fyhc pewit's prcs. L V. & E. T. BLUM, Publishers and Proprietors. JOB PRINTING is na a ini-rcn it eoa-4 wis a3 u ey tiw4 to a wwea TERMS: CASH IN ADVANCE. MiTMU, eaATOK. Atrm Atm VERY LOWEST PRICES 0n Copy one year, .SLM " tlx months, ........ - three " .... . ! ma o iM to 1-a WktrtUI VOL. XXXIII. SALEM, N. C, THUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1885. NO. 51, iwiuj wtia aa-ao ae. CHRISTUAS DAY. The Christmas chimes ar pealing high . Beneath the solemn Christmas sky, And blowing winds their no tea prolong Like echoes from an angel's song; Goo-J 'ill nd peace, peace and good will Ring out the carols glad and gay, Te'.hns the heavenly message still, - That Christ the Child was born to-day. In lowly hut and palace hall Feasant and king keep festival, Ami childhood wears a fairer guise, An i tenderer shine all mother-eyes; Tlie aged man forgets his years, The mirthful heart is doubly gay. The sad are cheated of their tears, For Christ the Lord was born to-day. Susan Codidge.--' HOW S AH A CLAUS CAME. It was C liristmas eve. clear and .frosty. The sky stretched aboro, one cloudless canopy of blue, studded with countless gem-like stars, while the silvery moon shed her matchless radiance over all. - The night came on apace, and the many feet which thronged the crowded streets, or entered the brilliantly lighted stores or saloons, whose tempting wares forbade that any should pass them by, grew le33 and less; while 'within the dwellings, whose tall fronts stood up against the quiet sky, many little hearts bent high with hope of anticipation, and many a childish voice might be heard importuning the good Saint Nicholas for the possession of some coveted treasure. iut it is not with the rich that we have to do to night; so passing the homes of affluence and pride, we will pause before a tiny cottage in a remote part of the great, teeming city. Very tiny indeed it appeared at first sight, for it was only one story high, 'aud over -the low roof the drooping eaves might almost be touched by your hand. A small wooden paling enclosed the tiny strip of garden in front, and a plot scarcely larger at the back of the house; and here lived the Widow Mar tin and two children twinsa boy and girl, of seven years. The blinds that protected the two small windows had been drawn close; and in a low chair, with her eyes bent upon some line sewing, sat Mrs. Martin, glancing occasionally at the innocent sports of her children, while a pensive smile rested upon her lips. Rousing herself at last from the painful reverie into which she. had fallen, and which had drawn more than one sigh from her lips, she said, quietly: "Come, children, it's time you were to bed and asleep.' - The children ceased their play, and came to her side; then throwing their annj about her neck and casting a bright . glance toward the fire-place, where two little stockings were suspended, Nellie, her mot lifer's namesake, said : "We must ask good Santa Claus first for what we want, and then we can eo to bed, mamma.1' - Mrs. Marl in sighed. Little chahce ttiere was for gifts at -this holiday time. Alone in thn world, her husband dead, ami her only brother alienated and wan dering, she knew not where, her utmost exertions for the last twelve months had scarce sufficed to win for them the barest necessities. It was hard to disappoint their childish faith; and her eyes filled with tears as she answered sadly: -.. "I fear Santa Ciaus will pass us by 'to night, my darling. lie is little likely to find his way to our poor home." '"Oh, 'yes, he will, mamma," cried Eddie, confidently;' "he has never for gotten us before, and I know he won't this time. I mean to call up to him right away." ' - A slight sound outside, at this mo ment, as of a foot crushing the crisp 6nov, caused Mrs. Martin to start; then 6he resumed her sewing, while Eddie approched the chimney, and in his clear, childish voice petitioned Sata Claus not to forset them, but to bring the over coat, cap, and boots, so sorely needed, and whatever toys he could spare from his crenerous store beside. "There, now !" he exclaimed, stepping back, his little cheeks glowing with an '.' ticipation, "Now, Nellie, it's your turn." The little girl advanced timidly, and bent her face down with grave earnest ness. : "Pear Santa Claus," she called, sweetly, "please come to night and bring us a few presents. MammVs afraid you'll forget us, but I know you won't." "Now, mamma," she said.returning to her mother, with her little face radiant with the trust her words had in spired, "you ask him for something, and then he'll come, I'm sure, lie won't disappoint all of us." Mrs.' Martin smiled through, her tears. "You will have to ask him for me, Nellie. lie doesn't listen to old peo ple." "Very well, mamma. "What shall I ask him for?" I'ut Mrs. Martin didn't hear her in the emotions that overpowered her. "Oh, that some good angel would guide my brother's wandering footsteps back to me," she faltered, brokenly, "that I might, offer him my forgiveness, aud ask his, that I might once more have a sympathizing heart to love and lean upon." She bowed her head upon her hands and wept, while the child, slipping from her side, agam stepped forward to the cuimney. Dear Santa Claus. ' once more she pleaded, "won't you please bring Uncle Eddie back to mamma? She wants to forgive him, she cries f Of him every day. Oh. dear ntn Claus, say you will!" What nfade the little one start back, while a bright spot sprang to either check. , . - - Upon the low roof of the cottage a slight sound was heard, and then down the chimney came the words earnest and clear: "I will." With bated breath Nellie hastened back to her mother, , who, in the violence of her grief, had not heard aught that passed. "Mamma," she whispered, "Santa Claus was there, I know, for he answered me. i ncle wiilcoine. Mrs. Mar: in kiscd her little girl with a sau, ir.crouiious smile. "Let us hope ho w;li. my Jove. And now you must get to bed without further ;r work aside she in their hum- wanderer