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The Exeter Advocate, 1891-11-19, Page 7MOVEMENTS OF THE WORLDS ReTealed by Astronomy, the Exaotest of All Sciences, TAB stirs pnyi TIfIlOTJell SPAM a Elie tartar System Speedo, Tear by Tear, , Threat:Or Fresh $pace—Glortous Garde* at Sans and Stars -0 Iu My Father's Mouse are Many ellaradons"—Coutplex Nature of Created Things, front the Lamers to the Smallest. Rey. J. W. Reynolds writes: As know - ...ledge and piety extend the horizon of our ' view, the world enlarges to our contempla- tion. We travel beyond the sphere of 'mu, :. moon, earth, planets, and enter now firma- ments to behold other elms and stars of s greater and lesser splendor. The vast system of which we are members is Misting on, with sun, planets, Satellite% meteors, oomets, asteroids, from the southern rich region of stars to the northern rich region, where the chiefest splendor is gathered in • Cygnus. We are speeding along a relatively barren path, from a rich past to 4 glorious future, at the rate of 154,185,000 mllea the year. We are circling a centre I in the direction of Alcyone, a star of the Pleiades, of.which Job (xxxviii., 31) said, B. C. 1520, " Cans't thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades ?" Round some • central sun, or in a great vortex -ring, we move as parts in a scheme of movement too wondrous and complicate to be as yet inter- preted by astronomers, and we complete the ,sre,ourse in about 18,200,000 years. As the earth and other planets are carried on, their orbits continuallyadvance, and the actual path, year by year, is through fresh space. The polestar of to -day will not be the pole -star of 3,000 years hence. View- ing the sun 04 among other suns and the planetary orbita as seen from the fixed stars, those orbits are little more than a point, and the sun is invisible. What unknown possibilities lie in that measureless extension P.of space, where worlds aro sprinkled as dust of gold, for the display of intellectual and moral life ! Our sun and his fellow -suns are connected with groups of minor suns, with clusters of star -dust, with messes of star -mist, with whorls and con- volutions of nebulous matter, sometimes combined in vast spherical gatherings of worlds. There are orbs lying in such close .. order that we think great briiliancy is in those heavens; but, after stricter examina- tion, they are found wide apart as the in- conceivable distance between our sun and his nearest fellow. Farther off still are . stars whose rays take thousands, perhaps millions of years to reach the earth. The arrangement is of striking order, and the possibility of it having sprung up by chance is so ridiculously small that Quetelet calcu- lates it as nothing. There is a multiplicity of worlds in infinite space, and a countless succession of worlds in infinite time, with point or base of gravity regulated by the weight and motion of all. Great and glorious is the Garden of Cod 1 The suns are planted in flowery beds of many splendid colors. The planets interweave in spark- ling germination, various foliage, blooming fecundity of borders. Dark suns, weird places, cavernous chaotic regions, shadow forth the desolation of eternal wintry fields. There are ridges and clusters, rows and shelvings, with spirals and strearne, in celestial depths, where are disclosed the signs of as yet unthought of laws. "1 shall maintain it all my life," says Rousseau, " whoevex says in his heart there is no God, is either a liar or a madman." Thoughtful men, studying the sun's path through apace, its rule, physical constitutien, age and origin, receive a deep impression that the divine account (Genesis i.), the simplest in , the world, is not vague nor indefinite, but 4startling, grand, abrupt. There is an ap- pearance corresponding to our own limited aspect of nature, in words and time agree- ing with our ignorance and mortality, but posseesing an inner spirit, revealing powers of the world to come. How wonderful are the colored suns ! The diamond dust in the sky are suns and stars. The brilliant Vega, a splendid steel - bine star, m the constellation of Lyra, at midnight in winter and earlier with the approach of spring, as it skirts the southern horizon, scintillates with red, blue and emerald light. Arcturus, low down in the east and north- east, in spring evenings twinkles yet more beautifully. Capella., towards the north, in simmer nights, notably sparkles. Sirius, nobleet of all—" The fiery Sirius alters hue, and bickers into red and •emerald." These various colors are caused in part by our own atmosphere, but the stars are not wauting in real colors