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' 1 oak notoseb Sled Soul to keel)
• Tearletis, wn,eri of ray cleatb he heap; .
Let those who, will, if any, wool
Tiaere IWO WOVietPlaglIell OP earth then te•wre.
1•esk.but that MY deathmay find
Tho freedom to my life denied; •
Ask bait the folly of: mankind -
Then, then, atiaskte nett nay side., •
- Spare me the whispering, crowded room,
'The friends who come and•Saee and go;
The coremonieus air of gloom -
All .
wbich makes' death a hideous shoW 1 .
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Nor bring.„ te femme cease .to. live, - • .
Moine 4eeter full of phrase and fame, ,
To ellakellialstteienth-eadanditvo. '
• The ill he cannot mire a name. .
Nor fer,en to take the accustoned toll
Of tile podr sinner bound for death,
' His brother doctor of the soul •
'. To canvass with official breath.
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The future said itS VieW213Elii.tlaiegs, ,
Tb a ti, undisco,vered mystery . •
Whi ono who feels deatla'avinnowing wings
Me ' cods read olearer, sure than hu!
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.J3rifli none of these ; but lot =who,
• While all around in silenee hos, .-
Moved to the window /icor, and BOO. '•
Once more, laefere'mY clyieg eYeet
Bathed in.the soCrod dews of morn
The wide,aerial landscape unread -
Tho world whieh:was ero.i was hern.•
The world wnicli lasts when I am dead; ,.
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Which never was the frfond of one, .
Nor promised love it could not glV.0,
But lit for &lilts generous sun,
' ncl lived itself, and. Made Os liV°•
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' There let and gaze till I become -
In soul, with what I gaze on, wed 1
To feel tho universe my home ;
To haye before ray mind -instead
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Of thesielt room, the mortal strife,
, The turruoii 'era little breath--'-
The pure eternal course of life,. . •
Nor bunion ceinbatings with death;
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Thus. feeling, gazing, inight 1 grow
i 0o.. voted., refresledteneobletl, clear;'
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I'lie. illing let nay spirit go
To • ork or wait elsewhere or hero. :
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• Little. 411i 3te.'an4 Little Ah There.
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Little Ah Mo was a Cninaman
With a queue o.s loeg•atalais 0.rna;•
Wlaose spirits•stienaed constantly under a ban;
Tho' hernever did evil or hann,;
- BUS he,ever inclined to the darker side
•, And the pessimistieVtlaw, 1. • . .: • •
.And his life wit- a failure, and; yvheia.he died, ..
The mouruere were very few., • •
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•'. Little Ah There was another Chinee,
But ono of a different sort
-Mittlaedwas icteap er tn..° Iiiiindof Glee,
lind worrleabe.maileirlis spurt; . •
He had Ilia failings, bait he its gay
He'd 'many. a little sin.. . .
But he ;won ah hearts ni.his-cheati,
•=4'41.1.441I12itgapi.1„;00.Afts,'''attaraariiii....
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-roz•gw=4,saabsional.B5
elessearatiblime is learned; , "•-•
That Ws better to keep up a.senablaime fair., ,
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It's seldona a winner may,reach.his goal, ,
• While) u laugher seltioth fails
• Strength breeds itself in a banteringsoul, .
While tbe ono that is hopeless cleans.
• ' • • • :--Chwago gait.
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" . . My Little .no Peep.
mjnictiis'tiiVrep.is fast asleep,. • '
And her head on my heart is lying,:
.1 gently rock and the old hall clock. •
strikes' a, knell of the day that's dying;
But what care I how the hours go by; •
711i7hotherswiftly tbeygo'er creeping'7..
Not an hour could be but dear tome,
When my babe On mY armis•sleeping.
, Neraittle hare feet.with dimples sweet, '
Prom the forts of her gown are 'peeping,
And t ach wee too, like spclaisy in blow, •
. I ea -roes -as she•lies a -sleeping; ,
/der &Lien hair falls over the chair, '
• • It's treasure of beauty unfolding, ,
•1 press my lips to her finger tips • .
Vino my hands aro se Gently/2°1(1Mo.
.. Vick; tock, tick, teak'you may Wait;.old clock,
. • It was foolitda vihatl was saying ;
. Ito your seconds stay, your minutes play,
And bid your &YE; go all•a-Maying. .
