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The Influence ofthe Magnet

For a few pence we can purchase o
piece Of magnetized steel, and by its
help WI can learn some very interesting
things about it. We lay it upon a table,
and above it place half a sheet o smooth
writing paper, supported on each side
by pieces of firewood Of the same thick
ness as the magnet. A pennyworth of
iron filings will complete the apparatus
required. Scattering these iron filings
over the paper so as to lightly cover it
we shall soon see, particularly if, to aid
the process, we gently tap the paper,
that the various atoms of iron are ar
ranging themselves in symmetrical
curves OF great beauty. Thetwo poles are
distinctly marked by the greater ac-
emulation Of filings over them, md
from them proceed splendid feather
like lines which embrace
and interlace with one another
IN a most curious manner. In the whole
range of physical experiment there is
nothing more beautiful, looking to the
simple means employed, than these
feathery diagrams of an invisible force;
and we trust that our readers will not
be content with mere verbal description,
which can do such scant Justice to the
reality. but will produce the curves for
themselves. We see here clearly de.
fined the marvellous influence which by
some mysterious power will penetrate
all kinds of obstacles. We canput this
to practical proof by interposing be-
tween the magnet and sheet Of paper o
board a book or ever the human hand,
when the curves can be made visible all
the same. We shall presently see how
this strange force is taken advantage of
in the articulating telephone.-Science
for All.
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removing a cows Asterbir.h.

What is the proper treatment Of a
cow tl,ot ra+o;ns tho aftarbi,th2
Az, M f,1Iom;na ,n;xturo lac
,o,io"Ans mas
been found usefui ID case OF retention
OF the a~tterbirth: In one-and-a-half
quart OF boiling hot water steep one
ounce of dry n or two ounces OF green;
a quarter Of m ounce of ergot of rye and
six drains OF powdered Savin RED
CEDAR leaves. When it is cooled to q
milk warm temperature strain and give
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To Renovate Feather Beds.

Take q pair of cotton sheets and sew
them together like a bag, leaving an
opening ~three-fourths of n yard at IN
end. Then rip open one end of the
feather bed, the length of tllree-fourths
of a.yard. Basic together the two open
ings and gently crowd one-half the
feathers into the bag. Take out the
basting thread and sew up the gaps in
the bags. Next put them one at a time
into a wash-tub Of rather hot, soft water,
without soap, and pound lightly. Take
out, drain, put through another hot
water and drain again, and place them
in the open air, sun and dry. Stir them
often, and do the work when there is
prospect of fair weather, lest the feathers
sour in too long drying. You will be
surprised at the bulk, elasticity and
freshness of the bed, for it will be like
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Bismarck,s BIRTHDAY.
Berlin Dispatch to tho Lond:

Berlin dispatch to tho London Times.
Prince Bismarck celebrated his sixty.
ninth birthday amid manifold tokens Of
esteem and devotion. In the morning
he was, as usual, serenaded by two
military bands, and in the course. ofthe
day he received thousands of gifts and
congratulotory messages from high and
low in all parts Of Germany, and, in
deed, all parts of the world. Princes
William and Henry of Prussia, who are
both very warm admirers of tho Chan
%cellor, personally called to present their
fluctuations, and the number of visitors
and card leavers was legion. A slight
shadow was thrown oyer the occasion
by the illness OF Princess Bismarck,
who has been confined to bed for some
time back. Among the birthday pres
ents received by the Chancellor were.
the usual 101 piovers' eggs annually
sent him by the faithful ones' of Iver,
a village in Lauenburg. AT Magdeburg
the day was celebrated by the unwilling
of a bronze statue of tho Chancellor,
executed at the cost of q private admir-
er, and a copy of the one erected at
Kissingen to commemorate his escape
from the bullet of Huffman. This is at
least the third statue of the Prince al
ready set up.
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Good Fam ane Bacon.

