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HEALTH HINTS.

Children or adults subject to car-ache
should wear a little raw cotton in the
ears during this season.
A good way to exercise the arms is to
swing them backward and forward,
touching them each time.
A medical writer suggests the use of
oil of wintcrgrecn, with an equal guam
tity of olive oil or soap linimcnt. as an
application for rheumatism.
Sage tea, with a little bay run added,
makes a good wash for the hair when it
i~nclines to TALL out. 1t renders the hair
soft and induces growth.
Brush the Lair every night and keep
the scalp clean and free from dandrutf;
also clip the ends of the hair regularly
once every month, if you would keep it
thick and soft.
The tongue should be washed every
day, as well as the teeth. Many persons
who are very careful of the teeth neglect
this. 1t keeps the breath swcctcr and
leaves Il pleasant taste.
VI. Vicusse, principal medical officer
of the medical hospital at Gran, states
that excessive sweating of the feet, under
whatever form it appears, can he quickly
cured by carefully conducted friction
with the sub-nitrate of bismuth. and even
in the few cases where this supprcSscs
the abundant sweating only temporarily
it still removes the severe pain and the
fctidity which often accompany the Sc
c%rction. DR.. Nicussc has never found
any i'll consequences to follow the sup
preston of the sweating.
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Cypress.

Although cypress has been in use many
years at the South for building purposes,
it is only within the two or three last
wears that it's value has commenced to be
appreciated at the North: but the de-
mand for it is said to be steadily increas-
ing, and the probability is that ere long
it will form a very considerable portion
of the supply of lumber sent to this mar
ket. There are two varieties OF the tree,
usually called the yellow and red. The
latter, which is the harder of the two,
grows upon the highlands, and as it takes
a high polish, is extensively used at the
South for furniture, shelving, counters
and wainscoting. The yellow variety
grows in swamps and bottom lands in
the State Of Alabama and all along the
Gulf coast, and throughout these sections
is used as a substitute for white pine,
although when thoroughly dried it is
rather heavier. and does not work quite
so easily. 1t is claimed that it is stronger
than white pine. that it can be nailed
without splitting, that it does not readily
absorb moisture. It is used exclusively
for ~hogshcads, barrels, clsterns, etc. 1t
is also used for picket fences, sashes,
blinds, door stills, clap-boards, shingles,
tanks and watts for brcwerics and mills,
arc is said to be growing in'favOr for
dycing and chemical vats, as the dye
does not affcctit as m lchas other woods.
The most important quality OF the
wood, is represented to be its great dura-
bility, which has been amply tested with
the most satisfactory results. In this
respect it is valuable for the foundations
of buildings upon tillcd-in land,
where the wood is apt to become wet
and then dry. as it will not rot
easily. Since it has been Systematically
placed upon this market, it has been
growing steadily in favor with builders,
and as it's merits become better apprccia-
ted, the consumption will no doubt in
crease. The lumber generally runs large
and clear, and the price at which 1t can
be laid down here makcsit a cheap wood
for almost any purpose.
Cypress was known to the ancicnts rs
the most lasting wood. But few persons
know that the collins of the Egyptian
mummics arc made of cypress, The first
doors of st. Peters church at Rome were
made of cypress and were replaced by
bronze doors after 600 years, the cypress
being rs sound at the end of these years
as at the building of the churchill LAM
irr TRUE WWWHt.
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ADVICE.


The young woman said her lover was
coming on the train, and she was going
to be married. Whereupon the old lady
said she had much experience in the
''marrying business" and would give
the young lady some advice, and here is
what she said: well. child, never mar
~ a railroader, for he is liable to get
Killed ut any time. Never marry a mill
tary man, for he is liable to 60 to war
and get shot. Besides, his gorgeous
clothes attract the attention OF the
women. Never marry q hotel-kceper.
Nv first husband was a hotcl-kecper, and
fell through the elevator-opcning and
broke his skull. Never marry a travelling
man, for he is always away from home.
Never marry a stcamboater. My second
husband was a steamboat captain, and got
bowed into 1000, 900 pieces. I always
get terribly mad when | think of that
man. Never marry a grocer. My third
husband was q grocer, and ne was killed
by a molasses barrel fallin' on him.
When l think of him I'm completely
disguised. Never marry a carpenter. My
fourth husband was a carpenter, and fell
off n scaffold and was smashed to a jelly.
May his soul sleep in peace! Never marry
a machinist. My fifth husband was Il
machinist. I'll never forget the day he
was brought home on a board. didn't
recognize him. A belt had come of a
pulley and hit him plum in the face, and
spread his nose all ovcr mis- countcnancc.
| promised him on his dyin' bed that I'd
never marry another machinist." Just
then the train rolled in, and the old lady
asked: "Child, what business is your
lover in2" "Insurance business" "Oh,
mercy! You don't mean to marry him.
Nv sixth husband was an insurance.
But the young lady was gone to meet her
lover.
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Self.Dependence.