:0,Viine 1 stand Still -let me drink myflU"
' Of .eentent while my babe is sleeping; ••
As 1 sniooth her hair, nay life looks fair,
. ,And to-morrow-jitt:my Le weeping..
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THiei HoWsHits o'o stiort•iNd.'
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down to a linen counter. A young man
came forward to wilt on risoind after being
told whet was itanted, he queried:
14 So.Xou want tickle -real linen. 'Well,
here is something I cd a rIshonathend."
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Is that all linen ?"
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Yes, • sir." •
• Is it ?" asked Mr.Bowser, as he filmed
to me. .
I didn't think it was, but I 'told Mr.
, Bowser to let it go. It was the custom
in all dry goods stores to lie about such
thins, and no one thought of raising a row.
Madame," said Mr. Bowser, as be took
the cloth over to a motherly oldlady, " le
this all linen V' •
"No, sir; it's half cotton!" ehe replied
after an inepectien.
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Where's the proprietorof this etpre ?'1
he demanded of the clerk.
9 I -I'll call him, sir."
The proprietor came up,' .r
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Is that linen2" asked Mr. BeWiiiir.'
It passes for linen, sir." ....'
. "11 you put a cow's borne and tail on a
horse he'd pass for a Cow,' wouldn't. he?
Sir.; this looks to menial a petty swindle,
and one yeu ought to be ashamed of!"
The proprietor began to blow up•the
clerk,and'the clerk said he'd resign, and as
ftVe got out doors I penned Mr. Bowser in a'•
doorstep, and said: . ' , ‘ -
'11'11 never, never dare enter this store
again 1" ' • „ . ' .
"Don't want you to. The man is a liar
and -the ‘ clerk lied by his instructions.
We'll try another:"
The next storewas crowded, and as We
reached, the linen' counter it was to find
every stool Occupied. ' I tried to get , Mr,
,B0S/ser out, anticipating . trouble, but un-
fortunately at that inoment one:lady ob-
served to another:
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" Dear.me, but this is the thirdaftentoon
Om come down town to boy a table -cloth,
and I haven't got suited yet:
• "And I want four crash towels, and I've
been all ' over town twice," replied the
other. , • • . ' t „ •
• "Here, your Snapped Mr. , Bowser: to.
the clerk, "ate you blIBY ?” • ' ' V`
• :" Waiting on these ladies, sir?
Pave they 'heught, anythingl" •
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"No, air." - . • • '
"Are they going to ?."
I -I don't knoW." " . i
- " WelkI've no time to fool away.' -z.: We
:Want- three linen table-oloths and two
dozen inipkind." - ' , - ' •
' The ladies' arose in • great indignation.
..tatikiif AhemigitiananlakataileediN
Anca,itia`".,:ifireL ,51ar.Sylk__t- Allid'4141,67--to
*hikteekrat--,!•...','".' —iglit tiio
shortened him two feet,hut whit* had no
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APparent effect, An seven ininutes..-We had
•fourt4 'what ; ,we wanted; paid the bill' and
ivere.reedy-togo. The clerk Acted a bit
sulky, and Mr.:,Bowser was ,getting ready to
give a blast, when I appealed to him to
noia the petiocz I tesid him it was the cue.'
..tornior.:-set•eral-thousand-ladies-ta-conae-
downtown every afternoon to Shop, and
that shopping Consisted of promenading up.
and down' to show,their suite off to a lot of
well dressed loafers, and entering the Stores
and taking an hour atid, a -half to buy a elk -
pence Worth of lace or ribbon. The clerk
.haelted .a little at the . same moment, and
I got Mr. Bowser out without another
eruption.
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"Now for diShes;" he said. as We get
out, and we went to a crockery store. •
--My 'heart Sank as ' I so* tbe place
Crowded with ladies,. • We halted beside
one Who was, saying to a clerk: .. ,
"-And so that tooth -pick holderis six:
Cents •1" , ; . . •
--":""-Orli yki; madam:"
" How Very cute 1"
" Yes, it is:" .
"1 !And it is ;imported ?"
