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Usefulness Of ENMee.

Since coffee possesses the quality Of
stimulating the nervous system it IS a
matter Of course that IN many cases it's
effect is rather injurious. Phlegmatic
people, especially, need coffee, and they
are fond of drinking it; for a similar
reason it is Il favorite beverage III the
Orient, where its consumption is i'm
mense. But to persons of eXcitable
temperament the enjoyment of coffee is
hurtful; they ought only to take it very
weak. With lively children it does not
agree at all, and it is very wrong to
force them to drink it, as is often done !;
while elderly people, who are in need
OF a stimulant for the decreasing activ-
lty OF their nerves, are right in taking
as much of it as they choose.
In households of limited means it is
often necessary to use chicory with the
coffee. We do not pretend to pro-
nounce this, if taken in moderate guam
tity, hurtful; but we do say that it is a
poor substitute for coffee, and that there
IS nothing in it to recommend its use.
A far better mixture is milk and sugar ;
and there is good reason for it; both
milk and sugar are articles of food
MIX contains the same ingredients as
blood; and sugar is changed in the
body into fat, which is indispensable to
us, especially in the process of breath
ing. Having taken no food through
the night, the loss our blood has suf-
fered during sleep by perspiration must
be compensated. for in the morning.
For this, milk and sugar in coffee are
excellent.
It is good for children to have taste
for sweetened milk or milk-coffee in the
morning. We must not find fault with
them if they like it. Nature very wise
ly gave them a liking for sugar; they
need it, because their pulse must
be quicker, their respiration stronger,
to facilitate the assimilation of food in
their bodies, and also to promote
growth. Not that adults need no SUI
gar, but the sugar necessary for them
is formed from the starch cohtaiRed in
their food. For this purpose the digest
i've apparatus must be strongly devel-
oped. With children this is not the
case; therefore they are given sugar,
instead of the starch to make il from.
Many diseases, particularly ricketts,,
prevailing mostly among the children
of the poor, are the consequence of feed
ing the child with bread and potatoes =:
these contain starch, it is true. but the
digestive apparatus of children being
vet too weak to change them into fat.
the result is that the flesh falls away.
and the bones grow soft and crooked.
But he who, to. promote digestion.
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Amateur DOctOring.

'Do you think this habit of self-doc-
toring decreases the practice of physi-
cians?"
"By no means. The effect is rather
to increase our work. People who
think to do without the services of a
physician will not only do themselves
harm by the delay, but also with the
medicines which they do not know how
to use. It is like man trying to mend
leak in water pipe by soldering it
with the poker. He generally makes
the hole bigger. It is, of course, the
most difficult part of the physicians
duty to diagnose the disease, to tell
what is the real trouble with the pa
tient. It is not uncommon for even
educated physicians to make mistakes
in this respect. The science of medi-
cine has progressed so far that every
part of the human body has been
pretty thoroughly studied, and the
treatment of the ailments of each part
is q speciality. 1t is impossible for one
physician to know all these diseases as
well as the specialists, and it is a COM
mon practice among honest physicians
to refer patients to those who have made
special study of the diseases which
atflict them. 1t is not uncommon for a
man to go from one physician to another
In the vain effort to discover his ailment.
Sometimes patient will be treated by
successive physicians for the wrong all
ment, because some of the symptoms of
different diseases are similar. How un-
likely is it, therefore, that persons who
have not studied medicine can find out
what ails them"
Which do you think do the most
self-doctoring, women or men?"
Women, decidedly, especially
mothers and old women. The reckless
temerity of some women in this respect
is wonderful. They rush in where
angels fear to tread. Hastily Judging
from few symptoms that a case re-
sembles one which the family doctor
has treated, they will hunt Il ID an old
prescription and administer the dose to
some confding husband or helpless
child. [ could tell you some amusing
stories of the mistakes that are made in
this way, as well as some instances
where more serious consequences re-
suited. Take, for instance, a head
ache. 1t may come from a dozen DIFF
ferent causes-from hunger, from in
digestion, from over-excitement of the
brain, frOm eating too much, from in
haling foul air. The remedy for
headache varies with its cause. Yet
you will find women who have uni
versal panacea for headache, regardless
of the cause. Beware of such women" !"
Daily globe., 1883-05-16
The BlOOd-Stanching Weed.