once more! If I only had some sign some means of knowing whether my return would be welcomed whether on this anniversary night of three years ago there is a feeling of tenderness, of longing in her heart, for me. One word of intimation that the past would be forgotten and forgiven, would reconcile us again, and make us both so happy." As he stood there, irresolute, his eye fell upon tho low roof, and a sudden and novel idea entered his mind. VThe children will doubtless be peti tioning Santa Claus for Christmas gifts; ana how 1 should like to play the part of the good saint in their behalf, and far exceed all they could ask. With my ear to the chimney I could hear all they say; and if one word of tender remembrance reaches me I will go to her, acknowledge my error, and bring, on this Christmas Eve, happiness, . joy and peace to her heart.. Thcro will be no one passing this lonely place, and there is no danger of my being seen." Possessed with this idea, and trem bling with excitement, he drew himself slowly and carefully uo on the wooden palings, and from thence gained the roof. lie had scarcely secured himself at his novel post when Eddie's sturdy voice reached his car, followed by the gentler accents of his little niece. Then followed a short silence; and disap pointed and sad, he was about to vacate his post, when once more the soft silvery tones came floating up: "Dear Santa Claus, won't you please bring Uncle Eddie back to mamma! She wants to .forgive him, she cries for him every day. Oh, dear Santa Claus, say you will !" 1 he man s eyes grew heavy with joy ful tears, and a; most involuntarily, he made the answer which had so surprised his little niece; and then sliding noise lessly down, sped with rapid steps toward the distant city. - An hour had passed, and Mrs. Martin still sat with her head bowed upon her hands, and her mind traveling sor rowfully over the past. Threo years be fore she had been happy in the love of a husband and brother; now she was bereft of both. A dispute, trivial in its' com mencement, had arisen between the two men; both wcie proud, high tempered, and hasty; and although a word from her, fitly spoken, would have sufficed to pour oil on the troubled waters, and re store all to peace and harmony again, it was withheld; and taking sides with her husband, she added her reproaches and recriminations to his; and the war waged fiercer and fiercer, until in a moment of ungovernable passion she bade him leave her house, and never darken her doors that joyful night, when go welcome Santa Claus came to the Martins. SELECT SIFTINUS. A RIDDLE JFOR OCULISTS. j DOCTORS SZXKIWQ A CTJM JTOB kzxzsxxajky BLuronss. Less than four out of each hundred Americans lived in cities in 1790. The city population had increased in 1840 to eight per cent, and is now twenty-two. There are'onlv seventeen State with more people than New York cltv. I The old Roman custom or law that an enemy who had come to another coun try, even in times of peace, could, if war broke out, be enslaved, existed in Europe tn the middle ages, and the enslavement at prisoners did not cease till the middle of the seventeenth century, the treaties in that century stipulating that prison ers should not be- seat by their captois to the galleys. The site of Chicago was a favorite rendezvous for several tribes of Indiana in summer. Its name signifies, in the n . . . . . . fottawatomie tongue, wild onion, or a polecat, both of which abounded in that region. Of the skin of the polecat the Indians made tobacco pouches. The spot was first visited by Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary, in 1673,who encamped here in the winter of 1674-75. In the middle ages there were two chances of life at the last moment ac corded to a malefactor condemned to death beside a free pardon from the sovereign. One of these was the acci dental meeting of a cardinal with the procession to execution; the other was the offer of a maiden to marry the con demned man, or, in the case of a woman sentenced to death, the offer of a man to mike her his wife. Recent statistics demonstrate that England has siitv-five square miles of colony to the square mile of her own area;. Holland, fifty four; Portugal, twenty; Denmark, 8.30; France, 1.80, ind Spain eighty-six square miles. If to the area of the British colonies nearly 3,000,000 square miles be added the area of the native feudatory states in India, amounting to 509,284 square miles, together with that of tho United Kingdom itself, 120,757 squaro miles. the area of the British empire exceeds that of the Russian empire by about 200,000 square miles; and it cover with in a fraction of one-sixth of the whole land area of the globe. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. x COCOANUT PLANTATION. delay." .jvud laying he arose to!s're her little on ble couch. While che children had been enmiged at their piny a man had approached "the ' .11 e a . . couage irom witnout, ana pausing in lruni oi ii, surveyea it gioomuy "And this is the place to which she has been driven," he murmured: "he v must be dead then. Has poverty aoft. -N, ened her heart, I wonder, or would she . still drive me from her with harsh and bitter words! I have enough to lift them a II to happiness and Dlentv : mav I shower it upon them, or must I bt i Bitterly had she since repented the words when, it was too late to recall them, and miles separated her from the brother she had loved so dearly. Ad when at the end of . twojfears her husband died, leaving his business affairs so complicated and embar rassed, that in a few months afterward she had been driven to this meager home., and despite her utmost efforts destitution stared them in the face, the bitter sting of poverty added . to her grief and remorse, until it seemed that life was too groat a burden to bear; and her heart yearned to aching for the re turn of that wandering: brother, and the soothing balm of peace and reconc illation.