In order TO get ham and bacon of a
superior quality, it is absolutely essen
tial to rear special breeds of swine for
the purpose. We have seen Berkshire
hams weighing 25pounds each, Oh more,
which were lined with only about half
an inch of fat, the rest being tender,
sweet, juicy meat. The side pieces were
easly intermixed with fat and lean-of
mer, threads-and, Of curse, were also
tender and extremely palatable as sal..ss9a,
and smoked for hacon. such meat is
more economical thnn q fatter sort. and
far the most healthy, especially i'll warm
weather. The consumption OF fat
meat of any kind then, is apt to pro-
duce too much bile i'll the stomach,
which is often the cause of fever, scro-
fula, and perhaps some other diseases.
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Brushing and Cleaning.

I once heard a lady say, "A1oor will
look cleaner after Ihave swept it than
it will after Cousin Hattie has brushed
and washedi it all day" ] asked her
why, and she replied; II always sweep
the way the boards lie, and in this way
/ take all the dirt and lint that has
gathered in the crevicee with the loose
dirt, when, if 1 sweep acros the boards
half the dirt would be left i'll the little
trenches, andn gusto of windcame along,
and her it would go flying about as
though it had no abiding place. When
there is a bed in the room I use damp
broom when 1 sweep beneathit till that
keeps the fine, downy lint from settling
on the furniture" The best way to
brighten a carpet is to put a half tum-
bier OF spirits of turpentine in q basin
of water, and dip your broom in it and
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The Shotgun Policy in Georgia

Two men We're standing at the gate Of
; country farm-yard whiting sticks and
giving each other dots about managing
women. @Talk sassy to EN- The man
on the outside of the fence said, FAN
yell see how they'll be fetched down.
Just then the cabin door opened and
red-headed long necked wonan yelled:
"Say, Zeke, Their dour's out!p
aOut WHARF he yelled back.
aOut'n the bar'l," she answered.
"Wall, put it back mn cover it up
tighter" he replied, while the outside
ma grinned.
Don't you see how she's hacked a
ready 2 he inquired when the fiery top
knot disappeared.
II Does" spoke the clatsd victor.
Presently the same shriu voice cried:
"Zeke, Use gwine over to mars. q
afye think ther measles air ketehin' TIL
leave ther baby hyar.p
Dunno whether the.y's ketchin' er
not" replied the husband. live never
seed 'em ketch enything."
Again the head was drawn back amid
applause from the outside. The next
lime the door opened the mnzzleo Of 8
shotgun was poked ont and bead drawn
on the saucy man.
"Zeke, came the solemn voice.
"Melindy,a he gasped, looking in vain
for some place to dodge.
.szeke,' she continued, the dours
put"
"All rite, I'm off for the mill at once, Z
he answered shiveringly.
"Zeke, I'm gwine over ter mars fer 9
in'W
mo, Melindy, I seed pap ter day, an
he said the children wuz all we'll"
"Kerrect," she said, lowering the CUR,
I'm off. Ye a sorter clean mp tho
place till ] git back, but be shore ter
stay inside while Tmsgono."
"An right he answered meekly,
moving aside to let her pass.
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was in exquisite costume, and conde.
scended to exhibit for his pleasure all
her most bewildering moods. 1t was
with great reluctance lie left her after a
two hours visit. Tho next night he
stayed still longer. My lady had no
other engagement, and he quite forgot
the one he had made to be present at
the Marquis of Stairs wine party.
The following week my lady received
every morning a basket of wonderful
flowers, and a little note with them con-
tanning a hope that she was in good
herlth.
One morning she was compelled to say
that she was not well, and Lord Talbot
was so concerned that he sent Simmons
to ask if he might be permitted to eat
breakfast with her. My lady was gra-
ciously willing, and Lord Richard was
quite excited by that permission. He
changed his morning gown and cravat
several times, quite regardless of Sim
mons peculiar face, and, with many
misgivings as to his appearance. sat
down opposite the lovely little lady in
pale blue satin and cashmere and white
lace.
1t was a charming breakfast, and dur
ing it the infatuated husband could not
help saying a great many sweet and
fiattering things. Kate parried them
Very prettily. cit is we'll" she said.
that no one hears us. If we We're not
married they would think we were MAX
ing love-"
And if we are married, Kate, why
not make love now, dear? We had No
opportunity before we were married"
"Ah, Richard, in fashionable life we
should make ourselves ridiculous.
Every one says our conduct is ire
proachable. / should have dearly liked
it when only a shy, awkward country
girl; but now, my lord, we would be
laughed at"
"Ihen, Kate, let us belauglncd at I for
one, am longing for it-dying for it.
Ii time should run back and fetch the
age of gold, why not love? Let us go
back four whole years and a half. Will
you. kate-dearest and sweetest kate?"
"We should have to run away to the
country, Richard, and, now think Of it,
l have not been to Esher since We
were-married, love"
When such a conversation as this was
prolonged for five hours, it was little
wondered that my lords valet and my
lady's maid received orders to pack va
Uses and trunks, or that next day Esher
Hall was in a happy tumult of prepara-
ton.
Love comes better late than never,
and Lady Kate always told herself that
she never could have been 50 happy III
those sweet old gardens with her lover
as she vas with her husband. Probably
they were both as perfectly satisfied as
it is possible for human love to be; for
greatly to the amusement of the fashion
able world. they not only spent the
whole summer alone in their country
home, but actually, when they came
back to London, had the courage to APP
pear in the very height Of the season in
the same box at the opera.
Really, Kate" said Miss Selma, II
never was so astonished. The gentle
man on your left"
SIS always at my right now, dear.
He will never bein the opposition again. "
"How delghtful!"
"For us? Oh, yes. Charming"
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Senator Beck's Dog Story.

