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HEALTH.
Eating and Overeating. .
• There are severel factors to be taken into
consideration in determining the quantity ef
food to be inveetecl. Many eethnotes have
been made, differing, as is ueua u atteh
oases, Teary much frem eaoh other. From
my own experience, and from a thorough in-
speetion of the dietaries in ruse in ths hes-
pitale end armies of Europe I am clearly
of the opinien that rite peede eat more than
the inhabitanto of the United Stateae Tak
ing a healthy adult American as tour ;nan4.
ad, the quantity of food rtquired to main-
tain hie organism, not only inc normal con-
dition, but up to the full measure of phyeical
and merited capability, may be placed ae about
, berty ouncesa,of which two-thirde ahould be
vegetable and one-third animal. This is io
addition to the water he may drink, which
will amount to about twenty fluid ounces
and to eight or ten fluid ounces of tea or
coffee.
If an execrative amount of food be habit-
ually taken the digestive organs have more
work thrown upon them than they can ao-
octimplish, and consequently deraugement of
their functions occurs. Before, however,
an advanced stage of derapepsia is reached,
obesity or plethora if3 developed, and.c tend.
enoe to disease of the brain, the heart, liver,
or other organs is established. The regela-
tion of the appetite reoeives very little at.
tention until warnings, in the shape of
functional disturbance, are given, and then
ib is often too late.
Mr. Lawrence, in his lectures on surgery,
relates a yeey instructive case which bears
upcn this point: " A very long time ago I
was intimately acquainted with a young
phyeician of spare habit, active mind and
body, zealously pursuing his profession and
taking much walking exercise. Meeting
with deserved endless, he found it necessary
to leave off walking and to keep a carriage.
Having agreeable manners and social habits
he lived much in society when the mode of
living was freer than at present, though ha
did not commit excess. He soon began to
inorease in bulk and wit&joked by his friends
on the subject. It wiTi his custom to cele-
brate his birthday by a jovial meeting which
was concluded by a bowl of punch after sup-
per. On the last occasion he had been in
excellent health, and was perfectly well next
morning when he left home in has carriage.
Having occasion to draw up the blind, he
found Ms left arm motionlees and the leg
very stiff. It was an Maack ot hemiplegia,
which obliged him to give up his profession.
After survivink fora few years he sank under
advancing disease of the brain."
But the influence of excessive indulgence
in the pleasures of the table does not stop
with the digestive system and the establish
ment of proclivities to disease. Habits of
idleness and indolence are set up which add
to the diffitiulties. The metamorphosis of
the tissues does not progress with the nor-
mal state ot activity, and hence they become
soft and unhealthy, with greatly increased
liability to disorganization, Moreover, the
products of the decay of the tissues, instead
of being rapidly excreted, are retained in
the system and add to the unhealthy condi-
tion. 4n organism thus, oiroumstanced, al-
though rot necessarily diseased, is like a
rpowderatilill wnioh only requirea a little
spark to cause the explosion. A trilling ace
cident or affection may act as the spark and
produce results which never would have fol-
lowed had the system been in a normal
state.
Du. WILLIAtt A. HAlaramen.
Spinal Cargaturee.
Spinal curvatures of the one sided sort,
which throw a hip or shoulder out of line,
oome not from diseases of the bone so much
as weakness of one set of muscles or over
use of one Bide, whioh gradually draws the
bone into distortion. Bat thesame influence
whioh caused the deformity may effect he
cure. It is simply to establish transaction
ot the muscles on the opposite side, which
will in time draw the bones into place.
Plaster jackets and stiff supporters have
their uses, bat it is equally possible to cure
spinal curvature without such,rigid methods.
Indeed, severe treatment of any kind for a
attend may be thrown aside as worse than
useless, union in one case of a thousand.
The traction of a linen brace, good nutrition
and the exercises of the movement cure,
combined with easy slirgs and swinge de-
• vhed by physicians will owe the worst
lateral curvatures in a year or t so.
How To, Take Nauseous Medicines.
Considerable amount of tact is necessary,
says the Hoipital, to get some patients to
take medicine. Generally the mouth, but
not the lips, should be moistened previous.
ly. Oily medicines should not tonoh the lips.
The persistent taste of some strongly -bitter
drugs- quassia, quinine, strychnine—is best
removed by giving the patient some bread
to chew and swallow repeatedly in Atoll
quantities. This wipes mechanically the
back of the tongue, and removes the bitter
taste which is perceived mainly in thh
situation. Many of the nauseous medicines
really oftend by their emelt and not by their
taste ; in ouch oases, if the nostrils be otos.
ed with the fingers before the medicines
oome within sight and smell, and kept close
ed until the mouth is washed out subtle pent
to taking the draught, hardly any Mete will
be perceived by the patient, Sane people
are extremely awkward betaking medioines;
but it is not rare to find that their attend-
ants are equally awkward in their methods
of persuasion. Holding a draught contain.
ing valerian or assalostide, right under the
nose of the patient while coaxing him or her
to take it is not the beat road to success.