of their own. Sirius, Regulus and Spica are white stars; Betelgeux, Aldebaran, Arcturus and Antares are red; Procyon, Capella and the Pole -star are yellow ; Castor is of slightly green tint ; Vega and Altair are bluish ; Castor has a green com- panion, Antares also, and there is the well:known "garnet star." In the double, triple and multiple stars are many of the tints of the rainbow. Here we have a green star with a deep blood -rod companion ; there an orange primary accompanied by a purple or indigo -blue satel- lite. White is found mixed with light or dark red, purple, ruby, or vermilion. One of the most startling facts is, their color is not unchangeable. Of old, Sirius was red, now it is white. A double star in Hercules changed in twelve years from yellow,through grey, cherry -red, and egregious red, to yel- low again. These show that the stars are formed of different elements, and that their vapors burn with variable brilliancy. The motions of the stars, orderly and stately in gorgeous hue, bear down into the t, 6holder's soul conceptions of hitherto un - imagined glory and beauty. Take our own system. The rule of law within may itself be regarded as a miracle if wrought by chance. The chances against the uniform- ity being, by chance are, Laplace states, ,four millions of millions to one. The move- ment of tne sun on its axis, of the planets round the slim 'of the satellites round their primaries (those of Uranus, possibly Nep- tune, excepted), and the motion of all on their axis, is from west to east. There is nearly a regular gradation in their density, .and the distances are curiously relative, weaving them into one web of mutual ar- rangement and harmonious agreement. :Nevertheless, the uniformity is not an vantability, impressed ind stamped by unin- telligent force. Variety prevails every - * where, fake the rates of axial roation. ' The sun revolves in about 25 days, 8 hours; • the moon reemires a month to turn; the . • earth occupies 24 hours ; 1VIerctiry, 24 hours, ;5 minutes; Venus, 23i hours. Mara, 24i .hours ; '''jiipiter, less than 10 hours ; Saturn, Hi hours. We are sure that there is reason in all this, and, as Sir Isaac Newton said, 18 18 "the work of an intelligent and most powerful Being." Uranus, and possibly Neptuue'rotate from e.stst to watt, unlike all other tilanets, their moons revolving in the same retrograde .direction. The sky is more various and complicated than even the wisest aatrono- anon thought; it is like "a casket of vatiouely colored stones." Then, how far oever the spirit, flies, finally stopping at theierke ef centres, the centre of creation, the capital of the anteeree, whence are the ls.ws which govern and uphold all worlds. Ma shall deseribe that throxie of might— hut palace of eplendor—that inner abode of Deity 1 What line ellen measure, what 'Mae° tiontain, what time can reckon, the tont the circle, he vaet proceesion of millions of clustered suns and systems revolving round the pretence chamber of the Almighty! What painter eould picture, whet poet describe, what heart conceive the beautiful grandeur of that source whence flow infinite and eternal etreams of good- ness 1 When with the telescope we con- template the magnitude and numberlestiness of worlds, arid with the microscope discover life extending beyond life, surpaasing all imagination, tve confess that herein God is glorified. The incalculable multiplication of worlds, and the necessitiee of a rule that is infinite, hinder iaot the tashioning of a moth's wing, so that it possesses a very firmament of beauty. Eternity and space contain epdless surprises and possibilities ; we know not what we shall be. The Chris- ti/Ala rejoices to know that "God has a plan for every man"—that the provision for a soul's salvatiou is infinite, is connected with worlds and lima, transac- tions and interests, surpassing knowlege. To God, in a human sense, is no such thing as absolute size. There is relative great- ness and smallness—nothing more. To us things appear small when scarcely seen by the naked eye—very small when a powerful microscope barely suffices to render them visible and the space between us and a fixed star is enormous—(Cygni is reckoned at sixty billions of miles)—as compared with that between the earth and sun (about 95,000,000 miles) ; but there is absolutely nothing to show that a portion of matter, which even in our most powerful micro- scopes is hopelessly minute for investiga- tion may not be complex as the stars that exceed our sun in magnitude. 