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The Cancels Hump.

Structurally, of course, the humps
are nothing-mere Jumps of fat, col
lected under convenient fold of the
skin, and utterly unprovided for in the
framework of the skeleton. When the
animal is at its best and well fed, they
are full and plump, standing up on his
back firm and upright; but on long
journey they are gradually absorbed to
keep up the fires that work the heart
and legs, and in the caravan camels
which arrive at the coast the skin
hangs over, an empty bag, upon the
creatures TANKS, bearing witness to
the scarcity of external food during the
/ long forced march from the interior.
A starved small camel in this state of
health far more closely resembles a
Peruvian llama than any one who has
only seen the fine, well-kept beasts in
European menageries or geological gar
dens could readily imagine. But water
is even scantier in the desert than food;
and against want of water, therefore,
the camel has had to provide himself,
functually at least, if not structurally,
quite as much as against want of herb
age. His stomach has accordingly ac-
quired the power of acting as an in
ternal reservoir, and he can take in as
much water at the Bahrs or Wadys,
where he rests for awhile on his toll
some march, as will supply his needs
for four or five days together. There
are some differences in this respect,
however, between the two chief va
rieties of the camel. The African kind
is most abstemious and best adapted
to sandy deserts; the Bactrian, a product
of a more varied and better-watered
country, is larger and stronger, but less
patient of hunger and thirst, while at
the same time it can manage to subsist
and to make its way into somewhat
rocker and more rugged country
Grant Allen, IN Popular Science
MOnthlN.
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Fulfilling His Promise.

''You will find some panes of glass
broken in the pulpit window, and pos
sibly you may suffer from the cold.
The cushion, too, is in bad condition,
but l beg of you not to say anything
to my people on the subject. They are
poor" etc., said one minister to an &C.
centric brother with whom he was ex-
changing 60 no! o mol" said Mr.
Adams. But ere he left home he filled
a bag with rags and took it with him.
When he had been in the pulpit short
time, feeling somewhat too free circu-
lation of air, he deliberately took from
the bag handful or two of rags and
stuffed them into the window. Toward
the close of his discourse he became
very animated, and brought down both
fists with a tremendous force upon the
pulpit cushion. The feathers flew in
all directions. He simply exclaimed,
Why, how these feathers flyl" and
proceeded with his sermon. He full
filled his promise not to address the So
ciety ON the subject, but had taught
them a lesson not to be misunderstood.
On the next Sabbath the window and
cushion were found in excellent re-
pair.-ETchdnge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29
What a Reporter Should Be.

Many young men seek an entrance to
newspaper work because they have
heard that a reporter goes everywhere
and never has to pay anything to get
there; that tickets to him are an un.
known and unnecessary quantity
that the talismanic word I" reporter !"
will open all doors. This is where these
young men fool themselves. The man
who wishes to become reporter must
be man of principle. Many tempta-
tons will be thrown in his way, and
these he must withstand. He must pos
sess large chunks of common sense and
tact, for he will meet all kinds of peo-
pie under all sorts of conditions, and
he must be able instantly to judge the
proper way in which to approach his
man and his subject. Then, too, great
discretion must be his, and he must re-
member that he hasn't day or two in
which to arrive at conclusion as how
best to act. Courage he will require /;
staying power, tireless energy, willing
ness to work hard and long, accurate
ness, good general education-all
these are part and parcel of the re-
porter. But he may have these and
other qualities and still not make a re-
porter. If he is obliged to wait for an
introduction to news before he can
make its acquaintance he can earn
more money driving tacks than in news
paper rk.-Butalo EGpreSS.
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Talking with the Hands.

