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An Extraordinary .,,ier to all Wanting
Employment.

We want live, energetic. agents in every county
in the United States and Canada to FELL Il patent
article of great merit. on ITS MERITS. An article
having Il large sale paying over 100 per cent.
profit, ha1ing no competition. and on which the
agent is protected in the exclusive sale by q deed
giv,n for each and every county he may secure
from LIS. With all these advMntasaato our agents,
and the fact that it is an article that can be sold
la every hons. owner, il might not be necessary
TO make IAN ENT~RAnRplNAR OFFER" to secure
| good agents ut once, but we have concluded to
make II TO show, not emily our confidence in the
merits OF orr invention. hut in it's suitability BY
any agent that will handle it with energy. Our
agents now nj work are making from $50 to $50
um0nth clear. and this fact makes it safe for us
to make our offer to all who are out of employ
mcnt. Any agent that will give our business n
thrifty days trial and fail TO clear at least S1tO in
this time, ABOVE ALL EXPENSES, can return all
goods unsold TO liz and we will refund the money
paid for them. No such employer of agents ever
dared to make such offers. nor would wei il VIC did
not know that we have agents now making more
than double this amount. Our large descriptive
circulars explain our offer fully, and these we
wish TO send to every one out Of employment who
will send us three onccent stamps for postage.
Send at once and secure the agency in time for
the boom. and go to work on the terms named in
our extraordinary offer. Address ut once,
NATIONAL NOVELTY Co.,
' apr el.2m. 514 smithficld ST.. PittsburG. Pa
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Growth of Speech in a Child.

The babes first cries are purely instructive
and therefore purely animal. Its consonants
are III and b, labials and liquids, used with
the open vowels. 1t does not use the genial
tubercle, nor for many weeks the frontal
brain. Its second list of sounds moves further
back II are 6, goo, gutturals of the simplest
sort. We have to bear in mind that the babe
organically follows historic evolution and is
all epitome of past progress. So also in his
speech he moves OH and over the pathway Of
the past and reviews it all.
An intelligent child expresses appreciation
and disapprobation by the same sounds that
are used by adult monkeys. The savage
hardly uses cerebrated sounds at all. The
refinement of languages has ever consisted in
eliminating the animal Inheritance. The
child's use of gestures is also inherited. He
does not need to learn to use his hands; only
to secure muscular strength to direct them.
His play is at first purely animal frolic, re-
joicing in shouts and shrieks that later lie
'locs not find necessary to his enjoyment.
lis laughing and crying can only be under
stood as language, as they surely are also in
adults.-Open Court.
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\ Free Use of Fruit.

Few lr.plc, | find, realize the benefit to w..
gained from n FREY, use Of fruit. Now, |
w"u!'i suggest that the child. rather than
til, mother, lac held responsible for the prep
asati"n "f the daily lunch, hut instead ,f
sending him I" thu pantry for bread. meat.
cake, etc, | would suggest that he I've sen,
down cellar on out into the field for som.
ril, apples, pears or grapes. \ moderate
supply Of sound. ripe fruit, together with
one "rtw" graham gems, make IL luncheon
far more hcalthful and appctizing than most
of Tin" lmrheons that find their way into the
baskets of many of our school children.
Some two nr tire" years ago the luncheon
problem became n personal one with m..
Teaching two sessions II day. too far from
io;nr In dine with the family, the oft rccur-
ring question what to have for lunch lAramv
!, most rrri,lrXilg one. Finally, through
iii" advice" of my physician, and | must con-
fc>> soinrwha, under protest, | ma,lc til. .N
pertinent ct making IN. noon day meal cn-
tirr!v of fruit and coarse graham bread.
The after dinner hraNinr>S gave way To a
feeling of h,".ancv. ami headaches anl at
taclis of Indigestion became far less common
than formerly. Now, for the ten school
months. my hill of fare for lunch is nlmu,,
invariably limited t" ripe frui, and graham.
gems or crackers. and my constantly i'll
crclsing health and strength more than jus
tity the wisdom of tie superintendent. j.
e." in Good housekeeping.
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Ailments of Nervous Subjects,

