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M Rice In Rice Paper.

Rice paper is not made from rice; nor
from rice stalks, MOI has it any connec-
ton whatever with rice. It is of Chinese
manufacture, and is made from the pith
of a certain tree resembling the elder.
The pith is extracted from the tree in
large cylindrical masses, and with large
knives the Chinese pare of the cylinder,
till, instead of cylindrical form, they
have large fiat sheet. This is pressed
and other sheets added, until the required
thickness is secured. The paper is then
rudely sized, and is ready to use. 1t was
called rice paper under the supposition.
when it was first introduced into Europe,
that it was made from rick stalks, and
the name has never been changed.-Ne"
York Journal.
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The Famous Blarney Stone.

Five miles west of the city of Cork,
Ireland, in a little valley where TWO
streams meet, stands the little village OF
RIarney The fame of Blarney is world
vide. It has a castle, and in the walls
of the castle the famous blarney
Stone is set. ,.,
The stone is part of the solid
masonry, is fifty feet from the ground
and about twenty feet below the pro-
iecting roof of the building. ,
To kiss the blarney stone is supposed
TO epdow one with captivating witchery
of manner, to loosen his or her tongue
90 that the whole of the conversation
will be one solid stream OF honeyed
words.
The situation of this talisman is such
that the kissing of it is rather danger
Gus feat, it being necessary to let tne
yotary down over the walls by means OF o
ropes. On the top of the castle there IS
a stone which many claim is the "tr!e
Blarney" because the feat of kissing IS
more easily accomplished. =.
This spurious stone has been IN us
nresent situation only seventy years; tne
true blarney, mentioned as being SET In
tho wall hears the date of the building
of the castle, which IS l+4o'
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EVIDENTLY the modern muse has
fallen into the same sort OF error
which has deluded the feet Of her
merely mortal sisters, for a recent
English poetess proclaims that her
muse
9Walks lites muddy ways
Barefooted; breaches. sometimes prays
Is modern. Is advanced, has views"
With all due respect to the authoress
of these lines, we humbly suggest
that the best thing that can be done
with a muse Of this description is to
shut her up in Penitent Females
Refuge; and if she refuses to be pen
itent enough to belong there, then
let her be provided with a padded
cell in some religious lunatic asylum,
wherein she may be comfortable and
may null over her "views" without
troubling anybody. At least one
thing is certain, she should be taken
up as a warrant and restrained from
continuing to walk life's muddy way:
barefOoted.
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THE WAY THAT GOD LOOKS AT SIN.

During last summer Christian lady, who
was visiting a seaside place, asked some lit
tie children to come to her every LORDS dag
afternoon to hear about the Lord Jesus,
One afternoon she wanted to tell them
what God thought about sin, so she took {, q
microscope, and gave them some very small
print to look at through it.
They all exclaimed, "Hcw large the letters
seem, and when we look at them without
the microscope they are so very small"
So then the lady told them, "That IS the
way God looks at SIM" -.
You see, God thinks sin is very big, while
you and 1 think it looks very small. We
need to look at it through microscope, as
the little children did at the small print, to
see how big it really is, though it looks so
small to US. ,,. ;,
Now, dear children, perhaps you think 1t
is q very little thing to tell a story, or get
out Of temper, or be disobedient to your
parents; but Cod does not think 1t little
thing. God thinks it so big that nothing
but the blood Of Jesus, His own dear Son,
could wash 1t away; and God loved the
worli so much, and the dear little children
too. that "He gave His only begotten Son"
to die on the Cross, 80 that His precious
blood might wash away all their sins.
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KILN: Caterpillars by Electricity.

Electricity has many ramihcatlons.
The latest IS the suggestion that cater
pillars, those pests of country life' may
be prevented by current of electricity
from doing further mischief. The bess
of it is, the "dead shot" is touched Oh
by the caterpillar himself. The scheme IS
simply to run alternate wires Of copper
and zinc around the trunk OF the tree, at
a distance of about half an inch apart.
When the caterpillar sta:ts in his ascent
he strikes the copper wire, poses his little
nose over it, and continues. Half an
inch further up his forward feet strike
the zinc wire, while his body is still in
contact with the copper, and Immediate
ly there is an electric current through his
body.-Boston Journal.
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HE STOPPED TO THINK.