Some medicines are difficult to wallow if
not well diluted, Preparations containing
sulphuric ether or spirits of ammonia oome
under thin category. The rseneation of
choking produced by them in their contain -
tested condition is dne to their local action,
and ameba done away with by free dilu-
tion.'
Adulteration of Food.
Washington Star : The practical eugges.
don appears in a weetern paper that while
there are gas, oil, meat and milkinspector%
In many States and in the large cities gener-
elly, there are no inspeotors of whiskey.
• The omiesion is a singular one. The vile
adulterations thet are sold ignorant Men who
have a depraved appetite for drink should
long ago have been forbidden by le,W. The
quickest way to reach the evil is to employ
Inspectors who have zeal coupled with olden-
tifio knowledge to ferret out the makers of
bad whiskey end bring them to punishment.
The whole eubject of food and drink adul-
teration lure been handled in this Country
With a monumental inability to accomplish
Versate It ie not until one producing Inter -
Get clashes With another, as in the oleomarg.
:trine quotion, that something is done. The
innocent producer pee quietly, untomplain.
tritely on austainibg life on barytes in his
fibrin send in he his Wear, ohipe in his coffee
logweed in his wine, rehire in his lead, and
be knows What not in all the despise of the
*able.
THE lamacnii cup.
"1 hey bin reatmeted," eaid Brother Gard
ner as the meeting opened, "to preeent t
die club dis erivenire de query, '1e de whit
man improvin'r Pickles Smith will lead off
de disoustrun."
Brother Srnith replied that he had been
taken lukewarm Be had never given the
matter a thought. He had seen more or lese
white folks around him each day, but had
given them no particular attention. He had
4 sore throat, a bad heedache, chilblains on
both feet, and there were strong indications
billet a dratelase boil was about to hit him in
the leg. He would therefore aek to be ex
cused from. expressing anything like a deoid.
ed opinion on the white man queation.
Col, Anonymous Smith next followed. It
was a question whioh had bothered him not
a little. Thirty years ago the. white man
• got drunk. He gets drunk to -day. Thirty
years ago the white man sold his vote, He
saw several of them bought in at tho last
election. In the years gone by the white
man swore, gambled, stole, robbed, lied,
cheated and committed murder. He was
doing these same things to -day. If there
had been any moral improvement the colonel
couldn't see it. • He had always felt a sym-
pathy for white folks, and had always hoped
they would do well, and it grieved him that
no better progress had been made.
Elder Toots said he was glad the question
had come up. The white folks were always
concerned for fear the colored race was re.
trogading, but the boot belonged on the other
foot. Within twenty years the white man
had invented the telephone, but alas 1 the
states had to pass laws to keephimfrom send-
ing cuss words over the wires. The white man
had -erected wonderful bridges, improved the
telegraph, brought out new orders of arohi
entire, improved in painting and sculpture
and elevated the standard of schools and so-
ciety, bat there was another side to the pic-
ture. The white man had discovered other
waye to beat the lawa passed for the protec-
tion of life and property. Lying, swearing,
atealing and embezzling were hardly count-
ed as sine. Visitors had picked pockets and
stolen overcoats. Men who paid the highest
pew -rent in church were doing the heaviest;
stealing, Dressing had beoome an art, but
running in debt and beating creditors had
become a greatet one. The elder had noth-
ing against the whlte man on account of his
color. The Lord hademade him white, and
he was not to blame for it. But when the
white man stood on a corner and olaimed
to own the earth, it was well to investigate
his claim.
Waydown Babes said he had always felt
kindly towards the white man, and had al-
ways been willing to extend kim a helping
hand. He could remember bulk for a quart-
er of a century. If there were any decided
improvements he could not name them. If
the white man was better educated, so were
all other men. If inventions were more
numerous, other races had helped to make
them so. Take the Naito man as a man
and he nad doubtless retrogaded. He was
losing hie reverence for the Bible and the
laws. He was living fast and loose, full of
suepicious, and having no care how
he made his money so long as he made it,
If the white man had got nearer to tire moon
by means of the largest telescope in the
world, he had also discovered new liquids to
geb drunk on and new ways to beat the law.
If the soul has become more poetio lawenite
for debt had also become more numerous.
if the average mind was living nearer to
Milton and Shakespeare just as many bodies
were being committed to state prison.
