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far beat the attaBffct'a pn cofclea
OasaataestsBddfaaasyaJr,
WasaailBetrardroaatajsKfcklTBtBrt,
WatfaHj cosse to the scalar, aeart.
Years radios; fast aaveraSedawav;
"UdstBy r" hea sweeter cmn,
gssce taraaa the iluat J I wtHst gmr
Cum the ataao' low peaceful toaea.
Opeabax bmbiIt cachet vide,
Voaoas of csBdhood Coating free;
VaaJaUajr years so quickly Sows,
Ctoateriaic reaad to aow yeBow keys.
SUeaUy ataadt the past revealed;
Haas assay cloaai sjatfrlyfade away;
.Far the piaao'swtatfa tcaee '
Uak "loexaco" with the aad "today."
Amy Seville Woat
THE MAKERS' STORY.
"It's lickin' good," said Sam Turner,
se"ho polished his saucer with the
pewter spoon.
'-Delye had given them a treat today,
as it was the last day of haying, and
out at the "far farm."
She had made the day before one of
those delicious baked Indian puddings
of '-which few New England women
hare retained the old fashioned for
mula, and the great milk pan full of
a' rich brown mass like thick jelly,
the pitcher of yellow cream sweetened
wall with maple sugar, thepileof blue
saucers, the sheaf of pewter spoons,
had been hailed with acclamation as
they appeared in a separate basket,
after the usual quantum of buttered
bread, slices of cold salt beef, pie and
doughnuts had been spread on the
grass under the old pine tree by the
brook.
Delye drove off, dimpling and smil
ing to hear the plaudits of the men,
for she cooked well and liked to be
praised for it, as all women do.
How well it is that men do not real
ise how far land words will go with
women! We should be a race of ab
ject slaves if only we were praised and
smiled on enough. And Delve's pud
diag deserved all the flattery it had.
Saselk like a hull posy bed," said
Jonathan Bates, unusually wide
awake, for if he had a weakness it lay
where food touched it.
"Tastes a heap better 'u posies, " said
Zenas, with fine scorn; he never had
been able to see the use of flowers.
"Looks kinder solum tome," said
Uade Paphro; "thet is, accoruin' to
what 1 heerd Priest Haines say in
nn tin onetime t he changed off
with Parson Perkins. He said, The
last of everything is solum,' and this
hare is the last day o bayin', and the
last outdoor snack well get this year."
"He! he! her giggled Sam Turner.
"I guess the's quite a few things
thet ain't solum come to the last of
'earn. Pm conaarned glad thet hayin's
over:' seems as though I could dance
Nkkayuny to think on't"
"Everybody aimt so dum lazy as
you be," growled Jonathan.
"Yo don't always know, when 'tis
the last o' a thing," said Zenas, medi
tatively. l'5fo, you don't," said Uncle Pa
phro; setting down his saucer on the
pine needles and casting a wistful eve
on the well scraped pudding dish,
wherein only a brown rim remained
to show what it had held.
"That idee calls to mind the works
and ways of two old cousins of my
mother's fust husband that lived
down to Baytou when I was a boy,
and :ur a-livin' there yet if they
haven't dried up an1 blew awav 'fore
now. They was Mehitablc and Hep
zibar Tucker by name, and was called
to Bayton the Tucker girls, as long as
I knowed of 'em. though th' oldest in
habitant couldn't remember when
thcywas young.
"jScpsy and Hitty, mother used to
call 'em. Well, their way about most
things was pecooliar; they - hadn't
much to live on, but they made the
most on't. Mother said she'd known
'em to cook up salt codfish skin for
breakfast rather 'n throw it away,
sweetened their custards with ra' lasses,
and made their ginger cake out o rye
flour, and all seen.
"Moreover, they wouldn't never do
a mite of anytbingaf ter dark, cause
light was costly. They'd do up the
supper dishes, and then they'd set
each sido o' the kitcheiufire, in two
high backed, rush bottomed chairs,
their gowns turned up over their
knees Test a spark might burn 'em,
and their hands a-lyin' in their laps,
for they couldn't knit because the
needles sort o' glimmered in the fire
light and hurt their-eyes; they had
dreadful weak eyes because tltey sot
in the dark so much; eyes need usin'
as much as legs do, and need light to
use 'em in.
