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fibnale Xtenedy ibitt la UK to kso the
Buainess Every Vinton
Alden Devieof Dane:teem, iWeyoke coon-
ty, Pa,: wee bitten 4 few evenAlge glace
by a rattleanake in the bailed hie thureh.
cord was feeteped tightly armed the teumie
to stop tho mOvemeut of the blood from the
region of the 'reamed to the ether partsof the
body. Yook% Davie was then takes as quiek-
ly ae poetibte to the efdee et Pr. Kemp, at
CAlticortn Depot, Haviog seen in a no wspeper
a few Years eines a description of the
remedy for rattlesuake bites an need by the
Geer family atleong Elide, It Y., Dr. Ketne
made carotin ioveatigetioo of the matter, and
beceme convinced ot the exalt, of the etate.
moot theri in mule, 410100 the xemeny was
indeed all that was claimed for it, /10
gleratarEP allAland young DaVia to chlye to
"eelan Geer's as quickly AS poordble, but Ant
to nentedee freelyof rye whieltey. A bottle of
thie liquor wee etitotuttd, and the homen head
%rout to the direetion of Lee% Eddy, dia.
'tent eleven miles.
I v wee pow late in the night, and, ail the
moon wee down, very dark. The Peen wae 4
Ten& one, but by careful and aa rayid (Irk.
fine AS possible the clwelltne of jeho Gem.,
tlie faneme rettleenalte eatcher, waareecheel
Neese daylight. BY Ode time, in spite of
the tightly drawn horn around bia teen*
the F*401 had medal% wey itteo the hem],
wrote awl arm, which were tally swollen
Dayle had Mime bet two Eulall ShiChn of
the /Neer, toed Geer poverty for -do the
nee ef more, tieyieg ye effect would be to in
creme the eirouletten ot the bleed, mei
thug epread the potion more repidly. The
effect* ef the eeineu seemed not to he entire-
ly °unlined to dee band mid erne bet in
sante way wee effectinethe at-owe:h. Be had
etworel etwore vet:eines Evelio, after which
he epithimil freely.
Portuuetely Geer kuew right where to get
the violet, A SOVereir remeny for *ohne o
4 rattleanalie, WA I ghtleg 4 lalatero, in AVe
nliantee dale bad Pevie eetieg1 leevere
Retina epplitasoiltAnd indigo tet the Wenn1l*
'roe **hive off the tightly tirewre cord,
which, however, hod robably dere good
aervice riu prevoutleg the more molt/ t ?reed
GI the pollee. Poo Neon began to feel
better. The peke which wee great when
he nree ealee, emu ceased. Tho stomath
etickeete oleo /eft him, and, lyiug down, he
slept for an beer, When Geer Awakened him
to nice him unroof the violet and Apply
theeh peultice.
ett the end of 12 hewn from the time be
Mete to Wirt Ueerhe Davis started to welt
hem, though the Swelling bed not entirely
dieepneeted TM -eines be Might ho kept for
wend tleye, he ht emit hie bone home,
toter gm hien * enteutity of the remedy,
cautioned hien to walk alewly, mit to go to
work, bet :lee the erkedielue te 1 the welling
W5 calmly gone, awl entered him be wee A;
wife from tell evil tffecte of the euelite bite mi
be could whilt.
This remedy bui beeu known end used, in
this plue and vicinity for over eiglety year.
It was first ohteined by Jueph Geer (John's
father) from * belt -breed Delaware Indren
owned John Johnsen, who men in 1800 to
occupy abut on the Pennsylvania elide of tbe
river opposite len% Eddy, and who, for a
pint kW whiakey, wonted let a rettleenalie
bite him aud thew CaO himself With it. It
is se follows:
Apply to the wound * poultice oembelf
cad: of common welt en4 indigo, mixed with
cold wader, Ira renew every two lateen'
Eat freely of the leaves, or (Intik often of a
tat made from them, of the blue violet
(Y. mittens) commonly knowe ea the
arrow-leaved,violet. If the bite be upon
the leg or arm, Mud the leaves in e envie
mound it above and just below the swelling.
