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GREAT EMERGENCIES.

The Surest Way of Being Ready for Them
Is to Meet Small Ones Calmly.
The knowledge Of what to do in case
of sudden calamity does not generally
come on the spur of the moment or by
inspiration--it is already in store and
waiting summons in to action Those
who keep their eyes and ears open very
readily learn what is best to be done in
case Of fire, or burning, or snnstroke, or
broken limb, or fainting fit, or Sc
we're cut, or sudden and severe illness,
until professional assistance can be
brought to their aid A commonplace
book in which modes of treatment in
various maladies and accidents are noted
down is very useful i'm helping one to
remember what to do.
The surest way of being reAdy for the
great emergencies of life is to meet all
its small ones not only with calmness,
but with a rnasterful spirit, resolved to
turn defeat and disaster, however
trifiing, to good account, by learning
from them the secret of victory. ITO
be weak is miserable doing or suffering,
and they who cultivate weakness, by
refusing to use even the smallest means
OF overcoming obstacles in their way,
cultivate misery. These unhappy souls,
when called upon to confront sudden
and terrible emergencies, cringe and
faint and know not which way to turn,
while those who with fearless courage
and indomitable will fight the lesser
battles of life, are strengthened thereby
for those mightier conflicts that call out
all their skill and resource, and make
them saviors and benefactors TO their
associates in trouble
Young mothers envy the unruflled
composure observed in elderly women
who have reared large families of chill
dren, and who have learned that broken
bones will heal, that bruises get we'll,
that there are ways OF managing and
preventing disease, and that it is al
ways best to keep possession of ones
wits. sAll things come alike to all,
and as Milton says Of the afiiiction
which atonce darkened and Frightened
his life: 1T is not 30 wretched to be
blind as 1t is not TO be capable Of FEM
during blindness. But why should not
endure misfortune which 1t behooves
every one to be prepared to endure III 1t
should happen, which may in the com
mon course Of things happen To every
man, and which has been known III hap
pen 70 the most distinguished and Writ
uous pevsons 10 hintory.&-N. Y, Chils'
Man kav6eat9
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woMAN.s FASCINATION.


some Of the Reasons That Attract the
Stronger Sex to the GentIer.
The power of fascination inherent in
women may, moreover, be divided into
two kinds All of us have seen the old
lady, generally white haired, with kind
ly, pleasant features. on which time has
set no unfriendly mark, who still retains
all her attractiveness.s Note how the
boys and girls adore her; they will go to
her and contde their sorrows, their
hopes, their ambitions, even when they
would not breathe a word to their
mothers. The kindly, loving interest
evinced in lads affairs by such one
has time and again first implanted the
impulses in his heart which eventually
led him on to an honorable career.
Quickly, almost by stealth, the good
IS done by such, and the good seed sown
which will ripen in after time into a
rich and abundant erep---Qn the ether
hand, we have most of us seen, perhaps
in real life, certainly on the stage, the
fascinating adventures who, by her en-
thralling beaute de diable, enslaves
mems souls and leads them ton the
SIdSe) W udr6 all LOT HeF sake. ouCn Is
directly opposed to the sweet old lady
in her old-fashioned chair, and these
two form the opposite poles between
which the women who fascinate vary.
Types differ, and any one you may se-
lect has some position between these
two opposites. Take, for instance, a
pretty and may be witty woman who,
hardly of her own free will, makes
every man fall in love with her to a
greater or less degree. She may be in
nocent Of all evil intention, but her po-
sitionon the scale is not vastly removed
from that of the melo-dramatic sorceress.
Or, again, take the instance Of the pref
ty young matron who, while devoted to
home, husband and children, yet has
several intimate friends of the male per
suasion. But her influence IS all for
good. Her fascination is exerted in a
worthy cause, and has. found out a
great truth-that there is no friendship
so lasting, SO true and SO pleasant as ono
between persons of opposite sexes,
whore true feeling of bonnie camara-
derie exists and there is no pretense of
love-making. Such woman, if she
lives long enough, bids fair to develop
into snowy-haired old lady on whose
friendship the children will rely
Brooklyn Eagle.
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WHILE YET THsY KNOW

