The Exeter Times, 1890-10-2, Page 3klEALTE.
LeMon.
Citrus Linunium is the eonamon lemon of
commerce. It is of the orauge tribe. A Dative
of Asia. Intrecleced to. Europe durem the
• Crersades. In eoint of usefulness and luta
versel coneumption it stands very high
among the . tropical and sernatropical fruits.
Not only is it a great feverite for beverages
and virrious enli»ary preparetious but it ia
believed to possess iinportaut medicival qual-
ities. IVithout vouching •Lor the truth of all
teat is claimed for the lemon in thieepact
we cheerfully give place to the follownee
front various sources on whet are claimea
as the eueative. qualities of the lemon:
Lemous are en Antidote for scurvy and other
skin diseases (=Muted on sea voyages and
otherwise from the use of pork and, other
saitel provisions. They are eood in, sea. siek-
eess.
Most people know the fienefit of lemonade
before breakfast, but few know how it Ls
snore than doubled by taking it at eight
also. The vc ideto get the better of a bilmers
system withol'et the, use of pills or quinine
la to tak0 the juice of one, two Or three
lelnone, as the vepetite craves, iu as neu4
water ve makeit plea.sant to drink, with-
out sig, before going to bed. In the
mortnug on rising, or half an hour before
breakfast. Mite the atice of one lemoo hi a
gala of water. This will eleate the syeteln
of humors mei Lite with mild efficacy,
witheet any weakening effects of calomel
uui Cesgrees weter. Nettle should not
irritete the stomach by eating lemons (dear.
The powerful acid of the jtuce, which le al-
most cerrosive, aUiblyKettle:ea indennum
tion after a, wisile, but diluted 4Q that it
do maim= the throat, it does its full
meclieleal work without, harm, and when
the etre:Penh j olear of fooil has abundant
oppot tauity to wait on the systent thorough-
ly.
A f c nee of Import juice and Final' will
always', relieve a cough.
Lemtal juice used aecoraing, to this- recipe
will sometimes eine cousumption:Put a doz-
en leo ons info cold easter end simile, brieg
to a bell; boil :slowly until all the Juice is
ex treeted ; and $ups to your taste and drink.
Iu thlit way uee one dozen lemons a day. If
they (muse nilh or looeen the howele too
much, leesert the quantity and nee five or
six a &ay until you are better, and then be-
gin s
in with a deem a does. After ming
live Or MX dozen the patient will Imgin to
gain flesh aud enjoy fowl. 1-1014 on to the
leprous, and still use them very fteely for
several eveeke more.
Lemous eateu raw are excellent for theta
matisne ani are me:untended for Ole tract-
blesome eibrieet by many of our beet physi-
eiaus,
Amother use for.lemone is for a retreating
drink in summer, or in hicisuess at any time.
You will get, more juice front the !mous by
boiling them, and the preparation keep*
better.
plecte of lemon bound upon a COCII will
cnre it in a few days; it should be renewed
uleht and morning.
Te family doctor -claims that lemonade le
the hese drink in fevers and when thickened
with eugar is bettee than syrup of similes or
other riattseous medicines in many etsses of
cold or eon&
The Lemon, like all neat fenite, should be
used carefellgedel judiciounly in all casco of
groarie cleraaigmeent as too strong an aChl is
liable to -cause irritation of the mucus mem-
brane,
The Lemon, on account of its strong acid,
is not much usel as a taiga fruit, but it
serves important uses in the properation of
pies, puddings etc.
The Lento» Ice is a bearatifel evergreen
attaining a height of from 12 to 20 ft. - The
external rind et the fruit basalt essential oil
used for perfmnitry. The juice (mutable a
large proportion of water, gum, citric and,
nalic aid. The finest lemons are those of
smooth skin.
Home Remedies.
Here is an old auntie's prescription for
fever and ague which, for forty years, bas
proved acme when taken according to di-
reetion : Blow out the dust from whole
mustard seed, either black or white, and
take a tablespoonful before breakfast every
morning for three successive days; then
omit it three mornings, and again take it
three succestive mornings. Before the
patient has -taken the ninth dose he will
wonder what has become of his chills. The
seed shoulti be swallowed whole, and are
easily taken with water. .
Mustard seed taken the same way as des-
eribed Above, but in teaspoon, doses, is au
excellent remedy for dyspepsia.