If you would be anything, or DO any
thing in this world, begin at once, and
don't wait for somebody to come along
and give You a lift. There are thou
sands of young people to-day waiting for
some venerable friend to shuttle off this
mortal coil and leave them a few thou-
sand. Then say they, there will be some
use in trying, and they will shortly
double or treble the sum and a fortune
will result. But the young men and
women who have the courage to start at
once on their lifc-work and leave
future difficulties to be overcome as
they appear, arc those for whom the
world waits, to solve its problems
and develop its resources. But these
are all too seldom found. The ma
iority are found waiting for help at every
turn. And to father, mother, brother,
sister, or the successful friend who has
had the courage to grapplc with adverse
circumstances and conquer them, he ap-
meals again and again for aid. and they
give it. But there is little or no i'm
provemcnt in his condition; and the very
aid that should have enabled him to get
Il footing from which to advance, has
left him instead weaker and more de-
pendent, from the very fact that he feels
that where he fails, others will make his
loss to him, and he fails to make the
effort he would. if he had only himself
between him and want.
One primary need in every character
that would develop n sturdy manhood
or w%omanhood. is the ability to decide
for self any and all questions; for where
this quality is wanting, the individual
invariably asks some other ones opinion,
and if he act on this ones judgment
now. and again IN some other ones,
there will be apparent in his life a
strange inconsistency of behavior, that
will mystify friends and repel acquain-
tanccs. and destroy all personal infiu-
encc.
Now, this quality of sclf-rcliance, al
though to some extent a natural cndow-
ment, must be cultivated. This many par
rents prevent, by preparing everything to
the hand of their children, so that no
effort on their part is required to realize
their wishes. And, as Il rule, children of
such parents are not the men and women
that become famous. 1t is the rare eX-
ccption that n youth reared in luxury and
case ever rise above mediocre in any
thing. On the other hand it is the sons
and daughters of humble cottagers, who
from very infancy have been thrown upon
their own resources. first for amusement
as they lay in the cradle while the
mother toilcd, and later to improvise
p~laythings for themselves if they would
have any, those are the characters who
having learned thus early this very inn
portant lesson, have developed into the
self-madc men and women that have
blessed the world. Darlington Mwkeye.
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FASHION NOTES.

Perforated cork bonnets trimmed with
fur are the latest French fancy.
Bonnets with cloth crowns and velvet
brims are the favorites for dcmi-tollet.
Colored plush mats and fancy picture
frames may be popular, but are no longer
fashionable.
Long, ornamental shell hairpins are
made dressy with Rhine stones in the
curved ends.
Girls sailor suits are made of dark blue
serge and trimmed with ccru-colorcd
wooden braids.
A f~avorite style in real lace this season
is that combining rose point, point gaze
and duchesse.
Among evening shades may be men
toned sea-grcen, corntlower-bluc and
apple-blossom pink.
Red Spanish lace is always fashiona-
BILE, but the imitation is not worn sc
much this season as last.
The exclusive style in handkcrch!cfs
is represented by the fine white cambria
handkerchief wrought in hand cmbrold-
cry. Occasionally lace and embroidery
are associated in one handkerchief. En-
broidered handkcrchicfs range in price
all the way from $40 to 81 each.
What are known as interchangeable
settings are now employed for fine soil
taires. With these settings the same
gem may be worn one day in a ring and
the next in q bracelet or necklace. The
stone in each piece Of jewclry is securely
held in place by a screw and little clasp
made expressly to receive it.
A novelty in muffs are little ones in
cheneillc marabout, to match in color the
marabout trimmings on the outside wrap.
Last season fancy muffs were made with
little pockets; this autumn the pockets
are banishcd in favor of little gathered
bags of the same material as the null,
designed to be carried on the arm.
For stylish hair-dressing the back hair
is brushed from the nape of the neck to
the top of the head and twisted there in
fantastic coils whick are not large. Pins
and combs fastcn the coils and arc made
of tortoisc-shcll, gilt, or silver, with Rhine
stones. 4 slight fringe is on the fore
head and on the nape of the neck as we'll.
Application trimmings of black velvet
beaded with jet and gold beads are
among the most fashionable trimmings
for satins and fine wool goods. The
Renaissance designs with rich curves,
graceful lines and foliage are most SNOWY
in this applied embroidery, and are used
for vokes. vests, cuffs, collars and tab
Tiers of winter dresses
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.