washington Letter.
Senator Beck's devotion to animals is
well known. Heowns several fine dogs,
among them a colley of great beauty.
One evening recently there were two
ladies passing the evening with the
Senator and his family. The beauty
and intelligence of dogs formed one OF
the topics of conversation. The Sena-
tor was a pleased listener to several re-
markable stories, which he topped off
by the following which he said Hogg re-
lated in hiu Fireside Stories (f that is
the name of the book: "a Scotchman.
like the Senator, patiently waited until
the last marvellous story was told and
then added his mite. It is said, qnoti
he, that after long companionship the
dog and his master look alike, and this
was the case with me and Hector who
is now dead. The likeness was SO
strong that one warm Sunday after
noon when I was more inclined to a
than attending church. / sent Hector
in my place. The next day the clergy
man called to see me and oomplimented
me upon the attention / gave to the SER
mon which he had observed amidst q
very drowsy congregation, and Hector,
who heard him, for fear he would laugh
outright, ran out and jumped the gar
den wall and pretended to be setting
birds.n
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Hlnt. to Spring Diet and cloth1ns.

KARIN hln6a GO Spc1n3 Diet ana Cloth11G.
With respect to clothing, one needs to
consult the thermometer Mt this season
more than at any other in the year. In
the middle of the day it may be expe-
dent to throw off some of the clothing
which was worn in winter, but it should
be resumed promptly with change in
temperature. The system cannot en-
dure with impunity abrupt changes from
heat to cold in spring as well as it can
in the fall. Shut UP inthe house as we
have all been more or less during the
winter, the blood hasn't been sufficient
ly o~xygenated, and we have grown ten
der. Underwear in this climate should
not be changed from heavy to light I'M
til after the middle of May.
A change in diet is very seasonable.
Heavy meats may be largely discarded.
Rich buildings and pastries should give
place to lighter forms of dessert.
Vegetables and fruits are suitable ar
ticles of diet, and all the open mir one
can have should be enjoyed. With a
light diet, Swarm clothing will not be
uncomfortable. Put less coal into the
furnace and give but little draught, and
you reduce the tmperature as surely as
though you opened doors and windows
to cool off. So, feed lightly, and dress
warmly during the changing spring
weather. and health will be secured.
Said q druggist the other day: "It's as
tonishing how most every kind of medi-
cine will sell. Butyou see most people
eat too much, and these medicines that
act on the liver and kidneys and bowels
simply help carry off the overplus of
food that has been taken. One doesn't
need as much carbon to keep up the
heat of the body when the mercury
stands at 80, go and 70 degrees, as when it
ranges near the freezing point or drops
below zero, and the complaint of want
of appetite is only an admission that
Nature knows what she is about, and
makes light demand when small supply
is needed.-N. Y. Tribune.
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Strange Attitudes in Death.

