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Hygienic Item.

DR.. Emily A. Bruce declares that
more women in New England die be-
cause of faulty dress than from all
contagious diseases combined.
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Good Thing.

A Paris newspaper is organizing a
competition of self-moving wagons,
to take place June l.
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5N
MISS N E BRADDON
s,***#%7F*S''*t&***

an artful Young person must have been
born in seine fostering city alley
rather than among vineyards or or
chards.'
Mr.. Wyatt went to his writing-table,
and answered Mile. Duport letter
without delay-brleny and cautiously.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-15

ALMOST as many orators as raw re-
cruits shoot too high.
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HANGMAN OF PARIS.

Deibler Is Decidedly Unpopular Among
His COuntrymen.
Deibler, the Partisan hangman, or
Monsieur de Paris" as he is often
called. is naturally unpopular among
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The Bibles Story.

My name is Bible. It is a Greek
name, and In Greek it means the same
as 1.-THE Book" in English.
I am child of God. My infancy
was in the days of Moses but God
made me grow and grow, until in the
days of Paul and John l became full
grown.
have passed through many hands
and appeared in many different forms
before I came to be put together as
you see me now. Men have tried to
destroy me by burning all the copies
they could find, but still I have lived
on through more than thirty CEN
turies.
In my childhood-Old Testament
days-I spoke in Hebrew. Seventy
wise men are said to have translated
my Old Testament sayings from the
Hebrew language into the Greek.
This was two hundred and eighty
years before Christ came to the earth.
In my early manhood, Greek was
my language. The gospels were writ
ten in Greek and the epistles of Paul
and of the other Apostles (afterward
gathered together and arranged as
the New Testament were all in Greek.
About four hundred years after
Christ, the aged saint Chrysotrom
gave me my name of "Bible," for un-
til then was spoken of as the Script
ures."
But many of the people could not
read Hebrew and Greek; 80 Jerome
lin the fourth century, took me and
translated me into Latin. About the
year 1880, Wycliffe, the reformer,
changed my dress into an English one.
Then Tyndale, in the sixteenth CEN
tury, brought out another translation.
His dying prayer, "Lord, open the
King of England's eyes," was answer
ed when King James directed the last
edition.
Now in my English dress I stand
before you all and ask you to come
and learn from me about Jesus.
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There We're Giants i'm Those
DAYS.

Turner, the naturalist, declares that
he once saw, upon the coast of Bra
zil, race Of gigantic savages whose
average height was over 10 feet, some
individuals exceeding l22 feet. M.
Thevet, of France, in his description
of America, which was published in
Paris, in 1875, says that he was once
present when the skeleton of a South
American savage, II feet and inches
in height, was disintered. The Chi
nese have record of several giants
between l2 and 16 feet in height which
have lived in the Flowery kingdom
within the last 800 years. Josephus
mentions q Jew who was 10 feet 2
inches, and Pliny was well acquainted
with Gabara, the Arabian giant, who
was 8 feet 8 inches in height. Com
ing down to modern times, we find
that John Middleton, who lived in the
time of james I, was 9 feet 3 inches,
and had hand II inches long by 81
broad. Murphy, one of the celebrated
trio of "Irish Giants" Charles Byrne
and O'Brien being the other two),
was feet 10 inches, while Byrne was
8 feet inches and O'Brien two inches
taller. There are several so-called
giants now on exhibition, Chang, the
long Celestial, being among the num-
ber, but it is doubtful if there is man
living to-day who exceeds feet e
inches in height.
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Never.

Never neglect daily private prayers /;
and when you pray, remember that
God is present, and that He hears your
prayers.
Never neglect daily private Bible
reading; and when you read, remem-
ber that God is speaking to you, and
that you are to believe and act upon
what He says. All blacksliding be-
gins with the neglect of these two
rules.
Never ask God for anything you do
not want. Tell Him the truth about
yourself, however bad it makes you;
and then ask Him for Christ's sake to
forgive you what you are and make
you what you ought to be.
Never let day pass without trying
to do something for Jesus. Every night
reflect on what Jesus has done for
you, and then ask yourself: What
have I done today for Him."
If ever you are in doubt as to a
things being right or wrong, 60 to
your room and kneel down and ask
Gods blessing upon it (Col., iii, ~
If you cannot do this, it is wrong.
Never take yonr Christianity from
Christians; nor argue that, because
such and such people do so and 50,
therefore you may. You are to ask
yourself: "How would Christ act
in my place." and strive to follow
Him.
Never believe what you feel if it con-
tradlcts Gods Word.
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English PrOnunciatiOns.