silk hand-purscs with .monograms are
much wOrn-cmpty.
An Englishwoman has walked 1000
miles in 1000 hours. There must have
been Il woman with a new bonnet at the
other end of the routc.-T. L0uS Past.
4 mans brain weighs three and a half
pounds. \ woman's is somewhat lighter,
but of finer quality. That is what enables
her to taste lard in her neighbours pastry.
-R0rhhand Carrier.
Some men are born great, some achieve
greatness and some write 12, S76, SAT, $751;
600 words on u postal card and grasp
fame right by the back of the neck
Bismarck Tribune.
An Allegheny man with a siX-foot
wife says that the difference between
him and Il baseball club is that he has a
tall bosser and the club has a ball tosscr.
-PiHb"ry 1elegwph.
The man who got his foot caught in a
railroad frog and shaved off part Of his
heel with his jack-knife, was somewhat
put out to learn that the next train did
not pass for eight hours.
A Missouri town which was visited
by a cyclone last year has just been de-
vastatcd by another. The inhabitants
don't like this method of catching their
wind.-Phihadelphm Chronicle.
"Iyhat is the worst thing about
richest" asked q Sunday-school teacher.
''That they takes unto themselves wings
and fly away" promptly replied the boy
at the foot of the class. --Saturday Night
Ralph Waldo Emerson said: "Al
healthy things arc swcct-tempercd." We
differ with Ralph. Now, We know a per-
fcctly healthy woman who is-well, she
just is, and no mistake about it.-Svt-
ings.
"Givc me-" said the schoolmaster, "a
sentence in which the words a burning
shame arc properly applied" Immedi-
atcly the bright boy at the head of the
class went to the blackboard and wrote:
''Satan's treatment of the wicked is q
burning sham e."-Ph1adelphia Chronicle.
First farmer-"How in the world al
l cvcr stop the boys from coming over
my fence and stealing fruit2 Can't you
tell me Il ways Second farmer. -"Oh,
yes. All you have to do is take off that
bottom board, and | warrant you there is
not a boy in the neighborhood with en-
crgy enough to 60 over the fence.
1t will be pretty hard to convince
some persons that the world is growing
better when they are informed that the
dolls brought out this year sing, ''Wait
Till the Clouds Roll BY, Jennie" A
mob of Western masked mcn are now on
their way East looking for the inventor
of this doll. They want to reason with
him before he invents Il doll that will
cry for paragoric at midnight.
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Hints on Heredity.

1t would he well for It's II we would
heed in our domestic life the adagc. "AS
the old cock crows so rows the young.
or, according to the version Of the Ger
man, THE young rooster crows $" pet
ter as the old rooster" There is very
little use in trying to wipe out Of our
childrcn's characters the sins which are
bestowed upon them in their birth. III
YOU want to cure the boy of his disease.
said DR.. Holmes, ".yOu must begin WIN
the fourth generation before the boy
came into the world" Make yourself
a good man," growlcd Carlyle in his
prime, "and you will be sure there Is
one rascal less in the world;' and in
that case. it is very easy to add, you will
saw the use of the birch on your Off
spring. II bad children could only turn
around and give their cat-grandfathers
Il cool thrashing for transmitting evil
qualities of character the right nail would
be hit on the head. Ci"'i"""h En-
qutfer.
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TRYING TO TALK QUAKER.

