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 HEALTH. The Poise- ^-aoa shoald know somethiogcon- i^-i^ r Bulse, that true iadicator of the t- nipg*"".!..,' human body, because it scarceit **fc^l5»"V°° !te of one of its greatest controll- N w2^ *^t ^1»^ ^^' 'the heart. The pulse beats as [.nu' ' J^ iS^S'^l and only when it beats, and ^â- ^â- e neari ^^.^^^ ^^ ^j^g thumb side, ""ultmple, or just below the ankle. â-  ' hrob of the heart in health sends the r life eiving blood through the arteries, 1^ L livm' current goes to the tips of the r aSetoes. In ill health the ex- t"-l a arp cold b3Ciuse the heart is not ttenough 10 propel the blood to them. f HeathUapproachivg, the heart works r^° 1 nwre feeblv but faster and faster â-  fife ia ended, the pulse has various I " at -arious ages even in health, and r mav be reckoned as follows Infancy â-  ^l" ChiWhood »0 Youth. .^ •••• 80 \Ii.ldle Age '0 Did Age _•/»" li, ording CO an eminent physician the I !m1 puifse feels like a soft yarn under 1 'in'^ers, while the pulse of inflammation r-^p'that of a wire vibrating under the I J uick, jerking pulse that is also vari- [t is one that indicates nervousness. A Ll"e pulse is always dangerous, that is, f,,.i'=e that beats twice very close together, |\)fit making but one pulse it indicates L: debility, sometimes typhoid symp- 1 ^thready pulse, vibrating very fast rather has beating, and only slightly felt, is a very- ad nulae. It is the pulse of the dying. If je'mjlse is simply fast, it is fever if it is Ltand hard, beating like the vibration [a lightly drawn string, it is an indication i inajmmation and means danger. .5»\enty steady beats per minute is the Tera'e standard of health in middle life. [i[ above that indicates super-excitemencof he heart, and hence an exhausting of the rita! forces. â-  ivs Dr. Hall, the quicker a machine runs hei^-iter it wears out so with the body. proportion as the heart is beating over ver.ty a minute, fever is wasting the sys- rhe heart beats under ordinary cir- rnji-.Ancca, about one hundred thousand Ue? add,y under the influence of too vio- U: exercise, such as running rapidly on a Evel, or up an ascent, or up-stairs, the leiii are correspondingly increased, and "laieqiiently the wear on the system. fcnce, everj- one should be careful not to nlong exercise ot that kind. Indeed, in hiny oases, running long distances, or run- Ea; up stairs should be absolutely avoided. deration in all things is the safest, mod- v.e work, moderate exercise, moderate re:!, moderate pleasure. "" "w own: \« action,'5 ^*=*rcely8^1»«*I e v Qt. %ck. Jhair. " " Ojt |-idedatl^^ f of order, sah." I odge." ^^ «a'[| kmbers that !i.- I that he w!. '"'^«el .Brother gI^^^^ I [itbeckknowdatv J-tolebenttlJy| "'^d a vote on |o bulldoze dis Pi, h^^htsunderfc h oi disclub. I*?" I s^eona dat 'peai.J as he looked up^ ' removed the roect^l ok tne rhinestorpt â- bed the elder ThTl brick-bat wrapped* hind pocket, bit be ut something gerioa •eporters'deskitaeen^ le ceil, ng and his head One of his shoes saU Ist corner and gtruck the stomach, and the and upset CoL Pan tons, buckles, broken 3 and recipes for mik- e air and were drawn ows.andthebumpety o alarmed the grocer an out and sought to By and by a deep hush 111. Brother Gardner Ciiveadam Jones put ?ad of the pulverized ragments slowly drift- •â-  night. uld rule by law," aaid ;oyed with his specta- â- â- cts defy de law an' de t'ment should be ekal !s any one else in dis m de decishun of dii ' Communications ' " remiins of de victim om number three an' of Hoor-cloth and de t An' Gone will mate r de funeral as seems ishun. We will now de Seckretary's desk." fc. â€" s Three Bobbms- correspondent of the -A piece of interest- es me from a trust 11 be remembered tliat Merv Turcomans was the famous Moscow who sent his so-called Merv in charge of fficers in disguise. For rendered, this pioneer in Central A^ia has patent of hereditary 8 wellknown for ito and high'y coloured siatic market, and the im and his descend- bbins, indicating the to rank and fortune, iravan tricks, I am :n Afghan Turkestan rsons. This Moscow ise, and being backed with privileges over '^ay and elEewhere, of J. Last February ita aravans introduced s baziars of Herat :e Incident, shmen