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Extracts From the Postal Laws.

SEC. 557. Notice will be given when
q newspaper or periodical is uncalled
for, or refused, or when the subscriber
changes his address without notifying
the publisher, or having his mail
forwarded, upon blank furnished for
that purpose, which can be procured
by application TO the First Assistant
Postmaster General, Division of Post
Office Supplies. If the first notice be
disregarded, u second may be sent,
calling attention also TO the fact of pre-
vious notice. The notice is to be given
TO publishers in Carada and Mexico as
well as this country. Second-If a
postmaster should cause loss to a pub
Usher because of failure to comply
with plain provision of law, his
liability would have to be determined
by the courts and not by the Post
Office Department. Third.-Post-
masters should make q record, for
their own protection, when publisher
is notified Of the non-delivery of his
paper to a subscriber. This record
should show the name Of the pnblica-
ton, city or town in which it is pub
lshed, name of the subscriber and
the date when the notice was sent. If
the first notification is disregarded, a
second one should be sent and record
also made of it,
Sec. 55S. After notification has
been given, as required in the previous
section the postmaster will hold the
refused matter for thirty days, after
which the same, and all copies sub
sequently arriving, should be placed
with the waste paper.
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by what Right.

We hear much of the divine right Of
kings, but it remains to be proved by
what right, far from divine, some peo-
pie make speeches to which others
dare not give utterance? BY what
right does your neighbor criticise the
management of your house, your fami-
Iy, and even of yourself when you new
or think of interfering with her affairs?
Why should she tell you that your
dress is too short, your hat unbecom-
ing, your hair roughened 10y the wind,
when you keep thoughts uncompli-
mentary to her personal appearance to
yourself? Why should she be allowed
TO give vent, unchallenged, to censure
and impertinence, one-tifth of which
if uttered by yourself, would condemn
you in the eyes of all your acquaint-
tauces and unmannerly and under
bred? And if your otficious friend
believes she has the right to say what
she pleases, who gives it to her ?
Cert ainly not her long-suffering
victim who writes under the sharp
lash of the privileged tongue. Whatso-
ever right the disagreeably outspoken
woman has, and by whomsoever it has
been bestowed, 1t is time that Society
for the Protection of Long-suftering
Humanity deprived her of the fright" J."
which is nothing less than 4 "wrong."
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Before and After.

He-I came. here tonight with the
distinct idea of proposing to you.
She-I am simply delighted.
He (eagerly)-Then you will accept
me?
She-I didn't say so, did I? I said I
was delighted.
He-But-
She (smiling)-But you haven't pro-
posed yet. Don't forget that.
He-What do you expect me to do?
She-Something original lam tired
Of all the old ways. One gets that way,
you know.
He-I might begin with statement
of my assets and liabilities.
She-That is very circumscribed.
He-True. Suppose should ask you
to be mine?
She-Worse and worse. I cam i'm
agine anything more commonplace. Be-
sides, I wouldn't be yours.
He-Then you refuse me3
She-You haven't proposed yet.
He-But you have anticipated me.
She-Not at ALL Even if I married I
wouldn't agree to be. yours-that is,
not altogether.
He-One half?
She-You forget you haven't proposed
yet.
He-And everything I've said goes
for naught?
She (somewhat uncertain)-Why, Of
course.
He-Then I've changed my mind.
She-About what?
He (taking her hand)-About pro-
posing, of course.
She-Then what are you going to do?
He-Kiss you.
She-What, sir, before we are en-
gagged?
he (suiting the action to the word)-
No. Afterward.
She-You horrid, mean, despicable
thing g!-Truth.
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fut of yours. doan' low nobody to fool
wild me-"
And little later:
II nebber skipped town yit, an 1
won't begin now"
Then Paradise hall Jared and vibrat-
ed, and the plaster fell i'll spots, and the
stove door swung wide open. Something
bumped on the stairs and fell "ker-
squash" into the alley, followed by
racket as if a dray horse was galloping
for his life. In three or four minutes
Giveadam Jones returned, the right leg
Of his trousers split to the knee and his
breath coming hard, and as he sat down
Brother Gardner arose and said:
my fr'en's, de difference between a
philosopher an fakir is sometimes so
powerful fine dat de best Of men are de-
ceivcd. It's my opinyon dat we got hold
OF do wrong animal, but dere's no great
harm dun. I reckon he won't bodder us
no more, an perhaps he has left us few
grains of wheat among de chaff. We
will now annunciate homewards. IN.
Quad in Detroit Free Press.
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How 10 Dry. Wet Shoes.

