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TEMPERANCE.


Conducted by the w. C. r. u
The whiskey saloon usually has "a
gambling attachment, and so gets a
double mortgage on your poor boy.
Drunkenness has a natural affinity
for every vile thing, and gives the ex-
plosive touch to every latent and evil
passion.
Boys were never seen in drinking
places as long as whiskey was the
standard. But after lager beer was
introduced the boys would go to the
saloons where games were prepared
for them, such as bagatelle and pool,
and in little while you found drunk
en- boys Chief of Police of Balti-
more.
Says Phillips Brooks, of Boston:
"Never shall my hand or voice be
lifted against so-called temperance
fanatics. Ifever a case justified fa-
naticism, the temperance cause does.
To me there is nothing more disheart-
ening to the cause of humanity, than
the selfish, ease-loving, luxurious
man, indulging in dissipation and
denouncing temperance fanaticism. "
1t has been truthfully said, ''Some
owe all their wealth. others all their
poverty, to beer" Note well that
the riches of one is the poverty of the
other. The business that so boast
fully claims to help the public finan-
ces does not so conspicuously point
out how it peoples jails, poor-houses,
mad-houses, garrets, cellars, alleys
/ and ''slums" How does the account
balance each year?
Dr. Dewitt Talmage says: "The
hardest blows the temperance refor-
nation has had in this century have
been in the fact that some reformers
have halted under the delusion of this
high license movement. You know
what it is. 1t is the white flag of
truce sent out from alcoholism to
prohibition to make the battle pause
long enough to get the army of de-
canters and demijohns better organ
lied. Away with that flag of truce or
| will fire on it. Between these two
armies there can be no truce. On the
one side is God and sobriety and the
best interests of the world, and on
the other side is the sworn enemy of
all righteousness, and either rum
must be defeated or the church of
God and civilization"
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Her Birthday Gift to Her Husband.

Madame D., in Vienna, was a very
careful sort of person. She met Mad
ame s., who asked her what birthday
present she had made to her husband.
Madame d. replied:
''You see, find it very difficult to
save anything from my housekeeping
money these. hard times, and had to
set my wits to work. My husband,
you know, is an inveterate smoker and
passionately fond of a good cigar. Dur
ing the last three months have every
evening taken cigar out of his case
and slowed it away in box. On the
evening before his birthday l presented
him with this box as a surprise, and
you should have seen how delighted
he was. New York Ledger.
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ARE YOU DOOR RANCER?
Don't Say "No'' Too Quickly, but just
Think Over Your Sins.

Don't Say ''No" Too Quickly, but just
Think Over Your Sins.
"Are you a door bangerY'
This question, addressed to every
person with whom we came in contact
would probably be met by an indignant
negative, yet if they paused to cast
glance even half way backward they
would instantly regret that involuntary
fib
The art of door banging is one that
apparently comes by divine right to
every human being, and that art is
more carefully developed than many
other natural gifts that would, with
proper cultivation, enable the happy
possessor to make quite as much noise
in the world and with less inconvenience
and annoyance to others.
Most houses are peculiarly adapted
for the display of the door Dangers
ceaseless activity, a fact which the man
who set the fashion for portieres had
doubtless in consideration when he first
made up his mind to introduce that
innovation. To him indeed we should
be very grateful, for the fewer doors
there are the less likelihood of and op-
portunity for such Wagnerian discord
The man or woman who would not
take your life, even under the greatest
provocation, does not hesitate to i'm
peril your hearing, and the worst of
this sort of thing is that we meet with
it generally at the hands of those who
are nearest and dearest.
The relative who is up first in the
morning-well, that's the one who has
the best show at the door, and the arms
of Morpheus must exert a double
horse power pressure if they would
guide your slumbers successfully
through that reverberating bang. 1t is
true that in sickness an effort is usually
made to subdue this peculiar instinct,
or to repress this native talent; but be-
hold, when the sufferer is convalescent,
the pent up energy once more displays
itself in the direction from which it
momentarily 1apsed, and the music of
the present once more offers odds to
any that the great German masters can
originate.
People who are evolutionists can
doubtless trace the early development
of his historic disposition to bang
They will point to far off ages when
man in his natural state used to close
his jaws with far echoing snap upon
the human flesh he devoured; to lit
tie later period, when in a more en-
lightened state, he swung heavy prison
doors upon his captives; to even later
age, when, his first musical inclinations
beginning to blossom, he heralded to
his victims their approaching death
through the enlivening strains of the
tom tom.
Now in this age of seeming cultiva-
ton the foregoing methods of pro-
claiming our immediate personality are
happily forbidden, but there is no law,
written or unwritten, against that evil,
which is apparently inherent and irradi-
cal. But perhaps that Utopia, toward
which present writers declare we are
progressing, will be land innocent of
other than tent like accommodations
for family life, where, consequently,
the restlessness which has hitherto
found vent in door banging may spend
itself in pursuits which will be bene-
fetal, not annoying, to the human
race milwaukee, Wisconsin
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A SERMON IN RHYME.

