
water The water must not be boilin,
hard, or the eggs would fly in pieces
The water must be boiling hot to begil
with, but afterwards merely simme
until the white is cooked so that n
limpid part remains; then the yolk wi
be sufficiently done. Toast and butte
some evenly-cut slices Of bread, an
Law them on plate; then with q skim
mer carefully lift out the eggs, an
place one on each piece of toast
Boston Post.
e. P. Howell, for many yeal
known as an extensive and successfr
fruit-grower, says that the exPerienc
of every grower of fruit for market
that the most important matter in begil
ming as pomologist is to plant yer
few varieties. Not less than four-fiftt
of our good fruits are unprofitabl'
They will serve the purpose of the am
, teur, whose main object is to supply b
, table with q succession of good frui
| but they will not pay the gardener. A
orchard with large number of vari
ties demands incessant work and col
slant anxiety. CHICAGO Tribune.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

An electric light about the size of
small bean has been constructed and
used successfully in Illuminating interi-
or portions of the human body.-CleUe-
land Herald.
"A citizen of Laurens County, South |
Carolina, has sixty specimens of wood |
grown on his plantation at that place.
The blocks are round and show the
girth of the trees with the bark on them.
Mr.. Stoddard Howell, of New Or
leans, has patented q new method for
the construction of levees and embank-
ment, by the means of Enclosures, made
either of wood or iron, and by the use
of pumps and dredges to cast up the
that is to be used as the material for
construction.-N Y. Times.
What one single industry is capa-
BILE of doing by way OF consuming what
NAV be called raw-material may be
learned from the following: 1t is only,
comparatively speaking, a few years
ago that photographers began to use
what they call albumen paper. Now
in the United States alone three facto-
ries consume about 2,000,0 900 eggs a
year in making that kind of paper
Exchange.
There has been an unusual awaken
ing in scientific circles in Cincinnati
during the past few months; Polytech-
| mic School has been organized; State
Forest Association formed, with its
headquarters in Cincinnati; and courses
| of popular lectures on chemistry.
zoology, botany and history have been
given at the afternoon school in popu-
lar science and history.-Sctenttf
american.
| Bromide of ethyl is the new substi-
tute for chloroform. 1t is a powerful
agent, and teaspoonful, when inhaled,
will put any one to sleep in thirty sec
onds, and keep him utterly oblivious to
what is being done. The unconscious
ness lasts only from three to four min
utes, when the patient awakes as from
or other disturbances of any kind
Chicago Times.
The average distance at which
thunder can be distinguished is declared
to be seven miles, while the lightning of
an ordinary thunderstorm, at midnight,
may be seen forty miles. Perhaps light
ming sometimes occurs at too great an
elevation for the thunder to reach the
earth's surface, particularly in the trop-
les, where the thunderstorms are at
| great heights. In rare instances, IN
: Europe, lightning is observed in the
zenith, followed at an interval of TWEEN
ty seconds by faint rolling thunder i'm
mediately overhead. A slight increase
of altitude would doubtless render the
thunder inaudible.-N Y. Sun.
The bee has long been type of the
industrious worker, but there are few
people who know how much labor the
sweet hoard of the hive represents
Each head of clover contains about six
ty distinct flower tubes, each OF which
contains portion of sugar not exceed
ing the five-hundredth part of grain
Some patient apiarian enthusiast, wh'
has watched their movements, conclude
that the proboscis of the bee must
therefore, be inserted into 500 Glove
tubes before one grain OF sugar can b
obtained. There are 1000 grains in
pound, and as honey contains three
fourths of its weight of dry sugar, eacl
pound of honey represents 2,5OO,OO
clover tubes sucked by bees.
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money was what he was working for,
and he was being well paid for his SER
vices.
The negro was again bribed, and he
not only stole the overcoat and hat,
but named the hour at which his master
had told him he would go out Then
the faithful servant led Marthen TO the
sickly minister's boarding-house, while
the detective prevented the other Mar
then escaping. Marthen, the engineer,
scarcely knew what to do; he paced
the sidewalk opposite the designated
garden; he saw figures occasionally
enter and emerge, but none that he
could recognize.
Suddenly, however, just after two
plainly dressed women had passed IN,
thin figure crossed the street and
whispered:
''She is there"
''Marthen followed the preacher, won
dering in what words to break gently
to Mrs. Whitlayton tho intelligence
that the man she had agreed to marry
was . worthless scamp, but before he
could say anything the lady was lean
ing on his arm, and the minister was
saying:
GAS night air-ahem-is very dan
gerous to my lungs-ahem-I know
you will excuse me for losing no time.
Anson Marthen, do you take this
woman to be your welded wifeP"
Marthen was so astonished that he
could scarcely maintain his position ol
find his tongue. He recovered, how.
ever, as Mrs Whitlayton pressed
closer to his side and whispered:
''Speak-quick-h you love mer'
81 do" said Marthen, softly, ye
earnestly.
yes" whispered the lady.
Then" said the minister, '.I pro
nounce you man and wife, and wha
God has Joined together let no man pu
asunder. Mr.. Marthen, I will have thu
certificate ready in the morning, If yol
will send for it"
"Come away at once" whispered tn,
bride, IF the dreadful enemies yo1
wrote me about should see you, wha
would happen?"
Marthen talked little but thought rap
idly as he drew his wife away and rap
idly along. At the first secluded spo
he reached, however, he placed hi
arms around her, with one hand read
to place over her mouth should she al
tempt to shrek, he rapidly explaine,
himself. As he had already discov
cred, Mrs. Whitlayton was not smart
She was so dazed by all she heard tbs
she knew nothing but that she had bee
legally married to man whom she ha
never seen but twelve hours before, bu
whom she had then determined wa
very much of a gentleman. What coul
she do in her delicate position but &C
according to his advice, which was tha
they should take the night train fc
New York and go to her new husband
home and his motherP So they die
, and when they reached there, and th
son had explained to his mother, th
bride confided to her mother-in-law tbs
it seemed she had known her husban
for year.
! And the Anson Marthen who n
! manned bachelor recovered his hat an
!, overcoat without recourse to law.-T7
: Hour
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19l West Tenth Street,
NEW YORK, Aug. IL, 1880.
MEssRs. SEABURr & JHHNsoN:
am slow to pin my faith to any new cura-
tive agent. Benson's Capcine Porous Plaster
has won NV good opinion. L find 1t an ex-
eeptional cleanly plaster to use and rapid In
its action. Many tests of its qualities in my
own family and among my patients, have
convinced me that there is no other single ar
ticIe so valuable for popular use, none SO
helpful in cases of Lame Back, Local Rheu-
matism, Neuralgia, Congestion Of the Bron-
chial Tubes and Lungs and Lumbago. You
may feel free to US my name.
Very truly yours, H. II. KANE, NJ. D.,
Phisician-in Chief Of the De Quincy Home.
Price Of the CAPCINE IS cts. Seabury s.
johnson, Chemists, New York. 46t4
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We'll Rewarded.

