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A Thoughtful Banker.

sit is queer" said the gentleman
who told the story, chow a man like
that will sometimes do a thing that
you would think none but the veriest
blockhead would be guilty of, l re-
member the day well--I suppose it
was thirty years ago, at least-when il
happened, one summer day, in bust
ness hours, that everybody in the bank
except Bolton and myself had gone out.
All at once | remembered an import
ant GRAND that had to be done. | told
Mr. Bolton about it, and asked to go
out. Yes said he, go out and attend
to it, and Eli take care of the bank till
you come back put on my hat and
coat and sailed forth. 1t seems that
had scarcely got out of sight when
Bolton remembered most important
engagement that he himself had out
side. Things were primitive in Cam
bridge at that time, and he simply
went and got his hat and started to
leave the bank. He had got to the
steps when he called to mind the fact
he had left the safe unlocked. He went
back and locked il; and then it oc-
CURED to him that when | came in !
ought to be able to get into the safe.
SO he put the key in Il safe place, at
the bottom of the waste-basket, and
covered it over with envelopes and
scraps Of paper. 1t was safe enough
there, but how was | to know where it
was? He got around that difficulty by
setting the waste-baSket under my
desk, and pinning note on the desk,
in plain sight Then he went out about
his business; and when | came in |
found, pinned there in plain sight,
staring me in the face, a note that
read:
"'John. You win find the key of
the safe at the bottom of the waste
basket. B.
ANY chance thief who had come in
at the unfastened door of the bank
would have seen that note, and, guild,
ed by it, could have opened the safe
and carried off all he could Law his
hands on. But Bolton was one of the
most careful investors and financial
advisers that ever lived in Cambridge
or Boston. n-BoSt0n transcript.
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GIFTS OF POISON.

1t is time that respectable merchants
combined with consumers for the sup
preston of all gift, prize and lottery
schemes in connection with the sale of
articles of merchd ldise. These schemes
are not only demoralizing to legitimate
business and to the morals of the COM
munlty, but IN the extent III which they
are being carried in the sale OF articles OF
food have become a source of great dam
ger to the public health. They are. no
matter IN what form they appear, moth
ing more or less than devices to swiudle
honest and unsuspectlng people.
1t is gratifying to learn that in some
instances the officers of the law have TAX
en- hold of the matter. In New York. and
also III Chicago, parties who In this way
offered gifts to purchasers of their pack
ages have recently been arrested upon
indictments for lottery swindling. The
latest candidates, both for public execra-
ton and criminal prosecution, are the
manufacturers of the alum baking pow
ders, who are both, by means of gifts and
lottery tickets, disposing of large guam
titles of their corrosively poisonous com
pounds, which are so well known to be
detrimental to health that no hOusekeep-
er will admit them to her kitchen know
ingly. This form of sWindle is not only
being peddled from house to house, but
under the promise of large profits to be
realized, the manufacturers are entrench-
ing themselves behind the counters of
many grocers by getting them to offer
the alum goods with the gifts or lottery
tickets attached, thereby shifting the liza
bility to prosecution, in part, upon other,
and perhaps innocent parties. Every
grocer or dealer, for instance, who sells
or offers for sale any of the prize or lot
terry baking powders is criminal in the
eye of the law, and liable, upon cOnvic-
ton, to fine and imprisonment, while
those who sell the gift goods are, moral
ly, as responsible, for they are offering an
indictment, or prize, to housekeepers to
use food that contains corrosive pols-
on. This is predicament In which it is
not possible our grocers will care to place
themselves when they come to think serl-
ously of the matter.
1t must be borne in mind that every
one of these gift or prize baking powders
are alum baking powders. These pow
ders cost less than four cents pound to
produce; the gift or prize costs but a few
cents more. They are sold at a price of
a first class baking powder, SO that the
swindle, in commercial sense, is enor-
nous. But the chief iniquity of the
business consists in selling, as presum-
ably wholesome an article of positively
injurious character, and by means of gifts
or brides inducing servants or unsuspect-
ing housekeepers to purchase and use it in
our daily food.
