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The Editor. BEFORE. Who Id bii saoutum eita up late, And strives, with aentenceg of weight. To let to rifihc affairs of state ? The editor. Admire hiua ! Who deeply mold» the public ttaonght ? For money who can ne'er be bought ? Who always for the right has fought '.' The editor. Bespeot him t Who notes what ereat men do and say, And tiles obituaries away When they shall die, to print next day .' The editor. Kevere him ! Who gives us cure for cough or cold. Who suffers patiently and long And seldom uses language strong ? The editor. Don't chide mm ! Who ignorance must ne'er confess, Who knows of all things more or less- or what he don't kuowsurecanguosB'.' The editor. Consult him When youthful talent seeks to rise,' Who Tiews its growth with friendly eyes. Its merits quick to recognize '.' The editor. Oh, bless him '. APTKB. Who dotli good judgment sadly lack. Who has uf Caste not e'er a smack Who sent my little poem back? The editor. Confound him 1 m SHAW8L. How the Average Woman Effects Her Evenings on the Veranda. The sver»ge woman over 40 is never so con- tent aa when bagging herself in a shawl on a hotel piazza, says a correspondent of the Boston Oattite. Shawls to the right of as, bhawls to the left of us, bhawls ail arouud the hoase Hug without <iue8tion. Chuddas of brown or gray, Uluu, white or cafe au lait : And each old girl will say Hers is the best one. On the aligbteat pretext a woman will give a little ahadder, S'iize her shawl, and, en- velopinu herself from waist to ears in it, will settle down like a cat in a fekther bed. The white chadda seems to be the most popular, and after dank it is a wise man that knows his own wife, thoagb it is im- material for the moment whioh is which, tor women in shawls are all alike ; they shiver and hng their elbows, and answer in monosyllables ; and if their shawl for a moment slips from their shoolders they are like clipped poodles or wet henaâ€"dis- grontled and whining. H«w to Manuce a Slaa. A man never stoops to the means employed by women ; he is broader, more liberal, he applies himself to the thingi which belong to the day, the boar and the object for which we live. Whoever heard of a min losing his temper becanse his soit woald not luitoh his complexion, or fame becanse six batton gloves had been sent when be had ordered seven ? What man woald faint on Broadway beoaaseithe clasp that held hia hosiery gave way and wriggled on the sidewalk '.' .None ! Yet I saw that happen to a woman recently. Yet men aro very much like children. Hamor tbem, and they will do your bidding. Make them believe they arc always having their own way ; don't let them see the silken net yon have woven aboat them, and they will blandly obey yoar will ; bat once 1st them believe they are captive and no pany woman's powar will avail against their aaperior strength. â€" Marie Jamen in New York World. Kconouiy Lo Food. Farmer Sawyer, of Wallingford, had quite an experience last winter with his oattle. His stook of hay ran out, and being unable to get more iu time he gave the cows some of the dry leaves he had ool- leoted for bedding, and he was sarprised to see that they appeared to enjoy them. The leaves went so well that he ooncluded that he wouldn't get any more hay (or a while, and, in fact, leaves ware the only thing that the 8i.\ oows and two horses lived on daring the last halt ot the winter. While eating hay the cows had given 12 qaarts ot milk weekly, yielding dve pounds ot batter. After being put on diet ot leaves the (|aantity and (luality ot milk in- creased until they gave 15 iiaarts of milk, yielding seven pounds of batter. Mr. Saw- yer intends to ase nothing but leaves dar- ing the winter hereafter, as the leaves can ba had tor the trouble of coUeoting them, and are better than costly hay or grain. â€" ileriden liepublican. Character of tlie Black Bttm. If you want a real good argument any day toach up the blaok bass issae among the local Uahermen. Some of them say that he is an enemy to all sport, a mean, low-lived, vicious specimen ot the tribe ot fish who sleep in the mud all winter and is worm-eaten all summer. Fish Comiiiia- sioner Stanley