During the French expedition to
Mexico, Gen. Martroy was informed by
native that plant grew in his district
which was largely used in the domestic
surgery of the Mexicans, and he ad-
vised the General to lay in stock of it
for use in the French camp. 1t goes by
the name of the "blood- weed"
the exact native word has not been
placed on record. This plant has the
property, when applied after being
chewed or crushed, of almost instantly
arresting the flow of blood from a
wound. Gen. Martroy brought home
some specimens of this plant to France
and cultivated it in his garden at Yer
sailles, where it has thriven excellently
ever since, blossoms every year, and
produces a sort of fruit. Meanwhile,
It's transplantation to European soil has
not robbed it of the quality for which it
was originally recommended to its in
PRODUCER. q Its recognized botanical
name is Tradescantia erecta. Although
1t Is quite the reverse of an ornamental
plant, and is not distinguished by any
beauty of shape or color in its flowers,
1t fully deserves, if we may trust our
informant, to be widely cultivated, on
account of its rare medical value. The
practicability of its acclinatization is
now placed beyond all doubt. Its effect
III stanching bleeding is said to srrpass
all means hitherto applied to this pur-
pose, and it is, in any case, to be pro-
duced cheaply and easily. Experiments
have been made with it in Vienna, and
the Neue Freie Presse, of that city, ad-
vises its regular cultivation for medical
use.-LOndOn Globe.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16
A Disease That Grows by what 1t
Feeds On.

A man of rugged common-sense will
change his home from the country to a
large city, from simple and frugal sur
roundngs to the vicinage of wealth and
fashion, and in most instances he finds
his estimate of men and things speedily
or gradually influenced by his new
associations. He is likely to depreciate
the simple life from which he lately
emerged, and to place an exaggerated
value on the ostentation and pretension
of the new. This will occur, too, in
spite of the fact, which his experience
and Judgment teach him, that real man
hood and all the higher qualities of
character and mind are as likely to ex-
ist in the one locality as in the other.
This remark is true of all except the
superior few who are able to Judge of
life from their own sufficient conscious
ness.-St. Louis Republican.
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COngreSSmen as Errand Bows.

Riding up to the Capitol with a
couple of Iowa members, [ observed
them carrying their morning packages
OF letters-great bundles of them Said
one Of them: "This is very unpleasant
sort Of occupation after all, running
day after day through the departments,
asking this or that to be done. It Just
about reduces the Office of Congressman
to that of messenger in the department. p"
"Do you get any credit for your la
bors in this behalf?"
Every little. The people who write
us seem to think either that their cases
take very little attention, OF else that to
do this sort Of business is a part of ones
duty here. Why, have to rush around
the departments every morning with
the greatest of haste to get through the
work that have to attend to myself,
while my private secretary does a great
deal Of the same kind of work for me
while am at the Capitol"
Not much satisfaction in being a
Congressman with that sort of work to
do, is there?"
NO, there's not" he replied, and
with laugh he added: II had a little
instance of that the other day. An ex-
member from Iowa was here, and was
up at the House looking on, when
asked him if he wouldn't like to be back
here again in his old seat. To my
amusement he answered that when the
people of Iowa got him to come to
Washington again to do chores for his
board and clothes they would have to
be good deal smarter than they are
now. His reply struck me as being
very close to the experiences of every
Congressman who comes here and does
his duty.-Washi1lgto1l letter."
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MIR. LincOln'S COr.nS.

Judge Logan, one of the most promi-
lclit lawyers of the West, was the op-
U,cnt of Mr. Lincoln in case to be
argued in the Supreme Court of Hi
Lois. Mr.. Lincoln had the opening
t.lnj closing, and had just finished the
opening and taken a seat near the old
oien-front Franklin stove in the court
room, listening intently to Judge Lo-
g2n's argument. While in this posi-
ton, the Judges on the bench were seen
to smile, and suppressed laugh was
lad lIged i'll by the bystanders, caused
h' Ar. Lincoln deliberately taking off
:, boot, removing the stocking, taking
Us knife out, and pairing a painful
CO... 1t was very apparent to every
',,iy that he did not realize Just what
> w&s doing, although following Judge
'.H-cAn closely through his speech to
''- court, for he turned with surprise
= some remarks Judge Logan had
~ sse when he discovered his predica-
'as and begged pardon of the court
r j. :iae seeming Unconstitutional Re
'stii-dn.
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The MOcking Bird.

