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Symptoms and Treatment of Sunstr

Inc syHptOuls dttenulHS suuSt
vary In degree and according to the Uou-
stitution. Sometimes simple exhaustion
occurs as the result of great fatigue or a
high temperature. This is depression
Of nerve force and prostration of mus
cular power. The skin becomes pale,
cold and moist and the pulse quick and
feeble. This form Of heat fever may come
on at night or In the shade, and no.
tably when the atmosphere is impure
from oyercrowding or the want of cubie
space. Respiration and circulation fail,
face and neck are congested; often we
find raging delirium and commissions
that distort the body like potent poison,
until finally with a shudder the victim
passes the dark river.
Treatment should be prompt. First
the patient should be removed to a cool
and shady place. Then the clothing
should be thoroughly loosened about the
neck and waist, and wet cloths applied
to the head and back of the neck and
wrists, with mustard or turpentine on
the calves of the legs and the soles of the
feet. If the patient can swallow, give
him a little weak whisky and water.
Always keep the head raised. Meanwhile
a physician should be called, for under
lying the superficial, may be more dan
gerous symptoms that require the use of
remedies that influence the action of the
heart and nervous system. Above all
things don't make the mistake of sup
posing man to be drunk, because you
have seen him throw his hands wildly in
the air, then stagger and fall and look at
you with glazed eyes and speak with in
coherent voice. He may have been struck
1,r, 5aot1,
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He-My dear, l think there are bur-
glars in the house.
She-Oh, no; that must be Mary play
ing sonata.
ing a sonata.
Profit in Bonnet Making.

The greatest mistake which amateur
bonnet makers are guilty of is to use
too many materials. Simplicity is the
first thing to be aimed at in making a
bonnet. A great many English ladies
have taken lessons in millinery classes
for the purpose of perfecting themselves
in the details of this work so that they
can manufacture their own hats. 1t is
somewhat astonishing to discover how
triflng is the cost of the materials of a
very costly bonnet. There are very few
bonnets sold at fifteen and twenty dol
lars which cost the manufacturer more
than one-fifth that sum-
Out of the enormous proft of 300 or
400 per cent. must be counted the
price of an establishment in Broadway
or on Fifth avenue, the wages of ex-
pert trimmers and forewomen, which
range from twenty-five to fifty dollars
a week, and of the army of small en-
ployes SO it happens that the bust
ness of the fashionable retail milliner is
not altogether the bonanza it might
seem. The bills of fashionable custom
ers who deal at large millinery estab-
lishments, rumor whispers. are hard to
collect, and not infrequently they go to
protest and judgment before they can
be collected. New York Tribune
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Beer a Good Renovator.

Beer is absolutely Indispensable to
our business nowadays" said fash
ionable New York dressmaker the other
day, as she noticed my glances of In
quiry at basketful Of empty bottles
that servant was taking out.
"Oh, dear, no. never drink it, nor
the girls either, with my permission
but we use a good many bottlefuls
every day nevertheless.
'Howl"
"Why, to wash silk in. 1t gives old
silk luster and new look, almost
like goods fresh from the loom. Then,
too, it,giyes little body, which lasts
for a while-long enough for our pur-
pose anyway. At least half my trade
is in making over dresses, and so much
better does the silk look after going
through the beering that my business
is increasing wonderfully 1t was dis
covery of my own, and it has been
worth a good many thousand dollars to
me already. Toledo Blade.
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Maggie Birsch, till boat reached them
and both We're saved, though almost ex-
hausted. As Brokaw passed Maggie he
shouted, "Save this girl first" and swan
on to Annie Doyle.
She struggled from his grasp and sank,
but not till she had exhausted his
strength. The boat which had rescued
the other girl turned toward him. A
cross wave capsized it, and the next in
slant Brokaw sank. His father, Isaac
Brokaw, is millionaire clothier of New
York, and of course able to erect fit
ting monument over his sons remains;
but the people have taken the matter in
hand and purpose to show their appre-
citation by general subscription. The
first contribution received by the COM
mittee was that of housemaid in pri-
vate family, who refused to give her
name, but desired to honor the memory
of "a gentleman of wealth who would
risk his life for servant girl"
Frederick Brokaw was twenty-t
years old, and member of the class
'93in the scientific department of Prin
ton college, New Jersey. He was
versally liked in the college, and '
the champion athlete. 1.-The best cate q.
Princeton ever had" is the verdict
MS coIege mates. AT the beginnin.
the summer vacation and his SCI
year, in the golden age of youth
strength, with every prospect bright
died hero in the attempt to save
othar,a life
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Mrs. Beecher's Birds.