- - 'Oh, that my sweet Nellie's childish fancies might be realized !" she mur mured, sadly; "that there was some good spirit to bear my love and repent ance to my dear brother, and restore him once more to my arms! That would be a blessed Christinas gift, indeed." Even while she spoka, a low knock sounded on the door. Rising from her seat, she drew the bolt with trembling haste, and threw the door open, to be confronted by a man, muffled up so as to be unrecognizable and his arms furl of bundles. "Will you allow Santa Claus to fulfil the desires of the dear little ones who have asked in such loving faith to night!" he said, with a grave sweetness; then stepping into the room he laid hi9 bandies on the table, and pushing his cap from his brow, confronted her. "I have come back to you, Nellie," he said, holding out his arms; "for from the lips of my own dear little niece I have heard that I am forgiven." A low cry of joy broke from the lips of the widowed mother as she fell into the arms outstretched to receive her; then, as she partly raised herself, and looked with questioning silence into his face, he drew her to a chair, and sat down beside her. "Two days ago, Nellie, I came back to my native city, impelled by a longing which I could not resist, to look upon it once more . I inquired for you, and after some searching, found jwhere you had gone: and an hour ago stood in ' front of this house. Much as my hea-rt hungered for reconciliation to you, the old spirit of pride held me back frem entering on an uncertainity; and at I was about to turn away, leaving the ex- , periment untried, when glancing .up at the roof, the novel idea occurred to me to crawl up to the chimney and listen, if perchance the children might have their requests to proffer to Santa Claus. "I did so, and heard, first Eddie s, then Nellie's voice, but no word of re membrance or desire for the wanderer; and with all the old bitterness sweeping over me afresh', 1 was about to turn away from you once more, when again her sweet voice came floating up to me, with its loving petition for 'uncle Ed die.' In my joy and excitement I an swered her, and then hurried away to fulfill her requests. I have returned again, will you bid me stay?" Once more Mrs. Martin threw herself into his arms, with a burst oi tears. " "Stay," she repeated ; "that was the sound I heard, then, outside of the cot tage.- Oh, thank God, who put it into my darling's heart to speak those blessed, blessed words!" 1 Amen!" echoed the biother, fervent ly; "but for her loving appeal 1 .should have been- a second time a wanderer through the word. And now, my dear sister, bid farewell to poverty and want from this hour, for I have enough for all." It was a joyful Christmas morning that dawned upon that little household. Nellie and Eddie gazed with wide open eyes of delight upon the brimming stockings and the mysterious bundles beneath them; . and then as their eyes wandered from them to Uncle Eddie, who had stolen near by unperceived, she flung herself into his arms with a scream of joy. ."Oh, mamma, mamma, didn't I tell you so? Santa Claus h'as brought Uncle Eddie back to us. and all of these beau tiful things beside I" Nellie has had firm faith in the pres ence and efficacy of the good saint ever since then; and peace and plenty has flowed uninterruptedly in the train of What Handwriting Cereals. Handwriting undoubtedly reveals more of the character and attainments of its possessor than any other attain ment. Judgment is manifest in the form and proportions of the writing, taste in the style, choice of paper, ink, etc, care and neatness in the arrangement, folding. superscription and stamp, manual dex terity in the quality of line, and grace and rapiditv of motion. A skilled and discerning reader, as it were, reads a correspondent in his writing and compo sition,' and is enabled, as a rule, to form an opinion more just and reliable than from a personal interview. A person may speak correctly and yet be unable to compose ana wnte a single sentence without betraying an utter ignorance of grammar, orthography and general liter ary attainment. Adult writing is the outgrowth of years of practice and habit, into which has been become incorporated number lets personal peculiarities which render each different handwriting as distinctive from any other as are the characters, faces and personal mein of the different writers. Persons odd and eccentric in their character generally develop a style of writing equally odd and eccen tric. This is done quite unconsciously to the writer, so much so, that it is well nigh impossible that such peculiarities can be avoided by those who would seek to suddenly alter or disguise their writing." It is quite obvious- that an ha bitual peculiarity that is unnoticed can not be dispensed with. No one can go around to avoid stumbling into an un discovered hole, nor can one attempting to simulate the writing of another, note and comprehend so as to reproduce per fectly all the numberless parsonal pecu liarities therein contained, even if his own habitual peculiarities could be avoided. It is on this principle that scientific ex amination of the handwriting is usually conducted. In couits of justice handwriting is brought in question in a variety of forms, and - different forms require different methods for detection and proof. In some instances the work is so skillfully done as to well nigh defy detection; others so clumsily and of such a charac ter as to be at once apparent to a skilled discerner. Penman'i Art Journal. Case Whir Pnasl &eloatlate Tn Cause Iaiior t Rlloeloe la ytmnj raiaalll k.'a4ieavranio. Many scientists have engaged in the study of the cauiet that lead to blind ness, but very few have reached the same conclusions. One problem for medical men, more especially occulists, is how to cure hereditary blindness: an other to cure blindness hereditary or ac cidental, and the third problem, which also interests humanitarians, is how to educate the blind and make them accom plished. A well-known oculist who was recently met by a New York ifaU ind Lxpre