An old-fashioned and very good cough
mecrup is made of sunflower seeds as follows:
Put half a pound of the seeds inc .bag and
pound them until they ate broken, then add
a quart of water and cook them well, after
which strain them Land add £ of loaf
sugar and a teacnpful of New Orleans
acolasses to the jnice. Boil it down until
:mite thick and add half a pint -ofthe - best
gni, then, bottle for use. Take a teaspoonful
of this several times a day, aceording, to the
sever ity .of the "cotalit • e
A syrnp much used by our grandmothers
for colds and whooping -cough is made. of
.equal quentities of fax seed, licorice root;
Isoneset and slippery elfa bark. To these
.add cold water to cover well, and let the
mixture boil slowly for an hour, then strain
it end add half a pound of loaf sugar and a
pint of molasses.
A remedy for coughs recommended by
,maeiv of the best doctors is made by steep-
ing flaxseed ain't straieing it throuttis a tin
*trainer' before* it gets too thick. Add an
equal quetteity.of lemonjuice; and enough
loaf summate make a syrup., This should. be
:taken fret
For a, chronic cough get &bottle of strain -
•,ed honey, one of. olive oil, and one of home -
'made wine. Two or three times a day take
•et mixture composed of one, teaspoonful of
the honey and.two each of the oil and wine:
When children are threatened with
croup, cut raw onions in slices, pet them
in a saucer and sprinkle them freely with
• 'brown sugar, then give the juice that forms
In teaspoon doses. '
A raw onion sliced and pineal, in &sick.
Toom is a good 'disiufectant, as it absorbs
-poison raptay. For that reason it should
be burned twice a day and replaced by a
fresh one.
Try cold hop tea, for the nervoup in,valid
who cannot sleep, and make a pillow of hops
for him to sleepon. •
A most excellent remedy fOr diarrhoea is
tmade as follows: Browe half a pint ot rice
in a spider as our mothers used to ,brown
'coffee, taking care that it does not bran.;
• then grind it in a coffee mill and make it
into coffee. Drink this freely using, only a
little milk in ie. It has cured severe cases
'of winter cholera.
For hemorthage of the lupgsgive powdered
'resin and iota sugar until a plisrsician can
be procured; or, if you happen to have a
'tattle of Poitd's Extract in the house, gem
that in teaepoon, doses. This its recommended
by a doctor.
When yam Are sure a Child is troubled
with worms, peer a little boiling water on a
ta,blespeouful of clean hard wood, ashes.
When cool carefully dotal ofrthe water, and.
taste it to see that it is not too strong, then
give a tempoonted of it.
Mee y ni barn your tongueappy a little
essence of pepperrnent It gtves untnediete
relief,
An excellent poultice is amde of stowed
pumpkin.
For an attack of biliousness, driuk half a
cupful of cold boneset tea before breakfast
for two weeks. The tea should be made
strong. Gather the blossoms of the boneset
before the frost touches them, as they are
better them the leaves,.
For hoarseness beat the white of an egg to
a stiff froth, acid the juice of orte lensone two
teaspoonfuls of pulverized sueoar and half a
teaspoonful of glycerine. Take a little every
half hour lentil relieved.
For ore throat bind on a piese of salt
pork so that it will reach well up to the
ears, It is best to sew it to a strip of cloth
So that it will keep. in place. Change it as
often as once elx hours, mei be sure to
burn it when removed. Keep the patient
quiee in bed if there seems to be no danger
et diphtheria, and place a hot soap -stone or
a bag of hot sand at his feet, Make a cap
for the head of doubled, /fawn; and keep it
wet in cold water, and give bits of ice to
allay the thirst. Blase a little dry sulphur
into the throee occasionally, awl if there is
a fever, bathe the patient often with exam
water taking eare not to expose bine to a
draught of ate Thai treetment will cure
light attaeks of diphtheria, and should be
fellowed in all cases of sore throat, as a Ls
much when' to be too eAreful than slot Care.
itil euough, especially in % vountry wIrere
iliplitheree is prevalent.
have treated Pemba fever successfully as
follows: Mix together several teaspoonfule
each of liamid taretel turpentine, albeit en
a shovel and burn it over a pan in the room
where the patient is lytng, closing the
doom aud =dews so he must inhale the
einem All fauey articles must be removed
before beginning the operation, Bathe the
patiene in warm weer to allay the fay.
s', rubbing him thoromehly with Quire oil
after each bath. Al. J. Aimee&
A rronoh Officer's Marriage,
When an officer desires to marry, he must
inform hie Colonel, Alto sends the Woo,
'nation to the Wm. Office, and the 'facts are
at length put before the Alinistor. The
first thing thee to done is to find out if
the yoeug lady concerned fulfils the re-
quirements of the law, which is to the effect
that she mune hero an irreprottelmble
character, and a snerriage portion bringer
in a yearly revenue of at least. tea Omen
franes (MOD). The young armee appli-
cation be,gius to descend. the lathier of
officialism uutil it reaehee the officers mem
mantling the gendarmerie in the district
where the officer'e fiancee resides. It is then
passed to a gendarme, who is commissioned
to bemire erto the young lady's oleander.
