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The New Era, 1883-02-23, Page 9',,••-..•14/ 11 -liar -Si' 23 1883. Growing Old. Softly, (./ eerily, the •years have swept by thee, Ti iiig thee lightly, with tenderest care; Sorrov, and death they have often brought nigh ',hoer; Yet they hay,e left thee but beauty to wear. , Growing old gracefully, . Gracefully fair. Fax.fver..t the storms that are laehing the &eat], Nearer each day to the pleasant HonlesIight; Far fri 1.4 the waves that are big with -commotion, Under full sail, Mad the harbor in sight: Growing old cheerfully,' Cheerful and bright. Past mi ihe winds that were adverse and chilling,. e---,,--...----Pa-t-allthe-islandethat lured thee to.rest, Past a.; the currents that lured thee, unwilling, Frr from thy. course to theland of the Blest: Growing old peacefully, Peaceful a.nd blest. Never a feeling of envy nor sorrow attiAW ,en the bright faces of children ore seen:, Never a rear,from the young would'st thou bor- The; 4otit .remembbr what Best between: Growing old williagly, Tlaankful,-F3erene. • Rich in .7.merience that angels might covet Rieh a faith that has grown with.thy years,. Rich 2,1 a love that grew -from and above it, ' Soothing thy sorrows and hushing thy fears: Growing old wealthily, Loving and dear. ' • Heartq t the sound a thy coming are lightened, Rt,,ely and -willing thy hand to relieve; Many I. faee at thy kind word has brightened- " I t la more blessed to give than receive Growing old happily, Ceasing to grieve. Eyes Lima grow dim to the earth -and its glory H9,70 a sweet reoonapensis youth cannot Ears thAt grow dull to the world and its story ' D ink in the songs that from Paradise flow: Growing old graciously, Purer than snow. FARaIER'8 INGT_JE-NOOK. Care of the Stock, POUltry aald SUrraariClbigS: Ha TS ON CARE OF HORSES. -77751.1511iid bya'Pialtiettl-Agriculturist.) Take Care of the Berries. A! English lover of horseflesh offers a hint that may benefit horses in Muddy. weedier. " The object of the hint," he says, -17.1-preereate-li-orgesegettingaemeida,fever-, One ef mine used to suffer from it until.I adopfed the following plan. I iniggeetecl my reachman to oil him underneath and dew-, his lege in muddy weather,. then, whe.ne came in, to sponge, not brush, off the -ad with warm water, my theory being that in fever was principally caused by nruElaeg off the half.dried clayand making the in sore and tender. The proof of the pud t, tig, etc. For .the last three winters the Jrse has never had the least symptom of tl disorder." seise' ahersieed NOW. fpWls, and after a few years' experience with them I am inelined to rata there - above the LeghOrns.-They are quite hardy, While the latter are Very tender. They are _too small for •profit, Weighing only about four pounds, while the Bramahs are twice as heavy. The towns and cities get their milk sup- ply from the country. But some times they get more thau they get -the proverbial peck of dirt which every man is supposed to eat in his lifetinie, On empty- ing the pitcher which the milkman Rile a sediment is often found, enough to turn a man's stomach. Virlience comes it ?- From the udders and bodies of eows. They are milked as- "they rise in their kali, without any probets of brushing or cleaning. If the f3talls are not kept clean the milk will be tainted, and if the cows are not brushed before being • milked there will be sediment ia the pitcher. The farmer, Whci is neat in the dairy will have a quick market, and get the highest prices for his milk and- butter. Other Farm Notes.• ' Many 11, valuable horse is subjected to unnecessary - pain, if not to pernas.nent injury, at this season of the -year, by the thoughtless placing of a cold iron bit in his mouth. If any one doubts' that this painful to the 'horse, let him satisfy hima telt by _laying a piece of frosty iron across his own -tongue BOIDO sharp morning. It is a very, easy 'Matter to keep the bridle in the house, where it will ue kept warm when not in use. ,We have seen -horses the skin Of whose tong= and lips was as effectually • burnedby,a frostbite a.s they would have been by a red-hot one; and all the while the owners were wondering why the ani- mals refused ter eat and fell off in flesh.. An exPerieuced dairynaan - says: Cows „ ,usually become_ addicted to kicking when heifers, from ;being milked by abusive 