The mocking bird commences to sing
at the age of or weeks. The first
notes are low and unfinished, but as he
grows older his voice increases in vol
ume and compass, and his aptitude for
learning is greatly developed. His nat
ural songi is sweet, bold, varied, and in
his native woods he surprises every
competitor. He is the great artist; the
other songsters of the grove are only
the chorus. During the utterance of
his song he appears to be in a perfect
ectasy of delight; his constant graceful
motion, expanded wings and tail, and
flashing eyes add to the music vivacity
and elegance of rendering given only by
this wonderful bird.
His notes are sweeter in his wild
state than in his captivity, owing to alb
sence Of harsh noises which he so often
hears when confined in the habitation
OF man. He loses none of his power or
energy of song in his confinement, and
his opportunities for mimicking are
much enhanced by the variety of the
new sounds which he constantly hears.
He improves every chance offered him,
and takes as much delight in initiating
buzz-saw or rusty pump as he does in
initiating the sweetest of flute notes.
His. repertoire is unlimited; he will
repeat anything, from snatch of the
latest grand opera to the infnitesimal
twitter OF the humming bird. He sings
the songs of other cage-birds with a
superiority altogether mortifying to
them, and his clucls oftentimes can
make the lost chicken forget it's moth
er.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

danger of losing his eyesight. The
master Of the smack bade the young
mariner consult white witch at Ply.
mouth, and the sufferer took this ad-
vice. The white witch boldly declared
that not the invalid but the whole
smack was under spell and suffering
from the wiles of sorcerers. The mas
ter and the lad visited the witch to-
gether, but the spell could not be re-
moved. The youth then went into an
intirmny, and recovered not only his
health, but wages from his too spirit
uall ly-minded master. But the witch
will continue to drive trade in Plmouth.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16
A Novel E@g Farm.

The Farallone ialands are about thir-
ty miles from the mouth of San Fran
cisco bay, and they are the home nf in
Vulnerable sea fowls. When San M
cisco first began to be a city, its con-
slant cry was for eggs. TO supply the
lack of eggs, the project Of stealing
those of the gulls and the muhrs Of the
Farallone islands was undertaken, and
it proved successful and has ever since
been maintained The birds are too
plenty to count OF to estimate, as may
be inferred from the fact that the egg
gatherers bring in often, or used to
gather, 500 dozen a day, and a great
many of the nests are inaccessible, q
great many others devastated by the
rivalry of the birds themselves, and, of
course, large part of the birds at any
one time are not laying. The egg sea-
son is from May to August, and, if even
400 dozen is the rule, the harvest would
be pretty near 100000 eggs. The
quarreling between the gulls and the
muhrs leads to the loss of good many
muhrs' eggs, which the gulls at every
chance destroy. The egg business is
conducted by company, which has
the right. 1t pays egg-gatherers 5
cents a dozen and sells them in San
Francisco at a considerable advance.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16
The Gslden Gate.

The Golden Gate Park in San Fran
cisco comes into shape very slowly. 1t
vii! be planted with over 100000 trees
and shrubs, but until certain grasses
and grains have fastened their tenacious
roots, and thus prevent the drifting of
sand before the southwest winds, the
growth Of the expected forest will be
greatly retarded. Moisture, to be pro-
viied by artificial means, will cost for
the water, at the rate of 33 cents per
1000 gallons, over SO, 600 q year.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

"CHARLEs," said an Austin parent,
you must not allow the other boys to
lead you into trouble. When anybody
asks You to do anything you do not
think is right, learn to say no" eyes,
fa:';er III try" "Now go out. NV son,
anI chop up some frewood." "No. 4"
,'!.": 10 you say, you young scroun-
d.r.i :" = don't think it is right, and I
So "'at,l! whack! "Ill teach
Won % :" G.sobelient. ."-Te.rdS Sit
iIt.IS
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

4 cross-tie, swap opinions concerning
tue wisdom of the President in concoct-
ing such plan long before the la-de-da
clerks in the general Office obtain the
merest mixing OF it, If an appointment
IS to be made he will tell you the name
OF the man and the time the appoint
ment IS to go into effect.-NeaU Orleans
Democrat
Daily globe., 1883-05-16
Witches in the West of England.

Witches are still common in the West
Of England. A Plymouth witch has
lately caused good deal of discomfort
o sea-faring young man. Heset sail
with smack-owner of Brixham, as a
member CT the crew, but his health
suffered in his maritime adventure, and
. nAysician advised him that he was in
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

A VERY colored New York man who
entered complaint against another for
Gs"aa!tng and battering him upon the
| heal, wa4 told by the Justice: II don't
see any marks. Does We s'pose he
hit me wild a piece of chalk?" was the
indignant rejoinder. The case pro-
cep6pG
Daily globe., 1883-05-16
The Big Diamonds.