- 1' It is:"
"How very, very charming! Thisip the.,
me one I Saw yesterday, is it r • .. 1., '
" Oh, certainly," . • ' 1.... • ,
" Dear.me* bnt'I' wish I could make up
y Mind whether to :take it or net. ; .Yon
e, we may move inthespring,'And if we
oved, you know—"
1' I want about $10 worth af'dishes," in
MT. Bowser Creates a, Sensation Among, Ba
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'the 'ordinary Hun •of f3hoPpertu
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I had mentioned in a ceetel Way thali we
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. needed some 'dishes, .a new carpet and m
. ' smile table -linen, and that I:inust get down se
• ';-teWil And buy .; them, When Mr. Bowser ' m
came house at 2'o'ciecli one afternoon and
"Well, are Yoriall ready or. • ,
' " Per.whitt,?" • ' -
, ".Why, to go down and:: buy those
things !" - . • . ' . ' .
• _ "Bub I didn't kilo* you wanted to; go.
' „Indeed,,I %doh you ,wonldn't:". • ' ,,, Vra
. .' "Oh, you do! Aro you ashamed to be a?
' seen with Me on the'street ?" . • . ; • PI
' "'You know I'm not. I'M. afraid you-
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' " Wellwhat ?" . • • • .' ,." '',. ,. • 10
• 4,1' Yeli'll jaw folks and get into a quar-' t°
rel." . ' o.., : • , , VII
tkp.c,
11& o wser, aro you. getting sett, in - 84
-the head? , Jaw folks I Get into a quarrel 1. °°
• Humph I Are you coining.?" ' ..• ' . , . ' ;, 'lb
We first visited the carpet. Store.. I had -tu0
not yet.teade up my mind Whether to buy?
„ I.Brtudielser velvet, nor *nether to getlight—,
, ' or dark colors. , I expected to take a •chitin. w1,8
and have the Clerk roll down about. fifty :
, ,pieces • of eaoh kind; and .to be all of' tWe .;
• hours -making up, my iniiid., One. olerk kin
: • .to place Chairs for Us. A Second arranged ,
. the' window curtains And a third inquired u°9
Of*Mr, Bowser : : ' •.i.' • • - ke
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'Did you wish to lodk at some carpets? " d°
terruptecl•Mr. Bowser,
if Yes, sir, in jest moment."
"How many of these tooth -pick holders
have you got ?"'
"Only Aye." . •
"I'll take the lot; and now. come ,:end
it on me. ',want 't_tveltie maim and
ucers, twenty -font plates,. three. or four
otters, two tureens and a fish platter:"
The lady turned. about and killed Me
ad With ono long look. Then She looked
the back of •*., Bowser's. neck and tried
murder him; but . he would not fall.'
en she returned and killed me , over
min, gain her shoulderatwist and walked
t, Of the store. She -had hardly departed"
en fresh. arrival asked our :clerk; busy
ugh, he was, to Ohoiv• her sonie Ace -
one: • • ,
lltailime," said Mr: Bowser, "do you
h to buy some 0P00118
'Perhaps." '
'.Do Yoti lizieiv whether you do or not ?"
Why: -I -I-/ will look at them," , •
Very well ; yon sit down and wait
il I am through buying. I name to buy,
Ow what I want, and shall pay ;mph
wn.
-• Did I come up here to buy oysterSZ'
demanded Mi. Bowser. ' •
: 1' Ah --um.! Light or dailt whim ? "
" Light." • , ; , - ' . • • . ,
• • " But. the- dark are all the style, you
' know," ., ' • . .. ::
"1 d'o 't know anything ,'•of' the etatil
There u plenty of Whitt:Ale/pea and howled
and whit ^shirts and hats; 'and 1' don't
know- 'why 'light carpets shouldn't be
- fashionable. ' II,cill down this piece." , •
" Yes, sir ; but you won't like it. , This
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dark pattern iti • What Mrs: Governor Smith
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selected for her front, bedreeta." '
" 'Yes. Well, I May 'get' that for ray
horse barn later' en.; Send",,upktt'Allitii:te
Measurethe roonl, and give .rne that light
pattern." • ' ' "'' ... , .' •
" why,kr. toweeri " X eta: I, You
haven't selected already
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Fivo minuteo. is enough 'for an robe to 117;118
eelcott. a carpet,-Mit: Bowser., We, Want 'r}.6,8
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body -brussels, -and i#6, want alight ground.