"When they heered the 9 o'clock
hall ring they'd go to bed not a min
ute before or after, for nothing nor no
body. "Well, Bayton folks got tired o'
haarin that 9 o'clock bell ring after it
had beeaa-goin' over a hunderd years,
and they got tired o.payin' the ringer,
too. So one time to a town nieetin'
they voted to stop it
"Now, Hepsy and Hitty didn't go to
town meetins, nor they didn't want to,
so they knowed notbin' about it, aud
didn't know when it rung a Friday
might that twas the last time they'd
ever go to bed by it: they'd ha' felt sol
um enough if they had; so, there they
sot a Saturday evenin' as usual, and
kep' a-watchin' to hear the bell, but it
didn't ring.
" Tho evenin's aro gcttin long,'
' 'Well, they do seem to be, says
Hitty. 'Had I better put another stk
on, sister!'
" I dona There's enough to rake
up- bow, and .mebbe there'd be too
much cf you did.
44 "So they sot an' sot, and bimeby
Hepsy says, Tm afeared the' won't be
no coals if you don't put a stick on,
Hatty.' So she put one on. and it bej
gL. s MK and sort of cheered "em
up. "'
44 4I guest the evenin' seems longer
because we're coeaiaer'PfS tired, ' says
Hitty.
"Then the stick settled down and
f eU topurrin' and singin', and pretty
soon Hepsy she give a great start
" -Can't be possible I fell asleep!"
says she, kinder amazed like.
yeumod. I haiat closed an eye.'
" Well! well! I guess I wont dean
hawas agin of a 8atday and get so
tired,' says Hepsy, with a terTle great
yawn.
"Then Hitty she begun to feel real
sleepy, butnothin' would persuade 'em
to go to aeel before beU ringin', and as
back was, their old eight day dock
had got too dry to go, and PhUo Piatt
that went round meadin' docks in all
taaU neighborhood hadn't been there.
i wamaV for tusday to
Nsae. ho to. BBatae a - short
oat, than they sot till day
Mad Heasy aha. went to sleep
i the are. andHktv she went
, too, aad tumbled over onto the
ndb her comb to pieces.
iVtthe wmat of it for she
of harhaadsachacrackit
.lika Saaa Hill for tweaty-loar
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to eo to bed' andbe dosed wtta
boneset tea, for she'd a'most got lang
fever. While Hetty she lay on the
old sofy all day long a-groaaia' with
unlink j iii- - i:L i
whMsheheeredthetenshesaid,: .
" 'Well, I mint a mite aorry for ye;
folks that cant go to bed without the
Baattu'hoase heU talk 'em to, though
they be cold and sleepy, nad ought to
take the consekenees' of bein' sot in
their way.' "
"Jest like women folks!" said Ze
nas, with resigned bitterness; "when
they be used to bavin' their way a five
rail fence won't turn 'em.".
"Know all about it, don't ye, Zene?"
said Sid Ehmer. nuachievoaaly.- -. -'
"Your turn's a-comin', younir' fel
ler 1" answered Zeuas. with a forebod
ing chuckle. "You'll come to it be
fore you're done breathin' the breath,
you see if you don't"
Sid flushed a little-; but Uncle Pa
phro's keen eye perceived jt, and he
went on:
' Tis queer how contrairy they be
sometimes, but I dono howwe could
get along real well without 'cm;
they're dreadful handy critters."
- 'Specially about puddin's!" sighed
Sam Turner, looking at the empty
dish longingly.
Sid had to lauh.
"Well, now!' put in Jonathan
Bates, slowly lifting himself from the
great root against which he had lain
in the sunshine after eating all he
could. "I stan' up for women folks;
they ain't no queerer nor men, only
we're willin' to tell on 'em more than
we be on t'other sect. I knowed a
man myself that done things no other
created cretur but him could or would
'a' done.
"He was a real shif less cretur, Tiff
Shores, by name;, he was baptized
Antiphony, but that was too long for
week days, and they'couldn't call him
An, for short, becas that was a wo
man's name, so he went by TiftV
"He lived on the aidee of tinners in
a kind of a hovil outside the city line
of Scranton, and havin' no visible
means of support, as the lor says, why
folks kept a sharp eye on him; he
hadn't no children, and his wife had
shookanum palsy, and couldn't lift a
hand.
"I expect the neighbors kep' the
life into her, for Tiff hadn't nothin'
only the corn he raised on his half
acre o' ground, and the things he
snared an' shot; but he was master
good to Maudy, and done all he knew
for her, and when he'd sold a mess o'
pa'tridges, or done a day orso's work
to white washin', or pig killin', or
wood choppin', why, he'd spend the
heft of what he got on tea an' sugar
an' sech things for 'Mis' Shores,' as he
called her.