1t was no easy matter for a novice to
fling "Quaker" fucntly. The tongue
becomes confused with its triple choice
of pronouns, and flaps hopelcssly around
the palate.
I well rccollcct my clumsy efforts to
engage in conversation with Il farmer
whom I met in Chester county. the Qua
ker stronghold in Pennsylvania. When
l happened upon him he was sitting upon
a worm-fencc, vacantly staring at a Grim.
so~n-colorcd COW in the adjacent field. |
Mt once OWNED him to be 4 Friend in
undress, and determined to delight the
old fellow and amllsc myself by CARRYING
on a skillful dialogue in his WI ldlom.
This is how l succeeded:
GLOW do thee do, sir? ls--that is,
arc thee mcditating!"
If he was delighted he controlled his
emotions admirably. All he did was to
cape and inquire:
"Hc?"
THE fields, the birds, the flowers" |
pleasantly pursued, care enough to bring
thou drcams-I mean dreams to thou"
lie was looking at me now, and crltl-
cally. | felt that my syntax had been idi-
otto instead of idiomatic, so, wiping the
sweat from my brow and hat, eyed him
calmly, and observed:
'"Those COWS, are they thy's-or thcc's
that is, thou's-blame it! l mean
thine's?"
1t was very unfortunate. He crawlc't
down from the fence, nibbled at Il plug
of nickel nugget, an act of itself sufficient
to unQuakcrh him, and, as he amblcd away,
muttcred Indignantly:
eco cat your plants; I'm a tramp, but
a gentleman"
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Ready.Made Houses.

The manufacture Of ready-made houses
has passed from the experiment state into
an industry of more or less profit in Sew
eral portions of Maine and Canada, where
factories supply houses of various sizes
ready to be erected.
The demand for these ready-made
houses comes largely from the great
prairie lands of the West, where lumber
is obtained only at an exorbitant price.
1t is argued in ravor of these houses that
the saving in transportation is an import
ant item, it costing much less to trans
port the finished building than the mate
rial for it in the rough. Another argu-
mcnt is that, in the absence of skilled
workmcn. the ready-made house costs less
and is better finished than n of the
same proportions built in the usual way
outside Of the factories.
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A Noted NOyeliSt's First Publisher

AParis bookseller and publisher who
had heard much of Balzac as Il young
writer of great promise, who had also
read a few of his sparkling illusions in
n%cwsprints of the day with delight, re-
solved to hire him, if possible, to write
a novel for him. On the very day of
this resolution he Glanced to come
across Balzac's latest sketch of only two
columns. 1t was perfectly charming. lie
folded the paper and put it away, say
Ing, as he did so. with grim decision:
81 will offer him three thousand francs
for a novel. That should be enough.
may have to pay more; but | will not
offer more" On the following morning
he set forth in quest of the youthful
author, expecting to find him i'll fash
ionablc, if not a%ristocratic, quarters;
but, when he had learned that Balzac
lived in an obscure street in n of the
oldest and poorest parts of Paris, he said
to himself, Indeed, he must be il pleb-
ian! l will offer him two thousand
francs-no more!m Somewhat weary,
the bookseller at length found the house,
and was told that VI. Balzac lived on
the fourth floor. SOLO," decided the
ad%venturer, 81 shall offer himfiftcen hum
dred-not a sou morew But when he en-
tered a poorly furnished room, and saw a
young man sopping a penny roll in a
glass of water, he sank to the tenth part
of the sum originally contemplated. He
offered three hundred francs $500; and
for this sum he received the manuscript
of what was afterward considered a
al lsttrpiecc.
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4 Fortunate Escape.

The wife and baby Of \. W. Stccn, of
Edison, Washington Territory, recently
had a miraculous escape from an instant
and awful death. Stccn was ut work Il
short distance from the house filing n
saw. Looking up for a moment he saw
a huge tree lettering as if about to fall.
a glance told him it would strike d.
rcctly upon his home. With almost super
human effort he bounded toward the
house. caught his wife just in the door
way, and removed her to a place Of
safety. lie had hardly taken her of the
doorstep when the tree fell with a crash
across the roof, crushing the house to the
ground, and leaving it n total wreck,
with the baby buried beneath the ruins.
Search was Immediately made for the lit
tie one, who was found uninjured but
somewhat stunned by the shock, though
the chair upon which the child was sit
ting was broken.
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learning to read is a laborious task, SO
that many do not reach a high standard
of mental culture. Some of the Coreans'
however, surpass the japanese in writing
and reading Chinese. The spoken Ian
suage is very much like the japanese,
and no doubt both arc from the same
origin. In spite Of many disagreeable
customs this people arc far from beng
uninteresting. They seem eager to learn
and Interested in getting new ideas to
work from. They have thus far taken
kindly to innovations, and will probably
be as progressive rs the japanese.
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An Interesting Patent Shit.