A mechanic who had been in the habit OF
dropping into beer saloon twice a day, and
spending five cents each time for q glass of
beer was captivated one day by new
thought. ~ am poor" he said to himself,
my family need every cent can earn; it
is growing more and more expensive every
year; soon I shall want to educate my
children. Ten cents day for beer! Let me
see: that is sixty cents a week! That is
thirty-one dollars and fifty cents year!
And it does ME no gooI; it may do me harm.
Let me see'-and here he took piece of
chalk and solved the problem on a board
II can buy two barrels of -four, one hundred
pounds OF sugar, five pounds Of tea, and six
bushels of potatoes for that sum-" Pausing
Tor a moment, as if to allow the grand idea
to take 1ull possession Of himself, he then
exclaimed: II will never waste another
cent" He never has, and he is to-day
prosperous man.
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A RECEIPT ~ FULL.

Do you remember the story, OF Martha
Luther when Satan came to him: as nc
ttorgGt, with long back roll Of his sins,
which truly might make swadlling band
for the round world? To the arch enemy
Luther said, Yes, must own to them all:
Have you any more?" So the foul tiend
went his way and brought another longer
roll and Martin Luther said, 'fes, must
own 10 them all. Have you any more"
The accuser of the brethren, being expert at
business. soon supplied him with a further
length Of charges, till there seemed to be no
end to ii. Martin waited till no more were
forthcoming, and then he cried, Have yon
any more?" "Were not these enough?"
Ave. that they were. But" said Martin
Luther, write at the bottom OF the whole
account, The blood Of Jesus Christ cleans
eth us from all sim" Brethren. this was
receipt in full, stamped in such manner
that even Satan could not question the cor.
rectncss sufit.-lSelected. of
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A FATAL ERROR.

DR.. N. s. Davis, an ex-President OF al In
ternational Medical Congress- and for forty
years an active practitioner OF Chicago, says:
NThere is no greater or more destructive
error existing in the public mind than the
belief that the use Of fermented and
distilled drinks does no harm so long as they
do not into1icate 1T is not the temperate
use, but the abuse Of alcoholic drinks that
does harm is the often-repeated popular
phrase that embodies the error which helps
to rob more than lCO,OOO persons of from
five to twenty years Of life in the United
States, through the gradual developement Oh
chronic structural diseases, induced by the
daily use OF beer, ale, wine or distilled spirits
in quantities so moderate as at no time to
produce intoxication. No more true or I'M
portant remark was made in the noted dis
cussion in the London Pathological Society
than the one by DR.. George Harley, that
for every drunkard there ar fifty others
who suff er from the effects Of alcohol in one
form and another"
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
Love Is q great care.

Love is great care.
Love needs no messenger to say it's
come.
Gratitute is the soil on which joy
thrives.
Nothing is difficult; it is only we who
are indolent.
Fortune has rarely condescendcd to be
the companion of genius.
The great end of all human industry Is
the attainment of happiness.
He is truly good who desires always to
bear the inspection of good men.
There is always room for man Of
force, and he makes room for many.
Happiness does away with ugliness,
and even makes the beauty of beauty.
Our domestic affections are the most
salutary basis of all good government.
Ignorance, in the midst OF the rel1ne-
ments of society, is the most hateful OF
all mixtures.
Individuality is everywhere to be
spared and respected as the root OF
everything good. |
No man has come to true greatness
who has not felt in some degree that his
life belongs to his race.
A rich man is an honest man, no
thanks to him, for he would be double
knave to cheat mankind when he had
no need of it.
It is shameful and unseemly thing to
think one thing and to speak another,
but how odious to write one thing and
think another.
A gentleman is one who understands,
and shows every mark of difference to
the claims of self-love in others, and
exacts it in return from them.
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YOU WILL NEVER FIND