That's all there is to it. '•Ve will now go •• ',45-
eve? and buy the table linen.", '• loan
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MIS killed again* and if looke could
lustre crushed Mr. Bowser, he'd hive been a
Mangled corpse in ten Seconds: We were
only thirteen minutes buying the dishes;
and, as we' got out ,and reached the car, Mr.
Lte*Ser ssid •
"'hits; Bowser, when you .conaedown
town do yeti &feeling Around the storeS
and ablitrtieting.dOorwaYS and crosswalks
like:the Tamen ive have seen to -day ,
"1.-; 1 guess I do." .• .
And end by buying four pints' worth of
Boniething ?"' •
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Yee; it is the Outwit" • "' •
And *mild 11 Itave taken ,YOU three
weeks "' to buy whaPwo betthht In two
hoard ?" ' ; • •
‘' . Yes, sir." • •
" Then I'll write this; very day to an
idiot asylum and See if I can squeeze . you
in It's no wonder „eVery. other home in
Detroit is full of scandal, and every other
band Wants a divorce 1' -Detroit Pree
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-cnirembittar-Pariirdefejitisti Dr.
apo has made the remarkable discovery
centrifugal .moienients are character.:
Pf intelligence and higher develop -
E, While centripetal are a thitrk of in,
plete evolution. In other words; the
on Wit0' naturally draws a circle, for
pie, from loft 16 right possesses a
et gab of intelligent:0 than One Who
from right to left.
" But can't I have time to ldakaronnd ?"' Ost
L: gi Time 1 ' What do yoa want of time ?'1 istin
YOU Want.threelinen tablecloths and tWe 1 mon
dozen harkine. We've got the money to l °cm
pay for lOal. What mere is desired?" pers
" But it's se sudden.1' • , exitth
LI -SO are earthquaked. . %We'll go in here." 111Sgli
We °Meted' sa. dty. goods •steke and "sat , draw
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E.14.V PP cO:t-OGNE DIONHING.
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Tile raierite ArIPPte With gasaioname•
.4q Instbili. Wetnen.
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We hear frern :time' to time of persons
failing victims to Morphinoinania, ad the
disease resulting from -injecting morphia
has been termed, and it is almost maneoes-
ea.ry to remi 4 the reader of the fatal con -
laudanum o4chloral. But the very. idea
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sequenees en tting to those who indulge. in
of drinking a perfume would seem to be
almost too abaurd to suggest: Tot, says
the reniperunce Record, ineclical men know
only WO well how many of their patients,
mote, particularly among the weaker sex,
take eau de cologne to excess, and to. slush
an excess, too-, as to compel, in some
instanced, their being relegated te retreats
specially established for the treatrhent of
dipsomaaiacs. Whet; it is known Of what
the odoriferous compound in qtfestiosi is die -
tilled, it WilI he readily admitted that an
incalculable danger may ,be the outoorae of
a pontinual,Ufie of it as a stimulant.. The
following is a reeeipt said to be adepted. in
the mitnufitataries of the Farina family at
Pologne : Twelve drops of the essential
oils neroli, citron, bergamot, !gauge and
rosemary ; one -drachm of Malabar cards:.
Mops and one gallon of rectified epiritst
We have only : to :mention that spirits ° of
wine, along with methylated spirits; are re.
s'orted to by habitual' drunkards in the
last stage of their 'complaint to make it 'iv:.
pear self-evident that the 'strength of eat;
de cologne must be greater than that of the
wines and spirits in common Use, and its
effect upon thOse'who regularly imbibe it.
What, then, it may, be asked, brings abont.
it °raving for the fragrant prepars,tion -(we.
have used the word ", oraying, for a liking
one can never attain for. it, if we are ,to
credit the confessions of an habitue which
latiOe come under our observation), and
why is it that ladles ferna, as a rule, the
largest number of its devoteos'? Tho.
reasons are not far to seek, and , may be
briefly summed up as : 1. -Neon be
purchased with , ease. :2.. There is no
occasion Whatever to. visit a public house, it
call at it neighboring chemist's exciting ,nci
siispieion. 1 .It can be indulged: in with
absolute secrecy, even se -in instances we
have known where the drinker i affects to
be it etaupeh teetotaller. 4. Few people are
aware ,'. that this artielia of toilet elm be
abuse -d, to such an'extent as to bring ebetri
a condition of intoxication. Lek us at once
fift. that t130.hs.1* generally corriniences by
.4i2r4rOtA,..4'„, a'4,414t n'ilSultrroEtAPtmek1Flifkwtvignikozo.rn 40:1.
