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The Farming King.
The farmer sat in his old arm
chair,
Rosy and fair,
Contented there.
44 Katie, I declare,"
He said to his wife who was sitting
near,
We need not fear
The hard times here,
Though the lenf of life is yellow
and !vn.
4 I'm the kint, and you the queen,
Of this fair scene,
'i hese f elds of green
And gold between,
rheso cat! le grazing upon the hill,
Taking their fill.
And sheep so eliil.
Like many h"Id by a single will.
These barnyard fowls are our sub
jects all ;
They heed the call,
And like a squall
On fast wings fall, '
Whenever we scattered .for, them
-
the grain,.
'Tis not In vain
We live and reign
. .
In this happy and calm oomam.
44 And whether the day be dim of
fine,
In rain and shine,
These lands of mine.
These fields of thine,
In cloudy shade and in sunny glow,
" Will overflow
With crops that grow,
When gold is high and when it is
low.
" Unvcxcd with shifting of stocks
and shares,
And bulls and bears,
Stripes and cares,
And the'affalrs
Of Speculation In mart and street,
In this retreat
Sweet ieace can meet
With plenty on her rural beat."
NIGHT AND MORNING-
It was a wild and windy night,
and the light snow filled the air
with fine cutting particles a night
when a good warm fire aud the so
ciety of friends becomes vitally es
sential to a man's comfort and his
happiness.
Margaret Edgarton arose from
her seat by the scanty fire, and
opening the door looked out upon
the night. She stood a moment,
and then, with a shudder, closed
the door and returned to her hus
band's side.
Heaven pity those who are ex
posed to the storm this night," she
said fervently. "Amen 1" respond
ed her husband, In a solemn voice.
"Though we are very poor, Marga
ret, there are many poorer than
ourselves." ..,, .
The man raised his dark, serious
eyes devoutly upward, and the fair,
youthful head of his palo wife
drooped to his shoulder.
Yes, William, but I tremble for
the future. Thq rent due, and our
stav here only at the mercy of our
landlordoh, Willie l v
The feeble voice broke down In
tears. '
4Take no thought for the moN
row: what ye shall eat or what ye
shall drink, Margaret. If it hadn't
been for my misfortune,1' and he
elanced at the mutilated and band
aired arm which hung powerless at
. v ittpn'mitrht hiivfi been en-
ins siur, .- , , i
joying the . fruits of my labor ; but
a . tnnpL- ..was. heard at the door
just closed but a moment before by
Margaret xajk1 "J" , . .
J : "Who can be out on such a night??'
and Mrs. Edgartonstarted upto
almitthe visitor. , . kai.M
.He was ;an old, weather-beaten
roan of ; some threeco re. years;
shabbily dressed, and carrying in
his hand a small, meagre bundle.
In reply to her kind invitation,
lie followed -Mrs. Edgarton into the
room, and look a seat by thesraoul
deringfire. After A few. common
place remarks, the stranger said I : ,
"It's a rough night, friends, and
Poetry.
Selected Story.
the traveling is none of the best -
can you let uieetay all night here
ijjhii i ins jusi ioia me mai it
ne rpniipri iintntwhiaiv - nn nan
i . . - . "
stay if you will, but I'm afraid that
VOU Will find our nocnmmnHiitlnna
none of the best. We are very poor
s ,1 . . ! t . . . U... 1 1
aim utmiLuitr, um cucn as weiiave
we offer it freely."
4,Couid you give me something
io at ( l nave iraveiea lar to-qay
and have not tasted food since yes
terday night. Eood cannot be
got in inese aays without money."
The eyes ofMrs. Ederarton filled
with tears .as she thought of the
quarter loaf of bread their earthly
all which she had reserved for
breakfast.
44 Heaven will take care of as,",
she said thouerhtfullv : and. risincr.
she placed the scanty store on the
table.
The stranger ate the bread with
out comment, and when he had
finished he appeared wonderfully
invigorated. nd rnn voropfl miito
intelligently with Mr. Edgarton.
4 'You have a bad arm there; sir ;
may I ask how it happened ?"