under all sorts :atly admired by the t of Europe, where lnglishm«n are con- relates that, in the Nice, in i'rance, an of the hotels was lling on his bed. He bell a long time, ived to answer wie le one was in diS" Engliskmr d, calmly 1 room, don't yoo doesn't faU on the Granulated Eyelids- is Shoes. :iis shoes t may lose; )oth been made tigW t and right. )mplete on feet; 3ft are sold, rn to mould. t, with men last and when re mended new-r- re mf dead too I and })(.th I in:; Icath. )Oth incline, rid to shine would you choose es 1 dl-d^iugs. "JjS lowe- the m^ in it -No one on qnite^so P«5 ite so tender^ Except mjhe^ ion. it»«'f" strongest ahoWW Wnat is granulation of. the eyes what K i;s cauf^e, symptoms and cure is it the ivi of movable lines over the sight V are :e5:ioii3 tliit are of ten asked. There is no oEMjtion between disease and the lines ntioaed. The latter are of little impor- cce. Most people may see them on look- iu^; steadily at a white wall or a cloud. !iey arc supposed to be shadows of objects ithia the eye â€" parts of its structure â€" irown on the retina, and thence projected reatly enlarged, into space. They trouble ihortsighted people more than others, but hey do uot indicate disease. iJrinulated lids area form of conjmiciivitis an inflammation of the mucous membrane khich lines the lids arid the front of the yelvills, called the conjunctiva. There are four varieties of conjunctivitis. With two of them we have, at present, no- •ag to do. The infantile, which is due to OEtagion, and may speedily result in blind- ness if not promptly treated and the diph- theritic, which occurs mainly in feeble and il! ted children, and which is a serious dis- sase, t)ut, thus far, it is not known to have appeared in this country, though German immigration may at any time brinp it here. The other two varieties are the simple and m'a'jkms. The simple is generally due (ither to some irritating substances getting »lged under the lid, or to exposure to cold. In the first case the trouble subsides on re- moval of the offending cause. In the second, i simple wash, which should be prescribed I" a physician, with rest for the eyes and protection from dust and sun, will soon re- move inflammation. neglect and aggravation from surround- wgs, it may run into the cpntaious. In the simple form the secretion is only mucous, "It it it passes into the contagious, the secretions become purulent. As 1 general thing, the contagious form is Jueto contagion from a similar case, or trom some other foul secretions in the blood. i 'injle infected.child at school may give it to many of his mates. Cases of blindness tt"e 30 resulted. A towel used in common "w often imparted it. One should never '"Pe with another's towel. The granulations are minute, swollen pro- aberances under the lid, sometimes quite "ie, sometimes large enough to give the lid ^puffed look. They strongly incline to be- ^tie purulent, and thus contagious. They .^emost common among children living in ^% ventilated rooms .1 " • ' simpleand contagiousco7i;Mncmia {, ^^^^^/eli'J'nce is on astringent washes, th» i â-  treatment of a contagious case v„ P'^y^'^aa should be promptly called. '0 ,r^^ ^;iffering from it should be allowed â- ^ "tend school. Pollution of Bain Water. sion"lt^"I^P^^'" 8*y« ^be Royal Commia- '^•«tS„^.""!ftic Water Supply of gremf " -^^ *^« recipient of vast ag.- froi;\1^*"' *»* impurity, derived part- ffom the r r'Pi'"°' °f animals, partly of fuel !J^ "^V*" °* enormous quantities *e finp ° J*,'"*^y ""m excremental dust, ^=ome snt^"^.^Vf '«^' ' dry weather, over the ?^""*^i' the air to the extent, o{ tons !^? °^ *^^^ country, of hundreds "â- isWoifA""'" *h«'« for weeks until "y^ater wV^Jl"' '^^^^ "^^" « i° re*!' ^•fty atmfwi! °*^ washed a more or less " ^xS.Jf- ^* •« ^*den with mineral 'â- ^yaudn;. "" ^ra.ma.\ and vegetable r***' conde«. '^*'°°- half -pint of rain Â¥of«r !!ff "'^t of about 3,373 cubic "' ^^t^t, inZ •!