says that the black baas is a splendid mannered, high bred fish, a tighter it ia true, but an honest tighter, and one of the best food fishea that swim the streams ot Norihurn America. He says that the gtookiog of ponds with the Qsh was wise, and that in years to come more sport will be realized with thia fish than the sporting men of rod and line have yet dreamed. â€" Lewi$t<m Journal. SCOTLAND'S PjhLDE. The Qreatest Bridge In the Worldâ€" A Caa- tllever Trlamph. The bridge aaroes li:<) Firth ot Forth at Queen's Ferry, Scotlacd, now approaching completion, is a work of such magnitude and presents so many points ot novelty that it has attracted the attention of the whole engineering world. In 1804 a sur- veyor published designs for a bridge across the Forth at the same spot, and with spans ot the like magnitude. That, however, was to ba a suspension bridge, with chains like the cable of a fifty-ton yacht, and the total weight of iron was estimated at '200 tons, as contrasted with 50,000 tons of steel in the present structure. While a bridge ot 1,700 feet in span was thus conceived of nearly a century ago, it may alao be aaid that the cantilever principle ot construction can be foand in Egyptism and Indian temples built before the introduction of the arch. An eminent engineer says that the canti- lever was in all probability invented by soma intelligent savage, who, wanting to get across a stream too deep to ford and too wide to jump, utilized the projecting branches ot two opposite trees as canti- levers or brackets, and connected them by a short independent piece ot timber, and so formed a cantilever and central girder atrncture. The true principle of conatrnotion and the nature ot the stresses may be iUua- trated in a simple way. Two men who sit on chairs extend their arms, which they sapport by grasping aticks batting against the chairs. This represents the two doable cantilevers. The central girder ia repre- sented by a short stick slung from the arm of each man, and the anchorage by ropes extending from the other arms to two piles of bricks. When stresses are brought on this system by a load on the central girder the arms of the men and the anchorage ropes come into tension, and the sticks and chair legs into compression. Ill the Forth bridge we mast imagine the chairs to be placed a third ot a mile apart, the men'!) heads to be 300 feet above the gronnd, the pnll on the arms 10,000 tons, and the pressure on the legs ot the chairs on the ground 100,000 tons. As regards size and weight no existing bridge at all approaches the Forth bridge. There are two spans, each 1,700 feet long ; the width ot the bridge at the piera ia 120 feet ; there ia a clear headway for navigation at high water of loO feet ; the deepest foundation below high water is 8U feet ; the highest part ot the bridge above high water is 300 feet, and the depth ot water in the centre ot the channel is 210 feet. With this depth the bridge could never have been boilt had it not been for an ialand in the middle ot the Forth. The train weight that will be put upon the bridge will be small compared with the wind pressure needed to be overcome, and to resist wind the lofty columns over the piers are 120 feet apart at the base and i'i feet at the top. As famishing an idea of the enor- mous force whioh the cantilevers are oapa- ble of resisting it m.iy be said that a pull ot 4.3,000 tons would be needed to tear asunder the top ties. The greatest poll from passing trains can be only 2,000 tons. The bridge ia looked upon as a railway necessity. Indeed, it will furnish the missing link in a great chain of oommanioa- tion throughout the United Kingdom. When we read of such structures, and know that trains reach a apeed of sixty miles an hour, we cannot but smile at what the staid old " Qsarterly Keview " said in 1826 : " We trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may sanction, limit the speed to eight or nine miles an hour, which is as as great as can be ventured on with safety." How and when to Drlntt Water. According to Dr. Leuf, when water ia taken into the full or partly full stomach, it does not mingle with the food, as we are taaght, bat passes along quickly between