4if?prtainlv? nn unlnolrv fall fmm
a high building has crippled me for
nro ii
a a ivt
,4You were at w6rk on a building?
A mechanic, eh?"
44A brickIavT?r. The staErin? on
the new warehouse where I was at
work gave way, and I was precipi
tated more than twenty feet."
'ine warenouse ot Mr. Mor
gan 7" !
44The same sir : It was a bad ac
cident for me, but I have tried
hard to be reconciled."
"well, this is a hard life for us
all. But if I am to stav with you
to-nieht I may as well retire : it's
getting towards eleven."
Tho nonr hut clean bed anrironrl-
ated to the stranger guest was made
more comfortable by additional
clothing taken' from the couch of
the poor couple; and the man, ap
parently thankful, bid them good
1 A 3 A.1 1
mgnt anu reiireu.
They, too; leaning on the Lver-
lasting arm, look no thought for
the morrow, although it saw. them
homeless and without food.
Vnrilv. the faith which can thus
sustain the soul In most trying mo-
ILIt 11 L3 13 liW UClUSlUUt
Momincr came. and. to the ereat
surprise of Mr. and Mrs. Edgarton,
their guest was missing. Gone,
and when or howT they could not
Imagine, but gone he certainly was.
Thev wondered over the circum
stance; but, In the trouble and an
xiety of their utter destitution, tne
Btrange man was soon dismissed
from their thoughts, to make room
for their own immediate difficul
ties. ' Ten o'clock was the time given
them by the landlord for the re
moval, and with heavyhearts they
prepared to go. Through the kind
ness of a neighbor they had been
allowed the use of a building for
the storage of their little furniture,
and a room in his house until Mr.
Edgarton's health should be suf
ficiently re-established' to admit of
his performing some light ' manual
labor.
Nine o'clock came at last but
one short hour of home life re
mained to them. Fifteen minutes
later there came a quick, impera
tive knock at the door of Mr. Ed
garton's house. Mrs. Edgarton
went to answer the call, when a
well-dressed man put a package in
to her hand, and hastily turned.
away. 1 ",i
The package was addressed in a
bold, masculine hand : 44 Mr, .Wil
liam Edgarton." , . ,
The husband tore it open and
there dropped out two papers, one
having an official and the other a
private seal. He -examined the
former, and found it to contain a
deed, conveying to him and his
heirs a certain piece of land, with a
commodious house thereon, and its
appurtenances. Transfixed with
surprise, he broke the seal of the
private letter, and a 100 note met
his eyes, accompanied with these
brief words :
44 Last night you freely gave your
all to a poor and destitute wayfarer,
who now begs you to accept the
accompanying deed and money, in
reward of noble kindness. A con
veyance will come immediately i to
take you to your new residence.
When you are fairly established
there, your friend, the writer of
this,' will be pleased to call on
yOU. . ; - . i ! '
Respectfully .Yoursjt
. -Howard Mobgan. -
"William Edgarton looked at his
wire as he finished reading, " and
romh' nrTficted.'Well
did they know the name Of Howard J
Morgan: he was oneoi tne weaim
iest manufacturers of that section
an upright and high-minded but
singularly 'eccentric old 'bachelor.
It was in his employ that Edgarton
had received 1 the injury that had
disabled hint-for life yet,' strange
to say, he had never yet - seen the
rich" many all'of his- business being
..inritin!l-r done bv an- aeent.'-He
kd rtfiw'nd doubt that his -risi tor 1
was none other4 than Mr. Morgani
rrvtiotn th nromlse contained in
letter, eonvevance came for thel
Edgartons, Which theyT?ntered and
were driven to the handsome house.
They found it prepared for, imme
diate occupancy even to the fires
and the nice, smokiug breakfast on
the table. : ; ' , - '-' ; -jheyr
had: scarcely Ume tp ad
mire the good taste, which iiad furr.
nlshed thecomfortablerooms,when
a ring at the door.- announcedfa.vis-'
itor.. It was the old wayfarer of the
:u Kfro Hft received .all the
grateful thanks.the bewiid?red Ed-
fa
t?00(l four milfI f n f ho villarra 11
Mr. Edgarton looked at his wife,
and in her sympathizing face read
her consent. 44 Yes, my good. man'
cartnns tried tn makfi him. and
taking a seat n the.sofa,, he dre,w
tnem down on each side ; oi mm.
