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Tic Care of Babies.

Carrying n child too much OH one arm will
make 1t misshaped. Babies ought to be held
with their breasts against their mothers and
an arm at their back, supporting the back of
the head by a hand carefully rs it rests
against the shoulder. They should lie on
their stomachs a good deal, Oh n pillow or
across tho knees, for change of position and
tho ease given by warmth and pressure of the
little abdomen. Babies limbs are made sym.
metrical and vigorous by leisurely, tender
stroking, and if they will get bow legged by
dancing on their eager feet too soon, there is
no need to torture them with surgical appli.
anccs and steel boots.
The surgery for such cases is daily, hourly
strokins the legs with both hands, and gently
moldlhS them into straightncss. Clever
doctors discourage the use or appliances TO,
strengthening young children, prefcrring the
gradual traction of the mother hands, which
will be found all efficient. You can do any
thing with a baby, except keep him still
when awake. And there is ono rule which
ought to be the Dracouian code of nurseries
Never wake a child for anything less than
fire or an Indian attack. Shirley Dare.
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New Yor,s,s Beauty Show.

The best place to view u parade of New
Works beauty is at the corner of Broadway
and Fourteenth street, and the best time to
see 1t is from to S O'clock in the morning.
Fifth avenue is cast into the shade by these
bright faced, red checked. laughing, chatter.
ing gvls, who make this locality brilliant
with their charms every week day of the
year Who are these beautiess They are
salesgirls, sewing girls, d~ressmukers, MILL
ners' bonnet rimme and cashiers The early
male pedestrian is not the only appreciative
spectator of this enticing parade.
The clerks who open the Broadway stores
I'LL the doorways and windows; the head
booskeeper turns as lie enters the store and
gives an admirins glance at some particu
larly attractive damsel; early risers at the
hotels find in the passing show fcasts for
their bucolic vision, the man who stands Il,
the wiI.e room door in quest Of his matutinaI
cocktail finds time TO stop and admire, and
even the naughty hotel clerk deigns to stroll
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"lsulis."

The following fine specimens may be Gil.
tered in competition for Il prize, English
against Irish "bulls." The first is from The
Morning Chronicle. June ~, 1884: .Toinvcs.
tigatn the question, however, would lead us
too deeply into the dry and troubled waters
of moral philosophy" l 90 not remember
in what paper tho following appeared, bu,
tho dato was Jan. Z, 1889, when there had
been a tremendous hurricane: HScycra,
chimneys fell, buryins the inmates in tho
ruins" "a row Of cottages fell, but for1u
natcly the inmates were all OUT
These two can,c out in one of the Sheffield
papers: Eat first sight, tho clectionccrina
addresses sound thoroughly protectionist.'
Tho house Ii. e., tho attendance at the thea
trel was not SO good as we had hoped t.
have seen it, but there wero moro person:
present than We expected to havc seem
(Which is rather like Joe Miller's pig jobber'
who, being asked what sort of market lie la,
made, replied: Not so good as l expectc,
and thought | shouldn't.'1 \ third is from
IL leading article in tho same paper on the
car of Russia: eat any rate, if tho car
did show amy heat, it is probable that be
would go TO sleep upon it," once heard al
American rovivalist, in his loudcst tones
rave and roar about the "icebcrgs of damna
tion."-Tho Spectator.
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Mothers of Good Men.

When Lydia Newman's old Quaker uncle
saw that she had fastened her pretty little
Newport ties with poppy red ribbons he
trowned and told her it was MT seemly But
Lydia laughed. Il don't care for them my
sef," she said, but ! want my little boy to
remember that his mother wor> red bows on
her shoes" Who does not remember the
pretty things that mother" wore. Her dain-
ty laces, the pale lilac dresses, the rose tuck
ed under the lace Oh her breast, seem half di-
vine when they become but memories to us.
Mother" is 'molber," be she gentle or
rough, but what a different ideal we have
when we recall how proud we were when wo
brought friends home from school and rather
surprised them with her graceful, pretty
ways.
Her hair was so soft, her eyes so tender,
she talked SO well and knew how to make Il
boy feel at home. 1t was not necessary to
make excuses for her and say she was so
busy. The other boys themselves praised her,
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Eggs Galore.