He muet proceed its cautiously as c de•
teetive, for too little or too much zeal
will be severely punished. Should he
happen to know the father of the
demoiselle indicated he goes and seat hint
if not, he must obtain his information from
the neighbours. He will even follow her
whea elle goes out to theatres or entertaba
mente. Heviug finished his inveetigetious,
he draws mem report on strictly police -court
wherem he talks of the youug lady
notes mademoiselle, but tho young person
Soeuseeso. Of goes the doetunent on its
way upward through the bureaux and red
-tape, until it gets to the War Mluieter.
Should the conditions be fulfillea the officer
is permitted to marry. ]fnot, he must re-
nounce las intentions. If the Jame has a
poet eharaeter, but not money a suffioient
dowry must be raised before a union is sane -
timed. Though not actually allowda by
the regulations, an .officer in love often
provide the necessary dowry for his betroth-
ed ; and this is settled upon the bride for
her own use and. benefit.
Women .E'oisoners.
Some of the more modern historians
distrust the stories of the Roman prisoner
Locusta, and of the women who in Italy
sold ague to fana as the best means of sails-
fyieg jealousy or hate or greed; but the
Hungarian tribunals are trying a case which
makes all these legends possible. No less
than ten women in the little town of
alitrovitz are charged 'with poisoning their
husbands with weenie obtained from. ily
papers, and they are L only a section of the
womenoriginally arrested or suspected.
Ihey wereall Apparently tauglie,by a single
wontaie Esther Suttee te witult or bet7o:
allet, who deliberately instructed at least
one disciple, and probably many more. The
poisonings, some. sixty ,18 umber, were
done with little precaution, and cover a
space , of „moo then , ten years, during ell
which time a vagunsuspieion has been fleet-
ing about. The evidence against the women
under trial is said to be overwhelming, and
most of them have saved trouble by pleading
ecuilty. L They are all peasants, and probate
ly of a low order of intelligence • but the.
revelation throws a, strange 1101 en the
true vane of muck of modern progress."
Inefluimary, at all events, it does not pre-
vent epidemics of crime, though no doubt,
the improvement of chemical analysis helps
the authorities in detecting and punishing
the guilty.
. End ota Terrible Career of Crime.
In the Birtniugham (Alabama.) jail there
died, from consumption, a young man who,
since .1884, had eommitted five murders.
His name was Henry Smith, aged 24 years,
so thatervlunt he begee his'eareer of killing
in 1884 he was—only just over 17.. All the
• murders were of a most colcablooded and
atrocious Character. ' His Zen vietiins were
WOMaD and her, datighter, and theiroffence
that the ,forinerwould not give him -$6,
which he peremptorily demanded from her.
They were both Ace dead. Intim follosving
year he insulted a farmer's daughter, aeicl
on her father interfering shot him dead on
elm spot— Each time he contrived to, avoid
arrest. His next crime was a, sportive af.
fair, intended no doubt to show off his skill
with the revolver Walkingajoeg the street
one day,wi th a friend, they got in the track
of an inoffensive negro. "Watch the nig-
ger drop," said Smith to his friend, and
pulling out his revolver he fired, and the ne-
gro dia drop —a corpse. That was in 1887 and
he again escaped arrest. His crowning crime,
and as, it turned out his last, wasperpetratecl
in 1888; when be quarrelled with amen named
Speers. Going to Speer's lodgiugs, he shot
the meet dead, and while about it trailed the
landlaay,and a friendof hoe, -who lay helm
less imbed, to his list of victims, This time
the emissaries of elle law' happily/ got hole
of him. Ile Was tried for the triple inuedro
and sentenced to be hung, ; but subsequeet.
ly, owing to a. technial error, the Supreme
Court, revered the sentenee.
FOREIGN NAVAL ArrAw.
ALL 'Tula
The French swift cruiser La Cecile has
recently conapleted bor speed Miele and. des
monstrated that elte is the, estest ship in
(t
the Froneh Navy, Tbe 'et( was held be.
fore a large commissien at. .'utea by the
Miaister of Mariam, The run's performed on
the official utile gave an avereee of 19.64'
knots. without auy.,strain. on the enetioes. The
.ribration was insignifieent. Le Cecile is es
eruiser, with a eovered battery. Her length
is 117.50 meters and her beans 16.03 meters.
En additiou to her great speed ehe is very
powerfully armed e ith eight 16 -centimeter
mute, Out in berbette turrets, one in the
.how, and the other on the quarter.) and a
battery of teu 14-contitneter guns between.
