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Cuvier ON Tight Lacing.

The great naturalist, Cuvier, was
walking one day with asyoung lady,
who was victim Of tight lacing, in
a public garden in Paris. A lovely
blossom upon AN elegant plant drew
from from her an expression of adj
miration. Looking at her pale, thin
face, Cuyier said: "You were like
this flower once; tomorrow it will
be as you are now" Next day he
led her to the same spot, and the
beautiful flower was dying. She
asked the cause. "This plant re-
piled Cuvier, "Is an image of your
self. | will show you what is the
matter with it," He pointed to q
cord bound tightly round the stem,
and said "You are fading away
exactly in the same manner under
the compression of yosr corset, and
you are losing by degrees all your
youthful charms, just because you
have not the courage to resist this
dangerous fashion"
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A Cure for sIeepIessneaa.

A curious cure for sleeplessness,
has recently been reported by Or.
yon Gellhorn. A piece Of calico
about eighteen inches wide and two
and three.quarter yards long is rolled
up like bandage, and third Of it
wrung out Of cold water. The leg
is then bandaged with this, the wet
portions being carefully covered by
several layers of the dry part AS well
as by layer Of gutta-percha tissue,
and a stocking drawn over the whole.
This causes dilatation of the vessels
or the leg, thus diminishing the
blood in the head and producing
sleep. II has been found by Win
ternitz that the temperature in the
ear-passage begins to fall quarter
of an hour after the application OF
the bandage, the decrease amounting
to GA per cent, and the normal not
being again reached for from one
and one half to two hours afterward
The author has employed this means
Of procuring sleep for number Of
years, and finds il especially useful
in cases where there is congestion O
the brain. Sometime he has found
it necessary to re-apply the bandagc
every three or four hours as it dried
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HAD Been Invited TO the Wed
ding.