"I don't say he never caught no fish
out o' the squire's pond, nor that he
never picked up no pears nor no
peaches under nobody's trees when
they wa'n't lookiu'. I don't think
them tilings was counted ag'inst him
no more than if he'd been asquerrel;
he was a kind of a simple thing any
way, folks thought: but he wa'n't, he
was cute as a cat brier.
"Well, one day Deacon Peter's old
hoss was missin', aud there was great
hue and cry, and somebody told how
that Tiff Shores had been seen ridiii'
of it down to the hollow, so they
fetched Tiff up before Judge Pettis.
He owned he liad rid it a ways, said
he found it by the road, and he was
tired, so he broke a switch and got on,
and rid bareback up to his house and
giv' the horse a cut and off it went,
and that was all he knowed. So they
clapped him into Scranton jaU."
"Didn't they try him, or do nothin'
to him?" asked Zenas.
"Oh land, yes! and found him guil
ty, because he was the last man seed
with the hoss. Well, he was there
five weeks before they found out the
truth, which was that the old hoss be
ing lame and bavin' the heaves bad,
didn't relish the idee of Deacon Peter's
whip, and had strayed off gradooal up
amongst the hills to a place where the'
was summer boarders.
"Well; amongst them was one of
these fellers that thinks such a sight
of dumb critters, and was head of a
s'ciety for talon' care of 'em or killin'
'em, as the case may be.
"He see this miserable bang dog old
rack o' bones by the road aide, and not
bein' able to find whose twas he out
with his pistil and shot it So there
was Tiff jailed for nothin'.
"Well, you bet he was mad! When
they let him go, he says, says he,
a-shakin' his fist, jScranton folks has
jailed me for nothin', I'll give 'em
sometbin' to jail me for, pervidin' al
lays that they'll ketch me.'
"Well, next thing they heard Judge
fetus bad been broke into by mgnt;
nothin' was stole, but whoever done it
took a roll of butter out of the closet
cut it into slices and laid 'em all round
the narlor floor onto the new carnet
and then stepped on" 'em! That carpet
wa'n't real useful after that, not by a
long sight
''Two weeks after, somebody got
Deacon Peter's best Sunday hat one
Sat'day night, a high crown beaver,
and that was new, too, and sot it on
the back step and poured the molas
ses jug into t so twas half full.
''Then folks began to look out; but
Peter's folks thought they'd had their
turn, till they heered, another San
day mornin', the amazin'est jumpin'
and movin' ever was; and what d'ye
think it was? Why, there was two
young steers out on the barn floor
tackled up in the deacon's double har
ness, and hitched to his pole waggin.
They'd made short straps out of the
harneasby that time,. now I tell ye!.
"Lawyer Wheeler he had a satin
sofy to his housed that hit wife sot
everything bv, yaller satin; and one
iught somebody come in by a verandy
window an' step' on that sofy. Twas
all mi d and stsiwafl with wet, aad the
piller greasy, for it rained that night
like cats and dogs, and whoever twas
hadnt an umbrell most likely, lbs.
Wheeler, she felt dredfal pat out
about it, you'd better believe, and. I
dont wonder.
"Before long time was a black
crape tied to Wheelar's door knob, aad
two punkin lanterns sot on his steps to
show it; that was dene just after dark
when folks was all at tea. That kind
er tickled the boys, becas Lawyer
Wheeler wasn't no favritwith 'am,
since he stopped their ball playin op
posit' his house on the green.
"Scranton was pretty well stirred up,
now I tell ye! Clothes lines was strip
ped by night, and all the clothes piled
up in a heap in the barn yard or atop
of the muck heap. Parson Ebbettr
hens was found one mornin' all
tangled up, a-kkkin' and flappin' and
squawkhv like mad, for somebody hrd
strung a lot of corn kernels onto along
twine, an' knotted 'em in about afoot
apart, and the hens had gone for t
and swallered twine and alt
"Xyl wasn't ther'a time a-gettin'
'em loose. Some of the most likely of
'em had to be killed. I teU ye it made
the parson mad an he preached a ser
mon next Sunday about it about
cruelty to brute critters.
"Folks knew well enough that Tiff
Shores done all "this, but nobody
could catch him at it, though plenty
watched for him.