Prof. c. z. Brown-Sequard writes
that at the battle of Williamsburg a
United States zouave was shot directly
through the forehead as he was climb
ing vel e low fence, and his body was
found in the last attitude in life-one
leg half over the fence, the body crouch
ing backward. One hand, partially
clenched and raised to the level of the
forehead, presented the palm forward
as if to ward off an approaching evil.
A brakeman of q freight car on the
Nashville and Chattanooga railroad
was instantaneously killed by a shot
between. the eyes, fred by a guerrilla
The murdered man was screwing down
the brakers at the moment of the shot,
After death the body remained fixed,
the arms rigidly extended on the wheel
of the brake. The pipe which he had
been smoking remained clasped between
his teeth. The conservation of the last
attitude can take place in other circum-
stances than sudden death from wounds
to the brain, the heart OF the lungs,
although an injury to a vital organ is
the most frequent cause Of that phen-
omenon. 4 detail Of United States
soldiers foraging near Goldsboro, N. c.,
came suddenly upon a party of South
ern cavalry ~dismounted. The latter
Immediately sprang to their sad
dies and, after a volley had been
fired at them, they all but one rode
away. That il was left standing with
one foot in the stirrup; one hand, the
left, grasping the bridle-rein and name
of his horse, the right hand clenchine
the barrel of his carbine near the muz-
zle the butt of the carbine resting on the
ground. The mans head was turned
over his right shoulder, apparently
watching the approach of the attacking
party. He was called upon to surren,
der, without response, and upon a near
approach and examination he was found
to be rigid in death, in the singular Mt.
titude above described. Great difficult
ty was experienced in forcing The name
of the horse from his left hand and the
carbine from his right. On the battle
field of Beaumont, near sedan, in 1870,
the dead body of a soldier was found
half sitting, half lying on the ground,
delicately hol-.ing a tin goblet between
his thumb and fore1inger, and directing
it towards an absent mouth. While in
that position the poor man had been
killed by a cannon ball, which had car
ried away the whole of his head and face,
except the lower jaw. The body and
arms had been suddenly seized at the
time of death with stiffness which pro-
duced the persistence of the state in
! which they were when the head was cut
off. Twenty-four hours had elapsed
since the battle.
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Aaron Burr's Pistols.

"PaNS 1Ha
Perhaps the most famous and fstai
firearms on this continent are the dues-
ing pistols of Aaron Burr. They are
the property Of Innis Hopkins Of this
city. having been left HIM by his father,
Col. Brent Hopkins, who died at Hend-
erson, KY, on the 7th Of March last.
One of these pistols fred the ball that
killed Alexander Hamilton at Wee
hawken. 1t is identified by o long,
deep notch indenGed on the handle.
The pistols We're made by HI. w. Morti-
more of London, England, gunmaker. to
his Majesty, and were imported by
Burr mt the close of the revolutionary
war. The barrels are thirteen inches
long and carry an ounce ball. They
are iint-locks, the pans for the prim-
ing are lined with gold, and the
touclll,oles are pushed with the same
metal. They are hair-triggers,
and shoot with great force and accuracy.
The locks are pieces of very superior
mechanism. The pair came into, the
possession Of Col. Brent Hopkins,
through his uncle Col. Samuel Goode
Hopkins,o of the AID Regiment of Unit
ed States Dragons. who purchased
them from Burr in Washington City in
the winter of 1913 or 1914, paving $500
in gold for them. The weapons have
surely a blood stained history. They
have been used with fatal effect in eleven
duels, Pettis, of Virginia, killed Bid
die on Bloody Island, near st, Louis,
with them; Edward Towns, of Virginia,
killed n T%renchman near New Orleans;
Capt. Sam Goode Hopkins killed a
Spanish Count near New Madrid, Mo-;
Hugh Brent killed a man from Georgia
on Diamond Island. below Henderson,
Ky, and they We're used several times
in Virginia, twice in South Carolina,
and more than once in Kentucky, With
deadly effect.
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Carpets,