106 Agnes street, Toronto, Ont., May 23th, 1887 : "It is with pleasure that I certify to the fact of my mother having been cured of a bad cruse rheumatism by the use of St. Jacobs Oil, and this after having tried other preparations without avail, ' Wm. H. Mt:Cm:atm,. Elected or Hereditary Rulers. Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule. Is it possible to relate without an indignant smile that, on the father's decease, the property of a nation, like that of a drove of oxen, descends to his infant son, as yet unknown to mankind and to himself ; and that the bravest warriors and the wisest statesmen, relinquishing their natural right to empire, approach the royal cradle with bended knees and protestations of inviolable fidelity Satire and declamation may paint these obvious topics in the most dazzling colors, but our more serious thoughts will respect a useful prejudice that establishes a rule of succession, inde- pendent of the passions of mankind, and we shall cheerfully acquiesce in any expedient which deprives the multitude of the dangerous, and indeed the ideal, power of giving themselves a master. In the cool shade of retirement we may easily devise imaginary forms of government, in which the sceptre shall be constantly bestowed on the most worthy by the free and incorrupt suffrage of the whole com- munity. Experience overturns these airy fabrics and teaches us that in a large society the election of a monarch can never devolve to the wisest or to the most numerous part of the people.—" Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." Not so Feacerat as we ',Seem. 'We are supposed to be a peaceful nation," writes Col. Theodore A. Dodge, the well-known authority on military sub- jects, in the October Forum, "'but we have our fair share of strife, foreign and domestic. Since the revolution there have been wars with England and with Mexico, with Tripoli and with Algiers ; broils with Paraguay and Corea, and a gigantic civil war ; rumors of war with France, England, Spain and Italy. There have been the John Brown raid, the Barnburner and Fenian raids to Canada, manyincursions across the Mexican border, and the filibustering expeditions to Cuba and Nicaragua. We have had the Whiskey and Shays rebellions; the elec- tion, draft, railroad, reconstruction and sundry serious city riots; we have had well on to two hundred deadly Indian fights and many awful massacres We have lost more men in active war 'since 1776than any nation of Europe. This is a startling record for a peaceful people." No Rome 1Vithont a Woman In It. Every young man to have a home must have a wife. He can never substitute a boarding place, a club, or a hotel fora home. This is to go through life hanging upon the skirts of life, leading a joyless'selfish, un- natural an unpatriotic existence. God putteth the solitary in families. It is the best provision He can make for their use- fulness and welfare. This divine arrange- ment cannot be set aside, or improved upon, or written down as a "failure." Young men and women are still to marry, build homes, rear families, plant gardens and eat the fruit of them, marry when young, even though poor, join hands and hearts, and climb the hill together; they will reach the summit all the more surely and quickly. — Rev. S. R. Dennen in New England Maga- zine. Cook of Cook's Tours. The phrase "Cook's tours" is familiar in every quarter of the globe. Thomas Cook was born in Derbyshire in 1808. When ten years of age he was employed in a garden at O penny a day, and his widowed mother was so poor that the pittance was an important consideration to her. Afterwards he be. came a wood -turner. In 1841 a temperance gathering was to be held at Loughborough, a town eleven miles from Leicester, and Mr. Cook conceived the idea of running a cheap excursion to it from Leicester. The excur- sion proved a success, and many who heard of it afterwards employed Mr. Cook to plan and manage other excursions of a like nature. In course of time he concluded that it would be more profitable to work for himself tIZSta for others ; and he entered into the business' which has now grown to such vast propor- ons. No rim for Clocks. Explorer Buttikoffer says that a clock is rarely seen in the farm houses of Liberia, and many of tho town residents have n6 timepiece of any sort. He adds that there are few civilized countries where a time- piece can be dispensed with so conveniently. The sun rises at 6 a. m. and sets at 6 p. m. almost to the minute the year around, and at noon it is vertically oveehead. Many of the people become so expert in telling time by the sun that they are rarely mote than a quartet of an hour but of the way. In place of alarm clocks they depend upon the crow- ing chanticleer to arouse