Good morning, Mr.. Johnson
said a young man to an elderly and
near-sighted man who had come off
without his glasses. Going up town.
YES. Got to do lot of trading
at the stores, and / don't know how
on airth | will get along without my
glasses
Getting ready for the wedding, ]
SUPPOSED?
Yes. My darter Emmer is going
to get married. She an that good
for-nothin' Hank Williams have
made match oft at last. thought
that young man would never get
down to business. He's as slow as
sorghum molasses in January, an as
shiftless as an Injun | don't be-
lieve he can earn his salt, an /
s'pose LII have to support him
But, MIR. Johnson
'Oh, he's good enough for Emmer.
That's the worst girl ever raised.
She liant bit like her mother, nor
like me, nuther. / have to pull her
out Of ped every morning, an she's
as lazy as an old hog She can't
bake, an haint with cuss on the
sew. A fine poor mans wife she'd
make Beside, she hez bunions on
her feet as big as early rose perta-
tiers, an she eats MORN boss. An
that amt the wust ont. If 'twasn't
for her mother that girl wouldn't
keep herself clean, an she never
thinks o. slickin' up her hair, nor
putting on sumthing nice 'cept when
company is 'spected. But she's gud
enough for that Hank Williams, an
if he'll only support her I'll be glad
to get her off my hands. S'poseyou
got an invite to the wedding p
Yes, I'm invited. You don't seem
to know me, Mr., Johnson.
Yes, do, but | can't just place
you. Let me see-I haven't got my
glasses with me-but | know you.
Yonr name isis
Hank Williams, sir
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mound which covered the manly
form Of him she had so truly loved
she would weep in an abandonment
Of grief.
The sketches were all finished, and
Royal Esmond joyfully started for
his home. His rough life in the
mountains had improved his appear
ance. The ruddy bronze which his
cheeks wore, and the golden-brown
beard which he had suffered to grow,
while it changed him, only made
him the handsomer
Unrecognized he passed through
the familiar streets on his way to
the dwelling of her whose dear I'M
age had never left his constant heart.
He found that Mabel was not at
home, and on being told that she
had gone to the cemetery he turned
his steps that way, thinking to find
her by her mothers grave.
lie entered the sacred Enclosure,
and recognized some distance away,
bending near stately marble monu-
ment, the slight, black-robed figure
of her he sought. Drawing gently
near to his unspeakable surprise he
read upon the stone his own name
Unconscious Of the near presence
of any one, and believing herself
alone with the dead, Mabel gave ut
terance to the grief which filled her
breast. Bending lower, SO that her
heavy vail fell over and Swallowed
the grave, she moaned softly to her
SELF
ooh, Royal! my Lowell my love !
look down from Heaven and pity
your poor Mabelp
With an inarticulate exclamation
Royal sprang to her side and clasp
ed her passionately to his heart.
With frightened, startled look
Mabel recognized him. 1t was too
much for her frail strength, and in
her lovers arms she swooned and
lay like an exquisite marble image.
But JOY seldom kills; and an hour
later Mabel sat with her hand close
clasped in Royals, with cheeks to
whose pure surface the rich color
had again returned, and with eyes
whose azure depths disclosed unmis-
takably the rapture which had driv-
en- away their sadness.
All was soon explained that had
seemed strange. BY singular CO.
incidence the initials of the poor
young artist who had lost his life in
the railroad disaster, and to whom
Royal had intrusted the message and
sketches tor Mabel, were the same
as his own, and thus it was that the
mistake as to his identity had arisen
Thus, as is often the case, had
true love triumphed at last over all
adverse circumstances.
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OF all the little, low, undignifed
disgusting practices in which little,
low and undignified men engage or
follow, there is least excuse for
swearing. Men may be tempted by
the prospect of worldly gain to lie,
to steal, to cheat or defraud out
when or how did any man ever in
crease his substance by blasphemous
oaths? Appetite may prompt to
drunkenness or debauchery, but there
is no appetite to prompt or be graft
ed by profanity. Swearing Is no
mark Of bravery, but rather Of cow
ardice-nor Is it evidence of wisdom,
refinement, politeness or learning.
a man Of good sense and high NOR.
al standing will not do it, because It
is foolish and wicked. A man of re-
fined and delicate feelings will not
doit, hecauseit is low ard vulgar. A
man possessing 4 due degree ofselire-
spect will not do it. because il is un-
manly and indecent. A truly brave
man will not do it, because the prao-
tice itself implies fear of either not
being believed or obeyed.
A man who has decent respect
for others will not do it, because he
knows that in the estimation Of all
wise and good men, it is regarded
with adherence and disgust. A
man who desires the respect and es-
teen Of others will not do it, because
he knows that by indulging in it he
forfeits all claims to the esteem of
those whose respect is worth having
A man who is governed by the die
tates ofreason will not do it, because
he can give no good reason for it.,
A man who is governed by the die
tates of conscience will not do it,
because conscience never dictated
such q course. A man who is gov
erned by the law of God will not do
it, because that law forbids it. A
man that is true philanthropist
will not doit, becausehe knows that
human happiness is promoted by
virtue and not by vice. A true pa
triot will not doit because he knows
that his country's safety and pros
perity depend greatly upon the
amount of intelligence and morality
there may be among the people, and
his ensrts are TO stregthen and not
weaken the moral restraints which
are around the public mind.
If none Of these characters, as
such, follow the practice, who then
are they that swear?
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Let us face the truth. The great
majority Of mankind are yet politi-
cal slaves Gigantic standing armies
eat out the substance of nations.
Great fleets of iron-clad men-ofwar
prowl over the high seas, and vast
fortresses frown along the borders of
ali lands. Wars still devour whole
Kingdoms at neal Incompetence
in every land sinks its hundreds Of
millions Of dollars annually, and fills
the land with widows and orphans
and beggary, and stocks the earth
with drunkards graves. On theone
hand great organizations Of anarch-
lists parade the streets Of the large
cities of this, the freest land under
the sun, proclaiming doctrines SUBJ
versive Of all property rights, Of So
cial order, and Of civilized govern
meut itself. On Che other hand great
monopoiies and moneyed corpora
tions, soulless, grasping and inso-
lent, are absorbing the earnings and
property Of myriads Of people. And
it il possible for an individual, who
never contributed q dollar to the
real wealth Of the country, or did
anght for the nation, for science or
humanity, to amass fortune Of
many millions in single lifetime.
Crime still pours IL ceaselcss
stream through all the earth, and
gloomy prisons rear themselves on
every hand, and ignorance and SUI
perstition and bigotry still exist,
while the gaunt victims of disease,
misery and restitution are marching
in procession of millions TO un-
timely graves All these things
teach us that the worlds night has
not yet passed away, and though the
dawn has begun to break, there is
much to be done before the full NOR,
ming cometh. And in the work Of
lifting these evils from the race, our
share, not as an order, indeed, but
as men who are Masons, with the
teachings of Masonry in our hearts,
is very large one.
Faithful to our great trust and
work in the onward progress of the
world, then as humanity in the past
has been blessed by our labors, so
shall the generations to come, every
where, rejoice in the beniiicencc Of
Freemasonry A. Kierter.
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Two men, who were fail-fencing
along Michigan avenue under the in
auence of drink the other day, met at
Rowland street. After long stare
at each other one turned away with
the remark;
Too bad Too bad That feller'd
be one shmartest men in en- country
fee didn't git zhrunk.p
Tie other looked after him aud
mournfully soliloquized:
Poor maui aIight 20 to Congress
as well as not but for zhis awful hab-
it, It's really to bad | must shee
him and tell him Of Ter degrading
nueuoes Of zhrink.p
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CHILDREN ASLEEP.
BY MATTHEW ARNOLD.