'milkers. , I have never seen .an, old COW 1.beeome a kicker unless abused.' Instead of pews being:adverse td being milked\ when giving large quantities, I have ever found it the reverse. When pasturage is good, and COWS come home at night with their Udders dietendedwith naiik; they seem grateful to have it removed.. , • ---Arnexperienced-farmer-reconarnends that - oats be, soaked t•efficiently to swell them -b-efeire -feeding-tii-stock:--Gr-oTifidter-afe- -in proper condition at all times, but millers are not partial So. grinding oats, and many farmers • feed • them =ground. When eoaked the' husk is partially torn away; .and facility of- digestion 'increased. Poultry 4111-fierrefillirrilik-oltir''therfeefaleaci-grfeinia- I1rom the dryhen allowed a preference in 'the matter. 1 ' A correspondent writirig from jOhnsville, S. C., incidentally mentions curious nstance of the influenee of animals in con- trolling or preventing forest growth. It appears that. the fondness •of, hogs for the. juicy roots oryFO'ung pines leads them to • seek them assiduously, so that where hdgs, s:fe allowed. to roam in that region one can 'hardly find a younglong-leafed pine in:A thousand acres of pine forest. There being no Young treestri take the_ place of the old •ones used by the lumbermen and turpentine 'gatherers-, that species of timber is rapidly ,being exterminated. • - A little later in the season there will be, mu( . -try to do the. pressing.work,. find any •;:kis that of selecting the -needed, Beee pring 8C wing and planting should not , -1ayed. It is impertant that „only the • -• eed be sown, and :to this .-"end. • mu! -.neon should be given. t•A great; mai e is are unintentionally sown With the „:" me field and garden seeds. The. nun _er of weedseedt.sonietimes sold -with tha, -.-1 clever is very large... In this way eastern weeds have • been intreduced into Western ports. In is not an easy matter to eel= of the weed seeds,' and there- fore the farmer should buy .where he feels • certain tliat Only pure f3eed is. sold: The, seed 'ehauld be. of the bent varieties, plunap, and eeund rand free from "feta etuff." Let every farmer -now see that Stich' ise,ticl'is at, bar "ewhen seed time comes. • • • • . Farm Gales. - --e as few farm gates, as poSsible; Ewe, Tie is an eXpense in its constrection • an mbsequent care.- It ;never pays to ma a poor gate. -The frameeheuld be • -con ,,teucted of har. and lasting weed, With the h :0',f3 of light but •durable...thaterial. Th needs. thorough bracinglWith str tied, or better, rods of -iron,' which . • it Ix • .0-n. of 'the 'latch „and to, the 'ere end. • A ''gate..thut •bro -is inapoesible for , .ite • . • ed.,: • ot the rectarignlar form. WI esaNbrict &gate '•shiiiild • ; - elieuld be wide enbugh to per . repassage of loads of hay and gra " ! 'and harvesters. A -thost ma) pdiiat is a large, durable and: we . t upon which -the gateis• to be hu, -..e, hinge -poet nothe less CIE 1i. niches square, and set 'at, least - 3 .,eet deep:. The earth needs to be :rem: firmly around the ' poet. • A first-class gal is expensive at the outset but 'needs ve y little attention afterwards -for several• ' yes.rs, • ,• , • ClIOCUIT COUlleTS. Tilic• Chancery Riprikag, Sittings and Spring Assizes. • The followi.lig are the dates'aseigned for the above sittings for the spring of 1883 : • CBANcERY SPRING HITTING% Toronto,.Pergusoa, April 2601. wxsTrair oracnim--PROUDWooT, 3. tr ' •' • Monday,i2th march. Goderich Pri ay, loth March. Walkerton Tuesday, 20th March. Woodstock Thursday, L9th •Sarnia,' ' Tuesday, Pith April. Sandwich Friday, 20th April. Chatham Tuesday, 2ith April. Isondoti ' Tuesday, let May. ROME 012dt:1171T --FERGUSON, J.. ' Brantford ••monday, 12th March. -Siracoe• Friday, ieth merch. St, Catharines vvednesdav, 21s1 march. Whitby Monday, 26th March. Burrie• Thursday, 29th March. Owen Sotind • • Wednesday 4-th•APril. . . ........ Monday, 91h April. Hamilton Monday, 10th April. SPRING ASSIZES. WATERLOO CIROMT--OSLEB, 3. Guelph • Tuesday; 2Qth March. Berlin • Tuesday, 3rd April. Brantford .. ... ..,..