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The Exeter Times, 1889-1-31, Page 241, A Famous Doctor Onee eeid that the see,eet of good health consisted ia keeping the head cool, tlae Leet warm, ancl the bowels open. Had this ,eminent physician lived iu our dee", ancleknowa the merits of Ayer's PiIle as,au aperient, he woald certainly have recommended. thorn, as so many ef his distinguished successors are doing. The celebrated Dr. Farnsworth, of Norwich, Conn., recommends Ayer's PiIle as the best of all remedies for "Intermittent Fevers." Dr, L E. Fowler, of Bridgeport, Conn., says: "Ayer's Pills are highly and nniversally spoken of by the people about here. 1 make daily use of thena in my practice." Dr. Mayhew, of New Bedford, Mass., says : "Having prescribed many thou- sands of Ayer's Pills, in my practice, I can, unhesitatingly pronounce them the best cathartic in The Maseaeltusetts State .Assayer, Dr. A. A. Hayes, certifies : have made a careful analysis of Ayer's Pills. They contain the active principles of well- known drugs, isolated from inert mat- ter, which plan is, chemically speaking, of great importance to their usefulness. Tt insures activity, certainty, and uni- formity of effeet. Ayer's Pills contain no metallic or mineral substance, but the virtues of vegetable remedies in skillful combination." Ayer's Pills, Prepared by Dr. J. C.A.yertk Co., Lowell,Mans. Sold by all Dealers in medieine. A I Sandie oents postage and we -will send you free a royal, valuable sample box ot goods *hat willput you in the way of making more Mowry at ono, than anythinr -Nein America. Bothsexes of all ages can live at home end work in spare time, or all the time. Capital notrequirud. We will start you. I112331613,94) pay sin o for those who start at ouoe. S TINTO dn. o ,Portland Maine STATISTICS. Philadelphia. has 847,C00 people and. 179,- 000 houees, while New York, with 1,200,000 inhabitants is said to have bat 92,000 houses. The appropriations for the city govern- ment of the city of New York have been completed tied aggregate 837,637,069. The city debt at the beginning of Net year was $128,268,729, since which time $S,187,215 of bonds have been issued. During the year $3,998 539 of bonds were redeemed. The sinking fund contains $43,746,425 in securities and $596,355 in cash, making the net indebtedness of the city $88,170,214. The Brooklyn bridge le no less a marvel than it ever was, and the people of the metro- polis wonder how they ever got along with- out it. Over 33,000,000 passengers paesed over the bridge during the year ending Dec- ember 1, of whom more than 30,000,000 were railway passengers. Not a single seri- ous accident occurred on the railway. Fifty- eight persons were irjured by falling on the stairs or from other causes. Five lost child- ren were found on the bridge. One person commited suicide by shooting, and there were forty-two runaways with slight dam- ages. 'The New York "Commercial Bulletin' says the revenues collected by the United States Government during the year 1888 amounted to $375,000,000, or about $6 per head of the population. The highest rate of Federal taxation ever collected was $15.73 per head, in 1866, The expenditure during 1888 was $290,000,000. The interest-bear- ing debt was diminished during the year by the sum of $100,000,003. The public debt per capital ot population was at its highest in 1865, when it averaged about $70 per ir - habitant. The interest-bearing debt is now less than $13 per capita of population. The . money circulation of the United States at the close of 1888 was greater by nearly $30,- 000,000 than when the year began, or, ap- proximately, $1 410,000,000, as compared with $1,380,000,000, at the close of 1887 ; and this large increase is entirely in notes of small denomination. Such notes have been substituted so rapidly for larger ,nes that it is probable that the money cir- culation in denominations of $20 at d under was greater at the close of 1888 than at the beginning by nearly $60,000,000. The Dominion of Canada is composed of seven provinces and a number of vast terri- torial districts, whioh correspond to the territories of the United States. The pro- vinces bear a relation to the individual states. They are unequal in size, British Columbia having 390,344 square mike o area, and little Prince Edward island centain- ing only 2,133 square miles. Quebec has 193,355 square miles, Ontario has 107,780, Nova Scotia 21,730, New Brunswick 27,322, and Manitoba possesses 113,961. The enorm- ous Northwestern territory, which has been subdivided into Alberta, Saekatch- ewan, and Athabaska, comprises 1,919,50 square miles, Keeweytin 895,306 ; the Arctic islands, 311,700, and the islands of Hudson's bay 23,400. Here is an area in the aggregate of 3,406,542 square miles of God's earth. Polyglot is the popu- lation thinly scattered over the land. There ere 1,200,000 Frenchmen'the Emera,ld Isle has contributed 925,000, and the Land o' Calree has 555,000 