reporter gate some interest ing facts about the subject. Statistics relating to blind people in this country are in many cases miaicaaing. a uo re port of the Maryland Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, and covering the year up to Jane SO, 1834, is reliable. It has a very interesting table covering the causes of blindness amonz the in mates. The number of patient was tixty-two, and, for all practical purposes, the table may be accepted a a fair synop sis of a similar number of case any where in the country. Seven of the children had been deprived of their eye sight by accidents from injuries by scissors, gunshot wounds and by powder ana nitro-glycerine explos ions. Avery heavy per ceot. oi the re mainder of the case was those where blindness developed In early infancy, while the rest were examples of inher ited blindness. The proportion of male tnd females in the table is about evenln divided, although experience has showy that the proportion of children born blind rest more heavily upon the female ex.. while that of accidental blindness rests particularly on the male sex. It U Interesting to note the immed ate causes af blindness, either hereditary or devel oped early In iafancy, the latter being practically the same as the former. The rreatest number of cases of total nana- aess wa resultant irom opnwaimia aeonatorum. which is a complete oblit- sration of the field of vision. The next heaviest factor was the ulcer of the cor- sea. Then came white atrophy, which Is a complete paralysis and destruction of the optic nerve leading to the brain, rhe eve. in other words, can see of itself. but cannot transmit the impression to the brain. There were four cases of eongenital cataract, two of amolyopla, two of total glaucoma, and one of irrita tion of the lids. The greatest number of cases of partial blindness was caused by granular lids, the next by extreme myopia or nearsightedness, two cases of albinism, and there was one that Is be lieved to have been traced positively and directly to consanguineous marriage. Speaking of this the oculist said that the report conclusively showed the existence of blindness in a family for generations. "There are several curious examples oi the power of the blood to transmit blindness from one generation to the next." continued the uhvaician. There have been in the institution allnaea to above three children, all of whom are totally blind. The father has perfect eye sight, but the mother is blind in one eye. . .... .... ... L A fourth child, partially uuna in oovu eye, is living at home with her parent. Anotner case la tnatoi a lamiiy id Anna Arundel county, Maryland. The father and mother enjoy perfect eyesight and are in good health, and yet their four on are totally blind. They were not actually bora blind, but the los of ight began when they were between live and six year of age, and soon developed into The French rovernmeat ha had ceav ' traded a machine which, wita the en gine operating It, weigh thirty-fir tons, which will cut steel plate aa inoh ia thickness. It I used in cutting plates lor cruiser. ax urscirmT txit zi iruistio KETTS AND X0TE3 FOR tTOIt d talis! la Actier- totai blindness, through the destruction grateful raws-Paws. "Nice, fresh paw-paws from Michi p-n was the sisn tacked to a box in front of a fancy fruit dealer's stall on Clark street. In the box were a number of reen objects about the size and shape of small sweet potatoes. "Yes, those are paw-paws, ana nice ones," said the fruit dealer. "I just got them in. They are the Northern banana. They crow in Southern Ohio, Southern Illinois, portions of Michigan and in the lower part or Indiana, v ery lew city people eat them, and Tery few know what they are. They don't lose much, I confess." he added. "What do you keep them fori" asked his listener. 4 'For the few people who do eat them. Persons from the locality in which they prow, and who ate them when bare footed boys, come every year and re ligiously feed on 'em. I suppose it brines back recollection of youth, and perhaps they have grown to like them. Five cents apiece is what I charge for them." The inquirer purchased two and be- ean a aeries of experiments. l he paw paw is evidently a cross between a "May apple" and a squash. It has about seven seeds in it. which are large enough tc make a prize pumpkin ashamed of it self. The paw-paw tastes like a greet squash which had been sprinkled witt sweetened water. After a novice had eaten a paw-paw he wants an antidote right away. Limburger cheese is recom mended. Chicago 2eus. Took the Hlat, There was a man in our town Who was not wondrous wise; For though be had fresh goods to sell He would not advertise. . But when he saw his rival Mil More goods than e'er could b, He stormed about his rrooery Aa mad as mad could be. He soon found out the other man Had "ads." in abeeta, betimes; He took the bint and did likewise.. And new piles in the dimea. at the otitic nerve. Ninety case out of every hundred of blindness developing in infancy present the problem of hered itary action. The question as to whether close intermarriage will produce blind ness, or Itubecilitv, or both, is far from a satisfactory solution, bomo year ago it wa generally accepted by oculi' and by scientific investigators that blindness tnd Imbecuity could ootn ue ascnoeu primarily to euch marriages, but there are aeveral notable historical in stance that tend to how that thi the ory is not teliable. There is the Rothschild family, Of millionaire bankers. They have intermarried closely for centuries, but no evil result have been noticed. There are several French and Huguenot families in thi country that have intermarried down to first cousins during a long pertoa oi time, notably the Dupont famiiy, tho great powder manufacturers, out mere nave not been evil consequences. In one fam ily in particular uninterrupted ana nign standards of beauty among the women , . ! . Jk .V..t.l K. ana Dusmess capacnj uu ujiv balance among the men have been main tained. It is