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nisnosition OF Old Letters.

It is trouble, not good, that arises from
old letters. A package has fallen into my
care to be disposed Of as thought best.
Il contains letters, bills, receipts, some
papers Of value and others worthless. In
order to sort the chaf fnom the wheat,
they must be carefully examined. All,
what unthought Of secrets they DISCLOSE
family troubles Of which. the world never
dreamed; bitter heartaches where we
thought all was serene; love letters,
sacred for their time and place, ridiculous
powI a whispered suspicion of slpnder
upon name we thought was purek as
snow, and we are left to wonder whether
1t Is true or false. Old letters. What
can they be good fort Their mission is
ended.
Il may like to read them while recov-
ering from an illness, says some one.
Pshawl as II these would be tonic you
needed of such a timel Better far a
breath of pure air. We are all prone to
brood too much at such times, and need
no such help in that direction Let this
plea FOR the burning of letters be strong
one. Business letters should be fled and
labeled Have blank book into which
to COPY such dates or extracts as may be
of value in the future for references
This can be done when letters are an
swered. Then burn them and see the
ashes. 1t Is the sorrows instead of tn,
ioys, that most letters contain. They ar
the safety valve for deep feeling from
friend to friend, good in their time, bu
sometimes worse than useless in the fu
ture Every day brings new experiences
We are constantly changing, and in man
cases would be ashamed of our own let
ters written ten years ago.
Garfield said: when you pitch you
, tent let it be among the living, not anon
; the dead. Sarah NJ. Bailey in The HOUSE
= keeper.
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AppareI for Hot weather.

When it comes to the apparel question,
we find problem difficult of solution.
What to wear for the greatest comfortP
/ hear my fat and hasty friend say,
''Why, the thinnest white cotton garment
you can possibly buy"
''Not quite, old fellow. If you do that
you may find it q snare, and one of these
days, with their sudden changes, will
bring you n summer pneumonia. Cotton
is not an absorbent, and is no more fit to
be worn next the skin than coat OF mail
would be. Il holds the perspiration and
excretlons of the body--of these millions
of little sewers-in its meshes, in suspen-
sion as it were, and when you stand in a
breezy place you feel this foreign presence
by the cold, clammy sensation which
brings out the expression that ''some one
is walking over your grave"
Underwear should always be econstructe:
of woolen material, which may be made
as light and flmy as desired. 1t is coolel
than cotton, and far more cleanly.-
Richard Guernsey, II. D., in Once Week
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Iabouchere,s Method Of Composition.

The talk after this drifted on to a dis
cussiOn of some Of the characteristics of
the leading figures in English political life,
and the duke Of Marlborough spoke of
Labouchere, for whom he entertains the
warmest admiration. "Ibelieve," said he,
"that Labouchere writes nearly all OF
Truth himself. He always has pad of
paper with him and takes down what he
hears on all kinds of diverse subjects.
AS fast as he fills a sheet of the pad he
tears it off and stuffs it into pocket de-
voted to the reception of these slips. At
night when he goes home he turns out his
lapocket, arranges its contents and sends
| them on to his editor In this way Truth
/ Is LabouChere and Labouchere is Truth.
! The smoking room in the house is his
| favorite lounging place. Here he sits and
chats with everybody that comes along,
and uses his pad and pencil incessantly.
What was it you were telling me about
that dynamo? Give it to me in q few
words now-in plain English phrase.
And he writes it down as you talk it. He
saws that the three necessary qualities for
attracting newspaper writing are that 1t
shall be short, concise and always have a
point. From all these sources, which Mr.
Labouchere conveniently commands, the
paper is filled up weekly. l am sure thai
he has no extensive editorial bills to pay
and that very little matter appears in tn,
columns of Truth which is not either alb
solutely his own or suggested by him
The London World, which is, 0f course
Truths chief rival on the other hand
PAYS out great deal of money to con
tributors, and is always presenting prom
inent features. Cor New York World.
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Normandy Coast Fishing Excursion.