If you are 1nethodical in the treat
ment of your BIRDS you will find that
all there is to do is accomplished easily
and quickly. Some years since we had
large cage, the entire height and
width of window in the sewing room,
and between two and three feet deep.
In this cage we had fifty birds of differ
ent kinds. After one weeks experience
in caring for them we allowed one-half
hour every morning to clean the cage,
feed and battle the birds and make
them happy.
Taking out the gravel pan and put
ting a dozen bath tubs in its place, the
pans, perches and feeding cups were
now taken out, cleaned and the cups
filed with the proper variety of food
for each different kind of bird. This
cleaning was all done by the time they
had finished bathing. Then, removing
the bath tubs and wiping the bottom of
the cage dry, the gravel, perches and
feeding cups were returned to their
proper places and the work was done
That was all the care the birds needed
till the next morning, unless once or
twice week they were given bit OF
lettuce or egg, or a little raw beef
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher in Ladies'
Home Journal
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ODDS AND ENDS.
Australia has 10000, 900 sheep.

Australia has ITO, 900, 900 sheep.
Cold meats are more easily digested
than warm ones.
1t is estimated that every seal con-
sumes about ten pounds of fish daily.
The man who undertakes to deceive
God viii not be true to his fellow men.
Set dish of water in the oven with
cakes when they are baking and they
will seldom scorch.
Woman is so very faithful in her own
attachments that she is unable to for
give change in man.
Scissors with silver handles that fold
over and protect the sharp points are
made for carrying in ones pocket
Meringues should be put on buildings
after they are slightly cool, as If the
pudding be hot the eggs will liquefy.
Sympathy is a blessed thing, but one
of the direst aggravations of i'll health
is the multitudinous advice of amateur
physicians.
Why is it easier to remember that
you have forgotten something than to
remember what you have forgotten?
But so it always is.
The largest number Of emigrants ever
carried by'one ship left Queenstown in
the Cunard steamer Cephalonia for
Boston. She sailed with LAO pas
sapparG
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The Cap, the Brakeman and the Quarter.
While down town Sixth avenue
train was standing at the Eighth street
station small boy dropped his cap
cut of ear window, The cap rested
upon the ties fully six feet beyond his
reach, but he was half way out of the
window after it before his mother and
aunt discovered him and dragged him
back.
81 must get out for it." said his
mother.
mo, | must said his aunt.
well, one of us must, said both to-
gether, as they rushed for the platform.
But the train started and the iron gates
closed with bang. Just then the
brakeman caught sight of the cap and
the bareheaded boy at the same time.
He had yanked the bell rope, jumped
down between two trains and rescued
the cap before the two women could
realize what he was about. When they
had recovered from their establishment
the boy was sent to the brakeman with
silver quarter.
He won't take it, )" said the boy.
He must take it, said the aunt.
And he did, to the evident satisfaction
of the aunt and the amusement OF the
nnssn"o-~--- --.saw York Recorder.
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COMFORT FOR THE BORROWING.