Some affect to believe that nervous sub
jects feign their ailments for the purpose of
attracting attention and sympathy. It is
quite true they frequently %exaggerate their
slffcrings, but that is no excuse for denying
their existence. Besides, it is natural to ex-
aggerate q grievance so long as it remains
unrecognized. Others admit the reality Of
the diseased sensations. hut maintain that
the only way to abolish them is by means Of
reason. They hold that nervous persons
ought to be taught to control their nerves by
their reason, and they insist that "plain
speaking is the strongest aid to recovery.
Their experience seems to %corroborate this
opinion. The sufferers cease to complain to
them, so they fancy that their plain speak
ing" has effected Il cure. This fancy is, how
ever. very far from the fact, which is that
the patients have transferred their COM
plants to n more sympathetic ear.-Ninc-
tccnth Century.
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THE DECLINE OF PoLlrENEss.

Deplorablc Change Going On In the Man.
ncrs of English Society.
The signal deterioration Of manners that
las for some tune been going or in what ~
called good society is every year becoming
more glaring and more dcplorablc. The deli
cate and subtle Difference which every gen
tleman used to pay to every woman, because
she was a woman and for no other reason
whatever, is already old fashioned, and
promises shortly to become obsolete. No
woman now thinks of expecting from any
man the polite homage which once on a time
was the privilege Of one sex and the honor Of
the other. Men come into a room full of
lalies with as much Indifference ard sans
facon rs though they We're entering the MORN
ing room of their club, and quit it with pre-
ciscly the same want OF and self
constrnint. While in the society OF women
they loll, lean, and almost lie at their ease, rs
though they were i'll the bosom Of their own
family-indeetl, with II free and easy grace
)eSSncSs that a generation ago no gentleman
would have permitted himself among his
most intimate relatives. In the first ap-
proaches Of members Of one sex to members
of the other, there is no longer any s%uavitv,
any hesitation, any well bred reserve: men
and women who scarcely know each other
act as though they were hail fcllow-well-met,
had been i'll the playground together, and
been acquainted all their lives.
The demeanor of women, nowadays, to
men is on a par with the male behavior we
have described. Far from resenting the UNI
ceremoniousness with which they arc treated
by men who are in reality utter strangers to
them, they so to meet it half way, aud per-
nit themselves to be OH u foot of familiarity
,. fn, Dr ,n,,, =: -.S ~
first conner, provided he seems to he one of
their "own set" that could not he greater if
their acquaintance had existed for years.
The same 'don't-care-a-hang" conduct is per-
ccptible in the conduct of visitors and guests
to their host and hostess.
The notion that people are to be specially
llonored in their own houses has gone quite
ont of fashion. No one nowadays is so an
tiquated in his ideas as to suppose that hos
pitality is to be regarded as a favor conferred
ON the person to whom it is extended. On
the contrary, it is the guest who confers an
obligation by paying n call, accepting an in
v~itation to dinner, or paving a country visit,
and who has n perfect right to indulge in
frank and free cenSure to his neiglbors in
case he does not find everything to his liking
in the establishment he condescendS to dis.
tinguish by his presence. In a word, guests
nowadays treat hosts and hostcsses as men
treat women-that is to say, rs persons whom
it is very good and amiable of them to no
tice at all. And where people really know
each other intimately, the behavior of men
to women, and vice versa. is such as would
have appalled, the least ceremonious of our
fathers. Women call men by their surname,
without the prefix of Mr., or even by their
Christian names. abbreviated tn suit tho rur-
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l;a,d aud soft Water.

All cooks do not understand the diifercn,
effects produced by hard and soft water in
c"nkins meat AMI vegetables. Peas and
beans cooked in hard water. containing lime
or gypsum. sill not boil tender. lern,S. thcs"
substances harden vegetable caSeinc. MANY
vegetables, ai onions, boil nearly ~tastelts. in
soft water. because I'LL tie flavor is boiled
out. The addition of salt often checks this.
us in tn" case Of onions. causing the ,rgc-
tables To retain the peculiar tla,nrins pril-
,.ip!.s. besides such nutritious matter. lis
might h" lost in soft water. For extracting
the juice of meat to make Il broth or soup.
soft water, ~unsaltcl md cold at first, is hest.
for it much more readily pcnetrates the It's
sue: but for boiling where the juices should
he retained, hard water or soft water snl,e,l
is preferable, and the meat should be- put in
while the water is boiling. SO as to seal up
the pores at once. journal of Chemistry.
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Carelessness in Dress,