He fras now. well-dressed, and Mrs.
Edgarton wondered that- she had
not noticed . the kindness and . be
nevolence of his countenance . on
the preceding evening.,,
44 My good friends," he " said,
taking the hand of each, 44 I'll be
gin to explain a , little - mystery.
I had hHrrl rtt h miafnrfimo nf fine
of ray workmep, through my agent,
and that his family, were in desti-
vuio circurasiances. ieiore i couiu
trust myself td do anything for yoa
I wished to ascertainthe tma state
of affairs, and last night's expe
rience satisfied toe. uWhenJ flnd
charity and true goodness any-where.-I
am determined that, they
shall rewarded, even in this
world i and now. Mr. Edtrarton. I
am in want of a deputy manager,
and I propose the situation to too.
when you shall be able to endure
the fatigue. Ths salary Is two
hundred pounds a year, and -perhaps
your pr tty wife can manage
affairs comfortably on that, eh,
Mrs. Edgarton ?" and the old man
cast a good-humored glance into
her tear-wet f&ce. ' V
That was a hamir dav for Mr.
and Mrs. Edgarton. It was also a
happy day for the charitable Jir.
Morgan, and no doubt the angel
who records the eood deeds or man.
wrote many a shining line against
his name that dav. William Ed
garton assumed the post offered him
iu ins euiuiisiiiuiuv, Hnu iaiuuuuj
were his duties discharged, and
more than satisfied was his em
ployer. Mrs. Edsrarton grew to be the
merriest, blithest little woman, to
be found anywhere.
Mr. Morgan spends many a de
lightful evening at their house,
holding their bright-eyed little
Howard on his knee, and telling
him pleasant stories of the great
and good.
Blessed be charity.
Miscellaneous:
A Model Wife.
A popular essayist', writes' as fol
lows : " ' . " ,'"
44 A? I went up the . new Massa
rnnd the other dav I met a raesred.
stout and rather dirty woman.with
a large shallow basKet on ner neaa.
In it lay her husband, a large mart;
though, I think; a little abbreviat
ed as to his legs. 4 The woman ask
ed alius. Talk of Diogenes iri his
tub ! How .roust the world look
to a man in a basket, riding about
on his wife's head? She put him
beside the road. In the sun,
and almost in danger of passing Ve
hicles. I suppose the affectionate
creature thought if he got a new
injury in this way his value in the
beggar-market wouki De wcreaseu.
44 This custom t of carry iug ones
husband on the head in ,a basket
has something to. recmraend it,
and is an exhibition oi.faitn on tne
one hand and of devotion on the
other that is seldom met with. It
is at lea-t a new commentary on the
apostolic remark that the mail is
the head of the woman.1
- A Mistake All Around.
A farmer living near Washing
ton. N. J.. was awakened early one
morning by the noise of some one
entering his horie. Spring from
his bed he's dliexl oit ti nieet the
ntruder, and as he entered the
citchen he saw the form of a man
itanding in the room. Determined
to defend his Drotertv ftt all hn-
krds, he called to his hired man;
who slept in ah adjoining room,and
seizihgf a chair aimed a deadly blow
at the burglar's head. -The dark
ness interfered with his aim, and
the chair struck the upper part of
a door, and splintering to pieces,rell
at his feet. Before he could recover
himself, the hired man made his
appearance, and mistaking his em
ployer for the burglar who had
suddenly disappeared struck him
with another chair and knocked
him down. Lights were soon pro
duced and the" whole family arous
ed, when it was discovered that the
supposed burglar was an employee,
on the same farm, who had been
out on a 44 sparKing" i expedition,
and had endeavored to gain access
to his room without awaking the
family. His employer informed
him, as he caressed the bruise on
his body, that hcreefber ' he should
take a night-key or h keep better
honrs. He thinks he will. v
' !Aii Kxpeiistv 13reakfast.!- "
.Long years ag, way hack to 1314.
whep - our, I wives, a sisters,., and
sweethearts wore calico dresses, the.