- sysssa
IS VIZ Knew that every faint and futterin9 breath
Wl@ hut harbinger Of Fastening death
W. lavished love, caresses, untold care:
Poured out our souls In constant, pleading
prayer,
whiie every sigh she brcathed, each broken
word,
seemed 10 our hearts the sweetest ever heard.
Yea when she knew no face, no tehdereSt tone
Ijui lay unconscious Of our love, alone,
ssS75sft from atsaedcned chambers arav
TIN all that there remained was silent clay:
And even that We cherished, as was meet,
TIL reverently laid beneath our feet
Through joys and SORROWS hopes and cares and
fears,
We swiftly move toward the grand, eternal
years;
Forgetting that the least brief step we tread
= Tends toward that vast s'majorfty . the dead
That with each lightest breath there shall re-
main
One link the less Of life's unmeasured chain.
So heavy is the vail that lies between
The seen OF earth, she heavenly unseen) 80
Nor il one left alonc-en either hand
TRnse, who crave help Oh love beside us stand
Then friends and brothers, give to these o give
Their need Of tenderness while yet they live.
Mary Isabella Forsyth, In Christian Union
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

-Cumso-.sIs Mr.. Simeral a member
of your church, Gazzam?n Gazzam-.
-sYes.n Gumso-"0ne of the pillars, l
suppose?p Gazzam-r"N o; one of the
sleepers. Munsey's Weekly
Passenger do you wear those
mittens on your ears? Afraid you'll
catch cold?" Conductor-"No, but |
was we'll brought up, and I don't want
to hear the driver swear at the horses. .
F-Munsey's Weekly.
-Quevido- Shakespeare must have
suffered from cigarettes Curtis
why, what do you mean?" Quepide-
Don't you remember where he says
the offense is rank and smells to
Heaveng Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mr.. Prettyboy Miriam, If you
will be mine our bliss will know no al
10y" Miriam Smelt fwhose father is a
gold refiner Mr.. Prettyboy, papa
assures me that any thing above eight
cen carats fine doesn't wear well.n-
Jewellers Weekly.
-Ponsonby somewhat boastfully)--.
81 may say, Miss Bletlerwiek, that am
quite an adept at athletics. can row,
ride-either horse or bike-swim, spar,
jump and rum" Miss BIotIerwick
(sweetly)-''Here comes papa. Do let
me see you jump and run. Time,
sWhat is Coming First Female-"I
suppose you will attend the primary to-
night?" Second Female-"Nc, / guess
not You see, promised my husband |
would take him TO the theater, and If I
go back on my word / know won't get
decent meal for k"-Terre Haute
Express.
Mr. COMPROMISING Business is. so
brisk and correspondence accumulates
SO that fear / shall be obliged to en-
ploy an amanuensis. Mrs. Centpercent
VERY well, my dear, get manuensis
If you must; but | decidedly object to
your having womanuensis in the Of
flee. America.
-s'Horatio," remarked Hamlet on the
ramparts Of the castle on that memora-
Bile Christmas; ''if Ophelia hangeth not
zlt her stocking she gets no gift from
me-" Good Hamlet, economical for
ever!" chuckled his friend; ssthou sa vest
the price of the gift, for thou knowest
stockings have not been invented yet"
Judge.
ladies and gentlemen. said the
professor, II find that can not per-
form the experiment of imitation, as the
wind machine is out of order" There
was great groan of disappointment.
However added the professor, sud-
denly, Il may be able to provide SUBJ
stitute. Is there gentleman from Chi
cago in the audience?n-D brakes Maya
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PERSONAL AND iMpEHsoNAI-.