them in the morning. Catchup keeps better and pietas also 1 you put a bit of horseradish hi the mouth o the bottle, • THE — MIRACLE CITY. A New Name Suggested for Hamilton. Another Remarkable Case 'Which Wollid Indicate That the MMUS WOUlill be quite Appropriate. Webater's Case. The account of Mr. John Marehall'e wonderful cure, after suffering for years with locomotor ataxy naturally brought to light several other cases of almost equally miraculous cures in this eity. Among the many citizens who profited by Mr. Nlar- shall'a experience and who have been troubled for yeara with the same affliction was Mr. William Webster. For a long. time he was in the flour and feed businese in the Market square, and for over ten years while in his office he was compelled to remain in a re- clining position on a couch, covered with heavy buffalo robes winter and summer. It was with difficulty that he could make his way, even with the aid of crutches, to his residence, but a short distance from the store. lite attributes his trouble to con- stant exposure at the open door of his store, carrying heavy bags of grain in and out, and when over -heated and perspiring 'Attila over an ?pen cellar -way in order to cool o . About a year and a half ago he found it necessary to give up his lousiness, owing to the fact that he was becoming utterly helpless from his terrible disease. In June last, on hearing of Mr. Marshall's case, he began to take that well-known remedy, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and has been greatly benefited thereby. Mr. Webster was seen by a TIMES re- porter at his residence, MacNab street north, Saturday afternoon, and was not at all loth to speak about his case. " With the exception of this trouble with my legs," he said, "I have never been sick a day since I was 17 years old, and I am now 55. This locomotor ataxy is a terrible disease. For years my legs have seemed as though they belonged to somebody else. As I have lain asleep ou a winter night, one leg has fallen out of the bedewi whenIwould awakenwith the cold I would have to feel around with my hand before I could tell which leg was out of the bed. If I were to try to place my foot on a spot on the carpet within easy reach I could no more do it than fiy. The pain at times has been terrible. I have lain awake night after night, week after week, alternately grasping each foot in my agony as the sharppainslikeknife stabs shot through various parts of my anatomy. When I was first attacked with pains in my feet some 12 years ago I tried several physicians, but could get no relief. Paralysis then set in and I immediately consulted a well-known specialist in Buffalo, and he told me that Imes suffering from locomotor ataxy and could not get better. I came home again and on the advice of friends tried several hot springs, but with no effect, except, perhaps, to aggravate my complaint. I finally became discouraged, after two years' doctoring, and underwent an operation. I was placed under chloro- form, a gash two inches and a half in depth made in the side of each leg near the hip, and the doctors put their fingers in the gash and stretched the sciatic nerves in the vain hope that such would give me relief. Since then, now over ten years ago, until June last, I took no medicine whatever, and, ,retiring from business, became so helpless that I could not walk a step without my crutches, and sometimes the pain was something awful. About June, how- ever, I got some of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and after using the first box felt such a beneficial effect from them that I continued to use them ever since with the result that the terrible pains I used to suffer from have vanished, and with the -exception of a gentle little dart at rare intervals, I might never know I had ever suffered with them. Since using the pills I get to sleep early and sleep as soundly and peacefully as a baby all night through. I can also walk a dozen steps or so without my crutches." And to illim- trate, the old gentleman got up and walked across the room and back again a to his seat alongside the reporter. Now I couldn't do that at all before last June," continued he, and the pills are certainly the pleasantest medicine to take, that I ever tried. I would advise any one who is troubled with an affliction any way 'similar' to mine, or who is suffering froni any net - vans disease, to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They Sell Rapidly. Mr. A. J. Barr, the Well-known Hamilton druggist, says that the demand for Pink Pills is something astonishing. Last winter he purchased one dozen boxes. This was his