material of wnica was .cneap, ana,
made for seven .yards, and it cost
aj manv shillintrs. three young men
of capital and high taritfing,named
f nnnilal nnrl M 1 (T n kjfnriflinCTnITl f Ml J
Strong, BeiU ana seugwit;Kv iimiug
edin a night's debauch , at a hote3
In Korthampto'n, , Mass.; . In , the,
morning, they summoned the. Ian t
n tiioir ireanvL and ordered
a breakfast, which they stated nustJ
be the most expensivp that had 4yerj
oeen given m vn io-iutt"iFt',
cipaldish .ordered iWaSrapatand;
-a rtf vVii-h thev? would era In, the
kitchen and superintend personally,
the cooking. When the fat Was
hoL they each ,.daojited .in Mt
their gold watches, chains, lockets, ,
and signet rings, which were fried,
with the. ham ana eyg3...Ane,cosi,
nrthe lewelrv alone was at' least
$1,500. All of the parties are dead-
HOW, DUl mey iiveu,Mujj cuuugu
know the folly f their Toollsh,, ex-
are more.pruuwv""1"! mc.i. tM11"
ey whle the, ladies hav' "grown,
rgor9exUavagat.:: ;i' v j
Unhappy Marriage
rri.A nntnorcol e-rnectatlon of maf
ried people is, that their, married
iiv will always be happy ones
Tkeioded dreamer ! They imagine
they are different from other people.
and thavwnen mey ief rM:
nl4 nf mtrlmonv. love, peace and
v trill ever be their Ktten-
In'u Sufh imd better by ftu con
sider iheraselve the same as others,
T)ut form iron resolutions, to oo
differently from other marrieu ieo-
ple resolutions txiai wm ej
from the danger u coasts on .which
so many have i-njwrevcvi.
ruined. unnaypy mnrnaK
pend upon many causes. ' Previous
tr, trQrrt!4ire. m ah v try to appear
rcnro infiWtnaL amiable or more
accomplished than they really are.
lepend npon it, irwi w uwi
Into existence by a moonngni
stroll, strengthens! by deceit ana
fiishlonable displays, and finally
consumated through the Influence
of intriguing friends, , will fade in
after life almost as tne nowers
whieh compose the bridal wreain.
Tho Triumph of Beauty.
RhA!1?rlidn't Wre a duff (so'' he
said) whether she pleased mascu
line eyes or no. . But sne ivy3
looked pretty, and got out of bread
baking and dish washing on every
(inn ooivahle nretext. and she
wouldn't scrub, nor get ap early in
the morning to smile at her broth
era over the coffee Dot. and she al
ways put her hair up in papers
over night, so as to look pretty in
fhe mnminff. and.' oh. IDV. she did
lots of things that are too dreadful,
to tell here, to make herself pretty J
She teased her papa ror money anu
got it, too, and locked everything
she wanted fromvher brothers, and
got all the presents from gentlemen
that she eoqld, and then what do
you think ; why, she "got the only
good sensible one therfe was among
them, at last. She had her carriage
and everything she wanted, and
did just as she was a mind to, was
petted and caressed by hpr husband
and humored by every one, and
forgot all about her poor relations,
Which was strange. When her
mother died she cried a iitllo and
said: 44 Well, poor mother, she had
outlived her usefulriess"and sent hcT
father some money to pay the fun
eral expenses, and wore blak, and
considered, her duty 'done. " Happy
woman ! ,
Expression of the pje-hrot
The eye-brows are a part of the
face comparatively but .little no
ticed, though in disclosing the sen
timent of the roind scarcely any
other features 6f the face can come
into competition. In vain the most
prudent female imposes silence on
her tongue; in vain fehe tries , to
compose the face and eyes ; a single
movement of the eyebrows instant-
'ly discloses what passing in her,
soul. .Placed upon me sain, u
attached to the muscles which move
them in every. 0; ration, the eye
brows are obedient, in consequence
of their extreme nobility, to the
siighest internal impulses. Their
majesty, pride, vanity, severity,
kindness, the dull aud gloomy pas
sion soft and g-ay, are alternately
depicted. "The . -e-brows alone,"
said Lavater, the prince of physi
ognomists, "often give the most
positive expression of the charac:
ter." "Fart or ts soui," snys
Pliny, the elder, -resiues in me.
