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Economic Use OF Leaves.

The rough leaves of the Chumico and
of davilla luclda are used for cleaning
iron and polishing and securing wood.
Curatella alata is used in the West In
dies for polishing bows, sabres, etc., and
in Brazil curatella sanbaiba serves oil the
purposes of sandpaper to the indians for
polishing their blow pipes and war
clubs. The leaves of celtis orientalis
are used for polishing horns in the East
Indies.
The foliage Of guaiacum oficinale IS
very detersive, and is frequently used in
the West Indies to scour and whiten
floors, which it is said to do better than
soap.
Leaves sewed together are much used
in India as substitutes for the plates and
dishes of more civilized life. It is not al.
ways poverty that leads natives to use
them in preference to metal or porcelain
articles, as caste or custom has often
some influence in the matter. The leaves
principally used are those of the Egypt
ian lotus; those of the banyan by Brah-
minis, and the plantain leaf.
The leaves Of bauhinia vahlii ore used
in the construction of the curious, rude
leaf bellows in Sikkiln, with which the
natives of the hills smelt iron. These
leaves, when sewed together, are used
as plates, cups, rough tablecloths, rain
hats and caps. The leaves are heart
shaped and above foot in breadth and
the same in length. Sewed together
with twigs, they also serve for baskets
for holding pepper, t'lrmeric and ginger,
and are likewise used for thatching.-
Gardner's HonthZu.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND y)T:.;.


"a wine glass is never right siis up till it
Is up side down."
Every dollar spent in tho saloon is blow
at the family, and the family is the defence
of our nation. !
A be1uest of $500, "to be used in promot-
ing TEMPERANCE work, has been received by
Miss Willard|left to her in trust by Sarah
p. Spear of Woburn, Mass, whose death oo-
CURED recently.
The State Fair Association Of Iowa, In
diana, Wisconsin, Michigan and Neoraska.
forbid the selling of liquors, gambling and
Games of chance and immoral shows on their
Grounds. The list ought to be increased by
nearly forty.
Germany has heavy responsibility for the
INTRODUCTION of the abominable trash Whlch
II calls rum. gin, etc., into Eastern Africa.
II has done moro to IN jure the blaca populA-
tion than all the missionaries can DO 70 70
form them for the next fifty years.
The theory that whisky is necessary in the
treatment Of pneumonia, has received q
blow from DR.. Bull of New York city, VINO
discovers that in New York hospitals sixty
five per cent. of the pneumonia patients die
With alcoholic treatment, while in LONDON,
at the Object Lesson Temperance Hospital,
only five per cent. die.
During the Last eighteen months bosoon
has sent /. 250,0 90 gallons Of rum to africa.
Roston is no5ly keeping with the advances
of African exploration. New England rum
With ire celebrating influences follows last
q, the footsteps OF the intrepid explorer,
though thew may lead among the most saV-
"a recas ana into the darkest and most 1or-
bidding corners OF the earth.
Tho courts are beginning to work In the
- State ~ Congo, A chieftain accused OF
.,se.-ons assassinations of other chiefs was
n.roS+ed au.ns tried convicted, and executed
..anth 400 The execution was military
Inst before his death, N'Sounda, tne cuipt ~ ~
was asked if he would ike any ytnins. s,, ns "a
said "Yes, GIN" and drank hslt oosas y,
il before his soul went hurting TO tae snaoes'
Tn the great plain people OF the country
Tos the future hope of our free lnstltuIioIs. rs
r. Tho saloon continues to dominate IN al tne
affs;rs of the nation, the farmers TO large
aItant must be responsible. They are, as 9
ciass conservative and honest, and consu;;
tmte n conserving element in our pon!lcSa,
affairs. When they make up thelr mhus IN =
so,nethine must be done, the dong IS only
question Of time"
Mrs Mary Clement Leavitt, wris1ns ,eTiss, 4or' for
Ranana. Congo Free State, says: ne tSea
full tide of drink here is more iearuu' saar, en
ona can imagiue until one has really seen
asI have done, the steamers Iull VI 'uG t;iiaS
spirits, much of which is olcohoi :m GlSlsS -.rs
from the cheapest substances tnat MiI p.o
duce it, brought out IN TINS ioIn " 70 e,.J
duced with water, favored WITH anise sou
and so sold at an enormous pron'. -
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coREAy WOMEN.

