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Critical Periods Of Life.

From the age of forty to that of sixty
a man who properly regulates himself
may be considered in the prime of life.
His matured strength of constitution
renders him impervious to the attacks of
disease, and all the functions are in the
highest order. Having gone year or
two past sixty, however, he arrives at a
critical period of existence; the river of
death flows before him, and he remains
at standstill. But athwart this river is
viaduct called "Thc Turn of Life, !"
which, if crossed in safety, leads to the
valley "Old Age" round which the river
winds, and then flows beyond without q
boat or causeway to effect its passage.
The bridge is, however, constituted of
fragile materials, and it depends upon
how it is trodden whether it bends or
breaks. Gout, apoplexy and other bad
characters, are also in the vicinity to
waylay the traveller and thrust him from
the pass; but let him grid up his loins,
provide himself with perfect composure.
TO quote metaphor, the turn of life"
has a turn either into prolonged walk
or into the grave. The system and
powers having reached their utmost ex-
pansion, now begin to close like flowers
at sunset or break down at once. One
injudicious stimulant, a single fatal ex
citemcnt, may force it beyond its
strength; while careful supply of props
at the withdrawal Of all that tends to
force plant, will sustain it in beauty
and vigor until night has nearly set in.
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AVOlcan0 Under the Sea.

CAPTAIN Robert NJ. Lavender, OF the
schooner Alice Montgomery, which ar
rived at New Orleans, recently, with a
cargo of ice from Kcnnebec, Me-, reported
an Interesting incident. He states that
four days before arriving at New Orleans
and southwark of Rebecca Shoals, in the
extreme eastern portion Of the Gulf OF
Mexico he passed through an extensive
tract of floating fish, dead and dying.
AS far as the eye could reach this specta-
Gle met the gaze and the vessel sailed
through it for twenty miles. The tsh
were of great varieties; and another curl
Gus feature of the phenomenon was that
the sea was yellowish and streaked on
the surface with yellowish scum.
The supposition that these fishes were
destroyed by some sudden visitation OF
an epidemic disease is scarcely rcasona-
bic. Of a variety of theories, the most
plausible appears to be that which at
tributes the destruction of the fishes to
the breaking out beneath the sea OF vol
canic matter and poisonous gases de-
structive to the lives of marine animals
exposed to them. Submarine volcanoes
are bv no means unknown. The fact OF
their existence has often been attested
in disturbances of the ocean bottom, cases
of the sinking of coasts and islands into
the sea or of their elevation out OF it be-
ing on record.
The opening ofrifts in submarine rocks,
through which poisonous sulphurous
yapors are driven into the
waters above, would be entirely in accord
with the rules of volcanic action.
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The Blizzard.

The blizzard came down like thousand o.
brick,
His breathings were cakes of ice four luches
thick
And his hair streamed far out in stiffness
that bent
With the swirl and speed Of the pathway no
went.
His beard, that found roots to the lids OF his
eyes.
His face in a harry. unpierced disguise.
And spread out in ice-like rigidity far
From his one eye that flashed like plTotai
star.
Unseen was the rest of the deron-like form
OF the swift-moving blizzard, the god OF the
storm:
But the presence was felt of an unron'luered
will,
For the fast-running rivers stood suddsnly
still.
And the noses of people who travelled the
street
Turned white with alright, and the hurrying
feet
Were stung as with sting of hundred OF
bees
While the blood crept away and allowed them
to freeze.
columbus Dispatch.
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S1yenf.NIinded Women.

So great IS the influence of a sweet
minded woman on those around her that
it is almost boundless. 1t is to her that
friends come in seasons of sorrow and
sickness for health and comfort. One
soothing touch of her kindly hand works
wonders in the feverish child; few
words let fall from her lips in the ear of
a sorrow stricken sister do much to raise
the load of grief that is blowing its vic
tim down to the dust in anguish. The
husband comes home worn out with the
pressure of business and feeling irritable
with the world in general; but when he
enters the cosy sitting-room and sees the
blaze of the bright fire, and meets his
wife's smiling face, he succumbs in a
moment to the soothing influences which
act as the balm of Gilcad to his wounded
spirits, that are wounded with the stern
realities of life. The rough school-boy
flies into rage from the taunts of his
companions to find solace in his mothers
smile; the little one, full of grief with
her large trouble, finds haven of rest on
the mothers breast; and so one might 60
on with instance after instance of the in
Auence that sweet et-minded woman has
in the social life with which she is con-
ncctcd. Beauty is an insignificant powc:
when compared to hers.
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A Virpinia GentIcWOman.