^' drinking a tumbler "" tA Sf '^^ ^hich would only gain " to tho 1 '^oioYi would only gain ^y^awauL i'^^ •" *hout eight dtys, 'li' fe^ ** °°=«- 0° the roofs of wtu'^^y si n? ""^^^^ ^hich is after aU auat, and on the fields of maanre and att •ort« of impnritiM, which it ^^iownintow^XiM, .toe«Mi «d river.. These souTM. m their tarn are liable to be further contaminated by aoakingi or infil- trations from cesspools and privies, and also on a larger scale by the lan.1 drMnage, sew a«e and refuse of towns, which flowLto onr rivers, by dead fiih and animaUand decom- posing weeds. Treatment of Whooping-Cough. The following plan of disinfection of sleep- ing and dwelling apartments and clothes is recommended by M. Mohn in the treatment of whooping cough. It is said to cure the cases immediately. The children are wash- ed and clothed in clean articles of dress, and removed to another part of the town. The bed-room and sitting-room or nursery are then hermetically sealed all the bedding, playthings, ani other articles that cannot be washed are exposed freely in the room, in which sulphur is burnt in the proportion of one ounce to the cubic yard of spice. The room remains thus charged with sulphurous acid for five hours, and is then freely venti lated. The children return the same day, and may sleep and play in the disinfected rooms. â€" The Tyranny of TJnionism. Mtyor Hewitt, of New York, who fre- quently propounds some new idea, which, moreover, is generally good, has made pub- j ?• "Sgestion which will be heartily second- ed by thousands of the quiet, sensible Amer- icans wno have succeeded in making this country what it is, in spite of the howling quacks from every clime who try to advertise themselves by attempts to interrupt its pro- "resd. Not long ago, the wife of a Knight of Labor wrote a touching letter to the editor of one of the daily papers, begging him to interfere with his great influence to prevent a strike from being ordered. Her husband she said, had steady work at satisfactory wages, and they were living comfortably, and laying up something for the next winter. If the Executive Committee of the Dis'rict Assembly should order a strike, as it was re- ported they intended to do, to show "sym- pathy" with some other deluded Assembly, or on some other pretext, he would be com- pelled to give up his work, perhaps through the busy season, and his poor family must look forward to a winter "of privation and misery. She knew by sad experience what this meant, and in the extremity of her helplessness before the might of the "colos- sal organization," she appealed to the only power that she knew to be capable of opposing it. A few days later, a member, nob of the "colossal organiza- tion," but of the class which that organiza- tion systematically hounds and persecutes, wrote to Mayor Hewitt, calling in also his aid against its unrelenting malice. The writer was a plasterer, standing, as he said, '"at the head of his profession," and with a wife and five dependent on him for the means of existence. Three years ago, being apparently, a man of considerable energy, and disposed to better his condition, he agreed to a proposition to work by the hour instead of by the day. For this violation of its principles, he was fined fifty dollars by the Plasterers' Society. It is hardly neces- sary to say that working-men with large families to support do not usually have fifty dollars about them, and he could not pay his fine. The Society thereupon com- menced the well-known persecutions by which working-men are terrified into silence and submission. A watch was set upon the delinquent and if he found^employment any- where, notice was given to his employer to discharge him, under threat of the usual penalties. After going in this way from place to place, he had an opportunity to apeak with the " walking-deleu'ate" who had come to deprive him again of his living. The delegate informed him that he had imperative orders to "knock him off' where ever he found him, but said that if he would appear before the Society leaders that even- ing he might make an arrangement with them. He went to them accordingly, and was told that by the payment of eighteen dollars and a half he might obtain a "per- mit" to work. Not having eighteen dol- lars and a half, any more than the prev- ious fifty, he could not buy a permit to earn his living, and the next morning his employer discharged him, without assign- ing any reason. Not knowing what else to do the victim of his inability to pay to the " colossal organization" the money which