-leeks:Wellies tem 47-ecutimeter quickeiring
aud ten machine guns. She has an clamored
bridge renuing from stem to stern, effeetually,
protecting engines, boilers, and magazines
Four torpedo tubes complete her very powers
fel armatuent.
The new French armored war ship Hooke,
which is shortly to be tried at Brest, is one
of the finest specimens of modem/naval Arvin -
teaser° and. an hiteresting type of that trans-
tortnetion of which the G otre was the origin
in 1859. Compared with the Tridentaatineh-
ed in 1879, the (Were/wee are striking,
rhe most interesting of these are found in
the upper works. Upon the Hoche they
are reduced to two narrow superstructures
with light armor. On the Trident they em -
bocci an Armored eiteclel with tall batteries,
The armor beneath, however, is thicker on
the Melte than on the Trident, am in feet,
then nay other armored ship. It consiste of
a very homy belt 18 suchee thick amidships,
16 inches forward, and 14 inchee aft along
the water line, while on the Trielent these
thickness were 9, 0, and 11 inclice, respeo.
ti veiy,
"11 it takes England but three or four
even to construct an ermor-clacb." says Le
.Yoriire, "it Is Weeps.) parliament never re -
fusee the credit that the Admiralty mks of
it. The Englieh armor -clads ocuerally cost
more than ours. Time the Trefelger a ship
like the troche, cost .$3,400,000 while the
cost of the latter dia not exceed $3,000,000.
Not only does the English Parliament noe
haggle about the funds to be given to the
Atineralty hut loceve how to meat them at.
the hour desired. We, therefore, never oh-
m the spectacle on the other side of the
'flannel that w ' to us in a eertain
)ee'lctlie tPtree,e el ts'el tleS Neptune, :snowed $453,.
and
400 for mann,. med the ei-D06,-
800 for the pure.. melees "
Has the problem of submarine navigation
been solvea? The official report of the
Spenialt Naval Commissioners appeinted to
test the =rite of Lieut Perelei invention
conveys a recommendation to the Govern-
ment not to construct eny veetels of this
(Iles% The trials appear to have proved
that the submarine vessel is unseaworthy,
and it is of little use, even on the coasts and
iu fair weather. It is only a few years ago
that the Nordenfehlt submarine meet was
:Token of ae having solved the problein of
ntevigation under water, and yet the beet has
jut -been eola for its value tot old. iron,
The London Times heel a telegram from
Kiel, whiub states that the Crown Prince
Rudolph, the flagship of the Austriau iron-
elaa FgliatIran, had arrived at the port
bearing the results of tt 'my serious accident.
She had struck on a rock in the Great Dula
lost one of herserews, and broken her crank
shaft. As this splendid vessel has double
entree and two screws, she was able to
nut -er her own way to Kiel.
Experiments have been made at Havre
with a luminous buoy, the invention of M.
Diboe, The buoy emits the light, which is
produced by phosphide of calcium, on reach -
nig the water; and, as it is very powerful,
tim sea is illuminated for a considerable
ilistenee around. Spectators in the light-
houses at Havre saw the glare dietinetly at
is disteame of five tulles.
Death From Tight 'lacing.
Happily the practice cf light lacing,
though still it fruitful source of illness, does
not now occupy it foremost piece anumg the
recognized causes of detail. The fact thee
it does occasionally stand in this position,
however, shoula be noticed by those foolish
persons whose false' tastes and vanity have
made them the alarmism devotees of a cus-
tom so injurious. It should be remembered
also that, whatever maybe said of the more
evident effects, indirect consequences of thus
tightly girding the body can but be exaetly
es thriateca They can not but be hurtful. The
veriest novice 18 anatomy understands how
by this process almost every important or-
gan is subjected to cramping pressure, its
functions interfered with, and its relations
to other eerectereeee altered as to reeder it
stein 1111 were itself competent, a positive
source of clanger to them. Chief amen the
disorders thus induced. are those which eon
-
cern the circulation, and it is to the laborin
incapacity of a heart thus imprisoned an •
impeded, both as regards., the oatflow. and
return of blood, that such disastrous conse-
quences as occurred not long ago in a Berlin
theatre must be attributed. According to
the Lancet, One of the Lactresses, who had
taken part in an evening performance, and
seemed to be perfectly well, was found next
morning dead in bed. . Subsequent exambo
ation of the body showed thatcleath was due to
syncope, and this was attributed to tight
lacing, which the deceased had practised in
an extreme degree. As regards the persons
immecliately affected, the warning conveyed
by this incident is obvious.
The beauty in ematenr theatrieals lies in
their realiem—there is seldom aay acting in
them.
Barber—"Doets that razor cut all right ?"
Vietim---"It seems to, That's the third
mole you've dripped off."
