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Sunlight and Human Health.
From the London Observer.

From the London Observer.
For some considerable time past the
Astronomer Royal and his assistants
have been weekly reporting the sisnif-
cant fact that the recorded sunshine
during the days has been, upon
an average, nil. Prima facie it is only
photographers who need he affected by
this intelligence. What Gun it possibly
matter to the world at large if there is
not sunshine enough about to discolor
a piece Of sensitivized paper? As a
matter of fact, however, the discolor-
alton of sensitivized paper is but one of
the many processes due to the chemical
energy Of the sunlight. And a pro-
longed absence Of sunlight is q very Sc
rions matter. It's effects upon the
health are direct and perceptible. We
get no ozone, and we become dull and
lstless, as if We had been sitting up all
night. When thus out OF tone and be-
low par. We are consequently deficient
In that vital energy which, would other
wise enable us to shake off any ordinary
ailment. Nor is this all. Absence Of
sunlight for any considerable period is
almost Invariably followed by epidemic
outbreaks. When the sun is active,
filth OF all kinds putriies as it collects.
When there is no sunshine thu filth col
lects, accnmulates in masses, and fer
ments. These fermented ac%cumula.ions
are a source of positive danger as soon
as the I'LL resume its activity. De-
composition under a bright sun is COM
p~aratively harmless. Slow decomposi-
ton in the dark is especially hostile to
health. We need no chemist to tell us
all this; but, at the same time, it is as
well to bear the chemistry of common
life in mind. When the astronomer
Royal reports a total absence of sun
shine we ought to be especially careful,
and, it may be added, children suffer
more from the absence of the suns rays
than do adults, Adults have only to
keep alive; children have to keep alive
and to grow, which entails a double.
amount Of chemical work. Now, If
there be no sunshine, we can best sup
plement its absence by exercise. And
yet, strange enough, the absence of sun
shine is regarded by most mothers RS a
sufficient ground for keeping children
within doors. It is, on the contrary,
the very reason why they should be sent
out and kept out as much as possible.
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AN ACTORS 0 n KISSES
A Theatrical husbands Indignation Pre-.
M 1v n~Auorncaa =

A TheatricalRusband's Indignation Pres.
" Denounced.
New York Journal
Hoboken's recent kissing affary has
had 9 singularly sensational effect upon
the dramatic profession in this city. The
most recent reports from the scene Of
action represent Mile. Blonde, the ac-
complished actress to a state of hopeful
conyalescence. Mile. Blonde is the wife
of Herr Hugo Blonde, agentleman who
derives supreme satisfaction from her
thrilling impersonations OF LADY Ma
beth and other tragic characters.
At arecent performance In the Holn-
ken theater Mile Blonde was cast as the
heroine in a love comedy, and as such
WIS obliged to submit to the %rapturoua
oyertures Of Herr. Emil Grofe, a vel
low hued tragedian with wild eyes and
yellow hair. In the sceae where
Mile. Biondle wanders through alonely
wood at midnight, searching for ber
lover with o dark lantern, and Rnds
him tied to o tree, Herr Grofe beca,na
excited. 1t was the scene which uas -
determine whether he should raca;vo
his salary after the curtain went dnyrr
and resolved to make a hit ar a;a
Selling Mile. Blonde in his VILE
arms ne kissed her with such feryor fbs4
she screamed, TIere upon her husband
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Useful Home information.

