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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1894-04-13, Page 6,ll • eettotietseeseelerete rr Ei WING AM r''tMi.3i APED, a 1;),i, 1804, -ewM+.rm's-to - •P• .\r... '� ..,, ..... - ,.. .. ,i r,R•.l..�w-�.s-++T,�++•^.-n. ... .... .. .... ... rn't 1p1 iT pp..n, i"T.•^ Y,M 4. '!t. arrINSOTS SOMPkNY.ANO VAC eaPQ$1'A'L.*J I ANOI:MENT•WITN TNtM.. al (c•)XT ITal.) a l• 'ID: 1) 1 ' \• ?' 'b 0 S!' �"�: � t l ,new t atr a rn ( lt•e6L'ofti ai i d 1 whirling 'whiteness, winding sheet and alt „ iStnal rt.toea:l',.le• A .d lights the lamps5 flared lone- :'. soih'irly or Vont to eat` rt sh'of the 'wind. t1 Their tu- et rt:iu-1!ci:cr fell upon Tom ..11 seat strange. leaping shadows, across ii:11.4 Axe. Ile walked as one without lllr- pose and Rcpt «lost+.to the pallu,o . 1 ..following his cunfessiun had come "i Del atc:'_e's a"ae1 .; in the prt'.;s, each \word tau tinder bite. He had expected nein, but they :drove him mad. • and for a week he had been hidden in.t:.e nether circles hof the city. Such a week! -a conilag;ra- tion. in which he bad tried to burn every vt'stig;e of honorable anaukooal lift him. # But he had not succeeded. No, for he was here in this last hour of the year, 41makiu:; his indeterminate way for a hast '-fool: at the peaceful old square he had once thought so stupid, a last look at a the walls that had frowned on his fro- ,I;ward lopes, perhaps a last word with tVirginia. And then? The river --a sleep lin the snow an end somehow. N At the tree where the knowledge of this love and powerfirst came to him he }paused. His arms were loosely folded .; on his. breast. His eyes were shadowy • and grieved as those of a beaten animal thoroughly cowed. > Soddenly the shade at Virginia's win- idow was raised, and she stood with her €body pressed against the glass, her hands y arched over her c:yes as she peer -'d into i the slight. Ohl, was she watching for him Oh, had she one thought for him? With a yearning sob Tom made a :•moveznent forward. and then retreated. He could see the whole room. A man !had entered. He remembered him as ;Virginia's. cbmpanion at the theater. He c• +Iid:dl a bunch of dowers as white as ln.%•t a snow dinging +o his. broad shoulders, 'and as Virginia went toward him he - stook her hand and gave them to her. What words was he speaking ahatet? - ;Tom could see his strong. •quirerialg face, • lids moviva lips, his submissive 5,et ran- .s:passioued attitude. .• • He loved Virginia.. Yes, and the en- L ehaute l whisper of his love seemed to 'ti;teal out to the watcher through :the driftin;r snow. A moment they stood closely together, • "alien Virginia was in his arms, clinging t to him, and he had kissed her. A sharp breath of longing -broke from -.Tom. To shut out the picture he turned Ellis face td the wet bark of the tree, f'ehuddering and gobbing like a woman. ;Virginia another's. He not the slight - lest influence in her life ever again-fall- ?eri into darkness, utterly forgotten. . Faintly the first chimes floated from -jthe belfry, and he looked up. 4 Virginia had left her Iover, who stood lust behind her. She was again at the :window, still under curved hands look- ing into the darkness, and now he could :plainly see the pity, the tender, search -ing look in the wide, clear eyes. eta Ite turned hie face front where the river tate Ile was not forgotten. No, no, not `even in this first moment of her new happiness• •It vas •for him her gaze tried - -to pierce the deep glean, for him --poor vranilerer--the light burned brightly in her window, as if she knew, who knew him so well, he might stray back that ht. /stepped into the deeper shadow, his spent heart felt one quivering thrill of hope. Atumultuous, anguished -craving to live again swept through him. H he- were worth her remembrance, if satt wantons him back, .night he not yet maim something of the ruled «t! drib Tenth -not of the )marvelous structure the boil once dreamed of with turrets in the • tid+s-yet something something* lie covered his face with his crossed , and the bitterest moment of his was upon him. *tune seenleth to rise before him, 'ittetterna outward In bold lines upon a whiteness. He saw a disheartened laying down his spade before a :••1 o - a en.t mine which had failed in its 14'4 ',r•ndtt promise. Before bila into the . elf falling night stretched a mese toad. and toward this his face net. But he looked. back once over the blue prairie, back