-.,.. Monday, 9th April, Sinicoe •Monday, leth 13arrie. .... ... Tuesday, 24th April. WESTERN craCITIT-7-CAMERON, Chatham . - Monday, 9tli March. ...... . ... . . March. Sarnia ' Monday, 2nd April. St. Thomas • • Monday, Oth,April. London Monday, 19th April. . NIAGARA' CIECIIIT-EUETON, 3.3. Milton ' Tuesday, 271h March. • ht. Catharines... ' Monday, 2nd April. Cayuga • • • Tuesday, ioth•aprii. Welland • Tuesday, 17th April. Hamilton •- Monday, 2ard , nitoorynmE 'OmeuiT-;GALT, J., • Orangeville Monday, 19th March. Woodstock • Monday, 26th March. Stratford Monday, 2nd April. Goderich • Monday, 9th April. Walkerton Tuesday, 17th April. ,Owen Sound Tuesday, 24th April. TORONTO-MORRISON, 3.3. Civil Court „Monday, 26th"March. ... . . . .. Mon. day, 23rd April. . Food and Flesh. J. writer gays: Many persons object to large fowls because they eat too much. But one nannot get something out of nothing, • nor fieeh or eggs without food; and, after a • pretty long time epent in feeding all kind of farm stock I like these kinds which will eat the most food and make the most,froru it. As a rule, your unthrifty, gluttonous, unerefitable animals are in' bad health and do -.let digest their food ; their, appetites ar buormaIIy -large and their' food is wasted-• A healthy animal will eat no .... than it can tarn to good account„and it leases me to see my bows wellsialled with a ' fat mess of good food, nicely e lyingdown, sprawled Out, and str hing their legs with 'comfort and. pu s and sighing with contentment; or' • m me, full to the muzzle, 'sleeping in th, warm nests in dry, cornfortable pens , an. ciajoying theadeasing sensations which aceernpany the'thange of good food in their stc- -tithe into pork. And in regard to fo ,ret, it is gratifying to, tee the hens strencthed on a bed of clean dry dust in the' we: w sunshine in front of the close window of a bigot, wind -proof- house, with their crops filled with a warm mess of meal and tn.' k. and hear them singing, giving notes' in po -ent for the care bestowed' upon th.err iich are always Paid when due.' But i very -true that there are some tuairnias Which eat only to live, and are ur elite to do much in the way of working ur serplils food into meat, ""eilk, butter on egei Xiillsit-felhirfirriirenirbriainerile get rid of these and to keep 'those only WI ion are Profitable. , Baas ill Winter. • 3 price of fresh eggs in winter should 3 a little more attention to the feed! d housing of hens during the 'cold ,as. A writer says : Fowls that are fed are now beginning to lay. In my 's the American Donainiques have first, followed five- clay,s later by Brahmas. Some white Leghorns !ging to a righbor have not yet begun , nor -b aver -so rn na ou t la -Roche -of am. All these fowls are well oared Ipt • in conaforts,b1c, clean houses, -, fed upon warmed feed, with every meaty as a supply -of flesh food, dry '1. broken bones and ' pure water, de warmed, and 'a little stimulant ad then, in the shape of red pepper aineer, The Donainiques are excellent •• • •• A Cure for Seasickness at Last. • In.our report of the proceedings of the New York Academy of Sciences mention is made of a pap,er read by the Rev. Mr. Thvaing describing a new and. peculiar method -61 miring seasiellimeier;-Whiefeldie- author has tried with SUCCeBB in several instances. He approaches the sufferer unawares from behind, places his hand-, upon the patient's *head, and speaksin an • aseuring tone of voice. This .puts the pas- senger into a trance, his sickness is ended, he is supremely happy.' The • doctor then pronounces the words " all right," which inatantly restores the eicik man to 'sense • and health, enabling him thereafter to enjoy full meals of victuals without 'let or , hindrance. The -paper was .• listened to with profound interest by the members present, Idaas 'discussed, and will be .duly published in the printed proceedings of the Acadethy. • If- we were -owners of a popular steamship line- our first business would be to negotiate, Yvith the author to take the chaplaincy of our best -boat. One thousand dollars a trip would be nething for the ser- vices of suclo a man- We have heretofore heard of advantages claimed to arise from preaching and -the -laying on of hands; hitt -thi&,-iv-e-lielieVe,-iii-the-firest.:6-itifdpidaif practical hpplication of the system to sea- sick passengers on board of Atlantic !steam, ers.