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el 1aeok
, 1888-09-21

The city cousin had gone down to the
farm to spend a month, and appeared on
the morning after his arrival, ready for
action, at the picnic which stood first in
the order of events. He carried a cane,
and slowed away an umbrella in the
wagon; his hat was attached by q ribbon
to his b~uttouhole, another cord secured
his colored glasses, and u field glass was
slung upon his back.
Il do hope there won't be many mus
quitoes." said one of the party waiting on
the piazza.
Il have a bottle of camphor in my
pocket, replied the city cousin, calmly.
IF they are very troublesome we can
make a smudge. have matches"
Don't cork up the tea as if you never
meant it to be openedv' called Kate to her
sister, as they took a last look at the
lunch basket.
Never mind, l have a corkscrew," an.
nounced the provident guest. Just then
the naughty boy of the family walked up
to him, drew him mysteriously aside, and
asked him c~onldentially:
Il say! l hope you've got a rope ladder
in your pocket in case of fire, and a can
OF pemmican to use if we get wrecked on
an icebcrgr'-Youth's Companion.
, 1888-09-21
A Lesson in Grammar.

Careless habits of speech are among the
prominent faults Of our young people.
even those young people who have adj.
vantages of schools and intelligent home
surroundings. Recognizing this, the
professor of English literature at Welies-
ley college has prepared a list of ''words,
phrases, and expressions to be avoided, !"
from which the young (and old) readers
will receive many serviceable hints:
Guess, for suppose or think. Fix, for
arrange or prepare. Ride and drive, in
terchangeably. (Americanism.) Real,
as an adverb, in expressions real good for
really or very good, etc. Some or any,
in an adverbial sense; e. g., II have
studied some," for somewhat. II have
not studied any," for at all. Some ten
days, for about ten days. Not as 1 know,
for not that l know. Storms, for it rains
or SHOWS moderately. Try an experiment,
for make an experiment. Singular sub
ject with contracted plural verb; e. g.,
''She don't skate we'll" Plural pronoun
with singular ~antecedent: every man
or woman should do their duty;'' or, 'tIf
you o any n straight in
the face they will finch" Ex-
pect, for suspect. First rate as an ad-
verb. Nice, Unfortunately. Real nice,
may be doubly faulty.) Had rather, for
would rather. Had better, for would
better. Right away, for Immediately.
Party, for person. Promise, for assure.
Posted, for informed. Post graduate,
for graduate. Depot, for station. Stop
ping, for staying. Try and do, for try
to do. Try and go, for try to go. Gun
ming, for small, dainty. Cute, for acute.
Funny, for odd or unusual. Above, for
foregoing, more than or beyond. Does
it look good enough, for well enough.
Somebody else's for somebody's else.
Like l do, for as I do. Not as good as,
for not SO good as. Feel badly, for feel
bad. Feel good, for feel well. Between
seven, for among sever Seldom or ever,
for seldom if ever, or seldom or never.
Taste and smell of, when used transi-
lively. Illustration: We taste a dish
which tastes of pepper. More than you
think for, for more than you think.
These kind, for this kind. Nicely, in re-
Bponse to an inquiry for health. Healthy,
for wholesome. Just as soon, for just
as lief. Kind of, to indicate a moderate
degree. The matter of, for the matter
with.-Boston Transcript.
, 1888-09-21
Profanity Among the English.

heard an Englishman say, not long
ago, that the reason he liked TO be asso.
ciated with a certain man in business, al
though that man was not very prompt in
paying him his salary, was, that he
always spoke to him as a gentleman, and
never swore at him. Another man who
offered him a better position, he hesitated
to go with because he peppered his CON
versation with oaths. Not that the
Englishman was such O tenderfoot, but
he did not like such rough language. He
said that it irritated him to have a man
say to him, ever though he meant to be
perfectly amiable, Where the h nave
you been all this timer 1t was a form of
greeting which, while intended to be cor.
dial, was unpleasant.
He did not deny that Englishmen swore,
but he said he never heard oaths among
the same class of Englishmen as were
used by Americans of the same set. OF
course you do not expect to hear a woman
use profane expressions, but an English
woman will not use any of the violent
words that even an American lady has in
her vocabulary. You may offend an Eng.
fish woman to the last point of her en-.
durance, but she will only be "vexed, " or,
under unusually strong emotion. very
veXed." notice that the young Ameri-
cans whose lives are devoted to initiating
English manners are very soft spoken,
II their great aim seems to be self sup.
preston. They consider it bad form to
show anv emotion Mt all.-New York Sun.
, 1888-09-21

