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'Honlyonotliii.^ wanting now,lrnoM dvav. to wako onv little honseiwrfwt," Huitl Winifrwl Moretou, an sheohiug coaxiugly to her jouug huHlxroarm; H und that is a oongei*vatory—awe© consul vutory to keop tia in flowersall the year round. Look here, in thiscorner now, there are roally three sidesof it ready built; we should only wanta front aud A roof, aud that old door wotook from bntwj&Qn tho lowor rooms andtho shelves in aide."

*' And the apparatus to warm it, andthe plants to stock it/' added Arnold,with a smile.

"Oh, as for.thofu, my friond, Mm.Wodelionsc, has promised to send memost o f hers; she is goiilg abroadshortly, ana doesn't earn about them,she says; and she appears autious tliatI should have them."

" So—so yon are jealous of \ oar dearfriend's conservatory, is that it? Yonforgot, little woman, that tUe Wode-houftes are rich folks, while you bavobeen foolinh enough to marry a pooryoung fellow in a government ofllee.However, have your conservatory, myVVinuie, only dou't bo extravagant aboutit."

A month later the conservatory isfinished, and Winnie is superintendingthe arrangement of a cargo of fine plantsjust sent by Mrs. Wololionse. All haveas usual a label aflUed to a little peg attho side of tho pot, on which thebotanical niuuo of tho flower is written;but sho suddenly observes that this, inthe case of the fiuost plant, is not alabel morely, but a carefully-folded andscaled note diroctod to herself,

Hhe opens it, and her bine eyes growfirst rouncl with astonishment thenmoist with pit/ as she reads. Finallyshe sits down among the flower pots,and looks at t\iem as they stand justwhere the men havo left them, and thereis a sort of superstitions awe depictedon hor face, as if sho fears lest thearrival of these pots of flowers is alsothe arrival of a great misery in hernome. All her pleasure, her almostinfantine delight over tho new conserv-atory is gone; it seems to have passedA way as rapidly as the short exclamationof joy with which she lias hailed theadvent of these floral treasures. In herhand she still holds tho note containingtho cloud which, wreatliing itself abouther mi ml, is already fetginning to dimthe clear horizon of Winifred Moreton'sbright young life. Hhe is reading itonce again With much intontuoss, whenshe hears hor husband open tho onterdoor with a latch-key. She thrnsts itinto her pocket with hurried eagerneiBe,and then strives, but rather vainly, tocompose her face into an appeal ance ofcreditable tranquillity. The first secretIIAA sprung up between her and Arnold,mil the keeping of it then and in thefuture will prove a heavy tax on Wini-'Ycd's candid nature.

He cannot avoid noticing that squic-thing is amiRA, and exclaitnR :

"Why, little wife, how grave yon lookover your new toy ! You have got youiconservatory; you have some lovelvflowers to put in it—wry kind of Mrs.Wodehonse to send them—aud utill youlook an if y6u had somo heavy care onyour mind. What is the matter, mydear Winnie?"

"Please, Arnold, let mo send for oldRoffey, tho carpenter, to put up someshnttera and a bar across here, and aoonple of bolts to the floor."

11 Foolish Winnie, do yon think youTplants so very precious that all theburglars in town will be aftor them?However, have your way. Send for thatold carpenter with a face like a batteredhalfpenny, and make your, floral treas-ures quite secure. Meanwhile, porhapsyon will treat me to a smilo and a kiss."

Days passed into weeks, and the con-servatory was never out of Winifred'sthoughts. Her plaything had becomeher beie noirn, nor could all the caro andsolicitude of hor husband, whom sholoved to adoration, lay the ghost whichseemed to be wandering about horheart.

Arnold had some thoughts of sendingfor a physician, as he positively was be-ginning to fear that Winifred had somemental disease, which was developinginto a phase which he was pleased tocull " plantomania," and not a little dc-lightad was he to receive a telegramfrom his brother-in-law, who had beentor some time absent, saying that " heirt coming home as fast as ship and rail-.vay can bring him, ami that ho may be3*pocted any day."

" He will perhaps be able to throw*>me light," lie thinks, " on thia extra-ordinary infatuation of Winnie's, not>tity for watching and tending horplants, but for locking them np andchinking about them ooasclessly."