Sir Isaao said the query, had often been
presented to him, and he would take advent
age of this occasion to say that he thought
he could see some slight improvement in the
last twenty-five years. Who were Mor-
mons? The white folke. Who were big-
amists? The white folks. who were eta-
bezz:ing from banks, stealing from postoffioria
and filching school moneys? The white
folks. All the sedition was uttered by white
men. All the demagogues were white men.
All the trusts and monopolies on tile one
hand, and all the &wises and violence on the
other included only white men. It was his
conviction that white folks were a bad lot,
but not quite as baclacs they used to be.
Samuel Shin arose to remerk that he had
seen a good deal of the white folks, and had
been brought into collision with them more
or lees every day for years. He couldn't say,
as a beginning, that he liked the color. It
wasn't fasts. It ran all the way from the
color of an old roan horse turned out to die,
to fresh snow, and he could never be made
to believe that straight haft' was of any
good except in the case of a wolf. 'White
folks had cheated him, lied to him, stolen
his wood and poultry, and he had come to
distrust the race. He didn't doubt thee
there was some slight improvement, but even
savages are compelled to improve. He be.
lisped the time was near at hand when black
would be the popular color all around, and
when the man with the woolly head would
step to the front.
'"Genelen " said Brother Gardner as he
arose, " de quest= has no doub tobedecid-
ed in de negative'but we shouldn't b'ar
down too heavy onde white folks. Dey has
had a heap of tribulashun, eapeehually in dis
kentry. I fur one bey great an' abidin' faith
In de fuoher of de white man. He is gradual.
ly learnin' to speak de trod, an' to keep his
hands off of odder folkses' chickens. Time
will make him fear or respect de law, brush
up his manners an' compel him to realize dat
buildin' big skule houses dean' make manners
nor bring bizness. Let us gin him a far
chance to show de stuff he are made of. De
answer to de query will darfo' be. 'He ar
improvins mighty slow, but expects a change
of todder will make hiria hustle,' We will
now dispel de mean' an' adjudioate home-
wards.'
The Farmer's Pet, the Heathen's Dread.
It is a remarkable fact that the ancient
Jewish regtilations respecting artioleti of
diet, memo to have descended in some man-
ner to barbarous or hilt civilised tribes and
nationa found in widely separated portions
of the globe. For example, while the Ameri-
can fernier counte hie riches by the number
of his hogs, and fairly dote upon hie fatten-
ing pigs, the Hottentot degasses the maven -
get, did turns from the beast 'ye ith loathing,
to dine upon a monkey or an ant -eater. The
libido* would as soon think of becoming a
cannibal as of eating swine's flergh. It is
stated that the Indian mutiny no frightful
in its remitter, originated in a fear among the
Sepoys that they were to be fated to eat
pork. A lady had an amusing experience in
India which illustratet the Hindoe ontiment
on the subjed of the pig. Arriving very
late at a grand dinner party, she and her
husband saw the first course being carried
in as they 'Went down the hall, A row of
"k Wrier:rare" were drawn up, waiting to follow
the dieh into the dining.roona and serve
their respective employere ; and as the dish
of ham was aairiea by erreh man gravely
and deliberately gat upon it Needles to
oay, Mee. B—and her lord waited for the
Second came." •
A FABLE FOlt yOUNG WIVES. LATE CABLE NEWS An Hour in the Raoking Rouse, WIT AND WISDOM.
The Only Way They Can Menage Their Bus -
We have been a long time getting to —
hands siiettessiariiy, the peeking house, perhaps rsome of you Vera Wiley—" I'm afraid it would be,
think, after that first) visit to the orange better not to speak to petpa jusb yet, Jaok.
Men are naturally lees amiable and more Aff4h's in Feallee—News From. the Soudan grove But o know it al t k I Wait until next week." Jack Darr.'* Thif
intractable than women. The first point,
therefore, to seoure a married woman's hap.
pinese after the holidays of the honeymoon.
are over, h that she ehoeld study carefully
the peoulierities of her husband's temper.
It ill in the power of a wise and good
woman to make a lamb of the greatest bear
that ever wore whiskers; while by a foolish
treatment the process may be reversed and
—Another Prophet Appears ou the tune to gets anywhere when there ire orow
•$0ena, now, and
ialdnrdenallonnggquweaenotoinnsg about everything eevVeerThb
ing
01 matters of current interest ore the Con, they see. Theta right, children, alwaye
Uncut there is nothing whiole the English ask to have everything you don't underhand
public Ifinde just now worth Watching, explained to you, and In that way You ,will
gather v !viable amount f information if
There Was a passing flurry of attention given ge' o- -
you will only try to remember what you ere
yesterday to the errest of M, Derottlede in told. Now this is what the children learn-
ed as they walked through the orange grove
to the peeking house. They baW some tell
orange trees with their lower limbs away
above a man's head, and some others with
low drooping limbs that touched the ground
and reminded one of a shy little girl try-
ing to cover her bare feet with her skirts,
eo, of course, they asked, " what is the
difference in those trees V' meaning is
there any difference in the variety of
thine trees, and they were told that the
tall trete were the native meet mango
and the low drooping trees were Stet' and
Mediterranean tweets. Then they noticed
two other kinds of trees, one with narrow,
slender leaves, and the other with broad,
wane looking foliage, the latter they found
were lemon trees and the others were Tan-
gerines or the kid -glove orangeo. By this
time they were in the peeking house, which
was a large, broad building with doors and
window e alternating closely upon each side.