A curious feature of the National museum
at Washington is the geological section, or
tho department devoted to birds eggs. 1t
has about $4,000 birds eggs, packed away in
little trays placed in cases along the walls of
the building. The eggs in the collection vary
i'll size from that of the tinicst huinmins bird
to that of the giant bird whose remains arc
found in Madagascar. There is n little egg of
a tiny humn,ins bird lying in n diminutivo
nest. The hunming bird that made the nest
and laid the egg is tho smallest bird in the
world. Tho little egg has a length or long
diameter of 3-lOths Of an inch and a short
diameter of 3-1OOths of an inch. The nest is
l-20th of an inch across ono way and 92-l00
tho other. Boston Budget.
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ItclDful Hints.

Taper BAGS, i'll which many articles are
senl from the grocers, should be saved for
Use when backing a stove. You can Slip the
hand into one of these, and handle the brush
JuSt as well. and the hands will not he soilcd,
AID when through with them they can be
dropped into the stove.
A very convenient way to poison rats and
mice Is to mix arsenic with melted tallow
and cool it into II cake. Have the tallow
merely melted, not hot, when the arsenic is
put in
According to Miss parloa, soda should al
ways ie dissolved in Il cold liquid, preferably
water. bec;ti!se dissulvin. it in hot water
causes an ctfcrvcscelcc, and the immediate
liberation OF the carbolic acid sas. Dissolv.
llS III cold water preserves all OF its ''lightcn-
M" power
y London medical man says: ''Be careful
Ill your dealings with horseradish. 1t irri-
tates tho stomach far more than SPICE, and
an overdose will bring Oh an unpleasant sen
sation for days"
~ room with a low ceiling will seem higher
If the window curtains han. to the floor.
Lilmorcquins may Ue used to extend the cur
talls to the ceiling, and thus carry out the
effect.
~ very complete filling for open cracks i'll
Ho'iS h""S ~ uiauo ny thoroughly Sptlklilp
newspapers i'll II paste made by one pound of
flour, three quarts of water and u tablespoon
full OF alum, thoroughly boiled and mixed;
niakc the final mixture about us thick Us
putty, a kind OF paper putty, and it will
haruen like papier muclle.
There Is IL" economy i'll purchasing brown
s!,ar The moisture it contains more thar
makes up for the difference in price, but lol
SONIC things, such rs DARK cake and minct
pies, many coois prefer it. Gramuiatel SUI
gar is the purest and best for ordinary uses.
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Tie Little Myths of Childhood.

There is Il society somewhere ! read about
the other day tort the suppression of nursery
literature, | know several people who think
children should not be taught what they call
rubbish. They say it mis!cadS them; that
they lind ont ONE TIM the al,s,lrditv Of
th"s" stories. and that it weakc'ls their faith
in their parents, | don't think that society
viii ever make any hcniway ! wonder If
there is anybody who is not forever grateful
to his mother for having told him those Old
myths and made him believe them for
awhile! What would a mother do if she
could not take her child on her knee and
sing a nursery rhyme to it and tell Il pretty
story!
What is there in life, any way, when you
take the fanciful out of it, Eating, drink
in, working. Sleeping. Tell the child the
truth and it will not be disappointed, they
say My friends, the truth is Il pretty hard
thing to tell to grown up people. The truth
about life il not pleasant. We have to lie 10
Ease life Learable. The poetry OF life IS
mainly q lie, but it is the enjoyable element
after all. Lie to children. Paint tho world
us bright and happy us you can Give thea
al the pleasant pictures of it You can. They
will find its hard and practical character
quite soon enough, long before they have
been seriously misled by %fanciful stories and
myths invented by love and ntfcction.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
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Inventor Edison,s Queer rillow.

Not long ago | called at Edison's home, ex-
pecting to SEQ him. He wasn't there, and
Mrs. Edison told me she hadn't seen him for
thrco days. soon found that he was at his
old tricks-workins night and day in his
laboratory, having his meals sent to him and
sleeping OH the floor with his clothes OH and q
stick OF wood under his head for a pillow.
When working he never leaves his labora.
tory, and hc seems to think that by keeping
his clothes on he can better preserve the
nervous tension after he has started to work,
Then lie pcrsevcrcs until lie has accomplished
bis purpose. His timo no regards as very
valuable, and this is the reason he doesn't
want to como homo until it is necessary
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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SAD HISTORY OF A CAT.
You Will Recognize Him by the Tomat
IN. lN.Aur ILL., IIoul

