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Teeth Germs in the Human Being.

The development of teeth germs from
infancy to mature life is one of the
most interesting phases of human
growth. Pass the finger along the tiny
jaw of the newcomer. Not only is
there nothing which presages future
teeth, but the jaws themselves seem
too delicate and frail to become the
sockets for such hard-working portions
of the anatomy. Yet we are assured
that there are fifty-two teeth germs hid
den there Twenty of them are for the
temporary teeth, with which, in due
time, the child will begin to gnaw or
chew his way through life; the others
include the permanent set and the
molars, none of which begin to make
their presence known until the child is
six years old, and the wisdom" teeth
do not usually appear until about the age
of eighteen. The little pulp germ grows
and develops till it approximates the
shape of the tooth it is to become; then
it begins to calcify, forming the dentine
part of the crown, while the enamel is
deposited by an independent process.
The surface of the crown attains its
full size before the process of elonga-
ton commences. Then, gradually il
pushes its way outward through the
gum, absorbing its tissue as it advances
till the pure white enamel peeps out
Pittsburgh Dispatch
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Commanded, sharply. 'Dere daddy's
ligion is dere 'ligion, an dey shall go
out n play, stead o goin' to church.
You min what say, now. I amt goin'
to be trified weth In my own family no
longer"
Aunt Hannah was a wise woman.
When Mr.. Baxter put his foot down on
subject, she knew that it was not safe
for her to offer any objection to his au-
thority. But, being born diplomat,
she yielded graciously when she saw
that further resistance was useless, and
gained her ends in other ways. Now
after moments breathless silence she
said, placidly: ''Bery well, Samuel: dey
'chillun's yourn ez well ez mine, an eff
you say dey shall keep dere Sunday on
Sat'day wy so dey shall. Now, chillun,
put on you t'ings an run out an hab a
good time playin'. An yo' needn' come
in tell dinner-time, cause yer mammy's
goin' to church"
There was a wild whoop and a
scram BILE for the outer air that made
Aunt Hannahs lips tighten ominously
| for moment.
The ten-acre lot lay well down out of
sight behind the breezy slope of
meadow land, but the children Mr..
Baxter had not counted upon, and the
sober, church-going deacons were hor-
rifed to behold Brother Samuel Bax-
ter's delighted family having glorious
game of tag" that Sunday morning in
the front yard, and before night every
good brother and sister in the settle
ment knew of his change of religion.
AL the morning Mr.. Baxter plowed
sturdily on, watching the threatening
clouds meanwhile, and by dinner-time
heowas unusually hungry and thought
of the usual Sunday dinner with q
smack of his lips
Aunt Hannah didn't call him, but al
the regular time Mr.. Baxter opened
the door and entered. Aunt HANNAH
sat placidly before the fire reading hel
Bible, while the children stood around
the window in discontented but silen
group
sWha-whar's dinner, Hannah?" HI
asked, apprehensively
''In de pantry, replied Aunt Hannah
without looking up.
''When be yo' goin' to ogetit, Hannah?
Samuel Baxter" said she, will
severity, ''all de dinner you'se goin' t.
get is in de pantry an you kin jes' G.
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PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