Here are some curious pronuncia.
tious (all of names in England), which
we give for the benefit of our young
readers, and also to the old ones
Abergabenny is pronounced Aber,
genny.
Beauchamp is pronounced Bee
cham.
Brougham is pronounced Broom.
Bulwar is pronounced Butler.
Cholmondely is pronounced Chum-
ley.
Citencester is pronounced Sissister.
Cockburn is pronounced Cobun.
Grosvenor is pronounced Grovenor.
Hawarden is pronounced Harden.
Holborn is pronounced Hobun.
Knollys is pronounced Knowles.
Wemyss is pronounced Weems.
Taliaferro is pronounced Tolliver.
Thames is pronounced Tens.
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"a Potato and Glass Of Water,
Please"
From West Chester (Pa.1 Local

From West Chester (Pa.) Local News.
Editor News-I notice that the Pub
lie Ledger to-day publishes two COM
munications, the one following the
other, upon the subjects respectively
of Tuberculosis in Cattle" and "Isaac
Pitman." These subjects brought thus
into juXtapOsition reminded me of a
personal letter received three years
ago from John Bellows, the owner of
a large power press establishment In
Gloucester, England, a man of large
literary requirements and extensive
correspondence. Writing in part, con-
cerning an anticipated visit in this
country of the two sons of Isaac Pit.
man, in connection with the new
copyright law of the United States as
affecting their fathers publications,
my correspondent continues:
Isaac Pitman himself is most
loveable old man. He is between 70
and 80 years Of age. He is always at
his office q believe) at six o'clock in
the morning. He is vegetarian, and
1 hear that lately at q banquet given
him on the jubilee of his phonetic sys-
tenn, when he was entertained by the
Lord Mayor of London, he astonished
the gilt-laced footman in attendance
by asking for potato and a glass of
water.
"Apropos of vegetarianism I may
mention that last summer in reading
an article in one of our local papers on
the cruelties witnessed on board the
cattle boats coming to our shores, 1 felt
such shock that 1 could not help say
ing, We'll. others may do as they will,
but I will wash my hands of this bus
ness. I will eat no more meat For
eight or nine months have kept 10
this and find no inconvenience from
it, though I cannot deny that there
are moments when the tlesh-pots of
Egypt tempt me. I am certainly bet
ter in digestion for the change" Put
ting these two country side matters to-
gether the present unhealthy condition
Of not few herds of cattle in locali.
ties contiguous to Philadelphia, and
the unusually large acreage planted in
potatoes the present year, it is suggest
ed that perhaps many might derive
benefit during this hot summer wealth
er did they incline to a vegetarian
diet, and echo the easily filled order of
England's "loveable" and hale short
hand inventor, "a potato and a glass
of water, please"
Josiah w. Leeds.
Rocouncey, eth-mo. 22d, 1894.
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Whatsoever Ye Ask.

A beloved wife approached deaths
door. The physicians skill had been
baffled. 1t was said she must die.
The fond husband, with aching heart,
watched her departure. She family
speaks:
II wish TO talk, but am too weak.
1t is whispered to nae that I shall live
again and again the words are re-
peated. Attwelve the fever will leave
me and shall recover"
At twelve the fever subsided. The
relieved heart of the husband rejoiced
in God. How did he account for this
wonderful change? The congregation
to which he was to preach on that day
was at that hour bowed in prayer for
the recovery of their dear pastors
wife.-EXchange.
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The Plague In China.