They sleep in sheltered rest
Like the helpless birds in the warm nest,
On the castles southern side,
Where feeble come the mournful roar
OF bufietlng wind and surging tide
Through many room and corridor.
Full on their window the moons ray
Makes their chamber bright as day;
1t shines upon the blank white walls,
And on the snowy white pillow falls;
And on two angel heads doth play
Twiuea TO each other-the eyes closed,
The lashes on the cheeks reposed.
Round each brow the cap cl0se-set
Hardly lets peep the golden-hair;
Thfough he sOft-opened lips the air
Scarcely moves the cOyerlet.
One little wandering arm is thrown
AL random on the Counterpart,
And often the fingers close in haste
AS ii their baby owners chased
The butterflies again.
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Boston girls now carry red silk
umbrellas with silver handles. They
will be just the things for summer
sanntoring through mails cattle pas
lures the coming season when city
people take TO The woods
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By CARL BRIcKETp.
-o--(:IoI $50

4 7 the foot of a great oak which
"A stretched its pendant green
q branches protectingly over her,
was seated a young girl. That she
was beautiful none could deny, but
the chief charm of her perfect face
lay in it's expression Of womanly
sweetness. A short distance away,
through the trees, could be seen the
towers of the stately residence which
was her home. But though the child
of wealth and luxury, it was evident
that Mabel Lowerie was not happy,
for her brows were contracted with
look of pain, and her lustrous blue
eyes were full of tears. A football
broke the silence, and with start
Mabel sprang to her feet.
My darling, l thought that |
should find you here in your favor
tie nook
A young man with happy hand
some face spoke these words, and as
he did so he endeavored to clasp her
in his arms, but Mabel drew back.
No, Royal she SAID, trying in
vain to render her voice steady, you
must notl'
Must not embrace my betrothedl
Why, Mabel, that is strangeindeedN
His face still wore its happy smile
as if he thought she TESTED.
The girl hesitated moment as
though to gain calmness, then she
said slowly:
i came here to-day, Royal, know
ing that should see you, and with
the intention of telling you some
thing which causes me great pain.
1t is this-our engagement must be
broken-I can never be your wife.
The young man gazed at her in
credulously moment, then as he
saw her sad, tear-stained face, his
own grew very pale.
'MabelP he exclaimed, do not
torture me- You cannot mean what
you say What is it that has come
between us -
MabeIs head dropped lower as she
answered, almost in whisper:
My mother is very ill-so danger
ously that the least excitement might
kill her-and she has set her heart
upon my marrying my cousin, Mr..
Doane'
Royal recoiIed as if stricken by a
sharp blow, then a bitter laugh broke
from his lips:
i see If you marry Mr.. Doane
the two estates which lie so conven-
iently adjacent to each other will be
made one. As for mel am only
an unknown artist-it is no wonder
that the wealthy Mrs, Lowerie
should look higher for her daughterl
A cry of anguish burst from Ma
bel.
Royal do not speak 50 you viii
break my heart Have not enough
to bear? You know that / love you;
but if disobey my mothers wishes
now her death might be on my con
science. Do not make it harder than
it is
Her voice broke, and clasping her
to him, Royal looked earnestly into
her lovely, upturned face. He read
4 there that no words that he might
utter could change her resolution.
ooh, my darling it is cruel Is
there no hope of your mothers re-
\ leasing you from her commands? p
Mabel shook her head.
i have told you, Royal, how feeble
she is-if / thwarted her now /
should never forgive myself. We
must say farewell she broke of
with sob, and raising her soft lips
she pressed them one moment to his
in a last, lingering caress; then
breaking from his embrace she left
him.
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The battle is always To the strong,
said tho Judge as he awarded the
butter premium at country fair.
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salvation Oil, the greatest pain eure
on earth, Is guaranteed TO effect cure
where 1t Is possible for the seat of tie
disease TO be reached by a liniment.
Price 20 cents bottle.
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The proper word for card tables is
deal.
Daily Republican., 1886-04-21

