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THE COMING OF THE DAISIES.

There's no life without its winter,
There's no year without its sleet,
For the picture must be shaded
It's the bitter makes the sweet.
And ever in stern December,
Trustful hearts can hear this strain
At the coming of the daisies,
We shall all be glad again.
Unto the happieSt being
The sad touch of grief will come,
And Nature must have her season
When the woods and streams are dumb,
But hearts were not made for sorrow,
The meads will their green regain,
And the coming of the daisies
Shall make us all glad again.
Oil despairing hearts that murmur,
Hope has happy dreams for you:
Darkness cannot rest forever
In the bosoms of the true.
Hear this whisper. i'll the hrcezeS.--
In the beat of the warm rain
AT the coming of the daisies
We shall all be glad again.
Have faith when life is sorrowful
With memories of the dead;
Remember there is a summer
Where the leaves are never shed.
With face TO that better country,
Find hope in my songs refrain
At the coming of the daisies
The earth shall be new again.
.-UiIiam Lylc, in Rochester Democrat.
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A Cure for DiDhtheria,

A correspondent of the Baltimo,en
writes in the following confident strain
The following is said to be an almost Ger
tain cure for that terrible scourgc, ''diph,
thcria.' If it should save some dear
child, or even one of larger growth and
more mature years. | shall be more than
compensat d for the little trouble to
which l have been subjected in prepar-
ing it for the columns of your Journal
Should you or any Of your family be
attacked with diphthcria, be not alarmed,
as it is easily and speedily cured without
a doctor. When it was raging in Eng
land, accompanied Doctor Field on his
rounds to witness the so called ''wondcr-
full cures" he performed, while the pa
ticnts of others were dropping on all
sides. The remedy to be rapid must be
simple. All he took with him was pow
der of sulphur and IA quill, and with these
he cured every patient without exception.
lie put a spoonful of flower Of brim-
stone into a wine glass full Of water.
and stirred it with his finger instead
of a spoon. as the sulphur docs
not readily amalgamatc with
water. When the sulphur mixed he
gave 1t as a gargle, and in ten minutes
the patient vas out of danger. Birthstone
kills every specie of fungus III man, beast,
and plant in ii few minutes. In extreme
cases. in which he had been called just in
the nick of time, when the fungus was
too nearly closed TO allow the gargling,
he blew the sulphur through a quill into
the throat. and after the fungus had
shrank to allow of it, then the gargIing.
He never lost a patient of diphtheria. If
q patient clnnot garglc, take Il live coal,
put it on q shovel and sprinkle a spoonful
or two of flour of birthstone at Il time upon
it. let the sufferer inhalc it, and the fun
gus will die. If plentifully used the
whole room may be filled to suffo-
cation; the patient can walk about in it.,
inhaling the fumes, with doors and win
dows shut. The mode of fumigating a
room with sulphur has often cured most
violent attacks of colds in the head,
chest, etc, at any time, and is recon-
mendcd in cases of consumption and asth-
p,,S
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4 Curious Epitaph.

The following is a transcription, YER
batim ct litcratim ct punctatim, of an
epitaph inscribed upon a mural tablet in
St. Johns church, Georgetown, ID. G.,
written in memory of Rev. John S. Sayrs,
first rector of the church, by Francis S.
Key. author OF "The Star Spangled
Banner"
job: ]. Sayrs, hu; eel; Rector
Primus. IIic, quo, Christi scrvus, Eide
liter miniStravit,) Sep: fac: (0. OBJ: q
Jan: a: d: MDCCCIX, IEt: NNNF.
Here once stood forth a Man, who from the
Though bright its aspects to his youthful eye,
Turn'd with affection ardent to his God,
And lived and died an humble minister
OF his benignant purposes to man.
Here lies he mw-yet grieve thou not for
READER he trusted in that love where
none
Have ever vainly tr7lsted-Rather let
His marble speak to thee, and shoulds't thou
The rising of a new e. solemn thought,
Wak'd by this sacred place & sad memorial,
o listen to its impulse It's divine
And it shall guide [theel to a life Of joy,
A death of hope & endless bliss hereafter"
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iWMLE ON THE WAY
70 the gTprafES sd az Rseovsrs . due
IHaaff Trouble-What- Or. DaSi,
EcnnadySs FaVorite Remedy-Can DO
Happy Homo Circle.