first order. Since then he has sold 2,880 boxes of the pills, and every day the demand is increasing. He sells at least two: doxen boxes per day. The same story comes from other druggists in Hamilton. The other day Mrs. Martin, of Ferguson avenue, Hamilton, Ont., called at Mr. John A. Barr's drug establishment in the citaf and asked for a box of Pink Pills. She had, O little girl with her in a perambulator, and while the mother was in the store the child; climbed out over the side of the carriage. The mother laughed over the incident and remarked: " If it were not for Pink Piths my baby would never have been able to do that." To those in the drug store Mae Martin narrated the wonderful cure which had been effected by Pink Pills in the cure of her infant. When about a year old the baby became paralyzed, and the anxious parents consulted the best doetate in the city, but their treatment was of no avail. The little one was not able to move hand or foot, and for a time the case was considered a hopeless one. Seeing an, advertisement in thellamilton Turas, of the wonderful cures being effected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, Mrs. Martin procured a box and before the youngster had taken all it contained, a marked improvement in her condition was noticed. The paraltais disappeared, and the little one's appetite returned. The parents' hearts were delighted with the remit. It was while buying the second box that the Child scambled out of the carriage on to the side- walk. The mother told Mr. Barr thet the paralysis had resulted from teething. A representative of the TIKES who investi- gated the case discovered that the 'little girl is now walking around in the best of health. Why, of CourSe. Philadelphia 'Times : The Nizem of Hyderabad is said to spend S10,000,000 a year. When it is mentioned that he has 500 ladies in his harem hie extravagance is sally accounted for. No girl in Norway is allowed to hates a beau until the can bake bread. Governor Patterson of Pennsylvania, has recently become' the fi:ther of an Infant. It, ie a girl. This girl business may be' eAl right now but Democrats Should keep in mind the approaching election of 192,—, Kansas City Times. There is a time in every boy'ff life, vhen 116 is about 16 years bld, that he need one good lieking. If he doeen't get it he will believe for the, rest of his life thatbica,n lick his fathers Fallhe,16 Firsbohlut7 That o Fresh tittle Brother Spuliett a Geed !Whack. She was not (mite ready to xecoive hint, says the New York Press, so she sent her little brother to entertain white she put the finishing touches to her toilet The entertainment was lively if not satis- faetory. " You are Ethel's beau, ain't you ?" the youthful prospective brothcr-in-law began. " Yes," said the youth, pleasantly. "You have money in the bank, haven't you ?" " " And it's in your own name, ain't it ?" " Yes." "And you expect to keep it in your own amine after you're married to Ethel ?" " Well-er-yes." " Well, Ethel will have something to say about thet" Ethel's beau began to feel uncomfortable. You ernoke, don't you ?" continued the inquisitor. " Yes, a little." "And you expect to smoke after you are married to Ethel?" " " Well, Ethel will have something to say about that." Ethel's beau felt more uncomfortable than ever. "You belong to a club, don't you ?" pur- sued the self-possessed urchin. " Ye -es." ".And you expect to belong to it after you are married to Ethel ?" " 1 suppose so." Well, Ethel will have something to say about that." Ethel's beau was growing red in the face, "You play billiards, don't you ?" con- tinued the boy. " Yea isometimes." "And you expect to play sometimes after you're married to Ethel ?" "1 do." "W411 Ethel will have something to say about that." "Lok here, my young friend," said the exaspeinted lover '• "I've got an important engagetient which I forgot. I'm going to attend to it. You tell Ethel I've gone and see whilt she has to say about that." Andlhe went. Royal Incomes in England. " T e amount of the Queen's civil list (385,00)," says Labouchere, editor of the Lonclot Truth, in the October "Forum," " in 4 way represents the cost of royalty. The nnintenance of palaces is a most costly item, or it includes not only the palaces in- habited by the sovereign, but a vast num- ber olhouses in which she lodges her rela- tives tad frienus. One of these houses has actua y been given to the Due de Nemours, a son of Louis Philippe, and one of the wealitiest of the Orleans family. Besides this, here is the building and keeping in repeal of royal yachts, and various other such iostly items. Incomes, too, are voted to