to the east, a farewell lu hid eyes. It was a moment's halt -a little space for dreaming and regret. To'n's nerveless 3 laias fell l vi, He wive a quivering eigh, like a unall com- iug up to breathe after the water had - passea Over lion. I:: i artistic life was complete in its - ':. + '-1 o ) �teilt This was his , t• � ri It 1. C 333 Il b$, I. n ural _:t t f trausitiun. Was there a new read for hum? Its beginning ini,;ht lie in shadow, but ilid it lead any where? Coital heg,00n's Where? How? Ile did tour iuow. Let V r iiia in the window still wee:ilea for hint, and now the •chilies were )ea::ag like 1:lad. Ole their rise and f 6a1. their winged clamor, their ee- t e:iee itimes reasoning down his pit- iful itiful 10 dt-3'ion! He turned his face from where the river lay and walked eastward through t to faun.. ; snow. lits heart was bathed warm peace. The chimes ed la -_3 -aa silver, celestial voice. Tun lo::). • TLe. Value of Old .holo.• A. your:; rein writes front St. Joseph, . Mo., to a dealer hi this city that 11e is oi':"ripg for sale, through stress of hoard times, a very rare book, presumably "a__e olueh•t book i:a America." The -vol- ume is printed in Dutch, is in pt-rfeet condition and was published more than S0.) ye.:rs ale. Thepgresentotyner, whose letter - proe]aitus Lis illiteracy, believes that he has a veritable treasure. Ho will be terribly shucked when heiliseov- e.•a that his ,.r,'asuro is worth iutkemar- ket not more than $3. • Age alone gives value to but very few books. Yet tae average person lute an idea that if a book was printed hong ago - it must necessarily bo valuable, and. what is curious, different people differ as to the dates that make a book old. Moore are those who fancy that avolume printed 100 years ago must be esteemed very old and very rare and very valu- able. Others show yon with pride a. Hudibras printed -we will say-i_a 1750. or a Bible printed 200 years ago, and these volumes are cherished because of their antiquity. A very worthy lady living in Massa- chusetts recently exhibited with an elab- or:,te• flourish a volume of sermons bear- ing the date of 1785-a volume she rev- ered, loved and treasured because of its age. A few moments later she gave up to the writer without any hesitancy a I charming little 1827 reprint of the New Englandprimer.-Chicago Record. The Knelpp Tad. You cannot be half a day in Germany without discovering that • I;;neipp" has there become a great power. Half the pop•tlatio:l talk "Kneipp"-they walk ' I`: ' •a." dress "K:ieipp," bathe -: - e,'' feed "Kneipp." and tho more. -nimble among therm even dance •"eauei,)p." Ladies invite their friends ;as a matter of -course -just as naturally es hero they would to partake of a cup of tea -to divest themselves of their shoes ,a.al s:ockiugs and indulge in a walk in river or in some near pond. People 'w.hoae sleep is troubled, as a matter of bourne, supplement theirhabitual' might - cap" with a "Kneipp" footbath-all cold -out of which they draw up their feet and calves, all moist and dripping, into the s::eets which we benighted islanders ac:siduoutly study to keep dry. if yon may believe the new god of healing and his votaries, there is no com- plaint which "Kneipp' will not cute tom pimple dyspepsia up -to cholera and es -en ac en luny. And it is all, or most of 11, accomplished, by water -a merciful dispensation of Providence it may seem, under the pecnlinr circumstances her- alding an. erit of universal cleanliness. C :ntlem_:r':s : iagar:ne. , Catherine de i)1odle1's Doctor. Pharihelius, ' like Mann other physi- cisuhe. was much ad.ticted to philosophy and ma:tkematit:s, IAAhaving taken to nledic-iue lie speechly attained a great practice. Henry II as dauphin and aft- er \.gull as king was his constant friend. Among the Most ;hateful of his patients was Catherine (le Maid, who believed that his skill had saved her from a state or ehuenc'::snost, and who gave hint on the birth of her firstborn x$,,10,000, order- ing that a like sum shoulclbe paid to him at thebirth of each succeeding son or daughter. I think that Cardene liked n.' n P • "us better than/ he liked Sy lvitissaysHesaysheo was a pale, lean noon of about 60,; who loved his study and was full of doulrg:; io affection. He was the profess- or of medicine. in the university and the iirat cntu t physician, but lie must have puzzled Cassanate greatly, for he had an undisgnieod contempt for court sccicty.