Naples, as every one knows, is the
city where people talk with their hands,
and this they do in church as well as in
market or in the drawing-room. l
observed singular instance of this in
conjunction with the performance of
the confessional. On either side of the
rows of boxes, at the windows of which
women were kneeling, pouring fourth
their real and imaginary sins to the
directors of their consciences. The
windows were so arranged that the
priests sitting within the boxes could
not see those who came to confess, but
the front was open. In one of these
boxes sat priest in such position
that l could not see his face, but / was
able to make out the whole tenor of his
remarks to the woman under confession
by the eloquent movements of his thin,
white hands, which peeped from his
black sleeves and moved necessarily to
and fro on the polished wood of the
chair-front. What astonishing variety
of movement in these hands! The
gestures were not made for the woman,
who could not see them; they were
the necessary accomplishments of the
priests speech, and, had his hands
been tied, l doubt if he could have
spoken at all. Coquelin, the famous
French actor, often appears in little
piece in which, for half an hour, he
does not utter a word, but represents
the injured and misunderstood hus-
band, responding solely by various mo-
tons of his hands and arms to the inn
passioned and rather abusive mono
logue of his wife. But this priest OF
Naples could have taught Coquelin
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MisteIlanp.
Live 1t Down.

Has your life bitter sorrow2
Live 1t down.
Think about a bright tenn orrow,
Live 1t down.
You will find 1t never pays
Just to sit, wet-eyed, and gaze
On the grave of vanished days.
Live it down.
Is disgrace your CALLING burden?
Live 1t down.
You can win brave hearts guerdon;
Live 1t down.
Make your life so free from blame
That the luster of your fame
Shall hide all the olden shame;
Live 1t down.
Has your heart a secret trouble?
Live II down.
Useless grief will make it double,
Live 1t down.
Do not water it with tears,
Do not feed it with your fears,
DO not nurse it through the years;
Live 1t down.
Have You made some awful error
Live it down.
Do not hide your face in terror;
Live it down.
Look the world square in the eyes,
Go ahead as one who tries
To be honored ere he dies;
Live it down. Ella Wheeler Wilco
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many lesson in gesture. / watched
these white hands as they expressed
depreciation, condemnation, surprise,
pity, energy, authority; and l could
not repress smile when, at the close
of the confession, the priest spread out
his hands twelve or fifteen times in
succession with wonderful rapidity,
which | was certain meant the number
Of prayers that the good woman was TO
say in pursuit of some particular pen
ance. Without once seeing the priests
face, it was easy to form an accurate
idea of what manner of man he was.
AL the Year Round.
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The Existence of Sin.

Why did a good God let sin and
trouble come into the world when he
might have kept them out? Ny reply
is, he had good reason. He had
reasons that he has never given us.
He had reasons which he could no
more make us understand in our finite
state than the father starting out on
some great and elaborate enterprise
could make the two-year-old child in its
armed chair comprehend. One was
to demonstrate what grandeur of char
acter may be achieved on earth by con-
quering evil. Had there been no evil
to conquer and no trouble to console,
then this universe would never have
known an Abraham or Moses or a
Joshua or an Ezekiel or Paul or a
Christ or Washington or John Mil
ton or John Howard, and a million
victories which have been gained by
the consecrated spirits of all ages would
never have been gained. Had there
been no battle there would have been
no victory. Nine-tenths of the an
thems of heaven would never have
been sung. Heaven could never have
been thousandth part of the heaven
that it is. / will not say that l am
glad that sin and sorrow did enter, but
] do say that l am glad that after God
has given all his reasons to an as
sembled universe he will be more hon.
ored than if sin and sorrow had never
entered, and that the unfallen celes-
tials will be outdone and will put down
their trumpets to listen, and it will be
in heaven, when those who have con-
quered sin and sorrow shall enter, as
it would be in small singing-school
on earth if Thalberg and Gottschalk
and Wagner and Beethoven and
Rheinberger and Schumann should all
at once enter. The immortals that
have been chanting ten thousand years
before the throne will say, as they close
their librettos, "Oh, if we could only
sing like that!"-T. Dewitt Talmage.
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Is CONSUMPTION INCURABLE?-Rea
the following Mr.. c. H. Morris, New
ark, Ark, says: "Was down with abscess
of lungs and friends and physicians
pronounced me an incurable consump-
tive. Began taking DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption; am now
on my third bottle and able to oversee
the work on my farm. 1t is the finest
medicine ever made" Jesse Middle
wart, Decatur, Ohio, says: " Had it
not been for DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption would have died
of lung troubles. Was given up by
doctors. Am now in best of health. J"
Try it. Sample bottles free at any
drugstore.
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Good Interest Bearing
INVESTMENTS.
Worth More than Money