It is good policy to tell the truth, be-
cause if youdelft you mote expect to be be-
lieved when you tell a lie,
A " yOtitiiralroa•der " westes a three -cent
stamp to inform us that the best kind of
paper to make kites of is fly -papers
"10 your intended is really A. beauty,
eli?" "A beauty? Yes, indeed. Why, she
even looks handsome in an amateur photo-
graph."
Reginald. Leapiteart--" Do you ever
dream of me, deolum ?" Miss flukey Flutter
—" Only when I have the niglittnare,
Hesse"
There is a strong resemblance between
the man who pats you on tbeback inaquam.
lel and the maxi who says " Ste exit" te
dog in a fight.
"1 thought merry a time when I used to
go see my girl she was sweet enough to
eat." "And. why didn't you eat her ?" "She
soured On me."
• "Does Mrs. Weeds morn her husband.
sincerely ?" asked Mrs Wing, "Indeed she
dam" Was the reply. "$he hasn't any.
body but the iceratm nOW to sold."
" Voter, tell us what is a fort'!" "lase,
sir, it's a piece where they put men in."
"Then what ie a fortress " "A. pines where
they put. women
The man who howls loudeet about the
egtzality of inert" is invarialtly the man Wlie
18 MOSt firmly conideced that the world
ntains ne 0110 equal to himeelf.
Wickwire—" Going to hear the lecture
to -night on 'The Young Wore .1, of Toelayt' "
Yebsloy—"Guetts not. The youug womanef
to•night is snore interesting to me."
Browreon—" Will you attend Wei High -
tone's reeeption on her return from Europe!"
Joneson—"Ilardly. I atteeded berm/et:tier(
the evening she felt bet July,
MISS Ana rulton—"In my days the
girls wore ene•buttoned gloves and dresses
buttonetl up to the neck; mew they wear
tese•bnttoned demo and. gloves buttoned
up to the melt."
First Rector -41s your congregation golui
to raise your saboy thie coming year ?
Second Reetor--"Well, 1 data know; they
haven't finished raising my last yeare sal-
ary yet.'
And did he really shoot the fruit,
So it divided fell
From off his trusting Albert's head
0, why don't William Tel'?
Thera him been it great deal of fun suede
of "Simple Simon" hemume he went fishing
in a pail, and yet some of the modern
sportsmen seem to find it sleet deal of satis-
faction in merely a rod and. line and, a jug.
Husband—slave you heard, my dear,
thee the ladies Lave discovered a new way
for perfamiug the breath 1" Wife —"lie,
Peter, I haven't e but I foetid out long ago
thee the old method was good enough for
you.
Septeinber.
Thou're welcome, September, thy coming
delights,
Awl great is the comfort yen bring,
For, in the division of days and eights,
You certabily do the square tautest !
Jimmy—"Them twojones boys is mighty
lucky to be twins, ain't they 1" Bob—
"Why ?" Jimmy—t"They con keep up
three or four (afferent Sunday schools et the
same time, and take in all the picnics end
Christmas trees."
Poverty's Solna)
The riots and poor are alike when they the.
This solace, thank fete, m to poverty
given
Thee wealth, howe'er boundless, never can
uy
The orchestra chairs, in the kinga
heaven.
"I am glad to see you coming to thrives
again regularly," remarked Dr. Choker.
"Yes, 1 had to, replied Alcliattty. "The
chap who lives next door to me has got to
practicing on the cornet on Sundaymormng
and. I can't get a wink of sleep if I stay at
home.
Bill Clerk—"I don't like the way horses
tails are docked nowadays." Seller—"It's
not so bad as the way some other thiugs are
docked." Bill Clerk—"What, for "instance?"
Seller—" Wait till you come home from your
vacation and try to get your salary for the
time you've been away."
Valerie's Love Song,
i • A surprise which was prepared by the Em-
peror and empress for the Archaucbess
Valerieon the eve of her wedding is now being
talked, of in Vienna. Our correspondent
• there tells us that lettroneBeeeente, the direc-
tor of the Court Theatres, was asked to invite
a famous Vienna quartetteLto come to Isehl
on July 30, and to tell DO one of their corn-
ing. From the station they were taken to the
house of themastee of coremomes, put into a
room alone and given four copies .of a love
song and accompaniment. The song, which
bore neither the name of the poet nor the
composer, they ti ere asked to study. An
ample repast was sent them, and they were
directed to remain there until they were sent
for.
At night, when the fires on the mountains
were extinguished and the moon shone
a light over woods aud hills, they wereled to
the imperial villa and 'placed under a group
of trees opposite the front terrace. At a sig-
nal agreed upon they were to begin their
song. They heard talking in the apartment
winehopens . out upon the balcony. Pres-
ently the Empress appeared with her arm
round her daughter. Close behinathein fol.
lowed the Emperor with the bridegroom.