"By V by his wife died, and he
went off. 8oaieaudtoCanforny. If
he did, I bet it didn't do him bo good,
for shif less folks k shifleas cjvety
wbar; wbereas-an-be-it-kaoWB a smart
ftuar can make money, ef yoa set him
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"Well, 1 guess you've made out
your case," said Zenas.- "I dono as I
ever heered of a woman any queerer
V he was, 'tho' rve seen a good many
of 'em fust and last"
"I should say he was pesky,! drawl
ed Sam; "but women is pesky, too,
when they take a notion so to be."
VI dono as it's any use tryin'for to
even 'em up,'' interposed Uncle Pa
phro, "whether' or no, in goodness
nor badness. Scripter says that when
the lord made the first folks, 'Hale and
female created he them,' and it seems
as though what he done generUly
stays put
"They're that way yet, same as he
made 'em; he vn't changed no more 'n
fishes has growed into cows, nor dogs
into cats., .Tisnt no use,tryin' to
make 'em jest alike, for you can't do
it I surmise that the best way is for
each of 'em to stan' in their own lot,
do their best to have it bear first rate
crops, and havin' done all, to stan', as
the Scripter somewhere says.
"Come boys! we've yarned it long
enough. This is the lastnoonin' we'll
have in the hayfield this year;
though I dono as it's be'n real solum.
Set to now, spry and load up; Vm
thankful the's a end to hayhrtime,
not but what there is some fun into it,
too. I guess we'll all get together
ag'iu somewhere about Thanksgiving
time. Ask8idl"
"I should say ask Delye!" drawled
Sam as he got up in his lazy way.
They all laughed, and picking up rakes
and pitchforks went off to load up the
fragrant heaps of rowen. Haying was
over for that year; so are its stories.
Rose Terry Cooke in Youth's Compan
ion. Geod Urd, Deliver V.
these "blots and blemishes"
From
save us.
From all who
'say''their prayers but
never "pray."
From all whom
dislike.
dogs and children
From the slattern and the severely
clean.
From the three P's plumbers, poli
ticians and neighbors' pianos.
From people who rush to the sea
side in summer, but never take a bath
at home.
From wives whg think that hus
bands were only made to work that
they may spend.
From Americans who have never
seen their own country, but go every
summer to "Yurope."
From mothers who turn their chil
dren into the street to "keep the house
tidy."
From public libraries that never buy
a book worth preserving.
From dealers in the"antique" who
make their own wares. Exchange.
Caartty la
In France there are no public funds
for the relief of the poor, and private
charity is almost wholly relied upon.
It appears, however, that French laws
are very much opposed to private as
sociations or individuals distributing
charitable funds, and .require that
this should be done by officials. The
machinery provided for the purpose
are bureaus composed of persons two
thirds of whom are nominated by the
prefect of the district and one-third
by the ccxnmunal authorities. No
person can found a charitable institu
tion and support it with his own
money without express authority
from toe state, nor can he leave by
will a sum of money for any private
individual to distribute in charity:
that duty must beperformed by an of
ficial. Chicago Herald.
a Bai Meat.
While riding in a Sixth avenue L
road train last evening. I was more
than astonished at the appearance of
the conductor. His face presented
that of a man scarcely 90 years, yet
his neatly trimmed mustache and
hair were snowy white. Between
stations he told me his name was
Arthur Chalmers. Four, years ago,
while in Baltimore, he attended a fu
neral, the interment taking place in
the vaults of a church which bad, not
been opened for years. The funeral
was the opportunity he longed for, as
he wanted to explore the place- Hav
ing provided himself with camUe and
matches, he remained behind to ex
plore. The door had been closed and
firmly fastened on the outside when
the mourners and friends had xlepart
ed, and he found himself a prisoner.
The horrors of that night and next
day, when he was released, turned his
hair from jet black to its present
snowy whiteness. Even now, Con
ductor Chalmers never likes to talk
about his experience. New York Star.
aWKUMMiic.