"Why was that ?" they mixed. That was
for two .purposes. A great many doors were
needed m the busy season, so that a number
of oranges could be loadei at the same time
while others could unload on the other side.
Then a great many, windows are needed for
ventilation, for if there was not a great deal
of freeh air when these houses are filled with
rips frait or green vegetables they would be
injured by their own heat and moisture
before they were packed. The model pack-
ing house has a kind of stage built ELOTOSS
one end, and in this are out several pits for
the packers to stand in, whicebrings them
justOn a level with the orates they are pack-
ing, so that they can pack themvery fast and
no elide them along to the doors without any
lifting, Near the packers is arranged the
slurs, which are sometimes made tilde way :
Tvio planks about biX feet long are nailed so as
te form the eloping sides of a trough with a
crack about five inches wide at the bottom,
fitting into this are very thin pieces of
boards, carefully smoothed, and arranged to
slide up and down on the sloping plank,
These boards are eight inches long, and
when the sizer is ready to work each of these
are set by. a measure and screwed fast. Then
the openings In the bottom of the trough
represent the EliZ0 of oranges that ce,n pass.
through it, and the packer knows how many
of each die it will take to fill a box. Under
each opening a rough box is set to catch the
fruit,. and a man stands at the upper end of
the weer and rolls down the oranges until
they find a place they can drop through. As
these boxes are filled they go to the packer,
who wraps them in beautiful red and green
and blue striped tissue papers and packs
bhem for their journey north. The next
man nails up the orates and slides them into
the waiting wagons.
While the ohildren have been watching
this we have peeled some small brownish
leeking oranges for them that had been
Oast among the oulle, and they reach out
eagerly for the ever -welcome fruit, but
as they pull them open intending to
"suck the bars," they lock up in disgust
and exclaim: "Why this dareis all
a generous bearded oreature, wish all the Paris and the suppreesion of the League of
oapabilitiee of a lion, may end in being a
bear or wolf. A wife must tread on her hus-
band's temper first as =blowfly as a pru-
dent boy dooe upon recently formed he.
Only when she has learned wherethe slip-
pery humor of her husband will bear, and
where it will break, oan elle perform with
safety those graoeful evolutions by which a
devoted wife achieves greater triumphs
Pa'r ots, but to -day nobody talks about it
or judges he reason for supposing that the
eternally expected French oriels is any near-
er than ib was before.
Singnor Crispi'd resignation,. too, has ob-
tained only the ocant courtesty of a dezen
lines in the London press, The truth is,
the exalting developments of the Parnell
than ever Bonaparte did by his artillery. Donunission have driven everything else for
Wise old Plutarch, descanting on the topic, the moment out of mind.
very appropriately brings in the old fable of
the traveler, whom Boreas, with his ob-
sbreperous blaste, tried to disrobe of his good
greatcoat; but the result was quite otherwitel
the more violently Boreas pnffed his cheeks
the more closely the Mall w-epped hie web
About him. But whet Bones could not
achieve with all his strength the sun did
with a few slight touohea of his genial beanie. "
The man was so overcome by the softening
influence that he flung both his oloak and
tunic away. So let no woman foolishly at-
tempt to gain her husbend in a rough way
what she oan surely achieve by gentleness.
4-.4110111411W--1,
The Earl's Pipers.
For several years the late Earl of Airlie
aoted as Lord High Commissioner to the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Amongst hie attendants at Holyrood were
two pipers, who, at every dinner given to
the clergy and other guests at the Palace,
mantled several times round the large
dining -hall, playing the wild and inspiriting
music of the Ilighlande. One evening, the
Moderator of the Assembly, at mine one's
request, asked his Graoe whether he had
any objections to instruot the pipers to play
"The Bonnie House o' Airlie." "None
whatever," replied the Earl, "bub I doubt
whether we shall get it, for the onepiper is
an Ogilvie, and the other is a Campbell; bat
we shall see." Calling the butler, he gave
orders that ween the pipers next: oame in,
they should play The Bonnie House o'
Airlie." The butler went at once with the
message. By.and-by the pipes were heard
approaching,aand, in a little, one piper, the
Ogilvie, marched in, playing the desired
tune with great dignity and vigour. "1
expected this," said the Earl in a jocular
way to the Moderator, Summoning the
,butler again, he asked whether his message
had been delivered. "Yea, ink lord."