.s ..
Jacob Bright was much gratifed
during his Washington visit upon find
ing bust Of his father, John Bright, In
the grand corridor of the White House.
Lady Forester, OF London, is prac-
tical philanthropist. Each week she
sends 70 the factory girls Of London up
ward Of two thousand lunches of flowers
gathered BY the servants on her estate.
The Florida Times-Union tells Of q
freak of nature in the person of negro
man. Although he is twenty odd years
OF age and has a fully developed head,
Ills body and limbs are dwarfed to the
ksize Of young baby. He possesses av-
erage intelligence and has learned 70
sew and knit.
Mrs. Theodosia B<<heph erd, of san
Buenaventura, Cal, be8eH four yearsa
withaat capital and un6cr difHcdfties,
to convert barley field into flower
and seed farm. She is now at the head
Of thriving business, supplying many
Of the Eastern seedsmen in quantities,
and filing European orders for plants.
and seeds
John McCree, the third oldest citi-
zen Of Pike County, Missouri, seventy
seven years old, married the first white
child born in Pike County, shipped the
first boatload of apples to Galena from
Pike County and made the first barrel
ever manufactured in the county. He
has been very successful business man.
l--=Salxinir the tragedian, is a stalwart,
nthusiastic-mannered man, of the ro-
bust school, with massive bald head
| and a dropping black mustache, waved
at the extremities. He is as strong as
the proverbial Nemean lion, and is six
and-ffty. He studied the part of Othello
while langttishing in the-deepest dun
geon beneath the castle wall at Geneva.
"A great lawyer having died, some
one asked Daniel Webster how much of
an estate he left. The answer came
quick: Like all great lawyers, he lived
well and died poor This IS called to
mind by the remarkable statement late
ly made in newspaper that all men of
intellect accumulate property. Every
body knows that money sense frequent
ly, although not always, goes with low
| order of BRAIN
Leo NIL. is very small old man,
SO low of statue that man Of ordinary
| height kneeling at his feet is aware of
the pontiff's bent head not very far
above his own. Meanwhile the fatherly
| hands, 50 slender that the rings which
many monarchs sent him for the jubilee
| will not held ON his fingers except over
mittens, We resting on the strangers
head or patting his chcekwith an inn
pusive affectionateness.
-LeBaron Russell, who died in Boston
the other day, was one of the earliest
abolitionists, and was particularly
active in helping to make Kansas free
| State. At the time of the war his SYM
pathy for the Union cause and for the
colored race was substantially expressed,
and since the war he has done much to aid
the colorsd schools at the South. While
| abroad he formed the acquaintance of
| Thomas Carlyle, and was instrumental
| in securing the publication in this
| country Of 'sSartor Resartus," the first
work of that author to be brought out
| by an American publisher He was also
an intimate friend of Ralph Waldo
Emerson, and died in the home formerly
owned by Mrs. Emerson.
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IN LUXURIOUS EXILE.


Tor tho French Throne.
There Is man living near London
whose political fortunes seem at present
dead, but who lives in the hope that the
cast Of fate may bring him into power
and popularity in Paris This is the
Comte eParis. He is an exile and is
waiting patiently for the day when the
republic will go to pieces. He is often
seen In London and Is frequent visitor
at the clubs. He is member Of most
OF the. best clubs in England, an art
connoisseur, who never misses an exhi-
bition and knows the value OF rare
books too we'll to be absent from a book
sale. The big and little men and women
OF social London have made much Of
him. for he is himself independently
wealthy. a talented gentleman, an en-
thusiastic diner-out, and in turn one of
the best dinner-givers in this city of
epicures A good many people in Amer
lea will remember him. In 1861 he
made visit to the United States and
was placed by General Mcclellan on his
staff; he served to the conclusion of the
campaign in Virginia, and the retreat of
the army of the Potomac in June, 1862
A good many Americans have met him
since then, for he admires the United
States very much and is given to dis
pense hospitality in a lavish way to
Uncle Sans children at home. Sheen
House, near the famous Mortlake station.
The lane leading IN to the house is
bordered by stately trees and hedge
rows of laurel and hawthorn. Sheen
House is~a rambling mansion of brick
and stuceo.=. 1t is a famous place. It
afforded shelter to the Duke and Ouch
esq Montpensier after the troubles of
AS. The house stands in the center of
wide lawn. fringed bv giant cedars
and craggy frs. There is an air Of re-
fineme Mt and elegance about the whole
place and it is a fitting refuge for the
man who unites in his person the rights
and the titles Of the two great branches
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An-rntellirant Mains Dog.

Who says dog has not intelligence
A Gardiner lady set q dish Of soup out
in her yard the other day to cool. The
dish was very hot, but had handle.
The house dog soon came along to the
dish, lured by the fascinating fragrance,
contemplated the contents long enough
to find that it was his, favorite soup,
then, taking the handle between Ills
teeth, he backed of several rods very
carefully, pulling the dish after him
to place which he considered booth co.
or and more sequestered. He waited
for the broth to cool, devourel u with
iaAnite relish, then Dragged the dish
hack 70 the spot wHcre II found IT,.
itangos cemmsssisl.
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SPEED VS.. QUALITY.
Never Consider Fast-Doing OF More Inn
portance Than Well-Doing.