•As they stood silent on the balcony gazing at
the truly beautiful scenery, Prince Rohm.
lohe gave the signal and from beneath the
trees rose sweetly the notes of the tender
love Leong,: the words and music ot whieh had
been composed by the young 'bride. Her
eyes overflowed with 'grateful tears as she
looked from her fether to her mother.
• The *Emperor afterwards went 'below . anti
gave each Singer a handsome diamond scarf -
pin, thanking them at the same tirae for
their rend -Emig of the song. ‘.
Expedition Against Slave-liunters.
Cardinal Lavigerie means business most
undoubtedly in Africa. According to Mon.
seigneur 13rnicae, Director -General of the
Anti-Slevery Society, the question of form-
iug a volunteer corps for an expedition into
the Sahara will be one of the chief subjects
of discussion at the General Congress of the
Opponents of Slavery which is to assemble
in Paris on Sept. 22. The organization of a
corps of this kind. was suggested by Car-
ainal Levigerie himself, and has-been ap-
proved of at the Brussels Congress. His
Eminence hopes, so the Paris correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph says, to raise a band
of 200 men, who will not be raw recruits,
but seasonea soldiers of the lerenels Array,
Ind he is ready to march through the des -
art -with them as their chief chaplain. The
object of the expedition will be the repees-
:ion of slavery, and the punishmerit, if nem
3essary, of hostile tribes whohave pillage&
and laid waste some of the desertcases. Of
course the French Goverment will have to
eive its sanction to the employment of sold-
iers of the nrmy of Africa for these pun
poses, but Cardinal Latigerie is sanguine as
to the result of his application for troops to
enable him to carry out his rather bold pro.
Thegrave is, I suspect, the sole common-
wealth which attains that deed flat, of social
Imlay which, life in itu every principle so
heartily abhors ; and that egoality the grave
will perpetuate to the end. of tune.
Cholera Japan.
Intelligence from Tokio ma leritish Celern-
bia gives partieulers of the terrible outbreak
of cholera which has taken place in Japamby
the ravages of which upwards of 200 deaths
were occurring daily. Cholera broke out
first in Nagasaki, the southern metropolis of
Japan, wed in twenty days there were 926
cases and 671 deaths.. The disease quickly
spread, and by the 29th July all the towns
from Satsuma to Hakoclate were attic' ed,
the deaths per day being estimated at /sot
less thea 200. At Yokohama the outbreak
was not very serious, but the officers and
crew of the Turkish warship Ertougral were
attacked, and the vessel was removed to the
quarantine grounds, where two seamen died.
The Boy's Grandmother,
Astiteh. is. alwaye dropping in the everlasting
AnitttotVedlee that I've threaded, no, yon
co hint eouul
And I've lutisted for tee' glasses tea thought
ZtriPigtinfOreheed aS calm as
clocks they lay.
rve read to bee Olt 1 was beam°, the Psalm%
and the Epistles.
Ween the other boys were burning tar bite,
_ rels -down the street;
And l've stayed elle marnee my verses when I
hearci th ir willow whtstles,
Aud I ire 44yed and said mychapter withiire
in both my feet.
But there alevays is a peppermint or it penny in
her pocket—
There never was a pocket that Was ha 1so
big and deep—
And she lets clue candle in ene-room burn to the
very. socket.
While She stews ancl putters round about till
seurta asleep.
And when reebeen in swimming, atter father's
sMd. I shouldn'e.
And mother ims ber slipper ofraecording to
the rule.
11 soundsas sweet ae silver, the voice that se.m,
" wouldn't;
The boy- that won't go swinunina such a day
Weld be a fool I
Sometimes there's s.osnething lu her voice as it
she gave 4 blessing.
Anil / look at her 4 moment and I keep still
as a MOM;
Ana who she is by this time there is no need of
gnessiv
For theme nothing like a grandmother to
have Abeut the helmet
The Seoret Mourner.
1.
They bore bite on bis grave in the heart of the
busy town;
And with furtive footsteps following, I watelica
them lay hini down:
The inourners, rpanyend tad —time gh tbey wept
there oue and ne,
The tears that fell were as ueught tomine, that
could not fell.
We loved each other dearly, inc day thnt Is
tant now;
Bat aomethIng got to bis ear, and he sucblenlY
eluteged eomehow—
A something gee to his ear—I never could g,eth-
er
And he kept away from thence, and lets love for
31)0 WaS-310t,
TIL
bid toyer:et in my heart, and bore a as best
There was never darkness yet but heti eome re.
ievlog
llight f
Awl I found a helm 18 the theughe that el-
thoughltie love wee gone,
I could follow bit secretly, and in secret mat
love on.