l Twas most anxious to go on a fishing
expedition, and few days after l arrived
quite large party of us started from the
villa. 1t was all such new thing to me
that l examined curiously all belonging
to it with no common interest. My cos
tune, as we'll as those of the other ladies,
was most peculiar. We had on our bath
ing suits, over which we wore short
Jackets Of striped flannel; pretty cork
shoes and large straw hats completed our
attire. Some carried pitchfOrks and
buckets, others nets and poles. The gen
| tlemen wore knickerbockers and short
Jackets and went barefOoted. On the
! beach we found a number of donkey carts
awaiting u.s. and small boys in attend
ance, who were to beat the poor beasts
in case they became refractory.
The tide was well on its way Quit
falls or recedes from two to three miles
each day-and we had several hours be
fore us for our trip. With much urging
and slow advancing we arrived at goo(
spot, so the gentlemen assured us, ant
seizing the pitchROrks we all began to dig
The first removal of sand showed m
quantities Of small fishes squirmin
around in the wet and loOsened sand
Grabbing them up in our hands we dc
posted them in our pals, and so wen
from place to place fishing in this mos
curious manner. 1t became quite excitin
toward the end, for VIC made wagers as
who would gather the greatest quantit.
and in our hurry to grab all we could $,
half would squirm out of our hands Ill
cells. These tiny fish are species of a,
chovy, and make a most delicious fritur
well repaying one at dinner time for Il
. trouble of hunting them.-COr. ArgOnau
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Dreams Of tho Blind.

The dreams of the blind are of great
Importance and the fact that persons
born blind never dream of seeing is estab-
lished by the investigations of competent
inquirers. So far as we know, there IS no
nroof of a single instance of a person born
blind ever in dreams fancying that he saw.
The subject has been treated by Joseph
Jastrow In The Presbyterian Review. He
has examined nearly two hundred per
sons of both sexes in the institutions fol
the blind in Philadelphia and Baltimore
Thirty.two became blind before com
pleting their fifth year, and not one o.
these thirty-two sees in dreams. Con
cerning Laura Bridgman, the blind anS
deaf mute, Professor G. Stanley Hall
quoted by Mr. Jastrow, says; Sight an'
hearing are as absent from her dreams q
they are from the dark and silent worlI
which alone she knows. Rev. DR.. J. N
buckley in The Century.
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nurinr the sIece of Paris.

A recent exhibition of French carica-
lures and comic drawings brought to the
public eye once more the evidences Of the
fact that Partisan gayety was not to be
suppressed even by the terrible siege that
the capital went through from the Ger
man army. One of these caricatures,
published during the siege, was made to
represent fashion plate; various elegant
ladies and gentlemen were pictured going
about wrapped in mattresses, and under
meath the picture was the legend: Fash
ions for the bombardment season" Most
of these pleasantries of the siege turned
upon the scarcity Of food-a grim subject
which seemed particularly inspiring to
the caricaturist Of the time. A servant
asks his master: "Shall put the horses
In the carriage today, or in the baroucher
HIM" says the master, signing, you
may put them in the oven, please" Not
unlike this Is another caricature repre-
senting a servant making the familiar an
nouncement to his mistress: 1.-The horses
are ready, madame" "What" Yes
madame-they are on the tablet" Sucl
pleasantries seem scarcely to have been
laughing matter to the people who wen
through those fearful scenes, but tn
Parisians must laugh at something, ant
these pictures prove that they could no
think of stopping their gayety on accoun
Of such passing incident as siege an
a famine.-The Argonaut.
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Aurora and EpaminOndas.

"Have you no word of comfort for me,
Aurora"
Epaminondas Chugg gazed in strong
despair at the young woman who, in few
brief and cOldly spoken words, had ended
the brightest dream of his life. Aurora
FitzRarlicl1 was beautiful as a shOwman's
$4,000 dream. To faultless face and
elegantly upholstered figure she united
voice like an echo from the choir of para
disc and paternal progenitor with the
largest bank account of any operator on
the street Many and many time had
Epaminondas sat in Queen Anne chair in
the Fitzgarlick parlor drinking in her
Eastlake Michigan beauty until his head
ached. Many time had he proudly at
tended her to the theatre, the opera, and
the restaurant, and subsequently tossed
upon his restless couch the livelOng night
in the pangs of love and indigestion. The
! hour had come at last when he could keep
| silent no longer. He had declared himself
and been informed with cold pOliteness by
the heiress of the Fitzpatrick millions that
she regretted to be compelled to return
his prOffered hand and heart as unavailable
! for her use.
"What can say, Mr.. Chugg, that will
soften the blow which it deeply pains mo
W 4nuAGIA bAAc ooANg IL ~ Ply W A-A1
ing question.
7'Add a postscript of some kind" h
said, wildly: 'give me on open date or
chance to hedge. If you can't grant me
rehearing don't crush me by cold ser
tence of death. Commend me at least t
the mercy of heaven"
''Nlr. Chugg," exclaimed the Lowell
maiden in alarm, ''you speak with strang
incoherency. You have read too muc
J campaign poetry"
Aurora Fitzgarlick, replied Epam
nondas Chugg, in voice whose trag
misery thrilled her to the remotest ib'
of her being, Il have read nothing for s.
weeks except William D. Howells' la
novel"
20, my poor Epaninondas!" impulsiv
: ly burst from the lips Of the beautif
girl, while her eyes kindled with tend
I pity and her face lit up with a passi'
: born radiance, "you have endured enoul
T afliction already. If lifetime of lovh
), devotion will compensate you for the su
ferings of these six weeks take me- a
II yours"-Chicago Tribune.
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Cider in the Metropolis.