TaaMtDawtM)HaraJdracaJkprank
of am old esptataof Cap Boater tana who
aataaalaxai aad otaar nods to Bwtna. aad
whoeaaaaaw aa eld wi a alyl j alippioc
fgaftar aga; fetto bar imrtirr rhv tamnl
with tea trocar wtta wkom taa captaia was
ilaalfnfl; S law aaaiac t diaipioar taa Jnllj
IdtartaraadVitaaaraeaaaand care aara
UffiBgalaa oa the taiga striae;, "My rood
TrriBBaii. I ftnmet that imrthtin; mittiTi
creftap roar skirt, aad Itkiak rrakuladit
by taaway yoar clotbea look." .Taawonta
waaarha oa ttr fnnnnnaa rlnaad taa
1 have to say is
that fiah cant be ia their richt auada
when they ran into a net like that!'
na W aa Aa 4fAn
jasiBiaisn men nunui. vn course
not! Tlsey are au ia
wjgig wmmrnm mm
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of the manv beautiful stvles to mention. 1 will otter you
and will compare with any suit bought elsewhere for $12.50. A nice, fiuacy plaid or stripe sacks or frocks for
MY MOTTO
business here I take measures for men's
DISCOVERY. '
Wbea th world's firt great westward vara-
ger
Sailed out ia faith to this aew continent.
Whither be felt all bis life currents stir.
Though knowing not sato what place ha
went,
Oae day, no land in sight, his grating keel
Beported shoals; the uncomcioos Teasel
slid
Across, nor heard the grinding sands reveal
The secret of the coast beyond them bid.
He drifted past, though waif of leaf aad bird,
Floating and njtftcrri"g after, bade him
stay!
Vague invitations everywhere be beard ;
By hopes own dawling glamor led astray.
He landed on an Island's rim, nor guessed
How nearly be bad won his larger quest
Alas! the dumb, inscrutable human sea.
That will not teD us of the shores we seek!
Its jealous waves, in moaning mockery.
But Just returned from pressing a
blue
cheek
Against fresh rosea blown for us, unseen.
In oar own realm, that never will be ours.
Though through the starry dusk all night
.i
lean.
And, unaware, breathe ha warn from the
flowers,
Vnd feel its soft mists wrapping us around, I
And hear far, wave tossed voices whisper
ing From some dim bourne beyond the horizon's
bound ,
Heart's kindred starving for the love wa
bring,
Aa we for theirs an unreaped harvest fleH:
Our treasure just within our reach con
cealed! And yet, Columbus, this new world is thine!
Thy claim was in thy forward reaching
' soul.
An Inner, prescient right; thou didst divine
Wonders that the veiled hemisphere shoufl
unroll
t last, from out the blue blank of the sea;
And whatsoever foot might tread this shore.
Clear was thy title of discovery.
Whose thought outsailed thy ship so long
before.
That which we recognize and seek Is ours;
Approaching unperceived, related souls
Stir irresistibly our noblest powers;
Us toward our own the tide of being rolls;
And shall it not be joy, the voyage done.
To know the continent and island oner
Lucy Larcom in Harper's Magazine.
SHE DOTES ON SPIDERS.
A Queer Old Pennsylvania. Woman Was
Keeps a Roomful of Then.
A childless old couple live on a lone
ly cross road four miles southeast of
Stoddardsville. She is a great hand
for pet fowls and animals, but the
strangest thing about her is her fond
ness for spiders. Harboring and look
ing after the welfare of a lot of spiders
has been her hobby for a Ivi? time,
and she says she has found- a great
deal of diversion and comfort in pro
tecting and watching her peculiar
pets. Years ago the old lady set apart
a small bedroom for the insects to
make their webs in, and from that day
to this not a single web has been torn
from the walls and ceiling. On the sides
and overhead every inch of space is
covered with the delicate work of the
industrious spiders, and the one little
wiudow in the room is partially dark
ened by layer after layer of network
over the panes. The numerous inhab
itants of the mass of webs seem to
dwell together in harmony, al
though the old-woman declares that
they often fight like cats and docs. If
the spiders happen to get into a snarl
while she is in the room she pokes
thera around with a knitting needle,
S'ves them a good scolding and makes
em scamper into their respective
homes of film. She calls them her
straddlebugs. There are several vari
eties, and they are of various sizes and
shades of color. Whenever the old
lady enters the room and calls out to
the insects in her squeaky voice, they
dart from their hiding, places and
crawl out on the center of the webs.
Many of them are slow in appearing
she puckers up her lips and buzzes
like a bee or'a fly, and they hasten out
to search for prey.