"Then why has Campbell not come in with
Ogilvie ?" I gave him your message, my
lord." "What did he say then ?" The man
hesitated. " What did Campbell say ?"
again demanded the Earl. "He said—ah—
eh"— still hesitating—" he said he would
see yoteLlordship— ;" the rest of the
sentenoelleas lost in a cough and the skirl of
Ogilvie's pipes.
How Washington Women Dress -
There is very little fine dressing among
women in Washington. This abatement will
probably astonish people *he for yeara have
been reading glowing accounts of brilliant
society events at the capital, but it is true.
Some women here dress very elaborately and
in many new dresses, but these are few and
are conspicuous among their associates. A
person who has been reading long descrip-
tions of dresses might look in vain for the
gorgeous array that has been pictured to
them. About nine out of ten of the women
seen at the evening receptions may tie iden.
tified from one time and another by their
dresses, and towards the end of the by
the eye is mats by it draggled and disrepu-
table lot of gowns. The iinmense crowds
that assemble at receptions here and the
bad manners so often met with disc e
• fine dressing on the part of women of
ienee, except on very select me:melons. l'�is
the habits of fashionable women unless they
are to be of the receiving pay, to put on
none but their old evening ;towns to attend
a reception at the White house. The poor.
est dresses anywhere are to be seen in the
East room during any of the large formal
receptions. At a very large reception given
by a prominenb official the other evening I
saw not less than half a dozen dishes of
-various sores of refreshments dropped on the
floor, the painted China crushed, and the
oysters, ice cream, or salad vitt on the
ladies' dresses. There ie always a satisfac-
tion in such a else to feel that the dreams
are nob very valuable.—[ Washington Letter.
A Strict Law.
A Bill has been introduced in the Legisha
Imre of the State of New York, and favour.
ably reported by the Judiciary Committee,
which is certainly very different from what
one might) have expected in a oetintryewhere
democratic principles are supposed to pre.
.yail, and where it ought to oe an axiom
that there should be no Legislative interfer-
ence with private lewdness beyond whab is
absolutely necessary, The Bill in question
provides thab all Commission Merchants
doing business in the State, or any other
persons who shall receive goods °hay kind
to sell on commisaion, shall, immediately
upon their receipts " send a true statement
in writing to the consignor thereof, showing
what goods have been received, the date of
such reception, and bheir or its condition."
And as soon as any part of the consignment
has been sold this J3111 furthee provides that
the merchant, numb at once forward a lame
statement in writir g to the consignor, show-
ing the amount sold and the price obtained.
Neglect of any of the requirements of this
law eXposes the merchant to a penalty of $59.
Tine seems an extraordinary interferencewith
freedom of trade between man and man.
Matters of thie kind ought to be left to eebtle
themselves according to a natural law, and
it is in it high degree doubtful if the protru-
sion of the legislative thumb in this way in-
to private bUsinesir will be relished by the
businees men of New York, (invent be pro-
ductive of any good results.
Beautiful Swiss Custom.
As coma ag the enn has disappeared in the
valleys, and it6 last rays are just glimmering
ott the snowy summits of the mountains,
the herdsmen who dwells on the loftiest peak
takes hies horn and trumpets forth, "Praiee
God, the Lord 1" All the herdsmen in the
neighborhood take their horns and repeat
the worde. This often noatinuee a ettartet
of an hour, While on all sidee the ineuntains
eoho the name of God. Solemn stillnese
follows; every shepherd on bonded krietse
with uncovered head, diets his seceet prayer.
By this time ib is quite dark. "Good
• night i" trutspete forth the herdemtin tol the
Ibitieet brininlik "Good tight I" le repeated
tia commerce its expected to bee on all the metitilatins Irene the hone of the
strengthened by belts! of railreadre 'herdsmen and the °tette of the niche.
In a very short time we are likely to have
exciting news from the interior of the Sou-
dan. Emin Pasha seeme to have again
whipped the dervishes sent by the Mahdi
against him and to have captured their
three steamers. There is no mention of
Stanley in these reporte, but the opinion
here is that the two all311 by this time at
least must be together. Emin would have
a small chance, even with Stanley, to come
down the Nile and force a passage through
the MahdVe forces.
But there has ar'sen an Unexpected ally
in the person of El Senouted, a great Tripoli -
tan chief, who is reported to have seized E
Obeid, thus taking the Ma.hdi in his rear,
and who is sworn to drive him into the sea
as an impostor. The advent of this man in
the Soudan fight is of the utmost Importance.