should imagine that cider had become
as popular a beverage in New York as 1t
is in Maine. Wherever go in the hum
bier quarters of the town come on cider
shops. They vend buttermilk and pop
beer, too, believe, but cider Is certainly
their chief commodity, and have never
seen a cider shop In which did not also
see people drinking cider. Some fifteen
years ago a speculative individual opened
4 cider shop In an Unbiased store on Broad
way. The beverage was advertised as
Manufactured on the premises, and in the
window of the shop was q miniature cider
press, which was operated by miserable
big dog that toiled on tread mill all day
and half the night through, Ibelieve Mr..
Henry Bergh put an end to this estab-
hshment and some others that sprang up
In imitation Of it.
Since then the cider industry has evi-
IDENTIFY settled on legitimate basis. That
it has already enjoyed the developing Ap-
fiuences Of civilization is evidenced by the
fact that in one Of the shops on the east
side where dropped in to satisfy the
cravings Of thirst and curiosity at one and
the same time, I read announcements OF
''cider and milk, " ''spieed cider, ''hot
mulled cider" and half dozen other curl
ous combinations. The champion combi.
nation Of all, however, the fmtnortPi and
soul enthralling ''stone fence, was, per
haps fortunately for the patrons, absent
from the hst.-Alfred Trumble in New
/ York News.
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WHOLE NO. l,721.
The roilsrs Of the Nile.


We are in Nubia, the climate, the differ
ent types of the negro race, their black
skins displayed with a lavish disregard OF
dress, all remind us that we are indeed in
Africa, for all about US are the very
scenes we used tn see in the geography
pictures when but children Myself ma
tive of the south, and familiar with plan
tation life in half a dozen different states,
before as well as since the c,yl. war, find
these Africans In their D"s country par
ticularly interesting -'uGy. We have
watched them az their daily toll, and far
too often are they made to work night as
well as day. until exhausted nature could
stand 10 more Their food is lentils,
grain something like barley, but tasting
more like the bean. A coarse, dry bread,
that we'll bred dog would not eat at
home. Sometimes few dates as a lux
ury, and this Is all. We buy a sheep now
and then for the boats crew, and they are
as ravenous over 1t as pack Of starving
wolves. The crews Of the boats sre at
least decently covered, but with a great
number clothing IS unknown. We see
these people drawing water from the river,
toling In the fields and laboring in the
great sugar mills of the Nile
For my part, can truly say that slavery
! was uOI unuersIOOU ny Ho OSAOIo NASA1hInb
Egypt. In intelligence and respectabflity
the average Of these people, not simply
Nubians, but those Of Egypt as well,
mean, Of course, the felaheen, do not com
pare with our plantation negroes. Tn
alleged cataracts are nothing more thai
rapids, not as fine as those above Niagar
falls, nor the Lachine of the st. Lawrence
We descended the lesser one in smal
row boat, found 1t exciting, with perhaps
a spice Of danger in 1t. It was good sPoI
to watch the ebony sons Of the desert lea
from the rocky cliff into the seethin
waters Of the great cataract. then. after
aad 5 ST SBtfa 5 aSs esnP1 mako Hg 'oo o9t sR ss O9a %
with the din Of the national motto, "bacl
scheash, backscheash," ali in chorus
William Y. Hamlin In Detroit Free Pres
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r,a INDIANA Rark Canoe

The bark canoe is the Indians chef
d'euyre. It seems to me not only beau
tiful object, but q suggestive emblem Of
his life. It is the most natural boat in
the world; to make it he peels the bark
from birch, splits o cedar for timbers
and planks, binds it together with roots,
and closes the seams with pitch from the
pine. His tools are an ak, q crooked
knife, and an awl made Of a deer's bone.
No compass and square cover his weak
ness, for every piece tells the exact truth
of his hand and eye; not even bench
removes him from the earth, nor roof
covers him from the sky; he kneels at his
work. And the women embody their at
tachment in the pitch they press into the
cracks. It is natures model, made by the
wild man In the woods. The life of the
bark canoe is equally poetic; it floats
through mountain lakes with the beaver,
and runs rapids with the otter; indeed,
all it's companions are creatures OF the
forest; it is faithful to nature to the very
last, when it retires to the shore OF some
lonely pond to mold under its mound OF
feathery moss.-C. H. Farnham IN bar
per's Magazine
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nIedlcine for GAMING Pets.