The average woman considers her
boots spoiled when once they are wet,
and usually they are stiff, uncOmforta-
bic and shuppiess. If they are new,
and her purse is limited, she can't
throw them aside, and consequently
suffers tortures, both to her pride and
to her feet. But with little care she
may prevent much of the discomfort.
Remove the wet shoes us soou as posi-
bic, wipe off all the mud, then with a
bit of cotton flannel wet in Kerosene
rub them well; when they are partially
dry repeat the treatment. Put them in
a moderately warm place to dry slowly
and thoroughly. When they are quite
dry rub again with the cloth damp
with Kerosene, and apply the dressing
They will be soft and flexible, and but
little affected by their rain bath.
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Recipe For Curing Hams.

L. NJ. Todd of Virginia, whose
cured hams have given his product
a reputation that sells them wherever
offered, gives the following description
of his method Of curing:
|. The hams are packed in large
tray of fine Liverpool salt, then the
flesh surface is sprinkled with finely
ground crude saltpeter until the hams
are as white as though covered by a
moderate frost-or say use three or
four pounds of the powdered saltpeter
to the thousand pounds of green hams.
.. After applying the saltpeter,
Immediately salt with the Liverpool
fine salt, covering we'll the entire sur
face. Now pack the hams in bulk,
but not in piles more than three feet
high. In ordinary weather the hams
should remain thus for three days.
3. Then break bulk and resalt with
fine salt The hams thus salted and
resalted should now remain in salt in
bulk one day for each and every pound
each hams weighs-tilat is ten pound
ham should remain ten days, and in
smaller size.
4. Next you wash with tepid water
until the hams are thoroughly clean
sed and after partially drying rub the
entire surface with Underground black
pepper:
S. Now the hams should be hung
in the smokehnuse, and this importan t
operation begun the smoking should
be very gradually and slowly done,
lasting thirty to forty days.
6. After the hams are cured and
smoked they should be repeppered to
guard against vermin and then hagged.
These hams improve with age, and the
Todd hams are in perfection when one
year old.
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Rustic Wit.

In the town of B., Conn.,, there is a
factory where yarn is made. A stranger
approaching the town one day in bug
gy pulled up his horse and accosted a
farmer who was digging potatoes on the
other side Of the fence.
"Can you tell me where the yarn mill
is?" inquired the stranger.
Certainly" was the reply. keep
straight on till you come to the drink
ing fountain. Right opposite is a wood
en- block with three doors. The middle
door is the one you want. "
"Thank you" said the stranger and
drove on. In due time he came to the
fountain and sought the middle door Of
the wooden block, and it led him up
stairs to the office Of the local newspa-
per. The other yarn factory, the one for
which he was looking, lay half a mile
beyond. Youth s Companion.
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LIT Us PUT YOU
On the Right Track.
COHEN
THE LEADER OF LOW PRICES
WILL DO IT. .