If you have friend worth loving,
Love him. Yes, and let him know
That you love him, ere life's evening
Tinge his brow with sunset glow.
Why should good words ne'er be said
OF a friend-till he is dead?
If you hear song that thrills you,
Sung by any child of song,
Praise it. Do not let the singer
Wait deserved praise long.
Why should one who thrills your heart
Lack the JOY you may impart?
If you hear prayer that moves you,
By its humble, pleasing tone,
Join in. Do not let the seeker
Bow before his God alone.
Why should not your brother share
The strength of two or three in prayer
If you see the hot tears falling
From a brothers weeping eyes,
Share them. And by kindly sharing,
Own your kinship with the skies.
Why should any one be glad
When brothers heart is sad?
If a silvery laugh goes ripping
Through the sunshine on his face,
Share it. 'Tis the wise mans saying
For both grief and joy place.
There's health and goodness in the mirth
In whicn an honest laugh has birth.
If your work is made more easy
By friendly helping hand,
Say so. Speak out brave and truly,
Ere the darkness veil the land.
Should brother workman dear
Falter for word of cheer?
Scatter thus your seeds of kindness,
All enriching as you go
Leave them Trust the Harvest Giver,
He will make each seed to grow.
SO, until its happy end
Your life shall never lack friend
Rochester Democrat
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To those who suffer much from ten
der feet in consequence of excessive
walking or standing for long periods
the following treatment will be accept
able. Battle the feet before retiring at
night in strong solution of salt water,
to which should be added a liberal
quantity of saleratus. Dry the feet
carefully and use a smooth piece of
pumice to remove any particles of
roughness that may appear. Repeat
the operation the following morning.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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For the News and Citizen.
THE SEA OF LIFE.


At the close of the sermon July 20, the
'astor of the Methodist church in Stowe, read
he following original poem.
Over the sea of life we sail,
To land that's far away;
Though many the storms of wind and hail
We're sure to win the day.
The journey long, the passage rough,
Our bark tossed to and fro
We look to God, and in Him trust,
And thus we onward go.
The waves are high on either side,
The clouds above us roll,
Against us often wind and tide,
And anxious thoughts control.
We look around for rest we sigh,
The land not yet in sight;
But this, 1.-THE Lord our God is nigh"
Gives comfort in the fight.
O, could we now with vision clear
That longed-for shore behold,
What thoughts of glory, love and cheer
Would I'll our raptured souls.
Sometimes our hearts are lone and sad,
And dreary seems the way,
And no one knows the weight of care
We bear from day to day.
Though DER the pillows rough and steep,
To-day our barks must ride
Wen love the Lord, His counsel keep,
For he will bless and guide.
How much we need each others help,
As DER this sea we go;
Words to comfort, cheer and bless,
And more of God to know.
The clouds may be around us now.
The way seem lone and sad
A day of light will sometime come,
And make us truly glad.
So, let us help each other on,
In grace to daily grow;
Ever true and faithful, seek
The will of God to know
For God we work, for joy we wait,
The Lord is on our side,
And by and by will ope the gate
Beyond the swelling tide.
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Killed a Winged Monster.