Never treat your dog roughly in ad-
ministering medicine. Kindness will bring
about quicker and better results than
force Give medicines that are in the
form of powders in gelatine capsules. To
administe. these take the dog, if small
one, on your knee, if a large one, between
the knees, open the mouth gently but
firmly, holding the head up as high as
you can, and have some one to put the
capsules as far down the throat as posi-
ble, now close the jaws and give the dog
a sharp tap under the chin, which will
cause him to swa- ow the capsule. When
LIQUID medicines are not of a disagreeable
taste they can be given in drinking water
or in broth. When it is necessary to force
a dog to take them, hold him in the same
position as when giving capsules, but dc
not hold the jaws so wide open, and have
your assistant pour the medicine from
long necled bottle into the back part OF
the mouth q little at a time; hold th'
nose until you are sure he has swallowed
| the dose. AS soon as all is down give thu
dog a morsel of meat and take him out fO
a run. This will often prevent him iron
vomiting the medicine.-GlObeD Democrat
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ne Didn't Seem sympathetic.

"How did you like Mr.. Battie?" asked
her husband, over the tea table.
"Well, can't say that liked him par
ticularly," was the reply.
why, felt sure you would be pleased
with him, he is such thoroughly good
and earnest man.
"Oh, don't doubt that, and do like
his sermons. But don't think much Of
him for n pastor"
why, what is the trouble2"
The wrath and disappointment that had
been increasing ever since the ministers s
departure broke forth.
''Well, l don't care who man is or how
learned he is, when he comes to make q
friendly call at my house, and have my
baby all fixed up and brought in for his
special benefit, think it's as little as the
man can do to pay some attention to the
child, and that man sat here a full hour
with that dear, sweet baby under hil
very nose, ard never even looked at her
or asked her name. He don't seem sym
pathetic, and know sha'n't like him.
Youths Companion.
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THE BELIEF IN LUCK.
Result of an Effort to Explain the Appar
emily expIicabIe-Examples.

Result of an Effort to Explain the Appar-
emily InexpIicable-Exampl
Thu belief in luck results from a per
sjste.t effort to explain what is to the
majority inexplicable, and we may sus-
pecr that as the inexpicable Is usually
attributed to an unseen chain of causes,
a good many senseless efforts TO change
the luck-as, for instance, turning the
chair at whist, or changing ones house
are efforts, conscious or unconscious, 70
break the chain of causality, to defect
the stream, as it were, and make it pass
bv us. But this explanation does not IN
the least meet the strange feeling which
attaches luck or i'll luck to inanimate
| things, feeling which, avOwed through
out the East, and nearly universal with
! the vulgar of the West, fingers even
among the cultivated to an astonishing
| degree We have met men and women
entirely free from it, or at least so free
that neither they nor we could detect it;
but we suspect the majority of our
readers will admit that they are aware of
its existence in their own minds-that Is,
that they possess or know Of things to
which, in spite of reason, they attach
lucky or unlucl1y influence.
The extent of the feeling varies with
temperament but few are wholly free
from it, and with some it is an abiding
conviction, leading, in the case Of the loss
of the thing thus valued, to acute mental
suffering. 1t is not all association which
induces women to sob over a mislaid
wedding ring, or brave officers to put ona
particular sword when going on spe
cially dangerous expedition. 1t is not al
inexplicable but continuous experience
for there has been no experience. Iha
solution would explain the belief of Not
tinrhamshire that particular hOus
always kills the first born of its Owne
wholly irrespective of descent-whil
the owner is still alive.
, That idea, so strong as to affect tn
, value of the property, is no doubt the rc
, suit of a long series of singular coin
f. cidences, the breaks in which, not bein
remarkable, have not been remarked; bu
i, in most cases there is no justifying e2
! perience. The vase, or cup, or jewel, {
house to which a family attaches honor 9
= in some way connected with the "lucB
of their race, has never been broken,
q lost, or sold; and they themselves,
:, they show their treasure, reject with the
= intellects n belief nevertheless so Oper
i tive that no price would purchase its o
: iect from their possession The man WI
% has kept a lucky coin for years has new
: had any luck from it; it is the miserah
;S often who feel this charm of the inal
~ mate, and go on for years preserving t
=. article. whatever it may be, as a kind
~ amulet which is to bring the happine
never vet possessed. Indeed, men ha
-. been known to buy things under q fan
g that they would be lucky to them, whi
y is to express the belief in its fullest a
~ most unreasonable form.-Once Weel
Smyrna times., 1888-08-29
Forgot His other Name.