Over 10000 people have died in Can
ton, China, during the past TWO months
and the death rate in Hong Kong has
begun to figure up something like
1000 day. This terrible mortality is
the result of q plague, resembling in
character that which decimated the
city of London in 1865.
The doctors have theory that the
plague is entirely due to filth aud eat
ing rails. Canton is one Of the filthiesl
cities in the world. All its sewers are
more or less open. They are Inhabited
by millions of rats, which are esteemed
by the Cantonese as a most substantial
article of food. Since April there has
been al unbroken drought. In the
absence of their usual natural washing
out, the filth in the sewers began to
accumulate and develop the most hor-
rible forms of filthy life. AS the first
evidence of this came hundreds of
dying rats, crawling out in different
parts of the city. There is no doubt
that the disease was communicated to
the people through eating the rats, be.
cause up to date not q single non rat
eating European has died of the plague.
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Many people seem to forget that
character grows-that it Is not some
thing to put on. ready made. with
manhood or womanhood, but day by
day, here a little and there a little,
grows with the growth and strength,
ems with the strength, until, good OF
bad, it becomes almost coat of mail,
Look at man of business-prompt,
reliable, conscientious, yet clear-head'
ed and energetic. When do you sup
pose he developed all those admirable
Qualities? When he was boy. The
boy that is late at breakfast, late al
school, stand a poor chance to be q
prompt man. The boy who neglects
his duties, be they ever so small, and
then excuses himself by saying. ~
forgot, I didn't Think" will never be
q reliable man.
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chubby, dear, can't wait to tell
you what Pm going to buy you for
New Year'sW
"Darling wife, what is it?"
"Well, I'm going to get you silver
card tray, and bronze Hercules for
the mantel, and lovely Russian table
rug to lay in front Of my dressing
case. What are you going to get for
me, tootsy ?"
"I've been thinking, Jane, and |
have about concluded to get you q
new shaving brush" (Trouble Ell
sues.)
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Nonsense About Tomatoes.

An idea has gained currency during
the past few years that the tomato as
an article of diet is liable to produce
or encourage the terrible disease of
cancer; and not long ago it was stated
that the use of this vegetable had been
forbidden at the cancer hospital So
widely spread has this notion become
that Dr.. Marsden, chairman of the
medical committee of the cancer
hospital, London, has thought it ad-
visable to give it official contradiction.
He says that this committee has been
inundated with letters on the subject,
and he begs publication for the follow.
ing statement, which we hope will
settle the matter once for all. 1t is
the opinion of the committee that
tomatoes neither predispose to nor
excite cancer formation, and that they
are not injurious to those suffering
from this disease, but Oh the contrary
are very wholesome article of diet,
particularly so if cooked.
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The Amen Corner.

Because of our neglect to strew fow-
ers in the pathway of our neighbor
when he was alive, we had more flow
ers at his funeral than we knew what
to dc with.
1t is little remarkable how forget
full we are of our good promises, how
we insist on keeping bad promise for
the sake of our honor.
A man will refuse to accept salvation
as gift because the Bible that offers
it is so full of mysteries, and then go
off and pay big price for a life in-
surance policy with mysteries enough
in it to exhaust the judiciary.
The freethinker who sneers at Jesus
is either an ignOramus or an migrate.
Before Jesus came, the world was
priest-ridden to him we are indebted
for the emancipation of our minds and
the privilege the treethinker glories in
the privilege of thinking for our
selves.
A fisherman fishes every day-not
when he feels like it. And he does
not always fish in the same way,
There are seasons for big hauls, and
there are days of patient waiting on a
uOOh. ouL lu6IG lS lever d tlluc Wucu
the sea is empty of fish. Even so in
winning souls. If it is a successful
business it must be an every day bus
mess, and not according to feelin's,"
but there are all sorts of men and all
sorts of ways to get at them, and there
are times when we must patiently
wait for them, drawing them in one
by one. But there is never time
when there are no souls within reach.
To catch men we must know them, as
fishermen know fish.
The beauty and power of the reli-
gion of Jesus appear at the best when
young Christian dies. Nothing but
the grace of God can loosen a young
mans hands from the world, and
cross them on his breast in peaceful
submission to him whose will must be
done. 1 have recently watched a pro-
missing youth pass out into the wider
life. For days he was as the hart that
panteth after the waterbrooks, and
then as the bird that sees his master
coming to let him out of the cage an
ticipates his freedom with songs of
joy. Long before he passed away he
had apparently passed over the river,
and when the final hour came there
was no death: he simply passed be-
yond our ken.-Rev1E. L. Pell, in
Southern Presbyterian.
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Have You Read II.