There should be some prompt method
of reaching these dangerous practices
and Furnishing the parties engaged in
their promotion. If the present laws are
not ample, we commend the matter to
the consideration Of our State Board of
Health for recommendation of such ad-
ditional legislation as shall be effective
for the protection of the public.
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COFFEE MAKING IN VENEZUELA
What l saw of the process of making
coffee requires no elaborate, carefully
considered description. The following
plain and justified cook book English,
will suffice TO initiate the careful, pains
taking housewife in the mystery of how
to make cup of coffee: Get your Vene-
Zuela cotfee-the latest, roundeet, heayi-
est beans-roast enough of them to serve
for the making of as many large cnpfuIs
as there are to be drinkers. Roast the
beans, do not burn brown, do not black
en- them, bray them while hot in a NOR
tar with pestel; do not grind them in
any kind of q patented or uupatented
labor saving and coffee spelling machine
whatsoever. Crushing does not, and
grinding does, cause the coffee to part
with some of its aroma. Tie the grains
thus crashed to about the size Of fax
seed il a bag of thick white flannel, so
thick that no dirt or dust, if any there
be il the coffee, may escape through the
interstices Of the cloth. Take a plain
earthen pot, fill it with water and set it
on the fire till it is hot, very hot, and
the water has been boiling minute or
two. Throw out the water, put in the
bag, let the coffee steam few minutes,
the lid Of the pot closely fitting, and al
lowing no escape of aroma. Carefully
lift the cover, pour in boiling water
enough TO make one.third of cup Of
coffee for each prospective drinker and
one-tbird of a cup fo1 the pot. Let the
bag of coffee boil three minutes, the lid
of the pot still on, letting the steam es.
cape as little as possible.
In three minutes-the time it takes to
boil an egg-the coffee is ready. Pour
ont one third of this black, strong, hair
lifting essence, dilute it with twice the
quantity of boiled milk-milk of the An
daluslan COW; sweeten it with p8pelon,
natural Venezuelan sugar crystals, and
you will be prepared to enjoy the de
lights that excited me to two cups and o
half that morning John, Hans, Jean
Juan gave me Spanish lesson while tax
ing my order for desayuno in the hotel of
blessed memory in the sweet vale of
Caracas. Cor. New York Times.
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Gen. Stuart, rs usual, greatly ex-
posed his own person on horseback, by
riding out of the wood into the
open field, and felt it my duty to say
to him that, in my opinion, he was not
in his proper place, as in a few minutes
the whole fire of the enemy would be
concentrated upon him.
But he was in a very bad humor.
and answered CURLY, that if this place
seemed likely to become too hot for
me, was at liberty to leave it; whore
upon | made response that since my
duty attached ME to his side. no place
could be too hot for me where he chose
to 60.
Nevertheless I changed my position.
and cautiously brought large tree. in
frcnt of which | had been standing, be-
tween myself and the enemy.
In an instant the firing began, and
three bullets struck the tree at lust the
height to show that, had l remained
where | was. they would certainly have
gone through my body. Looking at
Stuart, | saw him pass his hand quick
ly across his face, and even at that Sc
rious moment | could not help laugh
ing heartily when | discovered that one
of the numberless bullets that had been
whlStling around him. had cut off halt
of mis- beloved muStache as neatly as it
could have been done by the hand of
an experienced barber. - Youths Com
pGHlOh.
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4 ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS 4

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS AT SEA.
For all these reasons "dead reckon
ing" is untrustworthy. The captain OF
valuable ship, carrying not only an
important cargo but valuable lives, will
not trust if he can help it to compass
and log. If he can see sun, moon and
stars, We viii appeal to them, and seek
safety from their teaching. The astron-
omical methods for determining a ships
position depend on simple considera-
tons, though their details are often ex-
ceedingly complicated. In travelling
over the terrestrial globe, the voyager
changes his distance from the equator
Chat is, the circle midway between the
poles and from the first meridian Chat
is, certain circle through the poles,
from which distances east and west are
measured), or technically he changes his
latitude and his longitude.