the organization prevented him from earn- ing appealed to the Mayor, as a " defender of the rights of American citizens," to tell him what to do next. Mr. Hewitt replied in his usual sensible way, saying that he had received many other letters of the same sort, and, while conspiracies to take away a man's business, like the one described, were illegal and indefensible, and subjected those guilty of them to the payment of damages, he understood how impracticable it was for a poor working-man to obtain damages by process of law. He suggested, therefore, that an association might be formed in New York for the purpose of defending "the rights of honest men who are refused the opportunity to earn their own living," and promised to co-operate with any citizens who might think with him that the oc- casion was one needing " prompt and earn- est action." Smoke- Mark Twain says he uaea about 300 cigars a month. Robert Buchanan thinks that tobacco is invaluable, while Tennyson's partiality for a clay pipe is well known. Nine-tenths of the journalists of New York are lovers of the weed, and the print- er's work generally ends in smoke. Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, when in broadcloth smokes six cigars a day. When in nankeen his solace is a pipe. Mr. AlUbone, the great compiler, says smoking keeps a man quiet for an hour after dinner, and is " a great thing for diges- tion-" • Women are the State Ubrarians of Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisana, Michigan, Miss- issippi and Tennessee. Lady Shopper (to susceptible clerk)- ..ffl goif I bought^ y«j^«^!.«*^j,- dav have changed color. CierKâ€" ao ^der dey schange color ven such aj^uta- Myoung lady looks at them mit dose lofe- ly. eyes." .. .. » « Smile and the world smdes with you, aava an old adage. The world is always ^g to smuTlith a f eUow providing ho Sota the biU, but a man doesn't always h^o money eAou§h to buy a drmk for bun- self and the world, too. i FEB80IAL. Sir Reginald HansoB issaid to be the fint Lord Mayor of London who has received during his administration the dwree of LL. U. from his nniveraity. Dr. OUver WendeU Holmes says hU cor- respondence is becoming so voluminous diat he 18 afraid he will have to take to using a tpye-writer, thongh he doesn't want to. Princess Dolgonriki, widow rf Cz»r Alex- ander IL, is now one of the chief leaders of Parisian society. Her receptions are noted for the high literary and artistic rank of the guests. Crown Prince Rudolphof Austria, during three days at Berozencze recently, shot with his own gun forty-seven head of roebucks, a feat unprecedented in the annals of Euro- pean sport. Prince Napoleon's younger son, who now bears the title of Count Luigi Moucalieri, has entered the Italian service as sub-lieu- tenant in the Third Regiment of Cavalry, now stationed at Verona. The late Lady Stran^ford was the chief founder of the British Hospital at Port Said, and she was on her way thither to look after its interests when she died. 1 1 has now been determined to name it " The Lady Scrang- ford Hospital." Queen Margherita of Italy attended every one of the twenty- two performances of Verdi's "Otello" at Rome, always entering the theater before the overture was begun and remaining in her seat till the last chord of the finale had been struck. John L. Mitchell, the son and principal heir of the late Alexander Mitchell, is about 39 or 40 years of age. He is short in stature and his face resembles his father's. He has a long brown beard and wears spectacles. His Scotch ancestry is apparent in his make- up. Senor Canovas Del Castillo, the Spanish Conservative leader, after thirty years of widowhood, will be married thia summer to-a lady who has been for eighteen years the acknowledged belle of Madrid society. She is enormously rich, and the Queen Re- gent will make her a Duchess. The late Thomas Stevenson, the eminent Scotch engineer, was the father of Mr. Rob- ert Louis Stevenson, the popular writer. He was the author of many valuable inven- tions, particularly relating to â-  lighthouse, but as he was engineer to the Llighthouse Commission he declined all personid profits from them. Senator Stewart of Nevada says that in- stead of cutting off the railroad passes of