--SciCntific American. stwortoa peridone. A somewhat noverplan of reducing cor- pulency to graceful dimensions has been devised by a German medical writer. The author,•in a einall paimphlet (" Cotpulancy .tend its Cure, accordieg•:to Physiologiced Principles," hy Dr..W. Einstein, Wiesbaden, second edition,'1882), points out defects in the various treatments iti vogue-Banting's and the mineralwater systena. The leuriout thing, however, is his own method, which, he says, has the venerable authority of Hippocrates. . In - the author's lepinion,, corpulency is caused by- too great a quan- tity of albuminoids and of sweets; and the cure is to diminish theseand to increase the quantity ot fat in the food. He gives an example of the success of his dietetics. A healthy man; 44 years of Age, who' from his 25th year had begun to grow verYstout, owing to a sedentary life and to -the dietetic use of an eicess of alcohol, of fklburiainoids and Of sweets', lost 20 lbs. in six months of • the prescribed diet. It may be added that, though the proportion on fatty neatteirs was large, the diet altogether wars little bette than starvation fare. • Always 'Fake RecciPis. An exchange says: At this time of the year all persons are making more or less payment of monies. In many cases, the amounts are small, and they consider -at - derogatory to their dignity or honesty to take a receipt. This is a Wrong principle , and only recently we have observed several disputes over eettleriaents' which might have been avoided if all transactions, however small, had been conducted on a proper business basis. The more -intimate you are with another then:lore reason is there to have every transaction thoroughly underetood. Nothing .preserves friend - 'ship'. better than correct settlements. It is -very -little•' trouble for -any one receiving money to get a receipt for it. So far as we are concerned wo shall only be too glad te elucidate our 'theory bywriting as many receipts as possible in return for the nomi- nal amount of our ;subscription price. We ..119.P.e4eellavea_ouracapapityartieverelare4estede during the next few weeks. ' Vacation Court and chambers-'-Hagarty, d:J • • A Maiden in the 'Washington Whirl. • -__-Feweitrdeedeare_thetpeopleivho canAteep up the round of Washington gayety, with- rsaidlysselfewing-etlfeir-we-arin-ess. An- exeeptioe to this rule is. a youug, daughter :of au arnay officer stationed 1u that city. -All winter she has been busy' With. recep. tions and dinners, kettle drums and Ger- mans, and ore Wednesday as she came into fresh aaid rosy as if it Were her first day. My curiosity was . thoreughly.' siroused, and presently I had ;au opportunity to . inquise . of her how it was that she was able to 'endure . that to which stronger..Women yielded. " Oh," she replied, laughing, "mamma is almost a crank on. that subject. She is boned I shall not look passe at the end -et this my second winter. Every night when I get home, no matter -110w tired I aria; a warm water hada is.given eae, after vvhich•-,I drink a bowl of bendier), and etna put to be in the ,guest chamber, which is more qgioat tharrniy-own. Iu the morning I arar"not called, but arise when I -awake, which is not often'befere lunch time. It grows very. monotonous, I assure you; but if I graI have to submit t 11611 naamma she treats the as if I Was a Maud S. or a' prize.figlater."- Cleveland Herald. - marrying a CounterheliTiV. Another' chapter of romance, in cennec!- -tion with the gang of counterfeiters now under indictment was concluded at Parkers- burg on January 19th. The closing scene was a wedding in the clerk's office in the Custom House this afternoon; in which Marshal G. W. Atkinson acted first best. There were:no cards, cake or wince but the spectators enjoyed the novel spectacle. It will berementhered that Peter B. Eason, one of the gang, was arretted. at 'Marietta; on the eve of his marriage, to Miss Pamelia' Shatts, and lodged injail here. So adroitly was the matter coredueted by Chief Perkins, who spirited Eason away to Parkersburg jail, that :severa1 days sjapsed ere t3 e learned this whereabouts.. She -with' trite womanly' devotion, hastened to this city, and, gaining au -interview_ with her lover. , assured him of her undying love and,belief inehie innocence. Through the kindness of the jailer tliey were permitted to keep up a correspondence. . Mrs...Fag-ore hat &geed "Iirifffe'Willili-er araittrtis Itfarstta, ails]: states Eason has left .sufliclent funds to support her ,until his -return .freiathe Peni- tentiary, which Will be about 'ten Years IMEee.-- Wheeling Register.'