To- - -EHAlL ~ -.HL|fh- e E-r -
If a little keroseneis mixed with stove
polish. it will assist greatly in improv-
ing the look of rusty stoves.
A fastidious convalescent may be de-
luded into taking more nourishment
than he knows of, or is willing to take,
by having a yelk of an egg stirred into
his morning cup of coffee. Beat the
egg very light.
If baby is hoarse at night, take a
small piece of oil silk, rub o little lard
or animal oil of any kind over it and
fasten it next his skin, over the chest.
It may be pinned with small safety pins
to his wrapper.
Sponges which are to be used in the
bath room may be softened by boiling
for a few minutes in three waters. After
each time of boiling rinse it in cold wa
ter, and put on the stove again in a pan
of cold water.
To purify the cir of the cellar, and to
destroy parasitical growth, a German
authority says: Put some roll prim-
stone into a pan, set fire to it, close the
doors and windows as tight as possible
for two or three hours; repeat this in
expensive operation every three months.
a A pretty cover for the table in your
bedroom is made by using one of the
large lace tides or pillow covers that
may be bought for q very small sum.
It will he improved by lining. It costs
loss than q nice towel and will keep
clean longer, as the dust may be shaken
from It.
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Worth a Licking.

c,aitor's in Earper's for March.
Some years ago, in Georgia, that
band of Christians knows as Ascension
lists were having a grand revival. One
day, when the meeting was in full force,
q storm CAME up, and a young gentle-
MI who was out hunting with his SER
want took refuge in the church door.
Being curious TO see the service, the two
hunters crept up into the gallery, and
there hid in a place where they could
observe without being observed.
Come, Lord, come, our robes are
ready. Come, Lord, come" cried the
preacher, while oil present gave a loud
amen"
"Marsa Gabe." whispered Cnfy,
lifting his hunting horn to his mouth.
"let me glib dem jist one toot."
Put thst horn down OF I'll break
your head" replied the master, in a
whisper.
The horn dropped by GhAy,s side,
and again the minister cried Come
Lord, come; We are all ready for thy
coming. Come, Lord, come." :.
0Ae0oo A0OC-NAO lubL 1cN0W 3Hl0
EN- jist one little toot," pleaded Cuify,
wetting his lips and raising the horn.
II you don't drop that horn, Cufy,
II whip You within an inch Of your
life,' whispered thesxasperated master.
BLOW, Gabriel, blow; we are ready
for his coming. Blow, Gabriel, blow"
pleaded the minister.
Cnfy could no longer resist the
temptation, and sent q wild peal, ring
ing from end 70 end of thcchurch; but
long before its last, echo died away his
master and himself were the only occu-
pants Of the building.
.Ts ready for de licking, Marsa
Gabe," and Cnffy, showing every tooth
in his head, ssfor I clare to gracious its
won't two ~liakingsto see de way common
farm cattle kin git ober de ground wild
skeared 'Scensionists behind 'em.p
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after the form Of the Moody church in

after the form Of the Moody church in
Chicago. 1t accommodates $500 peo-
le, with accommodations for 75O more
in adjoining chapel, which can be uri-
tsd with the main audience-room by the
throwing open Of doors. The seats are
arranged in semi-circular form on a
gradually sloping floor, like those in a
theater, and folding chairs are substitu--
ted for pews. Attached to the church
Is . parsonage. AL the seats are free,
and membership in the church s'rests on
Q broad and catholic basis"
The old house in which General
Grant was born, at Point Pleasant, O.,
came very near being carried away by
the foods during the recent overflow.
Clermont County, in which Point Pleas
ant is situated, is almost surrounded
by the Ohio and the Little Miami Rivers,
and when the overflow occurred aceres
Of land were submerged, The waters
rose to within q short distance of Gen.
erai Grants old home, and for o time
threatened to carry it awy,S but, fortu-
nately subsidized before any damage was
done.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
business of raising sweet-scented flowers
for their perfume alone may be gather
ed from the fact that Europe and Brit
ISL India consume about $50, 900 gallons
OF handkerchief perfumes yearly; that
the English revenue from eau de CO.
logne is $40, 900 annually, aud that the
total revenue of other perfumes is esti-
mated OF $780, 900 annually. There is
n great perfume distillery at Cannes
! France which uses yearly 100, 900
pounds of rare flower leaves, SO, 900
pounds of jasmine blossoms, 2 $1,000 of
tuberose blossoms, and an immense
quantity of other material.
Miss Anthony says; 81 have been
roundly abused and ridiculed for allow
ing q female clerk Of mine to send a let
ter in which woman suffrage was spelt
suffrage and was not corrected.
There is o little secret history about
that letter that will be amusing to those
who cannot spell suffrage. The fact is
that my clerk made a correct copy of
the letter, which I approved, and which
was then sent to q male clerk, o college
graduate, to make a large number Of
copies. Every copy which this gentle-
man prepared read 'sufferage,' and
what is still more startling, n number
OF members of congress in replying to
the letter, adopted the same unique or
biography"
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why Women should 90 to chureh.