-•-lllackwood's Magazine. Trppi»g the Dean or St. Faure. the ,Duke of Wellington's fasieral, a lady havimg a tri:et for a reserved seat presented herself at the wrong en- trance to St. I'autl's and knocked vigor- ont iy. The dean preitcntly op: nal the door, pointed out to her the nut: las she had made and indicated the proper -en. trance. She, quite uaaver° whom 'sho was a•ldlressing and iaistakiug him for fihc ono of the under oials, utterly refused again to face the seething crowit ane sisted on being contlneted to ht r teat or she "won't( report him." Of comae rile had her Way and presently slipped half a crown into her cicerone s palm. Neal. less to say, the dean was delighted and .lid tot fail to exhibit his "tip.". -Hotel AGS ABOUT THE TEETH.. Wi1Et+1 THEY COME AND HOW TO CARE FOR THEM. The vows"), poloist as Iteottfal to First.. class ]1Eeaiflt es the reedy Physician-- The hysician- 3n Gemsa stegnire Care is well as tho edithe lane teeth add so much to the beauty of the face that too much care cannot be bestowed upou them. The deciduous or temporary teeth are tweutyan number. Tlie walla incisors .axeccat between the fifth and seventh loeths• 1a lateralincisors between al th e seventh nltalt menthe; anterior um - luxe make their appearance between the .age •of twelve and fourteen months; the eye teeth between fourteen and twenty months, and the posterior between eigh- teen ants thirty six mouths. Collective- ly these are called the milk teeth. There never was a periutl in the history of medical or surgical dentistry when so much attention was given to the tempo- aal•y•or milk teeth as at present: Not only are the teeth of toddlers and chil- dren filled, but they are straightened, cleaned and, when needed, loosened to facilitate the perfection of the second teeth. The wellborn child of two years has his cup. brush and little vial of tooth :`hepowder. permanent teeth number thirty- ' two. The first molars appear between the ages of five and seven years; the -central incisors between six and eight. the lateral incisors from seven to nine, • first bicuspids, nine to ten; - second bicuspids. ten to eleven; canines, eleven to thirteen; seeded molars, twelve to fourteen. and the third molars or wis- dom teeth between the seventeenth and. twenty-first year, The teeth of the lower jaw are cut, as a rule, two or three months before those in the upper jaw. The homily dentist is rapidly becoming as popular and indispensable in well conducted households us the family phy- sician. It costs conhparativeiy little to have each Member make one visit a month to e surgeon who examines the mouth dull puts it in a healthyy condi tiou. Not only are the teeth cleaned, .oat the gurus are treated and a tainted breath corrected. These consultations pay ea the long run, for, aside froin a saving of expense in the ureventiou of .deeny,er disease. much needless pain is saved the patient. 'There -are a few rales for the care of the teeth and gums that all skilled prac- titioners endorse. Avoid extreme temperatures. Even the :strougest dentine may be injured with eery .hot or cold foods. - Breathe through the nose or else cover the mouth in very ,cold weather. Cleanse the mouth night and morning with a ;soft brush and tepid water, Brush from the gums towards the cut- ting edges. The common practice of brushiug eatesswi'e does the teeth little good and the:gums much harm, leaking them eons .duel, if the brush is stiff, i causing thein to recede. Particles of food get between the teeth and must be • removed by local attention. Rinse the mouth atter eating. ,Use a ' quill if necessary, but passing waxed silk between the teeth is a surer way to free them from deposits. 1 A teaspoonful of listerine in one-half !ttiusis a „lass of cool water is an excellent infectant. Used as a gargle three times a day, it will cure sore or loose ga. All scented soaps and fancy dentifrices are to be avoided. The alkali in the soap is injurious to the gums, and, un- : less the formula of the dentifrice is known, it is worthy of suspicion. Pow- dered c:hatcoal is as mischievous as the pins so many people ignorantly use. No ; matter how finely it is powdered, there ' is always just one particle to be feared that inay cut the gums or aerate/a the enamel. There is nothing better than precipitated Sheik. It is cleansing, ab- solutely harmless, very inexpensive, and, flavored with wintergreen, mint or orris, it is a refreshing and agreeable tooth powder. It is not advisable