ments around the sides of O courtyard,
usually display a collection of household
utensils, embroidered shoes and cloth,
metal work, pottery, saddlery, filagree
and fancy wares; but the Corean manu-
facturcrs have no great merit of artistic
workmanship. The wider streets are
lined with booths for the sale of food.
fruit, grain, meat and tobacco. A few of
the aristocracy ride about on ponies; but
their ordinary conveyance, as they sell
dom or never walk in public, is chair
carried on long poles, like litter, upon
mems shoulders, aided sometimes by a
single wheel underneath the chair. The
spoken language of the Corean people is
Of Tartar origin, but mixed with Japa-
nese and Chinese forms of speech, and
the written literature is in Chinese char
acters. The Buddhist religion is preva-
lent, but the Lao-Tze, or ancient relig-
ion of China, is cherished BY many of the
older families.
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CORPORATIONS TEACH TEMPERANCE.

The temperance movement is having q
substantial backing from strictly business
quarter. The New Jersey Central Railroad.
has followed the example of Vanderhilt's
lines and issued an order forbidding on pers
atty of dismissal oil employees Of tho road to
take anything intoxicating either while On
or off duty. Naturally this order has as.stirred
up some feeling among the employees, who do
not as rule, profess to be total abstainrz
and the feeling is not, perhaps, as warmly
commendatory Of the order as Is that OF the
travelling public Temperance could have
no stronger Endorsement than tho fact that
these great roads enforce it as matter of
policy, and it Is undoubtedly true that drink.
ing habits are going more and moro out of
fashion. One hears much less often the wen.
worn phrase: "a very brilliant fellow whm
bis sobef.n In the keen competition Of tho
present day to make his why In the world
man needs to have all his wits about him,
which he cannot have when his brain is.
stupefed by drink. Washington Star.
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TWO PERSONS may Do born at snt
same time and die at the same time.
and yet one have lived one hundred
days more than the other. The explain
alton of this riddle turns upon the fa'
miliar fact that o person who goes
round the world toward the west loses
q day, while the person who travels in
the opposite direction gains day. We
Will suppose, then, that the two men in
question were born at the same instant
In st. Louis, from whence trip around
the world may easily be made once a
year. One Of them goes always to the
west, the other toward the east. One
loses day every year, and the other
gains day every year. When the men
die, at fifty years Of age, one has seen
one hundred days more than the other.
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no LIQUOR IN SOUTH DAKOTA.

Chief Justice Dighton Corson, Of the South
Dakota Supreme Court has handed down q
decision that has been awaited with great In
terest in all parts of the State. In effect, It
does away with the sale OF Intoxicating
LIQUOR as REQUIRED BY the stringent laws al-
ready enacted. he afirms the constitutions
ality Of the law and gives the county cows
full jurisdiction to fine and imprison liquor
sellers without interference Of grand juries
or other courts.
His decision is very long, covering the
ground thoroughly, and was made up on 3
writ of habeas corpus in the case of Robert
Evans, an original package dealer Of Pierre
who was fined 800 with two monthS
imprisonment by the county judge and went
the grounds OF no jurisdiction in the court
below,
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Plan to Roof the Sidewalks.

The idea is being seriously discussed
as to the value of glass roof, or avn
ing, thrown over the sidewalk at the
height of the first story, its purpose be.
ing primarily to protect pedestrians from
the rain; and secondly, from the bril-
liancy of the SUN. So practical and
feasible does this plan appear that it has
been decided to test it by erecting such
an awning on the streets of Queensgatc.
A number of business men, who have
large stores along the principal avenues
in that section of London, have deter.
mined to combine, and undertake to put
up such structure as this.
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CHAPTER XVIII.