Bnt Oaptain Verschoyle is not moretble to account for his sister's peculiarmania than is her perplexed husband,tnd after many conversations betweenthem on tho subject and much confabu-lation they agree to consult the familyloctor. Dr. Jonos, however, laughs attheir surmises and pooh-poohs theirtear*. •

11 He has known Winnie since she was4 baby; he'll guarantee his reputationthat there in nothing mad about her."

So he says; but when he comes to seeher, at her husband's suggestion, thepained, anxious expression of her faoe,onoe so bright and smiling, the restraintof her manner, once so lively andgory, staggers even the belief of thefaithful old Hippocrates. What can itpossibly mean ?

" Look here, Mrs. Winifred"—he hadalways called her Mrs. Winifred sincedie married—(< look here,Mrs. Winifred,[believe the odor of these flowers ismaking, you look thin and wan. I shalltell your husband to have them allcarried away and that little ugly couserv-Uory pulled down."

•• No, Dr. Jonon, no. I wish to heaventhat it had never been bnilL bnt to takeit down would be worse than death totne.M

"I do not understand," *aid ho,watching her keenly as he spoke.

" No, perhaps not; bnt plants aresuch a worry; they always die when youwant thorn to flower. . I am very sorryI asked for them, I was so muchhappier before I had them."'The doctor was nonplussed and bogon

tp think, with her husband and brother,that the worry these flowers occasionedtier must be the result of a weak mind.

To his repeated suggestion, however,that if they wore troublesome to her thowiser course would be to get rid of them,nhe persistently offered the most deter-mined opposition.

Altogether, Winifred's conservatorywas a puzzle to these three men's heads,the like of which they had neverpreviously been called on to solve. Shewas perfectly sane, perfectly coherent,porfeotly wise on every subjoot, exceptabout these carefully-tended, plants.What course, then, remained to thosewho were interested in her, save toimagine she was afflicted with mono-mania?

In the first week in May there was anplend#id ball given by Lady Qliv'uFarnham. The Morotons were there;aud Winifred, in a pale pink cre|>e,which Arnold had insisted on orderingfrom. Paris for the occasion, was surrounded by admirers^ in fact, she wason the straight path for becoming afashionable beauty—a state of affairs towhich Arnold would especially haveobjected, had he not been in the frameof mind to hail with joy any event whichwould make Winnie forget to devoteherself to that hateful conservatory.She seemed to be enjoying herself tothe very utmost; and Arnold felt quinthappy.

While she was standing talking to adistinguished French diplomat thecolor suddenly forsook her cheeks, andshe looked as if she iras going to faint.Arnold, who had been watching her ata little distance, was at her side in umoment.

"My dearest Winnie, what is thomutter ?" he exclaimed.

"Oh, Arnold, the Wodehousefl—howdreadful 1"

He looked round, but he saw no one;heard nothing that could givo him anyclow to her meaning.

" Would you. Hko to go homo ?" hoisked.

"Yes, please."He took her downstairs and called

for the carriage. It was not till theywero seated in it that she told him thatwhile she was talking to M. de Morinau,sho overheard, from a conversation thaiwas going on behind her, that Mr.Wodehouse was locked up in a Frenchprison for somo bubble-share transac-tions in which he had been concernedm connection with a -South Americanrailway, and that Mrs. Wodehouse WASdead.

Arnold Morton was not on unfeelingman, and- he was truly sorry for thisheavy aflliotion which had fallen on thoFamily of his old frionfls. Still hecould not be brought to understandwhy Winifred should be so desperatelyupset by it; for no sooner bad she beenroleosed from her finory by her maidthan she threw herself on her sofa, sob-ting convulsively, and by turns rejoic-

ing and lamenting over what had hap-pened. Arnold grew angry for the firsttime in his life, really angry with hisiitlo wife.

Dr. Jones had more than once recom-mended a certain amount of discreetwrath ; for the first time, to-night hefelt inclined to follow his advice.

Ho represented to Winifred that showas by no means fulfilling the missionhat either lovex»r duty imposed,wound-ing her eensitiveness, too, not a littleby telling her that, while he did every-hing he could to give her pleasure, shecorned to take a . tacit delight in re-

ceiving all his advances with indif-ference—nay, almost with contempt.

His words went like a sharp daggerinto poor Winnie's heart; but still she of-fered no word of explanation; only after,i while she raised her tear-stained fa cofrom the sofa cushion on which she hudhidden it, and looked at Arnold withhor large, swolleu eyes.

"Oue more favor, Nearest. I know Ido not deservtMfc: but you will grant meone more, will you ndt?'

" What is it, my love ? You know Ishall l>c delighted to give you anythingin reason that will make you happy."