the food and lesur carvative toward the pylorus, through which it passes iato the intestines. The secretion ol mucus by the lining membrane is constant, and during the night a considerable amount aocuma lates in the stomach ; some of its liquid portioniaabsorbed, and that whioh remaina ia thick and tenacioas. If food ia taken into the stomach wben in this condition it becomes coated with mucos, and the secre- tion of the gastric juice and its action are delayed. These facts show the value of a goblet ot water before breakfast. This washes out the tenacious mucus, and atimulatea the gastric glanda to secretion. In old and feeble persons water should not be taken cold, but it may be with great advantage taken warm or hot. Thia re- moval ot the accumulated mnons from the stomach is probably one of the reaaona why taking aoup at the beginning of a meal has been found so beneficial. AnythlBg But That. Mies Cynthia Mushroom â€" Now, papa, do be careful at dinner, and don't iitortify us before Mr. Stuyvesant Sturtevant. Mrs. M.â€" Yes, Fhineaa, do mind your manners and remember all them little points in that book about etiquette that I've been reading to you. Mr. M.â€" Well, that's aU right. You kin go ahead and arrange things to suit yeraelf , but I'm daraed it I eat pie with a fork (or anybody. An Bxperleuoed Teacher. " Must I aim at that blaok spot in the centre of the circle 7 " " Why, no ; that's what I want yoa to hit . Aim at that ioa-hooss 10 feat to the right. â€" These lineafrom John Boyle O'Reilly's Plymouth poem are greatly praiaed over all the country : One tigbteous word for Lawâ€" the common will ; Ouo living truth of Faithâ€" Qod regnant still ; One primal test of Freedomâ€" all combined i One sacred lievolutiuuâ€" change of mind ; One trust unfailing for the uigl^t and noed â€" The tyrant-Uowor shall cast the freedom-seed. â€" Albert C. Savage's little daughter caught the smallpox on board the Pacifio mail steamer Newport. Mr. Savage has sued the oompany for $26,000 damages. He thinks a disfigured girl is handioapped to that amoant In life's raoe. Au BffeotlT* Threat. New Yorker â€" No, air. I have no money tor you. Dirty Trampâ€" Well, I don't see nothing ter me ter do but drown myself. New Yorker â€" I can't help that. Dirty Trampâ€" AU right. Where's the reservoir ? New Yorker-Here ! Take this dollar and live. m Clearly DeBned. Boston Young Ladyâ€" What do yon mean by saying that your ball nine has the opposing team ' rattled'? Omaha Miss- It's when we have them razzle-dazzled and give them the grand razoo. ♦ Lord Randolph CharohiU'a preaent to the duchess ot Fife was a prayer book. The compositor who was required to set up "cold horror then my vitals froze" and made it read " my victuals," eto.,ia now en- joying a vaoation in company with the proot reader. Flowery summer, golden summur, summer of our northern olime; Spring may bo a joyous season, but you beat It every time. Season ot delightful evenings, charming mom- iugs, sultry noons, Farple dawuings, crimson aunaota, placid star- light, tender moons, Floworv suiumor, goldou summer, summer of our northern oliiue. Life is sweet and worth the living when wa see you in your prime. â€"First Chicago woman â€" Have yoa seen Mrs. Fowler's new summer aaitj? Second Chioago woman â€" No, what is it 7 First Chioago womanâ€" Principally allega- tions against her husband. She hopes to ' oa4 iha divniviA in tfln dava TWO HUMDBED OOLLABJ8. A Toang Student's Cheap Trip to England Two hundred dollars is a large sum to a poor man and a small sum to a rich man, says the Youth't Companion. But in the matter ot money everything depends on the way it ia used. Some moa will get a vaat amount of amusement, recreation and re- finement out of a few dollars. Other men will apend large auma, and be unhappy or anbleased by the spending. Having occa- sion to put the matter to a practical test, a young stadent who lately went to fiurope with just 9200 ia ready to tell what he got for it for the benefit ot any who may be blessed with so moderate a sum, and still heaitatea to go abroad for fear ot not getting enough for the money. Thia philosophical traveller says : " I went over, intermediate cabin