Senators and Representatives, as has been done by the Inter-State Commerce law, he would give them all passes and compel each man to travel at least 5,000 miles a year, in order to have them learn something about all parts of the country for which they have to legislate. Justice Harlan, of the United States Sup- reme Court, has three able and ambitious sons. One who graduated at Princeton four years airo is now a Presbj'terian minister in New Y'crk city and receives a salary of §6- 000 a year. Another son is a lawy. r in Chicago, with a rapidly increasing practice. A third will be graduated from the Columbia Law School next month. Senator Kenna of West Virginia has great resources as a' political campaigner. When he starts out on an electioneering tour he car- ries with him a violin and a photographic outfit. It is said that he has photographed during the last few years at least two-thirds of his rural constituents. In the mountain- ous districts of West Virginia a combination of camera and fiddle is simply irresistible. Mrs. Fawcett, widow of the illustrious English Postmaster General, has refused to join the woman's movement led by Mrs. Gladstone against the Crimes bill, "lam one of those," she explains, "who think that those who kill or shoot their neighbors, maim cattle, cut off the hair of girls and pour tar over their heads, ought to be pun- ished, whether they live in Ireland or in England." STOEIES or THE SUPEENATTJEAL- Two ladies and two gentlemen, of Aurora, Mo. met in a parlor the other evening and determined out of sport to hold a mock spiritualistic seance. While they were quietly sitting around a table telling ghost stories the table was seized by some unseen power and carried quickly up to the ceiling, from which it was hurled to the floor with great violence. In its fall the table struck one of the young men on the head, render- ing him unconscious. Physicians were call- ed in and the unfortunate man conveyed to his home, but he is still unconscious and is not expected to live. A Lsadville miner named Roberts, who with his partner, Daniel Don, was engaged in sinking a shaft in Sugar-Loaf Mountain, dreamed one night that the ground caved in and hurried Von and that he himself had a narrow escape from death. He related the dream to his partner, who scoffed at it. On the following night the dream was repeated with great vividness, the parents of Roberts coming to his bedside and imploring him not to enter the shaft. Von was again in- credulous when the second dream was re- lated to him, and went to work as usual,but during the afternoon Roberts came up to him persuaded him to leave the shat^ A moment later the groimd caved in with a great crash. Thomas McKee, a plain, hoiiest farmer living at Turtle Creek is very much distub- ed at the queer things that have been going on in his household recently. He is not sure indeed, that he is not undergoing the perse- cutions of an emissary from Hades. For several weeks past some unseen visitant has thrown things topsy-turvy about the house, and now has begun to terrify Mr. McKee's family with fire. At all times ol the day and in every conceivable spotit will dartf:rfch without harming in the presence of the family, and the rooms are almost constantly filled with smoke. Rotmd holes, as if made by a red hot iron, are burned in the bed clothing, in dresses hun^ up in the closets, in towels on the rack, in packages of gro- ceries in the pantry, even inhats as they hang on the hall treeâ€" and all directly before the eyes of the watchers. Mr. McKee is staunch Presbyterian, and is much worried over the matter. What is that peculiar sound I hear in the entry " asked Mrs. Hungry, the new boarder, of the landlady, Mrs. Skinem. " Oa, that's nothing but old Peg-leg, one of our boarders," replied the landla^. " The noise is the alternate striking of hM wooden leg on the stairs and the flapiHng of hw vest against bis empty stomadi.^ i mPBUAL BAHK OF COASA. Hm twdfih MiMMl-sMMml meetiiiK o( tiw tepcri- at Bank of Caoada waa ImM, in paiaoanee of tha tannaof the chartw at tha banking hooaa otthein- •titntion, I5th Juna, 18^. There were pieaent :â€" _J*T'.? ,?• HowlMKi, T. R. lI«Titt(St Catha- "i^ 'J*"**!