eye-brows, 'vhich moves at the
command of the wiii." Le Brun,
in his treatise on the passions says
that "the eye-brows are the least
equivocal interpreters of tho emo
tions of the hearw ana oi tne uw-
tious of the soul
ii
. A Plucky Wom an. ,
When Patrick Cahill was ar
raigned before 'Justice Del mar,, in
Brooklyn,' his wife, Mary, said that
he abandoned her and her two chil
dren in Ireland twenty years ago.
After their marriage there he lived
with her four or five years, and
then he took a little trip to Eng
land. She received a letter from
him, saying that he, was going to
America, and - that she :would see
hinvno more. . She did not believe
his story nd Went to England to
search v for him. She ascertained
tht hethad am led. for America, and
taking her ,two children, followed
him,' going to and from the princi
ple cities. Yesr after jrear she
worked her i way inquiring, until
last week she j heard herr husband
was living at Hamilton avenne and
Uenry street, Brooklyn. 3he!caHed
on him, and he greeted her with
consfderablo afEection; kissing her
andbe child t bat remained to her,
1 drforahle . ftirtune-, .Hb ..nleadtd
: 1 . ... .luin.lnntimnt hitf la In Iw.
ITUllV.i-U auaUUlHiULCUdi UUV a w v-
- Tliero are'Sunsr and Suns. ,!-(
, Our sun is found to be greatly in
ferior i to some.pft the otherigreat
lights of the universe. , The nearest
star lies4' 200,000 ' times further off;
from 'the earth than the sun; Alpha,
of the constellation; Oentaur, shines,
with three Unesahejustrethat the
sun,, would have' at ibe same dis
takhA onri lHn4 ha.4 a volume from
7,000 to '.OOO times' greater tharil
that of the fSun;:But whileHtn?!
doubtless true, tlja numbers, of the
stars are'.vastly superior tp pur sdh.
yet i t Js m aifactvOdemonstrated
by the telescope.' that -many are of
le ,iugnitnder than : itPrpfesot
oii'l
i ,A. petnfed sunflower , Jiasr heen.
! min'l In'Lncanstiort .Indiana.' '.
1 rTj.jTHi'HiZ. 0f iSiAl W'Clltt kiUQ'ff
onebavrog'Oiea Iasrsmmer,!r
rlck was : living with another?
manr to whom he say he la not
; a - s ... 'rii -. - .
- I "omnauJLrcs.
There is an objection to the com-
mon way of boning eges winch
people do not nnderstand; ' It is
this: .. " -. ?
1 1 44The whito under? threo minutes
rapifl .cooking , becomes tough aud
indigestible, while the yolk is left
soft. When' properly cooked eggs
are done evenly through like any
other-food.: ,Tlnr result may be at
tained by ' jpuUingf the eggs, into a
dish , with a.overas a tin, pail, and
then pouring4 upon . them boiling
i writer, twb 'quarts or mnre to the
doren .eggs, and' set them away
from the stove for fifteen minutes.
The heat of tho water cooks the
eggs s!owly,fevenIy and sufficiently
and to a jelly-nKeeonsistency.leav-
ing'the centre 'of the yolk harder
than the white, and the egg tastes
as much richer ana, nicer than a
stale egg, and ho person will want
toeatthem bofled.after having tried
this method once."
Unfounded Suspicion Punish
, cd ,i.t .
A lady in Marquette, iMich., sus
pected that her husband was in the
habit of kissing Katy, the cook,
and resolved 'to detect him in the
act. After watching for days she
heard him come in one evening
and quietly pas into the kitchen.
ow, Katy was out that evening,
and tho kitchen was dark. Burn
ing with jealousy, the' wife took
some matches in her hand and hasti
ly placed her shawl over her head,
as Katy sometimes did, entered the
kitcheji by the back door, and was
almost immediately seized and
embraced in the most ardent man
ner. With-her heart almost burst
ing with rage and . jealousy the in
jured wife prepared to administer a
terrible rebuko to her faithless
spouse. Tearing herself from his
embrace, she struck a. match aud
stood face' to face with the hired
man. Her husband says that his
wife has never treated him so well
since the first month they were
married as stic.has for the past few
days.