Slovenly, careless dress is offensive because
inconsistent with perccptible unities in
nature. The human body is in itself Il type
of order demanding orderly attention; ard
ono will often find that the person who pro-
fesses total Indifference to dress is lacking in
appreciation for the subtle features Of
natural beauty. They will admit sublimity
and grandeur on u large scale, but take little
or no pleasure out of the intricate geometri-
cal regularity of the marvellous works of
natures lower kingdoms.
Lack of artistic appreciation for dress is by
no means evidence of mental superiority, but
evidence rather of the discriminating of
certain faculties at the expense of others, for
a thoroughly we'll rounded person finds de.
light i'll all beauty, and can 10 moro toler
ate discordance and disorder in clothes thar
in the arrangement of the score of an opera
or the finished work of all artist.-Annit
Jcnness Miller in Good Housekeeping.
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ANrHnoPoME1RY THE Thing.
The i".ues' Gallery to be Strengthened
by II Curious Device.

The E".ues' Gallery to be Strengthened
by n Curious Device.
Criminals throughout the city may he dis
pleased to learn that the officers of the Cen
trail "liirearc studying up n new system that
promises to aid the bluecoats ndctecting and
identifying thieves of high and low degree
1t is known as the a%nthropometric system,
and has l"ra brought to the attention of Il
noted ,letrrtiv" of Joliet. The word come
from two Greek words, and it means having
reference To the measurement of human
beings. The police are now compelled to
trust entirely to the Rogues' Gallery for
means of Identification. The new system is
intended as an addition to the gallery. At
police headquarters there are half a dozen
photographs of IL noted burglar now at
liberty. No two OF these pictures are alike,
and that fact is made the basis of an asscr
ton that it is sometimes impossible to identify
the original IF a picture. TIL new system
consists i'll merely collecting a carefully taken
measurement Of certain parts of criminals
bodies.
III future. when u dangerous suspect is ar
rested, Il registry will he taken of the width
and length Of his head, the length of his left
forearm. the length and breadth Of his left
foot, the length of the little and middle fin
gers Of both hands, the length of his right
ear, size of his mouth, q description Of his
nose and eyes. tho size of his chest while
standing, the length of his body while seated,
the length OF his legs and entire body, the
size of his neck. the full stretch of his arms,
and the breadth of his back from shoulder to
shoulder. Particular attention will be paid
to deformities, marks or scars. All the
measurements will he taken with graduated
! rules, caliper compasscs and one or two
other trustworthy instruments. The record
will be kept in a book, which will contain
printed directions and a formula for the ex-
aminer.
The police think it u great innovation.
They say these measurements will he found
perfectly Trustworthy, as q mans figure and
general profile rarely changes after maturity.
The innovation is the property of M. Pestil-
Ion, and was first introduced at the Prison
congress in Rome two years ago.-New York
Mail and Express.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-12
Make Children Orderly and Neat.

If you have several little children in your
nursery, give each one a place in which to
keep its own toys. Make it n rule that each
child should help the mother or nurse, and
help each other, to pick up all the toys, books
or games, and put the nursery in order be-
fore it is time for the evening meal. This
also is the time to wash face and hands,
smooth tangled hair, so that papa may see a
tidy room and have some bright faces to
kiss, if lie is fortunate enough TO reach home
before the children's bedtime. l saw in Il
nursery the other day a very nice little nail
brush. and the mother said it was the best
brush for cleaning childrcn's little grilny
n that she hal ever used. 1t is made
wholly OF rubber, INT is SO soft that it does
not inJure the finest skin, while it thoroughly
cleanses by removing every particle of dirt.
e. H. c." in Woman.
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DR.. j. a. S. Grant Hey, of Cairo, Egypt,
has spent twenty-five years in the land of the
Pharnolls and speaks all the languages of
TINT p"lyglot country. In order to instruct
the native doctors, two years ago he started
IN Arabic medical paper, which has met
with success. For years he has devoted his
time to the study of archaeology, and has
amassed enough Egyptian gods, from Horus
and Osiris down, to nearly fill the Metropol-
itan Museum of Art. The mummi.S Of
Egypt, lr said. We're now dirt cheap, owing
to recent discoveries. They sold from $40
10 $50 each. the price depending chiefly on
their state of preservation. He brought
overs mnmnitied hawk as u curiosity and
presented ii to the Smithsonian Institution
Scientists, who formerly paid high prices for
fine. first class mummies, of late years, the
doctor said, purchased very few. The cheap
mummies were bought principally by the
agents for museums. New York Com.
mercial Advertiser.
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tired. hut he makes those about him tired
with him. often of him. So much for the