ICoULD NOT SLEEP-A RAILWAY CLERK S
ExPER1ENCE.-I can truthfully say that
Bells Sarsaparilla helped me very much of
Indigestion, and cured me of Nervous
Difficulty that troubled me good deal while
in the U. S. Railway Mail Service. Many
times / could not sleep after a hard days
work until ] took this medicine. 1t en-
tirely cured me. l can recommend it as
sure and reliable. r b. Cookson, Bangor
Custom House, September 10, 1887. Fifty
cents bottle everywhere
A. N. Robinson, j., Apothecay Prop, Bangor, Me.
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AN IMPERATIVE NECESSITY. pure
Cleaning is to the neat house Keeper, SO Is
Hoods Sarsaparilla to everybody, at this
season. The body needs to be thoroughly
renovated, the blood purified and vitalized,
the germs Of disease destroyed. Scrofula,
salt rheum, and all other blood disorders
are cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla, the most
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29
"A SHOPPING EXPERIENCE
How a Lady Became Overcome by Nerv
Gus Strain and Fell ON the Street,
valuable Lesson TO All Nervous Women

Mrs. Morton z. Fassett, of Lowell went int
Boston recently to do a days shopping Sh
visited many of the leading stores, and becam,
80 interested in the attractive goods she saw
that she failed to realize the fight of tina
The care of selecting just the right article
made her nervous and neRlectinR TO take hel
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Mloral amo Religious.
The Bravest Battle.

The bravest battle that ever was fought
Shall tell you where and when2
On the maps of the world you will and 1t not
Twas fought by the mothers of men.
Nay, not with cannon or battle shot,
With sword or nobler pen;
Nay, not with eloquent word or thought
From mouths Of wonderful men.
But deep in a walled-up woman's heart
OF woman that would not yield,
But bravely, silently, bore her part
Lol there is that battlefield
No marshaling troop, no bivouac song;
No banner to CLEAN and wave
But Of those battles that last SO long
Prom babyhood to the gravel Selected.
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lunch, added to thi
nervous anxiety, s,
that when she cam,
out from one Of TIN
stores she fell pros
trate upon the side
walk on Tremon
Street. She wa
kindly cared fo'
an d yentuallN
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29

OFTEN the most useful Christians are
those who serve their Master 10 little
things; he never despises the day of
small things, or else he would not hide
his oaks in tiny acrons, or the wealth of
a wheat-feld in bags of little seeds
CtUler,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29

ECZEMA, ITCHY, SoALY SKIN ToRTUR Ms
The simple application OF SwAYER's ONT
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cure any case of letter, salt rheum, ring.
worm, piles, itch, sores, pimples, eczema,
all scaly, itchy skin eruptions, no matter
how obstinate or long standing. 1t Is po
tent, effective and costs but a tribe.
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29

THR Master intrusts us with a portion Of
his wealth, not for expanding on ourselves,
but for trading ith.-AcLGrsn.
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LOVE is the refreshing water; the law is
the channel for it to flow in and the spring
is the bosom of God.-Hc Gosh.
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Paine's
Celery
Compound

Purifies the Blood,
Strengthens the Nerves,
Stimulates the Liver,
Regulates the Kidneys
and Bowels,
Gives Life and Vigor
to every organ.
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There's nothing like ii.
Use II Now!