He is still young, and, like his father, who
was the founder of the Senoussiya sect, he is
deeply pious, assuming the airs of a prophet
and always receiving pilgrims with a veiled
face. He hineself has been thus preparing
the ground for his appearance as a Messiah,
and ar3 he has ten natural followers to the
Mahdia one, there is doubt of his sno-
oess against Abdullah.
She Wasn't an Oyster.
Mr. Greepall—" There is a dandy girl 'up
at the church fain She lets you kiss her
for a quarter."
Cynical Friend—" I suppose she finds you
a good customer ?"
Mr. Graspall—" I don't think so. I tried
to get two kisses Instead of one last night
and [she tossed her pretty head and said:
"You would like to take my month home
in a box for it quarter, wouldn't you ?"
A Woeful Building.
Two gentlemen walking together came by
a stately new b'nilding.
"What a magnificent structure 1" said
one.
" Yes " replied the other, "but I cannot
bear to look at it, often as I pass it."
"That is strange. Why nob?"
"Because it reminds me that the owner
bunt it out of the blood, the aches and
groans of his fellow -men, out of the grief of
orying children, the woe of wailing women."
"Gracious 1 What is the owner? A
money -lender or a pawn broker, or some-
thing of the klad ?"
"Oh, no; he is a dentist."—[Wasp.
The Footage Stamps.
Old Man—"If that idiot in the parlor ain't
got sense enough to make shorter calls, he
might as well be of some use. Ask him if
he can spare me a postage stamp."
• Daughter (aftei a trip to tlie parlor)—"Be
says he's very . sorry, but he celled at the
post -office to -day to renew his supply of
postage stamps, but he hadn't anything
smaller than it five hundred dollar bill in his
vestapocket. and they couldn't change
that,"
"Eh? By Jinks ? Well you ninny, go
baok to the parlor. Don't you know better
than to leave your company alone like
that?"
He Fell Among Thieves,
nLLAND, March 11—John Watson, a
farmer living in the township of Thorold,
lost a large sum of money recently at Port
Robinson, while on it spree. Two parties
named VV illiam Ross and Con Lynch. who
were in his company, were arrested Monday
and arraigned before P. M. Hellems at Well-
and. The case was remanded. The parties
arrested are quite prominent in Port Robin-
son, and there is -considerable excelterhent over
M e matter at that place;
Anonther Schooner Seized..
Gloucester, Mass., March 11—The schoon-
er Wm. H. Toye was seized on Friday at
Beaver Harbor, N. B,, for alleged violation
of the customs laws, A fine of $400 was
imposed and paid before the vessel was
released. Capt. Rowe denies that he vras
smuggling or otherwhe violating the law.
Improved. Appearance.
Dentist—" What ecu I do for yon, mad-
ame
Mrs. 0 Rahilly (suddenly rloh)--" I want
yez to be either pryin' the amalgum fillin'
out o' me back tooth an' puttin' in goal&
Since Dinnis got the coontract on ther new
aoquedook lig not the expense we bemindin'
in any ways.'
Please Do It Again.
A gentleman in jumping off a street -ear
the other day fell and rolled into the gutter.
Wblio bruehing the diet from hie clothes it
little girl ran up to him and said:
"Mister, please do it again. Mamma
didn't see you that time ?"
'Vests for evening wear are made of black
diagonal and white pique or Silk. White or
tinted veste are worn at balls or the opera.
Every one knows that every locality has
its peculiar tone in ripeeoh, observed only by
those who live beyond the distriot. Not the
leaeb marked in that of Aberdeen. A Pais-
ley maia eeinoved to Aberdeen froze hie
Dative town, the accents of which is well
known, He had preceded his family by
several woke to secure a hottee trod have
things generally prepared for them. At
lasts he was gladdened by the arrival of his
wife and children, On their way hoar the
station the wife had bon struck with the
local atrcent, so different frorn what she
thought the puree spode she had been uded
to, and when they Were seated quietly, in
their neW teeme the reMarked to her husband
ae"Did ye notice, what it queer
tone thee Aberdeen folk 'hao when they
opeak " Torte, watnmatt," replied her
Mali, "I Wisib, ye had heard it When cane
here Eat Wiekil *pie," I
bloody, just see how red it is." "Yes'
in answer, "thatla why we peeled it that
way sce voct could eee how pretty the
Maltese Blood orange is. Now eat its and
see how meet and winey it is also."
then here is a Star orange, see the ober
like ridges which radiate efrom stem to
blossom end of the fruit. It is nexb to
the blood orange in delicate flavor. And
this is the famous Naval orange, with its
ugiy, curious dietortion at the blossom
end. It is not half as fine flavored or
sweet as the oth,ers, ant because its peon
liarity is outside instead of inside it has
won fame and become popular.