an open question, whether the blood of itself, beinsr pure and free from taint by admixture through gener ations deteriorate it quality or intro duce in it the taint of disease or weak en the vitality of the organism so as to expose certain point for instance, the eyes, or me ears, or tne Dram--M wuh will result in blindness, Clearness or im becility. But as to the tendency of the blood to transmit blindness and scrofu lous affections that crop out in the share of blindness there is no doubt. Scrofu lous blindnesa goes hand ia band with imbecility, and naa been known bey on J doubt to reach a far distant beyond its origin as the third generation, when it dies out. How to prevent nereoiiarj blindness, then, is one of the greatest practical questions of the time. A French scientist, who says he ha investigated 3,400 shocks of earthquakes, attributes then, like the tides, to the influence of the sua and tb asMa. Tat Interior sea of fire, he argues, I subject to the aarae laws as the surface sea f water. - Ia response to aeme Ibousaad of cir cular, Dr.SopbuaTrombolt ha received the testimony of 144 persons la Norway concerning the emission of sound by ths northern light. Of these persoaa, 91 , believe in the aurora sound, aad 53 as- laert that they have heard it themselves. 1 no seund Is variously describee as elis liog, hisaiog, whizting. crackllag. rush lag. rippling, rolling, Cpping,crtaklt;, roaring, etc The longest span of overhead tele graph wire ia the world have recently been put up by the French authorities la Cochin China. These are erected arroee the river Mekong, poets 160 feet hlnh having been placed oa each side of the river at a spot where the width Is 2,369 feet, and from these sillclous brent wire one .04 of aa inch aad the other .033 of aa lach ia diameter are sus pended across the stream. Ths action of superheated strata oa mMtea cast-iron, rich ia carbon, has yielded a product identical with the hy drocarbon fonniojt crude petroleum. Berthelot thinks this discovery offer a possible explanation of tho origin of Itctroleum, viz.: Sea-water penetrates Sasures to depths where the earth Is very hot, formiog super-heated steam, wfclcb, coming ia contact with melted iron rioa in carbon, I decompose! into hydroea and oxygen. The oxygen unite with the iron to form oxide of iron, and tho hydrogen combine with tho carbon, the resulting hydroctrbon passing la a gaseous atate to a rock strata suitable for their condensation a olL By mean of aa ingeaioot machine, wood intended for paper pulp U ahaved off so finely that it U ready to go at one into the boiler. The machlae take a lotf twelve ioche la length, which it revolves at a speed of l.OOJ revolution per minute, acd a sharp cutter shaves oS a shaving to thtu that it would take 730 of them to make aa Inch, a nicety of ex ecution which may be Judged of by the fact that 200 sheets of ordinary paper are required to make aa inch. A de scribed, the knife of thi machine hu a eliding motion, and gradually moves forward as the block decrease ia dianv eter, and, ia order that It shall not be come dull and the fiber consequently fall to be of uniform thicknesa, there la pro vided a unl iue arrangement of whet tone constantly at work oa the knife. The Sleep erChlUrta. Thi is scarcely a secondary matter to food and dreaa. We know how few day one can retain their reason or life If sleep be utterly pre vested. There are fearful old talcs of deaths from thi torture alone. Firstly, children, at least a nervous child, should sleep alone. Its stronger bedfellow draw upon it strength la some aa yet unexplained manner, aad one will be too hot and the other too cold with the same blanket. An aged or a weary person also ex hausts the vitality of a chi'.d. In most elegant home we ee the double bed being replaced by two slogte ones, aid by aide. The change has wrought la credible marvels ia the health aad tea per of children. Again, all children and most adolu should have beds which jleld -to ths body. Children are much more likely to suffer la thi regard, their prettiest cradles and crib often having tlat or tiff wicker bottoms which would maks even our stronger muscles ache. Tloa as long sleep would they take and wake railing, did we give them the moat elas tic woven spiral wire with net too heavy a bed atop. The old fashioned cord-bottomed bedstead were poorly re placed by any slat or cheap sr rings; or the light ur-up aoi straw oeua py their modern aubetitute of now, cotton, eicelaior or indeed tied maltreat of aoy sort except curled hi Jr. The Eng lish have followed none of thee cheap faahloos of misery, and, indeed, every thrifty Enjrli.b, Irish. German or Scan- aioaviaa gin emigrant uku w uusg mi feather bed, knowing that a bed must yield to support all part of the body to rest it, A hair mattress in two part weighing a little more than thirty pounds, over a feather bed on a woven wire mattress is the ideal bed. The aingl wire maltrea cost but three, dollars, aad with merely a comforter U better than the average children' bed. A nice cradle or crib bottom can bo made of a piece of the woven wire tacked on, or of elastic webbing tacked aero at distance of four laches. If beds are not yloldiog. children will lit on their back, heatiog them much more than 1 feared tn a toft bed. It the cleth ing la fitly loosened aad removed, as should be even la day nape, Ue longer naps and the freedom from takiag cold through perspired clolalag wna awak ened will amply compensate la ties fr the few minute apeot. lhlm TrmtUt. HEALTH HINTS. Dr. Napier Investigation have taught him that macaroni, pea, beans, and len- tils, all worrc antagonistically to tne ae- sire for alcoholic drinks. An almost unfailing remedy for rest lessness and aleeplessness in children i to take them into the open air for a little time before sending them to bed. An amplication of distilled water or rain-water, with which, has been mixed a mall amount of cream oi tartar, wu cure inflamed eyes. A solution of re fined borax not too strong is also