portance Than well-Doing.
Many persons seem to think that
speed in work is q higher accomplish
ment than quality Of work. II speed is
of the arst Importance then it may be
an apology for poor quality. If quality
is of the first Importance, then it may
be an apology for want Of speed. One
says: II want to- learn to write fast"
Another says: II write this very
hurriedly; please excuse erasures'
Would such writer's or workers rather
be thought quick than accurate? Do
they place the writing above the writ
ten? Even shorthand writer ought
not to write faster than he can write
we'll. Speed follows quality; quality
never follows speed. 1t IL q good thing
to do good work fast. But it is bad
thing to do fast work badl and that is
the way Ii generally is done when the
fast-doing is held above the weli-doing.
Rad work had better be done so slowly
that 1t never gets done at all. The only
way to attain to high speed is to work for
something better than SPEEDS =
Times.
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! Madonna n Dresden, rescrving only
the right to name the artist have
just given an order to have the work
begun.
1t is expected that the university will
be open next fall. The colleges will
be provided with ample lecture-rooms,
and the trustees will be required to Of.
fer high salary for instructors. The
igher@eourses viii -sbe.s free to. post
graduates Of all colleges and UNIVERSE
ties, and to such other deserving per-
sons as the trustees may elect to admit.
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!. EaR .L.III..IL PEOPLE.
ALExANDER,s run.

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whic,, ,;r,,ts., III, ,hss Mac.
TWAS an ugly rvmpkin lantern,
I'm shoekihs' sboss'nY the"
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Hau ny 'noasn' - icia' - staeo'
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anu shose tff's viii thtnh ~. celt"'n
iney veseen hfs' 'esaSs snos's
ana = tnihk Know ioF certan
"h'ci ohe '"'a'' t''A n'en hios's
.ror I.nn, shas - ,,,,.,a
she.s .frs,i ~ every thing
Anu tnink that this may shock her
!. Anu some sense = hef may bring
TOT o. Az tnc WY hnaess
rms aaneerh ~ she k,nss
A...s .xs...zlx.. -. .,<,,,,<..,, .,,a,~ t.,t,nr
And listened ana could near
out ~ the distant aarkhcss
1riisn Voices, swce. anu ciear'
Inen saiu Tom 70 AleAanuers
~" shey afe winning hcar.
Tha,, ~, ma. !, ~, t,.,,ia tar,,,t
c.va ,s.,, s,.s,,, f,,,,,,,.,,s.,d ~,
as sne saw .he 1cariul image
one almost seemed 10 ny,
Ana she reached her mothers bosom
heady, as they reared, 70 die.
an s,,..,,. A.,
er,ss5n,.,.. .,...n .o
And. tbe watchars h~ her ,eds,de
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took L out whom saro i was soins .

krSx resapssuls
II was gone, and he knew that II would
be q creat reliefto his vexation to pour
out his anger upon Elsie. who had no
busitess 70 touch his highly-prized prop
erty. He could In fancy SEQ exactly how
she would shrink befoxe him and how
the tears would come to kur blue eyes=-
lust Is she deserved, no declared 70 him-
self
And then came thought Of the boy
in the book who had won the victory
over sense Of injury very like 70 this
which was possessing him. This was
putting him in his place, sure enough
VIII walked for an hour under the
trees in the old orchard. Better thoughts
came to him through tho gathering
shadows Of the twilight. What short
lived satisfaction would be In the Bit
ter words which would rankle like
thorns In his little sisters heart. What
lasting sweetness in lifting from her
the burden of fear of his severe fault
finding.
II wait till some day want It and
then I'll ask where 1t is, and when she
tries to tell me Ill kiss her and laugh
he said as at length he turned towards
the house.
.'But no won't. She'll keep on fret
ting over it till she knows know"
''Elsiel'' he called at the steps.
what Is II, WHIP,
Mother raised her head In anxious az
tention.
Bring me my umbrella, please.
20, WILL came in faltering little
voice, as she walked slowly towards
him.
T He did not wait for her to go on, but
threw his arms around her with laugh.
Eyes, you'd have hard time bring
ing it, wouldn't you? know al about
it, you naughty little thing. II that's
what you're been wearing such dole
full face about these few days you'd bot
ter set your mind at rest.
+ 20, Will, aren't you mad with me?"
Not q Bit.
tYou dear, dear, brotherl thought
you'd never forgive me.
1t was, as he knew it would be, long
time before viii had another silk UNI
brella. But 1t will be far longer before
he will forget the satisfaction growing
out Of the result Of tho hard-fought bat
tie with himself, O. satisfaction to be
tasted with every remembrance of his
victory. Sydney Dayre, in N. X. OBJ
xur Z
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MAKING COTTON CLOTH.
An Interesting Process That II More Conn
plicated Than Generally supposed.