As soon as the visitor has won the
old woman's good opinion; she, be
comes loquacious, candid and confiden
tial. Then she will say that the "win
dow in the spider's headquarters has
not been raised for more than twenty
years, for opening it would ruin a lot
of webs, and after that she will tell
how she gets rid of flies during sum
mer time. She drives the flies from
the other rooms into the little bed
room and closes the doort and then,
she says, she has jolly fun in staying
in the room and seeing the horde of
spiders hop out of. their holes, and
catch, torment and devour the im
prisoned flies. Once in a while a bee
or a wasp gets into the room and buzz
es around until it tumbles into a web,
and it amuses her to see how cunning
ly one of her spider pets will get
around a wasp without being touched
by its stinger.
Built. out from one of the curves of
the. room like the shelf of a bracket
there is a strong web toward which the .
old woman calls the visitor's atten
tion. A big black spider comes totter
ing out of its hiding place at the old
lady's command, and stops in the cen
ter of its web. She touches it with
the end of a knitting needle, and it
crawls around on the horizontal web
for awhile, and then goes lazily out
of sight The old woman has routed
the spider out in order to let the visi
tor see it before she begins to relate
its interesting tactics around a monster
wasp one day last summer.
When she first saw the wasp it was
lying on its back in the big black
spider's web. Its wings were fast, and
it was working its legs, moving its
head and running out its stinger in its
efforts to free itself. The spider was
sitting at a safe distance'' from the
wasp dangerous tail aad for five
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there ana calculated now it was going
to get at the wasp's vitals without run
ning foul of the sharp weapon that it
was keeniuer an eve on. After the
spider had been pondering for a good
while, it suddenly arose on its very
very
tiptoes, marched right up to the
wasp's rear, and slowly straddled over
the dangerous weapon, keeping its
body so high that the stinger couldn't
puncture it.
Still standing on its tiptoes directly
above the wasp's middle, the spider '
quickly and dexterously applied its
pinchers to the wasps throat for a '
number of times, but the coat of mail
was so hard and so tough that it was
unable to make any impression on it
Then the spider straddled off, stood
aside, and contemplated the wasp
' some more. Presently it proceeded to
walk round and round the wasp, be
ing; very careful not to como in con
tact with the wasp's sharp end. After
the spider had made a dozen circuits
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around its victim, the wasp's feet and
legs were all tied up in a hunch. It
couldn't 'wiggle them any more, and
the spider again stepped to one side
and intently gazed upon the wasp for
three or four minutes. It seemed to
be satisfied with the way it had fasten
ed the wasp's legs, and the next thing
it did was to grab the wasp by the head
and back off with it to its'hiding place
in the wall. Scranton (Pa.) Cor. Xfew
York Sun.
THE DANGEROUS DAMP CELLAR.
How It Caa Be Improved Warn Not Pos
sible to Entirely Avoid It.
Not one person in fifty realizes how
important a bearing the cellar has
upon the health of -those who live over
it The consequence is that part of
the house is generally more or less ne
glected, being either damp by reason
of ill construction, or otherwise un-
, healthy from lack of care and cleanli
ness, nere in Boston uamp cellars
are the rule, especially in certain lo
calities, and, yet, in hiring a house, if
that grave defect exists, it has com
paratively little influence so long as
the location is satisfactory. And, be
sides that, in the section in which,
considering the character of the soil,
an underground cellar is sure to be
damp, builders go on putting them
under houses just as was done half a
century ago, when, less was known of
the dangers of such defects than there
is now.
In Dorchester district, for instance,
the subsoil is clay, and it is doubtful
if any one knows to what depth that
extends. Old masons in that region
say there is scarcely a dry cellar there,
and that it is practically impossible to
make one underground which will be
dry; and still almost all new houses
.there have them under them. Of
course, where the soil is clay, one can
by a system of drainage keep a cellar
free from water, but there is no sure
way of perfectly drying it; and if it is
at all damp, then it is absolutely un
healthy, and no one can live long
over it without suffering evil conse
quences. m
The wise builder on a clay soil
makes his cellar above ground, using
exceeding care in the construction of
his foundation, being sure to have at
least two feet of solid concrete under
his floor timbers. As for drying an
old. damp cellar in a clay sou, as in
timated, the one who undertakes it is
Groin? to fall short of absolute success,
although many masons will say to the
contrary. Simply filling it up will do
no good whatever, for the filling will
soon absorb the moisture like asponge.
If one will not raise the house and
make radical changes in a cellar of
that sort, he can improve its condition
much at comparatively trifling ex
pense. "The first thing is to look to his
drain. In former times stone drains
were used almost wholly, and, al
though drain pipes have, to a great ex
tent displaced them, vet in draining
cellars the old style of drain is the
best, being' much less likely to choke
up. But in making drains of atone
our forefathers did not always show
the best judgment and build them
properly, but oftentimes they were so
imperfectly constructed they soon
filled up.