dipirite. ,ithelykg000nsfervsausePiriteto
without any apparent deleterione • effects,
but in nine---casestit Of ten •the : old
story results. The'small quantity taken at
'first refuses to bring about the wielled-fet
effeot. Stronger dosed are required to this
d, and while one v.oald well-nigh shud-
der at the idea of drinking half_a_Hinahler
ell'ihnh'eFOT--• brandy' and Water,- the hest
'Part of entail, wine glass of Oat de cologne,
filled up With water, is swallowed Without
the leadt coniPtunitio* Like many drugs
it is exceedingly nauseous to take; besides
being of an intensely, fiery nature: Mixed
with water,tit turns into it repulsive,
white -fluid, -and those.who have been in the
habit of drinking it aeSure rai that they
'close the nos -this whiledoingso, eating
immediately thereafterlezengoe of a:power-
ful . odor to, overpower the taste eau de
cologne leaves in the mouth. It is no, un-
giuriion • thing for a. man or worhan to
drinkthreettnall:bottles (costing a shilling,.
&wh). or even, more, per day. Pleasure in
so doing there none • while au Contruide
those who affect' wines, spirits, or liquors do
certainly deriVo. some enjoyment. • The
only possible' advantages eau de cologne
possesses is against Otherconrmonalopbolio
beverages aretlaat it can be taken secretly,
is • in a highly- concentrated form, ' can be
carried -about easily, and ,is :rapid in its
tuition. Many there aro who are ,unable te
break thenaselves of the habit of drinking
the 130isQ11, *apt ander restraint of the
most stringent character; and we have it
on the ,authority : of one Who ,hite gone
'through this trying ,•ordeal, that, the ,iirst
week after he is debarred from the' bee of
the perfume, the suffering • is intense: A
fortnight, het -rivet; will in WOO cases see
the worst over, and . within it month the
body will resume its natural functiens:;,re-
freshing and undisturbed` siege Will have
'returned, and the'. appetite • will reassert
iteelf; nervousness will, "I melt into thin
sir," and the feeling of desponde'noy. and
abject Misery will give Way to coniparative
ease -and comfert.L0u/on. Globe. •
Engilidi
' this. Weather !-'And bow are we to-
-day, My dear madam?" • "Well, doctor,
the cold I caught the day before yesterday
is rather better;the one 1 caught,en
Monday Week is pier go' muck worse -and
r.catiOt a brand neW. one last night 1"---.7
Punch. /. ,
Well Meant np Dotibt.-L-She "You
' were present at our concert the other even,.
nig,- Major .Stubbles; now tell nus Serious13',.
:do'you. think 'my yews has improved 'since
I took lessons?" Major Stubblee : " 011,•
really?mv opinion ier of no Value, mad gen.,
orally ill; reverse Of what is ocirrect„; but,
candidly, I think your•voice had iniproved
immensely." -Judy. • , •
'Ingenious Youth. -First ' itelnael boy :
11 Wet did yer tell him yer saw me 'done it
for ?" Second S. B. : sew yer;
1 wasn't a going to 'ten' no lie." First S.
B. I didn't want yer to tell no lie for
mea yer might !itVe said Yer
know who d,olie it.' 0, -Fan‘
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.Singular Phenomenon in lititi-Atlatatie.
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The passengers, who „ land,ed .at Qneens-
to mil on Tuesday morning from the/Inman
Steainer 'City of Chicago, froth NeW York,
report thaton the thorning of the" -,19th
inst.,-two days. after leaving New York,
three immense spiral columns of What at
Atst aprkstred to l30 Witereponte, movizig in
A southwesterly direction,,. were ;observed.
about a niile distant from the' steamer ' On
the port side rising out of the water. The
sea at the belie of the column Was in a
very diStuthed. state, and the by
befog lifted to a. great height by a whirl.
wind.- -One Column 'appeared to incline. to
a considerable angle., The phenonaenon,
which lasted for eight mitnites, disappeared
ill a thick mist.--4'et11.11.1ali Gazette..