" Send for Blanche Wodehouse and lether come and stay with us."

Arnold's brow contracted into a frown,ft was not that he objected to BlancheWodeliouse coming to stay with thorn,but that he was totally at a loss to con-jecture what the affinity was that exist-ed between his young wifo and thesepeople, even to the extent of renderingher unfit for all her home duties. She'su w his hesitation, almost amounting todispleasure, and threw herself into hisarms with a sudden outburst of affec-tion.

" Arnold, dear,-grant me this request- do, there's a darling Arnold—-if youdon't I shall be compelled to go off tothe continent myself, in search ofBlanche 1"

" Yon, Winifred! You must be quitemad 1"

" Oh, no, I am not in the least mad,only I have a terrible secret to keep,and the keeping of it nearly sends memad, Arnold dear. Oh, how I wish Icould tell you all about it f

"A secret in connection with theWodehouses T

"Yes; and yon will Jet Blanche comewill y(fti not V

" I do not object to your havingBlanche Wodehouse to stay for a littlewhile, if Ler coming is at all likely toremove the incubus which has lain overyou of late."

"It will, indeed it will; at least Ihope so. Ob, you dear, darling old pet,you are much kinder tp your little wifethan she deserves, though she is notHtich a bad little woman as I know yonliftvo been thinking her of late."

"Now let us to bed," he said, "oryou will look so jaded to morrow youwill no longer merit the name of mypretty Winnie."

.To be .1 for AruoMMoreton was not tovtleep. He was parplexed beyond every-thing to imagine what this extraordinarysecret could be which had so changedWiinie. That the flowers in that conscrvatory had something to do with it hefelt sure; bnt turn the matter in hismiud how he might he could makenothing of i t ; and after thinking it overiu all its varied phases for hours he de-cided that it was perhaps as well he hadjfiven permission for an invitation to besont to Blanche Wodehonse, since herpresence iu the house might throw somelight on the matter.

At last Mr. Moreton fell asleep, toawake ufter a whilo with the sort ofnightmarish conviction that some onehod arrived, and that this some one wasMiss Blanche Wodehouse. It was 8o'clock, and the sun was streaminggladly into the room. He was not dream-ing then, and it was actually the voiceof the butler outside the door, inform-ing him that a young lady in deepmourning had arrived irom abroad andwanted to see Mrs. Moreton immedi-ately. Of course it was Blanche Wodo-honsc, and of course Winnie, in herdressing-gown, rushed off withoutfurther delay to receive her; and '* mostextraordinary," muttered Arnojkl, as hepeeped over the staircase to see themmeet, " they have actually gone into theconservatory and locked the door." Hewent into his dressing-room to performhis morning toilet with a sort of desper-ate resolution to give up attempts atguessing the very difficult conundrumthat bad been presented to him. He didnot hurry himself in the least; havingresolved to give the matter up, hewrapped himself in a sort of gloomyreoiguation.

Quite an hour later, when he cameout of his room, thinking that if possible lie would got a little breakfast andgo straight to bis office out of tbo way,ho.met Winnie at the door. She haddressed very quickly, and appeared inthe freshest and prettiest of morningdrosses, a glad smile on her lovely face,an open letter in her hand.

"Oh, you great, dear, naughty Ar-nold, you look as grave as if you hodthe weight of tho whole world on yourshoulders!"

The cloud partly passed from his browwhen he* saw the changed look on herface, and he held out his hand for theletter.

It was the same that had been attach-od to the largest of Mrs. Wodehonso'sflower-pots. With no small astonish-ment Arnold read as follows:

" Forgive me, my dearest friend, forthe subterfuge to which I am compelledto have recourse; for the trrist and re-sponsibility with which, without evendaring previously to ask permission, I

about to burden you. Sooner orlater yon must know the sad secret ofmy life; my husband is a confirmed anddesperate gambler. This fatal passionhas gradually mede our whole life onemiserable acted lie. It was necessaryto keep np appearances in order to avoidsuspicion and retain his business creditThe more deeply we sank in debt, themore wildly he sought to rctriove hisfortunes at the gaming-table. Heavenonly knows how soon and desperatelythis may end. My own little fortune,which by the culpable carelessness ofmy guardian was left in his power, hasbeen dissipated. The only thing leftfor me and my poor daughter when thecrash comes, as come it must, is thohandsome parure of diamonds I inherit-ed from my mother. These are indeed,by every right, my own, but #seady myinfatuated husband has his eye on them,and I dread lest any moment they maybe gambled away. For my child's sake,I entreat yon, help me to save them.They may some day realize a sum whichto her will be invaluable. Deep downin the mold of the flower-pots you willfind them buried. There, for the pres-ent, let them.remain; keep them till aday comes when I or my daughter mayreclaim them. Do not betray my secreteven to your husband. I trust entirelyto your goodness and .your loyalty.Your unhappy friend,

" M\MAN WODKHOUSE."