You see, children, that is always the
way, the very best things and the best,
people are always quiet and self-con-
tained, and their virtues must be dili-
gently sought for before they are disoov-
ered. And now fill your hand.bage with
kid.glove oranges and let's go home and
I hope you have all learned from this
visible) appreciate the feast that oranges
are not all Mike by any means, 'but that
the differences in them are great enough for
even the children to disoover.---[Mrs. Charles.
A Reptile Wreath.
On a frosty morning a few days ago, as
Mr, Jere. Fenton of South Orange, N.
J., was walking with his nbae.yeanold
daughter ibm a small plantation near his house,
h3 saw what looked like a wreath of variega,.
ted cords lying at the foot of a tree. It was
about ten inches in diameter, and perfectly
oiroular. 'Supposing that some children at
play in the wood had woven it and carelessly
flung it away, he picked it up and playfullx
crowned his little girl with it.' but there war
a cold, clammy feeling aboutthe thing that
the child did not like at all, and as it touched
her forehead she hastily shook it off. Then
Mr. Fenton made a more careful examination,
and was considerably startled to find that
what he had mistaken for a cordage wreath
was very much like a double -headed snake.
The two heads were exactly opposite each
other on the chanter brand bub Mr. Fenton
soon perceived that eaoh. head Was atteohed
to a separate body. The variegated' 'ring
wee, in fact, two anakee that had mixed
themselves up, as a sort of mutual benefit
'society, for the winter. Their tails were not
visible, beciatthe each had swallowed the
outdid extremity of the other, and as lallOh
of the upper anatomy as it could stuff down
its throat.
1 Forgetfulness in the Extreme.
• There was once, as we know, a diatinguiela.
ed person who got married ill the morning
and later in blie day became so absorbed in
his sclera& investigatione that be entirely
forgot the interesting little circumstance.
A correspondent tells tie of a Sootoh gentle-
man who wag even more dreadfully forgetful,
He was w ilkiug along a Glasgow street
with a friend. They met a lady who bowed;
and art in duty bound both Wanted be return.
" Who is that young lady ?" asked the
young gentlemen of his more elderly com-
panion, "I seem to know her face." "Oh,
you must have eeee her before," was the me -
ply; "that it the lady you are going to
marry toanortow."—[Sts JaanalsGazette.
They Were in. the Way -
"I don t thiek tnuoll of the scenery of
this part of the eountry, geld a Yankee
on it Highland railway bound north. "Give
nie prairie eyery time." " What% the mat
ter with the acenery in this part Of the coati-
?" Wilted a felloste-paseenger. " Waal,
you can't see any. 'nem hills trild Morin
-
table are iii the way 1"
why 74 Vere. Wiley—"My milliner's bill
will be in then,"
A gentleman in jumping off a otreito car
the ether day fell and rolled into the gutteaa
While brushing the dirt from his clothes it
O little) girl ran Up to him and said: "MIs -
ter, please do it again. Marlene didn't see
you that time."
Mr. Goodheart—" Why don'ts you give,
that) poor woman a dime 7" Mrs. Tiptop—
" Mercy me 1 I can't afford to spire a °meta
As it is, X don't see how we're ever going to,
pay for that $309 dress I had to order for -
the charity belle'
Jinke (at a party)—" I don't see what's
the matter with that pretty woman over
there. She was awfully flirty it little while
ago, but now she won't have anything to do
with me." Stranger—"I have jot come
in. She is my wife."
Mamma (to Flossie, who has been lunch.;
ing with a little friend)—" I hope you were.
very polite, Flossie, ab the table, and said,
'Yea, please,' and 'No, thank you I' Flossie
—" Well, I didn't say ' No, thank you,'
bemuse, you see, I took everything.' "--
Found at Last .—In a Pullman sleeper—
Bride (in berth)--Derling 1 Groom (in lower
berth)—Yes, prectious 1 Bride—I've found
something I've been looking for ever since
my sixteenth birthday. Groom—What's that
darling? Bride—A man under my bed.
The beauty of the family (who has a temp-
er of her own ) —" Fancy, Mr. De Bullion
Mut proposed I 'Isn't it wonderful, after
only knowing me t vo weeks 1" Elder eiretee
—" Humph 1 It would be a great dea' n.o re
wonderful if he had proposed after knowing
you two years.'
Exceedingly Long Patient—" I say, doca
tor, are you going to put that mustard plas-
ter on my feet to draw the Fein from my
head ?" Dooter—" Yee; why, 7' "Well,
object. I'd rather have it where ill is than
drawn down through six feet and five inches
of new territory."