Moieten with cold weeter es often u they
get dry frotnthe fever created Ity the poison,
and new two or three times a clay.
Wetland to Cet Out,
HO was an ozpress uneakeeger ou the San-
ta lso a few days ago. It was a night run,
mid there wore two znessengere in the var.
Just as it began to vow dusk the train stop.
ped at a ernall station and a demi body was
taken aboard. Nothing In particular was
thougdit of this, however, and as there was
nothtug to do and the train would, u ot stop
again for a long distance, both mestengere
prepared to go to sleep. One cf them dead,
ed that the box containing the body would
be * good plele to teat on, and so he arrang
ecl himself comfortably there on and wentto
sleep.
How long he alept he ha& no ides, but and.
denly, as it in a dream he hoed a voiceseyt
"Let me out 1"
The meeseuger, startled, lay half awake
for a moment, when in Ito nucertain tones
came the words, apparently from within the
head of the box Oil which he aleph
" D—n you, let mo out."
It b quite a distance from where the box
lay to the other end of the car, but the mes-
senger as poisitive he cleared it in two jumps.
Trembling with fear, he el:mated to his
completion, but before he had a chance to
toll his story that self Bente voice exclaimed:
"1 want to get out of here."
Neither of the men spoae for a moment,
and then the one who had first heard the
voice said I
"dim, that corpse wants to get out."
Jim thought for a moment, and then said
"Well, I reckon it wouldn't be right to
keep bim in there if he wants to get out."
•So the two cautiously made thew way to
the head of the box and debeted what to do,
when the same muffied voice was heard to
remark:
"Polly wants a cracker l"
Then the mystery was explained. Some
one at Denver had expressed a parrot to a
friend in Kansas Cify. Its cage had been
set away and forgotten, and the bird had
naturally become hungry and thirsty. So it
waited as long as it could, and then made it-
self heard in the mannet that so horrified
the expreas messenger.
Post When Scarcity.
Ecuador, with ebout one million inhabi.
tants, has only 47 post oftioes, but they are
so Widely distributed that it requires a mail
carriage of 5,389 nines to rea,oh them a1l-72
miles by canoes and 5.817 by horaes and
glides. About 500 miles of the seaboard is
also covered by foreign fateamship mail serv-
ice. Between Quito and Guayaquil there
are two mails each way weekly by tiouriers—
the usual time one way, travelling day and
night, being six days. Other sections of the
country are leas favored, the receipt and
departure of mails ranging from °Me A week
to once a month, as people happen to be
going.
BEATH BY RLEurNacrrY.
An Entilleit Doctor Thinks It WM Not
worn.
While executioies stet contieoe, there is
nothing in the present and long eetebliehed
plan of varrylog them out which, newts be
ohanged. 11 the pumas be considered
brutel, it is not: more brutal thao the spirit
of the not Dont, MI ettempte to refine winch,
gannet add to eta Efficaey as 4 deterrent of
grime. Tbe proveas of beuging looka brunet
without being aetuelly so. Since the age
of Moegaget the question now under
+Mecum= has been 00Alidere4, and the
epiniell Of the hest informed physielogiste,
then aod since then, bat always been thee
death by strangulation Or bY anVeReloe,
is practically a PailliesS Made at death.
Pontos who have recovered front the
umermaciteumesa pradaceel by etrannillation
have testified completely on this nolo; and
that the old and legal method of death by
euemeettion, wording to tbe terve, et tee
judicialeentence, should, at the InetanOe of
any ignorent Or common (Meer who may
carry out the tkentence, hum ever been
changhd for the long Orme, (kr death by an
excruciating and cruel khow, is incredible
Some meoeher of the House of Common
ought To pet %the neeretary of State for
the Womo Depertmeet, who le eharged with
the duty of directioo that the law, be it
good or bed, shall be cerriee our, the
(teeeticn why the gentle, tietregh le may
teem prolonged, extinetlen et life by
hengieg. ahoniel not be reutored. While
deette te the oetiopal puoishmene fet
murder, We Igelenal mode el viodicetiug
the 14W le A149 the meet retioucti. Making
the method of execution more ecientific, if
it he Tight to degrade ecienee by ati
ear:moth:kg her eivilleing powera with ouch
degreding
and iguerant work, is eimply t.
put A premium an mime itaelf,
Since I set tee A lethal elaaraber for the
pateleee extinctieu el the lives of /9We7Ani.