You Will Recognize Him by tho Tomato
Can Over His Head.
~ person who has evidently been driven in,
a through the midnight music of cats
sends the following communication to The st.
Louis Republic: My tortoise shell cat was
presented to me five times; each time he re-
turned to the place of his birth, to be thrown
INTO a willow basket and hustled back to me.
lie continued to act i'll this way, receiving a
new name each time, until he was hardly pro
Hntable. Tho name which seemed to please
him best was that of Sardanapalus. called
nm SO, not only because this oriental hero
has never had even n disease named in honor
OF him, but because early in life the cat
evinccd a liking for licking out the interior of
sardine cans.
In the course of time Sardanapalus dcvel-
opcd INTO n strong, manly cat, with u full
blown nose. He mixed a great deal i'll soci-
ETY., chiefly at night. AS soon as any ono
was stirring in tho morning no would enter
tho study and curl up ON the unabridged die.
tionary to take his days rest. Managing by
strict economy to make both ends meet, here
he would lie, growing and striking out vi
ciously whenever | wiped my pen on him or
wished to ransuck Webster for the missing
90 in Judgment.
But, alas, the morning of the l4th brought
not my Sarqanapalus to me. After u mo-
ment's search We discovered him in Il vacant
lot near 10y endeavoring to free himself from
an empty corn can, which, rs he was cxplor.
ing its depths, had caught firmly in the fur
behind his ears. The can had been opened
only at one end, but u hole had been punched
in the other end, so that Sardanapalus could
breathe easily and view the surrounding land
scapo to a limited extent. approached eau
tiously to remove his %sunbonnct, but the in
slant ! laid my hand tenderly upon him ho
shot down the street and was gone like a
streak OF good luck, knocking as he went two
baby carriages Off the track and leaving his
pursuers far in the rear.
went to the nearest drug store to tele-
phone to all my friends living in tho direc-
ton in which he had started out. l asked
them to get n halter and try to stop him; or,
if that was not possible, to head him off.
But none of then succeeded ard we never
heard of him again.
We listen i'll vain for the catlike tread of
his cushioned feet. | will never again crawl
out of bed, tearing the azure robe of night on
a rocking chair and sweep Sardanapalus md
his little band of followers off the back porch.
He left nothing by which to be remembered
except a few locks of his hair, which l subse-
qucntly plucicd from the roso bush, and tho
impression of his delicate form in the lettuce
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Tho Spanish Ouccn,s Wig.

The august regent of Spain resorts to the
wig maker for tho preservation of her locks.
She has n head of hair which is fine and
silky, but rather thin, aud as She feared that
hot irons would make it prcmu,urcly gray
She inauSuratrd q practice low very common
among continental women. When her maid
has accumulated a goodly supply of her mis-.
trcss' co,nhings She hands them over to a
capillary artist, who has them sorted hair by
hair, the roots being always placed together.
~. NJ. Albert, wlilom c%oiifcur to la grand
duchess, is famous for this kind of work. uo
weaves all the hair, into a scalp, and, to give
n permanent curly and wavy set, has tho hair
put in the curling and waving irons and
placed for II week in Il steam heated oven.
Tho heat Of fire would not do so well and
would darken the hue of fair or of gray or
rcd hair. His object is to make the scalp
match exactly with tho live hair in texture
and color. Before the steam oven device was
Int upon most of the hair used for artificial
scalns was taken from the heads of infants.
because that taken from adult heads would
not curl and wave SO wcll.-Chicaso News.
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Table Etiuuette for Children.

W
Here are 1, few good old rules that can he
safely followed:
Give the child Il seat that Shall be strictly
its own.
Teach it to take its seat quietly.
To use Its napkin properly
To wait patiently to DO served.
To answer promptly.
Ttsay, Thank you"
If asked to leave the table for a forgotten
irticle or for any purpose to do SO at once.
Never to interrupt and never to contra.
dict
s'ever to make remarks about the food,
such as ~ saw that turkey killed, and how
he did bleed, as | once heard a little boy re.
mark at a Thanksgiving dinner.
Teach the child TO keep his plate in order,
Not to handle the bread OF to drop food on
the cloth and floor
10 always say, Excuse nc, please" to the
mother when at home. and to the lady @,
hostess when visiting, ii leaving the table be.
tore the rest OF the party
To old its napkin and to nut back its chair
or push it close to the table before leaving.
And after leaving the table not TO return.
l know children who observe every one Of
these rules, and are in no way prisgish, bu,
are simply well behaved, delightful compan
ions, and they owe it all to their mother
careful training from babyhood.-Gooe
Housekeeping
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Rust Proof Paper.