"So," exclaimed Arnold, putting hisarm round his wife, " this is the terri-ble secret, little woman, which has beenwearing your life away. I do not feelobliged to Mrs. Wodehouse for not let-ting you confide in me."

" Oh, Arnold dear, poor Mrs. Wodo-house, she is dead."

He shrugged his shoulders and fol-lowed Winnie downstairs into the con-servatory, where they found Blanche, arather sad-looking, tearful beauty ofseventeen, whom Winnie's brother,Oaptain Verschoyle, was not altogetherquite unsuccessfully seeking to consoleas they stood together taking the plantsout of the flower-pots and shaking thodiamonds from their roots.

Arnold looked at Winnie and smiledas he saw the picture; perhaps he had avision of a matrimonial pendant. Aew minutes later they all four went

dowu to breakfast together, Blanche'*dot lying before them in lustrousboauty on the white cloth.

Mr. Moreton being a busy man, Oap-ain Verschoyle undertook the sale of

the diamonds; but * though he wasbrays on t^e point of olinching a good

offer somehow or other he never quiteachieved it, and already Blanche Wode-house had been nearly a month underhe Moreton'fl hospitable roof, when she

nuhed Into Winnie's oonserratorj onemorning—now, since the finding of thediamonds, beoome onoe more the youngwife's plaything—and threw herself intoheir arms.

" Oh, Winifred, he has asked me tomany him, and says I am not to sellthe diamonds after all, as he has quiteenough money for us both.*'

"My dear Blanche, X am so veryglad. You will make the sweetest,dearest little sister-in-law. Only fancya marriage arising out of my building aconservatory, and then having, as Dr.Jones says, ' diamonds on the brain t

How the Esquimaux Dress,In the fur of the reindeer nature has

provided the best pomible protectionfrom the cold with the least amount oiweight to the wearer. It might be posftible to cover one's self with a sufficientquantity of woolen clothing to guardagainst tho widest weather of theNorth, but it would require a man otimmense muscular power to sustain- theload. • Two suits of reindeer clothing,weighing in all about five pounds, arequite ample for any seaaou and are wornin the coldest weather, At other timesone suit is all that is necessary. Theinner coat is made of the skin of thereindeer killed in the early summerwhen tho hair is short and as soft anvelvet, and is worn with the hairy sidenett to the bare sjcin. It is at first dim-cult for oue to persuade himself that hewill be warmer without his woolen un-dershirtB than with them, but he is notlong in acquiring the knowledge of thisfact from experience. The trousers aremade of the some material, as are alsothe stockings that complete his innerattire, or, so to speak, his suit of uuderclothing. This inner suit—with theaddition of a pair of seal or reindeerskin slippers with the hair outside auda pair of sealskin boots from which thehair has been removed, with solus ofwalrus or okejook skin and drawingstrings whioh fasten thorn just belowthe knee—comprises his spring, sum-mer and fall costume. The boots havealso an additional string passing throughloops dn tho side, over the instep andbehind the heel, which makes them fitcomfortably to the ankle.

In winter sealskin is entirely discarded by the native Esquimaux as toocold, and boots of reindeer skin, calledmit-co-lee-lee', from the leg of the ani-mal, ore substituted, and snow-shoes ofthe same sort of skin, with the hair inside, and a false sole of skin from' thoface* of the buck, with the hair outside,complete the covering of his feet. Thishairy sole not only deadens the soundof his footsteps upon the hard snow, butmakes his feet much warmer, as it hasthe same effect as if ho were walkingupon a carpet of furs instead of uponthe naked snow. In cold or windyweather, whon out of doors, the nativeputs on another coat called a koo' -loo-tar, which 19 made of skin with heavierfur from the animal killed in tho full.