to use than flus more t1 an three times a week. ; The gums are sensitive, and frequent or hard brushing is not desirable. Mouth - riming and the use of dental silk should follow every meal or repast. • All liquid medicines and acid drinks should be taken from a medicine spoon, glass tube or straw and the mouth rinsed with a weak solution of soda or Listerine. People who use their teeth. to crack nuts, drew corks, cut twine, etc., are to be pitied. If aplate is worn it,llould be cleansed an after each meal d left out at night. New York World. utid Qnerics. The Devolopnncnt of Pants. While tliere have been many changes in the styles of coats and waistcoats, trousershave Come down to the present not greatly changed. Diodorus Sicuhus says of the Belzie Gauls that "they wore close trousers, which they called bract cae." Tho Roman invasion brought bare , legs to Britain, and the breccia) of the Gauls were discarded for the new order of things. When the Romans took leave and were succeeded by the Saxon, the braccae was compromised by a style of short drawers reaching half way down the thigh and stockings coming up to Meet them. The drawers were called breech or hose, The time of Elizabeth saw the cover- ing of a man's leg develop into a con- spicuous part of the attire of agentle- man, Tho cavaliers wore what were termed the petticoat breeches, lend knee breeches followed tIhe absurd petticoat pattern. Trousers for infantry were in- troduced lnto`tho British army Sept. 12, 1812, while cues and pigtails di, appeared by general order Zulit 20. 180a --Wash. ington Star. AMUSEMENT iN. THE CUP. Watch long our) of Ten for Great. 1s its 1'ioplretio Volae. If you have two spoons in your cup it rn I that)' m Il• is an sein •tot will figure 10 i 1 you fi r 63 , r! 1 r cttheyear e 1 ats is c •ee i a ed 111 before 1 @ a b out. If cream or milk is put in your cup before 1110 sugar it will moss your love. .A tea stalk floating on top of the tea is called a stranger, saws a writer ill the Baltimore Herald, When this /appells to unmarried women they should stir the tea briskly and then place the spoon istill.ll the centre of the cup, holding it quite If the stranger in its gyrations is.at- tracted to the spoon he will come that evening 1 should. it, however, oliug to the sides notat all. sde 1 willc come 1 sheoil We inay observe that it really depends on the state of the atmosphere Its to whether the stalk goes to the middle or not. It is a sign of fair weather .if the clus- ters of air bubbles, which penally rise after the sugar has been put in. collect themselves and remain in the centre of the cup. lf, on the contrary, they straggle to the sides, it is a sign that it will certainly rain in a few hours. This cluster of bubbles is also called a kiss, and portends that the owner will thus be saluted during the course of the d1ay. A cluster of tea -leaves with a few stragglers at the front at the bottom of the cup signifies a heaise or a funeral, while the couple of leaves at the bot-° tons, if close . together, signify a wedd- ing. If the tea grounds take the form 8f a woman on the side of the .cup, it signs . lies a rival in love; if it Iooks like a bird, it means news from a distant friend; if it looks like a book, it refers to a well-known acquaintance who is at college; if it looks like a tree, i£ means soon taking a journey into the country; if two stalks come together, it means that you are to meet a Ulan ; if it looks like a snake, it is an eheuiy. If it is a dog yon will meet or hear from a friend: if it looks like a house or a shed, it means that when you are• married you will keep house for your self. and not board; if it looks like a spire, it means that you will be married in church; if it looks like a duck or a swan, it means that you will cross the ocean; if it looks like a bridge, it id an' understood sign 'that your marriage will be happy and your life long and sweet. If it looks like a man fishing with a rod, it points to a preacher. who may either officiate at your marriage or be- come your husband; if it looks like a man with many spots lying before him, it means that your husband will be rich, and may be a banker; if abroken bridge turns up on one gide of the cup, it means .that your marriage will be unhappy. If there are undulations on the other° side of thio cup, some faint and some heavier, it means a checkered life or a career of struggle, sometimes light and sometime.; severe. • Interesting 