passage, for i'io from Boston lo Liiverpool, by one of the finest Canard steamers. The inter- mediate passage waa not eciual to first cabin it its table fare, but I had more fun in other ways. When I reached Liverpool I went to a plain hotel, where I coalddine a la carte, or go to the sideboard and help myself, and generally did, and spent three days in the city at very moderate expense. I then went on to London, stopping one day at the Duke of Devonshire's estate, Chats- worth. Once in London I determined on one of the several ways of spending what money I had left. I procured lodging and breakfsat and dinner at a cheap boarding- bouse in Bloomabnry, about ten minutes' walk from the British Museum. I had a Biedeker'a guide book, and with ita help I mapped out a number of famous places where I could go aight-seeing at very little •xpenae. While on my tramps in the city I would go for a lunch into some restaurant where meala were served from some joint, or into the nearest coffee stand, where I often obtained all I wanted tor eigbtpence and sometimes for sixpence. When I had to use the railways I always went third class. Thia was not so comfortable as second or first class, but more interesting in uiiny ways on account ot the people I met, and that ia half the good of travelling at all. When I had occasion to ride I always took a 'boa if I could. This was a never- failing source of amaaement to me. I saw more to remember from the top ot an Kng- lish 'bua than from any other place during my whole visit in London, and it was a very cheap source of instruction. The han- som cab was an expensive vehicle, coating a shilling, while the 'bus fares were usually very reaaonable, and on some linea, at certain boura of the day, ab- aurdly cheap for the dixtanoe. By selecting the right day and hour for visiting many places of interest I suc- ceeded in seeing tbeni for half prioe or for nothing. There are many places ot inter- eat in and about London where, on certain days ot the week, admission is free. On certain other days it ia sixpence or a shil- ling. By consulting my ' Basdeker,' and planning a little ahead, I saved many small itema in this way. I was also con- tent to do a large amoant of walking ; and, indeed, in this way I not only saved riding fares, but often saw carious and even rare sights whioh I ahoald have miaaed if I had been in the habit ot riding to and from points ot interest. I spent seven weeks in London, and visited nearly all the large places of note. St. Paul's, Weatminstsr Abbey, Parliament buildings. National Gallery, the Tower, the muaeutn, where I went almost daily, the bank, where I did not go au often, nearly all the suburbs on the west side, the parka ami art galleries, the Thames and Chelsea, Lord's cricket grounds and the Zoological Gardens. In many of these places I spent much time in special study, and went fre- quently, especially to the muaeama and churcbea, on the principle that as I bad confined my trip abroad to one city I would know as much aliout it as possible. Get- ting baok to Liverpool I still had money enough for first-class cabin fare to New York, and paid JtlO. or 960, for my return passage. In the time I was abroad I saw and enjoyed }'200 worth at least. My board oost me about S66. My travelling, counting going and coming, was 311 >. The remaining $30 went for sundries, clothing, amusements, washing and Iteepaakea ot the trip. Bat if any ouo oan get more out ot $2l3o abroad I wish they would write me and let me know how that I may try it again." The Splual C(»rd flfciidlng. Dr. Chaunoey Bigga, of Uellevue Hos- pital, baa a oaae of much interest to the medical fraternity. On the 8tb inat. U. W. Benedict rode from Fitty-seveiith street to Forty seventh street on a Third avenue surface oar. At Forty-seventh street be jumped olT. He jumped on the wrong side, and was knocked down and run over by an uptown car. He waa taken to Bellevue Hospital, where it was discovered that bis spinal oord was fractured. As a rule, the patient does not survive long under these circumatanoes, but Mr. Benedict is getting along 80 well that Dr. Biggs hopea the column will knit, and that the patient will recover. â€" New York