tired. hut he makes those about him tired
with him. often of him. So much for the
husband and father.
How about the wife and mother. She is
never a.-grrssivcly tired, though she may he
"onMlaininsly so. She is most apt to hide
from those about her the fact that she is
VERY. very tired, and To smile when she is
n.n'-: In the hearts core. For II woman's
WORK and duties are uf the kind that bring
MrarincSS OF soul and body and spirit. She
is often called upon To confront such a
w"arvi,s array of small worrimcnts in the
fultii!m"nt "t her daily duties rs would sim
ply madden the most even tempered man.
Vet She not only passes the ordeal success
FULLY, but is ready, when the day is over, To
absorb from her husband some ot his wcari
hess 10y the exercise of her womunly symla-
thy. 1t can he safely assumed that men. us
II rule, and ms compared to the utter wcari-
ness which ONE to mt do not know the
meaning of the word tired" But they
think they do, and they ~; in IL manner
calculated to make their WEAKNESS Very
wcari>omc to others Pitt>burg Bulletin.
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Paper to Wrap Turkey. In

81 deal almost entirely in grocers' brown
paper said a Duane street paper merchant TO
the ubiquitous reporter. "Most of the paper
mills are situated in the New England states,
but a great quantity of paper is manutac-
tured throughout New York state, especially
along the eastern border"
"What is the paper made out Off queriel
the reporter.
''Straw and water. Almost any kind OF
straw will nswer and I think that corn
talks have also been pressed into service.
although the paper made from this material
was inferior in quality. Flail threshed wheat
or rye straw, we'll bound, is preferred. In
the manufacture of paper the straw is un-
bound and laid closely in hugs watts. Lime is
%sprinkled over every layer, and when the
watts are full, lime water is thrown over the
whole. Steam is then turned on at the bot.
tom of the watts. and the straw is allowed to
cook until it is thoroughly purified. 1t is
then passed through Il large revolving washer
and cleansed from the lime and other impuri
ties. The straw, or what is left Of it, is next
passed through grinders. which reduce it to q
pulp, when it is let down into a large tank
under the floor.
The pulp is now pumped up. and is ready
to pass over the machine. 1t is first thinned
with water, If the paper is intended to IN
light, and then is transferred tothe first felt
by means Of "a revolving wire cylinder"
What do you mean by the first felta"
ooh, it's the finest kind Of q wooden feltin;
which carries the pulp through any number
of rollers. From the first felt it is trans
ferrci to the second and third felts, each O
which is coarser than the first. By the TIM
the pulp has passed over the third felt tn
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y. hostess should think twice before She in
vites any one to her house. But having in
vi:"d them, she must remember that she is
hcncforth their slave. She should br so
gracious as to let her friends alone unless she
wishes to trent them we'll. She must I've all
grace, attention and suavity, but not fussy.
Ii she has nothing to offer them but n small
hous" and a cup of tea and IL smile She i as
much a hostess us il She were aqucrn. i'u,
if She offer thc!nrvcrv privilege of fine music.
fine pictures and g"rgcouS feeds and is not IL
lady herself or n cordial hoS;r>, She is II Nul-
Sari;m and N poor creature. She doe, not
know how t. entertain. Mrs. John Sherwood
in New York World.
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4. Wasl,,tand of Beauty.

You can make corner in washstands thus:
Have an enamelcd board, with hole cut for
the basin. fitted in ut II convenient height;
above on one side put u small shelf for bot
ties and SO OIL, on the other the towel rail,
and in the corner hang the basket for
spongcs; then about seven feet from the floor
fix a brass rod, on which hang two %crctonne
curtains that will hide the fixtures when not
in Use. Above that, and it pleases you, can
be a bracket of light wood holding a clay
statuette, and your corner becomes u thing
Of beauty as well as of usc.-New Orleans
Picayune.
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roliteness In the HnckicA.

