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9IASTERRD BV PABMIO.X,
TIIE STORY AUNT AKNIE TOLD.
•I admit that Ruth is quicktempered, ,
and that she Q r ten says things that she
doos not moan.'
It was Hannah Cleaves who spoke, an I
she was defending her young and pretty
cousin, who had been net quite two years
the wife ot Charles Gray.
'Still,' paid Susan "Adams, another'
cousin, 'I must say that site is much to
blame. Her husband is one ot the kind
est and best of men, and I know that she
often makes him unhappy. She might
do differently it she would.'
'I am not snro of that,' returned ITan
nah. 'Site is not to blame for the dispos
was born in her. She can
not help her own nature. No two of us
a*e exactly alike in all onr tediums, anil
we are all apt to act about as wo feel.
It is unfortunate that some are diseased;
but I cannot say that tho*c ate to blarnu
who have i iherited tlieir disease from
their ancestors. And so it Hs with our
disposition.'
'But,' suggested Susan, 'that person
who has iuherited a disease which works
mischief not only to herself, but all
around her, is certainly to blame if she
docs not inako any exertion to get rid ot
it.'
•Ay,' cried Hannah, 'but there we dis
eases which cannot bo got rid of; and I say
that cousin Huili cannot be blamed for her
feelings,because they coiuciii spite of her;
and when they have come nho cannot hide
them.'
Aunt Annie Diusmoro laid her knit
ting worn aside ami graycly shook her
head.
'Hannah,' she said, with deep solemni
ty, 'you may at sumo time be a mother;
aud when that time comes, let me urge
you not to tcacli your children, the doc
trine you havo been upholding here.',
Aunt Annie wad such a good, -kind
woman, and she lovcd"us all so well,and
did ao much for our happiness, (hat even
Hannah Cleaves was respectfully silent
beneath the gentle reproof.
'A lit lie while ago,' our Aimt went on
'ypu were speaking cf willful peoplo.
Now I adnflire strong self will when it is
bent in the right direction. The-nobh'sl
ol God's children are those who have
strong wills* The Christian martyrs were
cxtrenu ly self willed. Self will i 9 a bon*
eficient force when it i« made to uphold
virtue and goodness. So cultivate selt
will as much as you please, but make it
subservient to right. I tear the trouble
with Kuth Gray is, that she has no suit
will. What you call self will in lier is
only perverseness and inconsistency it lie
exercises no n ill at all, but is the creature
of circumstance, suffering herself to oe
swayed to and fro by every gust of pas
sion that sweeps across her path.
When Aunt Annie laid her knitting
work upon the tuble, and folded her
hands in her lap, we knew she had some*
thing of interest to say to ti9, for 6he was
not a woman who talked lor the sake ot
talking.
'I tell you girls,' she said, 'wo can -il
we will! If we will do right, we can do
right. She who proc cal'y denies this
casts &Bid? the very foundation of virtul
- character, and erects her structure of
lile upon a base of sand. lam going to
tell you a story ot my own life. You call
me good ; and 1 think I am good .to 'you.
At all events, I try to bo so. But my
goodness of temper came to me-through
a mighty effort ot will, as you will see.
When I was yourg I was more perverse
than your cousin ltuth ever was. 5Jy
temper was qjick and high,'l was sub
jeyt to fits of ot despondency that made
all around mo miserable; and I excused
myself upon the plea that such was my
nature—l could not help it. When Ibe
the wife of Dinsmore I was very
hapf>y, and I tliought myself very happy,
i and I though' myself very fortunato, for
I knew ttiat I woii for a husband one of
the best young men in the town. Your
undo Jacob was then just what ho is
now—kind, generous- ldving, forbearing
and faithful to a fault. For the first six
months ot our married life I did not al
low my bad temper to show itself much;
but at length my honeymoon waned, and
my old leclings began to manifest them*
selves. I became, in short, just what I
was I'oforo I was married. Peoplo calN
ed me selt willed; but I had no self will.