PAU1 have more thee enee met pertonknot
etrietly invitee but in morbid states ef mend,
whit have looked co tbe lethal may death na
proopeat of releatee from life so havitiegly
pleeemet that it eizele mode of (teeth were
ra be edopted AS the national pleu of eepitel
murder they would eiot heat:tee In their
woret moone to hill, that they neinht he
hilted, niece the aevereet fate that could
happen would be a death brought to the
painleeneart of pleasure. Pattie by the
civet*: ahoek would eonvey to mettle of
thia eterep the item eeticipatioe, but would
zotneceseerily produee bbs am eertain
melte In some reaearelwe on the
applieation of the electrie (Recharge for the
retaken extinction of *a livee of mein:els to
be use4 as feed. Ibo detail%) elf whieh
reearded in the Memel Time and Evazatto
for the year 1869, title mode of death was
A:AO:it% but area% in eta AffeetS.
Sheep etriehen appareutly loto %Want
and lerevoeable death by eleetricity, after
Alm miuutee elbowed slew of life, and if
they bed not been deepetehed iu the
ordinary way by the knife would have been
stored to conecioutuwea The AVM £acb
bee been observed in attempts to kill doge
by the olio:trio ehoek, and I ono published
an inatauce in which a large dog, etruck
into perfect UneOnSOIOUSEMOS by the etrolee
cia powerful battery, was aubmitted to a
rgleal operatiort while lying, to all
eppearmwea, deed, awl, was as eet so little
effecteti it tO Make An eatter and sound
recovery. it need not be eaferreti from
seek facto as these thet the electric shook
will not kill at ono aleph:ergo—du moat awes
It will kill—bub, exceptionally, heater:it of
killing outright, it wilt simply stun, and
may induce the semblance ot death instead
f the real death.
Qambetta's Statue,
The monument to Loon Gambetta, the
Great Tribune, coualsts of A pyramid about
80 feet high surmounted by lifetime) figurere-
nreeentingTriumphaneDemocraoytatel wear-
ing& Ithryglau cep. to her hand Demoomoy
hatch tho Deolaration, of the Bights of Mau
and oho is supported by it winged limo which
advanceswith open =oath. ln the centre of
the pyramid is wane:dew his heed thrown
back, his eye glancing along the welt artery
from theTuileries to the Ara do Trioraphe, his
hand extended in A fine oratorical gesture
away toward the heti= wbere lurks the
unseen but vigilant enemy. It isreedly Gwen
betta, juat as he might Immo looked when he
made hie famous balloon voyage over the
Prussian lines and away to Tours or when
he seconded the tribune of the Chamber to
reply to some thrust from his opponent/.
Over the orator is a winged figure holding
A flag man representing the soul of Prance
which is stirred to ha depths bythe elo-
quence of Gambetta The awakening of the
nation by the fervid accented the fiery
parole ie finelyrepresented by a soldierlean.
mg on the breech of a big gun with a broken
Weapon in his hand, A workman in a biome
stooping to pion up a sword and another
citizen shouldering arms and ready to march
to battle. The group is called the National
Defence, or the Marseillaise of 1870." Un-
derneath is a tablet of black marble, inscirb.
ed with the word, " To Gambetta, the
Country, end the republic." The meme
ment is certainty striking ad effective, but
the mixture of Clessiciam and Romanticism,
and the blending of bronze, iron, stone, and
marble matte it rather incoherent. It also
look too fragile and tco modern in the sha-
dow of the more magnificent and antique
monutnent, the foundations of which were
laid by Philip Augustus,
The Penalty of Greatness.
The German who has 'been arrested
in Lendon for threatening to murder Mr.