A correspondent at Richmond OF the
Boston Home Journal writes: 1t is a
pleasure to sit at dusk in Capitol square.
Now and then some 1.-the young form clad
in the latest fashion trips by. Perhaps
Immediately after her. with stately,
measured tread, a dignitied figure walks
slowly by. She is perhaps clad in the
simplest garb, not coarse, but incxorably
plain, her bonnet the pattern dozen
seasons ago, but there is something "
that tells you beyond peradvcnture that
she is gcntlewoman. Faded gcntility !
Not bit of it. Like enough she lives in
a solid old mansion which has been in
her family time out of mind. 1t is fur
nished with faded, cumhrous old furni-
turc that she would not change for the
finest modern upholstery. Every arti-
Gle has its history. At table, where she
presides with cordial hospitality over Il
liberal meal dcliciously cooked, you
drink your tea from rare old china and
pour your tea from a silver urn stamped
with coat of arms hundreds of years
old. She builds no pride on diamonds,
unless, indeed, they are hcirlooms, nor
upon silver or gold, though she admircs
their beauty and appreciates solid value,
but begin to talk of " "family," and she
will point to the portraits on the walls
the hiehbrcd, refined faces of Il century
or more ago, and her face will glow with
pride as she recounts to YOU their history.
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Points About the Eye.

The following facts and statements are
from a lecture by Dr. II. B. Grove on
Color Blindness and Other Peculiari-
ties of the Eye"
There is no cure for color blindness.
The first case of color blindness was
reported in 1777.
Color blindness is due to exhaustion of
nerve tibcrs.
-Four in every 100 males and one in
every 400 females are color blind.
1t is no sign man is color blind be-
cause he cannot name every color.
The eye of an insect contains from fifty
to 20, 900 small eyes. It is really COM
posed of eyes.
We do not need light to see certain
objects. a sha"p blow on the eye often
causes man to see stars"
The cause Of color blindness, aside
from natural causes, are alcohol, tobacco
and disca;c. 1t is in many cases heredi-
tary.
l once saw man who was color blind
take $50 colors and divide them into four
groups, black, yellow. white and blue.
1t is nonsense to believe that there is
any particular way to rub the eyes. 1t
makes no difference whether you rub
from or towards the nose, or up or down.
The cat, horse and birds have third
cyclid. which is used to protect the eye
from too much Ii ght. Man has third
eyelid in the corner of the eye, which is
undevelopcd.
The defects of the eye are numerous,
but we are pretty well satisfied with it.
Everyone has blind spot in his eye:
This is proven by shutting one eye and
looking at an object. We cannot see it
fully.
The use of the eye cups to change the
form of the eye in hopes of bettering the
sight is ridiculous. They draw the eye
out of shape and often cause blindness.
Thousands of these cups are sold every
wear. r.-Bufnl0 Express.
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StOpping ut the White House.

Not long ago heard all old gentle
man telling with great delight of how he
vas once Il guest ut the White House. II
was during Andrew Jackson's first term.
His father was al ardent admircr OF
jackson. and insisted that the son. then
lust of age. should make Il pilgrimage tc
Washington for the sole purpose OF see
ing the old hero. They lived at Eric,
Penn. and the long journey had to be
made ON horseback. The young man
cook the tedious ride. and. after rcfrcSh
ing himself at i Washington hotel. went
up to the White House and went to see
the President. When he was admitted
he told Jackson that he had ridden all
the way from Eric to sec him. The
President asked his business, aid was
highly pleased when he WIS told that
the only object Of the visit had been lr'
complshcd in obtaining an interview.
jackson asked where the young man
was stopping, and on being told, insisted
ON sending down for his horse and sad
debays and retaining him as a guest at
the White House. Fora week the young
Pennsylvania enjoyed cold IIickory,s"
hospitality. On the morning of his de-
pariurc his horse, with the saddlcbags
across his back, was led in front of the
White House, and the President came
out, as any good old farmer would have
done, to shake hands and wish him a
safe Journey ome.--4tlanta Constitution.
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A Good Housekecper.