The first of May dawned clear and
warm, the sun never shone brighter
than on that day, and the birds never
sang more sweetly.
Early spring had dressed the fields,
the forests, the lawns and the park Of
the Bristol estates in robes Of brightest
green; the air was full of sweet per
fumes from the flowers of the park, and
those scattered over the lawn.
The ice and snow that was on the
lake that bright moonlight night IN
February had all disappeared. and now
over the deep blue waters, could occa-
sionaIly be seen a dancing white-cap.
and the sal-boats, with their sails
shining like broad strips of silver In the
sunlight. at a distance, and sometimes
large steamer would pass by; the
trees were in blossom and looked Like
huge bouquets of bright flowers; the
whole of the Bristol estates seemed to
smile and welcome the day, while in
side the great house all seemed like
fairyland.
The great pillars of the halls were
one solid mass of bright flowers, and
the rooms and archways were draped
with roses and lilies. The servants
were all bright, happy, and gayly
dressed, and Mrs. Bristols happy face
shone with the good news Of her soul.
The mansion was full of guests, and
every heart beat with joy, except one
-Jesnnette Nathan's.
A few minutes before twelve, Ray
and Lenora appeared IN the parlor,
and as they crossed the room to little
gilded raised throne, draped with
heavy silken curtains, the roses and
lilies were scattered at their feet.
Just as the great clock in the hall
struck twelve Ray and Lenora were
pronounced man and wife. No earthly
being could look purer or more lovely
than Lenora did as she raised her
child-like face for the groom to kiss
his bride.
The rest of the day was spent in
merry making and in extending con-
gratulations to the bride and groom.
Ray gave his bride, as q wedding
present, check for two hundred thou
sand dollars, besides deciding to her
Rhine Castle-by-the-Sea, in England
that he bad fallen heir to when he
became of age.
Mrs. Bristol gave most of the family
Jewels to her beautiful daughter-in-law.
The morning of the second of May
dawned equally as bright and beauti.
full as the first. At fen o'clock Ray
with his bride left Michigan City, en-
ooute for New York, where they were
10 take q steamer for Liverpool.
All was sunshine and happiness, and
there seemed to be no cloud in their
horizon to darken their lives or hide
the sun from their faces. The cloud
was not visible, for was behind them;
and in their great Joy they forgot to
look back or review the past. 1t seemed
that they should not see trouble any
more, but % life is not ended on the
wedding day troubles and trials do not
cease; and 80 it was with Ray and
Lenora, for the darkest days Of their
lives had not yet dawned.
no BE CONTINUED
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WORK on TIE TEMPERANCE TEMPLE.

~~-~>~ ~-~~~>~'~-
The underground walls of the Woman's
Temperance Temple in Chicago are now IN
process Of construction. The contract for
the entire building has been let and it is to
be ready for occupancy by May l, 1892. A
large number of applications for Offices have
already been received. This will probably
be the finest building in the city. The chief
feature of the interior will be Willard Hall,
q magnificent audience room, lined with
marble, on the ground floor and in the
southwest corner OF the building, with ca
pac;ty of six hundred, where daily meetings
will be held, and where the incense Of prayer
for the inebriate and for the temperance
cause will perpetually ascend. The laying
of the corner stone has been postponed to
September 10, the earliest date at which
Miss Willard can be present. This, how
ever, will not delay the work on other parts
of the building.
Miss Willard thus enumerates the corner
stones of Americas temple. The co-educa-
ton Of the sexes, financial education for
woman, healthful mode Of dress, an equal
participation in the Government; these are
the four cornerstones of Americas temple OF
purity and peace.
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The Illinois Hay Palace.

Scattered throughout the United States
at different times there have risen ice
palaces, crystal palaces, bluegrass palaces,
corn palaces, summer palaces and mineral
palaces. Now another one is building
q hay palace.
Some time ago the good people of
Momence, ILL.,. looked out upon the vast
Kankakee marshes from which the people
of the vicinage derive their chief income,
and concluded that after harvesting and
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A BYE STREET II SEOUL.

called Seoul or Kyoung, large walled
town of $50, 1000 or 100000 people, stu
ated on the Han-Kang, the chief river
of the interior, toward the west coast.
The buildings, except the royal palace, are
mostlyin the Chinese style of architecture,
like those of Pekin; but the costumes snd
manners of the people are peculiar; the
men of the respectable classes all wear
white robes, unless they are Government
officials, who are attired in silk or Grape
Of the brightest colors, and they have
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and drag the ancient, honored race
down to the low scums of society to
which she belongs! No! Twill save
the Bristols' honor if I am lost to
eternal damnation; the heart of that
thieving, contemplate creature shall
stop beating, and by my hand
Half crazed with anger and excite
ment, she went to her drawer to get
her little pistol. As she stopped to
reach it she glanced up at the glass,
and in an instant her hands dropped
to her sides and her face was ghastly
white, for in the glass she saw, stand
ing on her right, the shrouded form of
the nurse she had murdered, while on
the left stood that of the simpleton.
They were looking at her and pointing
at the pistol willie the icy breath
whispered, "Dont."
- Jeanette uttered faint moan, and
her Hfeless form fell backward across
that of her unconscious maid.
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TEMPERANCE.
NOTHING AND SOMETHING.