he sons and daughters of the soventign.ancl to other of her relatives. In addi on to the revenues of the Duchy of Co all, amounting to about £60,000 per ann , an income of £50,000 per annum has een voted to the Prince of Wales, and of 10,000 per annum to the Princess of Wa48. The younger sons of the Queen hav been voted incomes of £25,000 per ann m, a portion of which devolves upon the' wives if they survive them. The daughters of Her Majesty have each an in- conui of £6,000 per annum, and in addition to tfis the Empress Frederick of Germany recaved a sum of £100,000 on her marriage. TheDuke of Cambridge, as a cousin of the Quin, has £12,000 per annum, and his two sistiis have severally an income of £5,000 andi£3,000 per annum." j- The Prince of Wales' Debts. 'The exact financial position of the Prince of Wales," says Labouchere, editor d the • London Truth, in an article on "English Royalty," which hecontributes to the October Forum, "is not known. There bare been rumors that he is greatly in dlbt ; but I question their correctness. rohea the Prince came of age he became , ssessed of the accumulations realized Suring his minority from the Duchy of Cornwall. A portion of them was ex- pended in the purchase of the Sandringham astate, and the remainder became his. With this nest -egg; with an income of £110,000 (per annum, one of £10,000 for his wife, a separate provision for his children, and faith Marlborough House kept up for hint at the public cost, there seems to be no reason why his expenditure should outrun his ineans. His hospitalities are not greater ;than those of the French President, who, with less than half his laconic, does not:get into debt." President Harrison has received a unique present from S. Elwood May, of New York. It is an elephant's forefoot, beautifully dressed and mounted in ebeny. The interior is hollowed out and lined with perfumed native woods and filled with the choicest native tea. The foot is from the Island of Ceylon and is intended to represent native inclustiiea First dude --I don't see howpoorCharlie Flasher chooses his trousers. You know, he's color blind. Second dude --Oh, easily enough! He goes entirely by the sound. How does he feel ?—He feels blue, a deep, dark, unfading, dyed- in-the-wool, eternal blue, and he makes everybody feel the same way —August Flower the Remedy. How does he feel?—lie feels a headache, generally dull and con- stant, but sometimes excruciating -- August Flower the Remedy. How does he feel?—He feels violent hiecourY6hing or jumping , the stomach after a ineal, raisin; bitter -tasting matter or what he ha eaten or drunk --August Flower the Remedy. How does he fool ?—Hc feels the gradual decay of vital power; he feels miserable, melancholy, hopeless, and longs for death and peace --August Flower the Rem- edy. Wow does he feel ?—He feels so full after eating a meal that he can hardly Walk--ugust Flower the Remedy. G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer, Woodbury, New jersey, U. S. A. • X:ek. • -•4 TixutTir YEARSI Jolmston, N. B., March ut 1889. "1 was troubled for thirty years with pains /.11 my side, which icreased and became very bad. I used Sirs JACOBS 01:Xx and it completely cared. 1 give it all praise." MRS. WM. RYDER. "ALL, 11101071 ST. JACOBS OIL DID IT" DULL AND REAR. A Farmer who iLearned Something Abotat Bruin's Powers. It appears that a farmer in Pennsylvania lately was disturbed while at dinner by the bellowing of his cattle. He ran out and found that a bear was inviting a calf to come over the fence and provide him with veal cutlets. The farmer resolved to attend the proposed banquet, and thought his rifle might he a useful companion. When he brought the rifle the farmer found., that his 3-year,old bull was arguing with the bear, and concluded to let the bull and bear settle the question. The bear thought the bull'e horns were a pointed hint to leave, and, after a poking, tried to climb the fence. The bull wished to help him over, so the bear hit the bull on the nose as a token that he preferred to get over without help, and again went at the fence. Then the bull charged, and down came fence, bull and bear all in a heap. Neither paused to count 10 though both were out of temper, and the bull again charged on the bear; but the bear hit him between the horns, and the bull fell. Then the farmer, seeing that the bull was dying, went after the bear, who retired to a swamp at the top of his speed, receiving a few slight wounds from the farmer's rifle. But the farmer's ammunition gave out, and he went home for his son. The two followed the bear's tracks, found him at home, and killed him. The