A perfect preacher.
A community without crlnks.
An eeo,ist who is not offensive.
A Christian who does not make mistakes.
A church that died from giving too much.
An aristocratic church with much spirit
ual power.
A community where the gossip's tongue
does not wag.
A yi:l who las b:en menta.: helped by
reading novels.
A home where the grace .: forbearance is
not often needed.
A Christian who can do q good job OF
serving both God and Nammon.
A consistent young Christian who does
no. hav. the respec: Of his worldly COM
panious.- [Epwor:h Herald.
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FIFTY-sECOND CONGRESS.
In tho Senate.

18TH DAY.-The conference report on
and agreed to-Then the bill for the free
coinage of gold and silver was taken up and
discussed for the remainder Of the day.
10th DAY.-Ths Nicaragua Canal was
discussed-The Agricultural Appropria-
ton bill was also considered.
12OTH DAY.-The Legislative and Judicial
Appropriation bill was considered. -
12lsT DAY.-Mr. Hale spoke on the tariff
question, and was answered by MIR. Vest
The Agricultural Appropriation bill was
passed.
122D DAY.-The Legislative Appropria;;
tion bill, after the adoption OF several
amendments, was passed and sent, to the
House for CONFERENCE.-The Postoffice
Appropriation bill was passed
The Invalid Pension bill, after debate on
the several amendments, was passed.
bill for the relief of certain settlers on lands
in North and South Dakota was passed
The nomination of General John w. Foster
to be Secretary Of State was confirmed.
143p DAY.-Concurrence in several con-
ference reports was refused.
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"DoS'T STEP THERE"

A man started out for church one icy Sun
day morning, and presently came to place
where little boy was standing, who, with
a choking voice, said:
"Pease don't step there"
"Why not?" :,
"Because I stepped there and fell down.
sobbed the little fellow, who bad thus taken
upon himself to warn the un wary .passers-oy
of the danger into which he had fallen.
There are many men in the world who
have yood reasons for giving such warn
Ing rs this. The man who has trod the dark
and slippery path of intemperance, as ne
sees the young learning to take the first
glass of spirits or wine, or beer, has good
Teasons to saw to them, "DUn't step there,
for stepped there and fell down."
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t.nnrnt a I.retrY make.

Ed A. Babcock, Of North Stbntng-
ton, Conn, while crossing his rocky
farm met an odd and brilliant look
ing snake Of species that was be-
iieyed to be extinct in Connecticut,
and after lively chase captured it.
1t is 4 little fellow, not half grown,
and is black, except that broad
golden band encircles its neck. 1t
belongs to the gold-banded racer
species, which grow 20 be ten or If
teen feet long and are swift and fe-
rocious.
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Where the First Pipe Was Smoked.

Sir Walter Raleigh's Irish home in
County Cork, became the property OF the
late Sir John Pope Henuessy, aad has
been put up at auction recently. ut
was here" says the London Telegraph,
uthat Elizabeth's famous courtier smoked
the first pipe of tobacco in Ireland, aud
received an unexpected bath from q
faithful servant-maid, who, on seeing
the blue smoke emerging from her
masters mouth and curling around his
head, thought Sir Walter was falling a
victim to spontane Gus combustion, aud
threw pail Of cold water over him to
extingulsh the conasgration. --Bost on
Transcript.
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STRONG DRINK AS A

STRONG DRINK AS A FAcTCR OF CRIME.
At recent funeral Of man who wa,
killed in Kansas City, No, in a saloon riot
the Rev. DR.. Jesse Bowman Young, pastor
of the Grand Avenue Church, of that city,
in his remarks declared that ''by actual
count. a majority of the murders which
had been committed in that community
within ten years, had been perpetrated by
men imbruted and maddened by drink" The
man who committed this murder was him
self drinking member of the police force.
DR.. Young took occasion also to read the
Mayor and other officials sharp lecture for
the placing of drinking men on the police
force. What is true of Kansas City is true
in other places where acts of violence ars
committee. The majority, and a large ma
jority, are perpetrated by those who have
been drinking; have all bean melted to the
evil deeds by the maddening influence Of
Gcohol,
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RELIGIOUS READING.
A PRAYER.