repreaentatives. Three hundred thousand trace their neareat descent to Germany ; There are about 70,000 relatives of Taffy the Welshman, and the so-called Scandinavians number abont 11,000 souls. Ontario, the most thoroughly English pro- vince, has a population of 4700,000 in round numbers Quebec contains 1,600,000, of whom 1,100,000 are French. NOVO. Scotia contains 450,000, New Brunswick nearly 400,000; Prince Eclwa,rd Island, 120,000 British Columbia, 120,000, and Manitoba approximately 125,000, — [Detroit Free Prue After having nflicted corporal punish - merit on Paul the other day, I took him and told him how it hurts me when heis naughty and 1 have to whip him. On the next ocoasion he risked " Mamtria, did it hurt yen When you whipped rem thie time 1" "et, dear, it always hurts ine when I have to penielt you." "That serves 1you. right for whippmg me." • The cable clespatehes this morning state that the French inveetore in the Panama. ' canal—they number about 800,000—ate net angry with M. do Leaeepe, but With the Chamber, which tip to the present has refine ed to come to his aseistatice. When John Mieeiteippi bubble mane to grief a Ain:1114r Ilhenothenou Wee witnessed—the ruined eympathized with Law and thentii the blame upon thoee who had, preAloted a co1. ad upon those who, had refused to ill. Hather than oonfeerl judgnient Agahattli their reputation for Wisdom, men iielly 'seat alieut for a soave -goat, A .PenstitY of Tight .Laolug. The unnatural and most injurioue habit of eontreeting the waist and (Meet by staye, in a e ice -like grip, iuterferea with the fenctions of all the Abdominal, pelvic, and thoracic organs. The °heel:Igen and pro. per function of the liver and epleen are greatly interfered with, digeetion and ehyl. ification are impaired, the pelvic organs are depreseed below their normal level, the dia. phram is prevented from proper play, and the ribs cannot expend the tiheet walls; and the inevitable coesegnence is deficient respi- ration and aeration of the blood ( and con- sumption.) Under five years of age, the census of 1870 and 1880 show more deaths of males than fe- males, from this disease. They also show a gradual increase of females eiter that two to ten years; and after that to fifteen, the in- crease is mite rapid, so that at the latter age the census of 1870 gives the deaths of males, five hundred and one and of females, one thousani and fifty-six; and for 1880 the dis- proportion is still greeter. Between the ages of fifteen aud twenty, ibis considerably more than double. This is the tribute females pay to fashion at -that age, Females continue to hold the ascendency till thirty-five years, in the census of 1870, and to the fortieth year in that of 1880, when the males again uome to the front, and lead the list the balance of he, --[St. 14511iS Courier of Medicine, Treatment of Rheumatism. A combination of ealicylie acid and iron is recommended in the treatment of acute rheumaeism, the fern ula for which was ob- zained in the following way: Abut a year ago a heepital nurse was pouring into a common receptacle some ran - meets of different medicines, when she natio- ed that a black precipitate formed by iron was turned into a transparent solution of a rich red hue, as sone as she poured the fluid contents of another bottle into it. Being a young wonia,n of an enquiring turn of mind, she asked the house physician the came of this phenomenon. The house staff, to help her in her desire for information, experi- mented with the drugs that she had been throwing out, and ascertained that her man- ipulation of chemicals had been this : she had first poured into the receptacle a salicylic acid. Into this the had poured a solution of iron, with the result of producing a black precipitate. To this she added some sodium phosphate, with the result of producing a clear rad solution. This at once gave a clue to the means of combining iron and salinylic acid without forming a precipitate. The facts were sub- mitted to the apothecary of the hospital, and from them he produced the following for- mula, ; which has been in constant use near- ly a year. R. Acidi balicyli gr, xx. Ferri pyrophosophatis gr. v. Sodii phoephatis gr. 1. Aquee OZ. as. Milk as Medicine. Milk is one of the best medicines in the pharmacopoeia, or out of it. Beef tea rarely contains more than a fourth of the nutriment of milk, and. raw beef juice is only equal to it in the nutritive scale. In diseases of the stomach, milk is invaluable, and if the patient finds it too heavy, lime, soda, or potass water may be added, or he may take skim milk, which is deprived of tbe tat, oi whey, which has no curd, and is I very easily absorbed. In coesumption, ; milk is an essential article of diet, and in IBright's disease it forms an important part of the treatment. In fact, we may almost , say with the country minister, who took it as an adjunct to chicken grill, "Milk's guid wi' a' things.' Treatment of Corns. With properly -shaped and sufficiently - large boots, corns rarely form, and will often disappear spontaneously when the un- due pressure is removed. They may be besb treated by painting them frequently with tincture of iodine, er a strong solution of bichromate of potash, and shaving off with a sharp knife the hardened outer layers thus acted upon. The corn doctor goes deeper and tries to remove the whole conical wedge of epidermis. The soft corn should be hardened by powdering frequent- ly with tannin and keeping tle opposite surfaces constantly apart by means of rings of felting, or little rolls of linen. For an inflamed corn, the foot should be kept in an elevated position as much as postible ; evaporating lotions of spirit and water should be frequently used, and softening ointments applied. Sore Hands. Apply the following liniment :—Liquor ammoniac, tincture of opium, spirits of tur- pentine, and olive oil, equal parts of each. After washing the hands in the morning, at midday, and in the evening, and drying, pour a teaspoonful of the liniment in the palm of one hand, and then rub the hands and finers together as if washing them. Repeat the process, having poured a tea- spoonful into the other hand, so that the liniment may be equally distributed. Work the handa together till dry. If the sore parts smart too much, the liniment should have a little oil added to it. Care of the Feet. ° Persons who are troubled with feet which at times emit an offensive odor, in spire of all known preventives, will be glad to learn of the following simple remedy which we have obtained from one of our eminent physici- ans. It is usually the case that those wbo are troubled in this way are subject to ex. (mealy° perspiration. No amount of bathing and washing remedies the evil complained of, The softening of the skin between the toes and leakage of the fetid lymph :suggest an astringent application, but even a etrong solution of sulphate of zinc, will be absorb. ed produeing swelling ' and more or less di - but oxide of zinc not only possess. es the proper astringentproperty, but et- fectually arrests the discharge, disinfecting the parte, and effecting a complete cure of the offensive m journal of Health. ValUe Of Bed. There is no better preventive of nervous exhaustion than regular; unhurried muscular exerciee (says an exchange), If we could moderate our hurry, leasen our worry and M. crease our open air exerciten a large proper tion of nervous di:settees Weerld be ebolished, For thode who cannob get a faifilaiont holiday the sabstitute is an oceasional day bed. Many whOSe nerVea are Constantly, strained in theii dairy vocation have dieeovered this for them. Selves. A Spanish inerehant in Barcelona told his medical matt that he elweers went te bed foe two or three days, Whentester :Meld be Spared from his business, and he laughed at those Spent` their holidays on ,toileorno Mottilttainaw %Ahlsheti" One of the hardest Working women in Bog* land, who has tor nattny yeare oonducted large wholeaale lausineee, retains excellent nerves at an advanced age, awing, itis believ• t P.ASSING- gOTES. Leeds, England, has a permanent art ed, to the habit of taktug one (ley a• week in gallery containing museum oourt and vesti- bed. If we cannot ewe/ frefment agitation, bule, soulpture gallery, and six well.lighted. we ought, if possible, to gtve the nervous roma for pictures. Its own oolleotien is Briton(' tune to recover ' itself between the en all, but the exhibition for the 'Winter is shooks. Even an hour's eeclusion after lunch enlarged by pioturee lent from other muse - will deprive a hurried, anxtous day of much ums of ite inpry. The nerves can often be over - A circular tomb has been found in a hill - °owe by stratagem when they refuse to be eontrolted by strengthof will.—[hostoil Jour- side near EPidaurna, Gree°e' e""ining skeletons with vessels like those of the pre - nal of Health. historic tombs of Myeenon audit bronze spear- head and fibula. It is one ef seven, and leade To Cure a, Cold. archroologists to believe that it represents an An authority gives the follevrieg " fine epoch not for a ieW isolated place e only, but way of curing a cold" :—Bathe the feet in for all Greece. hot water and drink a pint of hot lemonade. Shakspeare is not relished by the Roum- Then sponge with salt water, end remain in =gm, "King Lear," eehieli has jeer been water every five minutes for an hour. hot put upon the boards at the National Theatre a warm room. 13ethe the taco in very in Bucharest, is openly damned by the press. Suuff up the neetrile hot salt water every This is whet the oritio of the leading journal three hours. Inhale ammonia or menthor. Take four hours of active exercise in the of the Roumanian capital aays : "The play open air. Effects of Tobacco in Excess Those who can use tobacco without im- mediate injury will have all the pleasant effects reversed, and will suffer from the samptoms of poisoning if they exceed the limits of tollerance, These