Awinged monster, resembling a huge
alligator, with an extremely elongat-
ed tail and an immense pair of wings,
was found on the desert between the
Milestone and Huachuca Noun
tains, last Sunday, by two ranchers
who were returning home from the
Huachucas. The creature was evil
IDENTIFY greatly exhausted by long
fight, and when discovered was able
to fly but a short distance at time.
After the first shock of wild amaze
ment had passed the two men, who
were on horseback and armed with
Winchester rifles, regained sufficient
courage to pursue the monster, and
after an exciting chase of several
miles succeeded in getting near
enough to open fire with their rifles
and wounding it.
The creature then turned on the
men, but owing to its exhausted con-
dition they were able to keep out
of it's way, and after a few well direct
ed shots the monster partly rolled
over and remained motionless. The
men cautiously approached, their
horses snorting with terror, and
found that the creature was dead
They then proceeded to make an eX-
animation, and found that it mersur-
ed about ninety-two feet in length and
the greatest diameter was about fifty
inches. The monster had only two
feet, these being situated a short dis
tance in front of where the wings were
Joined to the body. The head, as
near as they could Judge, was about
eight feet long, the jaws being thickly
set with strong, sharp teeth. ltseyes
were as large as a dinner plate and
protruded about half way from tho
head. They had some difficulty in
measuring the wings, as they were
partly folded under the body, but Il
nally got one Strengthened out sutti-
GENTLY to get measurement ot rs
feet, making the total length from
tip to tip about 160 feet. The wings
were composed of a thick and nearly
transparent membrane, and were de
void of feathers or hair, as was the
entire body. The skin of the body
was comparatively smooth, and easi-
ly penetrated by bullet. The men
cut off small portion of the tip of
one wing and took it home with
them. Late last night one of them
arrived in this city for supplies, and
to make the necessary preparations
to skin the creature, when the hide
will be sent East for examination by
the eminent scientists of the day.
The finder returned early this morn
ing, accompanied by several promi-
nent men, who will endeavor to bring
the strange creature to this city be-
fore it tismutilated.-TOmbstone, is "a.
~ Epitaph.
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Thoughts Afterward.

Tommy T one year resolved that
he would keep the Fourth of July for
three successive days, and his chum,
Rodney, agreed to help him. A leaf
from Tommy's diary will explain, with
sufficient clearness, why they abandoned
the idea:
"July 5: Sat up SO late last night that
didn't wake till g. Mamma let me
sleep. Said, when 1 asked her why,
that she wished next year I'd go to
sleep July and not wake till today. l
wonder why! Meant to go over to Rod
ney's, but my face is all tied up where
the powder went into my cheek, and
my two fingers smart so l can't use
em. Very hard to write with my left
hand.
Afternoon: Rodney's mother has
come over to see what mamma puts on
for bruises. She says Rodney's black
and blue where the gun kicked him.
guess we shall put off our celebrating.
Fourth Of July is good deal of fun,
but most of the fun comes beforehand"
Youths Companion.
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WEBsTER's UNABRDGED-ANCIENT EDITION.
A so-called "Webster's Unabridged Diction-
ary" is being offered to the public at very
low price. The body of the book. from A to
Y, is "A cheap reprint, page for page, of the
edition of 1S47, which was in its day valu-
able book, but in the progress of language
for over forty years, has been completely su-
perseded 1t is now reproduced, broken type,
errors and all, by photo-lithograph process,
is printed on cheap paper and tlimsy bound.
brief comparison, page by page, between
the reprint and the latest and enlarged edi-
ton, will show the great superiority ofthe
latter. These reprints are as out ofdate as
last years almanac. No honorable dealer
will allow the buyer of such to suppose that
he is getting the Webster which to-day is ae-
cepted as the Standard and The Best, every
copy of which bears our imprint as given be-
low EG"If persons who have been induced
TO purchase the "Ancient Edition" by any
misrepresentation will advise us OF the 1acts'
we will undertake to see that the seller Is pun
shed as he deserves.-G. Il Z. MERRIAM * Co.,
Springfield, Mass.
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A Brief Harangue on Talking Slang.