i liberal reward will be paid to any
party who viii produce a case of liver,
kidney or stomach complaint that Elec-
trio Bitters will not speedily cure.
Bring them along, it will cost you noth-
ing for the medicine if it fails to cure,
and you will be well rewarded for your
trouble besides. All blood diseases,
biIiouidess, jaundice, constipation, and
general debility are quickly cured. SAT-
isfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed. Price only fifty cents per bottle.
For sale by j. w. Houghton' 33y1
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Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained

1t is to your interest always to use
that which will do you no harm, even
II it does not do you any good That is
Just the reason you should call at Woos-
Ter & Adams drug store for DIR. Quinu's
Great Discovery for the Cure of Coughs
Colds and Consumption, as it contains
no opium or morphia, and you will be
convinced at once at its wonderful
cures. Try it. SOC. Use DR.. Quinn's
I,inimeut l1yC
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BuokIen,s Arnica Salye.

The greas sest medical wonder of the
world. Warranted to speedily cure
Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Cancers, Piles,
Chilbrains, Corns, letter, Chapped
Hands, and ali skin eruptions, guaran-
teed TO cur in every instance, or money
refunded. 25 cents per box. For sale
by J. w. Houghton. 29y1
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TO 4 DAISY.

Wee, little rimless wheel OF Fate,
With silver spokes and hub Of yellow,
What gentle girl. in accents mellow,
das sought your aid to find q mattel
Eho snapt your slender spokes apart
Each one some dear Acquaintance naming7
And who was he-the loved one, claiming
The choicest chamber In her hearth
o tiny hub of golden hue
kist by her fingers tender pressing,
Stin yet methinks, she's vainly Fuessing
Hvhat you prophesied were true
You died between her fnger~tips,
Sweet gypsy maid of wisdom marie;
Pray, Is 1t worth q death 30 tragic
Ho hear the music OF her hps7
--xStuik Dempster Sherman. On Century Mdou