While returning in the evening to my
hotel l stopped at the beautiful park
called the Plaza de Zaragoza, which is
spread out in almost tropical beauty be-
fore the new cathedral. 1t is filled with
orange trees and pecan trees, and is sweet
with the odor of pomegranates and aca-
cia blooms. There l found hosts of chill
dren playing along the graveled walks.
Their chief amusement seemed to consist
in throwing twigs and pebbles slyly at
the policeman, who, however, did not
deign to notice them. The Mexican po-
liceman is usually dressed all in white,
with a blue cap, and instead of an ugly
club he carries a bright saber. He does
not walk about at night from block to
block, seeing that all is secure, as our
policemen are supposed to do, but after a
certain hour of the night he seats him
self fiat upon the pavement at a street
corner, and with his saber drawn and his
lantern between his knees patiently waits
the Mexican cry of "Watch |" which
notifies him when he is needed. The
Mexican policeman is therefore a harm
less, good natured man, and consequently
a favorite with the children.-'R NJ. Y"
in st. Louis Republic.
, 1888-09-21
united States Army scouts.

United States army scouts may be di-
vided into two classes: white men, who
a as chief of scouts, and Indian scouts,
who are organized as military companies.
Tit white scouts are usually men who
have been employees of the San Carlos and
Mescalero Apache reservations, or Indian
agencies. They are, from constant associ
alton with the Indians, well acquainted
with their character and habits, and fire.
quently speak a little Apache. The
Apaches, with few exceptions, speak
Spanish. n it is usually the language
they use i'll communicating with the In
dian agent and the employees of the
agency. A white man who makes himself
useful to the Indians by doing them little
favors is, in time, taught Ito read sign"
This may be said to complete the education
of n chief of scouts
1t would be beyond the scope of a news
paper article to describe how sign" is
read, nor would anything save practical
demonstration convey any comprehensive
idea to the reader. A scout who can read
''sign" can tell you by examining a trail
over which horses have passed if they
were ridden or led, and if both, the num-
Der ridden and the number led. Even
when shod he can tell whether the horses
were American or Mexican. If the trail
be made by men on foot, he can tell if it
be an Indian trail, or simply the trail of
MeXcans wearing moccasins. In 4 hostile
party he can tell by the trail how many
are bucks and how many are squaws and
children, and so on over q field of observa-
ton as extensive as interesting. The
scout thus qualified finds no difficulty in
obtaining employment in the southwest,
where Apache outbreaks are of almost
yearly occurrence.-Con A. Mahony in
Inter Ocean.
, 1888-09-21
A Female Book Agenrs Triumph.

There is a crusty old bachelor who has
an office in one of the tall buildings on
La Sale street. His pet aversion is tho
boob canvasser, although he has a score
of minor aversions, all of which serve to
bring out the rough side of his nature.
The other day he was visited by a modest
looking Young lady, who was soliciting
subscriptions for the Art Treasures of
Italy" in the eudeavor to provide for the
wants of her widowed mother and her
self. As she entered the door the old
man looked up, and, without waiting to
learn the mission of his fair visitor,
yelled out; Il haven't any money to give
away for charity today" and went on
with his writing. The young lady ad-
vanced still further into the room, and
again the old fellow called out: And |
never buy any tickets for Sunday school
excursions, either" By this time the
young lady had approached the desk and
modestly informed him of the object of
her visit.
What A book peddleri No, nam;
no books for me. Haven't time to talk
to you. Go away and don't come here
any more"
The girl tnrned away somewhat angry
and seriously disappointed, but she said
quietly, There is one book. sir, you
ought to buy and study we'll"
Whats that?' grutiiy inquired the old
man.
"'The Ethics of True Politeness.'" was
the reply.
"How's that?" sputtered the old gen.
tleman, and his face grew red. Come
here, young woman let's see what you've
got to sell"
And in less than ten minutes thereafter
the name of the crusty old man adorned
her subscription book.-Chicago Herald.
, 1888-09-21