1t is told of Franklin that at one
time in Paris he was greatly ridiculed
for his love of the Bible, and that he
made up his mind to find out how
many of the scoffers read it. He in.
formed one Of the learned societies ol
which be was q member that he had
come across story in pastoral life in
ancient time that appeared to him
very beautiful, but he would like the
judgment of the society upon it. On
the evening appointed Franklin had
a reader Of finely modulated voice read
to them the Book of Ruth. They were
in ecstacies over it, and one after an
other rose to express qualification and
admiration, and the desire that the
manuscript should be printed. ut is
printed" said Franklin, and is part OF
the Bible. ."-Ram's Horn.
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"StOp Awhile" Boys.

When DR.. David Livingstone was
travelling through the forests of Africa
he saw many wonderful plants and
shrubs growing everywhere about
him. Among others he was shown
by the natives a queer looking thorn
that was known by the name of "stop
awhile" The name had been given
it because it was of such q formation
that once o person became entangled
in it he could not escape without first
having his clothes torn to shreds, fol-
30 thick was its foliage and SO sharp
and strong its spines that the more
one tried to loosen oneself the more
firmly one was held.
You would not like to be caught by
such thorn as this, would you, boys!
And yet how many of you, day after
day are being entangled and held by
one hundred times worse. Nay, dc
not look so astonished. What 1 say
Is true, as can soon prove.
The first evening you went to thai
place-I won't say what place, for you
know only too well-against the di
rect wishes of your parents, and with
that crowd Of bad boys, against
whom they had warned you, you were
clearly finding your way into the en-
tanglement Of thorn far more dread
full than the one I have described.
When you fingered, "for just a mo-
ment," to peep behind that green
door to look upon game I will no,
call by name when you did more
than peep, after the first minute
when you were. in truth, coaxed into
"trying your own hand at it," then
were you caught hard and fast in the
grasp of a thorn a thousand times
more terrible than even the dreaded
"stop awhile"
When "stop awhile" grasped Its
victim, it finally lets him 60 after
tearing his clothes from his back and
leaving his body scratched and bruis.
ed but when once this other thorn OF
which I have told you-this thorn OF
wicked company"-gains its hold
upon pou, it rends the character bit by
bit and pierces to the very soul. 1t is
not merely ''stop awhile" with this
thorn, but stop for all your life-stOp
in the dread and heart-torturing
clutches that are forever pulling you
down, down, down! Boys, beware OF
it, and don't even "stop awhile" any
where near it.
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Cast all Burdens on Him.

DO not trouble yourself unduly for
if you do so you can not remove sick
ness thereby, but you may even in
crease it. II could do any good by
worrying, I would worry away tn
hearts content, but as it is useless l
find it best 10 let it alone. They tell
me if man were to fall into the sea,
he would float if he would remsin
quiet, but bf :ause he struggles he
sinks. / am sure it is so when we are
afflicted. Fretfulness results in weak
ening US, in hiding from us wise
methods of relief, and, in general, in
doubling our pains. 1t is folly to kick
against the pricks it is wisdom to kiss
the rod. Trust more and fear less. If
you have trusted your soul with Christ
can you not trust him with your sick
child or your sick husband, with your
wealth, with your business, with you
lifeW 30, says one, II hardly like
to do that. 1t is almost presumption
to take our minor cares to the great
Lord" But in 80 doing you will
prove the truthfulness of your faith.
I heard of a man who was walking
along the high road with pack on
lllS udCh uC 40 HaN
was therefore glad when a gentleman
came along in chaise and asked him
to take seat with him. The gentle
man noticed that he kept his pack
strapped to his shoulders, and 80 he
said, "Why do you not put your pack
down ?" "Why, sir" said the
traveller, II did not venture to intrude.
1t was very kind of you to take me up,
and could not expect you to carry
my pack as we'll" "Why," said the
friend, lido you not see that whether
your pack is on your pack or off your
back I have to carry it?" 1t is so with
your trouble: whether you care or do
not care, it is the Lord who must care
for you. First trust your Lord with
your soul, and then trust him with
everything else. First surrender your
self to his love, to be saved by his in.
finite compassion, and then bring all
your burdens and cares and troubles,
and lay them down at His dear feet,
and 60 live happy, joyful life, saying,
as will say, and close:
"All that remains for me
Is'but to live and sing,
And wait unil the angels come
To bear me TO my King.
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MOnOtOny Of Diet.