Nelson Lyon, of Albany, N. Y, has reco1.
cred Judgment of $s,447.1 10, against G. I.
Fisher 4 Co., in the U. S. circuit court, at
Detroit, Mich, for an infringement of Lyons
Patent Metallic Heel Stiffener. This contriv-
ance is ons of the most useful of modern in
yentions. and has achieved q remarkable sale
over S75O,CW worth. the testimony showed,
having been sold since the patent was granted,
h. ing a grand total of :,NSS,O0O pairs. The
invention consists Of n neat metal plate fast
ening to the outside of a boot or shoe heel,
arranged to prevent the counters from break
ing over and the heel from wearing down UNI
evenly. The encouragement Of the United
States declared the Lyon patent invalid on
a"ccunt OF an informaIity in the application.
7 his was afterwarl corrected by the COM
missioner of patents, in accordance with a
special act of Congress authorizing it. Ac-
ton was commenced III May, 1851, a rer-
petual injunction was obtained in December,
and the ease was referred to a master. who
reported the damages rs Si,s34, but on mo.
ton the cour: doubled the same, and directed
Judgment to be entered against defendants for
such double damages. with interest and costs.
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If the proposed plan of numbering the
hours from one to tw%enty-four is adopted
it will sound funny to hear such talk as
this: 'IIcre it is nearly half-past nine
teen! Yesterday night it was twenty
minutes past twcnty-onc when you came
home, and the night before you never
came near the house till twenty-five
minutes past twcnty-thrce. This has got
to stop. If you can't get home at half
past thirteen or a quarter of fourteen Ill
let you have the house to yourself and
90 back to m0thcr.-SomerpiM LulWai.
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BARON TEN YsoN,S NEW POEM
EARLY SPRING..

/.
Once more the Heavenly Power
Makes all things new,
And domes the red-plow'd hills
With loving blue;
The blackbirds have their wills,
The throstles too.
Opens a door in Heaven;
From skies of glass
A Jacobs ladder fails
On greening grass,
And DER the mountain walls
Young angels pass.
Before them fleets the shower,
And burst the buus,
And shine the level lands,
And flash tho floods;
The stars are from their hands
Flung thro' the woods;
The woods by living airs
How freshly fann'd,
Light airs from where the deep,
All down the sand,
Is breathing in his sleep,
Heard by the land!
Oh, follow, leaping blood,
The seasons lure
Oh, heart, look down and up,
Serene, secure,
Warm as the crocus-cup,
Like snowdrops, pure.
Past, future, glimpse and fade
Thro' some slight spell,
Some CLEANS from yonder vale,
Some far blue fell,
And sympathies, how frail,
In sound and smell.
VII.
Till at thy chuckled note,
Thou %twinkling bird,
The fairy fancies range,
And, lightly stirr'd,
Ring little bells of change
From word to word.
VIII.
For now the Heavenly Power
Makes all things new,
And thaws the cold and fills
The flower with dew
The %blackbirds have their wills,
The poets too.
alfred Tpnnyson. in Youths Companion
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The Terror Of the SOuth.

JASPER, Fla.-Mr. Boardman W. vii
son, travelling for a. G. Afford & Co.;
dealers in Firearms and Cutlery, Balti
more, was Frustrated here, with thu
''brcak-bone fever he asserts that II
his own, as well as in the case of others
the only thing found to relieve this pain.
ful malady was St. Jacobs Oil. This
wonderful pain-cure has the Endorsement
of such men as Ex-Postmaster Genera
james, Senator Daniel w. VOORHEES,. anc
M army of Others.
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An ingenious continuance used as a
substitute for matches by Paris watch
men in all magazines where explosive
materials are kept, consists of an oblong
phial of the whitest and c~lcarcst glass,
a piece of phosphorus the size of a pea,
which is placed in the phial, and some
olive oil, heated to boiling, poured upon
the phosphorus. Fill the phial about
onc-third full, and then cork it tightly.
To use this light remove the cork, allow
the air to enter the phial and then recork
it. The empty space in the phial be-
comes luminous, and the light obtained is
equal to that Of a lamp.