^ T. Rjradiworth(We«toiiX Benert Jaflny, Hoa. AIk XoRis. Bev. K. B. Lawloi^ 0eoive Bobmann, W. T. Kiely, Winiam Banuay, J^ Fisk- en. Jr.; Henry PeDatt, Robert Carswell. Xinies Mason, John Smart (Port Hope), Thoinaa Walnwley, Robert Thompiion, K. Wickens, H. J. TonkooKhnet, 3. O. Hevard, O. M. Rose, R. Beaty, W. B. Hamilton, Dr. Thorburn, A. McFaU (BoltonX D. R. WUkie, etc, etc The chair waa tok»n by the Preaident, Mr. H.a Howland, and Mr. D. R. Willde was requested to act asKcietary. The Secretary, at the reqaest of the Chairman^ read the report of the directors and the statement of aflaira. EBFORT. The directors beg to submit to the shareholders the twelfth annual balance sheet and statement of p.ofits for theyear ending 31st May, 1SS7 â€" Balance at credit, on account, 30th Mav, 18S6, brought forward " 18,339 13 Profits for the year ended Slst May, liT after deducting chargesof management and interest due depositoro and makiiicr full provision for all had and doubtful debts 185,067 24 Fr~m which has been taken Di-idend No. 23, i percent. (naid 1st Ueo. 1?86) § (0,000 00 Dividend No. 24, 4 per cent. (payable l8t June.lSS").... 60,000 00 $203,406 37 Written off bank premises and furniture account 3 656 93 Carried to rest account. 50,000 00 -$120000 00 83,406 37 53,656 93 Balance of account carried forward 29,749 44 Rest Aeeount. Balance at credit of account, 30'h, May, 1886 500,000 80 Transferred from profit and loss ac- count ,$ 50,000 00 Balance of account carried forward 8 550,000 00 The p ofits for the year show an improvement over thosa of the year previous, and have enabled your Directors to place the sum of $50,000 to Rest Account in addition to paying the customary divi- dends. Appropriations have been made from Contingent Account in liijuidation of assets therein provided for. Your directors are of the opinion that the balance unappropriated is sufficient to cover all doubtful a seta. The ultimate realization of any considerable proportion of the assets at present covered by appro- priations from this account depends upon a subbtAii- rial improvement in the condition of things in the Province of Manitoba. In view of the continued development of the North- West Provinces a branch has been opened in the town of Calgary. The investments of the bank in Government, muni- cipal and other first-class debentures now amount te §1,084,515 25. The head office and branches of the bank have been carefully inspect-d, and your directors have much pleasure in expressing their satisfaction at the man- ner in whi h the officers of the bank have performed their respective duties. H. S. Ho\»-LAXD, President. GENERAL STATEMENT, 31st May, 1887. LIABILITIES. 1. Notes of the bank in circulation S1,05S,133 00 2. Deposits bearing interest (including interest accrued to date) 3,580,500 08 3. Deposits not- bearing interest 1,083,436 03 4. Due to other banks in Canada. ..... 2,532 60 5. Due to agents in United Kingdom. 244,373 78 Totalliabilities to the public $5,967,975 49 6. Capita] stock puil up. 1,500,000 00 7. Rest account 550,000 00 8. Contingent account. 33,024 13 9. Dividend No. 24, payable 1st June, 1887 (4 per cent.) 60,000 00 0. Former dividends unpaid 1,100 61 1. Balance of profit and loss account carried forwatd. 29,749 44 S8, 141,849 67 A8SKTS. j0ld and oilver coin current 235,477 65 Dominion Government notes 492,819 00 Notes and cheques on other banks. 167,717 60 Balance due from other banks in Canada 187,728 89 Balance due from agents in foreign countries, 86,352 27 Dominion of Canada debentures. $356,458 05 Province of Ontario SecuriHes 139,477 61 Municipal and other debentures 588,579 59 1,084,515 25 Total assets immediately available .§2,254,610 66 9. Loansoncall ' 162,73915 10. Loans, discounts or advances on current account to municipal and other corporations 600,822 16 11. Other current loans, discounts and advances to the public 4.731,885 09 1-2. Notes discounted over due, secured 52,733 57 13. Notes discounted over due, unse- cured 35,69094 (Estimated loss provided for.) 14. Real estate, the property of the bank (othtr than bank premises).. 