And th Is I've done through the years that hems
come and gone tame then
Me tar the love of WODIen surpasses the love or
mere ;
I've Inum on his track to the last, fort only
ceased to -day.
As from hb: grave in the town I turnea In my
WOO away.
v.
Fewth now looks lone in mine eyes. Yet 1 am not
alt cast down;
I have firm faith that at lait 1 shall someemere
grasp Lovas crown;
That when tile end shall have come, whatever
lsgood ana true
WM melee its just reward, and it IQVD like
mine lei due.
JAMES DAWSON.
The Oat's Disappobitment,
Little robin reabreast and cunning birdie
blue
Sat upon it leafy tree wet with morning
dem
Bluebird sang it thrill song: robin sang it
glee,
Topsy, black and glossy, sat beneath the
tree.
Topsy sat ana listened With an emcee aim
"Sure," we mid, "for niusie the eta has
pine' an ear,"
Robin to his home no 1 soon flow far away,
While the pretty bleebira sought it topmost
spray.
From the Iawn old Tom eame with dainty
tread,
Mewing in dejection "Both the birds are
Ilei
I heel thought ray breakfast sat upori the
13tit was much mistaken, as any Lone might
Topsy sought the kitchen in her coat of
silk:,
lauding much of comfort with her sup of
milk.
!" we said, "Old Topsy," when we
found her there ,
leIt, is not for mete, but breakfast, that you
care."
•
Melte eat hasty judgments; this is the
. moral, see,
,Topsy sought not music, but birds to eat,
you see.
Be not oyer eeetain you heve wen a prize,
Till you have it in your hands as well as in
your oyes.
Fates of the Apostles.
The following brief history of the fates of
the Apostles sney be new to those whose
reading has not been evangelical: -
81. Matthew is supposed to have suffered
martyrdom. or was slain with a sword ,at the
. city of Etleo.?ia., -
•I St. Mai k was dragged through the streets
I of Alexandria, Egyet, till he expired.
I St. Luke was hanged upon an olive tree
' in Greece.
St. John was put into a cauldron of boiled
oil, at r..5111e, aiid eecaped death, He after-
wards died a eatural death at Ephesus, in
Asia.
Se James the Moat was beheaded at
Jerusalem.
St James the Less was thrown fromit
pinned° or ',mem of the Temple, and then
beaten to death' with a fuller's club. •
St. Philip. was hanged up against a pillar
at Iliempehs, a city of Phryfeet ,
St..Bartheloniew was flayed aliee by the
mem-nand of a berbereas king. ,
. Se Andrew was bound to a cross, whence
he preached to the people until he expired.
Se Themes Was rim through the body
with a lance at Coromandel, in the East
Indies. ..
I
. St Jude was Shot to cloath with
in arrows.
•
St. Simon, zealot, was crucified in Persia.
St. Matthias was Best stoned a,nd then be-
headed.stataabas was
stetted to death by the
Jews at Taktuia.
St. Paul was beheaded at Rome by the
tyrant Nero.
The good book of the hour then is simply
the pleasant talk of some person whom you
cannot otherwise converse with, printed for
you.
IFor corns soak, a piece of bread -in strong
i vinegar ; apply to the corn .as it poultice.
i The effect is the cern is to softened that it
can be easify removed. This is said to be
aii unfailing remedy.
Keep Demi kpenses.
Thc profit derived, is thee sum left over
fromthe gross receipts after all. the expenses
have been dedueted, and the more ecemoney
premixed the smaller the expenses, and con-
sequently there is a correspondingly larger -
profit. There are semions of the year when it
it difficult to curteil expenses, but femme
sometimes entail upon themselves expenses
that may tie avoided by using discretion
To retain that whielt entails of itself an
expense is to add to the expense itself, and
to endeavor to do nsore than the capacity of
the farin permits is to add, ee. ense by eure
tailing the productive power of those things
that are more largely depended upon to
afford a profit. Such is the ease when the
land is taxed to entorm service—thet of
producing a crof without being supplied
with the proper amount of fertilizer, the
expense of labor required to secure a crop
from laud to creared being sometimee equal
to that neeessare for the seeuring of abundt
ant yields
During the summer season all expenses are
lessened to a certain extent, as the stock go
to the food in the pasture, seek the water
required, mut need less ettention to protect
from the weether, while in the winter the
food and water inuet be supplied at the
barn. This handling of the food, and the
necessary mienagement of stock Le so Dosch
expense that must be incurred on all ferms,
but to economize in that direction the farmer
should keep only the eteck necessary to (=-
slime, and thereby convert hate meet, butter
and milk the foods which ale best salable
those forma To retain something that does
not proaree him a profit is te incur an ex.