good. The juice of the common miiK weea will generally cure wart on the hand or fac. It is an inexpenaive snu i application, and much, preferable to cut ting the excrescences out, which will not alwaya extirpate them. It will probably um Vij aama rmrnoaa on the teat Of cows, where, warts often come aad cause much inconvenience ia milking. The Drvcautf Circular says: "Acids prescribed for the purpoeo tf correcting the gastric juice ahould be taken before meals, ao aa to produce a copu '"- tion of the gastric giana ounog w meal. Alkalie intended to counteract the acidity of the etomach aheuid D taken at meala; but when it i Intended that they ahould be abtorbed by the blood, they should be givsa fasti j." TTarmtag Boetax. A correspondent writing fro as Vienna savs: "The stove are large, about six feet high and two broad, but have a mall place for the fire. So, when the fir is kindled, heat ia riven out to the ides of the stove before it caa lot It self ia the Cue. Ia Hoaaia the stoves have a number of flues, usually six, ap the first of which the heated amoke goes. down the second, up tb third, etc, ao that by th time It reaches the chimney it ia a'mof cold. -A handful of wood warma the store eaourh to heat a large room. When the fire 1 burned out the communication to the cbisocev an 1 roon are cut off. then the atov alowtyradl ate it accumulated heat into the room. Where I ara writing this letter 1 a large white earthenware tov six feet high with fortv-eicbt tquar feet of surface. A pouad of coal sets It going and keeps th room warm for th greater part of -i - J . M wt f f . M 'rl Coffe mad with diatilled water Is aid to have a greatly Ira pro ed aroma. It seems that the mineral carbonate ia onmmaa water render th tannin of tb ! coffee berry soluble. bot th drug wtu not disaolv ia dtsuaeu water. HMBaBjBaant-'"'i"HM' Time is the London cabmen's alaag for money. If they wUh to x pre V Bd they aay that .. a quarter to 10;" tf Sa d. "half Pt 8;" If 11 M. quarter to la." Th tvsteai it aimpl If not very graaa. Taeeseees et Acre rtsaM rttwe . C tfcv Bat ITS a rroflsa. . T. Field, a member of th tra of Field A Oa borne, etteaaive cocoaaat growers ia Florida, said to a New York Tn2m$ reporter: "We are located ia Dad county, Florida, which la near th extreme southern end of th pealasola, oa th Atlantic coait. There, btwe Cap Florida aad Juelter la'et, we have now about 8,000 ecrt of land which w ar devoting to coccaaut walks, wh'ca is th distinctive aatae applied 1o Ut plantation. We began our purchaa of land there about thre years sro, bay lag It from the government at a lew price. It beisg ia the Kverj'Ue region, aa wilt be aeen by a gUac at Ike snap, th land ha never be a considered ef much valae for any purpo, whauvtr it tnsv become by aa extensive tjeua of drai&age. Her w are cpoa the shore ef th aea, a needed requisite ia the euece? ul growth of th cocoaaat palm. Th eil la a por ous coral aaai. From Cap Honda aorta for a dUtaaca of alaety mile. ruaa:ag parallel with th coast, ar bays, titer aad sounds disconnected by narrow trip of laad. but tberaMtv coaectd by Inlet to th ocea, throuch which the tide ebbe aad !,. lUtwe thee and tb ocean la our strip of laad. which varies ia width from tweaty rod to a little over a mile, beisg elevated nearest the oceaa aad sloping gently to ard th weet. This chela of I aland waters receiving the fraa water fowieg fro a th Ever glades prtveau iuleacaiag thrvsch thi trip ef laad. Kttly wlala frequently drif th Gulf B tree a. water age ast th coaet beach a far aorta a Lea Worth; thee waters being eighty dtfrrr Fahreaheit, a trorkal chmat Is pro duced aad a fin growth of vecttitiea l insured. W ar fasaed by tb tweet wafted to us from th Gulf Ptrea-o, aad verythisg favor rank, taturiest table groth. Here duriag th rat two year we have p anted JvO.OOQ cocoa- nut a. W take all oar he'p aad lap!- meats from th ort a. The ltai popu lation of Dade county ia 1!3m oaly 237. Our plaatiag It doe ia wiater, whealtak my family south t:h tae ad super. atend the work ia proa. At other season th trres help tbrmteive aad very lilt'. cultural alteatioo Is nceJed. "At what age do th tree com I a to beariagP "From all to seven year from pleat ing. Then they wUvvrx about two nuts per ire and WarcooUauslly a!ovl until seventy or eirhty year old. W plant about twenty feet apart, which give about 100 tree to th acr or a hit! toom." What abut prlte aad profur Mr. Field was aakedt During th last three year prices by the cargo have ranged from t to 13 a thousand;: beisg ta-e loweet Crure for th meet common klade. Tala le tmr th auU delivered ia New York; th freight and expeaee from the ire to market will not exceed I a thousand.' "I there no danger of overstockleg the market V "The detaaa 1 f or cocoaaat I aw a! not unlimited. I have a potabl offer for all I caa not la years to cots. The nut will b ud greca to a much Urgrr extent than aow wh-a rop know how good it it; and th water, which la then clear and not milky a whea rip, will be highly relished a a beverage. Whea we eat th nut from the she. I with a tpooa at the to.'h It is oft and rich. Then th hosk. which I generally thrown a ay la America, la a valuable part which Is sooa t b atil (red. F.sperimeaU to aepartU the fifrr by machinery ar aow 1 preg, aa 1 th devic le nearly perfected. Ia addi to thia, ther le not ucial laal la Honda adapted to th growth of the cocoaaat to overstock the market If all wa pleated to It- Prrbar not over I.. 000.600 tree could b grow ther rc-ceaafully." Mr. Meld said that a aaffkleat eumber ofconat palm have been growing ia Suth Florida for fxty year fully to demoasttat th certainty ef eoccees. Aal thee tree cc m par moat favorably with th nvoet auceeeafal ia other coua trie, both la quality aad quanti ty of product. Hat not naul about lx year ago wa aay attention given to thi industry ia that Stat. About that tim a few tlnaad were planted at Lake Worth. rrt of which ar aow la beariar. Sac the resident of Key West bat planted several thousand th different keys. which ar nearly ail cocnpod of thia coral aaad. veryiar ia width from tea to a hundred feet, aal it le thou-hl the keys will ea b devoted eat.rely to the growth of the cocoaaat. Meaarv Field Jc Oeboro already have about 84.000 arrow la oa Key l'.