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duire mo" t6mOIn, IT, xuslit petit
Firmin, avec un en,6trment az,
ma cess6 que lorsq"e Ia justice ma
,denso"tte qa'ii 6,sit mort, noy6 4
Lille, l- % oc,ol,re 1881. Eli bieui
ma''rmoiselle, l'ier soir, j'a, vu co
Firmin parfaiten,ent vivant. Et
VOLTA IourQn"i je vons demsndais
SIT fallait croire aux rev~nsuts.
LIN jeune file cut no mouv~,nest
dr. joie ct presqus de fierte. Ellc
s;ecria:
Mon pere await bien vi, bi~p
devin6! C'est Get homme Is, moa
ami, que nous reirouverons sous 10
nom do Grorges des Armoi-s!
Vo"s Stes bipn certain DE- NJ pes
vous etre trOmI&!
oh tout i fsit certain. made
'noisrllc +; je le con"ais trop pour
cOmmettre mne prrpnr!
Jeanne le sava,t i,ie, que Rouil.
lard con"aissait Firmin, u"isqne
r'est p""r celia snrtout que, sous 10
nom 1T le degnisement de Ia belle
Josephe, ellie await vOulu ,e retrou-
YER. Ms's ellie ne pouvsit l'avouer
& son fi.lale collahorateur.
-Ditrs.moi, j. vous prie, Oh ct
comment vOns avez fait cette rem
cont'e, dr'na"sis t.rlle encor..
-C'rst bien simple J'6,ais sur
P@tagAre de Fnmnihus lie In Made
'rine, y"us savrz p~nt.6tre que
c'e>t ainsi que Pom nomm.. \ prs.
srnt l'iml&riaIr, l"rsqu'en pxs~ant
snr le boulevard Mon, martr~, reu.
confinement aies voiturrs forca la
"Otre q ralentir M marche ven.
dant pres de- trois minutes, nous
sOmlnea restes immObiles. A %
moment IA, nous nous trouv ions
d~vant Ia mai-op qui est entire lc
passage des Pancramas It le thea
tre d~s Varieties. Juste q Get en-.
dEOit 80 trOuve M cOiffrur don't H.
bOutique vitr3e resplendit de lu-
mieres qnant Went ie sOir. La mutt
tombait, le boulevard 6tait sombre,
mais l'entres0l DE- q. c0iffrur &tait
cOmme iliulnine: Et Ia, debout,
daus le salon, cansant It RANT avec
an garcon Qni brossait ~on cha apeau,
j'ai W ct bien vn, fen reponds,
mon ancien petit ca,naratlc Firmin.
Settlement, il n'6tait plns- habill6
CONNIE antrefois! I! II est devenu M
elegant jeune homnle vetu a Ia der.
niere mode! Un vrai gommeux
QnOi! Ce nest pas parce que ea
monstache y pousse que ie pouvais
my trOmprr. Son teint mat, ses
chpvedx nOirs ct frisfs, cette tGte
de meridi"nai, tont celia est bien
grave dams ma mcmOire, ct c'rst lu;
je l'.firme, que j'ai revu vivaut ct
bien vivant hier soir, lui que von
dit mort depnis nu ali ct demi, ce
g,ctlin lie Flrmin qui ma envoyG
me tai'e pincer CONNIE un jobard
dams patfaire dies Ternes.
Jeanne await ecoute ROuillard en-
! moderant lrxplosion de Ia joie
q"'eile await epsouvee des quill
avait prononc6 le nom de Firmin.
Ellie rdflech,ssait. Ainsi, ses pre-
visions 80 trouvaient Justices
Srs calculs etaient justice. II n,y
: await pas de tsusss pisse. Toopi,l
await vi Ia femme. Rouillsrtl
await WI Fh0asue. lls tssieas done
"a Paris, on ils s'ttaient d'sbosv'
slissimul&s. Mais tromp6s psr une
faussc s6curit6, voici Qa'ils ne q
cacbaient plas.
Lc suite az DrOoAni1 nnmnRA
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VEN s,wE.

1900 BRlQUES ,e premiere qua;ite ssn.
d vendre par Mr.. THEODOkE ADAM. sur L.
Bayou Lafourche, p' o. 10 Canal i1srang la
lvraison AGRA iaits sur le bofvl du bayou 81 u,,
10 dcmauds. P1x: $500 h MILLER
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THIBODAUX, LNE SAMEDL OCTOBRE 19. 1889