Young. girl (at fortune-teller's)—What?
I am going to marry a poor labourer and
Alt's in a shanty and have seventeen children?
It's outrageous! My friend Sarah had her
fortune told here and you said she was to
marry a prince and live in three castles.
Huh 1 Here's your quarter. Fortune Teller
(with dignity)—Your friend Sarah got a fifty -
cent fortune, Miss.
"Did you see that singular looking crea-
ture at the reception? The one in yellow -
and green ?" asked Mrs. Shubble of Job.
"No, I can't say that I did. But I saw
that charming creature in pink and cream,"
Of attires you did; that's what all men go
to receptions for."
Game—Sixpenny nap. Brown goes naitp.
and wins. Parson Robinson pays in three-
penny pieces. Jones (very jocosely) —
"Ha, he, Robinson 1 been robbing the
church plate, eh ?' Parson Robinson (with.
great irony)—"You recognize your miser-
able little contributions, do yo;?"
Leveyer —And so you really thiet, Bobby,
of becoming it lawyer when you grow ap Ye
Bobby—yes, sir s• my Uncle James thinks,.
I ought to be a lawyer. "Does he, indeed.
And why does your TJnole James think so
—bet:mune you are bright and smart ?" "No,„
sir; because I ask so many foolish questions.'
"He went throng, the window like me.
man going into bis hat," said Mr. Jobki as to
him wife, speaking of a bur.glar. "How was.
that, my dear ?" she enquared, with nrovolte
ing innocence. "Head foremost, of course.
You never saw a man go into hit hat feett.
foremost, did vim ?" replied Jobkins, sharp-
ly. " No dear,' she said demurely; "that
is, never till I saw you try to do ib at one
o'elook in rho morning." After thab Jobtrins
somehow felt indisposed to carry on the con-
versation.
Henry M. Sti,nley. the African explorer,
went to Omaha in 1858 or 1859. Hee was
young, bandsome, gedlantand fond of tadven-
eire. He fell in love with a vaudeville ao-
tress, who proved a coquette. One night,
after posting her friends behind the scenes
to oleserve the result, she granted Stanley
an interview. Stanley, honest in ais infa-
tuation, knelt before the woman and protest-
ed his Ica e desperately. A reporter des-
cribed the scene in his paper, and Stanley
thrashed hicn for it.
Moving a Meteorolite.
For more than a century the travellers
along a river in the provinoe of Bahia,
Brazil, saw jr the edge of the stream it great
mass of iron ore. Ab it low stage of water a
pair of chariot wheeis have been visible be-
neath the edge of the mass.
This mass of iron is known to be of mete-
oric origin, and to have fallen from the sky,
though no one knows at preoisely what date.
It was first discovered in 1784, and an
attempt was soon made to transport it to.
the coast.
As the meteorolite had been ascertained
to weigh about six tons, the feat of transport-
ing it wee not an easy one. An immense
chariot, or truck, was construoted, and by
dinb of the exertions of one hundred and
forty oxen, the meteorolite was laden upon
thft ehariob. Bub at the very first start the
vehicle sank up to the hubs in the mud, and
nothing could dislodge its, The attempb
was then and there abandoned, and the
chariot wheels testified for more than a cen-
tury te the failure of this effort; to remove
the great niebeorolite.
A recent attsnipb, hewever, aided by
modern uoieno, has been more succesefnLr
A Brazilian engineer has eucceeded in rak-
ing the meteor, and traneportieg it to Rio de
Janeiro. To accomplish . this result, the
Brazilian Government appropriated twenty
thousand dollars, and an evert sum wee
contributed for the parpoee by a rich private
citizen.
When the meteorolito reached Rio de Jan-
eiro, it wee mit into two pieces, in order that
its structure might be studied. It is com-
peted of iron, of crystalliee formation, and
mixed with other substances —a condition
which is characteristic of all the iron which
hoe falleu from the elty in meteors, end which
knevrn as meteores iron.
It is a moist interesting fact that none of
the meteorolitee, go fat at is known, contain
any eleetnical element that is not known on
the earth. They always cootain Iron, bub
it is compounded differently from any known
iron native to the earth.
We earnestly beg to call the special ati-
tention of parents to the fad that they can
hardly Menthe too close a sorutiny on the
fiction which their ohildren teed.
Not a few of the novels of the present day,
whioh are most ividely advertieed, and are
sent into the werld, milder the patronage of
allegedly respectable publisher's, are the
preclude of defiled imakinatlone and on
have only corrupting effects on the minds of
young people. Some oi Mersin are shameleart-
ly corrupt, end ought to bo suppressed 1110)
any other tout of Impure literature.