Gledetone turns out to be an author. It
seems that he sent the manuscript of a story
to Mr. Gladstone with the request that he
would read it. Some way the manuscript
was mislaid, and then the Gertnan au tbor
wrote the threatening letter. One of the
oenalties of being a great literary man is
that literary men who are not great are
always trying to climb the ladder of bane
over his shoulders. Afr. Gladstone ia bom-
barded with letters and postal cards from
all parts of the world, salting all gotta of
questions and saliciting all sorts of opinions.
The wonder is that he gets time to answer
asmany of themes he does. That the German
author's story was mislaid is nob to be won-
dered at. It would be well for the world if
the stories of a good many mere authors
were to meet with a similar fate. Unlike
Milton's "Paradise Lost," which, we were
told, " the world would not willingly let
die," the world would be very glad to see
the last of many of the trashy aroductions
thrown on the market by immat,we authors.
13ut the German author who has been
threatening to murder kir. Gladstone will
probably find that to threaten a fellow we
izeu's We le s. inuob more union thing thee
to take the lives of at least haleantown,
tharaetere in a work of dentin.
Italian Bideford',
rather Gavazze, the Polhill preaelter and
patriot, firet vented Outade and the -Vatted
States about thirty-dve Years ego, to
eolleot funds for the redemption of Italy,
nar.vitiro BATTLE.
F*giat Betweena 0410Ilagis Au4 an In)
muse Wralrle Weetweenithe.
Dr. Allo, ha the Bola, relotoo hie expert -
nee lit the Becky Mountainen--" One
zuurniixg the etillnesa was soddenly broken
by the thrill eiereem. of an eagle. High up
in the heavens I EtaiV him preparing to ne
acepd, and down, dome he came, Witk the
awiftneae of a /shooting star, mini he had
ACM% the chief ellY at Italy, was thezt "4" nearly teethed the earth, where be spread hie
cupied by rreech troops, ordered there by paweeful 'pintoes wad tatted biewelf dowo
thGe YerazeenctilwEas°1 eutPeorrTtoljtoufiattNeiaritr.seheett when with a enelcien weep he lighted npou
nntil he had utterly remelted terra armee
a» the crowdwhich fieskewci to bean him a great prairie Weer, about Ivo feet long,
both vehement and dramatic. Words reale,
were surprieed and thrilled- nutraauner wee and A battle coma:meted touch tec I hat-Ito:leg:
at' rntahl ri ke 4t, °Tutese ntnt he nell Itbain te e pn ta Ala:eat r, tb41Qe enlvf:tuihre%eaa 2,,e ed3;e4d4agrseoriEll couldye4W14t etid4P9t 11 e") hat
eked, by a look, cm by 5 gesture or &ttitacie, greet of the fight. The biro was cue of the
spoke a clearly and es ehalheutlY ad by eugat bald eagles, and the matte ems a
word. monster of ite kind, being three imeheek ie
He beat his breaat and the resonant vetted diameter. The eegle, with ita enset throwo
was iward-throughout the hall, Using hie bachWard, ran up to the svelte apd gave it
MODra 101)0 at o mantle, 13° 42633111e4 the 4 bloW over the head with his whip that
attitude of some eland° Wattle. Speaking completely stuneed itjustu ib wea in the
ofwt ehree Ed Mee°r1 /me laPepel"s euemt heed 4aqitile‘ 44, ;eckfi am itkhilligah%bim with t 04°41 hiat: di:411e
for hie robe bid the ameba of litelte and it in hie taloes, emond about test feetie the
body. air, gave k a fariOria altabing And let it fall
"1)14 you ever See such ouperle pasto. to thee earth, where it lay eodd in a war
-
:Mote
is like Atli ude, eakttilug and hisiime in greet
"Every gesture was a autenew
tt Wbat a coakbigellen of lector ratio The ogle made a accond attack, in
e sane manner as before, but the snake
rator 1
Such were the senteeeee 'with which th4et:hageldee witiaktvebt:ereC:Plobirght:mteb.ruae2ecLite7hbeerand
Ieeeargreeted eaee ottsr„oeretitoeenctetetrreewo;tittian4ewil, withaeleesperetehehlwtrobeortorbad4ireseavarat tbtroulbeeo8wy,
them. atefeetie Budhsh .with te, sh8ht mod le leaked for n ineinent as tnengh the
Savour of Italian prennecietton Muth gen
pleeteney to We ntterseeeeN
An Epglielt eurgane, while traveillog in
/tiny a hundred yeere ego, ilANV auetog the
lawyers of Vimice several exaggereten illus.
trent= of the old. Italian imbue of oratory.