The scout of the novel and the show is
a very picture ,;-. kind fellow,
thoroughly recbl a dead shot, the
proprietor of a warned selection of scalps,
and showing in his moral character that
combination of ''half angel and half
Lucffer" of which Joaquin Miller de
lights to sing. Like Samson of old, his
strength is in hair, and his long flowing
locks are the admiration of frontier wo-
men and the envy of frontier men. He
is always clad IN buckskin, fringed and
stamped with grotesque designs, while
his flowing locks are surmounted with a
sombrero that it would take three days to
walk round the brim. Such is the eastern
conceptions; now for southwestern reality.
The United States scout in active
service wears his hair cut short, in soldier
fashion, because he has to sleep on the
ground for weeks at a time, and if he
wore long and flowing locks they would
give him considerable trouble by afford
ing a choice variety of insects a refuge
and q dwelling place. He has no col
lection of scalps. In five years ex-
perience, during which / met nearly
every scout of note in New Mexico and
in Arizona, l never found one of them
with a single scalp except his own. Then,
again, outside of some town in which
they wanted with a ~pardonable vanity to
show off, l never saw one of them in a
buckskin suit. 1t is too warm in sum-
mer and not warm enough in winter.
The scout is a good shot, but that is a
virtue he shares in common with nearly
every man and boy on the frontier
Con A. Mahony in Inter Ocean.
, 1888-09-21

Poetry is n more mechanical art than
most people believe. Fred Latham, who
is a cousin of Lord Tennyson, has told
me than when the laureate is writing a
poem he constructs a rhyming dictionary
of his own, thus: A, b, C, d, e, f, g, h, i,
j, k, l, m, n, o, P, q, r, S, t, u, V, w, x,
y, z.
Then he has written a line, say:
Where Claribel low lieth-
He starts down the alphabet hunting for
a rhyme, getting ''buyeth," "crieth,"
''dieth, 'lieth," ''sigheth," ''tieth,''
''tryeth," ''vieth," and so on, out of
which of course it is the easiest possible
thing TO get tine line
The oak tree, thick leaved, ambrosial sigheth.
when the proper time comes to introduce
that verse into the poem. Usually Lord
Tennyson conceals the art by which no
gets TO his rhymes by putting the manu-
featured line first and letting the second
one carry the real burden of the thought.
Hall" critically ~ see.-Henry Dees in
Chicago News
, 1888-09-21

In the waters surrounding the Atlantic
provinces a holothurian, pentacta from
dosa, Jaeger, very similar to the trepang
of the Malay and Chinese coasts, is found
in great abundance. 1t is called by our
fishermen the ''sea cucumber or ''sea
pumpkin" A few experiments have
been made on it as an article of food,
and it has been. pronounced good, with
the flavor of lobster meat. Trepang, in
the east, is prepared by dipping the live
''sea cucumber" for two minutes in
boiling water, then cutting open, then
throwing into a second caldron of boil
ing water and mimosa bark. 1t is finally
dried in the sun and pressed for stowage.
The market value has been quoted at
from five to six dollars per hundred
pounds, and tie fisheries are consid-
cred of industrial importance. VIII
not some of our ingenious fishermen or
fish dealers make a thorough test of our
own '.sea cucumber" and settle the
question whether there is to be any Cana
dian trepang or nots-Educational Re.
view.
, 1888-09-21

Wnlie-What makes you come to orr
house SO often, Mr.. Hankirscn! Do ycu
want 10 marry our Irene2
Miss Irene taken by surprise, but real
izi1g with rare presence of mind that hir.
H%eakinson has got to say something now
Willie, you impertinent boy, leave the
roon!-Cbicago Tribune.
, 1888-09-21
Easy Enough.