Tho improved manufacture of rust proof
paper, for wrapping metallic articles liable
to become furnished, consists in incorporating
with the paper or applying to its surface a
fine metallic powder in such a manner that
it will adhere. By this means, when silver,
copper, brass or iron articles are wrapped in
the paper they are preserved from rusting or
furnishing by reason Of the greater affinity of
the zinc for %sulphuretted hydrogen, chloride
or acid gases or vapors, and preventing them
from injuring articles Of such Materials
Chicago Times
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Progress of yolapuk,

The promoters of Volapuk in tho United
States have perfected the organization of q
national society for tho purpose of superin-
tending and furtherins its diffusion and in.
tercsts. This society consists of the national
officers and also a chief or president for each
state, who will see to tho formation of clubs,
etc. Thus Nolapuk can now he considered
on an equal footing with other sciences in
the United States i'll that it has its national
society, and we may now expect to see it diff
fused and become widely known and used,
Us it deserves to be, on account of its object,
an international language, and the perfect
manner i'll which it meets the requirements
Of that object-St. Louis Glohe-Dcmocrat.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-10

This is what you ought to have, in
fact. you must have it, to fully enjoy
life. Thousands are searching for it
daily, and mourning because they findit
not. Thousands upon thousands of dol
lars are spent annually by our people in
the hope that they may obtain this boon.
And yet it may be had by all. We
guarantee that Electric Bitters, if used
according to directions and the use per-
sisted in, will bring you Good Digestion
and Gust the deni>s dyspepsia and install
instead Eupepsy. We recommend Elec-
trio Bitters for Dyspepsia and all dis
Sold at SEC and S1.0O per bottle by j. j.
Freeman, Druggist.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-10
Tho Original Free Library.

In regard to tho statement in the article
Libraries, 50 in the new edition Of the EN-
cyclopadia Britannica" that Humphrey
Ghcetham's library at Manchester, established
in 1868, may be called 1.-The first FREQ library
in England" Mr.. John Taylor, tho Bristol
city librarian, sends to Tho Athennum a
transcript of a document, hitherto unpub.
lished, that was out forty years before the
fine old library yet existing i'll Manchester
was founded. 1t appears that Il similar insti.
tuition took its rise in Bristol, and was found
ed by Robert Redwood in 1915. Tho house
spoken of in the deed of 1918 was rebuilt in
lao. Tho library has had continued exist
ence, and in lS1G camo under tho operation
of tho act.-London Tit Bits.
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a Scrap of Paper Saves Her Life.

1t was just an ordinary scrap of wrap
ping paper, but it saved her life. She
wa III the last stages of consumption,
told by physicians that she was incura-
BILE n could live only a short time; she
weighed less than seventy pounds. On
a piece OF wrapping paper she read of
Or. Klng's New Discovery, and got a
sample bottle; it helped her, she bought
a large bottle, it helped her more, bought
another, and grew better fast, continued
Its use, n is now strong, healthy, rosy,
plump, weighing l%iOpounds. For fuller
particulars send stamp to w. ii. Cole,
Druggist. Fort Smith. Trial bottles of
this wonderful Discovery Free at j.. j..
Freeman's Drug Store,
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The D LETTER.

Dear Helen, you sill be surprised
To get a note so Soon-the first
Bridal edition, Gnrcviscd-
And scrubbed at my very worst
I've hut n pencil, as you s,e.
A leaf from lla"ry's diary torn,
And then I'm writing on my knee
And feel a little bit forlorn
We'ro on the train still I'm alone:
Harry is in the smoking car
These last two hours My times my own;
But, Helen, dear. low strange men are!
Three days aSo-timc quickly flies,
And yet it somehow CONS like years
Since all TIE kisses and good bys.
And all the trembling hopes and fears.
OF course, he likes to smoke. but then
You always used TO say. you know.
Women were different from men.
All. yes. indeed find it so
Most of my dreams seem ~disarranged;
" course. I'm ha%ppy-only life
Looks altered o tho world is changed;
cant believe I'm llarry'S wife
Aud yet l know | am, for here
What tiny thornS oue's wreath may mar!)
I'm sitting quite alone. my dear.
And hc--is in the smoking car
-MadelineS Bridges in Judge.
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a Great Country.