1!;atl Tests. C Elaborate experiments made under the direction of the United States Ord- nance Department to test the holding power of cut and wire nails respectively show a decided superiority for the for- mer both in, spruce and pine wood, says the New York Sun. Thus in spruce stock nine rseries of tests, comprising nine sizes of common nails, longest 6 inches, shortest 4, the cut nails showed an average superiority of 47.51 per cent. ; in the same wood six series of tests, comprising six sizes of light common nails, the longest 6 inches and the short- est 1•, the cut nails showed an average superiority of 47.40 per cent. ; fn 15 series of tests. comprising 15 sizes of finishing nails, longest 4 inches and shortest lee a superiority of 72.2'a per cent average was exhibited by the cut nails; in an- other six series of tests, comprising six sizes of box nails, longest 4 inches and shortest 1•}, the cut nails showed an average superiority of 50.88 per cent.; in four series of tests, comprising four sizes of floor nails, longest 4 inches and shortest 2, an average superiority. of 80.03 per cent. was shown bythe cut nails.In the 40 series of tests, compris• in 40 sizes of nails,longest 6 inches and shortest 1, the cot nails showed an average'superiority of 60.50. • LIMO Water. To make lime water put about a pound of unslacked line in a large bowl, pour over this three quarts of boiling water. let it stand for ten minutes, then stir well with astick. Place the bowl in 'a cool place for'eight or ten honrs; at the end of that time pour off the clear water, letting the sediment remain in the bot- tom of the bowl. Bottle the clear Water and keep in a convenient place. A table; spoonful of this may be added to a glass of milk to be given to a patient with an acid stomach. In case of burns cover the burned 'parts with as cloth wet in lime -water. Keep the cloth wet by pouring on a' little of the water as often as the cloth dries. -New York World, Tice Tear of Greatest Growth. In boysei-s the seventeenth ; in girls the fourteenth. While girls reach full height in their fifteenth year they acquire full weight at the age of twenty. I3oys are stronger th.tu girls from:birth to the eleventh year ; then girls bead))) superior physically to the scveuteent,, year, when the tables are again turned and remain so. From November to April, children grow very little and gain no weight ; from April to July, they gain in !height but lose in weight, and from July to November they in- er('a'e greatly in weight but not in height. hhte 'rile Iiietort unwed, Cholly - You can always tell a gentle- man, dont ye know, byhis collahs and It a am olivae pi hticulah about cu ,. old yentl'emane-Yes and that. Crusty g if 1 wore your father. I should be pabrtic• ular to see that you were properly collar* ed and cuffed. - Vee ntrlo radios. The lovely little village of Llangollen, In North Walos, is amens as the place where for 50 years dwelt he "Eccentric Lx•tes." Many stories aro cn i et them, One of their eccentricities Raae• flat t whenever they walkeda 1 oadtheYeers men's high stir Mats. When they died they were laid to rest side by side .in the old.lelangollen cllurehyard, Talc kyas, The keenness of ilia sailor's organs of sight is tamest proverbial, ' This ef; feet has two causes. The cold salt spray dashing into the seaman's eyes.streugth- Nus dont hardens them: Also, the marin- er's practice. 'of constantly piercing the atmosphere to see something, often ab- sulutely uncliscernible, -greatly trains the of an i)n e,le.ver aactatelhesa. A thought is immediately suggested, V, ;mid it not he bellelici(il to teach the ci.ildlren to test The ability to see die - Mut 1 1'd ( s. nd. l tic , f ob t 1 a o h t the court- house clock, can incoming vessel, an faint- ly appearing. train, the rapidly fading formai of birds in flight, and many other objects that -the little ones, would be eager to notice if so directed, would ald t0 expand and perfect the various deli- c.,te and Iilinutely beautiful parts which ulul:use the eye, n infants aro frequeutly- horn with eyes so weak til;it they "water" upon expos- ure to triad or light, even when jndie. iousty advanced . to these. This weak uess may be cured by frequent bathing with tenter of the saltness.and tempera, turd of tears, er, es in lay experieuce has beou of more value, Lbaalting cold water over the eyes each time before being taken out, and neve bathing the baby's face, especially about