Soevery cellar drain ought to be care
fully examined and, of course, relaid,
if defective. It is next to impossible,
to make water tight an old cellar walL
which is banked up with earth; without
gorngtoconsiderahleexpenss. BeaHy,
about the only way would be to lay
an inside wall of brick, raising it about'
two feet at a time, and filling the
space with cement, "tamping" the
same in solid. But something maybe
gained by "pointing' well an old
walL
If the floor is not cemented, of
course it must be so, and besides
pitching toward the opening in the
drain it would be well to make a shal
low gutter in the cement' floor all
around the walls, the same to and in
the drain. Then any water which
came in would quickly run oflL At
the point where .it is to run into the
drain there must be a trap. These are
tbe provisions for keeping an old cel
lar clear of water. Bat they do not
insure freedom from dampness,
which, asssid before, is sure to exist
in a cellar with a clay bottom.
The best means which suggests it
self to obviate the dampness aad foal
air under these coaditkmsis to hafld a
fireplace in the cellar aad conaeet.it
vn entirety nw
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IN CHICAGO and guarantee perfect
tenng the same above the kitchen
stove. Dampers must, of coure. be
put in. There will need to be a little
tire kept iu the fire place two cords
of wood might last the year round.
By that means all the bad air would
be drawn from the cellar ap the chim
ney, and it would also be much drier.
-Boston Herald. '
PREVENTION AND CURE.
The aMartf Is
Tue question, "Does tbe plumber have
the same confidence reposed in him as
the family phyafcianF has been dis
cussed, aad some mteresnag points are
given in TheSanitary News. Thkqaee
tion, of course, relates to the prof awion
of each and not to personalities or the
character of each as men. The facts ia
the case must be presented and viewed
as they exist. The practice of medfcaae
is old, that of sanitary science compara
tively young. Preventive raediciaehas
not yet established its chum in all the
habitations of men. while the practice of
medicine the art of curing; rliicsse is
coeval with man's history. So the
plumber, as a sanitary agent, is new
compared with the physician as a healer
of disease. It is quite natural that our
confidence is more thoroughly establish
ed in an old profession than in anew
one. Besides, new ideas and new claims
for old. ideas grow nlowly into common
favor.
There are many who wfll express be
lief in a new thing tardily just because
it is new. There are tribes still existing
in which civilization has not succeeded
in replacing the ignorant sorcerer with
the intelligent and learned physician.
Houses right in our midst are built with
utter disregard for all sanitary condi
tions, and the idea of constructing a
building in conformity with even the
simplest rules of hygiene is laughed at.
Plumbing is, in many places, looked
upon as a convenience and not as a ne
cessity in the promotion of good health.
The physician has grown into an age
educated up to a proper consideration ot
his services. There are other facts to be
regarded. When people fall ill they
know it. When they axe well they do
not think of conditions apt to bring dis
ease. When they are sick they desire to
get well, or their fear of' death leads
them to secure the services of a phy
sician. When they are well they have
bo such desire or such fear. They do not
take time to think of a possibility of In
viting disease, and never take the pre
caution to have any one rentoveansani
tary conditions. In sickness the physician
is a necessity. In health the plumber is
considered a'convenience. Here is where
education is needed the kind of educa
tion that will instruct iri the principles
of good health and the means of secur
ing healthful conditions. It is one of the
duties now before plumbers, and a part
and an Important part of every sani
tarian and health officer in the country
who wishes to advance the cause of sani
tation in a material and substantial way.
The question relates most clearly and
directly to the subject of wanitatioa.
Were one to take from the physician his
medicine chest and leave him equipped
as the sanitarian he would bold the same
relation to the public ss tbe plumber
does. His counsels and advice would be
held in about the same light as the sani
tarv services of tha nkuaher maw ara.
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cine of the physician apd not so particu
larly the physician Is the main object
in
which the confidence is placed. We
would not destroy or weaken this
con-
fidence, but .we feel that if we can inany
way aid the public in pladag tbe same
confidence in tbe agencies that prevent
diseases as they do in those that cure
them we wfll be rendering them the
greatest service it is possible to give. It
is ss proper snd profitable to consult the
plumber in his capacity before disease
mskesitsappearsneeasit is to consult
the physician afterward. The oae, in
the provisos of the plumber, means tbe
Eeveation of disease, tbe other, cur
git. "Now thea, Jennie," said the sride
groom to thehride after they returned
Ironi church where theknot had just
been tied, '"how-many brothers' have
your : '
"Brothersr exclaimed the bride iri
astonishment, "you know I haveat
any brothers. I'm .the only child of
my parents."