• Edwin Briotlf saw " Much Ado About Nothing" in London. His verdict is as, fellows staged 1 and very finely acted.' AlreIrving'e. ideal and treat- ' ment of the hero are_excellent,-and-Miss- -Ellen Terry's Beatrice is perfect." The scenery and ' sets" are the finest he evee • Vanity Fair says -that one o the preva- lent mistakes ',le to think Englishimen :patient And, phlegmatic, and Frenchmen the reverse. " Nothing on earth can be more patient than Frenchmen in crowds at theatiet and at stations." ' • • A 'Desperate Case. A ,Maseachusette widow bad occasion last fall to consulta lawyer regardieg some money she had, loaned to a neighbor and could not recover. 'You'll have to sue the note," said the " But he isn't worth a dollar." " Get a jUdgement and sell it." one would buy it." "Can't we garinshee anybody." he never has anything Coming to " Nothing to attach ?" " NOthing." ' " See here," said the lawyer, after scratching his scalPfor a minute, " suppose we marry him ?" L " That ie, you. You are a widow, and you might —"• 'But he has a wife and seven children," she interrupted. •, ",Ah That's too bad, too bad. Well, the only way we can do is to watch and wait,. I'll keep my eye on the fan:illy, and just the minute his wife dies, elopes, or gets a divorce, I'll serve. papers on the fellow and bringhim to time." •• • Loving the Chi nnineun Rya Distance.' It bea.te the mischief what an anxiety the philanthropists Of the East have, for John. He.laas alresady possession of one-tenth of the .habitable, globe, including smileot itel fairest wed most prOductive regions. He looks down from a civilization -such as -it 'is -of 4,000 years or more. He has ample means and ample numbers to carve out lor lainaselUany 'new advantages which he may think he wants. 1 Why not let him alone 2 - Salt .Lake Tribune. -Regina is LI owthe headqtarters of ih Northwest Mounted Police. . It it in contemplation to, have a special service at "Westminster Abbey, London, before Easter, at which Gounod's oratorio, .1.4-Xlie..---RedeMPition,AaVilleebeeeeperformed" with full orehestra. ' When Male. Nilsson, in Atlanta, sang "Way down on the Suwanee River all the colored people id the gallery cried. Mine. Mission, whose brothersitnd sisters are wedded to their peasant life in Sweden, readop tederfonemonsidtsr---Ne we York as her home. . " Julius Caesar " will be the, opening piece 9f the Cincinnati Dramatic Festived. It w11 be presented on the 30t11 pf April at Music Hall, being girlh on it grander scale than ever before attempted. It will be " staged " with careful attention to details, assuring for it • the most enthusiastic applause INVISIBLE ENEMIES. Prot. litunsay Wright Lectures on the Genus at Disease. At the Canadian Institute lately Prof.. R. Rameay Wright delivered his lecture on the germ theory ' of • disease. Associated with certain diseases there are invariably found in the blood noiCroscopio organisms of &vegetable olaaraoter. These organisms are introduced into the systern in the form of spores through the medium of the air, water or food, by the skip, lungs or intestinalcanal. -The lecturer described at coneiderable length the natural hietory of these organisms, and- effects of the introduction of the various kinde of them into the blood. The class of the vegetable kingdom to which they belong is the Thalophytes. This class is sub- divided into. (1) the 'Algae or colored plants, feeding on the carbonic acid of the air or Water, and .(2) the Fungi, or color- less plants, feeding on organic matter, and known as parasites and saprophies. The fungi are classified according to their mode of reproductiou, by division, congregation or otherwise. Those reproducing by divi- sion' are balled Scl3uzoplutes, of which there are tea varieties. ProfessorWright showed views.of the various kinds of fungi, describing them physiologically, and the diseases with which they ore associated. In the human Mouth there are always to be found an enormous number 'of fuegi, impossible to get rid of. These -fungi have an extraordinary .faculty of penetrating through tissue, and even find their way into the solid- teeth, causing • caries. The presence -of fungi in the saliva ie preyed by the fatal reeult. of inoculat- ing small animals With it. Hydrophobia is considered due to the introduction of fungi from the dog's mouth hate the blood of the' animal bitten: The fungi develop andreproduce, till in a few days the symp- toms of the malady make their appearance. Diphtheria and typhoid gevei are supposed to be due to the 'same °twee& In France cattle and sheep are attacked by a disease called anthrax, arising from the bacillus.' 