The Winter skins with the heaviestand longest fur ore seldom used forclothing if a sumoiont supply of the falland summer skins has been secured.They are principally used for makingwhat might be called the 'mattress ofthe bed. Sometimes, however, in theseverest weather, a coat made of theheavy skin is worn when the hunterhas to sit by a seal's blow hole for hoursat a time, without the least motion,waiting for tho animal to come up andblow. In cold weather, when out oidoors, he also wears an outside pair oftrousers, called seoMor-par, whioh areworn with the hair outside (all trousersare called kok'-e-loo, the outside see'-ler-par and the inside ones e'-loo-par). Theinside coat is called an ar-tee'-gee, andis made like a sock with a tail attachedand a hood, which can be pulled up overthe head at pleasure. The kok'-e-lee areboth mado with a drawing string at thotvaist, and only roach a short distancebelow tho knoe. They arc very wi<Jothere, so that when the wearer sits downhis bare knee ia exposed. This is not asdisagreeable to the wearer, even in thatclimate, as one would naturally suppose,but is really more unpleasant for thespectator, for he not only sees the bareknee but the film of dirt that encasesit. The coatH are veiy loose also, andexpose the bare skin of the stomachwhen the wearer reaches hia hands abovehis head.

The coats of women differ from thoseof men only in having a short tail infront and a much longer one behind.They also have a loose bag on eachshoulder and the hood is much longerthan the men wear. The women's out-side coabLore always made of the shorthair, the^Ume as are their ar-tee'-gee.Their trousers reach further below thoknee, fit closer to the leg, and areworn with the hair side out. Womennever wear but one pair in any weather.Their stockings and boots are modewith a sort of wing extension at theankle and coming up over the bottomof (he trousers have a long strip, bywhich they ore fastened to the beltthat also sustains their trousers at thewaist. *

To secure the necessary amount ofskins for his family taxes the skill ofthe best hunter, for they must besecured in the summer and fall. Eachadult requires six skins lor his outfit,besides the number- for the bedding.Take, then, on average family of ahunter, two wives and three children,and he must have for the adultseighteen skins, eleven for the children,three for his blanket—one blanket isenough for the- entire family to sleepunder-—and about five for the mattress—a total of thirty-seven skins. This ismore than many of them can secureduring the short season of good fur,but others may kill many more, nowthat they are supplied with fire arms,and those who have a surplus willalways supply the aettial needs of themore unfortunate; bat often muchsuffering occurs before their wants aremet.—.MHO Terk Herald.

—Constipation invariably follows Liv-er Complaint; but it is caaily overcomebvthe timely use of Baxter's Mandrake

itters. DynpepeiA atari read! I v yields to:h{ft*potent remedy. ' ' Mny, i

fifiarinf aa Alligator.A correspondent who has been fishing

In the Florida waters tells in Formt andStream of his adventure in snaring analligator. "We procured," he said,"a strong seven-eighths manik rope,forty* feet long, a small halter chain(twisted links) eight foet long, and apiece of weU-seasonod hickory. Thelatter was out to a length of eightinches, leaving the diameter one and ahalf inohes,and was sharpened each end.At the center wo girded it with a quarter-inoh groove, leaving the diameterstill one inch. The stick of wood wesecurely fastened to the link. To Iheother end of the chain our rope wasfastened. Oar snare had now the ap-peannce of a capital T with the uprightstroke very much elongated. We nowprocured a ten-pound chunk of beef,into which wo securely fastened thepiece of hickory, and then bringing oneend of the stick parallel with tho.chainwe fastened it there with a bit ofyarn. Repairing to the * reserve' weselected a spot, secured our rope to a pinetree growing near its edge, and then bythe aid of a canoe we earned the baitout as far as the rope would permit Tonsure the floating of the bait near the