"Oh! I know that, hot how many,
young men did you promise toaea
sister to before yoa accepted' met
Those are the brothers I warn
about"
"Well, replied the bride.
"I think I muat-have about
dosen brothers.
"All. right. Ton jas
to each of them aad tell
and sister husjnets ieaUrOafnow, as
you navegotahnslahd.' It they, want;
sisters telTthemte lookaroand among
the girls that are single. Im all the
brother yon aeeLMBostoa Courier. '
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$12.50 is worth $18.00; the nicest dress
fit or no pay.
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CripBir.
Aothinar m the condition of Soot
land today, says ExCousul Under- j
wood, is so painful to the benevolent
mm imuiubujmuv uuaervtrr us iue spec
tacle presented in Glasgow of deform
ed men, women and children. No city
in western Europe, and certainly
none in the United States, lias auy
thing like the amount of deformity
seen in Glasgow. In my dailv walks
I see hundreds of cases, and they are
almost always cases of deformed
limbs. There are wards in the hosni-
tal especially for the treatment of
A Staaai Lraml Ontaiea.
E. Bambridf Manday, Esq., Coantv
Attorney, Clay county, Tex, says: "Ha
assd Electric Bitters with most hapi
csselts. My brother also was very lo -
with aislarisl fever and jaundice, bu'
was eared by timely use of this meJi
cine. Am satisfied Electric Bitter
saved my life.
Mr. D. L Wikoxson, of Horse Ctiv
Xy., adds a like testimony, saying: II
aositivelv believes he would have die i
had it not been for Electric Bitten.
This great remedy will ward off, :
well as ears Malarial Diseases, and foi
all Kidney, liver and Stomach Disor
ders stsads aneqaaled. Price 60 cent,
and f 1 st David Dowty's drag store.
An honest man is able to speak for
himself,'when a knave is not.
Aa Ataeiate Care.
Th ORTnTVAT. AHligl'IMM ftTM.
MENT is only putap in large two-ounce
tin boxes, sad is sa absolute ear tor
old sores, bursa, wounds, chapped hands
snd all kinds of skin eruptions. Will
positively cure all kinds of piles. Ask for
the ORIGINAL ABITINE OINTMENT
Sold by Dowty k Becher st 25 cents per
box by mail 30 cents. mar7y
The EaMrakl We OU-fPaek.
Tae New Dfeeevtry.
You have heard your friends and
neighbors talking about it. Yoa may
yonrself beoaeof the many who know
from personal experience just how good
s thing it is. It yoa have ever tried it,
yon are one of its staunch friends, be
cause the wonderful thing about it is,
that whea oaee give a triaL Dr. King's
New Discovery ever after holds a place
mthehoase. If you have never used it
sad should be silicted with a cough, !
cold or any throat, lung or chest trouble
secure a bottle at once aad give itafair
triaL It is guaranteed every time, or
money refunded. Trial bottle free st
David Dowty's drug store.
He that would have fine guests let him
have a fine wife.
CeasaaiBtiea Surety Cared.
To ran EnrroK Please inform yoar
readers that I have a positive remedy
for the above named disease. By its
timely ase thousands of hopeless esses
have been permanently cared. I shall
be glad to seed two bottles of my reme
dy ntaa to say of yoar readers who have
consumption if they wfll send me their
exoi
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There are more
in the mind.
fruits in honor than
Heals.
SANTA ABIE sooths and heals tbe
tbranes of tbe throat and lungs.
when poisoned snd inflamed by dieejae.
It prevents night sweats and tightness
cross tho chest, cures colds, croup,
asthma, coughs, bronchitis, pneumonia,
whooping-cough and all other throat
i.nd lung troubles. No other medicine
1- so successful in curing nasal catarrh
. 0ALD7OBNIA CAT-R CURE. The
:iormou8 and increasing demand for
.hese standard California remedies con
firm their merits. Sold and absolutely
guaranteed by Dowty & Becher at $1 a
Three for 9150.
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Itisgaraatesd to give perfect satisfac
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