I did not will.to be cross and petulant. I
was cross and petulant because 1 had no
will lo be otherwise. Sometimes I had
bad feelings, and [ bad no will to over
come them. The slightest thing that
crossed mo found me so entirely devoid
ot will that it swayed me at its pleasure.
At tho end of two years there was more
of misery than of happiness in my home,
and [ could not hide from iryselt the tact
that I was (he cao»e of it all; and yet I
tried to convince myself i hat I was not
to blame. When my mother talked with
me I declared that I could not help it;
GRAHAM, NO, WED
and when my husband ventured to allude
t«» the subject, I flew into a passion. I
could not boar a chiding trom him. In
fact, his very kindness and goodness
sometimes tretted me; and when he offer
ed to point out to mc my errors, it seems
cd as though ho were preaching to me,
and I won Id not listen.
'Girls, I te(l you truly when I tell voti j
that I believe no one was ever more firm*
Iv fixed in the haoit of ill feeling than I
wits at that time; anil I did certainly
then believe that I could not help it.
'Sometime before we were married
there had been a volunteer artillery com
pany in our t jwii ; and as Jacob was the
only commissioned officer living in the
town ilselt, ho took charge of the prop
erty which belonged to the corps, thus
retaining control of the two handsome
cannon. One royal birthday the towns
people raised money tor a cel. brali >ll of
'.lie Occasion, and, among other things, a
royal salute was to be fiivd in tne morn
ing. at noon, and at sundown, of which
my husband was to have charge,
•'During the day I received an Invita
tion to join sou.e friends in a sail upon
the river; and as I could not very well
go to tho landing alone, I asked Jacob to
go with me. lie said it would interfere
with other duties, and he could not go.
I asked him it* ho thought the firing, ot
the salute was of more importance than
the making of happiness lor his wife;
and when liS had foiled mo at that argu
ment, 1 askod liiin why lie could not let
soma one else take charge ot tho cannon,
lie answered calmly and candidly
that lie dared not trust the gun in other
hands, lie was the only ouo win un
derstood how to properly haiidlo it, and
bo felt obliged to attend to it. lie told
mo how many accidents had happened
through mistakes of inexperienced and
careless persons, and lie could not feel
right to jieglect the duty lie had promised
to perform.
'That was in (he afternoon. At six
o'clock it was time fqr mc to start for the
landing place, it I meant to go; but 1
would not go unless my husband went,
lie hid sent for a carriage to take me
down, but I would not use it. I shrank
away in a fit ot'tlm sulks, and so remain
ed until it came time for Jacob to go
away Ashe was pulling on his
hat my, temper burst lorth into a wild
flaine, and his calm, answers only mad
dened me. At length I pushed him bos
yond the bounds of human endurance,
and lie turned upon me more sternly
than ho had ever heloro dyne, lie did
not speak angrily, but lie spoke as un ot»
■ended parent might have spoken to an
otlonding child. This set my blood uom
pleiely afire-, and I cannot tell you all the
wicked things I said.
'Annie he saul to me, as lie stood near
the door, it might have been better for
yis both if wo had never met.'
'I answered him hotly and passionate
ly 1 hoped that we might never meet
again. 'If you were dead,' said I, 'i
should be happier than I am now 1'
'No, no, Annie, you do hot mean that
he replied ttf me.'
'And I cried out that I Md n.can it,
and I declared that I hoped I might
never see him again alive.' And he went
away as I said these words,
•My dear girls, do you think such
words could ever have como from my
lips? Ah, you do not know to what
I wild wicked results of language a course
of unbridled liccuse will-lead. 'lf when
Rurli Gray is angrily disputing with, nor
husband, some shot t hand writer could
tako down her words just as they fell
Iroin her lips, and should afterwards
show them to her, she would hmiestly
declare that she never, never spoke such
things. And so, when many mothers
are tretlnly disputing with ihcir children,
could they hear themselves as others
hear them, they would be shocked be
yond measure. When passion becomes
our master we are blind as well as in
sane, and the sin is not in what is then
said, but rather in allowing the advers
sary the first foothold.