Changes Of the fiIst kind are readily
measured, because the elevation Of the
pole of heavens increases, while the Gle
walton of the celestial equator due south
diminishes as the equator is left, aud
vice versa. The stars, of course, par
take in these changes. But thee sun is
the best object to observe for its deter
mination. His distance from the equat
or on any day throughout the year and
at any hour is known. II then he be OBJ
served at solar noon, when he is d he
south and moving parallel to the HORIZON
his observed height at once gives The
means of deducting the height Of the
celestial equator-whence the latitude is
determined. (For whatever the height
of the equator at any place the latitude
of place is 80 degs diminished by the
angular height. Richard 4. Proctor.
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The Grand Old Mans Wife.

No woman ever lives more useful
life than the wife of England's greatest
man, says the New York Nail and EC-
press. Although IS years old, Mrs.
Gladstone has still sufficient energy to
reflect the motto adopted by her when
only little girl: If you want a thing
well done do it yourself" Her father,
Sly Richard Glynnc, Bart, Of Hawar-
den castle, was in the habit of saving
that even as a child this pet daughter
evinced a remarkable talent for lead
erShip, and subsequent events have
proved that the baronets impression
was correct. While Mrs. Gladstone is
in perfect sympathy with her husband,
and ever ready to be of service to him,
yet she is more interested in raising
the moral and social standard of those
around her than in anything else. For
years she has not only encouraged hOr-
ticulture and Horticulture among the
cottagers in her neighborhood, but has
personally assisted in the selection of
plants and the laying out of platS. She
has an abundance of tact, and in argu-
ment she is quite as logical as her
husband. During prolonged inter-
view with particularly combative and
unreasoning woman on one occasion
her husband is said to have remarked:
"Well, now, this. is rather unprece-
denied YOU know. My wife usually
talks over the most pertinacious of
them in less time than this. But she'll
beat" he added, laughingly, '.for she
never fails Being quite domestic in
her tastes, Mrs. Gladstone is quite de-
lighted to find this talent among her
friends. In the selection of these this
lady is never influenced by the acct
dent of birth, wealth, or social posi-
ton. Her two requirements are moral
worth and brains. Thus the proudest
home in England is always open to
professional people.
In 1862. during the cotton famine,
Mrs. Gladstone worked night and day
to alleviate the misery. She establish
ed an orphans home at Chaplain in
1866. This afteWard became a home
for incurables. Mrs. Gladstone's So
cial, educational, and charitable pro-
jects have always been warmly second
ed by her husband. who is more proud
of his wife than of anything else in
the world, not excepting his own hon
orable and brilliant career.
The following story will illustrate
this lovely woman'S great heart:
"Oh, if | could only do something
for YOU" a poor singer whom Mrs.
Gladstone had been able TO render a
great service, once exclaimed.
That is easy, my dear the lady re-
sponded.
Easy for me TO be of service to
you?n the lady exclaimed, the CRATE
full tears flowing down her cheeks.
Yes, by doing something for some
body else. A kind word, bit of prac-
teal advice, a helping hand-even if
there isn't much in it,n Mrs. Gladstone
replied with 4 smile, will always be
doing something for me- And more
than that. my child, it viii be doing
something for yourself and something
for God
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A Question oe Double Personality.

The fact of sleep may of itself have
already suggested the idea Ct two dis
tinct persons, for we certainly are not
the same sleeping and waking. Yet,
in sleep, we have recollections from
the waking state, and we can remcm-
Der from sleep when awake. There
is, therefore, an essential connection
between the two states. There are
in natural somnambulism at the same
time more or less of analogy with the
wakeful condition. In one respect 1t
more resembles wakefulness: for while.