"Every advoeette" he wrote, 44 mounts
1400 emelt pulpit A little eleVrtted AbOVe
the anflienee, where he *perm his hereogue
with some gentlemen, hut does not long
coptaig himself within theee
"Hie voice 490ii erake,, aud, whet it
very remerkehle, the teem:lug of awe eetetee Kea %Nee
powerful btrdt mut, due LW; wall a vuilent
dep ef hit wine, be broke the dewily ant
breee, caughe the exteke, glove it a number
of jetke, awl 'threw it dovo again. Tbe
blood, WAS oczixeg freut avveral placee in the
rettlere body, 'Willett seemed to make the
eitgle more excited that% ever. The
matte Fen' relnallaed SMA9 feet avert and
seemed to be Teetiug, while the Tuner kept
up a deep Dente rhopt to intimidate
ho bird, Tete ea
heeling mound Ma
ed ezerher p tau
A clrele, hot
tbia dodge
Sergeneee, while lee is under an e8i4etiou Itept, fell in hie foot. Time felled, the
and seeming ezaudieem Pleatlin8t le at ea le beRan to whip the wittier with the ti
pitch above Ma natural voiee, So Se to OS, of ia %info, ine bead wen eeneen, bee
catkion a wouderful dienord, %bet the etoeke dedge.d the biome The eagle
''nea h° Me°334 to /3° ver e°303 then made 4 Wet, pulped. to one side and
he grates the pulpit with bit avis Ave cr
aix timee together as quick tel themett,
etareplog at the eakne time, so me to make
the greet room remould with tale epeciee of
Watery.
"At leugth in the bury si bia argue -mot,
deeeende from the ptslplt, anes ebout,
ening, upoo the goot, re u be a
eau* It a feerfet blow; aught it up by
the middle, And 414Q014 it uutil the Snake
Was Aunt to twitte iteelf around hie body,
when Ilene% tbrew it to the ;trowel. Both
Allowed eigne of great Wipe: het uoither
touted haelluett to giveway. Thegeole rep,
loaned and weed bit Vletini in every can.
celeste% waxy, but SO far the *flake menaged
Went Poaaleo bat* eli3314 to bbs 144 tO hold him off nutit he threw beck his head
witch* It with hie beetle mom tbsn at ewe made 44, deeihtteee dive. Tee eeehe
ftrateatid ceutinuaa so, ttlie rage, =WI'S lP atrack with all les force an the wing ot the
did gown the pulpit moth be hie "'leo end* Cline in eClatact With it* laud, and
hie harangue
"The autlience seance now and then nt
tbiu extrevagaut belteolour. The adeceetee
QOM to he ite itentiuual douger of aropping
heir wigs from their heede, and tide amen
• ea happens. There may be some adro'
oatea who apealc with more dignity, but
theso I aim were all mai of entieence itt
theprofession"
A Sweet 'Voice,
There is no pewor of lou so herd to get
and to keep AS A Ulla Yoke. te, leitad heed
is deaf and dumb. Amity be rough itt Ileth
and blood, yet do the work of a atilt heart,
And do it with a safe touch. Rut tiler° is
no one tines thet torn au much node as. a
Sweet voice to tell what it means and %etre
ib Is hard to get and keep it lo the right
tone. One rause start in youth and be on
the watch might and day, at work, and at
play, to get and keep a voice that that'
speak itt. MI timet the thought of a kind
heart But this is the time when A sharp
voice is moat apt to he got. Yee often hear
boys and girla ekty words at play with a
quick sharp tope, as if it Were the erkap of a
whip. When ouo of them gets vexed you
NVill hear a voice that sounds at if it were
made up of a start, A whim', and a bark.