An Interesting Process That II More Conn
plicated Than Generally suppoaed.
wonder how many boys and girls
have any idea Of how cloth Is made; or
how many ever went into big factory
where 1t is woven?
Take the print or cambria, for in
stance, from which your shirt-waists or
dresses are made. 1t has to go through
a multitude Of processes before It gets
from the cotton, as it Is picked and
bought by the great cotton factories, to
be the pretty printed cloth you see.
The first thing they do, in great cot
ton factory, Is TO spin the cotton into
thread for warp and wool, or 'sflling"
as the latter is someti mes called. Pos
sibly some Of you may have seen your
grandmother spin wool, or even weave
the yarn into cloth. II so, you will un-
derstand better what has to be done.
In a factory the cotton is passed
through several machines, which pick IL
to pieces and throw out the seeds and
other foreign substances. From each
one Of these machines 1t comes out .
little finer than before, until, at last, 1t
is fine enough to spin. The spinning Is
done in another room, on machine
called mule or q Jenny" Then
this fine thread is taken to another floor
and woven In the brisk and busy looms
into unbleached cotton cloth. But this
is not then ready for market. Even II
it is to be sold as unbleached cloth, 1t
has to go through the process of SINCE
ing. That Is, 1t Is passed over big
cylinder, close to q row Of gas-jets,
which scorch off the fuzzy lint which
makes the cloth rough. This, Of course,
is delicate operation, and, after 1t, II
the cloth Is to be sold as brown sheet
bales for the stores. If 1t Is to become
bleached cloth, however, it has to be
passed through solution Of chloride Of
lime and other Ingredients and take
several baths. This takes some time.
but is very necessary process, just the
same. When 1t is over, the cloth u
ready to be sold and made up into nm
derclothing, sheets and pillow-cases.
The most interesting thing about
big cotton-mill is the printing depart
ment. Every mill has its own design
ers. They have pleasant room ct the
top Of the building, with plenty Of light,
and they make their designs with
water-colors. OF course one must be
something Of an artist to be successful
designer. One must also have very
careful and exact training. rs the de-
signs have to fit perfectly the cylinders
upon which the cloth is printed The
variation Of = design one hair,s breadth
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II some Of the Uses Of Cofree.


1t is asserted by man of high pro
fessional ability that when the system
needs stimulant nothing equals cup of
fresh Coffee Those who desire to
rescue the drunkard from his cups will
find no better substitute for spirits than
strong, new-made coffee, without milk
or sugar. Two ounces of coffee, or one
eighth of pound, to one pint OF boiling
water makes first-class beverage, but
the water must be boiling, not merely
hot. Bitterness comes from boiling it
too long. If the coffee required for
breakfast be put in graniteized kettle
over night and pint of cold water
poured over, it can be heated to the
boiling point and then set back to pre-
vent further ebullition, when it will be
found that, while its strength is ex-
tracted, it's delicate aroma is preserved.
As our country consumes nearly ten
pounds. of coffee per capita it is a pity not
to have it made in the best manner. 1t
is asserted by those who have tried 1t
that malaria and epidemics are avoided
by those who drink a cup Of hot coffee
before venturing into the morning air.
Burned on hot Goals 1T is disinfectant
for sick-room. By some Of our best
physicians 1t is considered specific In
typhoid fever. -Epicure.
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The teacher Of : school IN 81
Joseph, Mo-, one night placed boy II
. closet in deserted room as punish
ment for soma trivial ofFense, but forgot
to release the culprit when the woekss
session was ended and went home. The
janitor, while going about the buiIding,
heard some one crying, but thought Il
was child n the neishborhood ~
paid no attention 70 II Time p6snSd
and the wAil continued and erevI
weaker and more piteous. This touohe6
his heart and hs began search for ~
source, nDd soon lcoetsd the uttle p&l6
s ssss X 81 e &; s ~ s, 8 sss -
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:, Dock ~ssi3ess, 1 have three millions
and / love you.r Bess--'No mistake
about tho thrcss ,ntiltens. y thsrev"-
Epeshs