Dangerous AVealth.
The London G7o6e says:
"It is said that among the pos
sessions inherited by the present
Duke of Richmond was found a
bank note for 50,000. This unique
piece of fpptHKuoney, whose exis
tence we have no doubt, was pre
served wuh great caution, and by
means which must have been a
source of peril to friends and foes.
YTe are informed that the late Duke
caused the note to be deposited in a
casket, and this casket was so fast
ened that any one who attempted
to handle it at once received six
pistol shots. The ingenius casket,
we are tqld, became a burdensome
possession to the present Duke.
His ancestors had not transmitted
to him the secret by which it might
be opened with afety, and he Was
therefore not unnaturally timid in
the examination 'of his treasury.
Under these circumstances we are
not surprised to learn that he final
ly determined to deliver the casket
and its contents to the Bank of
England, "and 'to. investigate the in-gf-nuUy
or the terrible contrivance.
The duties of property would even
ho In excess of its rights if every
inheritance were "tied up" in una
way
At Tit k Centenniai,. Up to
the prefnt time, saysa Philadel-
pnux correstponueni, oiny suvcu guv
ernments havoelther.erected or in
timated any intention of erecting
buildings within the grounds of the
Centennial exhibition. These struc
tures are- intended -to be used as
ofiices by the commissioners of the
several countries, and 1 fancy,
moreover,' that In erecting tbem
there was also a desire to show cor
diality of V. co-operation and sym
pathy with the American people.
Whether this latter Idea be correct
or not cannot well be determined
but it is certainly a curious coinci
dence that t the governments who
have been ther,most hearty in , ac
ceptance haye.leen most prominent
in building these elegant fittle
structures- These are the British
government, the German empire,
the Spanish kingdom, the Brazilian,
the Swedish, and the Japanese
countries. , The Austrian bakery is,
I am informed, a private enterprise,
and there will be no government
building'erected for the represen
tatives of the kaiser. Neither will
France or Russia send any work-,
men to Philadelphia or build) any
official quarters for their , commiss
ioners, rjt-was notorious from the
.hnr..RiisriuV did 'not intend to
cooiierateyery ; heartily, and there
lSj mereiore, u ; uiacufjiu.tujjni'
the absence of any miniature Krem
lin, from, the, exhibition ground?.
Tinf. t mil t ennfess" ui v surprise that
our gallant friends,.thePrencb, who.
will jn... all prooaoiiuy jreapuiuio
pecunlAW A1 by the , sale of the
things senitnau any tu wauuu1
hdva nmitted to lend their efforts to
Kofltiiifv the niaeft hv' the erection
of some pretty villa or.pavilion., r
I lUstofd of a Western map agent
that oh a recent trip he was attack
ed by highway robbers, -wbo de
manded his money. As he was too
nrtifienf. r. to carrv money fi n the
cou'flltry, they failed to get any from
their Victim. ,tn ii I ; ni-
i Tiir, it cairl flit. oronfr. fshave
some spienaia maps oi-tnecouuixy i
alongwritn me wnicn xjbdouiu.iiku
td show you," andx'in a twinkling
h was offi J hi a- horse :and as xnap
stuck hjmn a poleand explained it
so efitually that ho sold each of
the band its a map, pocketed h is
inbhey and resumed his journey.:
in, v ,t:.v :-;. :
LovcW Mistakes. '
Many a man lives with a woman
half a lifetime without susnoctlnc
that the wife of his bosom has
really forgotten more than he ever
knew. Many a carnet knitrht xehn
plumes himself npon his wonderful
sKin in smasninor hearts isbeJnr
mentally measured and intellectu
ally turned inside out by the smil
ing giris whom he thinks he Is carvi
tivating. Many a veteran bean
who pulls on his gloves to depart
feel inf? proudly conscious of hAvinc
made a urolound imnrnsslnn mwm
the susceptible soul of tho belle who
nas enuurea mm lor an even in p-
would ho wonderfully enliirhtefl If
not edified, could ho hear the siirh
of relief which cleaned her Iliis
when the clanir of the door n.
nounced his departure.