You never really know mans dis
position until you have eaten a delayed
breakfast with him.-Atchison Globe.
81 see your literary society has
new building When is it going to be
opened?" Just as soon as the running
track is completed. Brooklyn Life.
-Teacher-''T Tommy, will you give
an example of tautology?" Tommy
"Saw one in our paper this morning.
1t spoke of 'brainless dude. Indian
apolis Journal.
Suggest motto for my new busi-
ness venture, will you, Miss Agnes?"
''What is the business?' "A dairy
farm Then suppose you take let
well alone Jester.
-'T am thinking of going into the
goose-feather business, remarked Snod
grass. you'll never succeed in it,
predicted his WIFE 'Why?" Because
it requires pluck. Epoch.
Gratifying Success.-Footliytes-
'sWas your performance of Othello in
Chicago success?" Stager-''Yes,
brilliant one got plenty of applause,
and at the end of the play the audience
insisted on calling for the author. IN.
Y. Sun.
Its very queer, isn't it, John, that
| they cant't find the North Pole?" ''Yes, !"
he replied: "but if they ever do I'll bet
the teleg raph companies II have wires
| fastened all overit in less than no time +"
Washington Post.
lis there any sign by which your
missing wife may be identified" asked
the chief detective. II don't know, un-
less this: She always turns round when
another woman with a new bonnet on
passes her. r."-Philade1phia Times.
No Cause for Alarm. = Arthur
every time I meet you I experience a
most peculiar sensation; my head seems
all in a whirl." Madge-"Don't let that
worry you; there's nothing in it. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
The cuneiform inscriptions look like
blind reading to the uninitiated, but as
long as mother can understand what
her year-old baby says, philologists viii
be ashamed to give up beaten on the in
scriptions. journal.
1T was a beautiful day when haC
my portrait taken,' said old Genera
Geowler 81 don't see why we didn'
get likeness" ''Youmust have obeyeC
the photographer and looked pleasant,
returned Mrs. G.-Washington Star.
Henry" inquired the anxiou
wife, what doctor shall 1 call?
"Send for DR. Squinine," replied tn
sick husband feebly. "He's courtin
old Bullion's daughter, and old Bullio
is the treasurer of the life insuranc
company I'm insured in
-Hubsand-''Iveg got terrible col
, this morning" Wife-'Hadn't you be-
! ter see the doctor, dear?" Husband
a Doctor! What's the use of going
that expense? Haven't got scores {
q friends who will tell me what I ougt
. to take for it?"-Cape Cod Item.
a They Don't Match Her Carpets.
1 Mrs. Electricstock-''J John, when yo
Q are fitting up our library l hope yo
e won't get any of Scotts novels" M
0 Electricstock- my dear, are yo
S prejudiced against the great Wizardi
S Mrs. Electricstock-'I isn't that, but
/ have never yet seen set Of Scott
V novels bound as would like to ha'
l. them. Yankee Blade.
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claimed to himself. Suddenly broad
smile broke over his face, and, after a
few moments of deep thought, he
climbed slowly down from the fence
and walked toward the little hut that
he dignifed by the name of home. He
was still smiling as he opened the door,
but it was eountenance of Preternat-
ural gravity that he presented to Aunt
Hannah's complaints as they sat down
to supper
"Hannah, chile" he said at last,
don 'sturb me. Tse ruminatin' on
serious subjec's. Hannah, you member
Twas to dem meetin's over in de grove
dis summer? Well, Use ben t'inkin'
seriously bout dem meetins, an Use
bout made up my min dat Use a
Nadyentis'"
"a watt" shrieked Aunt Hannah, in
dismay.
"A Nadventls', - resumed Samuel, un-
moved. "A Seben Day Nadventis' An
wen begin right off dis berry night.
Ohilfnn, stop you starin' an get down
on you knees-we's goin' TO pray"
Mr.. Baxter had undoubtedly the best
OF it, for having finished his supper
and showed back his chair, he dropped
onhis knees on the sanded floor and
began an unctious and loud-voiced
prayer, in which he begged the Lord to
have mercy on his family and redeem
them from the sinfulness of their ways
This ended, he beat sudden retreat
to bed, practically victorious without a
shot having been fred by the enemy
But the struggle was yet to come.
The next morning Mr.. Baxter arose
and dressed himself with purpose in
every movement. Aunt Hannah could
stand it no longer.
Samuel Baxter" she exclaimed a
length: What yo' mean by gettin' into
your wok-day clos on Sunday"
hannah, replied Mr. Baxter, Sc.
Verely, Il tole yo' las night dat 1 wa.
Nadventis', an Nadventisses don
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ReturnIne &c Favor.

A story told of Mr.. Whittier by .
Boston lady illustrates his gentleness
and courtesy; A few years ago he called
upon this lady one evening when the
streets were very slippery. When he
rose to take his leave, she feared that
he might slip and fall upon the steep
sidewalk. Accordingly she made pre-
tence of needing fresh air and OF desir-
ing to post letter, and went with him
to Beacon street, where she slipped her
letter into the mail-box and bade him
goodnight. But as she started toward
home. he turned also, saying, "Wait! |
will see thee home, Elizabeth. And he
did not leave her until she was at her
own door.-Youfh's Companion.
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-sE END OF THE JOURNEY.