70 re- Surprise and pelisht Of Her FEtsnas
"a YOUNG Lady RSSovsrf afGm SayfS
Happy Home Circle.
NEXT to the sad duty Of bearing the bodies,
Of our dear deadto their long req, y may o.
taking orr loved living, when stricken WIN
d;s ace in search OF help which appears the
more hopeless the nearer 1t Is ap~proacneo.
Vet When Mr.. Nicholas Howell. OF WaYer-
II, Chemung Co., N. Y, left hts nome ZONE;
lime since for New York, it was ON sucnan
nrrand. By his side was his daugnter, wnoSe'
case had been abandoned by his home PnyE-i
cians as one of incurable disease OF the neaIe.
When the train reached PeekskW 1t was clear
that the almost dying girl could not be car
,ieJ q mile farther With safety. Emaciated
in body. shaft cred in nerve, and
:; ~ Mind the moor girl had lost interest In her
own fat. .h.r for
But who may know their fate-eitner Ior
rcoj or evil7 By the earnest advice OF fr1ends
n PeekskilI. Mr.. Howell teuderly conveyed
,is daughtar TO the office Of DR.. David Ken
usdy, in Rondout, N. Y. Ut. hen o,, 80
re we'd that she was SUFFERING Hu 80 81
,.is as, and also from an ADVANCED s"so
u complt int common to women +o
Having given directions In relere9c 49, y
diet and clothing, the Doctorpreser14e1T IN
is now %well-known as Dk: ::taG,t
| NEDYS FAVOK1TE REMEDY, lhohaGu
n. " as his young PATIENTS only meo, aan.
Not long after the threatening the
ished, the light returned to her eyes, La.
| !loom to her cheeks and happiness q
heart, an example OF o recovery wd e
as wonderful as the medicine hat enecee4 ~:
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Amber and Its Uses.

The value of amber, familiarizcd as the
substance is in smokers requisites. is
far greater than the majority imagine.
Small pieces of indifferent quality suffice
for the m%outhpicces of pipes and for iso-
lated ornaments, and though the prices
charged for even such specimens as these
are far above their actual worth, they are
comparatively cheap. In necklaces, how
ever, where every bead has exactly to
match its fellow, or in. the larger articles,
requiring to be cut from a single piece OF
considerable size, the cost and real worth
of the fossil gum rises so rapidly that in
certain cases it deserves, if the money
charged for it be any criterion. to rank
with the ''precious' minerals, and many
pieces of amber in the rough state are
worth more than their bulk in
gold. Yet ever this does not APP
proach by Il long way the esteem in
which antiquity held electron; for not
only was amber the oldest of gems, and
therefore. in a measure, magniticd by
traditional reputation, but it was sup
posed to possess amazing occult proper
ties. 1t was worn all over Northern Italy
as a preventive of goitre, just as it is worn
today by the people of Arabia as q tails
man against the evil eye. More power
full than sorcery and witchcraft, it was
an amulet that made poisons harmless;
ground up with honey and oil Of roses,
It was a specific for deafness, and with
Attic honey, for dimncss of sight. Nor
is the claim of medicinal virtue alto
gcthcr without foundation, in fact, for
tits efficacy as a defence of the throat
against chills"-owing probably to
''the extreme warmth when in con-
tact with the skin and the circle
of electricity so maintalncd"-has
been tested and substantiated. The
ancients, however, were not content with
mystic curative powers in the solid sub
stance, for they ascribcd valuable prop
critics to it in combustion, admiring the
perfume that resulted not Only for its re.
sinous fragrance, but for its healthful-
ness, thereb. innocently detecting in the
fossil pine gum the same virtues that
modern physic attributes to the living
pines. In many parts of the East, es-
p~ccially in China, where prodigious
quantities Of Prussian amber arc con.
sumcd, this substance is preferred to all
others for i~nscnsc; and thus the Buddhist
shriues in the palaces of Pekin and the
holy palaces of Mohammedan Mecca
alike owe the fragrance of pious fumes
to the same strange, beautiful source
the dead fir forests of a prehistoric Eu'
rope. Nevertheless the chief charm,
both for the past and present, lies in the
positive beauty of a mineral.
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Mr.. Alan Cole, an expert in lace MAX
Ing, has been travelling through Ireland,
under the auspices OF the South kens-
ington authorities, lccturing on Irish lace
and giving instructions in the method of
imparting artistic design to this beauti'
full fabric.
The Astronomer Royal of Ireland, Pro-
SCISSOR Ball, after reviewing all the differ
ent methods of calculating the distance
between the earth and the sun, says the
most probable distance seems to be 3d.
700, 900 miles, with a probable error Of
300, 900 miles.
Behring'S for salt in Northern Germany
| have revealed the existence of immense
| deposits of the mineral in some of the
most neglected and forlorn localities.
| One of these drills reached salt at a depth
of about 1, 100 feet from the surface, and
at 1,5OO feet it had noe yet penetrated
the deposit, giving it the immense thick
ness of more than 400 feet.
4. preparation of artificial cork is pat.
rntcd in Germany, by Grunzwaig and
Hartman, of Ludwigshaftcn-on-the'
Rhine, and is made by Incorporating
sixty-thrcc parts of ground or powdered
cork chips with $50 parts of boiling
starch paste. The result is a plastic
mass. which is pressed into forms, and
after being removed dried by means OF
heat.
Some English scientists have been try
ing to explain why it is that persons who
become lost in q fog, or who are for any
reason, unable to see their way, usually
walk in a circle instead of following a
straight line. Mr.. W. Lardcn thinks that
the cause may be found in the strength
of the legs, the stronger of the two out,
walking the other when not controlled
bv the will. In confirmation of this
view, Mr.. G. II. Darwin r%ecounts some
experiments in which several school boys
were blind folded and told to walk
straight ahead, when the 'right-lcggcd'
ones circlcd to the left, and the cleft
legged" ones to the right, exactly as they
should do if the theory is correct, while
II boy who seemed to be neither right
legged nor %left-lcgged, but to use the
two limbs with about equal facility
walked irrcgularly, but dcviatcd much
less from a straight curse than any OF
the others. Another writer, Mr.. Thomas
lIawkslcy. supposcs that few persons
have both legs of equal length, in which
case the longer limb must have a ten
dcncy to outstrip the other in walking.
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JUDGE NOT.