•My husband went away and left me
al.uiCj and, when he had gone, I sat
down and cried till I was tired. By«-and
by 1 hoard the report of the cannon, and
I thought supposo some accident should
happen to Jacob! Suppose they should
bring him homedead I As these thoughts
came to me, 1 remembered what a good
kind husband he had been, and I alfo re
membered how cruel aud unjust I bad
been. Again and again came the.boom
ing report ol cannon, and ai each report
the dread grew stronger and stronger
npon me. \Oh, what would I have then
given could I have recalled the wicked
words 1 bad spoken! But they had gone
forth, aud limust abide the result. Heav
ier and heavier grew the weight upon
my heart, until at length I thought I
should grow if Jacob soon
relurn. 'My crime loomed up oVre *io
NESDAY AUGUST 27 1879
darkly and threateningly, and it seemed
to mo that my husband's death was to be
my punishment. Oh, when wonfil the
firing cease, and when would my buss
band como home, that 1 might tail upon
his neck an t ask his pardon for
wickedness I hail done!
'The firing rea-eil at length, but in
stead of hopefulness, the da-ad became
t.eavier ai.d more heavy. I was limning
for my bonnet, intending to go out and
meet my husband, when 1 heard heavy
feet in the garden. The cloud had sets
t led down and the thunder crash had
coino. Men came in and told mo not to be
frightened— my husband was hurt, but
they hoped not seriously. Perhaps they
thought I-was calm; but they did not
know that my heart was frozen, and
that the fount ot emotion was shut up.
Then oilier men brought husband in
u,ion awi le b.mrd, and 1 saw that his
limbs were limp aid lifeless, that hislase
was l ko marble, and that there wag
blond upon the b"uril—blood trivkling
down upon the floor I And I heard thorn
talk; they told mo he had been run over
by a heavy gun-carriage—that in com'
i"g down the hill from where the salute
had been tired men and boys, in .vild
contUsiou, had seized the frail-rope, and
that my husband, in altepting to pre
vent the rush, had been knocked down
and run over. *
'l'wo doctors came - I heard them
talk of a broken leg, of broken ribs, and
ot other injuries, and dining all this
time I was as one in a horrid dreain, un
able to move or speak, aud almost suf
focating. Hy-aml-by 1 hoard one ot tho
doctors say that he would Jive, and then
I sunk down senseless.
'When I came to myself it was night,
and one of tho neighbors sat at my bed
side. I told them I wished to see my
husband, but I was informed that ho
was asleep, and that I must not disturb
hint then. 1:: the morning I went to
him, and he put up his well ann aud
drew me down upon the pillow and
ki»sed mo. Aud he told me not to wor
ry myrell; lie was badly hurt, but-> if 1
would nurse him aud love him ho would
soon get well.
'Lovo liiin! Oh, my soul, how strong
I felt thou!—how strong in my love, and
in my deteruuuaihm to be a true aud
faithful wi'e!'
Aunt Annie took ofl her spectacles
and wiped her ovxss, aud presently she
addod:
•Girls that was forty years ago, and
from tliut day to this I have not spoken
one cross word to iny husband. My na-.
lure is not changed at all; hut 1 have
gained controrof my will and boot it in
the right direction; and when once I
tound how mnch pure joy there was in
doing light it became very easy to do
it.'
'Ah! hero comes your .uncle Jacob
now. Bee how good he looks. Y« n can
see his gray hairs, and note Ihe wrinkles
upon his brow; but to me he is as young
as ever, and 1 know Ihst our love was
never more tresh and lerxent than it is
now.'