-C'Oyez vOus aux r~vpnSmtsi
J-xi'"e, 6,Onn6e, rrgaid da Pierre
sans lai repOneir~ d'aborh. C-lui.
ci insists.
IS, bizarre one ce'a pnisse vons
''araitrr, je r<pe,e ms question.
Cnyrz-vou~ aux r-v-nantsi
~--Je voutlrais y croirr. J~ serais
hrurrnss. dr. revoir celui que Iai
ant aia,e! Mais, hflas! IL mort
ne !e cache ! tout jamais!
.-Alorr, sons ny croyez pasi
Pas plus qnr NY pruvent
croire lea gems sena<e.
-Eh hirn. j'<tais de Get avis.la,
moi aassi Mais. depuis hier, jr
me- demande a, je Metals pas I'm i'm.
t'ecile. 1t ri r6~l,ement il ny y pas
de* morris q"i reparsissr"t.
-Expliqnez.vous mieux, 70 vous
psie. .4=.=z.=zz 4s..--- b.
-Eh bien, mademoisell-, sachez
qae moi qui vons psrle. j'ai vi, Dr.
mes yenx vu, mn revrnant!
I'm revenant I dit Jeanne, CO
nest pas serirnx.
-Tont ce qn'il = . de plus Sc
,ienx, au contraire. Hier, en- plein
Paris, sur le h'nlevarsl Montmar
tire, en- Fan 1883, fai revu on homme
gui ~st mort e" 1881.
-VOus vonlez sans doufe parler
sie quelqn'un que l'nn u cr" mort
sans avoir Ia preuve de aon d<re~
oh! non pas, lnatemoiselie.
On en- await en- II preuve velitable.
a"th-ntique, ce'fi6<e ct paral'h<e
,,ar toutrs lrs antorites imagi"ables,
par les cs,mmisaaises de- police, lss
ljuees dtnatrnciion et sutres; par an
ac,e d. deces, es mirux encore pr,
Irent~rrem~nt de sou ostlsvre. bieu
at dnnent reconnu, cfsemoBi.' 1
lsqueil~ preside IN usgistrat fort
.cep,iqne de 90 Datass, uu commits.
saire central.
| --Ceaeez de- paSleF per euiGme.
je voas en- prie, die Jeanne qui ne
pOuvsit encore ~ d0uter & qn~l
.xint l'int6ressait 10 s6cit de Roail
lard.
de vais n'explisner complete
mpnt! VOus av~x 80 lniae au coa-
. rant, m'avez-vous dat, ct c'e.t da IA
que srrait n<s vosre sympa,hiqu
piti6 ponr moi, &ln role que i'ai ioa<
dams .uu procas fau,eux, dams paf
falre Senoncher.
| -Oui, j'ai In en- detail toot CT
qni ~ rapportait a % process, Ut j.
sails meme piusieurs chooses que les
. iuges ignoraient, puisqne c'ekt pou'
les leur apprendre que mon peri
await reuni des notes pr6cieuses
qui sont Ell MA possession.
!, -Si NJ. LecoQ Sen est Occnpe, i
Il tlfi Y voir clair ct, par consequent
mademoiselle, vous devez savo,
anssi que je ne mrntais pas, lors
que j'affirmais au juge dinstruc
ton que I'avis d'aprea lequel Il
loyrment tlu tailleur Renont a 6t'
d6valisf, m'avait etc donn6 par III
valet dc chambre an service d'
comte Bernard des Armoies, par !
petit Firnin.
-Oui, je sails tres bien celia, re
pondit Jeanne, qui commenca
Gcoutrr avec pins d'attention i
narration do Fit6.
Get avis m'avais il Ste DOM
naivement Ou avec intention j
metals longtemps creus6 Ia ce,
velle pour IL deviDer. J'avais fin
> par me persuader Que le petit FIJI
min etait bien plus snalin que je n
. Pavais cru tout d'abord, ct que me
: assucies ct moi avions etc vnlgai
remeut mis- ,letlans par IN mari0ll
" qui noIs a envoye dams Ia gae"l
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Remede contre b Dysseaterio.
Gnerison gadicale ct Gnarantie.
References nOmbreuses. Address
sez 4 Dir. Omer Savoio, chez Mr.
]. Tel6ma9ue Badeanx. I1afourche.