surface oi the water, we laid the ropeacross a five-foot strip of plank. Every-thing completed we retired to await de-velopments. Early next morningwere at the reserve, and there, sureenough, we had a 'gator fast, and judg-ing from the muddy condition of thewater he was a whopper, and had beenthere some time. The rope was movingin the water in quite a rapid manner,and without unfastening it we made apull with all our strength, but we mightas well have tried to lift an elephant bytho tuil. Aftor much talk it was sug-guntod and agreed to that we make useoi a small wagon and a pair of mulesbolouging to the party. I went for theteam, and in my haste did not take timeto put the body on the wagon, ithaving been removed for thepurpose of hauling wood. Hastilythrowing a plank across the bolsters, 1seated myaelt ana drove over to wherethe party awaited me. The rope hadbeen secured by a slip—low, withoutpassing it around the tree, so wo hadonly to fasteii the loose end to the hindaxle and drive away, and thus slip, theknot and make a pull on the 'gator.After securely fastening the rope to theaxle, I seated myself on the plank andgave the mules the slack. The muleswere young and hardly broken tc har-ness, an<] had repeatedly run away, en-dangering our lives on more than oneoccasion; but we had not thought ofthis in our excitement For a momentafter starting the team there was astrain on the rope, and then out camethe huge monster, covered with mudand In <lnng the water into foam with histail, 11IO noise he made resembling toso'uc extent the beatings of a huge pro-peJ lor. The mule* both looked around,and as they did so the monster gave aroar that made the very earth trcmbio. The team, alligator and yourhumble-servant, started for homo. Thedistance was about two miles, and Ithink if Barns had seen us he wouklhave left the track with a broken heartThe mules left the road—in fact, madea new one without tho aid of a surveyor—and that alligator bounded in the airas he never bounded before. Now andthen he would rap against a tree, buthe scarcely touched the (round, and Ihad serious fears for awhile that, in hisanxiety to go ahead, he might put a headon me; however, we reached home atlast, and the mules, completely winded,stopped of their own accord. When wecame to sum up we found all the "run"taken out of the mules, one tire gone,three spokes in another wheel broken—iu fact, the wagon a wreck. My suit oiclothes was torn to rags, and my personbruised, torn and bleeding by the ter-rible whipping of the trees and bushesover which we had passed. A fourteen-foot alligator with every bone brokenwas almost skinnedr by his constantbanging against the trees."

« * ^ ^ :_Handling duns,

A sportsman, who thought himselfvery careful in handling firearms, tellsof an accident which made him enter-tain a more humble opinion of histhouglitfulness. He writes to Forest andStream as follows: A person may becareful in a groat many points, but hegenerally has a weak point somewhere,and I did not .prove myself i o be anexception to what I believe to be as arole.

One day in the spring I had been outhunting for half a day without success,and was going home when I met a teamthat was taking a party to a lake to fish.

I made up my mind to accompanythem and see if I couldn't filfti a fewducks, and so laid my gun in behind theseats and then sat on top of it.

Now, it never occurred to me that thegun was in danger of going off duringthat entire ride, but if it had the onlydamage would be no end-board in thebuggy, so we will leave that "weak-point " and pass on. When we arrivedat our destination I jumped out andreached for my gun. •

I raised the gun up with the muzzlepointed sideways, and thought it wascoming out properly, but one of thetriggers struck the end-board and threwthe gun around, pointing it at my head,or nearly so.

The gun was discharged, and thecharge of shot passed under the rim ofmy hat, one shot grazing jny cheek;,taking off a little skin. The barrelwas within a few inches of my ear atthe time of the discharge, and you mayimagine how much I could hear withthat ear for. the remainder of that, day.

If anybody would have toldjae beforethat event took place that such a thingoould happen to me, I should havethought him very presuming and foolish.And so ft is with a groat many others;they are careless, and only realize theact too late that they are only human

and are apt to forget themselves.— »

—Down's Elixir will cure all lung dis-eases. The best medicine known forwhooping coughs. .

THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

Sick-headache can often be greatlyrelieved, and sometimes entirely cured,by the application of a mustard plasterat the base of the neck. The plastershould not be kept on more thanquarter of .an hour.

Bleeding at the nose can be stoppedby rigorous action of the jaws, as if inprogress of mastication. In the case ofa child a wad cf paper should be placedin the mouth and the child instructedto chew hard. It is the motion of thejaws that stops the flow of blood.

An exchange says: That painful offliotion, a felon, can readily be prevent-ed by moistening the finger with thetincture of lobelia in the early stagesof the attack. If allowed to progresstoo far before the remedy is applied itwill have no effect. If it cannot beconveniently obtained, rock salt pul-verized, after being dried in an ovenand mixed with an equal part of turpen-tine and applied frequently, will destroya felon in twenty-four hours.

The following is said to be a "cure forhydrophobia: Take two tablespoonfalsof fresh chloride of lime, mix it withone-half pint of water, and with thiswash keep the wound constantly bathedand frequently renewed. The chloridegas possesses the power of decomposingt he tremendous poison, and renders mildand harmless that venom against whoseresistless attack the artillery of medicalscience has been so long directed invain. It is necessary to odd that thiawash must be applied as BOOH assible after the infliction of the bite.