A Brief Harangue on Talking Slang.
This sermonette is especially for
you, dear girls. The advice could be
put in three words-DOn't do it.
Possibly there might come an occas-
ion-say once in lifetime-when IA
good round bit of the genuine article
" slang" would prove funny. But to
hear vulgar words used by a gentle
girl is almost invariably shocking. |
remember passing two girls in the
street and hearing one of them say
"I'll betyou a quarter" 1t gave me
a shiver And when a group of
schoolgirls fill their conversation
as, alas, they often do-with one
slang phrase after another, the effect
on an outsider is painfully disagree
able.
The habit of talking slang grows
rapidly. 1t is like reporting a bit OF
scandal. Have you never noticed if
you say an unkind word against a
neighbor how quickly a chance comes
to say another? And with Just that
same appalling ease a habit of using
careless, coarse words increase.
Weeds grow rapidly.
There is plenty of good, strong
English to give expression to wit,
drollery, Indignation or sympathy,
without recourse to the hephrases which
belong to horsejockeys, gamblers,
tipplers and vagabonds, The street
Arab picks up slang as he does the
ends of old cigars from the gutter.
Surely well-bred girl is not on the
same level in her speech and manner.
Why should she use vulgar words any
more than she should stain her hands
There ought to be something akin
to flowers in a fresh young girl. She
need not be prudish or priggish. No
one wishes her to say "prunes AND
prisms" " to coax her lips into the
proper curves. But refined and dainty
in speech as well as in dress she surely
ought to be. Won't you please think
about it for five minutes and see i
you donot agree with me ?-HaIptr't
Young People.
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The noodle Whined.


81 say it isP said George. cts
easy, easy, easy all the time
George" said a voice from the
darkness, "come here
"Oh, crackity" murmured George.
He found his uncle seated on a
broken chair before the furnace door.
George, there is a great change of
temperature. / shall light fire.
Yes, sir
"Get the kindlers."
Just then the music struck up over
their heads and Mr.. Dobbs' voice
could be plainly heard.
"Bow to partners, said Mr. Dobbs.
" First couple forward and back"
There's paper in the ash-barrel," :"
said uncle Zekel 81 have the
Matches
C''Ladies to the right.'')
eff you were to exchange with the
poodle, George"
("Turn partners.
"It would be bad thing, a shirk-
ing thing"
{" Gentlemen to the centre"
''Is the actor upstairs ?"
Hes Mr.. Dobbs," said George.
("Chassee all.
"Dobbs, Bobbs, Cobbs, he's ras-
cal, SIR" cried excited uncle
"Say it if you like" said George.
''T is not true"
After that silence reigned in the Gel
lar Above the music ceased, and
the sound of carriage-wheels was
heard as the guests drove away.
"Now, Rebecca, let's find your
uncle said the same voice that had
directed the dancing.
George" said uncle 'Zekel, ''bring
down Mr. Bobbs.
George had done many errands that
day, but here was the worst onel
Uncle 'Zekel's in the cellar, and
you're to come down." said he, with
out looking at Mr.. Dobbs.
Mr.. DObbs threw his arms gayly
about Georges shoulder "No one
but George goes with me-" he said.
Soon uncle 'Zekel stood face to face
with the rascallv, swearing actor.
8 Mr.. Wood, it's all my blame" he
said cheerfuIly "This blaze is some
thing like. I'm drenched.
"You deserve your DEATH, said
uncle 'Zekel.
THAT'S So" assented the young
man. but it's not that I've got,
Mr.. Wood" He drew a long breath.
81 hope you viii like me, because
your niece, Miss Rebecca-oh, it's
really true-I am engaged to your
niece"
Mr., Dobbs threw his arm about
uncle 'Zekel in the exuberance of his
good feeling. He might as well have
embraced a stone.
"Your profession is that of an ac-
tor, Judge said uncle 'Zekel, calmly.
Mr.. Dobbs laughed. 81 enter the
theological school in the fall"
GA minister of the gospel!' Uncle
'Zekel was aroused for once. He
stood up to survey the blue satin
young man.
'EEh!"
For now Rebecca, clad also in blue
satin, stood beside Mr. Dobb.
Uncle 'Zekel turned with great sud-
denness upon his nephew, George.
OeOrSe, you may go. LOU dre ol
too curious a disposition, sir; alto
gether too curious,
"You may say so if you like, y
hummed George, as he went up the
stairs.
This last mental shock had restored
George to his usual philosophic calm.
He went to have ice-cream with Amy
in his own back yard.
George, hasn't it been queerp'
said Amy.
George closed his eyes, the better to
enjoy his ice-cream.
cts queer" he said, "and it's
queerer than you think. No. Isha MT
tell. ."-Margaret NeWcOmb in the
Springfield Republican.
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Mr.. Van Pelt, editor of the Craig (Mo.) Me-
t cor went to drug store at Hfllsdale Iowa,
and asked the physician in attendance to
give him dose ofsomethmgfor cholera NOR
bus and looseness of the bowels He says !;
q felt SO much better the next morning that
| concluded to call ON the physician and get
him to fix me up a supply of the medicine. l
was surprised when he handed me bottle of
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea
Remedy He said he prescribed it regularly
in his practice and found it the best he could
get or prepare can testify to it's efficiency
in NV case at all events. For sale by Gates.
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John Stuart Mill is another remark
able example of precocity. He began
Greek at the age of 3, and by the time
he was s years old ne had read far
more Greek than most college grad
yates, besides all the works of Hume,
Gibbon, Robertson, Rollin and many
other books of a similar character.
When 12 years old he read "Aristotle's
Logic" in the original, work of great
difficulty even for an accomplished
scholar New York Ledger.
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To the stockholders and Investors of the Yer
mont Savings Investment Co.:
We the undersigned Investigating Committee.
hereby certify that at a special meeting we care
fully canRassed all loans, and made thorough
examination of the affairs of the above Company
as per statement here presented, and found 1t
true and correct.
FRED. Z; SMITH Investigating
ALEX COCHRAN, Committee.
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4. NJ VALE M. ..