You have Il great country" said an Eng
lishman to an American. 81 admit it. !
grand country, vast i'll its territory and q
boulidless resources, but Your climate canno,
compare with that of England for salubrity.
at can't
Certainly not"
"Why, now, our climate is one of the prin
cipal things 70 pride ourselves upon. w,
have all kinds to suit-frigid, temperate, tor
rid-and each possessed of a salubTiousnes
uncqualed anywhere i'll creation"
"But it is averred that Americans Iii,
early"
Die early
Eyes, sir, and especially your bushes;
men"
And don't you know the reason? Is it t.
be found in the nature of our ciimatel No
sir. The reason Americans die early is he
cause they know when they've got enough
Public spirited, patriotic and unseliish, they
die early, sir, to make room for the rising
generation. London Tit Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-10
Paths of T'OrnndOe.-

Professor J. P, Finlay gives tho width of
the path of destruction In %tornadoes, as deter
mined from the records of Lightweight years,
at from 10 to lO,56o feet, the average being
1850 feet. The length Of the tornado track
varies from 800 yards to about 200 miles, the
average being e4.79 miles. The velocity Of
progression Of the tornado cloud varies from
Z to 100 miles an hour, the average being
A.l1 miles. These extremes may often occur
in different portions Of the track of q single
tornado. The shortest time occupied by the
tornado cloud in passing a given point varies
from IAN instant" to about twenty minutes,
the average being seventy-four seconds
New York Telegram.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-10

and We felt sorry FOR them because We knew
they must feel how much swcetcr and pref
tier She was than their mothers could be. 1t
Is wise Tor n mother to take time to dress and
be fair i'll her chillrcn's eyes; to read for
iheir sake. to learn to talk well and to live
tn today. The circle the mother draws
around her is more wholesome for the child
than the ono lie has to make for himself, and
she is responsible for his social surroundings.
1t is not easy 10 he the child'S most interesting
companion, and to make home his strongest
magnet, but the mothers who have lone this
have been mothers of good mcn.-Chicago
Herald.
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coNsUMrr1oN sURELY CIrRED.

To THE E~plroE-Plcase inform your readers
that l have n positive remedy for the above
named disease. fy lis timely use thousands of
hopeless cases have been permanently cured. l
shall be glad 10 send two bottles of my remedy
FREE 10 any of your readers who have consump-
ton if they Will send me their express and
post office address. Respectfully. T. A. SLO-
CUM, NJ. {. 1sl Pearl st., New York.
sep.20.ly
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wnm.u A.. N, uv.,.

Women rs n rule are not fond of Jokes: they
listen to clever stories with simulated amusc-
mellt and forget them Immediately. Tho
reason for this lies in one of the essentials in
tho make up of woman-lcr profound and
tender sympathy. lIumor deals with tho
weakness Of humanity: it exposes foiblcs and
punctuies tender skin. lIunor sets tho world
laughing ut some blun,lcr of II man. 1t is
woman nature t" cover up, excise and re-
form. fo!ilcs are too serious in her ewes to
laugh at. If women We're lumorists they
would not be the most earnest church work.
c:s, the most tender Of nurses, and the most
s~entimc,'l2l a::l re!,!l"d portion of humanity.
The sliic inherent quality which would
make Il true woman, Il real woman, shrink
as Judge from pr"m"nrcilS Il death sentence,
or as soldier from shooting an enemy through
the heart, MAKE, it impossible for her to be
come a hum"rist. Wit a woman NAV have,
wit She docs possess. and is n formidable adj
Nci','iy with her s;i!rtto points of irony and
satire. But humorous in tho common ac-
ceptation of the tenn, in The careless, roll
licking, singing art of current quips and
jeS:S-ncver Washington Post
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1t is no longer n stigma to speak of a book
Us a dime novel. Some of the best stories
written are sold for III cents, while some of
the most stupid class go for 81.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-10

Another new style Of clam has been in.
vented in Maine. 1t is the "lunch clam,n is
put up ly a packing company at Deer Isle
aSd is so:l to be the most delicious thing in
tin cans, not excepting the PASSPORT sardinc
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A ROYAL Mhim,

At one time, and not so long ago, it was
considered the height of inelcgance for re-
fined people to pass so much as a chocolate
wafer between their lips before the rude pub
lie gaze. No less a person than England's
queen has %inausurated the custom of slipping
a cup of tea and eating a wafer while enjoy.
ing her afternoon drive. The tea is stepped
i'll some convenient, tiny apparatus that is
part of tho royal carriage furniture, and the
old lady enjoys the refrcshnent with COM
Portable disregard of the hundreds of curious
eyes bent upon her. We are Unfortunately
fond of importing high toned 'fads." Who
Knows but ere long the fragrant aroma of
Ilyson may blend with the grass and blossom
odors along our park drivcs.--Table Talk.
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over to tho window and bcstow a smile or
two OF lordly appreciation upon some merry
maiden who meets with his approval.-New
NOrl; Sun