symptoms are •, 1. The heart'a action becomes more rapid when tobacco is used ; 2. Palpitation, pain, or unusual sensations in the heart ; 3. There is no appetite in the morning, the tongue is coated, delicate flavors are not appreoiated, and acid dyspepsia occurs after eating; 4. Soreness of the mouth and throat, or nasal catarrh appears, and be- comes very troublesome; 5. The eyesight becomes poor, but improves when the habit is abandoned; 6. A desire, often craving or liquor or s.oine other stimulant, is experi. timed, A Wholesome Stimulant, Milk heated to much above one hundred degrees Fahrenheit loses for a time a degree of its sweetness and density. No one who. fatigued by over-exertion of body or mind, has ever experienced the reviving influence of a tumbler of this beverage, heated as hot as it can be sipped, will willingly forego a resort to it because of its being rendered somewhat less acceptable to the palate. The promptness with which its cordial in. fluence is felt is indeed eurprising. Some portion of it seems to be digested and appro- priated almost immediately ; and many who now fancy they need alcoholic stimulants when exhausted by fatigue will find in this simple draught an equivalent that will be abundantly satisfying and far more enduring in its effects. There is many an ignorant, overworked woman who fancies she could not keep up without her beer; she mistakes it@ momentary exhilaration for strength, and applies the whip instead of nourishment to her poor exhausted frame. Any physician will tell her that there is more real strength and nourishment in a slice of .bread than in a quart of beer ; but, if she loves stimulants, it would be a very useless piece of informa- tion. General Rotes. LEARNING TO Winx.—A young child should never be encouraged to stand alone too soon, or to bear the full weight of its body on its legs before they are steong enough to support it, as, If this is allowed, the legs will most assuredly become "bowed" and disfigured for life. It is a good Plan to allow baby to he upon the nursery 6.00r for S. short time once or twice a day, and to kick about as Nature may dictate, thus giving strength and freedom to the limbs. DEAVNESS IN CHILDREN. —The friends of a deaf child have sometimes not the slieht- est notion that it is hard of bearing: and, re- flecting on the faults and corruption of their own nature in youthful days, they are apt to inform the little sufferer that it is careless or provokingly obstinate, and that " None is so deaf as he that won't hear." We read in Holmes' "System of Surgery " of a boy who, from early life had been the subject of aural dieease, and iailto actually died from ahem in the brain caused thereby, but whose fatlier used to box his ears for what he termed "in- attention." SLAIN BY A BOY FIEND. Peculiarly Revolting Mader �t an Old Woman in a country House. Cann N. Y., Jan. 24, 1889.-4 horrible murder was committed between the hours of seven and twelve last night at Myron Davis' house in the town of Riga, on the Chili road, two and a half miles from Chili Station and twelve miles from Rochester. Mrs. Mary J. Hale, a lady sixty years of age was killed by Chris Burger or Sticklenburger, a six- teen -year-old boy. The murderer killed his victim witb a boot, pounding her head and face to a pulp, breaking the frontal bones of the skull and crushing the nose and fore- head. Last evening Myron Deals' wife and two children left their home about seven o'clock to attend a school entertainment. There were left in the house Mrs. Hale, two of Davis' young children and Chris Burger or Sticklenburger (he went by two names). The boy seemed to be in good humor when Mrs. Davis and the two children left the house. A GHASTLY swam At twelve o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Davis re- turned. On entering the bedroom occupied by Mrs. Hole and the two children left at home with her they were horrified to find the body of thee; lady lying on the floor in a pool of blood. • The dead woman's face was a terrible sight. Lying on the dead woman's breast, ite hande covered with her blood, was the youngest child, aged three years. It lead evidently crawled on the body after Mrs. Hale's death. Upon a search being made it was found that a drawer of a bureau in theroom which the murder was conernitted had been ransacked, A .silver watch, a loaded revolver, a half dollar of the coinage of 1812 which was a keepsake in the family, and a bunt% of keys were missing, It was found later that the murderer had also taken Mr. Davis' overcoat. isonnnase WRt PitellAl3LU ationve, Young Burger, the perpetrator of the ew. 10. crime had worked for Mr. DAViS eix months. Mrs. Hale had been employed by the family only two months, She was born in the house it having once belonged to her father. Yes'terda.y Barger assisted in killing hogs at a neighboring fermerts. No motive for the crime is known, but Me Davis thinks that the boy expeoted to find a latige sum of money in the house. One theory is that the boy Wad opening the drawers, when Mrs. Hale discovered him mia attempted to stop him, and that he being afraid of snot re. solved to kill her. . , ro POI6CleereeltEres-40r infante the fol. lowing is especially , recommended t --one quart of ,buttermillt boiled With one titble. 