Eastern Lady ~traveling in Montana The
idea Of calling this the Wild West" Why
l never saw such perfect politencSs anywhere.
Sative-We're alters perlite to ladies',
marin.
"oh, as for that, there is plenty of polite
ness everywhere, but l am referring to the
men. Why in New York the men behave
horribly to one another, but here they all
treat each other as delicately as gentlemen III
a drawing room.'
"Yes. marm, it's safer."-Omaha World,
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and while l would not hold the wife and
mother wholly responsible where it exists, l
do affirm that a woman of tact and sense
can do much toward preventing it. The
home is the woman's realm, and she can
make it largely what she chooses, and whilo
dress aud personal appearance are not all,
they are much-so much that fifteen Or
twenty minutes n day spent in their interest
will pay heavier dividends in comfort and
happiness than almost any other fifteen min
utcS of the dav.-Ohio Farmer.
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The Tired Wife md Mother.

Man. that is born Of woman, is prone to
fatigue. Woman, that is married to man, is
Just as prone to fatigue. 1t is in their re-
spective methods of showing their tireiness
That q man and n woman differ as widely as
the roar OF u cyclone differs from the sigh
and sob OF the oceans voice. When n man is
used up tired out" he not only knows it,
but he takes some pains to impress the fact
upon those about him, those of his own
household in particular. His wife knows it
while he is yet afar off; knows it by his step.
the way he bangs the front door, and by the
manner of his hanging up coat and hat in the
hall. The children know it, often to their
cost. The used up mans clerks know it and
act accordingly, and his employees know tnat
in their employers sullen visage the storm
signal is visible. The average man there
are some glorious exceptions to the rule) is,
when suffering from fatigue, not only very
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a Very Sensible Suggestion.

There is many a father of Il family who,
while doing his utmost for his children, while
he isin health, and making the best provision
he can for them i'll anticipation of his own
death, wholly neglects to put such provision
in n tangible shape where it can he readily
understood and manipulated by the mother
or other guardian in case of his death coming
suddenly. A case recently came to our notice
where property of considerable va!ue WIS -
tied up with legal restrictions. owiu.ca!:r
to lack of Il few formalitieS which could l..
been attended to in Il days work. that t.,
widow and children were kept for more than
a year dependent upon the good will o.
friends before money could be made avail
able. Death is not ordinarily FASTENED l.:
making preparations for it, and the sun.
should not be avoided on account of its ILL.,
pleasant character.
Many Il model husband and father. w,,.ose
business methods are of the most mctllo,;ical
Gxd strictly honorable kind, would find am
pie occasion to blame himself for neglect if
he would consider for q moment in what
confusion his family would be placed if this
day should prove his last. y good plan is to
make at least once n year IL written state
ment of ones affairs Mt that time, and file it,
in IN envelope with the yjfcis name upon it,
in a particular place which She and perhaps
one other person shall know of, if not in her
own custody. Such memorandum should
contain description of life insurance policies
or similar documents, and state where q will,
il any, is to be found; membranes of any
kind should be noted: unfinished transac
tions should be briefly described, that thei,
status may be fully understood: and even il
there exists 10 property whatever. a write,
statement to that eff ct would relieve doub'
and avoid needless inquiry and suspense, il
case ones business affairs were of a fuctuat
ing nature, which could not always be closel,
followed by the wife or fully explained t,
hsr.
In case of protracted and dangerous sick
ness, questions relating to the circumstance
OF members Of q family who may soon b
left alone cannot be readily asked or al
sweIed. and much of distress and dread O
the future would he relieved at such a tim
II the wife could feel that whatever earthl,
possessions existed were to be immediatel,
available, or, at least, that a full account o
them was at hand under q comparatiyel
recent date, so that she need NOT bring TIL
subject into the sick room.-Babyhood.
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THUS FAR.

Because our hearts have kept a common beat;
Because thine eyes, turned toward me frank and
sweet,
Reveal sometimes thine unthought thoughts e
mine
Think not that 1, by curious design
Or overstep of too impetuous feet,
Co,3l desecrate thy souls supreme retreat,
Could disregard It's quivering barrier line.
Only n simple Ievilc l. who stand
On the worlds side of the most holy place:
I'LL. MS the new day Gloritcs the east.
One come to lift the veil with rcverent hand.
Aud enter with thy souls soul face to face
He whom thy God shall call to I've high priest.
Ellen Burroughs.