Stich a voice attest speaks worse than tile
heart fade. 10 shows more Mortal ice the
tone than in the words. It is often in mirth
that one gets a yoke or a tone that is sharp
and sticks to hen through life, and stirs up
and grief, and falls likeadrop of gall
on the sweet jays of home. Such as them
get a abarp home voice for use, and keep
their beet voice for those they meet elee-
where. 'would say to all boys and girls
"Use your guest voice at home." Watch
it day by day as *pearl of great price, We -
it will be worth to yenta dart to cementer('
than the best pearl hid in the sea. A kind
voice it & larkrs song to it hearth and home.
It is to the heart what light is to the eye,
Itespiration by its own resultant action
may amount to revelation. Love hat a,
way of conferring wisdom ; conscience,
quickened and, educated, reflects light upon
tuegment. But we ehould say that meta.
Won it the increased seeing ability cf mind
which mina from purified and strengthened
emotion, not a (Meet communication to the
iutellect.
Probably the most interesting railroad
construction of recent years is the Russian
road from the Caspian Sea to Summand,
a distance of 900 mites across great demote,
which was bowie fn 1889 and completed it
few months agt. It was built for military
uses, and for a time, at least, cannot pay
commercially ; but it opens up the heart of
Persia, to European. e commerce, and may
develop something like modern enterptue
in a country that was Mice a centre of opu-
lence, power skid learning. The toad passes
through se much (been land that water has
to be carried by treins to nearly all the ate.
tion. In some s miens there are no welle
of water within lip miles of each other.
On account of he ehifting sands hardy
shrubs had toe planted along the
w
nt
ay to protect th rails front being buried
in sand and it is t yet sure that they will
prove effective. pne of the possible re.
sults of the comer otion of the road is a
;
reclamation of he deserts, gradually,
from many centre and as a result of tree
planting. For the present, however, the
road is interestime because it opeus up at
its present southern terminus a rich aountry
to European ocultmerce. In the event of
war in India it tv" I be of immense advantage
to Russia, for it ails the section of country
In which it Is mot difficult to move troops,
because of the wait of water. Exprees trains
will put Samarcaid within five days of St,
Petersburg, though, for the present, even
with the aid of tee railorae, it takes about
twelve days to melee the joarney.
,
while:twit% to owl around hie body was
aught and carried into ths eir, where it
wee almost jerked in twain, and nhen it
reached the around again its entrails were
lumens out end it writhed And twisted io
great vein, tinelly expiring. The proud
bird Mood loalcing on with the eictorioee
Mr of a pugilist wbo hes won the world-
renowieed battle, bit heed erect mad Ida
*Inge rating on the ground."
Burdock Leaves and Cut Worms
Having men it ended that burdock leaves
wrappeu molted the 'stems of cabbage Planta
whole trampleuted, would prevent the at Melo
of the cat worm, I determined to try the ex-
perimeet, although I had previonsty used
atiff brown /leper with karat:et palette ettetele.
Thirty eel:beige plants were set, and their
atoms wrepped wale burdock leaves accord,.
ing to directIons. As I might have kuown
Wombwell the exposed, pert of the leavee
soon withered Ann dried, so that no protect.
Ion whatever WAS afforded, and forthwith
the cut worms began their work, and in one
night five out of the thirty plants were des-
troyed. / immediately repleced them with
now planter, and loosely wrapped the stems
of all the plants with stiff brown paper, be-
ing fully sant/lee that the burdock leaf re-
medy ems duo value whatever to me. I have
in rare inetances known a out worm to olimb
above the paper and eat off the %erne or
atom, but seemly one plant in fifty has been
destroyed in this way.
Trip to Polar Regions.
A trip combining pleasure and study will
take about thirty scientific men of Austria
few toward the North Pole this summer.