Judge not; how much Of wrong is done,
How many hearts with sorrow wrung
Purer, perhaps, than thine;
Because suspicion, like a blight,
Has changed their hope to gloom of night
Though brightly hope did shine.
Judge not; how many a soul has been
Driven by scorn to deeds Of sin,
Which had been pure without.
Believe not all reports as true,
But give to them what is their due,
An ever-honest doubt.
Judge not; what right have we to say,
"Our brother meaneth harm Away"
But let us rather give
That Christian grace Of charity.
Which we would were given, if we
Under reproach should live.
Our judgment, what a hasty thing!
And oh! how deadly is its sting!
The one it strikes must bear
Perhaps for years the wound it gives;
And still the seal the wound outlives.
Oh, let us then beware!
-Tbo Guido
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The HOrse.Cars of Paris.

An amusing feature of Paris to a for
eigner is the horse-cars. The appear
ance of>the car, driver and the conductor
would almost assure one that they had
been imported from America; but certain
rules to be observed in running the cars
very quickly remind him that he is in
France. The cars are allowed to carry
only q certain number of passengers-ten
standing on the front platform, ten on
the rear platform, and as many in the car
as are allowed to have seats. Those IN
side pay fifty confines (ten cents). and
those outside twenty-five confines.
When Il car has its complement the gates
are shut, q sign is hung out reading
sscomplit," and no one can enter. Dur
ing the busy time of tine day, between .
and 6 o'clock, when crowds are waiting
for a car, it is necessary to apply ut the
office for a numbered ticket.
For instance, say you applied and re,
ceived No. 81. You walt for a car, and
the driver, when ready, commences to
call upc, deux, trois, and so on until ne
reaches your number, when you must be
ready to enter; if not you must procure
another ticket and wait your turn again.
The system has its advantages as we'll as
its disadvantages, and the French think
it a great thing; but the amusing part of
it to foreigners is the calling Of the num-
bers, and unless one is pretty we'll up in
French he is very apt to get left, and has
to go and get another ticket.
Instead of ringing a bell like our con-
ductor they use a kind of horn, which
is attached to the dash board and blown
by a rubber ball which the driver presses.
The sound, which is not unlike that OF a
cow-horn, can be heard distinctly for a
block. 1t is not Objectionable unless the
instrument happens to be out of order,
and then it is very unmusical. The cars
are Il great convenience, and are very
literally %patronized. One sees in them
the economy of the French people as a
class, very finely dressed ladies standing
on the platform to save five cents.
Economy is observable everywhere IN
France, and there is much truth in the
aphorism that "thc people could live on
what the Americans waste. Chicago
Tri1unf.
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"PlOWing Day" in China.

