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Caro- OF ApImnIs in summer.

The American Humane Association pre-
sents the following suggestions relative to
care of animals during the heated Term;
Provide water-fresh, pure water. Think,
reader, how you are refreshed by drink
OF cool water on a hot day. The lower
aniscals are equally in need Of the means
g.: ~ hinE thirst.
Tie tive dog requires drink frequently
during Ia hot day, as does al5o the cat
and g dish of fresh water should stand
where they can have access to il. Und0ubt-
eddy many n dog is driven TO madre ss
through lack Of water; and the testimony
is that hydrophobis is almost unknown IN
these localities where dogs can drink when
they wish.
Every city, village and COUNTRY town
should be literally supplied with drinking
fountains for animals, and they should be
so CONSTRUCTED that even the smallest dogs
can drink from them. No gift 10 . people
oonigrs q greater pleasure than fountain,
and that person who turns aside a stream
from the field and gives q watering trough
to the roadside, or provides 4 fountain at
which man and beast can drink pure water
is truly a pnbliC benetactor,
Give the horse frequent opportunity TO
quenCn thirst at times when nos too much
oyer-heated and before eating To drink
freely Immediately after eating prevents q
favorable digestion Of food.
Provide shade How InstincttveIy VIC
seek the shadow when the sun is pouring
lis not rays on the dry and parohiug earth.
If the pasture IS not provided with shade
trees in q convenient locality set foar, six
Or eight supporters, across which place
straw or gca.s, and mus in brief time and
with little labor make a shade in which
animals can rest FROM the heat of tho sun,
To the great comfort OF then.sei yeS and
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Select the girl.

Select the girl.
Agree with the girls father in politics
and the mother IN religion.
If you have rival. keep al eye on him
if he is a widower, keep two eyes On him.
Don't swear to the girl that you have no
bad habits. II will Ge enough for you to
say that you never heard yourself 5nore IN
your sleep
Don't put zoo much sweet stuff on paper.
If you do you will hear it read IN after
years, when your wife has some especial
purpose in inflieNng upon you the severeat
punishment known TO a married man.
Go home 81 reasonable hour IN the
evening. D3a't wait TIKI the girl has 20
throw her whole soul into yaRn that she
can't cover with both hands. a little thing
like thas may cause d oooiness ct the very
beginning OF the game.
If while wearing your new gunner
trousers for the ilrsg time, you sit down on
some molasSe5 candy that little Willie has
left on the chair, Snila sTeetly, and re-
mark that you don't mind sitting on mo
lasses candy AZ all, and that boys will bs
boys" Reserve your true feelings for fu
tura reference.
If, on the OCCASION OF your firs+ call the
girl upon whom You have placed your
Young affections looks like an iceberg snd
acts Ike a cold wave. take yOur leave early
and stay away. Woman IL her hours OF
freeze is uncertain, coy and hard TO please.
In cold weather finish saying good night
In the house Don't stretch it all the way
to the front gate. and thus lay the iounds-
ton for future asthma, bronchitis, neuralgia
and chronic catarrh. to help you To worry
the girl to death after she has married you.
Don't lie about your financial condition.
Il is very annoying to bride who has pic
TIRED for herself q life of luxury IN her
ancestral halls to learn too late that you
expect her TO ask bald-he8ded parent who
has been uniformly kind 10 her to take you
In out of the cold.
Don't be too soft Don't say These
little hands shall never do a stroke OF work
when they are NINE" and You shall
have nothing 10 do in our homo bat to ST
all day long and chirp 10 the canaries,' Is
if any sensible woman wonld be happy
fooling away time in that sort Of style; and
q girl has q fine retentive memory Ton the
soft things and silly promises Of cour'ship,
and occasionally, in after years, when she
is washing the dinner dishes or patching
the west end of your trousers, she will re-
mind you VI them in cold, sarcastic tone
of voice.-SERny South
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No. Skilled A Poker.