If the mother or head Of the house is
a wise woman, she will begin now to
put the everyday summer clothing in
order. The stockings and underwear
should all be looked over and be put in
wearing condition; then a little later
the common dresses may be made or be
made over, and5so the hurry and worry
that unfortunately often attends the
coming of spring may to ON extent be
avoided. An honest woman confessed
not long ago that although the minister
of the church she attends, of which she
is a member in excellent standing, is
not at oil liked as apreacher by his CON
gregation, she finds that he is doing her
a good deal of good. Railways listen
to. the text and the opening of the SER
mon," she said, land after that his
voice is SO pleasant, and I am SO sure
that / know what he is going to say
that I sit there in that quiet and restfnl
place, and plan out my work for the
week, and I notice that when I do this
| always get along so much better dur
ing the week, for that Sunday morning
hour is about the only one that I have
during the week which is entirely free
from demands upon me"
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Things IN General.

The battle Of Waterloo was fought
June Is, 1856 (Which fell on a Sunday,
between the French troops, under Na-
poleon Bonaparte, and the combined
forces of England, Germany and the
Netherlands, commanded by the Duke
of Wellington. 1t resulted in the abso-
lutte overthrow Of Napoleon, and the
Bourbon kings were restored to the
French throne. The battlefield is sit
uated in Belgium, about two miles from
the village of Waterloo, and twelve
miles south Of Brussels.
An American woman said that her
husband would sit on q barbed-wire
fence all the afternoon and never finch
or move . muscle to see a base ball
match or an agricultural "hoss trot,"
but that when he went with her to
church he couldn't sit still in o soft
cushioned pew fifteen minutes without
wriggling and squirming all over the
seat. stS
An Atlanta Constitution correspond
emit rays: ''The other night while talk
ing to United tasss Senator Brown i
noticedn pfecesofirabbi fur protruding
above his collar. I asked him il he wore
; rabbits foot about his neck. No, he
replied, but / do wears rabbit skin on
my chest, Alady recommended il Is
the best possible protection against
cold. got Q fine rabbit skin, cut of
the feet, and, tying the two legs togeth-
er with q ribbon, 1 tied the skin about
my neck. II has worked like acharm.' =
A New Hampshire correspondent
writes: In Warner there is . school
district in which fifty years ago there
were some forty scholars, and now there
is but one. For . distance Of n miles
on . Travelled road in the south part Of
the town. where sixty years ago there
were thirty homesteads, cultivated by
their owners, with families in the dis
trict. In those days large herds we're
seen on every hand, now there are o
The people Of Boston have organized
and opened what they term 1.-THE reo-
pies Church in that city, II is much
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Too Much for Girls, Brains.

From the Popular Science Monthly.
Think of an nndeveloped brain GET
ting up book knowledge on teD different
subjects all the same day, and this going
on day after day for several years! It
is altogether contrary to the principles
Of a sound psychology to imagine that
any sort of mental process, worthy Of
the name of brain thinking, can take
place in that brain while this is eoino
on. The natural tendency Of a good
brain at that age to be inquisitiye and
receptive is gluttedt to more than safety.
The natural process of building IN a
fabric of mental completeness BY having
each new fact and observation looked AZ
In different ways and having it suggest
other facts and ideas, and then Settle
down as q part Of tie reg ular furniture
of the mind, cannot possibly 90 on
where new facts are skoyeled in by the
hundred day by day. The effect Of this
is bad on boys, but is worse on girls.
because it is more alien to their mental
constitution.
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Honesicmess q Fatal Disease
Among soldiers in tho Civil Var.