the eyes with 'warm water. ,. Cold tea ie • also recom- mended, cull inay do the work for soiu i' and fail in other cases., stub ends or Thought. • A dog that wolh't live hp to the wag of his tail will kill sheep. Love is the oasis iu the desert of ;nat- rimuuy. There is a nobler iuclticeluenit than the sense of duty. i.'t.etr y n, useful as well as. orna • mental. A bachelor is a vulgar iraation. \r by 'isn't it as easy to say a good thing of tee:, ,ie it is to Baty e butt meg? Prosperity, as a mile,. is not an acid to rolfg 1wil d,t.eer people sometimes get tired of the Haan waw never gets • tired of 'em- elt. A Marvelous Time Recorder. y One of the most wonderful machines in these days of miraculous mechanism ie the chronoscope. - It took form under the skillful .hands of Wheatstone, the mathematician, who needed au instru- ment to measure smaller . intervals of time than his clock or watch could in- dicate. Many improvements have Leen made in the ohronoscope since Wheat- stone patented it in 1840, and now the machine is employed to measure the flight of projectiles. from a gun. So ac- curate is it that it will detect and record a difference of time amountiug to a mill- ionth part of 0 second and, electricity being.used in recording the passage of a projectile, it is possible to determine to a very small fraction the rate of speed with which a shod flies from a gun. - London Standard. . .'ear and (:rape. The Socket among pears and the Dela- ware ninon, grapes are especially; liable to be'injnred by overhearing. , Not only is the fruit made smaller, but it is liable. to become diseased by mildew On the grape and scab on both leaf and fruit of the pear. These diheases are mainly due to weakness due to overbearing.• The smaller the fruit, the greater pro- portion of its bulk is the seed, which is always most exhaustive of vitality. Thorough thinning of these varieties will insure the healthfulness of vine -or tree and a larger, well developed fruit. The Seckel pear when small is'one of the 'poorest in quality as when fully develope ed it is one of the best. Why Flowers Sleep at \.,1►t. Why should flowers sleep? wits Sir John Lubbock in "The Beauties of Na- ture Wondersof the oikl 1S a t fro anal the W Live In." Why should some flowers do so tend not others? Moreover, different flow- ers keep different hours. Tlie daisy cpeus at sunrise and closes at sunset`, whence its namo "day's eye." The dandelion (leontodon) is said to 'open about 7 and: close about 5; Arenaria rubra to be open from 0 to 8; the white water lily (nym- pheon) from about 7 to 4; the co:nnnon mouse ear hawkweed (hieracium) from. 8 to 3; the scarlet pimpernel (ainatgallis) to waken at 7 and close soon after 2; Tragopogon pratensis to opeti at 4 in the morning and close just before 12, whence • its English name, "John go to bed at noon." Farmers' boys in some parts are said to regulate their dinner time by it. Other flower, on the contrary, epee. in tlet evn s Noeniwgi , t is obvious that Howell; which Aro fertilized by night flying insects would derive no advantage from being open by clay, and, on the other himd, that those which are fertilized by bees would gain nothing by being open et night. Nay, it would be -a dieted disadvantage, because it would render them liable to he bbed of their honey and pollen by in - which are not capable of fertilizing til • I have ventured to suggest then Hitt t o cloning of the flowers may have relq,e �e to the habits of the insects, and. lay be -observed also in support of t'e that wind fertilized flowers do not sal, and that many of those Hewers which: , tract insects by smolt open atut emit :ir scent at . particular hears. Thus lsperus inatronalis and Lychtiis vespe Iry Smell in the evening, and Ore chis lia is particularly sweet at ili;3ht,' uis Dost-Disea.tcli. Palmistry, • • Since palnlistlly beoanze a socio. am .lee• meet people have reason to be ea ul oft the inside of their .heads, writ; over l' and..with that, les T be with this loo with. h tc Y their t dismay., wed c sn 1b i th t d. u and@ @ a t ,. seized 0lY ez upou survey ofthe lima there nthn a 1 elve them up with conceit of te s s. or � tot , putting theta to epee ehauie in the face• of folk. "I would not trust out of sight the best friend I had in. the world,a said, recently, ala enthusiastic prophet of the, truth id. not li he of z t did f found the r t. art 1 If 1 h join the line of life before' leaving the Banal l And if she