One of the strangest passions of
which man can be possessed is passion
for precious stones. In all ages many
superstitions have clustered about them.
and learned men have expressed the be-
Lief that diamonds, sapphires, and ru-
bies were tailsmans of mysterious vir-
tues, possessing healing powers and pro-
tecting their possessors from dangers.
Bloody wars have been waged in India
for the possession of great gems, and
fortunes have been expended to obtain
them. The most celebrated diamonds
of history are the following, with their
eS.im2ted values:
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

STRICT hygiene, supplemented by the
wisdom OF such physicians, does much
for the girls who will be women in ten
years. School life has not always en-
bodied hygiene nor taught them physi-
ology.-IlatelnationaL Reuie1c.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

takes coffee Immediately after dinner,
does best not to use sugar or milk-for
both, so far from helping digestion, are
an additional burden to the full stom-
ach, and disturb it's labor more than
coffee can facilitate -Eccha11ge.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

The first Of these stones has been lost.
destroyed, or cut into several smaller
stones. 1t was the property of one of
the great pinces of the Mogul dynasty
in Hindoostan, and was stolen at the
sack Of Delhi before the middle of the
present century. 1t was of very pure
water, though of soft rose-tint. No. 2
is owned by the Rajah of Matan, in Bor-
neo; No. by the Nizam of Hyderabad; :;
the Koh-i-Noor is preserved in Windsor
Castle, the property of Queen Victoria; !;
No. 5 belongs to the French Govern
mcnt; No. 6 to the Russian Government,
and forms the chief ornament of the
imperial scepter; No. 7 belongs to
SN eden, and is of q peculiar green tint.
No. s was a wedding present from Ma
poleon Ill. to his wife, the Ii. u ess
Eugene, who wore it as a center stone
OF a diamond necklace. After the
Franco-Prussian war he sold it to the
notorious Glakwar, of Baroda, in Hin
dostan, for $4,000. All these gems
were found III India. Considered gen
orally, the diamond is the hardest known
substance In an artificial scale of hard
ness it ranks as 10, corundum as 9,
quartz as Z. Diamond is pure, crystal
hZod clrEon, and numerous SCIENTISTS
have spent years in trying to produce
diamonds by artificial means.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

II DO wish you would come home
earlier" said woman to her husband.
II am afraid to stay alone. I always
imagine that there's somebody in the
house, but when you come I know
there amt. ."-ArkanSdoU Traveller.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

A WESTERN farmer advertisos that
he wants frst-class potato-masher;
there are lots of mashers in Philadel-
phia, but they are all of the small
potato order.-PhilddelpAia Item.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

A PHILADELPHIA boarding-house
keeper won't tlke any but pretty girls
and susceptible young men. Those
who fall in love are seated together at
the table, and of course lose their appe-
tites. She is getting rich.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

EVERY year an increasing number of
Congressman find that their election
does not ehtitle them to recognition in
that circle OF society which is con-
staptly becoming "less Congressional"
and Snare agistocratic" in Washington.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

An elderly English lady of fashion
needing a page advertised: Youth
wanted" Next day there came to her
a bottle of wrinkle filler and skin tight
ener, Il pot of Fairy Bloom" a set of
false teeth, faxen wig and some pat
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

LITTLE WILLIE, having hunted in all
the corners for his shoes, at last gave
them up, and climbing, on chair, be-
took himself to o dictionary. "Papa
always looks In it to find things, and
I'm looking into it to find my shoes. +"
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

A MISSOURI quack not only promises
to cure nasal catarrh at one sitting, but
makes the astounding statement that he
will remove the catarrh and place it
on a saucer"
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

AN ostrich at Cape Town has broken
three ribs for one man and two legs for
others by kicks delivered straight be-
mind. He'd make capital army mule
il he only had bray.
Daily globe., 1883-05-16

Is IT true that kissing is cure for
freckles Edith. We should not think
SO, but at the same time a simple little
receipt like this is worth trying. Call
after business hours.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-09

