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WITH THE TooTHACHE.

When the teeth come, they come with
pain and peril, and keep the poor child
miserable, and when they go they go with O
torture that no philosophy cnn endure. Oh,
my poor jaw--just look how 1t Is swollen.
an sight. A pitiful prospect. look like q
bloated bond-holder ON one side of my face
and no bonds to comfort me. wonder
have suffered more mortal agony from my
teeth than from everything else put together.
Samson couldn't pull them hardly, for they
nre all riyited to the jawbone. have been
living in dread for over month, for knew
that eyetooth was fixing up trouble and so
yesterday morning it sprung leak ct the
breakfast table, and I jumped out of my
chair. The shell caved in, the nerve was
touched, and in my agony gave one groan
and retired like was funeral. Five miles
from town and no doctor. Don't put down
what suffered all that day, and the night
following, for you can't. Mush poultices
and camphor and paregoric and bromide
and chloroform, and still the procession
moved on, and the jumping, throbbing
agony sent no flag Of truce-no cessation OF
hostilities. What do I care for anything !
Don't tell me about Hendricks being in At
Ianta. don't care where he is. Yes I do.
He is good man, but I've got no time to
think about him now. Please give me some
more of that camphor. I've burned all the
skin OF my mouth now, but 1t is o counter
irritant and sorter scatters the pain around.
II / had some morphine I would take ii fol
want rest. am tired. Oh for one shor,
hour of est.-BM Arp en- Atlanta Consti
tution.
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ARoMANcE OF A RESORT.
A Mind Tint Was Like Sweet Bells ia
gled Out of Tune and Harsh.

Squirrel Island is q popular summer re.
sort in Boothbay Harbor, in sight of Sequin
Light at the mouth of the Kennebec, and o
two hours sail from this city by the way OF
Back river. A few days ago, ON one of the
coldest mornings of the winter, fisherman
sailing out of Boothbay Harbor saw man
standing on the rocky shore of this island
shouting at the top of his voice. His cries
could be barely heard above tho booming
of the surf, which beats against the ledge
with great fury. The fisherman thought
the King of the Island" as the man in
charge of it is called, must be in distress
and signaling for assistance so he put his
snack about and made for the island. When
he was within hailing distance he shouted
to the man on the rock, but received no re-
ply. He was q handsome young fellow,
and stood gazing out to sea, paying no at
tention to the approach of the fisherman's
boat, and occasionally uttered n loud cry
that seemed full of anguish and amazed the
bronzed old salt who heard it, This was
the young mans call to the ocean.
Josie Josiei"
The old fisherman thought the young man
was crazy, and after listening q few minutes
made for the Cuckles and soon was hauling
hake over the side of the boat.
The secret of tho young mans strange
communing with the breakers is now
known. His is most pitiful story. He is
graduate of Williams College, and became
journalist in New York. Subsequently
he concluded to be a lawyer, and was ad,
mitted as student in the Office of one OF
the leading legal firms in New York city.
He has fortune, inherited from an uncle,
who died worth $2,000,00O. He became
engaged to young lady in city not far
from Bath. She was beautiful, q musician
and en- artist. He and his atiianced spent
all last summer together ut Squirrel Island
In October she was suddenly Frustrated,
and died after an illness of six days. She
died at noon. At ten o'clock of the same
day they were married at her earnest re-
quest. She said but few words after the
wedding ring was put on her finger, and il
two hours the bridegroom was widower
Since that day the young man has been
failing, bodily and mentally. His grief has
been something terrible. He went to New
York, but Ind to return, and spent the most
of his time at his wife's grave. Finally he
chartered steamer at Bath, took box of
fuel and supply of provisions and went to
Squirrel Island. He remained three days
ON the island and it was he whom the fisher.
man saw standing on tho rock, whore the
spray splashed over him, and crying
josie" as if he expected an answering
voice to issue from the waves.-Bath Des.
patch IN the Boston Record.
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HOW FASHIONS ORIGINATE.