were justified in her statement, what co 3lplicaticns and per, plexitiesmight ensue to the adlierents of the art! The next thing in the advance of the matter alight be that no lover - wonld propose to the damsel who hacl fillod his eye and touched hie heart, wrists I h had looped ather w_ st 1 e a ant and certified to himself the • absence of the bracelet of command there, lest he• should see before lliln the fate of Dame the flat's innate. Perhaps, too, tl @ yet oun - g- lady's father would find it necessary to' compare the right hand of her lover with his left when lie had stammered his• wishes into the paternal oar. and .thus discover what traits he had developed in. his right hand by scanning the .original lines in his left one, what good tendon-• cies had increased, if any, and what; evil oues had been suppressed in his growth, and if, in short, lie had desirable traits, and would shake a good husband, The mother-iu-law-to-be may also think fit to examine the line of life of the pro- posed bride of her sou, end see if it be crossea by the mark of serious illnesses, or otherwise. in order to judge if, it is best for her son to encumber - himself With a sickly wife ; or she may even look for the stars that signify the number of marriages this young woman is to con- tract, that she inay • thus forecast. her soil's chaneeg-of long living. . care er igatn Ps. At least once a month the wiclks should be taken out of kerosene lamps, the burners unscrewed and boiled in water to which pearliue o1' a little washing soda has been added. This will remove. the coming of grease - and dust, and add. tench to the clearness and power of the • light. ' Lamp chimneys are' best cleaned by bolding them over steam, then wiping with a • airy .cloth and polishing with: _newspaper.' e For Daily Rem einbis it e. Strive with. thy thoughts tln.c:ean be-. fore they overpower thee:. Use them hs they will thee, for if thou eparest them they talterootand grow, know well, these thoughts will overpower and kill thee.. Beware, disciple, suffer not, e'eii though. •it be their shadow, to approach, For it Will grow, increase in size and power, and then this thing of darkness will ab- sorb thy being before thou hast well 'realized the. foul monster's presence:- Light On The Path. Virtues of 011. Many housekeepers know how hard door -latches often work, and sometimes even -With impetuous recoil and jarring sound. A drop or two of sweet oil on the tip of the. forefinger touched to the face of the latcawill immediately and effect- ually euro it. It is a good practice ate pass around once a week to all the dpors and oil the latches. One drop will com- pletely oil half a dozen.-Jenuoss Miller Magazine. • _ _ ________ _ Photography. i • - A photogrepinc camera has been spe- cially devised for registe.iug the die - mucus of lightning flag hes. The slide healing the plate is inclined at a.00nsid• erable angle to we axis of the lens. Cousegaeutly, there Will only 'be one point where the bash comes into focus;. ,lila than Ine'nesiLion Ot tins point upon the plate it is possible to determine the distalaee of the lntlltnias( flash. , Broken in Health That Tired Feeling, Constipation and Pain in the Back Appetite and health Restoredby Mood's Sarsaparilla. ° Mr. Chas. Steele St. Catherine's, Oat. "C.1. Hoed & Co:, Lowell, plass.. ' "For a number of years I have been troubled' with a general tired feeling, shortness of breath, pain in the baolc, and constipation, 1: cental get . only littlo,rest at night on account of the plain and had no it petlte.whatever. t was that tired . in my limbs that I gave out before half the' day was gene. 1 tried a great number of medicines but did not get any permanent relies from ally $aro"lloocfs In drilla Cures source until, upon. recommendation of a friend. T purchased a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla, which made 1110 feel better at once. newt eons - tinned its use, having taken three bottles, and 1 Feel Like a New Man. theme a geed appetite, feel as strong as ever t did, and enjoy perfect rest at night 1 Imo inuoit pleasure hi recommending :Rood's Sarea- s0rvftig C0 1St. Catherine s. 0, taario. Erle ere. HOOW11 131119 aro prompt and emelent, yet easy in cotton. Sold by all druggists. ase. 0. 