Ability to be perfect housekeeper IS
not conferred on every woman, but it is
possible to be good one without sacri-
icing all other interests in life. While
Dne is learning, to be sure, it may seem
IS if there were not many interests be-
yond the household, but after the art has
been mastered, there is freedom and a
sense of power worth all the struggles
made OF course, the kitchen is not the
only place in which burdens are borne,
yet the care of the table generally makes
itself felt more than anything else; and
no matter how we'll conducted all the
other departments may be, if this one be
neglected, discomfort and unhappiness
will ensue. Cooking is a science, and
for this reason girls are often more sue
cessful than their elders in ordinary eX-
periments, because they comply strictly
with directions, instead of guessing what
quantity of ingredients to use in order to
produce desired results. Experienced
housekeepers might avoid much disap-
pointment if they were equally CAREFUL
The Home.
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4 Remarkable Old Pair.

Some time since the New York -N"I
.2"d Eap,"ss published the fact of Daniel
Smith. Of Mcrrick, J.. l., having attained
the age of nincty-two years Mr.. Smiths
wife, eighty-nine years OF age is still
living, they having enjoyed scvcnty-two
years Of married life Mr.. Smith served
in the war of 1912 to 1915, and for two
years was stationed at Fort Green, Brook
lyn. Until recently he has managed NINETY
acre farm, and last fall cut two acres OF
buckwhcat. This remarkable couple had
IL family of fourteen children; nine Of
them arc still living. They have twenty
nine grandchildren, forty great grand
children and four great great grand
childr II.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

From studies in Sicily, Drs. Buchner
and Emmerich find evidence that the oc-
currcnce of cholera has some connection
with the character of the soil, and that it
makes its way into the system through
the alimentary canal.
Professor Langley's recent researches
have led him to conclusions which imply
that in the absence of the absorbing at
mosphcrc the earth would receive sufi-
cient heat from the sun to melt an ice
shell about 1870 feet deep over the globes
entire surface.
Professor Fleischman has tasted new
patented apparatus, the process with
which consists in simply heating themilk
to 14O degrees, and then quickly cooling
it to fifty or sixty degrees. Milk so
treated kept sweet thirty hours longer
than without the treatment, and had no
trace of the taste peculiar to boiled milk.
The operation required only an hours
time.
Careful experiment has disclosed the
fact that a single square foot of leaf sur
face in the case of soft, thin-leafed plants
will, during fair weather, exhale vapor at
the rate of one and quarter ounces daily.
At night the rate is only about one-ffth
as rapid as during the day, and during
rainy weather there is absolutely no evap'
oration.
Somebody says in London paper that
the highest velocity yet impaired to a
cannon ball is 1, 626 feet per second, equal
to mile in 3.2 seconds The velocity OF
the earth at the equator, due to rotation
on its axis, is 1000 miles per hour, or q
miles in 3.8 seconds; thus, if cannon
ball were fired due west and could main
tain its initial velocity, it would beat the
sun in its apparent journey around the
earth.
The weight of scientific opinion now
favors the view that ''f1ying-hsh" do not
fly. The muscles Of flight in birds aver
age in weight one-sixth of the whole body,
those of bats e-thirteenth, while those
which have been supposed to enable the
fishes to fly arc only one-thirty-second.
The impulse to the propulsion of flying
fish is probably delivered while they are
5Clll III Lne wafer ny tuc cACClCAoHhtiJ
powerful muscles which cover both sides
Of their body.
Investigations show that the limit OF
temperature at which men can work de-
pends upon the length Of their exposure,
the amount of cxertion they put forth.
their condition, and the nature of the at:
mospherc, particularly as to its degree OF
moisture. It is stated that men have been
employed on railways at 104 deg; 10
mines under very favorable conditions
at 125 deg. and are said to work OCCASION
ally in the stokc-holes of tropical steamers
at l5e deg. Professor Dubois is reported
to have estimated that temperature OF
1s2 deg. can be endured when the air is as
dry as possible, but 104 deg. is likely to
be fatal in an atmosphere saturated with
moisture. It is also consideecd certain
that men cannot become accustomed to
stand for any considerable time higher
temperature than from 145 deg. to 165
deg. even when they keep perfectly still
and are in quite pure air.
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Painting Portrait by Description.