-.tcajae. Aa adraa taw which Florid roe over in iet India Islands ana other tropical re gions where th cocoaaat is growa i nearer to th I aitrd Mate market. ThoM who vtaited the New Urieaseex- poeitiea saw many fat tpeciance ef th cocoaaat paZm. sons oi wnica were twenty or thirty feet hlfh. They grow to a height of 100 fret la their aaue region, aad th Ire Is aa laterr-riag ab ject. It bear bvth mal aad female caw. era, th leave tarns g downward W ag from twlv to twtaty feet loef. Th fruit la borne from a loag p4ated tralae. which Is curious. Stasias r a Xaatla A a! aval. Dr. J. Irelaad. of Healey, who, wlti A. G. Smith aad other, ha be tala lag at Soda Bar, oa Cot to wood creek, about tw mile thlt vd of CoU's fvaki- you Mouataia hoot, brought to Iowa this week a mammoth bora. -o ia. teeth, vertebras aad other foJU of aa ei- tlact animal, whlcb n cal la orrot. Theywer fouad forty at feet bel th surfer, eika laaicate taai in a animal died taooeaad of J ears ago, tb actrumulat cg debri of age pi covr- lag the carcja to the eiUat stated. Tb bora Is fit and a half feet long-, la th ahap of a cow' horn, aad la eigat inch ia diameter at th baa. Th tewth aad other boo ar of maxnmeth ait. Aa animal built ia pro ort'O a to th would welxh at least Ua Use whea alive. Th teeth, bora, etc, give rl- dene that th aauaal wa of lb bo via spci. oa ofwaicb,lf good beef, woo d b equal to a pretty good- eiied band of call! ! la prcal day. JVU-S (Cel) JwrwZ. Ther I a woman data. Pari Is trying Lard to rttiv th Loop skin. S-u- are fattened oa th ri--t aid with large trockies. Quilted a-Ik trimsaisgs a-- fced ea aonve of th contuse. PJ'ubot-i wiib Boc&ea stri; la flash or vtlttt wUl b msch worn. Bridcmal4s let out by th day I th legead oa a PariaUa aigaboard. A eeasu ahw i,03.f3 stt'.etotrt la thai cloet of Pari, tb caiacosl. Several of th yocag woavea f th Harvard asatx rid to their rtciuU.-a eaUkycVa. TV poailioa of Stat lllicarlaa at De MoLae. la., la well tUd by a wooaa, Mrs. R. B. ilaawelL Plaid aal pUia fabrka of th aata Utur. la f r-'d ;i taia s&ohaLr ar among th le4isgccmtaat-asJ fargZ-ri coetumt. TW Is a -HacvahUa cms g'sg oa. and every l&agt&ab'.e si-ape U to be . Th a weal kind ar lb Lsz. narrow Dachtaj, Ivory is sgala uUlixed la comb, hair las. brooc&M, e arris gt asd tb Lke, b-Je Ue facet of pxrs r rarer bock aal alWtaa. Faacy plaa, coming aaJer ao trwc-al claatiicaUoa. ar la great f tor. Tbt plat aie ahorter than th cU Uoe fis, aad aala la dee. ga. Fe'.t hale with rwaaded crewat aad rather broad brtaj have a scarf ef r1 or fancy caa tea aroead tbrta. draw tp la treat aad mixed Ua cock p-ta-r. Loeg pl&ah otsttr garaeat ar faah loaabie la Loadoa. Uvea tb red.a got ahap It areata th lahartnoa as aur al h-h is oaly lo rt wrap. A veaua ta Fat:a county. Tetaa, rvceaUy car birth tan beta, t aha ah baa give th aaaae ! Cleveland, lieedrkae. Bavard, tta&a eg aal Cbeao wiih rpUetly. A t-relST aal effecUv raraltsr fs evtalag wear oa cither c.orvl or tUak a-lk, tea frost aad el trisalsz f tas.r.e aad jtela too prtuy de.g. Thee art at also. A pure is ahap ef a baV stockist s th L fit cola bolder. lb ka;.tsg a-lk, wi:h bee-J a, I tne dsra' thaa a. Ik aloa. b-J t.ar prettier. It drewe up wlia a U:Ce cord aal u.ala. Many of th shape both f hai aal boaaeu ar pinch! p la front aad c-t off at ta back, aad la aaaay e it U di&cuil t 14 a a '.her lb enicl l la leaded for Lai or boaaet ttU It U trimmed. Heavily bra! led aad embroidered drra pattern ar to b had la very arUs'Jc de igaa, aal a ther la a grvat variety ef ca la ported taer U aoi tb fc.al daagvr f taiisg aay oa deelga lo cotaaca. Log Ira! ar ta b wora eirer fer bndel dreaeea. Tb gracefal resaded dtmi trtua I teller Lked and far raor cosveakat. fhorl aklrt are be '.lev lit el lhaa trained skirt for a. I ecc.esit of Utl! certmoav. Th aew Tea o?he'.r ar aow taade of oa colored state-.!, taalckitg tb ceata, wita atre of tw-la- wid velvet, of a different e deep a. bvtMighl from wad era ia ta fall erewa. earned op to th cealr ( It, eal.ag whrr lb wool a tall uxallt is la a cluster of loot. Broad bead of Wad crch:d ar need fof oraaaaeaUag lb froat f heae dree, aal ar taeaal to accspy lb culraa er rMy ttaided wita tde. Jtt, g?il aad tte! mak a saet beaii. fat roatiaauoa. aad n.i a wora try ta aha caa afford them, for th prk la la taodeei oa ef flOO th . fseahe wilt b wore wlta all aalrla! aad ar iaorted t matca taoet ef la aew fabric wU'.brrf wo or ailk. Ladle wha ar ski f-l i ahroiiery tnake their a aaeVe froea aay ef th wool d r saaieriala. s ta ; J y getliag them tamped aad wrk'.sg them ta rtgslar mbroilery or Ceaeiagtoa atiuh. Girls' drat ar made with hemmed aklrta. Sid p'aiu ar arraaged la rs f tw r threw, ha via f eace between tke cleeura. Th abort drapery I plated atihbck. Ta b4k may b (U.S or la btoe foraa, aad open er t-rr-wadUularlr plaited vts ahxa. with ta high 4lr aad ruffs, may b s&ad of coauaausg aaatavtaL Buckle, clasp. aUJe aad hooka, la go'-d. aileer, at, aewat, aaaavel, pwat, amber. Wt aad asy coeaUaatloa of ts awe malar. ala. ar ta b eed with a fro hand this winter, aaaay belag lm there I htlX ten fer li-e r belag. aad wkilMtaaay otav appreprlal garal tore ar 1 vcf-3 tiy sootuan effeai good taate by their . AH klalt of cktu aad votU ar faah loaalle. eoca ar la th ahap of a rIe tot, opea la froat over a liftv-SiUag waietcoeX Let tal-e who f must pale- lota Uk the hlat by ruu.ag iWsa a abort a aa ord.aary bav-ju bod, it ting taeaa at lb back aal epesisc them rer a wal.uoal of velret or tiah ptssh la caeaiag lata favo araia a a trlaalag for drete aad aaaatU. ,TV paletot Is faa teamed at th ack only. trace th front fall loo over tb walaUoat. L Ptaali. a portrait paiater ta Lyeaa, Fraacw, wa re rrd to b taarried t MU. Kiaai Iveraard. aad th day of