About 10 O'Clock this morning a Inv
about II years Of age, the son OF jane
Murphy, 81 engineer on the B.w, q b.
Railroad. was seriously injured By the
oars ut she foot of Pine street. II seam
that the cars were left standing ~ I'M
freight yard, and young Murphy was
playing around them, when shifier
was attached 20 more OF them aud the
Jar threw the boy between the bumpers
He was Immediately taken TO his father's
residence No. 22l Pine street and DIR.
Draper was summoned.
An exsminstion showed that while
no bones are broken, he 10 seriously In.
jured. There 10 . hole all the way
through his right thigh and the fiesh i
badly torn and lacsrated. His RIGHT
arm 10 also badly injured and he aus.
tanned o number of bruises ON other
parts OF his body. The physioia spent
about three hours In dressing I'M
wounds and trying to alleviate his suf.
ferinRs.
Daily Republican., 1886-04-21

H
awbsrry Toe cream ut Raymond's.
CLANS by the quart 1t Ainscow's.
Olothss wringers with steel rods. East
eth street.
Full line OF new spring goods for
ladies ct Harris, 416 King street.
Go ana soc the fan drill Thursday
night In Scott M. K. Church.
Gentlemen's white shirts from 30
cents TO Bl.26 ut Harris, 4l6 King street.
A load OF hay upset at noon to-day ct
Front and Washington streets.
1t 10 reported that Mr.. Peter j. Ford
will erect the new moroeco factory In
the vicinity of Silverbrook.
About $50 morocco dressers out on a
strike had . good social time at Excel
sior and Rosendale Parks on Tuesday.
John Wise, lumber dealer, lost n
horse last Thursday, and another on
Monday night, from Inflammation Of the
bowels.
The Fire Department 10 about placing
boxes In the chief and assistant engin-
eers' houses, so that the department may
be made more efficient than ever.
Workmen are busily engaged in beau.
tifyink the interior. as well as the ex.
terror OF the First Presbyterian Church,
on Market street above Ninth.
HeAld q Co. will have q sale Of houses,
stocks, etc., next Saturday afternoon,
and ell who wish bargains should be ON
hand on that occasion.
The old Hannah Moore property. at
the end Of the causeway, Is being d.
vided up into building lots of ave and
ten acres apiece. There are 140 acres
10 the farm.
Rev. Edward K. Hale will lecture In
the Unitarian Church tomorrow even
ing on "What 10 the American Citizen?"
He is an eloquent speaker, and the house
should be Allied by our citizens on this
occasion.
Daily Republican., 1886-04-21
Labor Metes.

A report comes by the way of Pitts
burg that the miners of Luzerne, Lack
awanna and Lehigh counties are form
ing an organization known as the
"Miners' Protective Association" Ii
IL the intention on Mar Let to ipsist
upon the enforcement of the eight-hour
law. They also ask that wages remain
the same. There Ia very probability
OF long and disastrous lockout.
At Baltimore on Tuesday Charles
Boyle, Thomas Bosley, William Fill
more and John McKeanA, st1ikine
drivers on the Prick line, arrested on
Monday evening for ASSEMBLING John
Moy Ian, new driver, lad bearing
aud were held for trial. Boyle and
Bosley, also charged with ASSEMBLING
the police, were unable TO find bal! and
wera seat TO prison. A large police
forc5 Was stationed Tuesday at all
points where trouble was expected.
TIE lSstsra Of Thomas A. Whitoher
u Co Of . lincy, Mass, struck on
Tuesday morning for an advance In
wages from 80 70 SO cents per case for
plain Toes, from 40 10 80 cents for box
toes and from 10 TO IL cents pair for
sam piles.
Tie lasters at the A. d Howe shoe
factory, at Tayville, Massachusetts.
struck last fall for higher wages. A
scheG aie Of prices WAS agreed upon Ia
remain in force until April /. The
iasters then demanded higher prices.
but wers refused. The factory was
elose,i and 1t was announced on Tues
DAY lh2t ii will not Reopen for ak
mouths. Two hundred employees are
thrown cut.
A telegram from Boston ssya tina,
Wiggin q Stevens, pToprietors of the
New England sand paper factory, AZ
Edgewater, on Tuesday anticipated a
strike for more pay and against the dis
naissal Of two Knights of Labor for
drunkenness, by discbarging their forty
employees and shutting down.
The journeymen tailors of Lynchburp
virgins, struck yesterday for higher
wages.
The employees of James Irving 8
Sons' cotton mills at IrvinRton, near
Cheeter, Pa, have struck for higher
wssss and the mile are closed.
Two hundred workmsn of the Wis
cohsin Iron Company, at ST. Paul, have
demanded the eight-hour system with
eemi-nonthly payments.
Sewer boyootters of Mrs. Gray, In
new YORK, were Tuesday indicted BY
The Grand Jury for conspiracy and CO.
etclon, and held In $500 bail each.
The Domestic Sewing Machine Com
panS's works at Newark, N. j., have
shut down, throwing 800 persons out Of
work. The monlders had asked for 4
restoration of their old wages, but th,
management said the demand had moth
a
tons.
Tho elevated railroads In New Yorh
on Monday carried ABS, 900 passeng gers
Ihis was owing to the tie up.
On Tuesday evening the Coke Syndi
cate had posted throughout the Con
nelisvillo regions notice advancing ths
wages OF the miners and coke drawer,
after May from B to 16 per cent, Tn,
increase, which Is entirely voluntary
Affects all Of the 10000 men who tool
part in the recent strike.
Daily Republican., 1886-04-21
Arrest of a Noted Thiei'