We don't expect any man to buy here who
can do better anywhere else, but he'll have a
fruiiless hunt. We put our whole heart into
clothes-buying and selling. We employ
every talent, profit by experience, strive for
every perfection. and have got the art down
to-: a nicely. While some are shouting how
cheap they've got we want to tell you how
hne we've got. Anybody can sell cheap
clothes-tbere's 10 knack about that. We've
60 suits as low as S. but at $3.50. Sl0 Sl3 10 SIS
and $50 Is where expertness counts, clever
ness Is taxed, where competition Is declared
out OF the race, where It's "neck and neck"
WIN the best OF custom tailoring. And Just
mink or W hat saving 1t Is. A little more
than ls asked for the cheap truck, but a great
deal less than the tailors misunderstanding
What worth have words when everybody
Claims the largest stock? What weight have
puollshed prices unless you can. prove the
values? You've got standing invitation to
look US over and see II we are not Showing
tnree Times the variety OF suits that is to be
,ounu anywhere else. You are assured sat
lsiaclion III every purchase, not the "as good.
as-klno, put guarante that there can be
no better made. There's no chance OF our not
6eing able 10 suit you. Such an immense
line must hold everybod's size and every.
oody's style. Some Of the back -clothiers,
advertise clothing In any shape as the fash.
lonable sort, but their Idea Is like their clothes
ancient. The styles this season are of the
moderate sort In length, both cutaways and
sacks. This way for the correct style at low
est prices that can be made for the best
clothes.
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Success does not consist i'm never
making blunders, but in never making
the same one a second time.
Advice is like snow /; the softer it
falls, the longer it dwclls upon, and
the deeper it sinks into, the mud.
Adversely is sometimes hard upon
man but for one man who can stand
prosperity, there are hundred that
will stand adversity.
There is no tomorrow though be-
fore our face the shadow named SO
stretches, we always fail to o'ertake it,
hasten as we may.
Many household is destroyed by the
riot Of sudden luxuries. When false
splendors and dazzling vulgarties sit
at the tireside, Peace takes her flight.
In climbing 4 mountain we some
times come To dangerous places over'
which we can safely find our way only
on our knees. In climbing the moun-
tain Of life we often meet with obsta-
cles which we must pass over in the
same way.
An honest man does not make pub
lie proclamation of his honesty, neither
does christian find it necessary to he
always talking about his piety. But
all honest man will talk like an honest
man, and there is no good reason why
Christian may not always talk like a
Christian.
So the lesson is that we should keep
the days fenced off, each one by itself.
''Do to-day's duty, fight to-day's temp
tation, and do not weaken and dis
tract yourself by looking forward to
things you cannot see, and could not
understand if you saw them.' You
say, II could get through with to-day
but this must go on tomorrow and
Tomorrow" Yet you may not have
any tomorrow certainly you have no
tomorrow to-day. When the morrow
comes it will bring its own strength.
Philips Brooks says by the side of
every young man just entering life
there stands the Christ, saying; "Be
pure, he wise, be strong, be indepen-
dent rejoice in me and my apprecia-
ton. Serve the world, but DO not be
the servant of the world. Make the
world your servant by helping the
world in every way in which you can
minister to its life. BE brave, be
strong, be manly by strength" These
words coming from this great man
are full of deepest meaning and wor-
thy of our sincere consideration.
One reason men overestimate them
selves and underestimate their neigh
bors is that they give themselves credit
for all their good desires and purposes.
They know Of the good they wish were
done, and they take to themselves
credit for wishing it. But they cannot
see the desires and purposes Of their
neighbors but only their deeds, and
hence this credit fails. Judging
themselves by their desires and others
by their deeds, men think of themselv-
es more highly and of their neighbors
less highly than they ought to think.
A contemporary makes the state
ment that the greatest corporation on
earth is the London and Northwestern
Railway Company, of England. 1t
has Il capital of $50, 600 and revenue
of $6,5OO an hour; has 1900 engines,
and employs 60,OO0 men. Everything
is made 10y the ompany--bridgcs, Ell
gines, rails, carriages, wagons, and an
innunerab!e lot Of other things even
the coal scuttles and wooden limbs
! for the injured Of its staff: Repairs tU
! the permanent way cost $4,000 4
month,
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Continuance in Well.DOinc.