NOTHING AND SOMETHING.
Il is nothing to me, the beauty said,
With careless toss Of her pretty head,
The man is weak II he can't refrain
From the cup you say is fraught with pam
It was something to her In after years,
When her eyes were full Of burning tears,
And she watched in lonely grief and dread,
And started to hear staggering tread.
It IS nothing to me, the mother said;
Ihave no fear that nv boy will tread
The downward path Of sin and shame
And crush my heart and darken bis name
But
It was something to her when that only son
From the path Of right was early won,
And madly cast in the flowing bowl
A ruined body and sin-wrecked soul.
It Is nothing me, the merchant said,
AS over his ledger he bent his head,
lam busy to-day with tare tret,
And have no time to froth and fret
But =
It was something to him when over the wire
A message came from afunerai pyre:
A drunken conductor had wrecked o train,
And his wife and child were among the slain.
It is nothing to me- the young man said;
In his eye was flash Of scorn and pride;
j heed not the Qre0Q1ul CnlnSS you uell,
lean rule myself, I know full we'll
But
Twas something to him when in prison be
The victim of drink, life ebbing away.
As he thought of his wretched child and
wife,
And the mournful wreck Of his wasted Life.
It's nothing to me- the voter said,
The partys loss is my greatest dread
Then gave his vote for the liquor trade,
Tho hearts were crushed and drunkards
made ..
But
It was something to him in after life,
When his daughter became drunkar1s
wife,
And her hungry children cried for bread,
And trembled to hear their fathers tread.
It Is nothing to US to idly sleep
While the cohorts Of death their vigils keep.
To gather the young and thoughtless in- -
And grind in our midst a grist Of Sin
But
It is something-yes, ALL for us to stand
And clasp by faith our Saviour's hand,
To learn to labor, live and fight
On the side of God and changeless right.
ID. S. T. Butteroaugh, in the 7oice.
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HOW TIE Hay PALACE WILL LooE.

baling the wild grass they would use it
to build hay palace in which to hold
On interstate exposition.
The structure, whose walls are to be
constructed of the big bales, will have a
length of 204 feet and q width of 40.
The display will include collections Of
live native fish, geological, botanical,
pathological and geological exhibits,
Indian and prehistoric relics, and repre-
ssntatons of the products of farms,
factories, forests and mines.-NaI and
Express.
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COREAN SKETCHES.
SINGULAR MANNERS OF
QUEER PEOPLE.
The Men Wear White Robes and
Big Hats-The Women's Dress
Shops and hanufac-
lures.

It is highly probable that the peninsu-
la of Corea, projecting southwark be-
tween China and Japan, will, at some fu.
ture day, be a position of great impor-
tance to European rivals for maritime su.
prcmacy in those regions. Its extent is
about equal to that of Great Britain. For
many years it has been claimed as dc.
pendency of the Chinese Empire,
but it is practically an Independent
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4 CITY 'GENDARME.

State, with q population of about nine
millions, ruled by On hereditary sover-
eign, who in turn is supported by o
powerful aristocraey. The most recent
and accurate account of the country is
that given by Mr.. w. R. Carles, who, as
English vice-consul, enjoyed unusual op-
portunities for study and observation.
he describes the capital city, which is
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The fish net is being shaped into many
clever forms for wall decorations. One
of the alcoves Of the Century Club,
Philadelphia, has a creamwhite wall,
across which is stretched netting that
has been gilded. The effect is pretty.
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CHAPTER XVII.