Origin of Mahogany Furniture.
About the eighteenth ccnturva
West India captain brought some
mahogany logs as a ballast for his
ship, and gave them to his brother,
who was then building a house.
The wood was thrown aside as too
hard for the workmen's tools. Some
time afterward his wife wanted a
candle box. The Dr. thought of
the West Indian wood, and ont of
that tho box was made. Its color
and polish tempted tho Dr. to havo
a bureau of the same material, and
this was thought so beautiful that
it was shown to all his friends. Tho
Duchess of Buckingham, who camo
to look at it, begged wood enough
to make another bureau for herself.
Then the demand arose for more,
and Honduras mahogany becamo
a common article of trade.
Narcotics.
Sleep produced by narcotics or so-
called sedatives, says the London
lAincet. is poisoned. Their uso
gives the persons employing them
an attack of cerebral congestion,on-
ly dmering in amount, not in kind.
from tho condition which naturally
issues in death. There is grave
reason to fear that the real naturo
of the operation by which these de
leterious drugs, one and all, bring
about the unconsciousness that bur
lesques natural sleep, is lost sight
of, or wholly misunderstood, by
those who have free recourso to
poisions on the most frivolous pre
tenses, or with none savo the exi
gency of morbid habit. Great re
sponsibility rest on medical prac
titioners, and nothing can atone for
t!ie neglect of obvious duty.
How he Weighed his Wife.
-The Lewiston (Maine) Journal
has discovered the method and
thus reveals it: She is a woman
weighing, it was supposed, about
250 iiounds, but her husband could
not induce her to be weighed, so
the other day ho was out driving
with his wife and drove up to Mr.
'Dorman's store in Auburn. Tho
wife did not notice that the team
stood on Mr. Dorman's hay scales.
While he was talking with a gen
tleman at the door, his whole team
was being weighed. Ho then drove
over to Lisbon street and Jeft his
wife to do some shopping. Then
he drove back to Mr. Dorman's hay
scales and the team was then weigh
edminus the wife. It was but a
simple sum i in subtraction to dis
cover the weight of the woman.
On getting homo the joke leaked
out, but his neighbors declare that
Caleb will never be more sorry than
he was the hour when his wife
learned that she weighed two hun
dred and forty odd pounds.
A Species of Insanity. Mrs.
II. T. Helm bold, wife of the well
known buchu Hembold, in testify
ing to the insanity of her husband,
says :, Newspapers are ono ' of his
manias ; he didn't care what they
said, so that his name was In them;
he used to be working all thotlmo
with printers, editors, and report
ers; there is an increase of that
passion : he publishes the most ab
surd bill-posters now; he bores tho
men to death in tho offices whero
they print papers ; I think this is
Insanity ; it is very mortifying to
me and to his family.
If all men who bored newspaper
men to death in the offices where
they print; papers were declared Inj
sine the lunatic asylum would bo
full.
Whitewash.
: The following recipe for -white
wash, sent out by the treasury de-
partment, to . all the light, houso
keepers, makes an article that an
gwers on wo dt brick or stone nearly '
as well as oil : paint, and is much
cheaper : - Slake a half bushel of ?
unslaked lime with boiling Water, .
keeping it covered during the pro- '
cess. Strain it, and add a peck of
salt, dissolved in warm water,threo .
founds of ground rice put in Doli
ng water and boiled to a thin paste ;
half a pound of powdered Spanish
whiting and a pound of clear glue,
dissolved in warm t water; mix f
these well together, and let the
mixture stand for several days. ,
Keep the wash thus prepared in a'
kettle or portable furnace, and when s
used put it on as hot as possible'
with either painters' orwhitewash
brushes.
i
f -.Wilmington Review : Mr. Joseph j
II., Dulles, an old respected citizen,,
of Philadelphia, died on " Sunday ,
last, aged SI years. Mr. Dulles .
was a native of this State, but had'
been In business - in Philadelphia
formany years, being a member of
the well-known house of Dullest
Welsh & Wilcox. x