Star. â- â€¢ NOTBIHO FOB OLD MAIDS.' The as istake the Two Hplnster Boggs Made An elderly lady once remarked to a pretty girl that it was a very serious matter for a young woman to have a sweetheart. The girl answered that it was afar mure serious matter not to have one. Certainly the two Misses Boggs, who have committed suicide at Point Pleasant, W. Va., agreed with the young lady. The two sisters were well-to- do. There was no reason why they should die by their own hand, or die at all, appar- ently. But they killed themselves, leaving a pathetic note, signed by both their names, saying there was " nothing in life for old maids." It is a melancholy story, bat the suicide was founded on a gigantic miaapprehen sion of life. There is just as much here below for an old maid as for anybody else. Suppose they were without husbands .' Husbands are not always what the old or young maiden fancy paints them. No more are wives always satisfac- tory. Socrates is credited with saying that whether one marries or does not marry, he regrets it. If the Misses Boggs had mar- ried, they might have got husbands whom they would have had to commit suicide to get rid of. Women have done the like, more than onoe. But the gravest possible mistake one can make is to take for granted that his personal love, personal comfort and happiness play a very large figure in the plan ot this universe. Whoever pursues these aims alone finds tbuy invariably elude him at last, like Will o' the Wisp. If the Misses Boggs wanted children, there was a world full of forlorn, bomeleas babies, many of them quite as sweet and pretty as tiny possible Boggs' babies would have been. How muoh they could have added to human happiueaa by adopt- ing four or five little waifs and giv- ing theui home and sduoatioa I Then there was the whole world of ideas before tliem â€" study, travel, science, art and music. Humanity stumbles blindly and painfully on, seeking always the better way in every- thing, thankful always to people who show it the better way. AU of ua owe it to the race to give some part of oar time to aiding the rest. In philanthropy, in helping man- kind to prosperity, to better, wiser, sweeter ways ot living, there is work enough tor a million single woaien, heaven knows ! It is sometimes necessary to pass through a sea ot troubles tu find at last that the only genuine happiness is found in giving happiness to others. Exactly in propor- tion aa men lose sight of the " miserable aims that end in self," by a mysterious law friends, happiness and hope will drift their way. It ia indeed : A mlBerablu. putty. low-roofed life. That knows tbu mi|{)ity orbits uf thv skies TtirouKh naught save light or dork in lU own cabin. â€" EOnira Adiwrtiser. ' get the divoroe in ten dayi. Height of (j reat Sea Wave*. Carefully repeated experiments naade by an experienced Uoglish navigator at San- tander, on the north ooastof Spain, showed the crest of the sea wavea in a prolonged and heavy gale of wind to be 42 feet high, and allowing the aame tor the depth be- tween the waves would make a height of 84 feet from crest to base. The length from crest to crest waa found to be 380 feet. Other estimates of the waves in the South Atlantic daring great storms give a height ot .50 feet for the crests and 400 feet for length. In the North Soa the height ot crest seldom exceeds 10 feet and the length 150 feet. Work of Btootricltr. There are now in use in the United States more than 5,650 central eleotrio sta- tions for light and power. There are 210,000 aro lights and 2,600,000 incandes- cent lamps. There were 59 oleotrioal rail- ways in operation in March last, and 86 roads in process ot oonstruction. The in- crease ot capital in electrical investments during 1888 was nearly 970,000,000. Those are very significant flgurea, and they point anmistakably to the oourae ol future inven- tions and discoveries. EBBATIO WATCHES COBBED. How the Kffocta ot Eleotrio Magueta H»«« Beau NeutralUed by a Bright Idea. Electricity is now applied to a majority ot the watches now made in this country. It used to be that a valuable watch woald aadduuly Iosm all self-respect and run lika a race- horse on one day and a tortoise on