my dear little Lima, that everything is
clear to US now, and all so lovely; and
now you will surely forgive nae for
doubling you in the Least, won't you?"
Lenora gently drew her loving friend
to her face and kissed her on the
cheek.
with all my heart I forgive you,
Mrs. Bristol All was against me. and
there was no one to take my part. It
was all so dark then that it seemed
that God had forsaken me, but you
see He did not. He only made that
short night bitter darkness, that the
sun might shine all the brighter the
next day. 1t is all over now, my dear,
kind friend, and there never was hap
pier person in all the world than I.
Love had not entered my heart for any
man until saw my Ray, and since that
night of the ball my heart was not my
own"
Ray returned from the dining-hall
shortly, and with his mother watched
all night by the bedside of her he
loved.
Jeanette Nathan did not recover
for some time from the last shock.
caused by that terrible vision. She had
been under such severe mental re-
straint since Lenora entered the Bristol
mansion that Immediately after her last
fright she was delirious for weeks and
weeks with the brain fever.
This wicked woman was given every
attention during her illness, and every
day, while she lay tossing about the
bed in her feysrish rawlings. Lenora
would sit by her bed and bathe the
bot, thgobbfng temples in cold water
for hours at a time.
Finally, the Iatient grew much bet.
ter, and was able to set up few hours
each day; cards had been sent out, and
many guests had been invited to the
wedding.
Lenora was very busy now, prepar-
ing for that wonderful day that every
girl looks forward to with such Joy; as
Jeanette was much better, and did
not need the happy, ight-hearted girl,
she never went into the sick-chamber
now.
Ore beautiful morning, about the
middle of April, Jeannette's maid was
brushing her mistress hair, and
Ithoughtlessly remarked:
"What fine wedding it will bel
ALI the city folks are invited, and some
one Is coming over from England. Myi
but she will be beautiful BRIDE"
What do you mean, Minna, about o
wedding? Who is TO be married now,
and who is the beautiful bride?"
A look OF anxious curiosity came
into Jeannette's eyes, and her maid no
ticed it.
"Oh, my lady! I forgot. But the
madam said should not say anything
to you about it until you we're better,
for fear you would want to help before
you were able"
"For Heavens sake, Minna, what do
you mean? Tell me, Instantly"
why, the master and the beautiful
Miss Lima are to be married the first OF
May. There! I was not to tell for a
week-but-"
The sentence was never finished
quick as flash the feeble, trembling
Jeanette seemed to possess the strength
OF lion, for she sprang from her chair,
like ball from a cannon, and dealt
her maid such a blow on the temple
with her clenched fist that she was
knocked senseless to the floor.
"Oh, heavens! Why didn't they tell
me? Why didn't they tell me all
about it, and how it all happened? I
will shoot her-yes, shoot her-and in
front of Rays own eyes.
"She shall not dethrone me- thus.
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Farmer-"Get down out Of that!
What you doin' up there1"
Youthful Plunderer -"Oh, I only
climbed up to git out of the way of the
apples that we're fallin' down on my
head. ."-Fzie9eade Blaetr.
Connecticut western news., 1890-04-23
Death in Fire.

A physician has just been writing on the sub bject of death by fire. and he seeks to correct certain common errors con- corning it. Our estimate of the inten. sity of the pain involved in such a mode of death Is very natural; nothing more so Knowing the intense pain that follows the burning of a small part of the flesh. we naturally imagine that when a person is wholly exposed to the flame that intense local pain is null tiplied in the exact proportion of the surface exposed to the influenceo of the fire. Happily, however, there are the very best reasons for regarding all these distressing impressions as erro- neous In nearly or quite all forms of exposure, torture and death, expert ence has proved that nature kindly draws over the victim the sheltering veil of oblivion.
 The drowning man floats away in a peaceful dream of illusions. The man who falls from precipice is made in sensible by the blow The too ire quent victim of railroad disaster is stupefied at the first shock and knows nothing later. The smoke and flames that are to destroy life bring their blessed anodyne as the first step in the sad proceeding. It is therefore well to reconstruct the almost universal but erroneous presumption that those who meet death in confagration or many other forms of violence or ap. parent suffering must of necessity en- dure terrible pain. Distressing as these modes of death may seem, it is both reasonable and eminently consol- atory to assure ourselves that after the very first few moments the event is quite painless. New York Com mercial Advertiser