'Againet this, disease immunity to some extent may be obtained by -inoculation with the germs in an attenuated form, just as _ linififfilityfrene.114-ritie-iiis.y-he Obtained- thydricsaulittioneiwith_evacteinelymph,_whicih._ contains the micrecoccus in -an attenuated 'toren. • Malarial fevers are due to'coritarn- ination with_ the flingi spores, and 'a remedy is secured by • deep subaoll drainage. Tithercular consumption, blood poisoning -11-2A-A&flaiw..,tiarl,a1soatatiginate.4sotasethee eanae-cause. Elandkerchicts and !Sore Throats. Sore throats vanish.wlien encircled in a silken ksrcbief.r This is established beyiend peradventure. . The grandmothers knew all about this a hundred. years ago. They believed, too, that silk' would_Cure all other diseases, .and some of them thought it would heal a broken leg "if only taken in time." We do not goo far as that, but we know .p49, , «11 abeorb and store elpotriai _ Leyden jar. It , 1TB'easfor the electric °71inaerl:rlittiickilver'has 8eystotspover that imparts ,its retention. The curative force of silk is clue to its electricity, and the medical faculty recommend silken hose and skirts for, a thousand diseases. As we are not professional, We only take silk by the throat, and know its wonderful powers. We will 'give a sure receipe: 'When you have the throat trouble, give a thee, clean silk handerchief to your sweetheart, with a request to tie it around your neck. • If you are not cured, or choked by tender hands, We • have made it mistake. The Deere expensive the kerchief the surer the oure, hecauee your pet takes so long to examine, the quality and get it just righteteit won't hurt. Try it, and go home cured. We expect silk handkerchiefs advance in price when this matter is ,understood. ---Dry Goods Bulletin. • AN Esoriset says that most of that Sheridaa's ConditionPow- dere are abso- lutely -pure and immensely val- uable, Nistin, Ing On e*'th • -here 'fir V'rEttiLtiAILY1',SIOIWZOtt. AND CHEMIST, now traveling m this country, the Horse 'and Cattle Powder. sold ltere,are Whrthleas trash-. He says swke hens IsY like Sheri. dan's tida Powders, one tea- 'epoonfeitornie Jp.' int 1 • • "ail for el tht letter -stamps. - H. JOHiTHON 'de CO. .Protteris Mass. Extraordinary; case ,ot Long.Continued sleep. Th`e Kingston CaSe of somnolency is attracting great attention. The patient is a married lady between N and 60 years of age. A prominent, physician says that many years ago she took ill with a sort of nervous weakness, resulting in loss of strength. Thence she. passed into somno- lency, partook oflittle-nourishment;prin- , cipally liquids, and could not speak' or move. Her pulse 'VMS regular, and the - doctor judged She was "free from pain. She was conscious, however, and could indicate whenever she desired anything. For years she lay in bed or reclined in a chair'and finally she regained her wonted health. and strength. Again, about 1880, elie !showed symptoms of another nervous attack; and she was indisposed during the winter and gradually passed into a state ef lethargy. Again she hes perfectly still and sleeps, the functions of the body seeming to be natur- ally performed. The physician attending her /nada a, study of the case, as it is the ' only one of Enoch a character he has ever heard or read about. There is nothing to indicate disease or the brain; seoretion is regular and pulse normal. The doctor can only attribute this state of lethargy to the: utter prostration of the nervous. system. He thinks she is fconsoi�us, but believes that if the brain were, examined the cerre. helium would be found undergoing a ehange. The probabilities are she will never recover. Damages. "I am a quiet, unostentatious man,. an never barna anybody," said theintruder, moistening the palms of his hands and ' taking a firmer grasp of the ax -helve,- "but if you don't-corne down with 517 to soothe -ntiyeleseeratedle-elingt th-e reewiltbetetrouble- here in Ausitiri." "Was the boy bitten so very badly by nay dog?" asked the terrified owner of the aninaal, who is one of the most timid men in Austin.. "Hs was - bitten just $17 