While tread life's weary path,
Give me faith. o Lord. to gee
In the trials that surround me
Naught but thee.
Give me strength, o Lord, to tighten
The burdens Of the weak around,
And to tell the peace to others
have found.
When I reach the valley dark,
Give me eyes, o Lord, to see
In that awful, awful darkness
Round me-thee.
When touch the gloomy river,
Hold me that l cannot sink;
Hold me, Lord, that may see thee
On the brink.
Take me to the "many mansions
That thou hast prepared for me;
There would abide forever,
Lord, with thee!
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IF King Behanzin, Of Dahomey,
undertakes to carry out his threat to
kill the French or drive them off the
Dahomey coast Of which they have held
possession some fourteen years under
cession from the kings late father,
the world will have an opportunity
Of learning how well the Dahomey
ladies can fight against civilized
troops. OF their courage and ferocity
there is no doubt; but they will need
something more than these in conflict
with troops with arms Of precision.
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RECENT storms will not be wholly
without moral and material value if,
In the impossible condition of coun-
try roads during the next month and
more, the farmers and village tax
payers will read rightly a lesson they
are slow to learn-the necessity Of
making good roads in every part Of
the country and keeping them In re-
pair. ---...----.-.
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BLAINE'S SUCCESSOR.
General John ". Foster APP
pointed Secretary of State.
The New Cabinet Minister s
Long Diplomatic Experience.

The President, few days ago, sent to
the United States Senate the name Of John
W. Foster, Of Indiana, to be Secretary OF
State in succession to James g. Blaine.
Soon after the nomination was received
by the Senate, on the motion of Mr.. Sher.
man, Chairman of the Committee on For
eign Relations an executive session was
held to consider the nomination. 1t was at
oncs confirmed, most unusual compliment
to the nominee, one which has heretofore
been extended only to Senators sitting in
the body, when nominated to Office by the
President
The President that same afternoon signed
Secretary Fosters commission.
Sketch of His Career.
The Hon. John W. Foster has been for
some years past practising law in Washing.
tom His chief work is in the domain OF in
ternational law, in which he is conceded to
be an expert. He has been three times ap-
pointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary for toe United States in
foreign countries being once accredited to
Mexico, again to Russia, and third time to
Spain.
diana, on March 2, 1885. He was educated
in the public schools of the State, AMI after
ward went through the State University Of
Indiana, where he graduated in 1855.
Then Mr.. Foster studied law at Harvard
University. and returning home began the
practice Of his profession at Evansville. He
had already made his mark among the young
LAWYERS of Indiana when the Civil War
broke out.
He at once volunteered for service and was
appointed Major of the Twenty-ffth Indiana
Infantry Volunteers. After seeing some
hard fighting he rose to the full rank Of
Colonel.
In General Burnside's expedition to East
Tennessee Colone! Foster headed brigade
of cavalry. and was the first to occupy
Knoxville in 1863 At the end of the war he
was a Brigadier-General by breyet. His
chief services during the war were with the
Western army of Grant and Sherman. -.
After General Foster settled down to civil
| life again he edited the Evansville Daily
| Journal. In 1869 he was made postmaster
of that city: His first prominent pontieal
Office was the Craftsmanship or the Re-
publican State Committee Of Indiana in
is72.
| In 1873 General Foster was appointe1 by
| President Grant to be Minister to Mexico.
At the expiration Of General Grants term
| of office Mr.. Hayes reappointed him:
! General Foster went to Russia as Minister
| in 1880, and held that office until late In the
| year 1881, when he resigned and came home,
owing to the pressure Of urgent private bust
| ness.
In 1883 General Foster was appointed Min
lister for the third time, on this occasion be-
ing sent to Spain. This nomination was
made by President Arthur at the desire OF
Secretary Frelinghuysen, who wished to
| avail himself of General Fosters knowledge
| of international law to negotiate a treaty
| with Spain involving many delicate points
| about naturalization. Since his return from
Spain General Foster has resumed his prac-
tice in Washington.
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INSURANCE men are departing from
their former position that 1t was no
part of their business to concern
themselves with methods Of building
construction, but only to accept risks
from whoever was willing to pay the
price. This policy has brought so
many companies to bankruptcy, how
ever, that insurers are now beginning
to recognize that the most important
clement in their business IS to secure
the adoption Of the safest possible
methods in building.
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.ounE rIan, Uet uiarr1oo.