Jtist Ihon Uncle Jacob came in; and
when, an hour later 1 , we saw liiin and
Aunt Annie in ihe garden togcthc.i pick
ing flowers like ttfo yeung lovers,- wo
wcie forced to the conclusion that
they were truly a happy ,cm pie; and
Hannah Cleaves had no more reason to
defend cousin ftulli against ihe charge of
folly and wickedness in allowing her
own ill-temper to make heiself and her
husband miserable.
A TAI.E OF A ftlll.
AN INCIDENT IN THE BOYHOOD OF
SYDNEY SMITH.
We believe it was Sydney Smith who
said~thut in time of danger absence of
body was better than presence of roina
and most people wil! be inclined to agree
genial divine. The following
anecdote of his boyhood will show, how- !
ever, that the future wit evinced thel
possessii n of the latter quality at an early I
"go- \ I
At the time of which we write his
father occupied, with his family, the hah.
itable part of a ruinous old castle near
Woodford, in Essex, and at a short dis*
fance from the castle was a sheet of
water, large enough in" English eyes, to
be .dignified witli the title of lake.
Yonng Sidney, although unable to
was passionately fond of boating
but his aquatic aspirations were sadly
ttstricted by tho fact that he had no boat
and hia fst'ier being decidedly opposed
to his venturing upon the water at all,
was not likely to provids one for him.
In this di'eraroa, Sydney's inventive
genius soon found a way of overcoming
the difficulty. Taking his little sister
into his confidence, he surreptitiously
possessed himself of a large tub from tho
castle laundry, and, persuading her to
accompany him, launched it upon the
lake. Provided with a small piece of
board as a pjtddle, ths adventurous
young navigator managed to paddle bis
uuwiadly craft into the very middle of
the lake.
He was greatly elated by his Rnccess
and waved his paddla triumphantly aloft
with the air of a conqueror. Alas! it
slipped trom hia hand, fell into the
water, and floated o*f beyond Ins :cach,
leaving hire, without any means of pro-
pulsion, at the mercy ot the winds and
ffUVPB,
There nothing fotf it but to culti*
vato patience, and wait for succoi; so,
like a new Dingene», hi remained seated
in his 'lib, trying to oalm the fears of
•da sister, who vtaa now badly frightened
and crying bitterly.
It was not long befo-o the perilous
position of the two children was noticed
frpm tiiH hoiinP, and soon the
father and mother, with all the
household at their heels, lau itawuto the
bank in alarm. ,
Indeed, the situation was onn of teal
peril. The crank, topheavy cr*ft in
which they were embarked seemed ready
to capsize every instant, and the agonized
father could think of no means of rescu
ing his daflings that did not involve so
niuoh loss of time as to iuvite a catastro
phe.
A favorite dog had followed the others
Jo the shore, and, as if understanding
that nomething was amisa, several times
plunged into the water, and after swim,
Ing out a little wuv, returned, apparent*
iy conscious of his inabil ty to help.
Youjjg Sydney, who had remained
cool and collected, despite .the lamenta
tions oi his mother aud the others, sud
denly exclaimed.*
"Get a rope, rather—get a rope, and
tie it to Jack's collar—perhaps I cuticali
him to me!
His father, filled wiih admiration for
the courage and self-possession of the
boy, quickly procured a rope, and, tying
one etd to Jack's-collar, pointed to the
tub,'while Sydney, ut the same time,
called aud whistled to the dog.
The inteligeut animal at once sprang
into thotWHter aud swain out toward the
tub, while Mr. Smith paid out the rope
from the shorn, and Sydney encouraged
the dog with shouts of "Here Jack!
Here. Jack! Good dog—good fellow! and
the like.
It WHS a long swim, and the anxious
watchers scarcely hoped that the dog
coukl accomplish it; but he-stuck to his
task bravely, ami at length reached the
tub, and was seized by the collar by his
delighted young master. Untying the
ro|io from the dog's neck, Sydney fas
tened it to the tub, and »was speedily
drawn to the shore, where the children
were instantly clasped iu the arms ot
their overjoyed parents.