in natural sleep, the dream IS absolute
" incoherent, the somnambulist plays
out his dreams; that is, he executes
system of co-ordinatedm movements hay-
ing a beginning, middle, and an end,
or a certain conference. On the other
hand, somnambulism is further sep
arated from wakefulness in the fact that
the man awake wholly loses the recol-
lection of what the sleeping man has
done. while the somnambulist can re-
member what he has done in a preyiOus
sleep. There are, then, in some fash
ion, two lives, and the hypothesis
dreamed of by Pascal is very near To
being realized: If we dreamed every
night the same thing, it would affect
US as much as objects that we see every
day, and if an artisan were sure to
dream during the twelve hours Of every
night that he was king. | believe
that he would be almost as happy as
king who should dream for twelve
hours that he was an artisan" Pascal
speaks here only of dreaming, but it
must not be forgotten that somnam-
bulism is composed both of dreams and
reality. The somnambulist performs
actions that take place in the real
world; he walks, he writes, he does
nearly everything that he does while
awake, and is even able to speak and
reply. Hence we have only to repre-
sent to ourselves somnambulism gain
ing more and more upon the waking
condition, encroaching upon it, and at
last becoming a second waking alter
mating with the other, and retaining
only one feature of somnambulism-
the loss of recollection on waking
Familiar Science ITODthIu
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THURSDAY, JULY rs.
Uncle Mates Funeral.

Twas rot all like those you see of ordinary
men:
Twas such as never could occur, excepting
For Uncle Nate had studied hard upon it,
night and day,
And planned it all-whie yet alive-in his pc
culiAr way. .
I've managed other mems remains" he said'
with quiet tone.
And now III make a first-ciass try to regu-
late my own.
And so, a month before his death, he wrote
the details down,
For friends to print when he was dead, anu
mail throughout the town
The paper said: I've inquired close, and done
the best | knew,
To have good large funeral when this short
life was through;
I've thought about it night and day, I've
broOded DER the same,
Until it almost seemed task TO wait untll lt
came,
Especially as my good wife has wandered on
ahead,
And all the children we possessed have many
years been dead;
And now I'll tell you what want my friends
and foes to do
I'm sorry that / can't be here to push the ar
rangement through:
81 do not want to hire hearse with Grape
around il thrown;
I'm social like, and am not used to riding
Bring my old wagon, into which the children
used to climb,
Until I've taken on a drive fun twenty at a
time;
We've loafed along the country roads for
many pleasant hours,
And they have scattered far and near, ana
picked the freshest flowers:
And would like to have them come upon my
burial day
And ride with me, and talk to me, and sing
along the way.
] want my friend, the minister-the best of
preacher-fOiks,
with whom I've argued. prayed, and wept,
and snapped q thousand jokes
To talk a sermon TO the friends, and make 1t
sweet, but strong:
And, recollect, | don't believe in speeches
OVERRIDING.
And tell him. notwithstanding all his elo-
guence and worth.
'Twont be the first time have slept when he
was holding forth.
I'd like two texts; and one shall be by bible
covers pressed,
And one from outside that shall read, HE
did his level best
And any one I've given help--to comfort or
to save
Just bring a flower. or a sprig of green, and
throw ii in the grave.
Please have pleasant social time round the
subscribers bier.
And no one but my enemies must shed sim
gle tear.
You simply say, Old Uncle Nate, whatever
may bcfall,
Is having probably to-day the best time of US
all,
He's shaking hands two at time, with sew
eral hundred friends.
And giving us who stay behind good gilt-edg-
ed recOmmeHdS!'
| They tried to follow all the rules that Uncle
Nate laid down;
When he was dead they came to him from
every house in town.
The children did their best to sing, but could
not quite he heard
The parsOn had Il sermon there, but did not
speak word.
OF course they buried him in flowers, and
kissed him as he lay.
| For not soul in all that town but he had
helped some way:
But when they tried to mold his mound with
out the tears sweet leayen.
| There rose loud sobs that Uncle Nate could
almost hear in heaven.
VIII Carleton. in Harper's Weekly.