Formerly of Stowe, VT; recently Of New York
City regular graduated Physician and Surgeon.
Gives special attention to the treatment OF
chronic and nervous diseases; ten years eXpe-
rience in the regular practice of medicine and
surgery in the City of New York; also Hospital
and Dispensary Experience. Highest New YORK
City references and country testimonials furnish
ed on application. Office and residence perna
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There is crazy effort ON the part of
dressmakers to elongate their customers.
Since the Punishment of the hustle there
is no waist line, and hips and belt meet
in many of the ultra walking suits.
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NEWSPAPER LAWS.

i. Any person who takes paper regular
ly from the otfice-whether directed to his
name or another's, OF whether he has sub
scribed or nOt-is responsible for the pay
ment.
?. If person orders his paper discontin
ued, he must pay all arrearages, or the pub
Usher may continue to send it until payment
is made, and collect the whole amount, wheth
er the paper is taken from the office or not.
3. The Courts have decided that refusing
to take newspapers and periodicals from the
postotice, or removing and leaving them un-
called for, is priLna facIe evidence of fraud.
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While the compositors of The Bombay
Gazette were at work in the composing
room ono evening recently full grown
cobra dropped in upon them through
windows in the roof. 1t was as badly
scared as they We're, and attempted to
escaped through a window, but was
killed with an iron bar.
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The principal picture galleries of
Europe and consequently of the world,
are ranked according to the number of
pictures which they contain: l, Yer
Sailes; 2, Dresden; 3, Madrid; 4,
Louvre; 5, London; 6, st, Petersburg;
Z, Berlin; s, Vienna; 8, Munich; 10,
Florence; II, Naples; IL, Venice; 13,
Antwerp; IA. Turin.
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i. NJ. GEoRGE 8 CO..

7 NJ GEORGE J. /. HARDING.
n (IONMISSION MERCHANTS in butter,
cheese. eggs, beans, poultry, maple sugar
and syrup Also dealers in Foreign and Domes-
tic Fruits. Consignments solicited and orders
solicited III South Market ST.. BOSTON, Mass
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w. NJ. SMITH.

DEALER IN Italian and American Marble.
IL all kinds of Granite; Monuments, Head
stones, Tablets, sc. Cemetery work neatly eX-
ecuted orders promptly filed;
CAMBRIDGE, VT.
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS and Wholesale
Dealers in Country Produce. Butter, Eggs,
Potatoes Fruits, etc. % & 80 Locust St.,
HAVERHILL, Mass.