40611101 Of Wheat flour hi the coneistency of ?thin pap% ' is antiquated. The subject dates from be- fore the flood. Instead of being interested in the insanity of the howling king, the pub - lie went sweetly to sleep, and won't be like- ly to come back again. One of the most lamentable oases of ter- rible results following indulgence in that fatuous inclination which so many persons have to get off or on railway traine while in motion, happened in Orilla last week, when Mr. A. D. Kean, a barrister of that town, had both his legs taken off above the knee, dying next day. It seenas4' im- possible by admonition, to secure much at- tention to the dictates of common sense in such matters, but surely accidents like that in Orillia ought to pretieh prudence with toegues louder than thunder. There is any quantity of curiosity and argumentation going on as to the gentlemen whom President-elect Harrison is likely to honour by calling them to his cabinet. No thiug definite is known, as the General is a man who has a faculty for holding his tongue when he thinks it necessary. Even his friends admit that he is as close as an oyster, a good listener, but a veritable sphinx so far as answering goes. So that it would seem they are all as much in the dark as anybody. The thing is to be settled in the President's own head, ana as the responsibile her will be his in any case he means to settle it without advice. John Chinaman may be patient under provocation, but he does not always yield his rights without a fight for them. There is a case just now before the Supreme Court of the Ueited States wherein Chae Chan Ping challenges the constitutionality of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1888. It seems that he went to China in June, 1887, but not withbut securing a return certificate as re- quired by law from the Collector of the port of San Francisco. This certificate was ig- nored on his return in 1888, on the plea that the Exclusion Act made it void, and this is the question which the Supreme Court has been called upon to decide. This is a day of reverses for the, German Fatherland. Humiliated in Samoa by the defeat of its forces mid disgraced at home by the conduct of the Bismarck wing in the Geffcken and Monier cases, sackcloth and ashes are the appropriate raiment of the period. The imperious young potentate who calls himself Emperor, startecl in with much the same spirit as that Jewish King who was going to chastise with scorpions those whom his father had been contented tc pun- ish with whips. It will be well if outward results of a sunilar kind do not follow a sim itar " pig-headed " policy in the nineteenth century: Public feeling on the other side is being gradually brought to a boiline point on the subject of the moral pestilence which openly flauets iteell in the Wisuonein wood. After all the outcry about the moral baseness of • the Chinese on the California Coast, and the lewdness of Mormon polygamy, careful investigation hes demonstrated the fact that in the lumbering districts of Wisconsin, amid white men, and so-called Christians, a state of things prevails whith is as bad as whet is vilest in the meet depraved heath n ism. Mr. Gladstone finds some difficulty in -ex- plaining a telegram sent by him from Italy, in which he is said to have said that he favoured the idea ,W having the question of the Pepe's reassemption of temporal power settled by arbitration. Re declares that he never said :my such thing, though he admits himself to have no very district remem- brance of just what he did say. ft is likely enough that this story will be made the most of by those who give credence, whether real or assumed, to the silly scandal chat Mr. lsladetone is already a papist in dis- guise, and would be only too well pleased to give support to any scheme that would further the Pope's ends. U. S. Senator Blair seems to be actually in earnest in his efforts to bring about a political union of Canada and the United States. Efe made a epeech in the Senate re- cently, in which he called upon his brother dignitaries to consider the advisability of realizing the American dream of nothing short of continental government„ If the an. nexation of Canada rested with 'the Ameri- cans only, it would be very easily a,ccom• plished, and Mr. Blair, would not need to waste much valuable eloquence in persuad. ing his countrymen ; but since the Canadians would require to have some " say " in the matter, the Senator is likely to have meter. ial for " crating " for a considerable time to mime yet. At a meeting of railroad magnates recent ly held in New York, some very stringent regulations were laid down as