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American Clothing
and Tailoring Co.,


Where everyone should go. The
effect upon the "chappies'' is some-
thing startling. The young man in
the foreground, with the high collar.
was SO overpowered by hiss feelings
that he swallowed the end Of his
silver headed cane and they had to
be buried together. His last re-
quest was: Bury me in suit
bought at
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tary principles of godliness. Would
You have him be a man OF intelll-
gence: Then strive to give HIM a
good education. Would you nave
him be Il man Of benevolence? Ihen
train him to the habit of cheerful
giving. You are the potter, he dlastlc
clay; mould him right.
Think what faithful mothers have
done in shaping the future greatness
of their children. Some writer says
that Mrs. Wesley was the mother OF
Methodism, because she planted in the
Young mind of her son, John wesley,
the great principles which made MN
the founder of Methodism. The shin
ing piety of Phillip Doddridge began
at his mothers lap. The hand that
rocks the cradle shapes the world.
When a child opens his eyes in this
world he finds it moving along under
certain influences, which influences
fall upon his soft nature and shape 1t
accordingly. What power has ne 10
resist the mould into which his native
environments press his yielding mind
and heart; Can the clay say unto the
potter, what doest thou? Has not the
potter of home and neighborhood IN,
fluences the p01pea' to make one vesseI
into honor and another to dishonor
God is the potter in making man a be-
ing of an Intellectual any moral ma
ture, but parents are the potters To
shape their characters, on which eter-
nal destiny hangs.
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Let us Help One Another

. This little sentence should be writ
ten on every heart and stamped IN
every memory. 1t should be the gold
en- rule practiced not only in every
household but througout the whole
world. BY helping one another we
not only remove the thorns from the
pathway, and anxiety from the mind,
but we feel sense of pleasure IN our
own hearts knowing that we are doing
a duty to our fellow creature. A help
ing hand or an encouraging word Is no
loss to us, yet it is a benefit to others.
Who has not felt the power of this
little sentence? Who has not needed
the encouragement and aid OF KIND
friend? How soothing, when per-
picked with some task that is burden
some, to feel o gentle hand on the
shoulder, a kind voice whispering !:
"Don't be discouraged; I see your
trouble let me help your what
strength is inspired! What hope Gre
ated What sweet gratitude is felt
And the great difficulty is dissolved as
dew beneath the sunshine. Yes, let us
help one another by endeavoring to
strengthen the weak; and lift the
burden of care from the weary and op-
pressed that life may glide smoothiy
on, and the fount of bitterness Vield
sweet waters; and he whose willing
hand is ever willing to help US, VIII
reward our humble endeavors,, anu
every good deed will be as "preau
cast upon the waters"
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Destroying Typhoid Germs.

Typhoid fever is usually communl-
Gated through the discharges OF ty,,
phoid fever patients. The germs OF
the disease find their way to wells, Wa
ter-courses, and other sources OF water
supply, and thus other persons become
infected. This means of spreading the
disease would he wholly checked II
the discharges of every typhoid fever
patient were properly and thoroughly
disinfected. A saturated solution OF
copperas. or sulphate of zinc, will
probably destroy the germs of typhoid,
but there are other more .posltlVe
means of disinfection. We will men
ton two, as among the most valuable
A solution of two drams of corrosive
sublimate to the gallon Of water Will
destroy all known germs. The objec'
ton to this disinfectant is that 1t is SO
poisonous that children, or others, are
likely to be killed, by accidently sWal'
lowing even a very small portion OF the
solution.
Another and perfectly safe method
which, by recent experiments, has
beeu shown to be thoroughly effective,
| is the application of boiling water te
the infectious discharges. Careful eX'
periments show that the addition te
the infectious material of four times III
volume of boiling water will eftectual
ly destroy the typhoid germs.
This fact is we'll worth knowing, as
boiling water can always be procured
while other disinfectants are not II
every case Immediately accessible:
Good Health.
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A Word to the Boys.