The littia sketch going the rounds, to the
eifec, Il = Senator Kenna, with two pairs of
queens in his hand, gave the pot to Sens-
tor Dolph, who held three aces. Gn the
principle that three of kind heat two
pairs, has provoked the soul of the Senator
from West Virginia to its profoundest
depths Yesterday, during the executive
session. brother Senator approached him
cautiously and by easy stages on the sub
jecs.
=" How is this, Kenna7" he said
How is What1" inquired Mr.. KeBns, in
reply.
"Why, this little story about Dolph's
three aces beating yonr two pairs OF
queens2"
Not word Of truth, sir, in is.' said the
Senator, with 8 snap IN his eyes. II never
PLAYED poker with Senator Dolph in my
life. never, played poker with anybody.
don't know one card from another.
don't know how to play cards of any kind.
But sir, and his face grew determined and
minister, !" if Senator Doiph or any other
man with three one spots in his hand
thinks be can beat me when rye got four
queens, I'll be doggoned IL wouldn't like
10 see him try it once" - Washington O'I;se.
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PoIETs ABoUr FRUIT j. a Schofeld,
manager Of Cone & Kimhall's mercantile
businessin VIVA came up Lac, night on the
late train. lie informs us that Messrs.
Lt;tlefeid, Allison & Co, commission aer-
chants, San Francisco, aad z Hayden,
owner of large fruit driver in the same
CITY, have been 10 Vina, trying 10 negotiate
for all the irnit that viii be grown on Deer
creek and vicinity fer the next FIVE years
They have offered a cent a pound, bat the
producers refuse 80 contract their fruit at
that price. And Il is doubtful if they would
agree 30 sell il for one and ODe-half cents
per pound. During some one of their visits
10 Vina, and while in conversation with
fruit growers there, these gentlemen init
mated that If they could not contract for
tina fruit on terms to euit them, they would
put up large csnnegy and dryer next year
III lime 10 use all the frnit grown here and
in other parts II The county. J s. Cope
land is talking If seitinz out lC0 acres in
fruit trers mex; winter. He can irrigate, If
he wants to, almost every acre nf his large
tract He j. now growing wheat on land
that ia worth 500 an acre. ani if il was set
cat in frnit trees it would self for 800 In
five years. He hos about 900 acres OF No.
! land, Red Bluff Sentinel
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big Kentuckian Cont you remember
that sheep you stole IA Poweifs valley Z
You can't convict Ell. Collins" There
was a generally waking up of the jury, and
smile went round And you, Dan Bond;
you know that horse you stole from Lord
Alexander in the spring Of % Yon can't
send q man to prison for stealing cattle"
The smile broke into an open gutisw IN
one or two places and hall q dozen men on
the back seats stood up.
As the old man took up the jury one
by one. and recalled his shortcomings, the
laughter became general and and continu-
Gus. Finally he said; and there's nv
Phil Wasn't he one Of horgan's worst
horse-thieves2 What can be say against
Ed Collins2 And you, Ed Butts; you re-
member that raid on that old Yankee sym
pathizer in East TENNESSEE And cen you
raise your voice against him2 And his
Honor on the bench. if the truth were
known-n But tho rest of the SEN
tence was drowned in q shout OF laughter
and uproar Of applause that shook the
building
The Jury was out three minutes. and
they brought in verdict Of aoquittai.-
LoaisvilLe Times.
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nemarl,.tle pefenso at a inlet.