to the way in which railroad business is hereafter to be conducted, and in this there seems to be hope that a more honourable era in the history of railroad management has at length been reached. The way in which BOTAO of the Western railroad managers in partieular have made ducks- and drakes of the money of their shareholders, by wasting ib in needless warfare among themselves, has been disgraceful, and if a new leaf shall be found to have actually been turned by the recent meeting in New York everyone will rejoice, and the stock holders in western railroads not the least of all. no Sackville incident seems to have given tmpetus to a feeling which had already been working in the minds of some Aineri- can poll ticiane, thia, namely, that ib would be well to do away with sendihg representatives of the United States to foreign courts. This feeling has recently found voice in Congress where Mr. McAdoo, of New jerdey, made a speech which he said was in the line of pop- ular feeling on the subject. He condemned the sending of representatives to foreign courts on the ground that it is a useless, ab- surd custom, and timlignified, imasinuell as the Atnerioans have to take a anbordinate oboe to the more highly decorated plea. potentiaries from elsewhere. he veteran painter Charles &Woe is about to show in Paris six of his Meet import- ant paibotps Insome regarcla ise eau be classed With the Barbizon painters, for he settled there at the genie time with Millet, He painted (lichens as asaidueuely 40 Or 60 eti eisetweesettesesesienawriretraisittesesittaterseseeeresisieergeaseerettiefeeetseeentrateete.,im years ago AEI he has ea,tble siace and the peatiente whom IVIillet adoaired ded not 6nd "Did n't Know t was him unappreciative, Lately his sou stirprie- . i unaware that his son had artietio power," ed him with a very fine etching of one of Ids beet pictures of eheep, the father being quite Loaded Jacque ia the author of a volume on the )fay do for a stupid boy' excuse; but breeding of poultry, and is said to be a man what oan be said. for the parent who otefarunning,coramon breadth, cribieal force, and eeee his child langaishiug daily and. fails to recognize the want of a tonic and A strange case of a mother'a lack of grafi- blood -purifier? Formerly, a course of ported from Boston. It appears that one bitters, or sulphur and. molasses, was the tude to the preserver of her own child is re - day last summer Doctor Galvin was attend- rule in well -regulated families; lint now ing Mrs. Mary Parker whom he had de- all intelligent households keep Awe livered of a child, The chitd had been laid i Sarsaparilla, which is at once pleasant upon the bed while some epeoial attentions 1 to the taste, and the moot searching and were being given to the mother, when a effective blood medicine ever *covered. bull dog euddenly sprang up from one corner of the ruom and attempted to seize the child. Boston, writes : "My daughter, now 21 Nathan S. Cleveland, 27 E. Canton sea The doctor sprang to the rescue and a life years old, was in perfect health until a and death struggle ensued, which ended in year ago when she began to complain of the doctor managing to hurl the fierce brute fatigue, headache, debility, dizziness, through the window, but not before he had indigestion, and loss of appetite. I con- reluded that all her complaints originated eceived . such injuries as obliged him to in impure blood, and induced leer to take Ayer's Sarsaparilla, This medicine soon restored her blood -making organs to healthy action, and in due time redstab- lished her former health. I find Ayer's Sarsaparilla a meet valuable remedy for the lassitude and, debility incident to spring -time." withdraw from practice for many weeks, He had to sue Mrs, Parker before he could obbain any aatisfaction for the terrible risk he had run and a jury awarded him $700 damages. That the most complete freedom of con- science in matters of worship prevails in the United States is evident from the fact that a heathen temple for Chinese Buddhist ceremonial was recently opened in New York and the newspapers gave full accounts of the performances. And net only this, but so far as we know, not a word of pro- test was entered against heathenism being thus permitted to place itself side by side with Christianity. Of course any other views would have been al togetber incon- sistent with right conceptions of liberty. Buddhism has the same right to erect a temple in New York, and even to carry on a religious propaganda there'as American or Canadian Presbyterians or Baptists have to erect churches in Pekin. The city, town, village and township par- liaments have been chosen for another year. Hundreds of people have been deputed by their fellows to manage their local affairs, and in this way to train themselves for im- portant and prominent duties by and by, Let no man despise such offices. Let no man belittle the duties attached to them. They are of the very essence of liberty. They