IL is fortunate for Galveston that able
minds perceive and eloquent tongues
express the relation which the city
bears and must bssr, to the state
as ats principal port. A short Time
AGO Governor Ireland testified TO his
conviction of Galveston's coming greatness.
The other day Major John f. Elliott, oil the
Dallas HERLD, utilized great opportunity
at Alvarado, in a very able manner, to the
end of promoting The unity and welfare Of
the state, as shown by extracts from MS
speech, telegraphed by our correspondent;
The sentiment, as well as the argument Of
Major Elliott, was applsuded there and Will
be spplaudsd throughout the state. Texas,
one and indivisible, right or wrong, now
and forever, is about the sentiment OF the
average Texan. Galveston people ought
not to be content with receiving the gener-
Gus aid of worthy and able men who see
that her position makes her necessity TO
the state, but she ought to sustain their en-
deavors in every active and practicaoIe
manner. There Is need of something ike
reciprocal appreciation in various quarters
at this end of the line. Galveston's efforts
might seem selfish, but when Influential
men in the interior come to talk OF TINS
city as they are doing. it is sign that
Texas is bound in the unity of grand inter
eats that will have their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
yeston News.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-09
CITY improvements.

TIE work of laying pipe-sewers has beer
pushed without interruption and so lar w
can report that the main lS-inoh pipe j
LA from Mil creek to within 200 feet OF III
ontist at the rock ford on the Trinity river
a distance of 900 feet, leaving yet 2UO Zee
n. the outlet and about l75 feet at the
svphop under Mill creek to lay,
The l5.inch main pipe IS laid from EN- anl
slreet to Lamar street, distance o. ~,
feet and from Mill creek east, 400 feet
Iearing a gap of roo feet yet to iinlsh.
The small service pipes are laid through
block. 80, 40. As and 81, and in the rear o.
blocks 50 and 80. MI; :,
SChe large 6.ioot brick sewer from Main tc
jackson streets, down Murphy street wa
finished last week, and the smaller 4,ioo'
bric sewer across Main street VIII DC zone
next week. ,,;,I he
.omwenced again this week and be finished
to Patterson avenue. -,
The grading on Elm street for the bois
dark street paving is being done by Mt
Glass. Of Terrell with six teams, ana me
wor, of putting down the gravel ioundatl,on
and the bois dare blocks commences tnls
week. srrvev for
+ha C.heIl street and Four h ward race sew
or tor which bids are invited by August
&, This sewer will be 800 feet long by
& and feet diameter, brick and stone, and
The fitteen-ineh pipes for the drainage Of
Pearl street are here and distributed on the
line north and south OF Ross avenue ana
will be put down as soon ss possible, o,. .,
The new reservoir wall, $50 feet long, al
the citv water-works has just been com
pletsd by Sanderson, who is now repairing
the wall at the circular we'll.
The fencing around the wa nainted 10
grounds is being completed and painted 10 10
embrace the park and water-works' all IN
one large park of 20 acres. ia. ;,. =,
The school-house for the white pupils 1 o.
the Second ward Is about hnis hons. anu foI
the colored pupils OF the Third ward will
he commenced this week and will be SINH
lar to the others for the white pupils. Y.
The new bridge across Mill creek on En-
yay street will be commenced rs soon a.
property.owners in that vicinity can agree
upon the route.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-09
Ernm the PACIFIC Slope.

srocKrox, CAL.-TE5itor Constitution.l-
feel so grateful 20 some Georgia people
that must write and ask you 10 thank
them for the good they have done me. In
fact. after he dies, there ought TO be .
Monument erected to the memory OF the
inventor or discoverer OF a remedy which i
Manufactured in your city.
TOr five long years past l have spent al
I made, and more too, in the effort 20 be
cured OF blood malady which was eating
INV life away. tried one physician amer
another. and the warm springs, the bot
springs. the sulphur springs, and finally
found myself completely broken down
Doisoned with fcrOfnla. poisoned with rner-
curv. and pronounced incurable ~ All the
doctors. In this condition ] heard through
a friend from the east, Of Swift's hpec,ne
! rs. s. So. which IL made In Atlanta, ana
look II because I felt that under any CT
curnsfarces I was doomed 70 DIE. lne
first three doses Of IL infused new lie inie
me and after taking about twenty dollars
worth. sm q new man and 81 sound hs :
dollar. Every ves1ige of the old enemy ,.
gope-rnv skin is ciesr. snd feel - well q
better than ever ! did IN my LIE. Evil
specific costs high out here. but i IL worth
I s5 per bottle 70 sufferers rom blood de
esaes. Thank those peOpls for me, and lei
suv doubters write me here care o. NE
Yours ven truly.
HaRHT Smith.