A CHINESE DINNER.— TO the English
guest at a Chinete table it 6ccins odd lo
beuin dinner with ihe dessert, and end.it
with the soup; to drmk Ihe wine smok
ing hot. otu of little cjiina cups, and have
your food brought to you ready cut tip
into email pieces, and to be presented
with a couple of slicks, instead ot a knife
and fork, to eat it wilh; to have, instead
ot napkins, a provision of little bits ol
silk | •aper by the lideol your plate, which
as.you use them, (he attendants carry off;
to leave your place between the courses,
to smoke or amuse yourself, and to raise
yonr chop-sticks to vour forehead, and
Iheu place litem horizontally upon- your
cup, to signify that ybu have finished
your dinner. On the other hand, the
Chinese can never get over their surprise
at our way of eating. They ask how we
can like to di ink cold fluids, and what
':au have put it jnto e our heads to qjake
use of a trident to "carry food to 'our
iiicuths, at tiie risk oi pricking our lips
or poking our eyes out. They think it
very droll lo see nuts put on the table in
their shells, and ask ,why our servants
cannot tske ttic trouble to peel the -fruit,
and take the bones out o* the meat. They
are themselves certainly not very . diffi
cult in the nature ot their food, and like
such things as fried silk worms and pre*
served larvae, but they cannot understand
the predileciion of cur epicures lor high
earne, nor for cheese I fiat appears to be
long to the class of animated beings. So
there is something to bo said on both
sides of the question.
TRUE TO LIVE,
A woman wi-iling lor women remarks:
Now, take a woman after she is married;
in most cases she looses her identity,
becomes in fact a perfect nonenity, al
though she may be tlto superior of the
two. You cannot do this or that unless
one of th*se'lords ot cieatiou' sees lit
and proper* and particularly in the mat*
ter ot money. J list ask one ol them lor
a few dollars and see how quick the scene
is changed; one would think you had
a«ked for a part of their soul'* iulieri
tmce, so quickly do Ihev seein to be dis
turbed. And then, even if they intend
to comply with your request, they beat
about the bush and ask a thousand and
one questions, and fitfully inquire how
much you want. You name the sum
you toil you absolutely need, and 'As
much as that?' is the response, with a
slow withdrawal of the puckot book and
the sum is handed you—but not s dollar
more, mind von, for yon might possibly
have ate w dimes left for postage or
•tomethiug else needlul. Now, sisters
some of you may be too proud to admit
the truth ot this, but I think the majori
ty of you will say it is tiue.
Tonrist (who is staving in (he neigh
borhood for the fishing); 'is it possible
that you keep the pig in the house with
you?' Pat: 'And why not, eurr? Sure,
isn't there everything iu it tho . crathur
win.ld want?'
NO", 25
Gleanings.
Can a marringe agent properly be call
ed a noo»e agent/ , **
Tlie five cents savings banks aro Fan
ning o«i halt'dime. ..
I bore ara 1,800,000 marriageable girls
in Franco. . ©B
The most beautiful ma? be (be mo?t
admired »nH caressed, but llioy are not
alwavs the most loved.
There is nothing that ho refines the t
fact) and mind art the presenoe of good
thoughts.
A man being taking before a justire
of. the peace, on a charge of stealing egg",
the magistrate asked Where the egg*
were. "They're in custody, tf y>nr
honor please," answered the constable.
Sixty-seven thousand acres were de
voted to th« in.fivalioU ot oil in.
Madras last year Those who Lave ha.t
Hiiy f> ar of a pcarcety of this exhilarut*
ing beverage may now take comfort,
A short man became attached to a tall
woiuuii, an J somebody said he had fallen
in love with her. M l)o you call it fallen
in love?" said an old bachelor; it ia
more litce climbing up to itl" '
Nothing really siiocceds which la not
based upon reality; sham, in a large
aense, is never successful; in the lite of
the individual, as in the more couture-,
hensive life of ibe Stale, pretention ia
nothing, and power is everything.