Changes of fashion occur in our car
pets rs in our dress. Last year sombre
and subdued colors and neutral tints
prevailed; now brilliant tints and high
contrasting colors are in the ascendant.
The reaction in fashionable style of car
pets, however extreme, is usually trace
able 10 long operating intiunces, and is
for manufacturers to discern in advance
the tendency of the public tastes. The
present patterns OF carpets are of an all
over description, without central figures.
For certain accepted patterns Of old
standing there is aconstant demand,
but periodic novelties are the rule.
There is much to study not only in
costly but in cheap carpets, of the dain-
ty effects Of contrast, as in yellow and
orange, with or without light %colors,
lilac, scarlet and crimson, or
white divided by faint blue.
Carpets admit of demi-tints, but no
shades. Ecru grounds are just now the
most popular for the richer description
of carpets. The variety of patterns that
are turned out allow of the carpets Sc
lect for the rooms of q house to repre-
sent the individual taste of the occupant.
and thus on individual grounds creating
pleasure i'll addition to the merits they
possess as agreeable compositions.
In the way of direction in the choice
ofpatterns, SO far as colors are concerned
We would state that combination of
colors that would not be pleasing in a
dress are unsuited for carpets and will
never look we'll in n room. A tailor
has made q very effective stair carpet of
patterns neatly sewn together, as in
patchwork, and edged with scarlet two
inches wide. He has taken care to have
the patterns all the same size, and they
look like thick striped material.
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A writer in Paris sends warningto
those in America who have read that 4
is possible to live in the French capital
on a franc a day. The day has gone bJ
he says. when life can be mann
tanned there for that sum. EVERY
international exhibition has sent
prices up 4 notch, and, once np,tEsy
never come down. One Of the LAD ret-
uges left to the person Of smallsrneAn
who wishes to live fairly well, he sayss
is that style Of eating house known a.
the tDuyall Bouillon, 3 wherea dinner
and half q bottls Of wine sc served f0r
forty cents.
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sweep over the carpet once or twice,
and it will restore the color and bright
on it up until ypu would think it new.
Another good way to clean old carpets
is to rub them over with meal; Just
dampen it very little and rub the car
pet with it, and when perfectly dry
sweep over with meEl.
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Once when an American officer was
dining with Gear Nicholas and the En-
press, the old monarch entered the
drawing-room with a terrible scowl
on his face. and when the En-
press instantly arose and, not re-
garding his black looks, offered him
a cup of ten, he fiercely dashed il
from her hand to the floor. With no
sign of emotion she filled second cup
and handed it to him. Now the cloud
had passed, and he accepted it with a
charming smile, and bestowed a kiss
upon the hand that offered it. The
cause of his rude behavior in the former
instance was q suspicion that the EN-
press had been meddling with some po-
Iitical affairs.
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Garden Memoranda.

Digand mellow soil for onions, peas,
parsnips, early potatoes, lettuce, ETC.,
as soon as it is dry enough to crumble,
even after hard pressure-clay soil re-
curing longer delay, unless very we'll
rained. For onions make the soil very
rich and fine, then compact well, then
press the sets firmly in tillnearly cover
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A Japanese traveller says that Ger
tain classes of mnrderers in that coun
try are punishable with the death of til,
murderer, all his family and his school.
master.