61,955 01 15. Mortgages on real estate sold by the bank (all bearing interest) 35,770 35 16. Bank premises, including safes, vaults and office furniture, at head offices and branches 145,269 49 17. Other assets, not included under foregoing heads A 60,373 25 ;?8,141,849 67 D. B. WiLKIE. ' Cashier. The report was adopted. The usual votes of thanks were passed to the presi- dent and directors, also to the cashier and other offi- cers, for their attention and zeal in promoting the in- terests of the bank. The ballot was then taken for the election of direc- tors, which resulted in the election of the following shareholders, viz. :â€" Messrs. H. S. Howland, T. R. Merritt, Wm. Ramsay, P. Hughes, T. B. Wadsworth, Hon. Alex. Morris, Robert Jiffray. At a subsequent meeting of the directors Mr. Henry S Howland was elected President and Mr. Thomas R. Merritt, \ace-PreBident, for the ensuing year. m â€" Clover. BT KORA LAUGHER. A pretty blue eyed, nut brown maid Waa roaming 'neatfa the pleasant shade Of some tall trees near to Dover While underneath aer little feet, Luxuriantiy pure and sweet Grew blodioma of fragrant clover. Thas maiden, too, I have been told, Had read the mystic legend old Of finding the leafy rover So shyly looking all around She quickly knelt upon the ground To seek (or the four-leafed clover. By chance there came, t- o, on that day A youth, so brave, gailan^ and gay, Ideal of a maiden's lover And unto her he thus did say: " My pretty maid I I've lost my way AU amongst this sweet, white clover.' Then o'er the maiden's cheek there came A red, red blush of joy and shame, And she sought her face to cover For in her hand exposed to view She held the symbol old and true, The magical four-leafed clover. " Fair maiden, too, I've lost my heart. For now I feel Cupid's keen dart Is piercing my soul all over Having loat my heart and lost my way Take pity on me now, I pray Tls fate, by the tour-leafed clover 1" The damsel did not say him nay. So two fond hearts wended their way To the ancient tewn of Dover "" And the glad day when they were wed 'T 'sbe wore upon her gloesy head A wreath of the pure white clover. When swift okl Time was on tte wing And long had ceased the merry ring Of the wedding bells ot Dover, He said in tones so bright and gay X Dear wife, I always ueas the a» When we met amid the dover." Tka Freodi War ][iaiit«r. • General Ferron, the aew French Minister of War, is not a hero of the Franoo-Pmsriaa combat. He is an officer of the corps of engineers, in whidi he has pent all Ids life, and being stationed in New Caledonia whea the war broke out, was nnaUe to reach France in time to take part in it. He is aged, has a bald head, is greatly stooped. Is formal and punctilious to uie highest di^;ree, and in every way is the exact opposite of Gen. Bonlanger. It is universally agreed that the elevated conduct of the deposed Minister at a critical moment, when by ap- pearing at the military fete at the Grand Opera on Tuesday night he might have created the greatest trouble, has raised him. in public rateem. Happy Homes. Much has been written and said about how to make home happy. The moralist smd the preacher have hac^eyed this theme until it would seem nothing more remained to be said. But the philosophers have gone far out of their way to accoimt for the pre- valence of -ill-assorted couples and unhappy homes, and have over-looked the chief cause. Most of the unhappiness of married life can be traced directly to those function- al derangements to which women are sub- ject. In nine cases out of ten the irritable, (dissatisfied and unhappy wife is a sufferer from some " female complaint." A trial of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will pro- duce more domestic happiness than a mil- lion sermons or philosophical treatises. It cures all those peculiar weaknesses and ail- ments incident to women. It is the only medicine sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction in every case, or money will be refunded. See guarantee printed on wrapper enclosing bottle. Velvet is used either plain or in soft, irregular folds on the brims of round hats. Its thousands of cures are the best adver- tisement for Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. In the way of studs the same designs as shown for ladies as for gentlemen. ' Han wants but little here below, But wants that little strong. 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