There Is & controversy going on = the
columns Of our agricultural cortem-
pcr1ries with reference to tie best
method Of telling the rye of @ log The
aacn who takes up 'tw. seats In 4 railroad
car could probably tell the age of a hog by
looking IL his family B!ple.-BostoI
Co--.1-
, 1888-09-21

Tho economical man will not throw
away the hardened mucilage that he
scrapes away from the mouth of his bottle
in the Office. He viii wrap the pieces up
in scraps of paper, and then find them
very handy when he wants to carry mu.
cilage somewhere. They can usually be
easily dissolved-The Writer.
, 1888-09-21
The NiGhtingaIe's Song

h nightingale, it is said, has sixteen
different beginnings and closes, with
many intermediate notes. while other
birds have but four or FIVE changes
Once a Week.
, 1888-09-21
A FRlGHTFUL SKIN DISEASE.
sufferings Intense. Head Nearly Raw.
Body Covered with Sores. Cured
nv the Cuticura Remedies.

MESsRs. STEVENS q BRUSER: Monroe, n. C.
Dear two months ago, on read
Cuticura Resolvent, one box Cutfcura Salve.
and one cake CuticuraS Soap, for my son, aged
IL years, who has been afflicted with eczema
fora long time, and | am pleased to say that l
believe the remedies have cured him. His
sufierings were intense, his head being nearly
raw, MS ears being gone Nceptthe gristle, and
ton was frightful to behold. The sores nave
now all disappeared, his skin is healthy, eyes
bright, cheerful disposition and working every
day. My neighbors are witnesses to this re
markable cure, and the doubtingones are re-
quested to call or write me or any of my neigh
bors WIN. =.
Winchester z. o., Union Co., n. C.
, 1888-09-21

"Endorsation" is a hideous verbal mon
ster which has just been coined by The
Toronto Mail 1t should be declared an
Tntlav 1T once.
, 1888-09-21

THE POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co.
GeHtemen:-Mr. WINS. Stephenson of this
county brought his son TO town to-day to let
us see him and to show us what Cuticura
Remedies had done for him. This is the case
referred to in our letter TO you some time ago
10 look at the boy now one would suppose
that there had never been anything the mat
ter with him-seems to be in perfect health.
We have written and herewith inclose what
the father has to say about the matter,=wrote
1t Just as he dictated.
We are selling quite a quantity of Cuticura
Remedies and hear nothing but praises for
them. We regard the Cuticura Remedies the
best in the market, and shall do all we can to
promote their sale. Yours truly,
STEVENS Il BRUNER,
nrnmnIsts md Rhnrnlnnls1S
, 1888-09-21

Sold everywhere. Price, Cuticura, soc; Soap,
25c; REsolvent, 81. Prepared by the Potter
Drug and Chemical Co., Boston, Mass.
10 Send for "How to Cure skin Diseases"
"a pages, so Illustrations and 100 testimonials.
, 1888-09-21
Druggists and Pharmacists.

Cuticura, the great skin cure, and Cuticura
Soap, prepared from it. externally, and Cuti-
curn Resolvent. the new blood purtfies. nter-
nally, are q positive cure for every iolm of
skin and blood disease, from pimpies to scrof-
ula.
, 1888-09-21

pTMPLES, blackheads, red, rough, chapped
l Liz and oily skin prevented by Cuticura
Soap.
, 1888-09-21

Three horticultural schools, free to
women, have been opened in Denmark.
, 1888-01-07

1t is astonishing that makers of sewing
machines do not put on n device to raise
the foot with the knee, similar to a swell to
an organ. 1t could be easily and simply
arranged by connecting the knee lever
with the presser bar by means of n cord
Tor say fine wire cord) about as follows:
Fasten the cord TO presser bar guide,
quilter screw head or the thread cutter,
thence up over pulley lever or supporter,
attached for that purpose at rear of the
face plate, thence to similar device at
ear of arm above its base, thence down
through the table in q sheave pulley near
the top end of right leg, thence across to
n lever about twelve inches long, set in a
sloping position neal the left leg of the
sewing machine.
h rear or upper end of the lever
should be attached to the under side of
table, SO the front or lower end will rest
against the operators knee. Thus by a
little practice the operator will soon learn
to use such a device, and have the use of
the right hand where it is much needed
at the wheel and to help guido the sew
ing. 1t will do. away with this everlast-
ing grabbing back to the foot litter twice
for every stop.
Let us figure q little on this matter.
Say that 5000, 600 of machines arc in
use in this country, the waste motions in
reaching to filters amount to several
hundred million motions per day that
might be utilized to better advantage,
and the time lost each day would perhaps
amount to thirty years to ono individual.
Please notice that figures don't lie, and
twenty or thirty cents on each machine
would save so much.-Sewing Machine
News,
, 1888-01-07
Something About Dyspepsia.