th wedi.af had t-eea aaaoaacwd. A abort Ua r reaali aalJ I tie Laace. I hop yow bar paid deferrac to tay aatipathy aad ordered all yoorclotbe wUhool KiU." T& gut sau l sa4 rvpued. -Sooaerthaa wear a weddiag drew withoat a toaraur I ahaU ar re- wear aay at alb" Tb art at earaawCy proceeied. aad aIly brgd bear t choow betwtwa him aad her devotioa to f aatdoa- Th res-all wat aoi la hi favor, aal t lefi it nam evcaiag tot Egypt. I weZa alaaet Wntf4 ta ay aweaW ed I rakawwa, jtefci. aai tarweg. Ta street eawaa ;y. I -Zn also a IVaaUaJ-. WV U waaawat V-e-a-d oa eSaage arcs. hrtrtt ta aavw t&aw, f reea Lite' Oa barrea aVerw, wber trtAaw sjan avrw Aa4 w4 wavwa C; bwaa I I war aiaaal Tar tie tax "V-i! cwrwt aad wwary ywara. Aad mmmAa ar tew taoa waw-4 eat traa TV fair ad aWwr V era wtia fs I re i an tavca Uia oa X w-wri Iw-9tJ3oeI TbWearts tatl3w4 U. mocnmi alert day, Aal U- U wrU iia.nieil amtu wa.v-4 vert Tat tw as tU4, Uy gtaeo wja grwa U Uj heart at eeryey a I w? lSae1 TWa t ay en.rwaa - TWc fr.i :ia UU taxlala wrfm4 awe rswadL Oat ed ay t-e tt t-oarw-4 enwa. r kfy -ari 4at, oa Ua I &.r tUowet X"3 tiny avaawl Ak' barrr. rx- osa aay e4 ay f- TVe rw-t mf cma s oe eraaxx a ! X Aad vr. eat &t2 war a Uir aao Xey ta aa4 wa e-v. e I tU- i n ni iux or Tat pat. A ttaa la CVkaro adrettl Hi rWwa.tJie p-aatrre in oal ai f ta. It wevv. CvrrmJ. f :rtkic of httCag. T- tk aa li abod ot U dear ta a faUtal- tr- -trry aha A'rXi 7 tl ewry -. yw lw. a a-ua X winmw-e far aa eatwl Staw; H-t mmm yuj m Kra. at at tnm w-wa.4 r-ir a t kra TV ta hva n saart lg ttaa a euiktgeo(4. aal b caa eiaad ea (t-t saieateUf etkif tkrw r-al ta a tsaay dffrrval dlorte.. t'Na-i K.ws UtV.e U -f a irht. alal aher aaediaiat. 'T. oa-1 it-h, who tal tee ii tl by Lev IV mtur btfs; r, aal aVe aa act oa.a-! w.:a beitr s ftl brror.f. tsl oowi S..bl , "imlU'n, Jfa"wA, Mr. ralbet;y tavak'-ac aa eewaltg cal. li-i-b. woat yactca aal at oa tay koeef liMy. fsr. tb tref frr4 ori IH rixit, lit. raOrr:y. Ia toil ma today txat eaa erVl I t-t at dew a ca ar la a h,.Va J- ri fc'.ch beai&aa Wel, Gaar d. Loo g-4 y oa tb der ffrtl d.'.t idre-fcihy. t Lai boea l with a Frr Khk a.!.-?., a nrir aieaaef - "5 a a a. Tb al ar a-a.1 a a ahaeky. aa 1 loalt him aba&f lhw wa aa f -h 7" IlrtaemW thaw ckUkrat yoa oe'1 tae fatajr Certala'y.'" "Jpr-.t J cbkraa, wervat tkrjP "Of ewisrwa. What waa te taa-ier w.th tbeat wk, aethisa'. Tb t-r-.tr wee aH lhr oa'.e I wail I la tell tlat tb aatt lies I wast a tt wl;a rtiVbe tfsr. Wif err agt la tkh for say twooi." 1.a-r - CtZ. Cat n Is 0 a Ug Ot A gval aaabrr of year acs tej wrr staitifd fcy rvport rawpwrclac a yovtr avaa I ibt wrrera part t what MlUi lrT Canada. II atttto rwols oa w'us'er tactltg la fiU lialn. Dirttg tb day L fe .ed Ire bkhl!rd. II aueayrl to fU aa otber oa la tst ea is UUf Uds-wa, t9ldv4 aoi oexcattl. II weal ta aof th Iraaitg tree t aueati ta di-eodf tbeea, wba tiira'y la ayp tre f:i aal eeirtl lb yexg tz-aaa feat Iwtweoa tb twe. at tb saa Lai lire taf lOaa oer li k w a- 1 aa U-at k'-t hOQlder j-at toocbol tb aaw. X waa aloae, for ta lb bash k vetta coll aoi reach h'a fnroda. aad if beisg a call day b mast pwtah. Ut h a a a taaa of atratg J aal wa oal t tb aca-a. IT toak hi kil.'e froea hi pocket aad rat lb loah ars 1 tbe bov cf It lacpnaoc-cl leg. Ask caa ta aa arry be b'.d li aaUl la coll cctgva'ot tb b ood aad Caoa pr- Crw4e-L If b fell kle alrewr-.a t'a aig t fal ha bat bol kla fat wita aew. WUl b had lb baa tared a reached k-e ate, aal wl.b re blow orr. ered it aad est fre. lie rraolel n.l ef tb wood aal arr-ca a tall t tb road, abere fawueg team lack kla he-ava. That te-sg avaa. nail Ur. l-sraO. Q. C . of tUe cite, wa afverwarl a eaoaiar of ta foalaloa caUaet, a caUael a'a later, aal kt aow taeet a ktr. J vOr Crt'ooaor. aba ke a U-e beach at tb Vmli aaaUra. r1-Oe Oav'er. pbrsiclaa la th Saadwkh lalaad hat com to la coaclualoa that tb oaly way to tea th alarmiar eprwad f leproey U to begin vacciaauag w'.ta leproty mcrwbe, b-it ao oa has yet beoa found waa i wlla; to sucsul to eptraUea. tzuat or U Brttiia raalra. Ta qarra a Great Bntala aad Ire laad rue er J:0.O3.C3 ef fao taa iacrea ta fa year of tV.evl, 000). oeccpy-ag aa area af slsaoet J 8. OO.WO S-,iar ac.ia. Tb trad carried C by thaa St3.&,0ld sami'j t A,S00.O0.CiOl year. Their fag teat over thrta ITtka af all the shir;Uf oa th taaa. Lcavlsa, tte-r ca;4'.al ci-.ka (with lu r&barbi a popalatoa at lea aad aa quarter i-uUo 1 5 driUjod era;ir ho etWted at all coa?ara-U to lb nritahveapir. alhe laaacieat ot la taodera Uasoa. Tmy 31 Cev. Sam Jeae aai th Crttt ttbts I wa a boy I aeat ta a clrraa, Well. I aa a powerf J tvaad ta tab ta lb aa'.e-i pert (f tb abw. aad Li t a a a larva aroaad a lb oata-i I saw ca-a of taa lo'UJf a goU baatb of d-rty Ixkia caava a-.rt. aad I f aV lwed them to bo lb waa a tart ed aa eve. Wed, Uoo taea t-- I rp a Ir la tb ora ad then tbry ktif p tkocaava aal psl It saaata -ee tb ternary aal ftuj aoa tb caa ba r aa I lala' aal tpaod. aad la a l:t t ahil U bad cepod 1st a mf- iaceal baeoa. w a taaa r4 1o tb earner aad at a w4 Ua strep wrr cat aad lb tol'oa toatol gaca f.Uy lata lb air. aad saw locl tr back epoa lb artb erwl t any. "I coa ha e carried tr.y of yo hUssear-M caa." I b aaaay a XletaadiM aai tatty a FapOi ab tvad to ta Vra-rd t prare eaoeUag Uk Uat ora ef catna. aai boll 0ev Cede f traar Cd tt bad esraale-1 wub the lee f tied. ad eUe Ibev oara get t toa'Jag I bey loek tack aai ralber aoi eot bsi City af tbrr tre'.Wr aad brisf I be a a-ter t feayev avoet;g Uk Ibr-xa. Ua A BotylUbU weleoaaa. Aad ar tea r'ad to o-o tae. my Cu: BaaaP naked ta b-ahop af Eoty. Te ar." relod Doiby. Aa l wbf ar yoa g'ad to to smP 'IVecaaa tf oaly aaea yea cava thai w hv aaytktag foe diaaor worth oa- Ur."-.Va Ter J. rotl S we tae. Ca. wry i iw Mr t&rat VIm awr.o rJ-a. Toa4 f X-4 awe tW e Ta Ur4 a4 At mil afoatraf tolWawo w no oa. w rt wwor X mil tao tw.(VW of a pl tU ww la Ao4 ni t i---e a t A ;oi'-- a y-a- sao ekwewe 1m at. iJtfaott Cwaa. 4

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