IF we are to have drunkards in the
future some of them are to come from
the boys to whom l am now. writing,
and ask you if you want to be one of
them? No, of course you don't!
Well, have a plan that is Just as
sure to save you from such fate Us
the sun is to rise tomorrow. 1T never
failed, it will never fail: and it is
worth knowing. Never touch liquor
in any form. That is the plan, and IL
is not only worth knowing, but it is
worth putting into practice. =,
I know you don't drink now, and 1t
seems to you as if you never would.
But YOUR temptation will come, and 1t
probably will come in this way: You
will find yourself some time with {,
number of companions. and they VIII
have a bottle of wine on the table.
They will drink and offer it to you.
They will regard it as Il manly prac-
tice, ,,and very likely they will look up
on YOU as a milksop if you don't in
dulge with them. Then what will you
do? Will you say, "No, no! none OF
that stuff for me !' Or will you take
the glass, with your common sense
protesting and your conscience max
ing the whole draugth bitter, and with
feeling that you have damaged your,
self, and then go off with a hot head
and a skulking soul that at once begins
to make apologies foir tself, and Will
keep doing so during all its life? Boys,
do not become drunkards.
DR.. 7. G.. Holland
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Female PrODiloCicS.

The April Lippincott says in its
"Book Talk There never was q
female prophet" The man who wrote
that had better contine his talk to
books, and not mention women. Lis,
ten to the feminine prophecies-alI
fulfilled ...
"He'll be sorry if he marries that
woman."
"Those black stockings won't
wash"
"You'll ruin your new stove pipe
It's going to rain" -,
"If you change your fiannels you'll
catch cold"
"If dinner isn't ready he'll raise the
roof" :,
YOU'D better get man to do it.
You can't put up stove" :.
TITS no use planting those seeds III
that place. They won't grow"
eff you eat that now before gong
to bed YOU won't sleep any tonight
F'Don't do it. You won't get youl
money back" 80,
"If we haven't anything fit to cal
company will come" ,
"Just so sure as leave the house
something happens" >,
"Now l will work steady all day
and have nothing to show for It,"
"That child will be spoiled.
'I told you so?"-ToIedo Blade.
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The BeWitched Hen.

In the first quarter of this century a
party of travellers was JourneylnIg
down the Missouri on a f1atboat. Inc
river was covered with floating ice,
and provisions were scarce, but the
men were young, possessed, OF much
more wit than money, and able to ex'
tract plenty of fun out of the danger
antl privatiOn.
One evening two of them, a school
teacher and Frenchman, whose occu'
nation nobody could discover, Went
ashore to buy provisions at a farm
house. The teacher offered half dol
lar TO the farmers wife for a motherlJ
old hen that was scratching about the
ward. She refused with torrent o
abuse.
His comrade, who was loungln1e
over the gate, whispered, "Offer anoth
cr bit.n
"Five bits ~ said the teacher.
The woman hesitated, when, to he
amazement, the hen squeaked out;
"I'm not worth it! Pm four year
old! Pm not worth it ~
The teacher started back in dlsmay
the farmers wife, regaining her cour
age, chased the hen, and caught it u
| in her arms. r.,
"iTake two bits! It's all I'm
worth!n it said tapping wildly in ne
arms. . A,
She ran, pale with terror. to tn
Frencllman, and put it in his hand; ~,
screaming out: "Take it away! It'
bewitched J"
The young men threw the none
back to her, and carried off the hen.
crowd in the east room of the Whit
House which attended one OF the re
ccptions of President Fillmore, wa
the kindly old Signor Bliiz, W., we
known to all the children OF the Eas
ern States as u ventriloquist. Whe
he was introduced to the Presiden
ihn two men looked at each other
moment, and then burst into iaugl
"You never thought to see me here,
said Mr.. Fillmore. "Now, for the mr.
time. | understand the mystery OF IL
: old hen w- Youths Companion.
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A touching story is told of the late
Prince Napoleon. He had joined the
English army, and was one day at the
head of squad riding horseback out
side of the camp. 1t was q dangerous
situation. One of the company said
1--WE had better return. If we don't
hasten, we may fall into the hands OF
the enemy"
ooh" said the prince, "let us stay
here ten minutes, and drink our cof-
fee."
Before the ten minutes had passed, a
company of Zulus came upon them,
and in the skirmish the prince lost his
life. His mother, when she was in
formed of the facts. in her anguish,
said:
"That was his great mistake from
his babyhood. He never wanted to 60
to bed at night in time, nor to arise in
the morning. He was ever pleading
for ten minutes more. When too
sleepy to speak, he would lift up his
too little hands and spread out his ten
fingers, indicating that he wanted ten
minutes more. On this account l
sometimes called him Monsieur Ten
Minutes
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PrOOE.Reading.