worth," replied the, intruder; swinging the weapon. around his head. of the dog. The intruder Put themoney in his pocket' and -was about to leave, •when 'the proprietor of the dog remarked:, " hope your son • was not bitten badly." "Why, he,aint my son., haven't 'got any son." " Whose Son is he, then, and how did.you come to. demand the money of me?" " He is the son of a friend pf mine who owed me 517, and he didn't have any money. " :The -drily aVailable assets he had were these -dog bites on his son's body, and he turned them over to Me for collection, and, I have 'collected-- them." • " Well, .I declare 1" "And, stranger," continued • the than wish tlae ,axe handle, "if you or your- family everget bitten by a dog, and 'you ,waot the damages collected promptly from the owner of the 'dog, let me know, and I will de it for 25_per-hent.- net and furnish ney,own- axe handlo."-eTexas Sift: Flow to Put Out Fires. According to the Savannah (Ga.) • News, the Home Insurance_ Company gives the following ;practical- suggestions on applying the water at , fires-: " FireMen 'would do well, to bear in mind that one gallon of water at the bottonti of a fire will d:o„naore to gneeehlit than ten gallons at the top. 'Flay low ' is the true motto for the lire'. M.en....:,,Tay on the roof of a house on fire is to vstiae wathrilfeseuretthplay-.1ow,. get the water near the fire, and thea you need -not -pour on a river. A few gallons at the bottom of afire -will rise in clouds of -steam when the fire' is rising, and. will quench it. A gill of water -thrown into the bottom of a grate equals it quart threwn on top. For a similar reason water on the windward ,sicle it more effective than on the leeward. The big blaze -on the leeward looks fearful, . but it cannot be affected by playing on that side. Throw water in the bed of coals under the retort that is sucking them ard it will go out -that is to say, play at the bottom of the windward side of a fire antryou take- tlie snrest and speediest way to quench the whole leeward side, blazes, included." Old maid's laughter -he I he 1 he! Dead men tell no tales. Itis nbt neoes- sary. The obituarY writers do that servire r.pr them. ••, The largest stage in America is being erected for the dramatic festival at Music Hall, 'Cinciinnoti. Dui -inset recent performance in London of " The Yellow Dwarf " a gallery wit re- marked, 'Why cicua't you rehearse the piece ?" Miss Emma Wixom, professionally known as Mlle. Nevada, receives in Paris $1,000 per month; Next month he is to receive 51,100, and the year following 51,200. It is stated that the King of Portugal has had a telephone arranged between his library and the Opera Howse, so that he can enjoy the =era from his arm chair. This is delicious. Charles' Reade, the novelist, is DOW running the London Adelphia Theatre, san-d has lee:flied-a notice -to the effect-thathe- will banish from his orchestra " waltzes and polkas, Denise that are mit' music at • all;.but rhyithmical beats .written for the feet." He is- hirealelf preparing a selection _ofeeld English airs, which Mr. Mallandaine The new Amerian prima donna, Miss Nordics, made her first aepearance as Ophelicc in " Hamlet " at the Grand Opera, Paris, the other . night. Fretich teriticemomplain of her. strong, American 'accent and slightly gutterat Voice ; on the, other hand, they,admit that her arms and hands are above repreach,and that her eyes, teethand smile are not uninteresting I" . • John a Clark, the propriethrof Olympic Hall, and John Goodman were fined 550 -each-iii-P-hiladelphia_for_permitting an 8 year old child -known ari "Baby Good: man " to sing on the stage. Advertisements, of the opera, " The Sorcerer," having been extensively posted at Brooklyn bearing a,caricature of Rev. T. De Witt Talmage,._the latter's wife has called the attention of the District Attorney to the matter, and it will be brought to the attention of the Grand Jury. . ' . An Ex -Minister on 'the Northwest. Ron. D -avid Laird (ex-Miniisfer th Mackenzie Govarnnaeut) has been writing a series of articles about the. climate of the Northwest in the ClaarlottetoWn Patriot, arid he concludes in these words: "The climate' of our great western country is therefore adapted to the growth of cereals and vegetables. It is, though extremely cold in winter, favorable to health. Owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, and the consequent rapid transpiration from the surface of the body, the pores of the skin are kept open, and though persons when exposed may feel a temporary discomfort from the froet, and may readily get frost- bitten, yet do not take a cold HO readily as in this humid climate. A cough tie a rare thing in the Northwest, unless brought on by great, carelessness.