•You don't look well, aunt; let me iret
ont that bottle of«old port the squire sent
you.' 'Do 'ee. my lovo, and be careful
to give it a good 'ard shake to stir np all
the sentiment; then I'il be sartain sure to
get the real flavor.
A fmhionable visitor ihtis addressed a
Utile gill; 'How do yen do, my little
dour?' 'Very well, 1 thank yon.' she re*
plied. The visitor then added, 'Now. 1
my dear, yon must ask me how I do,'
The child honestly replied, *1 don't want
to know.'
'Bvron, my son,' said a literary father
to his athletic son. 'B» ron never played
ba«e ball.' 'No,' said the boy pulling on
his orange colored shirt, 'and* George
Washington never wrote poetry.' Here
the morning hour expired, and tho Dill
went o.ver.
Stranger; 'Herel Yo! We can't pus
your oy 1 Uustie;'Uaru't ye? Lot 'uu
pass yew tii9n.' 'Strangers 'No impu
dence. air. The pass isn't wide enough
lor both.' Rustics 'Baiut it ? Well. I leave*
it to he. Mebbe he'll toss ye for it.''
In the depths ot the sea the water ia
stillfftie heaviest grief is that borne in
silouce; the deepest love flows throngii
the eye and touch; the {.ureal joy is un
speakable' the moat impressive preacher
ai u funeral is the silent one whose lips
are closed.
Thorels one statement of talth made_
by Uharlrs Kingsley which receivo*
most cordial response from many men
who regard ordinary creeds with indif
ference r 'Of all good tliiugp that can be
tall a man in this world, the best ia that
he should fall in love with a good wo
man •' t
A paper ifa Memphis related a case of
a beautiful young lady, tye daughter of
wealthy parents, eloping with an editor.
That iaus it should be. We thought all
along that young ladiea would eventually
recover from the eoachinaa mania and
aspire to the nobility.
Nothing is more certain than that hn«
man conduct produces ita ettect upon
human character and determines ilt» in
ture weal or win*. Virtue and upright
ness tlie pure heart aud clear con
•-cience, whose working is an ample re
ward for cfloit and sacroflce. Vice ami
wrong inevitably leave their marks up*
on the soul, and tend to misery.
An experienced doctor in the West
says his bills are cut down in tamilie*
in proportion as they eat Iresh fruit.
Strawberries, currants aud tomatoes aro
I e'ter than mt'dicine, than calomel or
jalap, audrattier better to take. Apples
freely eaten, do iho work of vcriuiluyo
or lozenges. Every fruit or berry ha*
a mission to man hidden away within
it.
An ambitious clerk in a wholesale
grocery establishment resolves to emet
ine civil service, and oresents himself
before the examiners. "()..e of iho ques
tions is, 'What iB coffee ai'd where does
it come from?'
■Oh, come now, von know,' says tho
candidate, 'I can't give away the boaa—
allow me to plead privilege. That's a
professional secret.
When a person faints, or feels like
fainting, they should l>e placet! at oncti
in a horizontal position—laid fiat on ill*
I floor—aud have a little £>ld water dash*
led in their face. This in the eastern,,
quickest and surest way to recover frotu
fainting. In this positiou the heart has
less labor to perform in pumping the
blood to the brain than in the upright
position.
ODNOB WEIGHT,
Sometimes we are at a loss for an onnce
weight, when, perhaps, we have one at
hand without knowing it. Just take three
old fashion copper cents, or Ave ot tho
present two cent pieces, and we have »t
once a good ounce weight. Some sup*
pose an ounce of quinine, cr of any osher
medicine bought from a medicine store H
480 grains, but not so; an ounce by buy
ing and selling weight, whether it he
medhine or anything else, is just 437k
grains.
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