.,,ss hands gently, press the eyes closely,
foa fosa.ss,Iv sari inflow the head
Yeast - hat are pulseless, eyes that are sight
vesry wayfarer is dead.
5all Of hearing, lips cold and voiceless'
ssIs ls. ~, .oro,e its last message has said
~ ttbat 55 we're weary are resting forever
fsss y sarthly sojourner is dead.
.hen as we come to the end of the
,v.snce a soul-life forever has fed;
e1'as softly, tread lightly, where Infinite
Presence
r,.rraps and embraces our dead.
m.. fold the hands gently, press the eyes
closely,
.,s teuderly pillow the head;
20, words have been spoken, last messages
given,
I'D last adieus waved to our dead.
-yohn wentworth, in Good Housekeeping,
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4 FA'AT!'' sHRIEKED AUNT HANNAH.

pay no 'tention to Sunday. Dey set an
- nothln' all day Satday, an den on
sunday dey wo'k hahd all day."
10 darst ter tole me, Sam Baxter"
s.leo Aunt Hannah. dat you'se goin'
N1 wo'k terday LAX it was Monday?"
les is, Hannah, said Mr.. Baxter,
uoggedly. Use goin,. ter plow dat ten
aS,e lot en- dom yo' argy weth mer'
aunt Hannah said never word. but
- breakfast dishes spoke language
Aiae struck terror to her partners soul
1hlllun, she said, as she cleared the
Sole' ''you'se go an get on yer t'ings.
1ou Sc goin' ter church long o. me, lax
8 ort' stead o stayin' home like shift
nr, Baxter had not considered the
nllaren in his sudden conversion, but
: enls sharp fling at his conscience his
spirie arose and he asserted his author
Lat dem ehillnn lone. Hannah, he
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ANOTHER MUSE.
How a Tenth One Was Added for the
Sake of Symmetry.


Sake of Symmetry.
With many people, all other consid-
erations must yield to their notions OF
symmetry, which often turn out to
mean mere balancing or measuring OF
one part with another, and not the
higher harmony of parts which sorne-
times involve little irregularity. The
artist finds that the symmetry OF his
picture is helped by making the objects
which he represents on one side OF the
canvas higher than those which he de-
picts on the other.
Not so, however, was it with a worthy
man, by occupation carpenter, who
once had charge of the arrangements at
an exhibition given at country town in
aid of charity. A tableau was to be
given in which the editor of the local
news paper, who was poet of no little
reputation in the country around, was
to be shown seated in chair and sur
rounded by the muses..
At the rehearsal, the young ladies
representing the muses. came upon the
stage, and took their places, five on one
side of the editor and four on the other
ssSee here, said the director of tht
exhibition, ''there has got to be another
of those girls.
Another muse!' said one of the
ladies; ''why there are nine of us
Didn't you know there were only min,
muses?"
Cant help that, said the carpenter
symmetry requires ten Inuses-five o.
each side!''
So another young lady was decke
out. largely in copies of the editor
newspaper, and made 10 represent tn
muse Of Journalism! Youths Conlpar
ion.
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ABOUT TOBACCO CHEWING.
A Travelling Man Gives Some Surprising
Statistics.

"A
Statistics.
It was stated recently in an Eastern
paper that the habit of chewing tobacco
had fallen off fully one-half during the
last decade, said travelling salesman
for one of the large tobacco manufacture
ing houses Now, want to show you
that if such is the case, the people in the
7O's and early SOS must have gotten
away with tremendous amount of the
weed. Here are some statistics that l
have cleaned from the internal revenue
reports for the past year and some com
parative figures of my own: During the
year leading factory in st. Louis had
a total output of 27,64S,O0O pounds,
which if loaded into cars would take
1882 cars. Figuring these at thirty feet
each in length, the train would be A.
AGO feet, or seven and three-quarters
miles long. If the same amount were
laid out in plugs, end to end, it would
form a line 81, GAS, 600 feet long, or 5,993T
miles, or sufficient to span more than
quadrant of the globe at the equator
This represents the output of but one
of the twenty plug tobacco factories in
the United States, but you can see from
these figures that if the people chewed
twice as much tobacco in the last decade
as they do now, their salivary glands
had not much rest.-Sioux City Journal.
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That Was Why He Left-Trivvet-
''Are you still boarding at Widow
Smalrs?" Dicer-sNo, l have left. !"
Trivvet-'Is that so? l thought you
said she promised to treat you as one of
the family" Dicer-"That wal the
trouble. She did. Inter Ocean
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Cumso crushing in exeitedly) Haven't
you q balance at the 'steenth National?
Fangle-Yes. What's the matter?
Cumso-Draw it out right away
Fangle-What's up7
Cumso-I heard the cashier promise
young lady to attead charity bazar to
uightE--Judge,
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HIS CONVERSION.
How and Why Samuel Baxter Be-
came a "Nadventist."
Writer for Tlis Paper.l