- "Wes -heard -more - coughing ha, church last Sunday than we did during the whole four years we were - in. the Territories." 411sUlaeteas....Wiliresailosea' THE GREAT CURE FOR E 1 'And all complaints of a Rheumatic neture, • • RHEUMATINE is not a scivereign remedy "all the ills that flesh is heir to," but for RALGIA, SCIATICA, RHEUMATISM, ane c omplaints of Rheumatic natute, .ITAS A SURE CtISRE -- Front Thomas Foulkes, hontAwallit ,ship ot Greenock; private rest. deuce, 54 ida street, Poplar, London. • • • 'CALCUTTA, Dee. 30th, 1689,„. TolHoitATio SIITMERLAND, -.Dnikniffint,-It is with great pleasure that I give ray testimonyas to, the value ofyour Inetlicine as a cure fur rheumatism. I wits suffering from a bad eitack• of that complaint in the arms and, lege, and applied a greannany rewedies.witlioat • relief: I Wad 111,111Ced. xo take a bottle of Rhea, and found it did me a great deal of good. 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The two words havevery-differentrsigni- fications, as will be seen .by 'reference to Eolectric Oil. 1.10,s no claim to Eleotri4roperties only by the picture on the wrapper, which looke like begging ,thp question. The popularity of Briggs' Elec- tric. Oil is 'euch an to,induce unprincipled -persons ,to apprcitiriate all the law will allow them to do. The proprietors' of the original Eleetric Oil have no claim to. the Words Mile:Aria or Thomas; but to the words( Briggs' Electrio they do lay claim by right, as' they have made them of , value to themselves. -A truly characteristic and quite novel fancy ball came off at the residence of Sir P. L. McDougall, Maplewood, Halifax, N.S., recently. It was called a Sir Walter Seott fancy ball. Over 150 ladies and 'gentlemen were pretent, all dressed in characters por- trayed by -the great nevelist. • Mr. Walter Ferric!, formerly of this city, *at among the iiinVited gueett. Hamilton. I. 011,, ,N. E. S. sa.. $5td$20 t;P per day at hOme. 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When you visit or. leave Now Yoric city, Save baggage expressage and carriage hire, and stop at the GRAND TJNION HoTuL,....opposite Grand Central Depot. Elegant roorae, fitted 'up at a cost of one million dollars, reduced to et and upwards per day. European plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse ears, stages and elevated railroads to all depots. Families Cal) live better for less money at the Grand 'Union Betel than at any ether first-class hotel n the' city. -Lesson on Objects-l---Ohs--see-the-girl Is the girl pretty ? 011,.yes, indeed, the girl is pretty. She is very pretty, and she knows it too. Do all pretty girls know that they are pretty? Oh, HO', they do - not. They never know it until they are -foldth-eft-irtdiras-greatmattay -he m ely- girl§ think they tire pretty. - ' • • -By calling at St. Johns, Newfoundland, on the outward trip, the Allan eteumer delayed the delivery of the English mail in Montreal and Toronto. The delay will not occur again, as the Mail steamers will for the future proceed direct from Liver- pool to Halifax. BEFORE *- AND — AFTER', Electric'Applionees aro sent on 30 Pays' .TO MEN CPftY1 YOUNG' OR OLD,. Ho are suffering frOm NBRVOTIS Prettarr,- ,. LosT, VITALITY, LAca 00 ilurursi ,FOltalt 'AND. :V„zoOft, WAstmo Wroutunssnd, and all those diseases raf a-PIIRSONAL NATURE restating from.Anwsus -end °Tsai-COAT/9ES. Spoody!roli of and; complete. r,esto- ration of Ifisminst,Vrooitand.M.AUnuon GuARANTEUD. Tho sTandest discovery of tholatteteenth Century,' Send atbace for Illustrated Pamphlet free.'• 'Address 6ELT-Car:';:i114.0811ALL, $72 AOTC374Ecrijill124:ede!' tirensIse TialsgirZic! Augusta, Maine MY XIItjATEncTALOGuE FOR 1883 containing clogeription and pikes of nil Choicest kinds of ana Plower Seeds mailed f recto all intonamg nurobasarsnnonanplieition. Iti the hendsoniesterdalogneyoblishecl in Canada,:.Md isinvaluable to all Who wish to bay P555 Fansti .5.500. 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