Gloomy Siberia has furnished joke OF
her own that has made all the Russias
laugh. Ivan Pctrotf. q merchant and
mayor of the city of Gorki, of the Tomsk
Province, died a while ago. The citizens
raised two hundred rublcs to procure i
painting of the dead mayor. They sent
the money to Mr.. Skotti, the well-known
painter of Moscow, asking him to make a
portrait of the mayor They did not in
close any photograph, but gave this de-
scription: Age, tifty-two years and six
months: stature, five feet six inches; hair
and eyebrows, auburn; eyes, gray; nose,
mouth and chin, ordinary; face, clean.
He had no special traits, except stammer-
ing" The artist laughed, and gave the
curious order to one Of his young pupils,
Astrakhoff, who in Il few days painted
the portrait of the stammcring mayor
and sent it to Siberia. In few weeks
Skotti received a letter from the Cor
kians, saying: The relatives of the late
Mr.. Pctroff and the rest Of tho citizens
believe that no better likeness could have
been made"
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MOXa.

Although tattooing is confined to tho
lower orders of the Japanese, round
White spots are to be seen on the skin OF
almost every native Of Japan in all ranks
of life. These spots are known, DR..
Baclz tells us, as ''moXa," and they are
produced by burning the flesh in pecu-
liar way, with the object OF curing some
disease. The belief in the efficacy Of
moxa is universal in Japan, and the Por.
tueuese and Spaniards must have adopted
the same faith in its power to alleviate or
cure deep seated pain, for they intro
duccd both the treatment and its Ja-
pancse name into Europe.
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JUST ENOUGH.

The man who hopes for little
In this great world Of strife
VIII find success awaiting
Ere the culminate of life;
While he who hopes to grasp the stars
From out their legions bright
Will falter by the wayside drear,
With havens just in sight.
The child that learns to babble
Close at the mothers knee
May have the germ, ambition,
I'm babes expectancy;
Tomorrow, when the sun Of life
Has settled DER the land,
A sod of green may cover Ger
The chill and nerveless hand.
It's much that makes the little,
Or little makes the much,
Depending all entirely
Upon the might of touch
Upon the touch of greed or trust.
Oh Hope! why will you die
When first the beacon flashes DER
The armament of sky!
Oh heart of great endeavor!
You'll never learn the worth
That's germed within the human breast
As smiles and tears in birth.
Why will you never count the cost
Of jewels far away,
And never stop to gather up
The pearls which round you lay?
H. s. Keller, In Clipper.
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Women as Inventors.

Joseph IIatton, in a letter written from
England says: A list of American women
patcntccs has called the attention of social
rcformers to this interesting subject, and
while the number on this side of the At
lantic of women who have taken out pat
ents for new inventions is very small in
deed when compared with those of the
United States, the number OF patents
granted to women from July. 1884,
to the end of March in the current
year OF 1885 shows great increase
on previous years, and is not with
out special interest at the present mo-
mcnt. 1t is, however, noticeable that
while American women soarright into the
masculine atmosphere of mechanical and
scientific research and invention, English
women arc mostly content with what IS
generally regarded by men rs their own
particular sphere. While IN American
women invents the Burton horseshoe
machine, an English woman takes out IL
patent for an improved pca-Solp; while
Mrs Mary Il. Waltrcn pcrfects system
for dcadenlng the sound OF elevated rail-
roads, her English sister, SovcrncSS' pa
tents registering label and means OF at ,
tachmcnt to boots and shoes at hotels ana
other establishments; while Mrs. \. H..
Manning 1nvcnts Il new moving and reap
Ing machine on your side of the water, the
Enplish widow of bookseller registers
improvements for the manufacture OF
bread; Mrs. Mathcr, in the United States,
improves the decp-sea telescope, and Mrs;
Jones, of England, makes compound
sardine paste, and so on. Not that l
would infer there is no evidence of higher
mechanical genius than is represented by
these English patents, for, among Others,
women have taken out papers for I'M
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FORESHADOwINGS.