Sunday School Teacher-Now, Bobby,
can you tell me what the distance was
from Dan to Beersheba.
Bobby (hesitatingly)-Th distance from
Dan to Beersheba was-was-
Sunday School Teacher-Wen, what
makes you stop2 Don't you know how
far Dan was from Beershebaf
Bobby-Yes, sir; but-but-Im Just
irving to think what Dams other name
was.-Detroit Free Press.
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II Didn't Take Much.

Widow Hardfare Qandladyl-My hus-
band used to say, poor man, that ne
always felt better for It If he got up from
the table Just little hungry.
Sarcastic Boarder (only week Denind
with his board and consequently moe
pendent(--I spose, Mrs. Hardtare' thes
your husband felt good pretty much al
the time Texas 6iftings.
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No. nrnol, .for ono.

care you admiring the new moon, Miss
Claraq" he said as he came softly up from
the gate.
Eyes, Mr.. Sampson, / have been gazing
at It so long that my neck fairly aches.
ssYou shouldn't try to look at It alone,
he said, tenderly, and then he sat down
and divided the labor. New York Sun.
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Nrost Popular Paper.

A reporter connected with one Of our
leading daily papers canvassed' a train
the other morning as to what paper was
Altogether the most popular. His own
journal received four votes, while the re-
manning sixty-two were evenly divided
between wall paper and fly paper.-Har-
pera Bazar.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-29
SMYRNA DEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST % 1888
A VOICE IN A DREAM.

-
It was only a voice in dream,
But it spake to me sweet and low.
Twas a voice that used to know
When it cheered my way
In the golden day
OF a summer long ago.
1t was only a voice in dream;
Twas not strange that gave a start
When its deep tones entered my heart,
That in loneness sighed
As its pulse replied:
"Oh, so long to be apartw
It was only a voice in a dream;
But it carried joy to me.
interpret, and 1 can see
A glOrifed day
And not far away,
When my love comes home from sea.
Come again, dear voice, in q dream,
In my sleep, my lone heart to cheerl
There is nothing so sweet to hear.
Give me joy each night
Till wake to light
And to find my loved one near!
George Birdseye in Detroit Free Press.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-29
r.,...0sr.,.na.h,n.

Our very best friends have 9 tineturs
Of Jealousy even IN their friendship; and
when they hear Qs praised by othets wtn
sscr1he It to sinister and interested mo-
tives Il they can.-Colton.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-29
weather Changes.

Il has been observed In Italy by Pal
roieri that on a clear day, with every IN
dication OF continued fine weather, the
efectrometer viii indicate q change long
before the arometer.--Arkanssw Irav-
aiar.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-29
SHOE STORE
NEWS.

We recommend "GlycerOle"
as the best Shoe Dressing in the
market. We also keep "Gilt
Edge" and Browns"
We sell for $500 the best work
Shoe in Kent county.
Mems nobby Shoes in stock or
to measure.
Mems fine Calf Boots, sewed or
pegged.
Mundelps Solar Tip" Shoes for
Children.
Try a pair "Our Perfection -
$500 Shoe.
Slippers and Oxford Ties-all
styles.
The finest and best line GI
Children's heel or spring hee
| dress Shoes ever shown i'll this
section.
We carry nothing but footwear
which means to customers NOR,
leather for hundred cents thai
if we carried every article o
merchandise.
Nou are welcome buy or no
Smyrna times., 1888-08-29
w T. 1Bagg
Established and Reliable Shoe Store,
OPPOSITE THE FRUIT GROWERS BANK

While changes in the Shoe Business are SO frequently oc-
curing elsewhere in community you VIII ma no Change
here hope be able be found at my post ready TO sup
ply you with shoes your taste and at as reasonable prices %
can he had regularly elsewhere opening large stock
for the Spring Season. which you would do well to see Come
and see me- l will take pleasure in showing them