Wong Chin Foo, of New York, tell
the world, through a newspaper, in
pretty good English, something about
"Plowing Day"in China. 1t is celebrated
by good Cclcstials wherever they are. In
China the emperor celebrates it as the
planting time. He takes hold of a plow
and burrows the ground until the sweat
of his face vets bis shoes. 1t is the
Chinese national holiday, and the cere-
monies with which it is celebrated are
partly devotional. According to Wong
Chin Foo the Chinese are not heather at
all. They believe in a supreme Joss and
in the Immortality of the soul. They cX-
emplify their faith in Immortality by
decorating the graves of their dead rcla-
tives and feasting their famishcd souls
with roast pig and wine. The banquet
costs them something, too, which stands
them in proof of their sincerity.
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How to Preserve the Voice.

Emma Abbott, the singer, says:
"There is only one way to preserve the
voice that | know of and that is so sim
pie that it should not be forgotten. The
secret is, don't force it. Don't force it
at any time. but especially do not force
i. into practice. know it used to be
the custom to teach a singer to below
everything, but to below is not to sing,
and | am not an artist because l rush
at everything with all the wind of a
blacksmith's forge. l used to imagine
that it was necessary to howl in order to
show that / could sing, but l know bet
ter now. And who have taught me so,
you would ask? My answer is only three
other women, but those three are Jennie
Lind, Alboni and Adelina Patti"
A. 1 ,l@~ E.
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France of all European countries has
the largest percentage of electors to the
population, 26.s5 to every 100 inhabi-
tants; Switzerland, with 22.55, stands
second; Germany third, with COS, Den.
mark fourth, with 1916; England fifth,
with 8 .93.
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MENsMAN's PERFORMED BEEF TONIC, the onl;
preparation Of beef containing its entire m4rt
tious properties. It contains blood-makin.'
force generating and DEMONSTRATING properti s;
invaluable Tor indigestion dyspepsia nervous
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result Of exhaustion, nervous prostitution, over
work or acute disease, particularly il resulting
from pulmonary complaints. C.swell, Hazard
Co. Proprietors, New York. Sold by Druggists.
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Some Days.

A bright day-Sun-day.
\ cash day-"Mon'-day.
A numerical day-Tucs-day.
4 travellers day-Wcnds-day.
A dry day-Thirst-day.
A cooks day-Fri-day.
4 lazy day-Sat-urday.-Hatch
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A startling fact. Heart disease is only in
ferior in fatality to consumption: do not
suffer from it but use DR.. Graves Heart Reg
ulator. 1t has cured thousands, why not
YOU : 81 at DRUGGISTS.
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and your back aches, AMI your head feels
heavy, and you wake n refreshed in the
morning and your bowels are sluggih Or cos
tive, you need Kidney-Wort. 1t is natures
great rene y and ne :er fails to relieve all
lass of Diseasel Kidneys, TORPID liver,
CONSTR alton, Malaria, Plies. Ehe matt M,
ct. It operates simultaneously on the Md
news, Liver and Bowels. strengthening them
and restoring healthy action. Fut upi both
dry and liquid form. Sold by all druggists.
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Give years ago my life was a dread all
the time from heart disease; since using DR..
Graves Heart Regulator, the English Ian
puage would fail me in telling the good / re-
ceived."-Kate Musgrove, Coloma, Ind. 70
sale at druggists.
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Regeneration for
enfeebled systems,
from agen-
OF toneand
It's usual conccm-
~dyspepsis and
nervousness, is sell
dom derivable from
the use of noHr1shs
diet and sttmuu
appetite, unatded
A medicine that VII
effect a removal o.
the specific obstacle
to renewed health
and vigor, that II Q
genuine corrective u
the real need. It's
the possessions f this
grand Requirements
which makes Hostel
ter's Stomach Bit
tiers so effective as an
i~nvigorant. For sale
,oraIlv-
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NArAPRH THIS REMEDY