Washington Letter in Philadelphia Record.
Edo you know that many soldiers
died Of inconsistencies during the late
WARP" said an ex-federal colonel. Yes,
sir; they called it nostalgia-that's the
medical term for homesickness. Men
died apparently without a cause-not
from fright; homesickness was the
cause IN nine 5 out Of ten. / re-
member that at one time / was in charge
Of = depot at Louisville, Ky, where 49,
600 ~conyalescents were waiting for
strength to go to the front. / noticed
that many of them grew worse instead
of better. It puzzled the surgeons. 1t
was not due to a relapse; it was not the
old disease at ALL It did not seem to
be q new disease. / looked into it a
little and thenStold the surgeon that it
was nothing but nostalgia. I had q
chanceto 4. prove that / was right. One
of these sick we'll men came to me next
day: "COlonel," he sale, pIs want a leave
of. absence for q day or two. l
want to SO home and see my folks. I
am pining away for q sight Of my old.
AUAic.RlA DeIles6tg nIlAlL6 UletlIl QOn 9
go. On inquiring / found that his
home was right across in Indiana, and
that he had an idea that he could see
the smoke rising from its chimney. He
had not been home for several years,
and he was fretting away in sight Of
that smoke. / was not supposed to let
any of my conyalescents go anywhere
except to the front, but determined to
try an experiment with this sa1low,
peaked-foced Young man. Well, sir, ;
I said, how long will you he gomez
This is Friday, he replied; T will be
back on Monday. No,,I said; you
an stay until Friday Of next week
All right he said, looking better al
ready. On the next Friday he returned
q new man. TIM all right again col
onel,' he half shouted when he saw me;
I'm ready TO 60 to the front at once. I
went home, saw my mother and father
and m yssisters and brothers, had some
good home food and some good homo
sleep, and fought all my battles over
again down at the village store. That
was all that / wanted It was the fact.
He had been cured of nostalgia
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sadssnsation IN Illinoi,,

For almost a year Miss Ida Wallace,
daughter OF Prof. Wallace, one q the
leading ditizenS of Dnldmbnd;tIL and
4 professor ofthe schools at that place,
has been teaching school . short dis
Ms0ountfy. Notcoming to her
shipper Tuesday night asearch WAS made
Cor her,.end she was found ,mthe school
house almost dead with grief and pain,
having given birth toa child which to
conceal her shame abe had thrown into
the stove. a ABORTION Of the, body, was
found which had escaped the flames.
She wasstahen home. and now lies in q
very critical condition, Her family and
friends comprise the wealthiest and
most cultured citizens. Nothing certain
iis knownof the identify Of her betrayer.
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IA Esr.Keeoisa rest.

At tho Birmingham Poultry Show,
England, prizes were offered for the
best preserved eggs that had been kept
two months. The eggs were tested by
breaking one Of each SGT competing for
tho prize into q clean saucer, also by
boiling one Of each lot
The eggs that had been preserved in
lime water, it was found on breaking
tnem,, presented cloudy whites. Eggs
preseryedb by rubbing oyer withbees-w q
end oil showed thin watery whites.
Eggs that stood best the test OF boil
inG and which gained the first prize Ind
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I CONGRESSMAN Strait has introduced q
bill which IN effect, provides chat where
q contest IL pending in > land case, the,
party succeeding in proving that he is.
entitled 70 the land, may make his Anal
proofs without anymore notice. He
also introduced bill for the relief Of
William s. Graw, E. Parliman, and
James W. Schaunburg,
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been simply packed in common salt.
Thnsa Ind los liffln ;k n,,u br ora,,nro.