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MINE HUNTING BY CLAIRvoYANTs.-
The mining prospector stands in danger
of losing his vocation. A man need no
longer shoulder pick and a shovel and
spend days, weeks and months i'll travel
ing the mountains and gulches III seach
of the precious metals. The F'magueti
Ter" has done away with all that. All
that man requires to do now is TO be
put to sleep or mesmerized and started
off to discover mine. l net mesmer-
ist the other day, aud lie declared that
he had colored man whom he had sent
all over the country while asleep, and
who had visited a certain spot in Arizona
mining region, which he believed would
be found to be an immense mine. Ore
indicators must yield before the sleeping
prospector, and l have no doubt the lat
ter Will also be in demand to locate ore
in mines which are now equipped with
all but that.-James Haskell in Globe
Democrat.
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Her Only Husband.

Il is hard to laugh at an afflicted
wife's grief, but then it is harder still
not TO laugh III case like the follow
inc. which is given as a war incident:
The guards were marching rough,
gray bearded, gorilla-lookiug old lei
low down a path leading from dilap-
idated old house. Close in their wake
came buNom young daughter of Erin.
with half-naked. dirty baby, screech-
ing like mad, under her left arm, while
in her right hand she iiourished a
broom, brush upward, in a threatening
attitude.
All the while she was crying loud
enough TO be heard at least half mile,
''Oh dear. oh deari They've taken
the only husband I've got! the only
husband I've gotr YOUTHS Companion.
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& LITTLE MOUNTAIN SToRM.-Though
the sky was perfectly clear at starting,
We soon detected another of those pecu-
liar little mountain storms coming tear
ing down a deep gorge ahead of US.
There was the same chug, chug, chug as
before, and the rain came down with
such cutting force as to make it impos-
sible for our horses to face it; SO we were
obliged to bout face and wait till it had
passed-pot over, but on, for these
storms literally roll along on the surface
of the earth. A mile or two further on
we met its twin brother, with experience,
and farther up the valley we met various
and sundry other members OF the fam
lily.
My observation OF these and other
mountain storms in the far northwest
has led me to believe that much of our
popular science regarding clouds and
the formation of rain is sadly at fault.
When one of these peculiar clouds
meets with an impossible obstruction, as
when reaching sudden turn in q canyon
or bringing mp against a jutting noun
tain, 1t simply gets so mad it bursts"
and the water then rushes down the mar
row valleys with such violence as to car
~ everything before it.
The people of this section, some of
whom are highly educated, and all of
whom have acquired habits of The closest
observation, invariably speak of these
sudden deiuges rs ''cloud bursts" end
scientifically accurate or not, the term
certainly descibes the appearance of the
phenomenon. In some way or ether the
onward motion of the cloud, when sud
denly arrested, is changed into a force
which almost instantly liquefies it, aud
then good-by to the hopes of the unfortu-
nate ranchman whose crops of growing
grain skirt. the borders Of the brook
William Shoup in Overland Monthly.
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SOME INTERESTING DIsCOvERIEs.-Re
cent explorations in Spain by two Bel
gian scientists have resulted in some
very interesting discoveries. Relics of a
prehistoric race have been found in great
abundance, ranging from the stone age
to that of bronze and metals. These
people buried their dead not only in
stone graves, or cells, but also in great
jars of burnt clay, accompanied by pieces
of pottery and other articles of use and
value. This form of jar bprials is very
widespread, and examples have been
found from Japan to Peru. These relics
are supposed to belong to that ancient
race which lived in Europe previous
to the Aryan immigration, the variops
branches of which are known a Iberi-
ans, Pelasgians, Ligurians, ETC., accord
ing to the country in which they lived.
Several skeletons were found adorned
with silver and gold ornaments. One Of
the remarkable relies is a female skull
eucircled by band of silver, to which is
attached thin plate Of the same metal.
Frank Lcslies.
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I have been a great sufferer from cat
arrh for over ten years; had it very bad
could hardly breathe. Some nights I
could not sleep had to walk the floor.
purchased Ely's Cream Balm and am
using it freely, it is working "A cure sure
ly. | have advised several friends to use
it, and with hnppy results in every case.
It Is the one medicine above all others
made to cure catarrh, and it is worth its
weight in gold. l thank Goo L have
found a remedy 1 can use in safety and
that does all that is claimed fcr it. 1t is
euriug my deafness.-B. ". Spefry,
Hartford Conn.