. A, lyfty. to SitvelitkpetaSti.
. Mrs. A. -Yes, I advertised. f� r a nurse
girl. What ere your tents 2', Iletiie-I
shall Went .• 1P2,a. week with laudanum, $tWithAit.t-Harvard 1,4inpoOnt • .
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.MAN 41•MP MIS MANIVOMMMML •
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W9 -34g4 Who Hnews Subject Gives
If mon is fondAPPfvfiAlleZt.OrY let him have
itg NO by gin V91111140; but in crisp little
verses. Hunt up poetry for his eyes; get
thinge to rhyme with his fat white hands;
pick out; all. the big. gods and the little
heroes Of Troy and, Blaine, whiase legs are
not half as good 11,1R1 wheat, backs Were
cambric by comparison. • Laud his shapely
head to the. skies; and be will keep his hair
cut; praise his shapely hands, and You
solve the problem of unkempt nails. Hunt
the dictionary for words and synonyms to
give variety to your enthusiasni ; ifhe has
arnbitiOns or schemes- listen to him with
open eyes of wonderment, and no matter
what the. occasion is never permit your
hnoisledge to exceed his. Men despise
fismilaart wwhoemn e.p,hebrnt ,notalent is',faulitugtoe
enough to appreciate his. greatnesr•
Another piece.el wiScloto on the part of a
Wife'. is the eultiicatiOn of helplessness -7-8h°
must be, able to lift nothing, heavier than a
box of candy; know nothing • about the
management of an umbrella, a window, a
knot or it bundle, and just in: proportion as
she appeals to his strength, and great -
nese,' just so large wilF. her influence over
him be.. Men like to be looked np at, de-
pended on, quoted and referred to. That's
Ilie'reason Why a little woman marries
three times to the one' wedding of the tall,
heroielady. To be born a woman is to be
born a martyr, but the husband that is
worth wedding is worth keeping, and if a
little artifice, a, pleasant smile, a contented
heart, forbearance, neatness, devotion and
tact Will, hold him, by all means let, hini be
,held. Men Must be taken as they are, and
not as they should be. They are not a half
bad lot under the refining influence of
mutual interest and have, and he is a very
wretched specimen of humanity who can-
not be counted on to shield a wife Twin the
-buffets of the world and be an anchor, for
her When'youth and beauty have proved
tmfaithful. Poor. fello1*v 1 he is weak, . but
he can't, help it! He was made so. He
would ratherbe good than bad, a king than
a serf, and I think it is a ,woman's duty: to
do what she can for him. Sick, and tired
Of the bang, And platter, of the world's
maohinery, a man. is.ready and willing. to
go anywhere, away from the tqmult and
with any one who will help him to forget
his cares, disappointment . and his, very.
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IitunicrliNelaihnitdordbgis';.7.1'&-r-a4 44:424tRAtlew.
Zenueandeoaxmiest,reen,-Iiiibe some ilea
govern a very few, but that vulgarrubbing.
of the fur the right way wins every time. -
Orleans .Picayunc.
She Go?' There.
Il'ew fanny 'setae people are," she said.
, -
Yes, some people Nike are going to bi;
married." ' • ,
.e0.1ne went tO beniarried in a bal-
loon, some on the middle arch of a bridge,
some' in a boat, smile in a railroad train;
some On horseback; seine on, the 'edge of
a precipice some, down in a goal Mine "
Yes, I havenoticed •
- "Whit is their object, I wonyler?:".
Marriage of course." '
. ." But I mean their•cbject in getting mai,
ried Out of the usual Wa5'-'.! • ‘.
"Well, I'll tell you what I think. •They
get married in this way so that they can
tell their children and their • grandchildren,
they were married tinder peculiar cireum•-
stances, as, for instance, your mother and
me, children, were Married in a coal mine,
or, ,1 your grandmother and me, children,
were married in a balloon." • •
"Perhaps that. is ' the reason,". saidthe
Maiden •
"01 course it is the reason,"
• There was a pause. Then' the maiden
with a glowing cheek said,
: " I've been thinking, John."
"Yes 21.1. he said,. interrogatively.