4 few years otter the war Ed. Collins, g
shiftless fellow 81 Mercer county, was in
dictsd for stealing cattle The case came
up before Judge J c. Wickhffe. now United
States Attorney here, then Circuit Judge
The trial was in the Courthouse at Har-
rodsburg. Phil. Thompson, Jr.. was Pros
eoutiug Attorney, and Phil. Thompson.
Sr., and Colonel Thomas G. Bell, now
Assistant United States Attorney here, APP
peared for the defense. Ed. Butts was
Circuit Clerk Collins hsd been s0idier
in the Federal army. while every man OF
the Jury, the Prosecuting Attorney. Circuit
CLERK ana the Judge himself had fought for
the Uontederacy.
The witnesses were brought forward and
a plain case of theft was made out against
Collins. TIE only dependence OF the de-
tense was tbs testimony OF Collins daugh-
ter, Rose, who was to provean abs She
was q beautiful woman, with wellrounded
hsure. deep black eyes. o complexion In
which the hues Of health sat baauteously
enthroaed. and black hair that swept un-
eonfised almost to the floor in long waves.
Che was made 70 tell her story for all it was
worth. and Colonel Bell made q touching
plea, appealing TO the sympathy of die
iury for q beautiful woman in distress,
with all the power of language he could
summon. But the veterans of DoHess2n
and Shiloh were unmoyed.
Then old Phil Thompson laid himself
ont to mystify them and raise doubt OF the
prisoners guilt. and he, too, finally began
20 appeal to their gallsntry. In the midst
Of glowing sentence, however. he found
che Jury yawning. looking out of the win
dow and wholly inatentive. Breaking of
Ais pathos, the old lawyer leaned back on
q table moment, eyed the jury qnizZicsliy
with humorous twinkle in bis eye. and
aaid:
Look here, gentlemen. this stealing was
Done during the war, and you cant do any
thing with man for that You, Tom
Aunday r. he continued, turning and point
&as 70 the foreman n the jury, . Swapping
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CHICXEEs E0A TED BY LIGHrN!EG The
roaring Of the thunder WAS terrible ia East
New York, aud tho lightning furnished
pyrotechuic display that WAS both dazzling
and dangerous. The flashes were incesSant
Forked tongues of fire carried through
the streets and play ed around the church
steeples, and frightened two or three young
Iuen so badly thss they fell down on the
sidewalk through sheer fright After this
exhibition had been kept up for an hour or
more a torch was applied 10 George T.
Stewards henhouse. in Pennsylvania
avenue, and 800 choice. tender spring
chickens were roasted SO brown rs berry.
Three horses were also cooked, ard 70 end
the display the carn holding them and the
stables adjoining II re also set on FIRE
and burned 10 the ground. The buildings
we're owned by Frederick Nichalaus, aud
he estimates his loss at $500. Stewart puts
his damage ut $500. of which $3.50 is COW
cred by insurance The stable IS owned
by MIR Hutteulocker, aud was worth about
$500. II was not insured.-Neso Yor5 Ts-i5
uRe.
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The best behaved of ali the meteor
streams holds its anniversary on the 10Th,
and the few days preceding and following
The Tears of St. Lawrence il is called, be-
cause it makes lie appearance on the DAY
sacred TO the memory of that august saint
We call this zone the best behaved OF The
! family, because the merry rain never fails To
fail, and no one - disaPpOinte! who looks
5kyWard when the shower IS Que and the
clouds are kind. he -iny atoms Of which
il is composed are sure to impinge against
the ea5th's atmosphere. burst iu5O yellow
stars and descend with trains of siiverv
light. The Angus. mete0rs consist OF
swarm Of particles following Comet Il,
1862 in its or0it. The disintegFaiing pro-
cess has been carried on 80 long nat The
debris Of the comet are nearly evenly scat
tered throughout the gigantic eclipse in
which they wander. One extremity of the
zone crosses the earth's orbit and the other
extends far beyond Neptune. The
earth encounters this meteor zone on the
10th OF August, and countless mete0rs
falling from the skies attest the fact that
the earth is then plunging full utt through
the swaTming atoms. Last year there vas
an unu iually fine show of the PeIsids. as
they are called. II is well to be on the
watch for the coming occasion, for such is
LES utlGrl th1uAJ va pibci All thG
comeio family, that grand outbuIst is
not impossible At any time. Therefore OBJ
servers should diligently watch the north
eastern sky and the constellation Perssus,
the radiant point about which the meteors
congreSate. The earth will plunge into the
meteor zone as surely Is she turns upon
her axis, and, if the 6ery shower is unusual
brilliant, observers viii be on hand TO see
the exhibition and count the meteors as
the fall Only those that start from
Persons are Persids The sky is aeiow
with osher meteor streams, radiating from
other consultations, for more than & million
meteors, large enough 10 be visible to the
naked eye On dark. clear night, fall from
the sky every :weuty-loUr houEs.-F ~osi-
deaos Journal
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Tus SEA 5ERpsNT ourDoss-A special

THE SEA SERPENT 0uTDoEE "A special
from Oinnabar, NJ. T., says: Last Mon
day stage driver and two tourists, while
near Yellowstone Lake, claim to have seen
an enormous reptile, which, while running
through the grass, carried iis head ten or
fifteen fest Rb We The ground. They think
it must have been at least thirty feet long
a party WAS organized at once 20 pursue
the reptile A number of tourists, among
them Colonel Wear, Superintendent of the
Park, and his assistant, Captain Barron
cite, while near the cave Of an extinct gey-
Ser in the vicinity of the lake, heard hiss
Ing sound coming from the cave, aid saw
the head Of 81 reptile thrust out some if
teen fe;, and immeAia5ely Withdrawn.
Parties are watching fJr aao,Lcr sight Of
the moDster' Il IS 20 BE- hoped that those
persons ut Yellowstone Lake who discoV-
cred The moaslr oua serpent will not
trample upon the worm. They ought to
treasure HIM. The great mistake made By
the anc;enlJ ike Hercules and Me,e .sr
AMI Prrseus WIS II killing the li@yus II
animals they encountered. lex the mod
ems profit by experience. Travellers will
not believe the story in these days unless
they cAn sec The .nake.
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WArER as A BsysRAeE The leading
medical journal of France has published
pamphlet protesting against the exsraya
CANT use OF artificial mineral waters,
which, il sets forth, do the double damage
OF chilling the stomach. thus laying the
foundation for gastric eatarrh, while the
limestone held in deposit in the carbonated
waters finds its way 10 the kidneys and
eventually produces Brights disease The
pamphlet also protests against ice water as
provocative of catarrh in the stomach. L
further says: Water should be drank
cool, bat not iced, with the Juice of quar-
ter or half lemon in it, Mineral water
should also be drank with dash of lemon.
Water should always be swallowed slowly
Il is not the stomach which is dry. but the
mouth and throat. If you toss off drink
of water yen throw il through your mouth
and throat into your stomach, without do
ing the former any good, while you iDjure
the latter by loading il with what it does
not require. Drink slowly, and keep the
water in your mouth for moment when
YOU begin IF Jon work in hot room in
hot weather. tie damp cloth around your
temples, and you viii NOT experience half
he craving for drink you otherwise
would
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!, .ilors WHO'S. fame /. uorlt.wite. ana nhe-e