How do We get our fashions Why, we
import them. It is somewhat of refec-
ton on American ingenuity to say that we
invent no styles in millinery, but 1t is the
fact. Pnris and London dictate what our
women shall wear on their hoads. Tho wo
men who keep the shops in tho millinery
block, and some of those on the avenue,
visit one or both Of these cities semi-annu.
ally, simply to observe the prevailing
modes, and to get points on future styles.
They return with few choice samples Of
the newest designs, and announce IN open.
ing. In this way American styles first come
out, and II is interesting to watch the spread
of popular shape Of hat or bonnet. 1t goes
through the town and over the country like
an infection. As soon as it is plain that
fashionable ladies are going to wear this
shape tho machinery of imitation is set in
motion. The manufacturer Of straw goods
Immediately sets to work to copy the form,
which he can easily do tho importer of
millinery ornaments cables for the proper
articles in his line, the maker of ostrich
plumes looks after the correct colors and
sizes in his goods, the artificial flower manu-.
facturer docs the same, and these who deal
in ribbons, velvets, birds, and so forth, soon
show upon their counters the requisite trim
ming materials. The result of this activity
Is that tho large retail millinery stores of
Sixth and Eighth avenues and Fourteenth
and Twenty third streets are able to offer
accurate copies of the freshest European
,raze within two or thee weeks after the
6rst appearance of the imported article.
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AN UGLY BUT VALUABLE NOSE.

When Geo. Augustus Sala was in San
Francisco he told reporter the following
+" My nose has had good deal Of notoriety
on account of its shape and rather luminous
properties. think good deal of 1t, never
theless, and ! ought to, for IL brought me
81, 500 once, in this way: / had stood
good deal Of chatting in print about my nose,
and at last chap who wasn't particularly
fond Of me gave me the benefit of squib,
In which he distinctly said that the COM
plexion Of my nose proved me to be Bac-
chanalian. Now, 1t SO happens that I am
not Bacchanalian, nor had my nose &c.
quired its distinctive character from the
mellow influence Of wine or spirits. The
fact was that in my riotous and unchristian
youth, when OF college, had fight with
afellow who was quite handy with his fists,
and besides wore heavy diamond ring
when the controversy began. The result
was that between his natural hitting ability
and the prominence of his jewelry, I got my
nose in such condition that it required
half dozen bitches to restore 1t to any.
thing like its original beauty. Conscious,
therefore, of my integrity, resolved to
take my libeller on the hop, and did SO.
I sued him for libel, and having shown that
my nose was not the advertisement of o
Bacchanalian, got judgment against him
for $4,000, which assisted me to make o
very pleasant tour to the south of Europe
the same summer. SO rather had the laugh
on him, and I cannot but have good opin.
ion of nv nose"
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WATER IN THE soupAN.

General II. T.. Colston, formerly hey in
Egypt, contributes the opening illustrated
article in the Century, from which we quote
the following description of a portion of the
present seat of war :" He who has never
travelled through the desert cannot form a
just idea of that strange and marvellous re-
gion, in which all tho ordinary conditions
of life are completely changed. 1t is essen
TALLY waterless land, without rivers,
creeks, rivulets, or springs. Once away
from the Nile, the only supply of winter is
derived from deep wells, few, scanty, and
far apart. Long droughts arc frequent.
When I explored the great Arabian Desert
between the Nile and the Red Sea, it had
not rained for three years; and when l
travelled over the Sunlim route and through
Kordofan, no rain had fallen for two years.
Between the twenty-ninth and the nine
teenth degree of latitude it never rains at
all. Water becomes precious to a degree
beyond the conception of those who have
never known its scarcity. Members of tho
Catholic mission at FL Obeid where water
is much moro plentiful than in the deserts,
assured me that, the summer before, water
had been sold as high as half dollar gal
Ion by the proprietors Of the few wells that
had not dried up. When long droughts
occur, the always scanty crop of doura fails
away from the Nile, and the greater parts
of the Aocls and herds perish, as well MS
considerable part of the population. 1t fol-
lows naturally that when undertaking
journey through tho desert, tho paramount
question is water. A supply must be car.
ried sufficient to last to the next we'll. be il
one or five days distant. 1t is usually car.
ried in goat and OK skins suspended from
the camels' pack saddles. These arc The
water bottles of Scripture, which become
leaky from wear, and always lose n consid-
cradle portion Of their contents by evapora-
ton. The first thing after reaching well
is to ascertain the quantity and quality of
its water. As to the former, it may have
been exhausted by preceding caravan, and
hours may be required for new supply to
ooze in again. AS to tho quality, desert
water is generally bad, the exception being
when 1t Is worse, though long custom
enables the Bedouns to drink water SC
brackish as to be intolerable to all except
themselves aud their focks. Well do I re-
member how at each well the first skinful
was tasted oil around as cricures sip rare
wines. Great was the joy il it was pro.
nounced m0yG he:soa, sweet water but il
the Bedouins said m0osh tayi6, not good,
we might be sure it was solution of Epson
salts. Tho best water is found in natural
rocky reservoirs in deep narrow gorg's
where the sun never shines. As TO live
springs never saw more than half doz
en- in six thousand miles travel"
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FALL OF A GIANT PINE.
How the Keen Edges of Two Axes Met In
the Heart of n Towering Tree.