For neuralgia in the face or other acutesuffering elsewhere, the followingremedy has been tried with good effect:Out a thick slice of bread all across theloai—freah bread is best. Book one

•side tor a minute in boiling water, andjapidly sprinkle cayenne pepper overthe hot side. Apply while still smokinghot to the painful surface. The broadretains the heat long enough for thecayenne to begin to act, and cayennedoes not affect delicate skins as mustarddoes. It acts as a rubefacicnt, but notA blister. Another excellent remedyfur congestion from cold is to apply aI oultice of flarseed meal and cay en nopepper. By keeping a bit of oil silk oothe outside of the poultice cloth it willretain both heat and moislnro for along time.

DntiiH of Cabinet Officers.The secretary of the treasury ha*

charge of the national finances. Htdigests and prepares plans for theimprovement and management of therevenne and support of the public credit.He Biix>criu lends the collection of th<revenue and prescribes the* forms okeeping and rendering all publicaccounts and making returns; grantsall Warrants for money to be issuedfrom the treasury, in pursuance, oivppropriations by law; makes report*,and givo information to either branchof Congress, as may be required,respecting all matters referred to himby the Senator House of Representstives, and generally performs oil sncl-services relative to the finances as he ifdirected to perform; controls thterection of public buildings, the coinageand printing of money, the collectici.of commercial statistics, the marinehospitals, the revenue-gutter service, thelife-saving service. Under his superin-tendence the lighthouse board discharges the duties relative to tho con-struction, illumination, inspection andsuperintendence of lighthouses, lightvessels, beacons, buoys, sea-marks, andtheir appendages; makes provision foithe payment of public debt undeienactments of Congress, and publishesstatement* concerning it, and submit*to Congress at the commencement oieach session estimates of the probablereceipts and of the required expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year.

The secretary of war performs suchduties as the President, who is the com-mander in-chief, may enjoin upon him,concerning the military service, and hasthe superintendence of the purchase otarmy supplies, transportation, etc

The secretary of the navy has thegeneral superintendence of construction,manning, armament, equipment andemployment of vessels of war.

Tho secretary of the interior ischarged with tho supervision of publicbusiness relating to patents for inven-tions, pensions and bounty lands, thepublic lands, including mines, the Ijidians, the census, when directed by law,the custody and distribution of publicdocuments, and certain hospitals andeleemosynary institutions in the Districtof Columbia. He also exercises certainpowers and duties in relation to theTerritories.

The poetmaster-general has the direc-tion and management of the postofficedepartment He appoints all officersand employes of Che department, exceptthe three assistant postmasters-genera],who ore appointed by the President, byand with the consent of the Senate ; ap-points all postmasters whoso compensa-tion does not exceed $1,000; makespostal treaties with foreign governments,by and with the consent of the Presi-dent; awards and executes contracts,and directs the management of the do-mestic and foreign moil service.

Tho attorney-general is the head oithe department of justice and the chieflaw-officer of the government; he rep*resents the United States in matters in-volving legal questions; he gives hisadvice and opinions on questions of lawwhen they ore required by the President,or by tho heads of the other executivedepartments, on questions of law arisingupon the administration of their respect-ive departments; he exercises a generalsuperintendency and discretion overUnited States attorneys and marshals olthe States and Territories; and he provides special counsel for the UnitedStates whenever required by any department of the government. Recently wogave a statement of the secretary ofstate. In regard to questions of pojicvand matters of importance they consultthe President, and are often consultedby him.—Chicago Intor-0<*an.

TOPICS <V 1KB P / t .

As soon as the new wing of the statedepartment is ready for occupancy it isthe intention of the President to removethe executive offices there anS makethe White House a residence rather thanan office. A Washington paper aeserUthat the White House needs thoroughrenovating and repairing to make Hfairly iiabitable, as all of the improve-ments that have been made upon Afrom time to time have been of a make-shift character.

American firms are now eapged inbuilding various lines ol railway inMexico, undoing them thf M^f^f) Na-tional railroad, the main line of whiohwill extend from the city of Mexico toLaredo, on the Texas boundary. Therewill also be a branch fromto the oapiteL Twenty-five parties ofAmerican engineers are employed onthese works, and two hundred locomo-tives have been ordered, some of whichhave arrived in Mexico. The governorof Chihuahua has stationed five hundredtroops at £1 Paso, with the view ofkeeping order, as the army of railroadbuilders advance.