AMUEL BAA-
TER sat on the
fence with his
hands in his
pockets, S u r.
veying his days
work. 1t was
Saturday night
and time for
supper but
Samuel looked
anxiously at the
clouds and did
move to obey
Aunt Hannah S
call.
"Ef 1 dom
get this yere
fall plo W in
done befo' de
fall rains sets
in, Use a gonah,
suah!" he ex-
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-10-02

AuAAAAe|cAOA e1Au uOnOi1. Out u0I0, Wulle
following him on spring night be-
tween eleven and twelve O'Clock, we
see the fash Of torches and lanterns
and we hear the cry of mob of nihil
lists They are breaking in on the
quietude Of Gethsemane with clubs
like mob with sticks chasing mad
dog.
It isa herd of Jerusalem ''roughs'
led on by Judas to arrest Christ and
punish him for being the loveliest and
best being that ever lived. But rioters
are liable to assail the wrong man.
How were they to be sure which one
was JesusY II will kiss him." says
Judas, land by that signal you will
know on whom to lay your hands of
arrest" So the kiss which throughout
the human race and for all time God
intended as the most sacred demon
stration of affection, for Paul writes to
the Romans and the Corinthians and
the Thessalonians concerning the ''holy
kiss" and Peter celebrates the kiss of
charity, and with that conjunction of
lips Laban met Jacob, and Joseph
met his brethren, and Aaron
met Moses, and Samuel met
Saul, and Jonathan met David, and
Orpah departed from Naomi, and Paul
separated from his friends at Ephesus,
and the father in the parable greeted
the returning prodigal, and when the
millennium shall come we are told
righteousness and peace will kiss each
other, and all the world is invited to
greet Christ a. Inspiration cries out
''Kiss the Son lest he ~ Ghgry and ~
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WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

Clay county. Mo-. VIII be represented at
the Worlds fair Wy a 3oanyof- mules eight
cen .haods high. anf which weigh $500
An effort IL being made to secure the re-
moval from Amherst, N. H., to the Worlds
fair ut Chicago CT the house in which
Horace Greeley was born.
The Duke OF veragua, who now resides
In Madrid, is the only living descendant Of
Columbus, and a project is on foot in Chi
cago to induce him to open the coming
Worlds fair. s''
Mrs.. Harrison and Mrs. Potter Palmer
are interested in u scheme for children's
department in the Worlds fair, where dit
ferent methods Of teaching in different
countries would b. illustrated. -
The fair directory has opened an eastern
headquarters in the Stewart building, $50
Broadway. New York. 1t will be kept up
for two years, and the information bureau
will be under the direction of Delmore FL
we'll *
The log cabin which General Grant him,
self built near St. Louis, Of, logs cut and
hewn by himself, il about to be removed
from its present site and shipped TO Chi
cago, where it will lie erected for exhibition
1t the Worlds fair a.
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An HI. Pin. Beou..thed to Him.

An eccentric old female of eighty
three years, who was very wealthy, has
died in Lyons leaving behind her a
peculiar last twill and testament"
which appears to be intended as a post
humous joke at the expense of the
members of the medical profession.
"In grateful recognition of the intelli-
gent and devoted care of DR.. x" SO
has enabled me- nt q psatttt aaInn q ipe old
age, beQpeath to him everything con-
tanned Ill tmy bonheur du' jouf. "lIM
After the death of the estimable tes-
tatrix the executors unlocked the ar
ticle Of furniture in question anu und
in it, still unopened, sealed andpd ked.
all the pills and potions prescrib for
the deceased by Dr.. x. during thu past
ten yean.-Paris Cor. London Tele-
Rraph. ~ ''.piie ts-A-sAal a
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Must the Bluefish Cor