bull was dead, the calf died before night, and the farmer and his son made up their minds that next time a bear came to fight a bull of theirs they would do their shooting earlier. The bear weighed 300 pounds. --November St. Nicholas. Rournania's Pretty Custom. A pretty custom, similar to that observed in England, Scotland and the United States on St. Valentine's day, the 14th of February, is in vogue in Roumania on the 1st of March, says Youth's Companion. This is the day indicated in the State and Church calendar as the official date for the begin- ning of spring. The masculine portion of the population is not favored, as with valen- tines in this country, but the daughter, friend, sweetheart or bride may be quite sure of receiving her token of affectionate remembrance on that day. These little gifts are called martisoires and are made of bronze, silver or some cheaper material, in the shape of hearts. stars and medallions. These little amulets bear the date March 1, accompanied by that of the year, and any motto or inscription which may occur to the giver as appro- priate. The recipient of the martisoire wear it, held by a small chain, on her arm, or hung around her neck, until in her walks abroad she sees a rose in bloom or :hears the song of the nightingale. Then she takes it off and hangs it on the next green bush to which she comes, as an offering to Mother Nature, for whom Roumanians have a great love. Whether these little medals are allowed to Jiang on the bushes and swing in the breezes all summer, or whether after a certain time they are stealthily gathered by O martisoire collector, to be melted for another season's use, is not stated by the great German paper which tells of this pretty, if rather sentimental custom.— Washington Hatchet. Young Night -Wanderers. The Catholic Review has this severely ad- monitory passage, which is quite applicable beyond the bounds of its own church. Some parents would do well to take it to heart: Fool parents are a common species nowa- days. The naturalist can eaeilylocate their residence and ascertain their mental qualifi- cations by studyine the boys and girls who parade the city avenues andhaunt the parks at night all nights of the year. The ancient and honorable custom which kept all children in the house after nightfall has fallen into disuse through the numerical ncrease of the fool -parent. The fatal char- acteristic of this creature is its blind confi- dence in the virtue, good luck and wisdom of its progeny. Other parents may lose their boys and girls to lives of sin and shame, but the fool•parent is positive no sin or shame can touch its offspring. There- fore these unfortunate children haunt the streets and parks until midnight, consort- ing, of course innocently enough at the start, with the devil's innumerable agents, finally to be seized body and soul and de- livered to destruction. The only fate that awaits the young night -wanderer is the fate of shame. Cooked kidneys. Chose fine large kidneys, skin them, and cut each the round way into thin slices; each kidney should yield from 10 to 12 slices. Have ready a tablespoonful of flour highly seasoned with pepper and salt, and well -mixed together; dip each piece of kidney in it. Cut some neat thin squares of streaked bacon, fry them very slowly in O little butter; when done, put them on the : dish for serving, and keep hot while you , saute the kidneys, which put into the fat the bacon was cooked in. In about a minute the gravy will begin to rise on the upper side, then turn the kidneys, and let them finish slowly ; when they are done, as they will be in three to four minutes, the gravy will again begin to rise on the side which is uppermost. Put kidneys on the dish with the bacon, and pour over them a spoonful or two of plain beef gravy, or water thickened with a little flour, boiled and mixed with the fat and gravy from the kidneys in the frying -pan, If there is too much fat in the pan, pour it away before boiling the gravy. Serve the kidney on a hot-water dish. Lightning M Prussia. The Prussian Government has make a report upon its buildings struck by light- ' ning between 1877 ;Led 1886. There were 53,502 buildings used for official purposes in Prussia, Two hundred and sixty-four of these were struck, or half of 1 per cent. per thouriand annually. Of the total number 15 only were fitted with conductors, and only one of these escaped injury. Generally the conductore were found to be either danger- ous ot uaeless. In six they were tiot touched. In the Irish elections they pole the eyes and nose before a vote is taken. 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