U u Oi-S hiOsC ldfifC Is ANA hSSS
prices are appalling. Of reception gowns,
all laces ard daintiness, she OWNS usually
three or four, and her ball costumes,
which are the elimination of elegance
and expense. are as numerous as .
doting papa can be induced to believe ne
nessary 10 his daughters complete success.
There must be b0nnets and hats I'D libi-
tum. gloves ny the dcZen dozen, p9raSols
of every imaginable hue, boots. ahoes and
sstin slippers enonsh TO set M q very re
spectacle shop. and all the mysterious
parauhernalia OF feminine toilet rs pienti-
July provided as if Aladdin's lavish hand
had supplied them. A good-sized ship
might be built equipped. filed with
cargo and sent to sea for less than the cost
of an American beanty's summer oHtfil,
and yet these lovely extravagances wonder
that man is slow in wooing, and that they
are so often left 10 linger sad, ungathered
roses on tail ancestral trees. The dandy
regards them longirsly, with the head Of
his cane ia his mouth, as luxuries he can
neyce.hope - possess, and The wise man
can not elt out Of lis lead Dumas little
illustration Of the pcche q Quiaze ftancs.-
Pc7.Fsy|7y1 tx Ncws.
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A loving heart ia the truest wisdom -
Dickens.
There is no refuge from God bat in God.
Persian Pr0vcyb
Hope is Ike the wing Of an angel, soar-
ing MP to heaven, bearing onr prayers to
the throne 81 grtee.-JerepIg TcgiOr.
We dota upoa this world as if It were
never TO have an end, and We neglect the
next IS il u were n5yer 70 hsye 2 begin
ning-KsveIoa.
Reflection IS an nigel who every day
bears reports 10 heaven OF our d0ings here,
and when the books are opened we must
answer for the recor kept-Haz}ut.
Let grace and goodness be the principal
lOadstone OF thy affections. For love
which hath ends will have an END, whereas
that which is founded On true virtue will
always cOntjnue.-Dryde8.
pray you very sOlemniy to put that idea
of knowing all things In heaven and earth
on. of your heads. Il IS very little that VIC
can ever know, either Of the ways of Provi-
dence or the laws of existence. But that
little Is enough and exactly enough
Rt.shin
Always say a kind word If you can, If
only that 1t may come III, perhaps, with
singular opportunities, entering some
sad mans darkened room like a beautiful
FREELY, whose happy cOnYoluti0ns he cam
not bnt watch, forgetting his many troubles.
albany Journal
The mistakes Of men in one generation
have constituted the seed-wh hest of truths
for the next generation. The heresies of
one age are the orln0d01ies Of the next /;
thein6dehties OF one period Rre the idelities
OF another period. So the world has gone
on opening and thinking IN chains, IL
bonds, and in gives .-Beeohes.
Grecian mythology said that the fOun-
tain Of Hippocrene was struck out by the
foot of the winged horse Pegasus. l have
often noticed IN bf5 that the brightest and
most beau6ful fountains VI Christian COM
fort and spiritual lifa have been struck out
by the irOnshOd hoof Of disaster and
calamity.-Dr. r De Vat T0IsaGge
There Is nothing 10 the world SO real
and substantial as the love 81 God. One
act Of divine love IS more finished thing
than q statua OF Fhidia5 Or PraEitsies.
Il is more firm than the foundation Of The
Alps. Il is more enduring than the
round world which God has made SO
strong. An things are bubbles .oit-F. IL.
Fa6sT.
What is principle2 Yonder ia a grand
old ocean steamer, and when tho wind
blows she spreads her sails and works her
steam aud On she goes, and when the wind
luils, the engineer turns his throttle wider
open and she goes at the rate Of fifteen
miles an hour whether tne wind blows or
not And that ~ the difference between
principle and feeiing.-ReV. Sam Jones.
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wardrobe of . Newport Belle.