Are the bluefish deserving usG The
boatmen of Buzzard's bay say that this
garny fish is mot in it, this year.
A few years ago, when the waters of
the south shore were alive with bluefish,
great shoals of menhaden were seen
everywhere. Finally it was discovered
that these feed fish could be proftably
seined and ground into oil. Factory
after factory went up along the shores.
In a few years the depletion had become
so great that many Of the factories
''went up"
A few struggling shoals of menhaden
yet remain, and where these are found
the bluefish congregate. But in the
hot chase for bait the remaining men,
haden will ere long be exterminated.
It is to be feared that soon nothing
but groundfish will remain for the ar
dent angler along our coasts. 1t is
regretable drift of things, for half of
seaside health and pleasure departs
with the gradual disappearance OF the
mackerel and bluefish.
Yet it is an memorable law OF life
that one cannot eat his cake and have
it too. It is for the legislatures to say
whether greed shall finally abolish the
occupation Of the hand liner If they
neglect to act decisively in the near fu-
ture there is growing evidence that
their action will come too late.-Boston
G1oho
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When Deafness Is . Sweet Boon

When DEAFNESS Il sweet Boon.
Henceforth musical attachment"
is TO turn bicycles and tricycles into in
struments Of Emusic, :" it is to be called.
Let us trust that the performers will be
merciful, and not forget, when they
start upon "a musical ride" in company,
to see that their wheels are set to the
same tune in the same key. Even SO,
difference of pace would presumably
give a rather singular effect, and make
q hash of melody, even if it brought
out some startling novelties in the way
of harmony.
However, as everybody allows that
musical ideas are getting scarcer and
scarcer, and that there is not much
more to be done with the scale under
present conditions and limitations, the
new departure may prove to have prac-
rical value. It will inspire the musi-
clans Of the future with ideas Of which
they would never otherwise have
Dreamed, and no doubt produce . spe-~
cial school of composers at which even
Wagner would have opened his eyes
and shut his ears.
But the solitary rider will enjoy him.
self the best The different effects of
mud, ruts and a newly mended road,
and up hill and down hill upon the
same air, should be perpetual Joy.
And when the beautiful invention has
extended itself, as surely it will, to
cabs, omnibuses and sewing machines,
we shall be musical nation indeed
London Graphic.
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ODDS AND ENDS.

Uncle Sam has 46, 900 oil wells.
Some cigarette hands make 1000 q
day.
Savannah claims the oldest American
theater
Many Of the new hatpins have light
weight silver heads.
Next to a good range \ good clock
y OF paramount importfece in the
kitchen.
Washington IL the only city OF its
size in the United States which has no
factory girls
Londoners pay between @S5O,VOo and
e400, 900 year for water sold yAder
the name OF milk.
To clean willow furniture use 81
and water. Apply with a nail brush
and scrub thoroughly. A
The present plans Of the Japanese
government will double the navy Of
that country within six years. F
Recent experiments show that with
proper appliances ordinary gaslight can
be used in making photographs.
China has just coined silver dollar
which win be accepted in trade in place
of the Mexican and Japanese coins
heretofore used.
Defiance, Ia, claims to have living
skeleton in the person of a man who is
5 feet 8 inches in height and weighs but
sixty-flve pounds.
The number of eggs in a six pound
eel in November is fully 5000, 900. I'm
der the microscope they measure eighty
to the linear inch.
To keep nickel silver ornaments and
mounts bright rub them with wooden
cloths that have been saturated in
spirits of ammonia.
A Georgia farmer is living with his
sixth wife. Each of his five other wives
died on the Friday preceding the second
Sunday of the month.
The carp is about the only cud chew
ing fish, the coarsely swallowed food
being forced up to their throat teeth
for complete mastication.
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Quite ApropOs.
The baseball crank looked DER the field.
Where athletes did dispOrt,
And said that shortstop over there
We Mortgage call for short"
"Why do you call him that2" inquired
A chap not DER profound.
Because" the other answered him.
HE covers 90 much ground"
Boston Courier.
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HERE YOU AREl
FAIRBANKS
cQTT0LEME

Compound of purest deli
cately refined Cotton Oil
crushed from sound select
edseed, together with choic-
est Beef Suet. This perfec-
ton of cooking fat super
sedes lard for all cooking.
USE ONLY HALF
the quantity of CoTToLENE
that you would use of lard.
This does the work and
saves half your money.
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CHARLES H. HoDGpoN,
IS Dana ST., Somerville, Mass"

The many remarkable cures of catarrh
effected by the use of Ayers SarsaparilIa is
conclusive proof that this lOathsOme and
dangerous disease is one of the blood, only
needing such searching and powerful al
terative to thoroughly er dictate it.