The average mortality of unmarried
men between the ages Of 20 and 25 Is
liza in every 100000, while that Of
married rleu is only 597.
WHY Is a young man courtlng q
girl like a suicide? Because he's her
fellow der see? The point Of this
Joke has been broughta long distance,
and is tired.
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TEMPERANCE.

NATURES HINT TO MAN.
Observe when Mother Earth is dry,
She drinks the droppings of the SKY.
And then the dewy cordial gives
To every thirsty plant that lives.
The vapors which at evening weep
Are beverage to the swelling deep;
And when the rosy sun appears
He drinks the oceans misty tears.
Thomas Moore.
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xew lnnusrrf6a.

It is surprising to learn that the
United States contain more than
100000 almond trees and nearly as
many cocoanut trees, all of which
haar frllit
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It's refreshing to know that the leader of
the Progressive party I'm japan is Presby-
terrain elder; another leader is trustee in
the ..re church, and his wife al influential,
cultured. Christian woman; that still an
other prominent statesman is 4 Presbyterian
elder, and another congregational deacon,
elected against Buddhist. whic four other
members of the new House Of Representa-
tives are members u: the Independent
Church. A little lca,cn leaycnc:a the
whole lump,
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Tho fine Lady's shorter Catechisn,

What is the whole duty of women?
To dress-to sing-tG Gance-to play
on the pianofortc-to gable French,
and to preside gracefully at table!
What is man? A thing to waltz
with-to flirt with-to take one to
the theater-to laugh alto be mar
ried Toto pay ones bills-and to
keep one comfortable! What is life?
a Polka---a schottische-a dance
that one must whirl through as fast
as possible! What is death?-Hm-
something that it's questionable to
think Of; so the less that's said about
1t the better.
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Make your homa The brightest ris"a on
earth. il you would Cha-la you children to
the high path Of virt:e and rec!l:ude and re.
ligion. Do not always turn :he niiuds The
wrong way. i.c. :hr Light. which pu's gold
or the grn,iar and ,po.s on the 1'ar.y. pour
into your dwellings. Do Iot expect the
little feet to teep step To I ?e.d Msrch.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14

We hear Of this country only as the land Of
the Gear or as the possessions Of the auto
crat of all the Russias, and until this year
few people have looked upon 1t as much
else than an ordinary European country,
filed with an oppressed and rather turbu-
lent people. 1t was supposed and largely
is supposed to-day to be filled with peas
ants who are plotting against their Govern
ment and who are dissatisfied with their
condition. It Is known as the land of Nj
hilism and it is thought by many that the
peasants are among the Nihilists This is
a mistake. Such Nihilistic elements as do
exist do not belong to the peasantry at all,
and the Nihilists, the officials and the nobil-
ity form but drop in the bucket of this
great Russian population. The town and
the city people number but few millions,
and the great bulk Of the people Live in
little villsgth
These villages constitute the real Russia
and the Russia out of which is to come the
Russia of the future. Of the 120, 900, 900
subjects Of the Gear less than 20, ,000, 600 live
in towns, and the towns of Russia are num-
bered by hundreds There are compara-
lively only few large cities St. Peters
burg Is as big as Philadelphia, Moscow is