Chronic dyspepsia is n functional, not
an organic, disorder. If the eye could
look within the stomach, in the latter
case, it would see no explanation of the
trouble, as in the case of organic diseases,
At least five kinds Of fluids cooperate
In the digestive process: saliva, gastric
juice, bile, pancreatic fluid and intestinal
secretions. Indigestion, therefore, does
not necessarily have its seat in the
stomach.
Two forms of it are specially recognized
gastric chat of the stomach) and in
testinal. Each form has two prominent
varieties: one in which the food is really
digested, while the person has a great
sense of discomfort; the other, in which
the food is not duly digested, while the
person has comparatively little suffering.
In the first variety there is an abnormal
excitability of the nerves of sensation.
This is known a nervous dyspepsia.
The more common causes of dyspepsia
are excuses in eating, neglect of physical
exercise, protracted anxiety, change from
an active to n sedentary life, insufficient
sleep, luxurious living. ,
No treatment can here be described
suited to individual cases. The chief
thing is to find out and remove the cause.
An overworked stomach should be re-
lieved by giving it only the work which
it can do easily, and by furnishing to it
only that which is easily digested.
Everything should be done to improve
the general health. Change Of locality
and general surroundings is often q help.
Youths Companion.
, 1888-01-07
In Central California.

Heretofore the eastern tourist has been
accustomed to hear only of southern Cali
fornia and its so-called semi-tropical eli
mate, while scarcely anything has been
said Of the merits of the climate in cen
trail California. To such an extent has
this putting of one portion of the state to
the detriment of another section been
carried hat many of the eastern tourists
now visiting the counties adjacent to the
bay seem to be surprised that fruits of
many kinds are grown outdoors until
Christmas. Particularly is this so in re-
gard to grapes. Some surprise has been
expressed that the fine grapes on exhi-
bition at the rooms of the state board Of
trade should be found outside of Los
Angeles and San Diego counties, whereas
the fact is that the best grapes grown
anywhere in California are produced out
side of southern California, and those
grown in Sonoma, Napa, Santa Clara and
along the eastern foothills of the Sacra-
mento valley have never been surpassed
anywhere.
Another fact worthy of becoming
known is that there ripen in Butte county,
600 miles north Of Los Angeles, and at
Los Gatos, in the Santa Clara valley, some
fifty miles south of San Francisco, the
first orange crops of this season. They
arc of fine quality and nearly two months
earlier than the Riverside crops. In Santa
Clara county some of the finest white
Verdel, Tokay and black Ferrara grapes
get ripe and ready for the table at Christ
mas. In this same county Strawberries
and raspberries can also be had up to the
holidays.-San Francisco Alta.
, 1888-01-07
Color in Dress In Now York.

When VIC come to the question of color
in dress, rs it appears relatively to the
decorative tendencies of the New York
street, we must look for its handspring,
in some degree, to American social con-
ditions. American women, as n rule,
make more display of magnifcence in
the street than the women of any other
nation. To them the street means q
show, q parade, in which they play an
important part. In adopting the modern
English aesthetic idea of color in dress,
American women have applied it extern
sively to street costumes. The use of
brilliant reds in street gowns and hats
having spread throughout Europe is
now n~ationalized on American soil, and
adds cheerfulness to life and landscape.
The approaching change in the costumes
of men 10 likely to result in n freer use
of color. The English movement against
the monotony Of male attire is finding
followers in this country, and already
many men are beginning 20 appear in
public in colors that were until recently
tabooed.-The Art Review.