COMFORT FOR THE SORROWING.
There are Christian parents here who
are willing to testify to the power of
this Gospel to comfort. Your son had
| Just graduated from school or college
and was going into business and the
Lord took him. ryour daughter had
just graduated from the young ladies'
seminary, and you thought she was 60
ing to be useful woman, and of long
life; but the Lord took her. and you
were tempted to say, "All this culture
of twenty years for nothing!" Or the
little child came home from school with
the hot fever that stopped not for the
agonized prayer or for the skillful ply
stefan, and the little child was taken.
! Or the babe was lifted out of your
arms by some quick epidemic, and you
stood wondering why God ever gave
you that child at all, If SO soon he was
to take it away And yet you are not
repining, you are not fretfui, you are
not fighting against God. What en-
abled you to stand all the trial3
"Oh," you say ~ took the medicine
that God gave my sick soul. In my
distress l threw myself at the feet of a
sympathizing God, and when was too
weak to pray or to look up he breathed
into me peace that l think must be
the foretaste of that heaven where
there is neither tear nor farewell
nor grave" Come, all We who have
been out to the grave to weep there
come all we comforted souls, get up off
| your knees Is there no power in this
| Gospel to soothe the hearth Is there
no power in this religion to quiet the
worst paroxysm of griefl There comes
up an answer from comforted widow
hood and orphanage and childlessness
saying, AYE, aye, we are Witnesses
Again, | remark that we are wit
nesses of the fact that religion has
power to give composure in the last
moment. | shall never forget the first
time | confronted death We went
across the cornflelds in the country l
was led by my fathers hand, and we
came to the farmhouse where the be-
reaverhent had come, and we saw the
crowd of wagons and carriages, but
there was one carriage that especially
attracted my boyish attention, and it
had black plumes. | said; What's
that2 what's thatl Why those black
tassels at the top." And after it was
explained to me was lifted up to
look upon the bright face of an aged
Christian woman, who three days be
fore had departed in triumph. The
whole scene made an impression
never forgot.
TESTIMONY OF DYING CHRISTIANS.
In our sermons and in our lay exhor-
tations we are very apt, when we want
to bring Illustrations of dying triumph,
to go back to some distinguished per
sonage-to John Knox or Harriet
Newell. But | want you for witnesses.
| want to know if you have ever seen
anything to make you believe that the
religion of Christ can give composure in
the final hour. Now, in the courts, at
torney, jury and judge viii never ad-
nit mere hearsay. They demand that
the witness must have seen with his
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will make no return to the expectant
children who drop in their pennies for
piece of chewing gum, a package of
chocolate or Stick o! candy. Such
worthless machines thickly line the up.
per part of Eighth and Ninth avenues.
In one grocery store in Ninth ave.
nue., near Ffty.seventh street, u swim
ding apparatus of this character has
been allowed to stand for two weeks.
A card tackled onits breast says, drop
cent in the slot and get cake of
chocolate" Probably twoscore Of chill
dren have put their pennies into this
machine without being able to get
anything out. The shopkeeper knows
that the machine is out of order, and
yet he calmly looks on in silence while
the little ones lose their pennies. New
York Times.
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Watches on Fast Trains.

a strange effect of the peculiar occult
force called magnetism is that exerted
on the watches of trainmen. The time
piece carried by a conductor running a
train twenty miles an hour, however
accurate it may be, will, if the speed of
the train be increased to say fifty miles
an hour, become useless until regulated.
The magnetism generated by the fight
of train may be said to be in proper
ton to the speed with which it is pro
PEELED; and the delicate parts of a
watch, numbering all the way from 400
to 1000 pieces, and peculiarly suscepti-
BILE to the influence of magnetism by
reason of the hammering and polishing
they have received, are not slow to feel
the effects. st. Louis Republic
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The Steamship Companies Tired.

Two steamship companies, the Ham
burg American and the North German
Lloyd, are tired of returning at their
own expense undesirable passengers
from the United States. The directors
have ordered that hereafter whenever
an agent sells ticket to an undesirable
emigrant he shall pay the undesirable's
return ticket money out of his own
pocket. Anarchists are among those not
allowed by these steamer companies to
cross ON their lines
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interest. There may be faults of style
and construction in ''Azzade" and MA
dam Chrysantheme," but they are over
looked in the absorbing beauty of the
characters and Surroundings. Carmen
Sylvia, the literary queen of Roumania,
thinks Lott one of the greatest writers Of
France. She says he attracts attention
and sympathy, and then envelops one
with charm that cannot be defined.
A few years ago Lott married Mile.
Franek de Ferrieres, whose family is
celebrated in the Gironde. They live in
an old fashioned house at Rochefort,
where entertainments are frequently
given in the style of Louis XI.
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LOW MeEnness.