A physician maintains that it is not
poverty of diet so much as monotony
of diet that exercises an unhealthful
influence on the poor. AS matter of
fact they eat stronger food than the
rich, more bread, meat and simple
vegetables, but their cooking is rude,
and they eat the same things! the
whole year through.
People who are well to do, or who
are better cooks, get more variety
with fewer things, and always have
Soup can be made to resemble greasy
dishwater, or it can be made a really
savory and nutritious thing, and there
are hundred different ways of serv-
ing potatoes. The physician thinks
that free cooking schools would be a
first-rate thing in the tenement dis
tricts.
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Children and Butter.

A physician of experience writes
"Cod liver oil costs more than butter
and it is besides often not resorted tc
until too late. Instead of restricting
a child's consumption of butter, ]
would encourage 1t. Let the limit
be the power of digestion and the ten
dency to billiousness. Most children
may be allowed to follow their own in
clinations and will not take more than
is good for them. The butter should
be of the best and taken cold. Bread
dry toast, biscuits, potatoes, and rice
are good vehicles. Children well sup
piled with butter feel the cold less
than others and resist the influenza
better. They do not catch cold sc
easily. In speaking Of children I by
no means intend to exclude other ages
especially young adults"
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For Tired Little Folks.

"Auntie, please tell me something
nice to do. I'm tired of Sunday. it,
too late to 60 out, and it's too early fol-
che lamp, and the wrong time fol
everything"
"Well, let me see," said Auntie
"Can you tell me any one in the Bible
whose name begins with AZ"
"Yes Adam"
"I'll tell you a b." said auntie
benjamin. Now q c."
Gain"
"Let me tell D." said Joe, hearing
our talk "Daniel."
And so we went all through the let,
ters of the ALPHABET, and before we
thought of it we were called to sup.
per, the house was lighted, and we had
a Inc time. Try it.-Mayflower.
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How to Read.

When a boy I began to read very
earnestly, but at the foot of every
page which 1 read 1 stopped and
obliged myself to give an account of
what I had read on that page. At
first I had to read it three or four
times before I got my mind firmly
fixed but / compelled myself to COM
ply with the until now, after l have
read it through once, I can almost re-
cite it from beginning to end, 1t is a
Aery simple habit to form in early
life, and it is valuable as means of
making our reading serve the best
purpose. Lord DIcCaulay.
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II have a new remedy for insom.
nia,n said the nervous member, as he
entered the club room this morning,
"If it is good, tell US about it," 1t is
very simple. Just 60 to bed and take
the most comfortable position for sleep
ing. Then slowly open and close your
eyes. If, after 40 winks, you are not
asleep, then try 40 more. The greal
difficulty with victims of insomnia is
that they almost always fall to think
ing of the events of the day. This
may be prevented by persistent count,
ing, but that is itself mental effort,
and wakes one up. Not so, however,
with winking. l defy any of you to
think of anything else while you are
engaged in this simple exercise"
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Prayer.Mpeting Proverbs.

Long prayers inprayer meeting mean
either q full heart or an empty head.
Crititise faulty testimony, and you
have two faulty testimonies.
Long leading makes short following.
The prayer-meeting pause has fin
ger does it point at you?
Words born of the life, with power
are rife; words born of the brain are
ever in vain.
Think before you speak, if you want
others to think after you speak,
Wiseacre.
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The Ben-Della hotel, Laurens. s. c.,
was destroyed by fire July 7. Adjoin.
ing buildings were also damaged.
Losses about covered by insurance.