A picturesque scene is described in the
Portland, Me-, Argus: The other day the
writer and friend rode over to Pratt lot,
Westbrook, where Melville Hamblett, of
Nason's Corner, is logging with largo
crew of men. Some of the men were chop
ping down trees, others saving the fallen
! trees into logs, others we're dragging With
oxen the logs to tho side of the logging
road, where they could be loaded on to
sleds to be hauled to tho city. The visitors
told Mr.. Hnmbett that they wanted to see q
big tree cut down. All right" says Mel,
"you shall,' and calling two of his best
choppers directed them to tackle gigantic
pine, that ran up into the sky more than
one hundred feet and measured four feet
through at the butt.
Good gracious, Nell" cried Desire,
"we can't stay long enough for them to
chop that tree down-'twill take all the
afternoon Let them take smaller one."
Mel smiled out of corner of his eye and
said, "Don't you worry. You'll have plenty
of time to sec them fell that Pine and an.
other like it, and then get back to the city
in good season."
In the meantime the choppers-two
brothers, named Hugh Ettinger and Archie
Ettinger-young, smart-looking men, with
straight, athletic figures, had trampled
down the snow around the butt Of the big
tree and cut down several little trees that
would otherwise have interfered with the
swing of their axes. Then they sailed into
the giant tree with might and main. Big
chips and little chips few from the gaping
scarfs in rapid succession. In just twenty
five minutes the choppers stepped away
from the tree with the warning cry, Watch
out |" This cry means that the tree is ON the
point of falling and warns oil TO keep " out
from under" For second or two after
the call the enormous tree stood lettering,
as il in doubt which way to fall, and then
down 1t came with crash that shook the
ground and awoke the echoes on every
hand. In its fall it swept past another pine
almost as big as itself and took from II
every one of the lower branches almost Oh
clean as il cropped with ON axe. 1t was
sight richly worth riding over there to see.
Hugh and Archie did not appear to be
winded in the least by their sharp labor,
and, mounting began limbing; !" and thus
engaged the visitors left them bidding them
and the genial Mel ga good day and a
clear track for the remainder Of tho log
ging season.
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THE BRoNcHo.
Hard to Sit, Hard to Guide, Hard Every
Way.


A broncho is horse. He has four legs
like the saw-horse, but is decidedly more
skittish. The broncho is of gentle depert.
ment and modest mien, but there isn't
real safe place about him. There is nothing
mean about the broncho, though he is per.
fectly reasonably and acts on principle. All
he asks is to be let alone, but he does ask
this, and even insists on it. He is firm in
this matter and no kind of argument can
shake his determination. There is bron-
cho that lives out some miles from this city.
We know him right WELL One day man
roped him and tried to put saddle on him.
The bronoho looked sadly at him, shook his
head, and begged the fellow, as plain as
could be, to go away and not try to interfere
with broncho who was simply engaged in
the pursuit of his own happiness, but the
man came on with the saddle and continued
to aggress Then the broncho reached out
with his right hind foot and expostnlated
with him so that he died. When thorough.
ly aroused the broncho is quite fatal, and if
| you can get close enough to him to examine
his cranial structure you win find cavity
| just above the eye where the bump of re-
morse should be-:
The broncho is what the cowboys call
q b;ob .trunon rvor won, - hnoa ;mat
how b;ab be l. strung climb mn o. 20 h;s
onov Wa roae hronoho onoa w. S;dnr
trovo, for I'm, ,bo r;da nas 0 ,,,;oh.r o~h;a
ra,;n. ,vh;la a ,as.ad W. 20. -, iii,
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''."sn' oa' Aio"i 'no 0nouiuei. Ane heooh
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POETRY.
truly Rcpentant.