The wardrobe of Newport belle Is
something incredible for variety and eosth
Dess She must have her morning froeks,
many in number. and fresh from the hand
OF. some celebrated Rrtist. who contriyee to
give them that air of studied simpkcity
world There are driving dresses, which
must be effective from a distance, rs we'll
as upon close inspection, and are the re-
salt Of profound meditation On the part Of
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SUNDAY EASY CnAIR.

REST.
Ny feet sc @earied. and Hly hands are tired,
Ny depressed
AR0 desire, what haze long desired
kest-only rest
lis hard TO toll, when toll Is almost vain.
In barren ways;
'Iis hard % sow, and never garner grain,
n harvest days.
The burden OF nay days Is hard 70 hear,
But God knows be5l;
And Ihsye prayed but vain has been my prayer
For rest-sWeet rest.
'fiA hard 20 plant IN ring and never reap
The autumn yield;
It's hard 10 tiil and when il is tiled 10 weep
Ger ir1itless aeld.
And so cry q weak and human cry,
So he r. Oppressed;
And 50 sigh weak and human sigh
Fer TGs.-lOr rssE
ny way has wound across he desert yesIA
Aud cares iufcss
Ny path, and through the rowing Of hot tears
pane i5- resl.
Twas always 50; when but child ihld
On my mothers breast
Ny wearied ittle had. cen then prayed.
And Bo@. for rest.
And an restless still; twin to0n be Ger;
For, down IN west
Lies sun IS setting. and I Sc the shore
where ! shall T0st. -FGtser FgGR.
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"Of course J viii drink water" says
George The horse and the OK drink it.
and how strong they are The trees drink
t. and how tall :hey grow NJ, dog Tray
drinks il, and how wise be is III drink
IL too, for | would like 10 be strong and
grow tall and he wise"
" IN drink water, too" said Clara. THE
birds drink it, and how sweeily they sing
The flowers drink it, and how bright they
look Ny pets all drink it, 0nd they are
gay and loving and happy. SO if wish 10
sing smoothly. mi look bright. and be gay
snd loving aad happy, I viii drink water.
and 1 wIH Try TO get all my friends to
drink it, too; for I see in the houses whore
they drink beer and gin and rum they are
not 50 good and happy as they are in the
houses where they drink water"
And what says the man who has grown
up 10 years and seen rnuoh of the world
He says those men do the best work who
DO not use alcoholic drinks. The goldman
can carry more coal in day when be
drinks water than when he drinks beer.
The men who work IN the heat and blow
glass and make m iron CO 3c more work
II they take no strong drink. Men who
work in the fields can work more hours if
they drink only water or water with a lit
tie oatmeal or fruit juice in it.
den VINO WORK IN banks or on railroads
can be trusted more safely il they do not
even drink wine or beer, Men who have
money OF their own take better care OF It if
they do not drink. Men who drink die off
three times rs fast IS men who do not
drink Three-fourihs of the men in prison
would not be there if they had drank only
water, So the good man who his seen
much Of the world says water is the best
drink.
And we viii all drink water YoatA's
TEN osyancs Bonner.
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SODA SPRINGS HOTEL,
PLACER OOUNNY.

THIS DELIGHTFUL HEALTH RESORT rs
situate in she high Sierras, with Bracing
Air Magnificent Scenery, Unsurpassed Mineral
Water and Excellent Fishing snd Hunting. The
house is situated close 70 the BANK OF the Aneri-
Can river, and Il reached via the G. P. r Z. and
koda Springs station; thence to Springs ten
miles By stage, being an interesting and attrae-
tive drive. The Hotel at this summer Resort
il now open. JOHN MILLER, Proprietor.
II r Boa- (1erly tf
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BAIL COSTUMES OF JAPANESE IsDlEs.-
The three ladies. however were in court
costume. baggy rea trousers, the legs Of
which were SO large that they looked more
like skirt; gorgeous silk kimo0as lioose,
wrapper Ike garments; large handsome
obs, 81 sashes. and res French slippers.
But the featara OF the costumes was the
arrangement OF the hajr the style being
peculiar to royalty, as ure also The broad
trousers Each bad her hair spread out
like the tail OF a beaver extending beyond
the head on both sides g5thared together
at tho nape Of the neck, where il was tied
with white tissue papeg, and extending
down in tail. with q Goapie more bands
of paper around it. The ordinary Japanese
female ooffure Is usua ~ graceful and suits
their style Of bsaGty, bat Cannot say that
admired the head-gear Of the royal ladies.-
Yokoaczsa Correspondent SIT Lake Tribune.