"I've been thinking how funny it would
be-" pause and a deeper blush): •
"Well, Bella„ you have been thinking'
"I've been thinking how funny it would
be if--"
." If when 'thesubject of marriage comae
hp thirty or 'forty years hence,you could
point to Me and say, Why, children, your
,grandmother proposed to me in leap 'year
and we were married a few. weeks later.'"
John is 'very, busy' these daye'furnishing
a nice little cottage and Bella is superin-'
tending the making. of, her wedding dress. -Newark JoUrnal .
;A Bombay Juggler.
Without , paraphernalia 'of any descrip-,
lion, devoidof dress, except a cloth around
,his pefornia tricks Of legerdemain
the recital Of which •bring A Shrug- of un-
belief from the. reader, and will therefore'
not be, attempted, and yet one example
must be related jest to give the' imagination
a chance.. A eomtnoti waehbOwl wee Placed
in ,the centre of the room. Pour heneggs
prdadied.in the hotel were deposited in the
bowl. The little Assistant of the juggler,
in th'e ,presence of spectators who could
'plainly seethe eggs on the bottom, siowly
filled the Vessel With. clean water. The
nude() placed lila bare hand on the rim Of
the bowl' and the eggs disappeared from
view,- returning when the hand was re-
moved. This was repeated sekeral 'tinies;
Mit he kept the explanation.of the trick to
himself.-Pliciadelp7141 Press. /
A' Gerin..n Flora Maddoriald,
The death is announced at Meraia; in the
Tyrol, of Baroness jenny Schleinitz;
the age of 86. The deceased lady and her
Inishand; the late Privy Councillor, Baron
rendered a signal service to
Prince Williatn ef Prudent, Afterward
Emperer Of Grerro any, when, . on_the...:19th.
of Mardi, '..1848, the revolutionary mob
attacked the royal pane° at BOHM' The
Prince took reftige in, the house of Baron
a'nd liaronese SchleinitS, •who suaCeeded
in smtiggline him' but of town in disguise.
The late Hroperor never forgot this episode
in his career, and to the', last showed his
gratitude to the Barcinessi who, after the
death of her husband, seine' , yeare.efs
'settled at Moran. -pall Mali Giateite..
• Woman (to- tramp Who boa" eaten a
whele mind(' pie)--YOn Stena La have ci good
HOW TO HAHH-tirlIallT. ,ric111.
Alme• Diss Pebart'S spirit -panting an
'aneient trick, whieh has, been resorted '
by mediums, astrologists slid fortotre-
tellers in this city fer,many years, says the
NC*, York World, Anyone who in familia
at all with art materials ie aware that can-
vases for paintings are usually sold,
stretched over little wooden frames; which,
can afterward he inserted into gilded,
frames if dedired:, . The canvases are made
in certain elms, so that it isetisy 00=0
duplicates whenever . desired, and any
F spirit-painfer " can promptly furnish an
exact counterpart of any sized canvas that
may bo given to her to operate npon, •
Like everything eine in spisitualism,that.
which is ,-done must- be executed in the •
dark. A dim and uncertain light is neces-
sary, and things, are so arranged as to
!ILIAC/kJ:4 the supernatural as ranch as pos-
sible. •
You have brought your own termite, .1
see;" remarked a medium the visitor
!unwound :small modern frame over *Well .
canvas NV00 stretched, „ ' •
"Oh, yes; I thought I would bo Ole to
Say that I had convinced inyeelf that there
could be no possibility of tricks," ,
"Very geed," replies the medium- "The
spirits and myself are well pleased to have
the matter placed beyond the question of
scoffers." , . . •
The medium. never •discomfited. the
has a canvas already painted just the size .
of the one brought, and a little clever work
ih the way Of 'sleight-of:head. all that in
necessary. She takes your canvas,looks• at '
it a moment, and then wills that it, be
marked. This is done. She carefully notes
the position of the little mark placed on
the canvas, and leaving the rook°, she make
a painted- contras in a similar manner and .
places it under her skirt, through the side
of which is a wide out, large enough fo
allow the painted canvas to slip out easily.