| Sophy had read about a great and
good woman who had given so much
money to build an orphan asylum.
"That is what | will do when / grow
up" she said, and she was so gratified
by her prospective generosity that you
would think she has had already given
great sums in charity! She even told
her Sunday-school teacher what great
things she proposed to do.
Her teacher did not seem to be as
happy over this announcement as So.
ply had expected.
"Iou may never be able to build an
asylum" she said, "but there are little
things day by day which you might
do"
Sophy went home from Sunday.
school feeling disappointed.
One day she heard her mother say
that poor old Hannah who lived in q
narrow alley, not far down town,
was almost blind, and her son, who
lived with her. earned for her but a
very scanty support.
/ was on her way home from school
that Sophy thought Of this-she would
60 aud see blind Hannah.
She found the poor old woman sit
ting near. the fire, very much bent
down, and looking very sad. She
seemed surprised to hear the young
girls voice near her. Sophy began by
asking if she would like to have some
one read aloud to her. Yes, indeed,
she would, but she had no books nor
papers in her room, nor even Bible.
Sophy was prepared for such an emer-
gency; she had brought something to
read. For nearly an hour she read
aloud, and Hannah listened eagerly.
What a treat it was. She had not
spent such happy hour since she had
become blind. Sophy was delighted
she would come again. This was but
the beginning of happy and useful
winter. Day after day Sophy went to
see Hannah and became more and
more interested in the poor old friend.
Beside reading for her, she often help
Ell her in other ways. She brought her
warm clothing, tidied up her room.
and often brought her plate of hot
food.
One day her Sunday-school teacher
met her on the street, and said to her,
''Sophy, I am glad to hear you have
begun to build your orphan asylum !"
Sophy was puzzled.
"You are doing the good you can do,
rather than dreaming Of that which
you could not. You are doing poor
Hannah so much good, and is not that
better than dreaming of impossible
things?" Sophy next interested the
schoolgirls in Hannah, and they raised
little sum among themselves to make
her more comfortable. She now had
good food, warm clothing, aud coal for
her fire.
The children took turns in reading
an hour at time TO the poor blind
woman and before she died, she said
to the minister, "My life has been so
much happier since those dear chill
dren came to take care of me.n
1t did not cost them much, but they
did what they could. and that is all
God asks Of any of US.
Sophy's Sunday-school teacher said
to her one day, II think that the great
and good woman who built the orphan
asylum must have begun her work by
doing all she could for others while
she was a young girl, for the CONSTANT
ly doing of small things leads us in
time to do greater things.
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"EIOw to Cook u IIusband.'

A Good many husbands are utterly
spoiled by mismanagement. Some
women. go about as if their husbands
we're balloons, and blow them up.
Others keep them constantly in hot
water; others let them freeze by
indifference and carelessness. Some
keep them in a stew by irritating ways
and words. Others roast them. Some
keep them in pickel all their lives. 1t
cannot be supposed that any husband
will be tender and good if managed in
this way, but they are really delicious
when properly treated. In selecting
your husband, do not 60 to market for
him, as they are always brought to
your door. 1t is far better to have
none, unless you will patiently learn
how to govern him.
See that the linen in which you
wrap him is properly washed and
mended, with the required number
of buttons and strings tightly seWed
on. Tie him in the Kettle by strong
silk cord called comfort rs the one
called duty is apt to be weak. They
are apt to fall out of the kettle, and
be burned and crusty on the edges,
since, like crabs and oysters. you have
to cook them while alive. II he sput-
ter and fuses, do not be anxious
some husbands do this until they
are called done. Add little sugar
in the form of what the confectioners
call kisses, but no vinegar or pepper
OH any account. A little spice improv-
es them, but 1t must be used with
Judgment. Do not stick any sharp
instrument into him to see if he is
tender or becoming so. Stir him
gently, watching the while lest he
adhere to the kettle, and so become
useless. You cannot fail to know
when he is done. If this treatment is
closely followed you will find him
all that is desirable; but do not be
careless with him and keep him
in cool place.
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Only Five Minutes.