1 I.II I. Villa qB 19UE N A ;I TLBY BUSY INSECT. • ANTS AS THEY ARE FOUND IN FAII 9 A1/ F, AWAY Y A t'iCA , They Devour Ceekroaelteg, Y g Mto and Other Vermin -The ill tranarl►tL rreve Very Troublesome t Bun►miity, Albeit They .roguish Us Grand Object Lesson. The visible insect world is not only wort(. of weeder, but the instinct aid to reason, displayed by the little livir creatures that awarin about us is indet marvelous, and none more sothantl •different varieties of the ant fatuity. writer thus describes the trained al systematic ravages of a marauding aro of ants in Africa. Silently, deadly, and irresistibly 1310 these battalions out of the forest, doe into, across, and up the ditch; throu the bona (wood stockade), across 1 square, and into every nook and Gran •oodceivable they swanned, The fr notice (they generally canoe at nig would -he a loud ye]i from some of men "Look out. Siafal" There wo be no more sleep that night. After perience .gained, says the Ninetee Century, we found it the best plan .clear out of our houses, rush into square and build rings of fire around. To put on ones clothes was toet be by dozens' all over one's body, un they had been first thoroughly sm( over a fire. Every now and then and curses told how a lazy one had caught in his bunk. The walls of /nits, the roofs, and floors, were sir ono seething mass of struggling a They were after the .cockroaches, and insects that had taken up their a in. thezoofs; Now and then, eau of young mice told their story. AS g j as the ants found their load, gene ;�l. a cockroach, they would make off 1 the hill in a long line. Luckily never touchedonr.granaries; they ed to prefer animal food. Toward r ing there would be only a few lost aimlessly tearing about, apparently ing for the main body winch had decamped. Usually these raids were )rade after a rainstorm; ma? them carne into the fort already std ing ander loads; these appeared tc der about until the others were 1 Neat day not a cockroach cot found in ,the place, so. that the did us It service in ridding as o1 t pests., Therats had decamped ahs did not return for some days. W seen outside the forts armies of re two and a half days long, i.e. would take two and a half days 1 a eiven spot. During the day the would be incessant, every one me 'at his very best; toward nigh ' would huddle in a seething mass, disturbed. scatter in all directions width of the stream of ants we about two inches generally. ( flanks of this were the soldier • twice the length of the worker our approach these big chaps we out and up our legs like lig No birds, but of one sort, see trouble them ; these were little about as big as sparrows. A Lost People. A lady whose home is in the's France writes of a visit she in • Gently to an island on the coast tang. Those of you who have t story of King Arthur and his will remember that they sta oder the sea in pursuit of the In this =the Morbillan Sea -is island whioh can be reached 1 mainland only when the water is The sole inhabitant is a Brel herd, who Iives in a little hut an • his time in caring for his sheet party landed and were met by 1 faced old man, who led them grassy -slope where his flock ' tt ing,' and showed them the wee a hill, on the oust side of evil found the entrauce to a tunnel • ' This extended some distance floor, sides and roof were mai inense flat pieces of stone, cov hieroglyphs and figures look i what like wreaths, again1 R tis, and serpents." At the end of tl ' was a hall, also floored, re walled with the same ouriot and in the centre was an al stone upon which it is though man sacrifices have been offe strangest part of all is that no rocks like those„tsed in this t . be found on the 'island, and a neater than 100 miles role brought them? How did t! There is no record left -at hes been found -to tell who tl were, or apything about them They must have lived man• ago, but have vanished entire] work is as perfect apparent' Britt built: t It is thought that they may Druids, who came here who ' Great Britain; others, ag that they were worshippers pent god called Hoa. But it Sure. All we know is that are here, strangely carved, sl together, brit of their builds no trace,-Goldtliwaite's d Magazine. Afaueer Idea of Enjoi I know, or rather I uses village in Devonshire in lto 1 able0' m toe( o b died an s ort. larly to a common fund. i cient custom and possiblyr 1 To what purpose do you fund was applied? To ,n subscriber -that is, every man in the plane-dtunk, fancy, but certainly drunk, certain appointed high at days. T11i. ,;1' t'lhra tomptte g ;feat city urs Loa Ccuni into drinkli, habits? NI rotations some folks seem the ?ear I'totlnd.,