was discovered By IT'D
present proprietors,au
is the result Of expert
ments. based upon
many years experiences
as ~Phafmacists. k
different from other
preparations used for
thess troubles ; being
h,rmless a~nd agreeaole;
offering in those re-
spects a marked con-
t~rasttothe DANGEROUS
n HARMFUL LlQUiM
sSUFFs AND CAUTEHI
ING POWDERS. Apply
By tho finger into the
nostrils. Send fo5 cit'
cuIar. bOcents At Dug
gists. 81 cents BY mAil
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Any lady who desires further information
that can be gi, en- in the lim.te public space
OF newsr aper columns can obtain Mrs. Lydia
E. FinkEams pamphlet ''Guide to HEALTH
by sending q stamp to Lynn, Mass.
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FANCY rms most furiously when a guilty
Con,cien @ drive; it.
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A MANS wisdom is his test friend, folly his
worst enemy.
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Colorcd walters are the best. What
ever is said at the table they will be sure
to keep dark.-New Orleans Item.
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There are five colored students in How
ard university, Washington, PC, being
educated for the Lutheran ministry.
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How to Secure Health.

1t Is strange any one will suffer from de
rangenent brought on by impure BLOOD
when Scovilrs Sarsaparilla and Stillingia, o,
Blood and Liver Syrup, will restore health t.
the physical organization. It is q strengthen.
ing syrup, pleasant to take. and the best
blood purifier ever discovered, curing scrof
ula, syLhilitic disorders, weakness of the
kidneys, erysipelas, malaria, nervous els.
orders, debility, bilious complaints and dis
cases OF the blood, liver, kidneys, stomach,
kin, etc.
RHEUMAT1sM.-"Wilson' Wonder" cures
in 3 hours, or money returned. Sent on receipt
Of 81. Medicine depot, 80 Park street, N. Y.
Perfection. The Scarlet, Cardinal Red,
Old Gold. Navy blue, Seal Brown.
Diam nd Dyes give per. ect results. ANY
fas lionab color, l0c., a. drisgi Is. Wells,
richardson e. Co., Bur ington. Vt.
Trough on Coughs"
Knocks a Cough or Cold endwise. For
children or adults. Troches, 15c. Iii. u'd, &c.
"Literally carr ed out Of the system" Dis
ease when attacked by Samaritan Ne:vine.
JOIN Dari,, ESQ.,, Of Woodburn, LII. WI ties:
Samaritan Nervine cured my soAs OF fits
The Might of the Pom.
Oh. the orators voice is a mighty power,
As it echoes along the green,
But the fearless pen has more sway DER men
To sound the praises of Carloline.
"Rough OF COrns."
Ask for Wells Trough en- Corns." DC.
Quick, complete cure. Corns, warts, bunions.
For a cold in the head. there is nothing
so good as Piso's Remedy for Catarrh.
Now to make a point" said the para
graph editor. And he deliberately pro-
cceded to sharpen his pcncil.-Nm York
Commercial.
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Phoenix Pectoral cures cold and cough. Is.
Camphor Milk cures aches and pains. rs.
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When You Feel B'ue

EXPERIENCE. that chill touchstone who g
sad trcof reduces all things from their HE.
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Perseverance IS the best school for
virtue.
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" Ruchu-Pnibn.''

Quick, complete cure. oil annoying Kidney,
Bladder and Urinary Diseases. 81. Druggists
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Observation-Disclosures Wonder" cures
in 8 hours, or money returned. Sent on receipt
Of 81. Medicine depot, 80 Park street, n. Y.
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q -=N9r

indicates is a perfect Vegetable Hair Rsstorer. 1t will
Immediately free the head from all dandruf. restore gray
hair to its natural color, and produce . new growtn
which sulphur, sugar OF lead and nitrate Of silver prepa..
atoms have done. 1t will change light or faded hair ma
few days 10 4 beautiful glossy brown. Ask your drngg1st
for il. Each bottle is warranted. Smith, Kline &Co;,
Whoiesnie Ayts. Phla. Pa. and C.S. CnttentOn. MY.
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Perfection. The Scarlet, Cardinal Red,
Old Gold. Navy blue, Seal Brown.
Diam nd Dyes give perfect results. Any
fas lionab'e color, l0c., a. drLggi IS. Wells.
I .;oh,r en-, 4, n Pur inotOn II
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The Might of the Pom.

The Might of the Pom.
Oh. the orators voice is a mighty power,
As it echoes along the green,
But the fearless pen has more sway DER men
To sound the praises of C~arlolinc.
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ALL who Joy would win must shareit. Ha
piness was born O twin.