The lowest limit of meanness is
touched by those shop,Seepers who al
low peRnyin-the slot machines to re-
main in their stores and in front OF
their stores when they know that the
said machines are out of order, and
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-17

ing on the beach
when the cry was
raised, and they
saw three servant
girls being swept
out to sea by an
unexpected wave
and both men
sprang to their
rescue. One Of
the girls man
aged to reach the
shore unaided.
DR.. Ferris sus-
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no great amount
of culture. Lott,
however, was a
success from the
IN o IN g n t h e
touched litera-
ture. His works
are fascinating
tales of fairyland
descriptions of
mysterious seen
cry that never
fail to awaken
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Pierre Lott, the New Immortal

The French Academy, that famous as
semblage of 'Immortals," recently elect
ed Pierre Lott in place of the late Octave
Feuillet. The selection did not afford
general satisfaction, as Lott, whose real
name is Julien Viaud, is a young naval
lieutenant with no religious belief and
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UNTlMElY CLAIMED BY DEATH.
The Drowning of Fred Brokaw While
Attempting to Save Life.

Attempting to Save Life.
The story of the death of Frederick
Brokaw is at once sad, inspiring and ro-
mantle, He was the pride of his col
lege CPrinceton), where he wopld have
graduated next year, He was rich,
handsome above the average and an
athlete Of some renown; yet he plunged
into the sea to save servant girl, and,
after struggling long and manfully,
sank-his parents looking helplessly on.
1t was at Elberon on the coast of New
Jersey. Young Brokaw and his friend,
DR.. Ferris, of Philadelphia, were loung-
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ooked fascinated, saying,
lie pictures" Go deeper
Why, she was associated
business ambition, and
gone you have no ambi-
this is a clumsy world
o comfort a broken heart!
a Corliss engine, I can
ael's Madonna" l can
loven's "Symphony' as
world can comfort a
And yet you have been
How was it done9 Did
you and say, "Get your
go out and breathe the
,ge deeper into hnsinAss2"
Yas q minute when he
perhaps in the watches
perhaps in your place of
APPS along the street-and
omething into your soul
ce, rest, infinite quiet, SO
take out the photograph
I'd one and look into the
ace of the dead one and
right, she is better off; l
her back. Lord, l thank
hast comforted my poor
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He Was There.

Teacher - Johnny, why is George
Brown absent?
Johnny-Vy, George Brown says his
eiatar's set a uole, but dat ain-t nUtiI1n,
one o my sisters is got de smallpox, and
tother one de measles, but come all the
same,-Life,
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THE LONDONI'
A SERMON In KENTUCKY,
DR.. TAlMAGE CALLS THE WITNESSES
TO THE POWER OF CHRIST.

Not Losic, Not Metaphysics, Not Ant
quapian Research. but Faith Can Mai
Us whoie-The Gospel In IHdia, China,
Tahiti and Madagascar.
HIGH BRIpaR, KY, July IA vast
concourse of people assembled this
morning ON the historic camp ground
at High Bridge, Ky, to hear DIR, Tai
mage preach. They came from all the
surrounding cities, towns and neighbor-
hood. A large contingent from Louis
vile and another from Cincinnati were
present Many of the visitors have re-
manned here since yesterday afternoon,
when DR., Talmage preached in the
same place, The text Of his sermon
this morning was from Acts Iii, 10, 1--WE
are witnesses"
Standing amid the hills and groves of
Kentucky and before this great multi
tude that no man can number, most of
whom never saw before and never will
see again in this world, l choose a very
practical theme, In the days of George
Stephenson, the perfector of the lomo-
motive engine, the scientists proved
conclusively that railroad train could
never be driven by steam power sue
cessfuliy without peril ;'but the rushing
express trains from Liverpool to Edin-
burgh and from Edinburgh to London
have made all the nation witnesses of
the splendid achievement,
Machinists and navigators proved
conclusively that q steamer could never
cross the Atlantic ocean, but no sooner
had they successfully proved the i'm
possibility of such an undertaking than
the work was done, and the passengers
on the Cunard, and the Inman, and
the National, and the White Star lines
are witnesses. There went up guffaw
of wise laughter at Professor Morse's
proposition to make the lightning of
heaven his errand boy, and it was
proved conolusively that the thing
could never be done, but now all the
news of the wide world put in your
hands every morning and night has
made all nations witnesses.
WITNESSES OF THE RESURRECTION.
So in the time of Christ it was proved
conclusively that it was impossible for
him to rise from the dead 1t was
shown logically that when man was
dead he was dead, and the heart, and
the liver, and the lungs having ceased
to perform their offices, the limbs would
be rigid beyond all power of friction or
arorsal They showed it to be an alb
soiute absurdity that the dead Christ
should ever get up alive; but no sooner
he'd they proved this than the dead
Christ arose, and the disciples beheld
~, l.,
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We could not, It flung us fiat,
We arose we were as much
tiourgis, the heather, who