the next. No one oould tell what it was. Big prices wure paid to the jewellers by unhappy watch-owners who hoped that tbs wizard of the balance wheel and main- spring could repair their timepieces. As electricity became more popular the irregu- larities of watches became more marked. But before the watch trade grew desperata a bright mind solved the mystery. Ha made an experiment, applying the battery to a fine watch, and then tried the etleut of tbe dynamo apon the electrified movement* Aa one poison counteracts another's effect, so one battery e<}aaliz(>d the other's effect. The magnet and the watob movement were made friends, and now a timepieos oan mingle with the battery in a familimr way and feel no evil effects from the elation. Urs. Olodstone. Marf^arot F. Sullivan in Now York World. Her figure is tall, shapely and impres- sive ; her carriage is a little too rapid to bs entirely graceful ; her costuming ia â€" is EngUuh, which re<iaire8 no ulucidatioa. Despite deficiencies in externals, which A French modiste would have no difiiculty in abolishingâ€" for Mrs. Gladstone would ba » charming subject for a dressmaker ot taats â€" she would be singled out in any company as its moat distinguished woman. The face ia uncummoniy long even is England, very high in the forehead, and very strong and gentle, etjually devoid at romance and of pedantry. The eyes ars large, li>|uid, well-shaped, dark hloe, and meditative. The silvering hair is parted in the usual way, and oombsd in natural waves down either cheek, as in the familisB portraits of noted women forty years a|{0. Her mouth is well proportioned to ibeotbar dimensions ot her f aoe, ami her voice ia low and vibrant with oordiality towaru Ihoas she addreaaea. How the Sliah Keeps Accounts. Nasr-ed-Deen,like many other potentates, ia fond of money, and is supposed to possess a colossal fortune. He pays soiall salaries to hia servants and dignitaries if the money comes out of bis own pocket â€" that is, out ot tbe legitimate revenues of the countryâ€" but he pays at least prorntly and fairly what he agrees to pay. After deducting what he deems right for army, administration and household purposes he puts the balance away every year into bis private treaaury. Once the money â€" wbiub must always be coin â€" has been damped into bis vaults no power on earth can indooe tbe Shall to give the slightest portion of it back again or to touch it for any purpose whatsoever. When he ia compelled to borrow money from tbe Armenians he pays asurious interest sooner than go to his strong box ana take from ita illimitable treasures the smallest sum. â€" Cdimopolitan. Uwolliaga for the F«ople. There is in London a corporation, com pcsed ot men and women, called the Ltdies' Residential Dwelling Company. This company has already erected dwelling- houses in Gower atreet and Sloan GtrdeLs for the ass of educated women who are obliged to earn their living and to live in lodgioga. It ia now proposed to build a block of these dwellings in Hampatead. These buildings are arranged in sets of fiats, rentingfcom 10 to 25 shillings (from J2.50 to $0.25) per week, or from £2 to i;5 per mouth. There ia a cooking range set in each suite, but there is also a large general dining-room connected with each house, in which dinner is served after the work ot the day is finished. Faded Footllght Elowers Bloom Agalu. " And, doctor, can yon make this bloom again 7" asked Father Time, pointing to a specimen of the vintage ot 1840. " I was once a footlight favorite, and men showered me with pearls and dia- monds. Ub, can I be young again," she exolaimed with all the fervor ot a maiden ot '32 summers. " You shall bo iiueen of the May," re- sponded Dr. Browa-Seciuard, as ho pro- ceeded to hia laboratory and alaagbtered a freah guinea pig.â€" .1/fcr the New York World. m Tbe Dog Hnd no Cuurte To Be She (tenderly)â€" Did the dog bite yon, darling ? Heâ€" Yes, he did. She (reassuringly)â€" Well, it was papa's dog, darling, and we know he isn't mad. Heâ€" Yes ; but I am. ** Dealli IiaH oo many doum to let out,llCaw sang an old time poet. In those days thay had not disoovereil remedies that shnt tbeaa doors. IIow difierent is Or. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, from the old time dosea. Consumption or lung scrofula, is one loiita door that it shuts, if taken in time. Dun't waate ii moment, then lest life slip through that open door. It is juantnteed to cure in all cases of diseases for which it is reoont- mended, or money paid for it will be re- funded. Uldn't Agree With Him. ^D Eastern man who moved to Chioago lost 120 pounds in three weeks. His wUe eloped with a oat driver. He Should If Be Uldn't. DeByterâ€" Here is a joke I have brought yon. Editor (after reading it) -That is not a joke. DeRyter â€" But I say it ia. I made it, and I ought to know. Alt, competent authorities, prominent among them being F. F. Roberta, M. D., Professor of Chemical Medicine at Uni- versity College Iloapital, London, Eng., say " Bright's disease has no marked symptoms of its own, but takes the symptoms of other (so-called) diseaaea." If you havo headache, fickle appetite, failure of eyesight, tube oasta in urine, gradual loss ot fieah and dropsical swelling, extreme waketulnosa, distressing nervousness, do not neglect auch symptoms, or you will eventually have Bright's disease, or some other effect ot neglected kidney disease. Take Warner's Safe Cure, the only recognised speoillc tor this disease. To give stoves a good lustre add either •agar or alom to the lead. There's a blessing in tbe buttle on whoso label we can read Dr. Piurou's Favorite Prescription, for the woman who baa utiud Of tfc remedy for troubles uuuu but women over llDOW. 'Tie ber bust and truest friend, and bappy thuii»- ands call ic so. \a they think uf years of sufTrini; that weia tbuirs tMfforu it came. iirinKiug theiu tbu balm of healing, and Uiej bless tbe very name of this wonderfully, and deservedly, popolac remedy for the various ills woman is heic to. " Favorite Prescription " is tbe mly medicine for women, sold by druggiatSi under n pomtive ijuarnntee, from tbe manu- facturers, that it will give satisfaction in every case, jr money will be refunded. This guarantee has been printed on the bottle- wrapper, and faithfully carried out for many years. Hut to Be Bulml. A baclielor who lives in Newark, X. J., and who has always bad a tear tbat hia little wife might rule him, says now that a, new idea has struck him. Ho ia going to marry a typewriter girl, beoaase he oan dictate to her. The Ureat ulauial Swamp of Virginia, is one enormoas quagmire of decayed vegetation, a region of gloom antt desolation ; but not more so than the huouui system when blocked up by decayed animal matter, which poiHons the blood and brinia gloom to an otherwise happy hoUHsholo. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets re- move all waste matter, and give Nature a chance to build up. All t;iirortuiiat<- 8«?Hueiice. to A gentleman was once lamenting friend tbe conduct at his son. " You should speak to him with firmness and remind him of bis duties," said tlis other. " He pays no attention to what L say. He listens only to the advice of foola." Then, with a sudden thought, " I wish yoa would speak to him I" â€"" There's a tlood in Richmond, VaV' remarked the telegraph editor. " Gweat heaven I" exclaimed the dude reporter, ' will it spoil the thiggawettes?" Bhu wr)re a tiiaDnisb little coat With kijowiiig little tM>ck()ts; Bbii cast aside her utickliicos. Hur baiiglud and ber lockuts Her Jickuy. cullar and cravat fal.xactly match htir brotbur's: Hor round straw hat is so like bis You can t tell oni> fraiii tother's. She veuturee on a little i^Iaog Tbat soundsquite brusquu and iiiaunistx But show her once a mouse or worm And seo the disfjuiso vanish I â€" " Seo here, Mr. Grocer," said a Hart- ford housewife, " if you are going to bring me any more gooda I want them to be tba very bast." " We keep none but the best." " I presume so : you sail the worst in order to keep the best." â€" If yon oare to boss your own ranoh a 60 save your cash at 30. Dr. Nanaen, the e.xplorer, says that tha ice in Greenland is D.OOO feet thick. D O M L 35 89. AGENTS MAKE $100 A MONTH with us. S«n(i 'i<)c. for tonus. A colored rug patttirn aud 50 uulorod doeigUA. W. ifeV ItUSH, St. Tbomafl, Out. DUNN'S BAKING POWDER I THECOOICSBEST FRIEND UN