They intend to take a look at the mountains
and fiords of Spitzbergen, to have a brief
run inGreenland and Iceland, and to vend
a week or so on the interesting Wand of
Jan Mayen, near the edge of Greenland pack
ice. A. large Norwegian yacht will carry
them over the northera seas, end if they
have good luck they hope to reach 800 north
latitude sea look out over the Polar ice sap
from the north comet of Spitzbergen. The
pleasures of summer yaohneg in northern
waters have been pictured in glowing colors
by Dr. Sayer, and Lard Dafferin. The
thirty learned men will doubtleas barn an
invigorating cruise, and as they repreoent
many snit ntifie specialties, they. hope to
have somethiug of Interest to say book
which will be written after their return.
A Marvel ia SteeL
There are 150,000 miles of railway in the
United States;) 300,000 miles of rails—
in length enough to make twelve steel
girdles for the earths circumference. This
enormous length of steel is wonderfed—we
do not really glop its eignificance, But
the rail itself, the little section of steel, is
an engineering feat. The change of ka form
from the curious and clumsy iron pear head
of thirty years ago to the present refitted
motion of steel is a scientific development.
It is now a beam whose every dimension
and curve and angle are exactly suited to
the tremendous work it has to do. The
loads it carries are enormous, the blows it
receives are heavy and constant, but it
carries the loads and bears the blows and
does ito duty. The locomotive and the
=dem past:eager and freight oars are great
achievements ; and so is the little rail which
cue ies them all.
A Frenchman claims to have invented it
thermometer so sensitive that its index
needle will defied two inches upon the en.
trance of a person into the room where it
has beet placed.
The fabric knowo as Chinese grata- cloth
is made from the fibre of nettles. TI19 cloth
is peculiarly glossy and transparent, a nd as
belting for machinery, has doable the
trength of leather.
Syrian Wives.
There are grand women in 4rabla.;
women of Ability, heeo in insight, and of
wonderful cepebilitiee. The duties of the
wife of a Syrian tce dey, are 58611410 :
She brings nil the wata for family use
from a eistant, well. This le accomplithed
by filling imensnae jars mid bringing them
upon her head. She risea early audgeea to the
handed." a the vitt* earrylog 004.41
enough of which for the day's Neon
she griode by a glow, laborious protease
Thla ehe carries home aud cooka ix an oven,
which la made to the earth. le le a round
hole, lined with °Val and diet etottee, and is
heated by a lire built in ite Mine the
breed its mixed with water and a little salt
*he removes the uhee and pleetere pate of
aough agefeat ehe hot atones to cook,
Ceuta anythiog be more crude "f
She cares for her children—uattellY eiange
funny—awl deee all the rough work at
intervals, While the ilnahand Mihaly glnOkel
hie " argelie" or Alta creewlegged open hie
divolianaT ie
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get4prkining4ve4adeiof
r4er WitliSyrie°%
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acmletY•
Titehouteo are made of mien° atone,
nghly Wein The houte.tope we of cloy,
covered with coarse gravel. In hot weather
the sun baketins muchfonned roof, and
large creche appear. The ram rk comes, aed,
as a :Unita!, oOneeTienCO• the TOO /mks.
This ia something cf which tbe featieious
inhabitent of tbe Bilde laud rime net 01e•
prOVA, h does net min to hie bodily
comfort.
Ile rernedita the el ettny—altell I tell
yen bow ?, Not by any effotz of hie own;
Inc from it; hie nife itt rime, aeceode to
the hew tep and in the d re nelibeg rain
propela rattle of *del etene, baeltward
arul Reward, muele so we ree a lest:en:ewer.
This rolls the tug -shied creche together
feud prevente them:tree-2o ot weter.
Theet are oply a few of the 'Syrian howler
wifeht duties. Her reward is not in this
worti, aurely, She ()toilet opeole to her
huebeud in petite; abe Can reeetve no carets
hefere hie friends. She give veiled and
tomtfiy Pled She hoe to Orne to nuekt
her own habiliment, for her imede unteit
weave tied spin zked embreiner ardeticaliy
eel abuudennwfor the tuebetel and male
childree, Itt venter her feet ere preteeteel
My by woodeu vendels, eud dupe of blood
mark the way to Ow ib rhea well. Of
coprae tide is eniceg the len or and, :nide%
cleave of toeiety in Sella, hoe thew' who
helot% to 4 higher cline, are very few.