Old Nehemiah Nimkins was as thrifty as could
be;
He kept host OF chickens that, with worthy
energy,
Laid one fine egg apiece each day, until their
owner grew
To be regarded by his friends as very well-to-do;
But, as he journeyed to the town to sell some
eggs one day,
He went so slowly that remorse o'ertook him on
the way!
any sense of honor Is aroused, he cried, "and
now / spurn
The very thought of taking what my poor, dumb
creatures earn
It's downright robbery, 1 think, to sell the eggs
they've laid
And will cheertully refund the money they
have made.
Beyond small commission, the corn used, and
the rent
or the wretched place in which they i've I'll give
them every cent
an have a skillful carpenter, as quickly as he
can,
Construct o house of architecture Gothic OF
Queen Anne;
III furnish 1t with bric-a- brac and paintings old
and rare; f E#
IN place before them daily generous bill-of-
fare;
And If there's any money left, pll have a lawyer
fix
W viii so can found a Home for Little orphan
ChicksP" an
Malcolm Douglas, In the 50. Nicholas.
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SWAPPING TURTLES FOR FOOD.
Where They Come From and How They
are Caught for Market.

A tall man, with big ulster buttoned
closely around him and twenty-pound
swapping turtle slung over his shoulders In
net, wandered aimlessly about among the
fish markets on Delaware avenue on Satur-
day to find purchaser for the animal.
" | caught it in Luzerne county yester-
day." he explained, as he stopped before
prominent dealer in fish, terrapins and
snappers. It's worth five dollars at least,
but you can have 1t for two"
" Are there many snappers caught in this
State ?" was asked of the dealer when the
Luzerne county man had pocketed his
money and disappeared.
We get some from Schuylxill, Luzerne
and Snyder counties" was the reply. "The
supply is small, but the quality of the meat
is of the best. The principal sources of the
supply are in Maryland and Delaware, and
We consider the quality Of the snnppers from
those places first-class. OF late quite bust
ness in snapper catching has sprung up in
Ohio and we got number from that State.
The average weight is from six to twelve
pounds, but we have several times received
much larger ones from Cape Cod. Not long
ago we got one from there which weighed
forty-fve pounds"
How do they catch them ?"
There are only two methods in general
use. Snappers which are caught ut this
time of the year are always found burrowed
in the ground, where they lie dormant from
about the LIST of November to the middle of
March. The snapper bed or grounds are
alweys along shallow fresh-water streams,
ahF he snappers themselves are generally
found at the bottom of holes dug in the
banks by muskrats. The hunters, provided
with pole, at ono end of which is an iron
point and at the other q hook, thrust the
pointed end into the hole, md If IL comes in
contact with Snapper the critter is hook
ed out in an instant. The other mode, In
use in summer, is to lay outlines the
hooks baited with small fresh-water fish.
Tho lines are looked at every few hours and
the snappers removed as fast as caught"
=" Is there much of demand for them
now2"
NoV u oiB ueihans, aiehouBn they nre az
their prime now. One reason of light de-
mand now is that more are eaten in the
summer, about May and June, than at any
other season of the year. They are some
what fatter then and often larger. It isn't,
however, the large ones that are mostly
called for. Restaurant keepers prefer small
ones, which they say make better soups OF
stews, the only ways, I guess, in which
snappers were intended to be served."--
Philadelphia Times
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BREAD MADE OF AcoRas. II.
How Some Indians Make the Oak Seiv-
Them With the staff Of Life.