Margaret Deyer, aged sna,
who seems to DO q coltI'aN
MAC, was arrested his noil
10 O'Clock on Market stree !.
by officer Foster. The o1m
up Market street Wien " I,
garet, and IS she sesns IT, 4
shawl shssII he 3 stopped her, ID 10y. ls1a
was a roll, containing IA. !
he undertook to tlt n 4
when she fought ata ' 'Siissd
her In the telegrsp p oni.' 1lAica
soon 40 sne arrived rhi d. andih'y sa'essSSsss1
cloth cios He was a. stolen from S sHa|
Fourth ana MaIhpt a that 81
afterwards ascertaineai mo. mo /
also stolen a pair o 81 s Tsrts
Wesley Pyle, at NO. ~, ,hp.s '
AS she did not have W.. "a IN
rested Officer Foster sla a IN "a,
Of them, and succeeded sass r + q
three pairs of fine snoe ina pail
sold to a junk dealer p 9Is rbu
was iden titled by NJ d ry,sl B
not certain about me ,, U,. locke
property. MargaIet. y S morrow
Will have a hearing to, .lsaliOr
She has been caught Sheet ! bssn
OF times. but has si#a''
atcount of her age,
Daily Republican., 1886-04-21
Victim of Intemperance .

About 8 o'clock Tue sday evening
word was sent to the police station fol
an officer TO come to q house on Fifth
street, between Orange and Tatnal
streets, and get German named
Joseph Rudolph. When the officer re-
sponded he found that Rudolph had
been on protracted spree and wal
vergiDg on delirium tremens. Ate,
being taken to the hall 1t was found
necessary to fasten him down to pre-
vent his injuring himself. This morn
ing he was ravlAg and crying in tht
most piteous manner, and will proba
bly, have to be taken to the almshoust
for treatment.
Daily Republican., 1886-04-21
THRD EDITION.


To morrow afternoon apd night the
famous newly welded Count aud
Countess Magri. Formerly Mrs. Genera
Tom Thumb, will appear ut tht
Academy of Music In an interesting
program. The diminutive couple have
juss returned from their European
bridal tour, and will appear at each
performance in the costumes worn q,
the wedding. Baron Erneat Magri. q
brother OF the Count, will appear with
him In musical selections. Miss Lucy
and Sarah Adams, the midget aistere,
will also appear, and Miss Sarah will
perform her wonderful AERIAL eusponsion
act. In addition to these the reno wned
Professor LoRrenia, the royal oopjnror,
and Master De Forrest, the boy jugglsr,
will appear ut each perforinHL 90. The
admission will only be 20 cents, and
half price for children under 10 years
Of age.
On Monday night therenowned Nine.
Helena Modjeska will sppsar In Bhak-
espear's twelfth Night" and 40 sea,s
will no doubt be in demand, taose who
wish TO attend should secure them n
soon as the box sheet Is opened mt Bay
nArd's.
Tuesday night J. L. Ferguson will
AnNo . ooncubt ANU u very attractive
programme has been prepared for the
occasion.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
nights Stoddart's Operatic Minstreis
will appear, and The week will close
with q benefit on Saturday night to the
Delaware Field Club.
On Easter Monday night the veteran
Sam Hemple will commence an engage
ment Of one week at the Opera House,
during winch there will be q different
bill presented at each performance.
Sam is one Of the Oldest and best come
dams now on the stage, and commenced
his career nearly forty years ago at the
old Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia,
where he soon became favorite, and rs
long as the days Of stock companies re-.
NAMED was q fixture of the place. He
seems to be gifted with perpetual
youth, and is as bright and as full OF
fun as he was in the palmy days OF
long ago. He is supported by a good
company and will play al popu lar
prices.