are schools in which men are taught to transact public business, to interest them- selves in the common weal, and to see to it that the country or district shall suffer no wrong. Sometimes those chosen may be no greataffairs. Sometimes the position of Councillor or Alderman may be sought for selfish reations. Never mind, the arraege- ment lies at the very foundation of self gov- ernment all the same. It is home govern- ment in its essence, and nobody but a fool would speak lightly either of its duties, or of its privileges. If things were exactly as they ought eo be, the very best men would be willing to serve in such unpaid positions and the country would see to it that these best men were chosen. To affect to despise such positions, and to make fun of those who occupy them, is a crime against liberty, and so far a preparation to its overthrow. Planets Visible in February. Four planets may be seen in February. Mercury, Venus and Saturn are evening stars. Jupiter is morning star. Mercury, during the first week of the month, is visible to the naked eye, having just passed his nearest approach to the earth, and his period of greatest brilliancy. He sets on the 1st about an hour and a half after the sun. If the evening be exception- ally clear, an observer will easily find this rarely bea,utiful plenet, three-quarters of an hour after sunset, in tbe southwest, nearly eight degrees north of the sunset point. An opera -glass will be an aid in finding him, and when found, it is easy to follow his course with the unaided eye. Venus is the peerless evening star, reign- ing supreme in the southwestern sky. She reaches her greatest distance east from the sun, on the 18th, and then retraces her steps toward him. Her stay above the horizon, after this time, will be shorter, but her size and brilliancy will conetantly increase as she approaches the earth. Venus will be seen in her most charming aspect during February, March and April. She mint not be mistaken for the "Star of Bethlehem," which has no present existence except in the popular imagination. Saturn is evening star. He is nearest to the earth on the 5th, Dad in excellent posi- tion for observation during the whole month. Ile may be found on the 5th in the north- east, rising when the sun sets, and remain- ing visible through the entire night. Ob- servers ca,n easily follow his couree remem- bering that he rises four minutes earlier evety night. Saturn may be known by his pale yellow color and sex One. stea.dy light, and also by the bright star Regulus in the handle of the Sickle, a few degrees south- east of him. Jupiter is morning star, rising on' the let, more than two hours before the sun, and on the last of the month, more than four houra before the sun. A glance at the southeastern sky aftsr he has risen will reveal the presence of the majeatic king of the stags. lie cannot be mistaken for any other, for no other etar in the vicinity compares with him in brightness. The starlit sky of February reveals much to interest those who watch the planets ha their ieurses. Venus and Mercury shine in the southwest in greater and loser glory. Saturn' holds hi a court in the southeast in the early evening, and Jupiter, sole repres- entative of the brotherhood in the morning sky, reigns without a rival as the sun's bright harbinger. The Chinese Bmperor'S Wedding. The Pekin (China) "Gazette" says :—The Board of Rites presents a memorial concern- ing the marriage Of the Emperor, which will take place Feb. 26. Her Majesty, the Em. pulls Dowager, has already eanctioned programnrie presentedby the board, wherein are set forth in order the ceremonies proposed to be performed. , First will tala place the sending of presents to the bride' r then the marriage, next joint worship lse the imperial pair, th43oonferring of a patent as Belpre:is on the bride, presentation to the Empreee Dows:iger, reception of fetioitai Hone, and imperial batiquet, The board now reports that it hat given order e for the fabrication of a sheet of gold for the patent and a golden seal. It alto presents a liet of the dutiee which ribould be performed by the varlets departments of 8tats in mince.. tion with the celebration, and it will communicate the •same to the departments when iler Majeety ahall have given het approval of thein. At the festivities attending the marriage Will be employed 40,090, beret lantern:a 12,000 Ostia lamps, awl 24,000 pieces of embroidered alike, and artifIceris are IOW, hard at work mainitaCturing these artioles, 3. Castright, Brooklyn Power Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "As a Spring Medicine, I find a splendid substitute for the old-time compounds in Ayer's Sarsaparilla, with a Pave doses of Ayer's Pills. After their use, I feel fresher and stronger to go through the summer." Ayer's Sarsaparilla, PREPARED BY Dr. J. 0. Ayer cc Co., ,Lowell, Mass. Price $1; six bottles, $5. Worth $5 a bottle. 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