The Indians scattered along the foothills
Of the Sierras are quiet, inoifensive peo-
Pile. They do not appear to be governed
by any tribal laws, yet adhere to many of
their old traditions. One or two men OF
superior ability and industry form nucleus
around which others less ambitious gather.
Hence they fence with brush and logs o
tract sufficient for their requirements OF
hay-makine, pasturage, etc. Although they
often indulge in the food of the civilized mn
tons, the acorn is still favorite article OF
diet in every well-regulated wigwam. The
process of converting this bitter nut into
bread is curious. Under the branches Of n
grand old pine found them at work They
had shucked and ground in the usual man
ner large mass of acorn meat. A number
of circular watts had been followed out of
the black soil in the shape Of punch-bowl.
Into these was put the acorn pulp. At
hand stood several large clothes-baskets fill
ed with water, and into these they dropped
hot stones, thus heating the water to the re-
quired temperature.
Upon the mass of crushed bitterness they
carefully ladled the hot water, making il
about the color and consistency of cream
Not speck appeared TO mix. A buxom
muhala stood by each vat and with small
fir bough stirred the mass, skillfully remoy-
ing any speck that fioated upon the surface.
The soil grad ually absorbed the bitter
waters, leaving firm white substance, OF
which they made bread. asked to taste
it, at which they said something in their
language and all laughed. I asked again
and after much laughter was handed O
small particle on a fg-leaf and found il
sweet and palatable. They began to remove
1t and 80 adroitly was this done that but O
small portion adhered to the soil. They
spread it upon rocks and in short time il
was fit for use. This, am told, they mi,
with water, pat 1t into thin cakes and bake
| before the fire.-San Francisco Chronicle
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What win Surely DO 1t.

Ones hair begins to fall ont from many
causes. The important question is: What
is sure to make itgrow III again9 Accord
ing to the testimony of thousands, Par
ker's Hair Balsam will do it. 1t quickly
covers bald spots, restores the original
color when the hair is gray or faded,
eradicates dandruff, and causes the scalp
to feel cool and we'll. It is not dye, not
greasy, highly perfumed, safe. Never
disappoints those who require nice, re-
liable dressing. Mar. 11.-4w.
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A San francisco Park.

"One of the great parks of modern
Zines is what San Franciscans term their
Golden Gate Park Of over thousand acres
OF all the great parks of the world they as.
sert that there is none so picturesque and
none having SO many resources for variety
of arboriculture. Nearly all semi-tropical
trees win thrive in it. For ten years the
work of tree-planting has been going on
and the park is rapidly becoming most
attractive spot. One of the best features Of
Tho place is the ocean view, the park being
located on the shore of the bay, with o
driveway along the beach.
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ing only most attenuated tenor, would be
forcibly reminded of Horace's " Parturiunt
monies nascitur ridiculus mus"
Senator Jones is, however, man of prac-
teal ideas, hard student and is admired
for his intellectual attainments as well as his
rare modesty. Philadelphia Times.
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now mun Fascinated the VIVA Bmnn,c

now Mnh rnscinutcd the WI" h""h'es'
A rancher in Modoc county, California,
named Colin Anderson, whilc going home
through the sage brush with lantern was
followed by rabbits, attracted by the light.
The Modoc Independent asserts that the
rabbits were so fascinated by the light that
Mr.. Anderson was enabled to catch some Of
them by the ears and carry them home
Territorial Enterprise.
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Try Groman's Dry Catawba Wine,
contains no alcohol. OF great benefit in
dyspepsia and indigestion. Put mp in
bottles, rs cts. ct
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-01
NNauAy
-~a@~masaa&aRew On Wasmumammsuusu~-.

some parts OF England and Ireland The
French demOiselle, however, thinks the first
FRIDAY in the month particularly fortunate
for her nuptials.
In sweden, the bride on her way back
rom church has pieces OF bread In her
pockets, These she throws away on hef
road 10 her home TO Insure her good lucN.
~ is ill.fortune TO the one who picks. an
these crumbs II the bride lose her slipper
on her way from church shs will lose ali her
troubles, and the one VINO picks Il up will
gain riches
In every country IL Ia an unhappy omen
for the wedding TO be put OIL when once tue
day has been liked, and In England II IA be.
lieNed great misfortune VIII tnsue N a bride
groom stand, II only for moment, az the
junction o. cross roads on his wedding
morn. In England, also, II is IN aught i
sign OF bad luck II the bride fails to Shed
tears ON her wedding. day, or III she turn
back TO take last look NJ herself in her
wedding toilet.
Among the English iasses II is bad luck fol
q bride TO look back or 20 back when once
she has started for the church, or TO marry
dressed In green, or to let the ceremony &c
on While there Is an open grave In the
churcnyard, When the bridesmaids undress
the bride they must he sure TO throw away