If the readers of the newspapers un'
derstood one-half the difficulty in pro-
curing accuracy, instead OF wondering
and scolding at mistakes, they would
be surprised that there are not many
more. How few persons appreciate
the services of a proOf-reader He Is
one of the most important agents III
the production of a correct literature,
and the one of whom no reader
thinks. His is one of the most thank
less of all employments among men.
Let him bring out paper WlthouC
fault for weeks and weeks in success
sion, and no body thinks Of him; but
let him allow an error to go uncorrected,
and Immediately he is known only to
be censured. He has no thanks for his
laborious patience, but is blamed ii
he he not faultless. He is certain OF
one of two things--forgetfulness OF
censure. In general, human life IS
much after this fashion. A man goes
on through years of blameless living,
and no one notices or thanks him but
an error, mistake, slip, will attract
to him the attention of censure. None
but God knows what struggles, what
carefulness, what watchfulness, have
been necessary to secure the prosperity
which has marked his course for years
nor what circumstances of trial created
the weakness which caused him to let
20 his hold for a moment. "God is
not unmindful,n is the blessed assur-
ance of holy Scripture. Let us take
he "proof" of last year, and correct for
the new edition of the next. Let us
be "pitiful" and forbearing toward
the fault of others.
"Whats done, we partly may compute,
Rut know no what's resisted"
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The best legacy you can leave your
children is the memory of q happy
home, of pious living, of godly admo-
milton. Careful observers testify that to
at least three-fourths of the inheritors
of large fortunes, their wealth proves
a curse and not a blessing. If they
that "make haste to be rich" are en-
dangered by reason of the snares and
pitfalls that lay in wait for them, how
much greater the danger of those who
Immediately came into the possession
of great riches. Teach your sons and
daughters that idleness is q crime !;
that it is better to lay up treasures
above; to invest in heavenly securi-
ties; that gold and silver belong unto
the Lord, and they are but his stew
ard; but if riches increase they are
not to set their affections upon them;
that good name is infinitely more
valuable than diamonds, and, that
more to be desired than riches, is a
pure life, a hope of immortality, and q
conscience void Of offence toward God
and man.
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Intelligent Crows.

You have often seen O great black
crow. I will tell you some stories
about them. They are great thieves
and they are very smart. They say
that O crow can count three anu can
count no more. This is how they
found that out:
A man lost great deal of corn from
his fields, the crows having stolen IT,
He went out there and waited all day
irving to get chance to shoot them
but they would not come. Then ne
took another man out with him, ano1
they two stayed there long time, ano
after a while one Of them went away
but the crows would not come down
Then he took three men with him
and after a while the three Wenl
away: and the crows came back ano
he Shot as many as he wanted TO-
That seemed to show that the crows
could count three but they could no.
count four. ,.
Here is the story of very tantaliz
ing crow: ,. ,,,.,,:o,,.
Engineer Jack Ellis, Of Williams
port, Pa, has very large and wise
crow. He is two feet long from the
tin of his beak to the tip OF his tai
feathers, fa and is scientific thief. A A
shepherd dog, chained to kennel in
the yard, is one of his worst victims
Whenever he sees the dog gnawing
bone he sneaks up behind him ano
grabs him by the tail; the sudden at
tack causes the dog to quickly vince
about to find out what's there, but the
crow holds on, and goes around with
the tail to where the coveted bone IS
snatches it up, and in an instant Is ou'
of the reach of the angry animal.
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Herald of Peace.
DIR MOTT.

One of the resolutions of the forty,
six Workingmen's Societies of Italy
at the Milan meeting wisely raises the
question, "Who furnish the chief pro-
portion of the young men. who, BY
serving in the army, have to 9tiei 81
themselves as food for cannon? 1t Is
we-always we. Therefore if we, the
workingmen, have to pay, with oul
money and our blood, for this inlqulty
of war, it devolves upon US also to cry
out to the rulers of nations, we pro
test against war. We abhor the dlvis.
ions which it creates between kindred
peoples, peoples who only wish to live
in peace with each other Our rea
enemies, those which we are called
upon to fight against, are ignorance
injustice, and misery"
If the working classes of all the ma
tions of Europe will seriously anc
generally take up and act upon the
course thus suggested, they will bf
able effectually to restrain the disas
trous military influences of courts ane
camps.
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MfSuuOtetl Lines.