.. @ ... Nccouiu not, III uunS us nat,
.sa WHEN We arose we were as much
..Us1 Gourgis, the heather, who
~r N- prayer meeting, with a dag
E I'M, to disturb the meeting
H .e it, but the next day was
lg; "Oh, my great sinsl oh,
..- Saviour" and for eleven
... he'd the Gospel of Christ to
his fellow mountaineers, the last words
on his dying lips being, Free gracew
Oh, 1t was free graeel
TRANSFORMED by THE HOLY SPIRIT.
There Isl man who was for ten years
hard drinker The dreadful appetite
had sent down its roots around the
palate, and the tongue, and on down
until they were interlinked with the
vitals of body, mind and soul; but he
has not taken any stimulants for two
years, What did that2 Not temper
ance societies. Not prohibition laws,
Not moral suasion. Conversion did it.
why" said one upon whom the great
change had come, 'sir, feel just as
though l were somebody else" There
is sea captain who swore all the way
from New York to Havana, and from
Havana to San Francisco, and when
he was in port he was worse than WREN
he was on sea, What power was it
that washed his tongue clean of pro-
families and made him a psalm singer2
Conversion by the Holy Spirit. There
are thousands of people here today who
are no more what they once were than
water lily is nightshade, or morn
ing lark is a vulture, or day is night.
Now, If | should demand that all
those people here present who have felt
the converting power of religion should
rise, so far from being ashamed they
would spring to their feet with more
alacrity than they ever sprang to the
dance. the tears mingling with their
exhilaration as they cried, I'VE are
Witnesses And if they tried to sing
the old Gospel hymn, they would break
down with emotion by the time they
got to the second line:
Ashamed of Jesus, that dear friend
On whom my hopes Of heaven depend?
No! When blush, be this my shame
That no more revere his name.
Again, remark that 1--WE are wit
nesses" of the Gospels power to com
fort. When a man has trouble the
world comes in and says, Now, get
your mind off this; go out and breathe
the fresh air; plunge deeper into bust
ness" What poor advice Get your
mind oft! When everything is upturn-
ed with the bereavement, and every
thing reminds you of what you have
lost. Get your mind off it, They
might as well advise you to stop think
ing, aud you cannot stop thinking in
that direction Take a walk in the
fresh air Why, along that very street,
or that very road, she once accom-
panied you, Out of that grass plot
she pluckcd flowers, or into that show
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Dressmalling has become q work of
art, and only the true artists can model
the figure as it must now appear. The
bust must be fitted as for statue, the
lines and curving from the chest de-
mands individual study, and not
wrinkle must appear over the short
shoulders. The back Oh, the back
is the bette noir of the cutter, filter and
wearer A small defect may pass in
the front bodice, but the back must be
perfection 1t must be narrow across
the shoulders and mold the hips as if
u '"nrA a cast of plaster of paris.
y ,na must be done with fewer
-..-...- he bodice The sleeves are
.s2a at the top, set in with puff
.e- It so many inches over the
,,@ according to the height and
..ir.l. ~ he wearer, and the neck may
-Vnl high or low, or worn with
nd if the taste and style of
so demands
lici collar is in favor with
who have long necks, but
admitted that they are warm
err Nothing tells the story
... made dress more plainly than
lib ollar. This part of the dress
requires skilled artist to make it a
success.
The same precision must be carried
to the skirts. They fit the hips as
tightly as the bodice does the waist.
The length must not differ quarter of
an inch from the required touching
length, front and sides, while a few
inches extra may be allowed for the
slight dip" at the back. To procure
plastic fit Paris dressmakers have cut
the skirt ON the bias. The lines of
striped goods are made to meet in
points in the front, and they must join
perfectly in the widths for there being
no gathers or plaits the stripes show as
on the back of bodice. Such are the
umbrella skirts, and only the skilled
hand can cut them.-New York World.