Wind Of the winter night, .l,.a.s
Under the starry skies, "
Somewhere my lady bright,
Slumbering lies,
Wrapped in calm maiden dreams,
Where the pale moonlight streams,
Softly she sleeps.
I do not know her face,
Pure as the lonely star
That in yon darkling space
Shineth afar;
Never with soft command r. +
Touched I her willing hand. =
Kissed I her lips. -.
have not heard her voice,
I do not know her name;
Yet doth my heart rejoice, 1
Owning her claim;
Yet am T true to her; - ~
All that is due to her -
Sacred I keep. -
Never a thought Of me ~ -
Troubles her soft repose;
Courant Of mine may be -
Lily or rose; -
They may not bear to her,
This hearts fond prayer to her,
Yes-she is mine.
Julia G. r. DorT.
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Consolation at the Last.

when life's pilgrimage is over, and its cares
and troubles end,
Ere we enter the dark valley whittier all
our footsteps tend,
How twill cheer those solemn moments if
we feel that this is true,
That the world is some way better for our
having travelled through;
Some of it's sorrows lessened, some Of its
darkness turned to day,
Some of its thorns uprooted, some of its
burdens rolled away"
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provemeutsin piano-forte key-boards, in
the manufacture of non-alcoholic bever-
ages from fruits, and improvements in
connection with circular frame knitters.
The comparison have given above is,
nevertheless, just one, although it may
fairly be said of English women that just
as they are only now entering upon
course of social and political freedom,
they are only beginning to take up the
role of inYcntors.n
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THE HOME DOCTOR,
"sinkine at the Stomach

Individuals sometimes complain of a
very unpleasant sensation at the pit Of
the stomach, as if the bottom had drop
ped out. 1t is commonly due to the i'm
proper use of the breathing apparatus.
The abdominal and dorsal muscles have
become relaxed, and the diaphragm has
been forced to do more than its appropri-
ate share of work. The remedy is fresh
air and exercise.
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How to Breathe.

Be careful to keep the mouth closed
and breathe through the nostrils this cold
weather. There arc two good reasons for
this. Air, drawn through the nasal pas
sagcs, is slightly warmed on its way; if
brcathcd more directly through the
mouth, it reaches the lungs too cold. 1t
is also said, and it looks reasonable, that
the fine hairs lining the nostrils keep out
dust and disease germs which would find
free passage to the throat and lungs if
one breathed through the mouth. Chill
aren should be taught correct habits of
breathing from the beginning.
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But the people who gathered did jeer and did

But the people VINO SasneIeu o1u JeeA aAo o.@
Instead Of the three, they saw one like this
-Eransrille Argus
First .'lady'-''And which side is
your husband nov, Mrs. Mangles?" Sec
ond sometimes one, and some
times another, mum. When don't want
any money he's Liberal, but when I'm
short he's a regular Conservative!-
Punch. T..
A French agricultural college expert,
ment is claimed to have demonstrated
that giving COWS water at sixty-six de-
grees increased the milk yield one-third.
But this must be mistake. We suspect
that, from long habit, the waite: was put
into the milk can instead OF the
coW.-iMnnesotG Tribune.
AT THE BALL.
Her face was fair
Beyond compare,
Her manner haughtiness supreme;
thought, and yet
I can't forget, .,
That things are rarely what they seem.
Three words she spoke,
Which like the stroke
OF DOOM in fragments rent my dream.
You dances" said,
She turned her head,
And smiling, answered, Il should scream.
-.Ncw Hduen Ne,rs.
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Seven Wonders Of a Young Lady.

Seven Wonders Of Young Lady.
/. Keeping her accounts in preference
20 an album.
2. Generously praising the attractions
If that "affected creature" who always
cuts her out.
8. Not ridiculing the man she secretly
prcfers-nor quizzing what she seriously
admires.
4. Not changing her "dear, dear
friend" quarterly-or her dress three
times day.
5. Reading a novel without looking
at the third volume first; or writing a
letter without a postscript; or taking wine
At dinner without saying "the smallest
drop in the world" or singing without
"a bad cold;" or wearing shoes that were
not "a mile too big for her"
6. Seeing baby without Immediately
rushing to it and kissing it.
Z. Carrying large bouquet at an even
ing party, and omitting to ask her part
ner ''if he understands the language of
flowers. It'd Bits.