Ills a peculiar faculty of human
memory to miSquote proverbs ana poe
try. and almost invariably to place the
credit where it does not belong.
Nine men out of ten think that 1.-THE
Lord tempers the wind to the shorh
lamb is from the Bible, whereas Law
renee Sterne is the author. "Pourlng
oil upon the troubled waters" IS also
ascribed TO the sacred volume, whereas
it is not there in fact, no one Knows
its origin. ,yr,
Again, we hear people say: 1.-The
proof of the pudding is in chewing the
strinr.u This is arrant nonsense, ana
the proverb says: "rhe proof OF the
budding is in the eating thereof, and
not in chewing the string"
Nothing is more common tlan 70
hea. : "a man convinced against his
will. is of the same opinions TILL" Ihls
is an impossible condition of mind, fol
NO one can be convinced of an opinion
and nj the same time hold to an oppo
site one. What Butler wrote was en-
inentlv sensible: "He that complies
against his will, is Of his own opinion
still" r
A famous passage OF Scriptuie IS or
ten misquoted thus He that is with
ont sin among you, let him cast the
first stone.n 1t should be: "Let hin
first cast Il stone"
Sometimes we are told "Beholt
uow great fire a little matter kind
leth.n whereas st. James said: BE
hold how great Il matter a little fire
NibGleth,n which is quite diileren
thing.
ave also hear that "a miss is II
good as Il mile" which is not as sensi
Ile or forcible As the true provcrb: =
miss of an inch is as good rs a mile
"Look before you lssp" should be
nAnd look before you ere you leap
Pope is generally credited with hay
in- written, "Immodest words admi
of no defense, for want of decency
want of sei.se.n They were writer
oy the Earl Of Roscommon, who die
before Pope was born.
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Solid Sense.

Every time 1 tell the truth add to
my strength of character. ,
Every time Cypress servant am
guilty of SHINING against God, :.
Every time ! spend dollar foolish
ly | am opening pauper's grave.
Every time | pay rent | am taking
that much away from home OF my
own.
Every time I buy all article am
encouraging the manufacture or the
producer.
Every time refrain from speaking
i'm defense of Il friend / prove that
am not a friend.
Every time 1 speak a kind word
am adding 4 brick to my temple OF
manhood. ,.
Every time pay debt am doing
right and helping to put money II
circulation.
Every time L refuse to do favor
when | can rs well as not, prove
that am growing meaner.
Every time / speak cross and lnlpet
ouously | am weakening my nerve
power, and adding to the misery o
some one.
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FRANKL1N's FAMOUS ToAsT.-Ben
Franklin was dining with small
party of distinguished gentlemen,
when one of them said: "aere are.
the nationalities represented I am
French, and my friend there is En--s,
glish, and Mr.. Franklin is an Ameri-
can. Let us each propose toast.
1t was agreed to, and the Engiish..s
mans turn came first. He arose, and
in the tone of Briton bold, said: 81
"Here goes to Great Britain, the sun
that gives light to all nations OF the
EARTH"
The Frenchman was rather taken
back at this, but he proposed: 81
"Here's to France, the moon, whose
magnetic rays move the tides Of the
world" as
Our Ben then arose with his air Of
quaint modesty and said:
Here's to George Washington, the
Joshua of America, who commanded
the sun and moon to stand still-and
they stood STILL"
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Some Fatherly Advice.