Mrs. Livitmston's Grave,.
Rety mike fret* the weigh of thee
the treileowiele wider aluelow and
Oho how sandy leaehe frirgerl with
uel wild %No. Tbe greet -deltoid
w with autetartneet reed', and
ered with trete, etreteliee on
; the ann it bileterieg hot; the
111 he for monebe. amotootonene
;lot a frenk, bxlbv, blee like
it dime eky, but o Netted(Mute a sue -
tut ntelerlow% blue, pArEly duel%) the
1 hetet hoz * and pertly to the %leen-
, for.ths Zeneteti is no friend to the
roeeen, end this whole reelen is heavy
lb defraying memeries. This impreatore
pe, was heightened by the fact that we
were tri upeua th $D ulght Rhin 4 few yards
of the plan wham hire. Liviagetone died.
Leto iu the afternoon we reeetted the epee—
low ruined but a huudred yerde from Ilea
y '11 bank with e breed verandah ahadin
to crumbling welte. El. graawgrown path
straggled to tbe doorway, end the/malt print
of obi ppopotra mut told how logic ate el the spot
le now. nettling the d epee, wo found
ourselves in a long dark room, ink mud floor
broken into fragmehte, mei the remains of
native drat betraying ite latest oecupa.uts.
Turaiog to the right see entered a emaller
haunter, the water bete arid stained, with
two glatisteee windoea fetirg the river.
Tne eveniag aun, settiog over tbe faroff
liorumbellit menntains, Mica the t emu with
its Boit glow, and wee: our thoughts back to
that Seedily evening tweeety ye et s Ago, nhen
in -Ohs ream bedroom, at tide atom hour,
Livingstone knelt over hie dying wife, and
witneseed the great sunset et bis life. 1732.
der a huge beobab treo—a mireele al vege-
table vitality and luxuriance—stands hire.
Livingettmen grave. The picture in Living.
Stone's book represente the place as well kept
and aurronuded with tweeter planted trees.
But tow it is an utter wilderness, matted
with jungle great and trodden by the boasts
of the forest; and, as / looked et the forsaken
mound and contrasted it with ber huebend's
tomb in Weatminster Abbey, I thought
perhapt the womann love which brought
her to a :mot like tbia, might be not lose
worthy of immortality.
Sabbath -Day HowenS.
Every one went to chew& in the colonial
days of :leTevr Etteand. Families living at a
disetence from the meeting -home came pre-
pared to spend the intermistion between
the morning and afternoon services in the
Sebbath day houses."
These houses accordinte to a deecription
published in Sanford's "History of Conran -
tient,' were small log toracturee, twenty.
five feet long, rea broad, and one storey
high. A chimney in ties middle divided
the whole space into two rooms, for the use
of the two families who united itt building
the home. The furniture consisted of afeW
chairs, a table, platea, dishes, and Immo
utensils for warming cooked food. Oa a
shelf were a Bible and two or three religione
books.
In winter, on Sunday morning, before
starting for ehurch, the mother of the family
put up food for dinner, not forgetting a jug
of cider. The family rode in a large two -
horse sleigh, stopped at the Sabbath house,
kindled a fire, and then went into the cold
meeting house, where the minister preached
in an overooat, with a nitflier about his
neck, and mittens on his hands.
The woman carried heated stones in their
muffs, and the men drew bags over their
fan No chronicler informs no how the
boys and girls managed to keep warm during
the service.
At the conclusion of the morning serviee,,
the family hurried back to the warm room
of the Sabbath house, where they took their
dinner and drank cider erom a pewter mug.
Thanks were then returned, and the review
of the sermon began. If the sermon foiled
to furnish sufficient reetter to occupy the
hour, n chapter in the Bible sons read, or a
few pages from a religious book.
Singing.and prayer sent them to the after-
noon servwe ha a devotional frame of miod,
at the conclusioneof which they returned to.
the Sabbath -day house, extinguished the,
fire, looked the door, and started for home.