pente, and to be content with the produce
of wee -half of the floek or herd, instead of
demandiug the full quota from all, or to
compel the profitable stock to support Qua
which is unprofitable, "Mikis doubles tho ex.
penes to the fanner and alto reduces hie pro.
tits to that, extent,
M the I11011M1)er passes away and the cold
roes= begine it must be kept in view teat
each animal must consume a greeter pro.
portion of food, and the reduction of expense
must he made by recite:Mg the number of
animals, culling out all that do notgive pro-
fit. Expenses inay be reduced also by plow -
Mg the land aud hauling out rompareat such
seasons when it can be clone adrentegeollelY,
instead of waiting until pressiug work is in
the way ; aud expeuses may be reduced by
seeding down unoceitpled land with ram to
imploweil under in the spring. ThOYO IS DO
eccounny in diepeneing with necessary stock
or toole, or omitting labor tleat shoeld be
applied, but. everything for winter may be
made ready in advance with it view to Imre
all expenses reduced to a nunitnurn, and in
every direction.
How a Cyclone Made a Rich Man of Mira.
He was it Western man and be was telling
were' gentlemen in tbe smoking -me all
about the natured advantege al the IN ild and
'woolly west—
" Don't have ceedones out there some-
times t" asked, of hien.
"Cycloues," was the reply, "why, of course
we do, but you'll never hear me complaia
about that, for one of 'em made a rich man
of me."
" Would you mind telling us about 111"
queried one of his stuprised hetwers.
•
"Certainly- not," was the reedy. "Five
years ago I bought o little prairie farm, one
in Kansas. There wore no buildiugs of any
kind upon the place when I bought it—at
least nothing but a cyclone cellar. In this
cellar the former occupant of the plum heel
been content to dwell with his family, mad
here too my wife and I nod our two small
children passea onr first night upon the farm.
Now, gentlemen comes the strangest part of
my story. As 1 out erged from our cellar on
the following morning tlte first thing that
zny reprieving eyes beheld were a beautiful,
house and barn ripen my place. I enterea the
home mild found thatit was furnished througlt
out in the mest elegant shape end it fine stock
of provisions in the pantry. After gosng
through the house 1 next visited the barn.
Here, too I found everythiug it: 1181 class
shape. too,
gently in their stalls were
were two fine comet and a horse, and in the
mows I fortna hay enough to last 'eut
for months. You see, gentlemen, there
had evidently been a cyclone in the nighe
And this house and barn had come to me from
the Lord knows where. As the whole layout
was worth perhaps $10,000, you eau plainly
see that I have no cause to kick about West -
ecu cyclones."
"But," said one of the gentlemen in s
hesitating way, as if be hated to suggest the
idea, "are you not afraid that another cy-
clone may come alongsome time and Mlle the
house and barn again ?"
"Gentlemen," replica the Kensas ma.n as
he calmly bit the end ole fresh cigar, "1
shall borrow no trouble in regard to the mat-
ter. I am one of those kind of fellows who
believe in letting well enough alone. I shall
sell the place at the first epportunity."
When Love is at its Best,
As tired children go at candle light,
The glow in their young eyes quenched with
the sun,
Almost too languid now that play is done
To seek their father's knee and say "Good
night ;"
So to our great Father out of sight,
'When the brief gamut of the day is run,
Defeats endured, and petty triumphs won,
We kneel and listlessly His care melte.
IThen widen° sense of gain, no tender thrill;
As wheu we leave the presence of a friend,
No lingering content oar souls' to steep,
13' tit rec!reening eta galht and inset still,
We turo the leaf upon the cluladay's end,
And, oarless, drift eut to elle 440 of sleep.
Not such is prayer when love is at its best,
And if our lagging soul de isot outsose
The words we. utter, though our obember
Jlooe .
Be hallowed by our knees, 'Were vainly
, pressed.
Nay, be each prayer With our soul's maims
pressed,
And let us send no courier to Heaven's door
To speak our thanks, and further gift:elm-
, • plere,
In any sort of mask or livery dressed.
Rather,' as friends sit sometimes hand le
• hand, L -
Nor max with words the st'veet speech of their
eyes;
So in soft silence let us ofteter bow,
Nor try wieh words . to make .God tendert
stand.•
Longing in prayer: upon its wings we rise .
To where the breath of Heaven beats upou
our brow!
A Triumph of Art.
"There is one very dramatic situation in
my new play. It is where the mortgage on
the old farm is foreclosed and the hero can't
pay it off."
"Does it affect the audience much ?"
my! Why, last night a millionaire in
one of the boxes wae so affected that he
• wrote out a cheek for $10,000 and sent it up
to pay off the mortgage and get the hero
out of difficulties."