[The following appears at the close
of the proceedings of the. Lime Ain
Club,n and is good enough to be given
place on this page.-EDIToR. .,
"Ar' brudder Lightfoot in de hall
dis evenin' ?n asked the President as
he looked anXiously around.
Eyes, sah," answered the brother
as he bobbed up with energy and dis
patch. ,,ou
Lightfoot, understands dat you has
lately been callin' yo'self purfessor.,"
ayes, sab. I plays on de fiddle"
"Oh; dat's it? You has alsowearin'
5lmG4u high collars"
ayes, sah.H
"Got good clothes ?"
"Yes, sah."
"Takin' bout rentin' box in de
pos offs, h'ar?"
"Yes, sah." o.,
AN you is smokin' reg'lar cigars"
"Yes, sah." -,
Gar dat diman you has on?"
"N-quite, sah." ,
CAM dat watch chain all gold"
"N-not all, sah."
"Now, brudder Lightfoot, looK-a'
we're. You is behind in your rent
head ober heels in debt, an your
chiPen hain't got shoes to 60 to school.
hear of you loafin' bout saloons an
standin' on de co'ners. Pm gwine to
gin You jist one week to drap dat purr
fessor bizness an hunt fur a job. l.
YOU do it, we'll an good. If you
doan' do it dis club kin dispense VIC
YOUR presence. A purfessor ar al
right when he purfesses, but Pur
fessor who saws fiddle fur beer Whlie
his wife rubs a wash board for grub
am about de moas' onery critter OF
airth. De metin' am now dis
liourned."
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Winning n Soul.

A workingman came to live in Lon
don, having obtained work of perma-
nent kind. From his youth lie had
been accustomed to attend place OF
worship. Not yet Christian, he still
loved the house of prayer, and resolv-
ed not to neglect it. Accordingly, on
the first Sunday morning he went of
in search of u place of worship, and
having seen one with open doors, he
went in, and, as no one was about, he
took q seat in one of the pews. Just
as the service began pew-owner told
him he could not sit where he was,
and did so in such q manner that he
left the building in disgust. After a
Sunday or two he ventnred into an
other sanctuary, and the same thing
happened. An interval of abstention
followed, and then for third time he
went within the sacred precincts, and,
alas! @ third time he was turned out
of his sitting. For twenty years he
ceased to attend any place of worship,
and then q curious thing came to pass
1t was on this wise. His child at
tended the Sunday school of popular
preacher, and what she said made him
resolve to try for seat once more.
"In time we see the craggy drops
The craggy stones make soft;
The SloweSt snail in time we see
Doth creep and climb aloft."
And he, after twenty years, would
try again. This Was what happened
He entered the beautiful chapel, and to
my knowledge the chapel stewards
here are alert, polite, resourceful men
one of them remarkably so. Well, fol
moment he was absent from bis
post, and the poor man sat down in
the end seat-no pew doors on then
and in the seat of q very cantank
erous person! The steward, glanc-
ing along the aisle, saw the poor man
had poached on a very strictly pre-
! served seat, but he resolved not to dis
turb him. No, he watched the owner
of that sitting, arrested his steps in
his gentle way, begged him not tt
disturb the poor wayfarer, and mana
ged to pilot him into another seat
| 1t was great feat of Christian diplo
macy, and had it's reward. That pool
wayfaring man is now a member 0
the church, and I heard the happy
chanel steward tell the story.
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The Aaly Of training children in the
nurture and :.dulonition of the Lord is
one which the Bible lays upon the
shoulders of parents, And this duty is
s,Inreme because frau"i!t with tenn
porai and eternal consequence
What is so important as TO train chill
dren to he honest, to he God-fearing.
10 be law-abiding and ncighbor-lovlng;
Set before your mind noble model
and train your children it. When
an artist wishes to cat III marble q
beautiful figure, he first gets an ideal
EodeI and works up to it. This prac'
tice may apply we'll to parents. Tnink
what You would have your child bt
when grown and try to mould him tc
that ideal while he is growing
Would YOU have him he man of deel
piety? Then teach him the elemeH
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The GOOD old minister of Blairmall,

The good old minister of Blairmally
in no stickler for etiquette, and likes
his visits to the members OF his nock
to be as informal and as homely as pos
sible: but he has a great regard for
truth, and is invariably down on those
whom he detects in any deviation
therefrom. Recently calling unex-
pectedly on a widow who lived IN a
cottage on the outskirts of the village
he surprised her in the midst of wash
ing a lot of clothes. She hurriedIy
hid behind the clotheshorse, and told
her little boy to say that she was out
The visitor knocked at the door.
"Well, jamie" he said, "and where's
your mother?" "My mothers ',in no. in );
replied the lad, with promptness.
Indeed" replied the minister, with q
glance at the bottom of the screen,
Gwell, tell her I called and say, that
the next time she goes down to the WI.
iage she might tate Ae1' Jeet ~1fA
hea.,n