been simply packed in common salt.
These had lost little if any by eyapora-
ton, had good, consistent albnmen and
We're pleasant to the taste. The exhibit
which took the secondprize was served
as follows: Melt one part of white wax
to two parts ofspermaoeti, boil and mix
thoroughly; or, two parts clerified suet
to n Of wax and two of spermaceti.
Take new laid eggs, rub with antiseptic
salt or fine rice starch. Wrap each egg
in fine tissue paper, putting the broad
end downward; screw the paper tightly
at the top, leaving an inch to hold it by.
Dip each egg rapidly into the fat heated
to 100 degrees. Withdraw and leave to
cool. Pack broad end downward in dry,
white sand or saw dust. The Judges
were inclined to believe that had the
trial been for a longer period than two
months, this latter method would, per
baps, have proven the better of the two.
The eggs were excellent, and on strip
ping off the waxed paper the shells
presented the clean, fresh appearance
Of newly laid eggs,
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zew Variety Of Celery.

| III
Celery growers will hail as 50 great
boon," a new variety of celery which
blanches itself naturally and without
any killing up. 1t is sport Of the
common kink which comes always true
from the seed. This may be an instance
of the evolution of a new variety of a
plant, from education or training, s soto
speak. For celery growers have been
laboriously earthing up their celery for
years for the purpose of blanching it
and fitting it for market. And here
comes u new kind of its own accord
which grows winter than the artificially
blanched. 1t has been the very appro-
pirate name of the "White Plume"
from its wilderness and from the featl-
cry character of its primate handsomely
cut leaves. It is exceedingly orname
tai on the table, and SO much so that it
has been used for making bouquets.
The flavor is much finer than the COM
mon celery, and it is remarkably crisp
and tender. It's tenderness prevents
its long keeping, but it is now in good
condition excepting some of the outer
stalks.-Marion SC, Cotton Plant.
TO Keep a Horse From jumping.
Not long since I saw a method of re-
straining horses from jumping, and was
assured by those who were using it that
it proved efficacious. 1t consists of a
surcingle about the body of the horse,
together with two short straps that pass
through the surcingle and around each
toreleg, being buckled so that when the
horse stands upright the strap will fall
about half wap tothe knees. This ar
rangement, which allows the horse to
walk quite freely, prevents its running
as well as jumping. A similar plan is to
connect the forelegs of ahorse by straps
secured just above the knees, but those
who have tried both plans prefer the
one herewith illustrated. Some horses
are difficult to catch when at pasture,
and this device will prove valuable in
such cases.-Corr. American Agricul-
tlrist. =
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-19

ton and disnissing the bill, evidently
had before him some of the decisions
OF this court on the subject.
In speaking of the right
exercised in this case, official assessment
against the abutting property. to en-
force payment of the sum due for paving
the street or improving and repairing
the sidewalk, Judge Dillon, in his work
on Municipal Corporations, says: THE
courts are very generally agreed that the
authority to require the property speci-
ally benefited to bear the expenseof focal
improvement in branch of the taxing
power, or included within it, and the
many cases which have been decided,
fully. establish the general proposition
that charter or statute, authorizing the
municipal authorities to open or establish
streets, or to make local improvements
of the character above mentioned and to
assess the expense on the property which,
in the opinion of the designated tribunal
or officers, shall be specially benefited
by the improvement in proportion TO
benefits or frontage, or superficial CON
tents is, in the absence Of some constitu-
tional restriction, valid exercise of the
power of taxation (See Lufkin VS.,
Galveston, 50 Texas, 55O). The charter
ofthe appellee is general law, and the
/ courts arerequired to take judicial notice
of it. II confers on the corporation
ample power as to the paving and i'm
! provement of its streets. Charter CITY
Of San Antonio, Art. s, Secs. 1917 to 2O6j.
The record shows that in pursuance of
\ the power 50 granted, ordinances have
I been passed providing for the exercise
of this power. Affirmed"
Having made this examination for my
own edification, and thus learning its
INN C-t1 20.
its publications without comment, is
solicited for their benefit. If they will
preserve this summary and examine the
charterOn opening streets, pages AZ to 80
and on grad ng, matchmaking and paw
ing streets, sidewalks and alleys, pages
80 to y, they will be in possession of the
material law and decisions on the sub
iect and may avoid mistakes in antago-
nisin TO their own interests. i.