Returning to, the room, the nieditim again
takes your canvas and requests youlo fain
a small mirror, which is so small that any-
thing that happens below the level of her
shoalderp, cannot `he Seem . While this .
plaaing is being done the Medium 1100-
ently. holds the ()klieg carelessly in her
right hand, but in reality she hitches it to
a boolecleverly concealed itt her waist and .
draws out the • painted canvas, which she
tidies in en& wayerhsta '1*P11211221 "
ibrnionot 'treflangcladndhe
giro Pot lin ,Ordl*arr Ckmmot anci
• RxaVt4e,the Baot,la Eas34
.riaticeebleto the visitor.
- Meanwhile you stand with, the °anima
poised above your head before a glees ' and.
fondly imagine; if You are at ell inclined
to believe, thatthecanvas is the original '
one and that trickery is out of Ihe • •
'711-11P-,"1314-irifie
vrinedium, "just hold. •
.the very 'steady for a moment, so as
not to disturb the Spirit artist, Who is one
.Of the old school And 3vhe will reproduce a
Most valuable ancient painting for Yon."
•
You holdthe frame ,firmlYand look
steadily into the dimly -lighted Mirror. •
• "Now," continues the 'medium sweeoy,
," tip it forward' just, the leaat hit." This
tipping-direloses the painting m such a
way tharit looks like a long; dark streak
on thecanves. "Now tip it Slot,i4, for-
ward, for it's developing. Not too fast."
You tip the painthig very 'slowly forward, .
guided by the hand Of the mediate, lest it •
be Moved too fist and dispel the Median:
The effect of this, in the dim reflection ,of
the mirror, is to make:the painting appear
to develop from the black streak first. seen.'
To the subject the illusion appears perfect,
and the cheap print chromo thus developed
seems to the awed imagination a! genuine
work of art: ; •
. To make the trick even more impressive
the nuaditim sometimes 'places a tench of
phosphorus in the.- centre of the' canvas,
which naturally attracts the attention and
is watched with bated ,breath during the
process of development. . •.
Another system mediums halio, of pro.
'cluoing these art -treasures is it chemical
process known to few. A Picture is painted •
,and .then Sized over With this peculiar '
chemical mixture. If an art*. were to ex-
amine the canvas he would say .that it had
pimply been primed,' When it is deaired to
produce the spirit7painting the panvaii ie
rubbed With -it sponge dampened in a liquid
which eats off the Whit° Priming and ea':
poses the picture as fresh as when painted.
This can be done on a wall as well as on'
canvas, andit, is in this *ay that spirit
paintings on walls are produced. Mme. ;
piss Debar "paints" Most of ,her spirit,- '
pictures in this manner. The beoret of the
:. . • •
chemical .preparation need. is carefully
guarded by those who know it.
,By the Way, ,
. Bachelor -A wild goose that tame geese '
• Theworst.eneany a man can hate is a '
fool friend. , • , • , '
The old 'notion that blood Will tell is a
vein conceit: ' , /.. • .
There's it goad Many ins and outs in the
life Of it ball -tosser. • • • •
A.dog will answer to any name When' you
showilaini a bone. . ' • ,. • , '
• 'Itse a queer thing that in the ethics of
kinship a man minally rushes for hie uncle *,
after bidding goodbye to his ante. '
,
,• A Notable Cremation. I
A singular incident °centred at Mildmay
Park 'Wesleyan Chapel; Loudon, on a re-
cent Sunday, The minister, RSV. G. A.
Bennett, B. A., has been denouncing the ,
works Of certain, poeta and.. novelists 00
having an immoral tendency. .After the
Sermon, -Mr, Bennett precluded js large
number Of books; *high he said had been
sent to him to be destroyed by it person to "
wheal they had been a great snare.
seonently'the books were committed to tine
!nines by the minister and the Chapel
fiiciais.'
• , A Paying tineineas,
unique Lambdas cad is that of a rraa,
fort, N.Y., stove dealer. On one side is the
inseription '
flow $2,000 WAS Meng. .
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$1,000 ' ' :
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By , • • 1,0,00
Attending to Your Own'Bueiness.
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By Letting Other Peeple!slInsinese Alone,
, $.
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appetite. Tramp (with tears in hismteyes) A.eXahder ..Cohen, ii Pole; "just deadjtt
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-Yes, madae that is all that I have left Lawrence, Mobs., has lived as a hermit for
in 'tlie world which I .can rightly call my 12 veare, alt -hough he was EibighlyeAunMea
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