The Chinese Six Companies of SanFrancisco nave combined for the pur-pose of t6o Ag the constitutionality ofNevada's new opium law. This lawprovides that the simple fact ofson having opium or an opium pi]his or her possession shallmisdemeanor, punishable by fine orimprisonment. With a view of beatingthis law three attorneys have been re-tained by the powerful Chinese com-panies—two from California and onefrom Nevada. If necessary theseattorneys will carry the case to thesupreme court at Washington. Thereason the Six Companies are so bitterlyopposed to the law is that if it holdsgood it will close one of their greatestsources of revenue. The trade inopium gives enormous profits to thesecompanies, who virtually have amonopoly of the trade, so far as thecoast is concerned.

An old circus performer and trapezeathlete has elaborated plans for * novelmachine which he calls the HAerialEclipse," in which he proposes to crossNiagara Falls on a slack wire on orabout the first day of July next. Thescheme as explained by the professorappears to be quite feasible, and if putinto execution, as he avers it will be, itwill cause a great sensation. Themachine consists of a couple of shields,twenty six inches apart, connected byframework and supplied with groovedwheels to run upon the slack wire. Sus-pended from this car by a rod is a par-achute, below which is a trapeze, uponwhich a young trapeze-performer,Theirin, is to perform. When OTer themiddle of the river the parachute andtrapeze, with Theirin upon it, is to bedropped into the stream below. Theparachute is supplied with a material

jwhich will act as a buoy and keep thedaring trapeze performer afloat untilpicked up by boats. The wire is to.bestretched from Prospect park to Tablerock.

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The Magnetic Polfs.The reason why the needle points in

the noithorly direction is tliat the earth iritself is a magnet, attracting the magnetic needle *8 ordinary magnets do,and the earth is a magnet as the re*mllof certain cosmical facts, much affect**!by the action of the sun. The laws hateperiodicities all of wliich liave not ityet been determined. The inferent out!ultimate reason of the existence ot anjfact in nature, as gravity, light,. heatetc., is not known further flian that it ifin harmony witb, and the direct result-ant of, the action of forces existingunder general laws. A condensed ex-planation in regard to the needle point-ing to the northward and southward ifas follows: The magnetic poles of theearth do not coincide with the geographical poles. The axis of rotation makesan angle of about twenty-three degree*with a line joint to the former. Thenorthern magnetic pole is a present nearthe Arctic circle on the meridian ofOmaha., Hence the needle does noteverywhere point to the astronomicalnorth, and is constantly variable withincertain limits. At San Francisco itpoints about seventeen degrees to theoast of north, and at Calais, Maine, asmuch to the west. At the northern mag-netic pole a balanced needle points withts north ends downward in a plumbline; at San Francisco it dips about six-ty-thxee degrees, and at the southernmagnetic pole to the south and pointsdirectly down. The action of the earthupon a magnetic needle at its surface isof about the same force aa that of a hardsteel magnet forty inches long, stronglymagnetized, at a distance of one 'footThe foregoing is the accepted explana-tion of the fact that the needle pointsto the northward and southward. Olcourse, no ultimate reason can be givenfor this natural effect, any more than forany other observed fact in nature.—S*m

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The Modern Athenian.

Merrill Edwards Gates oas an articlein Harper's Magazine on Athens and theGreeks of to-day. He gives a graphicdescription of a native of Athens, as fol-lows : Spare, nervous, thin of , face,restless-eyed, quick and enorgetio ofspeech is the modern Athenian. Thegroups of men *who seat themselvestoward evening at the little tables whichfill the streets before the principalcafes, as they talk politics over their'little cups of black coffee or theirglasses of water and wine, gesticulatewith that energy of action* in conversa-tion which marks the passionate son ofthe South. Often the Athenian carriesin his hand a string of beads, not forreligious purposes, but that he mayrelieve himself of excessive electricityby shifting them through his fingerswhen he bargains and talks—a safety-valve and a reassuring process akin tothe Yankee's whittling. He is keenlysensitive to every word you utter, quickto lake your meaning and polite as aFrenchman in ready deference to yourexpressed opinion; but none the less lieholds firmly to his own belief unlessyou have convinced his reason. This hemay not tell you. He may leave you toinfer that you havo won him over; andthus he has sometimes laid himself opento the charge of duplicity and deceitwhore he meant only to be credited wilh

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Daring the past winter six deer be-came wedged in deep snow in Sheboygancounty, Mich., and were easily capturedby a party, who took them alive, andthey have become so docile that he pro-poses selling them as pets.

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