"YOu have been stopping on the way,
Tom" said u poor widow to her son, as
he gave her the article he had been
sent for. "Why don't you come
straight home when you see my time
is so precious ?"
II did so, mother, until met Char
lie Adams" he replied "and then |
stayed only five minutes, to show him
my new knife"
"Only five minutes" repeated the
widow, "means u great deal when you
come t. reckon them all up"
Tom Price looked at his mother as if
he had not understood her.
"Just reach down that slate" added
the widow, "and then you'll see what
| mean."
Tom had q slate on his knees in a
moment.
"What am to put down, mother ?''
"Well, begin with five, and then tell
me how many minutes you waste in a
day"
Tom wrote the figures, scratched his
head, and looked into the fire.
"Would thirty be too many "' asked
his mother.
Tom did not think so.
"Nery we'll" continued Mrs. Price,
There are three hundred and sixty
five days in a year, and half IN hour
for each day gives total Of hundred
and eighty-two and a half hours, or
upwards of Fifteen days oftwelve hours
each, lost in twelve months"
Tom price put his pencil between his
lips and started at the sum before
him.
Suppose you put down two hours
for each day instead of thirty minut-
esq added his mother, "that will show
loss of more than sixty days in
the year."
Tom Price was sharp lad, and soon
proved the truth of the Widows state
ment.
$50 it does. mother" he said.
"But when / send you for anything
I want, and you stay lettering in the
street, my time has to he reckoned in
as well as yours, hasn't it?'
OF course Tom couldn't deny that,
"rhen try TO remember" said the
widow, "What u serious loss even five
minutes is to me. You know, my hoy,
how very hard | have to work to pay
my rent, buy bread, and keep you
at school, so you should endeavor to
help rather than to hinder your
mother"
"I'll run all the way the next time /
60" said Tom.
"No, no, don't want you to do
that. only want you to bear in mind
that our lives are made up of those
minutes, and that we cannot afford
to throw them away Just rs we please" "
Like a sensible little fellow, Tom
Price took his mothers lesson to heart
and it was long, long time before
he was again heard to use the words,
"only five minutes"
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A Man of Honor.

The saloon door few open, and the
ragged gentleman struck the sidewalk
with suddenness and all Of his person
from his heels to his hat.
"Well, what are you going to do
about it?' asked the facetious passerby.
"Do? Do, sir? Nothing. Do you
think would imbrue my hands in the
blood of a common whisky sellers hire
ling? If he were only gentleman"-
And the ragged gentleman looked battle,
murder and sudden death. .-Indianap-
oils Journal.
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which Will You Take

A writer relates a touching episode
in everyday life as follows:
"Enteriug the office of Il well-known
merchant, lifted my eyes and tound
myself confronted with the brlgnesl
and most thrilling temperance lecture
| ever steered myself against III the
whole course of my life. 1t was al
inscription marked with Il pen on Tue
back of postal card, nailed to the
desk. The inscription read as 1ol-
lows:
WHICH?
WIFE OR wIIISKEY?
THE BABES OR TIE BOTTLES?
HOME OR HE'LL?
"Whcre did you get that, and what
did you nail it there for": | asked the
merchant.
Il wrote that myself and nailed it up
there was the reply, 'and | will tell
YOU the story of that card. Some time
ago found myself falling intoa drink
ing habit. | would RIM out once in
awhile with visiting customer, or at
the invitation of the travelling man,
or any slight excuse. I soon found
that my business faculties were becom-
ing dulled, that my stomach was con-
tinually out of sorts, my appetite fail
ing, and Il constant craving for al
coholic stimnlants becoming dominant.
saw tears in the eyes of my wife,
wonder depicted on the faces of the
and then I took long look
ahead. One day | sat down at this
desk, and half unconsciously wrote the
inscription on that card. On looking
at it upon its completion, its awful re-
velati0n burst upon me like flash. |
nailed it up there, and read it over
many, many times that afternoon.
That night | went home sober, and |
have not touched drop of intoXica-
ting liquor since. You see how start
ling is its ALTERATION. Now I have no
literary proclivities, and regard that
card as an inspiration. 1t speaks out
three solemn warnings every time
look at it. The first is voice from the
altar, the second from the cradle, and
the third and the last from-w
Here my friends earnestness deep
ened into solemn shaking Of the head,
and with that he resumed his work.
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five are leaning on love we are not
restless.
1t is easy to stumble oyer the small
est sins Of people we dislike.
Honest poverty is no disgrace, but
irving beyond ones means is.
People seldom improve when they
have no model but themselves to copy
ter.
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Why Not?

Nell-Charlie Softleigh is perfect
slave to that Smith girl He is tied to
her apron strings.
Belle-Well, why shouldn't girl
have several strings to her beau?-Phil-
adelphia Record
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The Power of the Eye.

Blazley-I was coming down town in
car this morning, and the conductor
came along and looked at me as if I
hadn't paid my fare.
Bizley-What did you do?
Blazley-I looked at him as if had.
-Roxbury Gazette.
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A Foxy Man.

Mrs. Hicks-I'd like to know what
you could have to say to that disreputa-
BILE looking dog catcher.
Hicks-I told him if your poodle got
lost to come around and would give
him dollar. TRUTH