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BUNKING OABS BY LIGHTNING.
A young San Francisco mechanic is
now a candidate for fame as the bene
factor of his race, by chaining the light
ning of heaven to the rattling car. This
inventor has filed his caveat for patents,
and within a few days past has waited
upon several wealthy citizens who have
tho roputatiou of eucouragiug pro
gressive measures, to solicit assistance
for the development of his plans on an
enlarged scale. Ho exhibits his drafts
and estimates to all who desire to see
them, and appears to have no dosire to
conceal the principlo or details of his
invention. The electric motor devised
l>y this gentleman is dosigned specially
for the propuhion of railroad cars, and
could hardly be adopted for ships, or,
in fact, any other purpose than that
mentioned, should it prove successful.
Tho principle is the construction of
driving wheels of onormous electro
magnets, which diverge from the center
in the same form as tho spokes of an
ordinary wheel, tho poles of each mag
net terminating with the outer circum
ference. Tho electric circuit is com
plete as the magnot impinges upon tho
steel rails of the track. As the poles
of each magnet forming the driving
wheel approach the track, an enormous
magnetic attraction is exerted, and, as
they pass the center, or perpendicular
point of the magnet upon the track,
the current is cut off from each partic
ular magnet and the attraction treated.
By the multiplication of driving wheels
of this description, the inventor ex
pects (6 acquire any degree of power
requisite, and accomplish any rate of
speed at which a railroad car is capa
ble of traveling, and no possible dan
ger of the locomotive leaving the track.
In place of the cumbersome steam boiler
and lander loaded with coal, the loco
motive will carry a magnetic battery of
immense power. Such is the latest
shape assumed by the prospective elec
tric motor, which is anticipated as one
of the achievements, sooner or later, of
the present age of scientific progress.
Whether our San Francisco genius has
solved the problem remains to be seen
but his scheme is certainly entitled to
the merit of novelty, and that at least
is a gratifying indication that the world
is moving, especially in this latitude.—
S. F. Bulletin.
SNIFFLES SPBF.E—Sniffles brought his
two weeks Bpreo to a closo on Thursday
night. He lay on a lounge in the par
lor, feeling aa mean as sour lager, when
something in the corner of the room at
tracted his attention. Raising on his
elbow he gazod steadily at it. Rubbing
his eyes, he starod again, and, as he
stared, his terror grew. Calling his
wife? he asked hoarsely:
" Mirandy, what is that?"
" What is what, Likey?"
Sniffles' name is Lycurgus, and his
wife calls him Likey for short and
sweet.
" Why, that—that—thing in the cor
ner," said the frightened man, pointing
with a hand that * shook like a politi
cian.
"Likey, dear, I see nothing," re
plied the woman.
" Whatl You don't see it 1" he
shrieked; "Then I've got'em. Oh,
Heavens 1 Bring me the Bible, bring it
■quick! Hero—here on this sacred
book I swear never to touch a drop of
whiskey. If I break my vow, may my
right hand cleave to the roof of uiy
mouth, and—"
Here, catching another glimipßC of
the terrible object, he clutched his wife
and begged in piteous tones:
• 1 Don't leave me—don't leave your
Likey," and burying bis faoe in the
folds of her dress, he sobbed and
moaned himself into a troubled sleep.
Then his wife stole gently to the cor
ner, picked np the toy snake and threw
it ioto tbo stove.
ty Gladstone thinks of coming over
to the Centonnial.
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OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1875.
TIIK RLANOnttttt.
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BY EXOS ». m».
The lying tongue may weave n web whose
meshes may entrap the pure-
Anil hearts may bleed— and l>loed, and die,
wliicli cannot slight and wro lg endure,
lieware the slanderer*# poisonous breath—bo
ware the mask which hides his thee.
Of all that's liase and vile on earth, which
would hell ttsolf disgrace t
The slanderer's tongue has power to kill—to
kill the body and the eeul—
To wither hope# as high as heaven, and drive
an angel from his goal;
Its trophies are the unwMt graves, and
broken hearts and muniored bliss—
Making a Hell where Heaven once smiled,
by deadliest serpent's hiss 1
Better the blast from Upas' tree—better the
.Simoon's arid breath-
Better the waves of the surging sea—better
the lightning's sudden death;
These leave no pang, but merely kill—not so
with the vcn'inous slanderer's tongue—
When death hath shrouded its victim's eyos,
It glories that half its work's but done.
To have your life's life lied away—to feel the
wound, yet know no cure;
To breathe llie air the serpent breathes—to
siiifor death, and still endure;
This'tis to live, yet pray to die; when hope
and all of life is dead,
To yearn forileatli—the welcome tomb where
on to lay the aching head I
To lowest depths of the lowest hell consign
the soul of tlio bated one,
Whose mission on eartli was but to kill with
a hateful, hated, sland'rous tongue.
No tears will flow on the sodden grave—no
mournor weap o'ro the damned dead,
Who bore while living the serpent's tongue—
filling the purest hearts with dread.
Scared out of a Wife.
The narralivo which I am about to
relate was told me one blenk, cold night,
in a country parlor. It was one of
those nights in mid-winter when the
wind swept over the laud, making ev
erything tingle with its frosty breath,
that I was seated before a blazing fire,
surrounded bv a jolly half-dozen boys,
and on old bachelor—Peter Green—
forty-eight years old.
It was just the night without to inako
those within enjoy a story, so each of
us had to tell his favorite, save Mr.
Green, and ns lie was a jolly story
teller, wo were surprised to hear him
say " I havo no story that will interest
you," so wo had to find other enter
tainment for awhile, when ono of tho
boys told me to ask him how it hap
pened that he never got married. So I
did.
Well, gentlemen, ho bogan, it don't
seem right to tell you how that hap
pened, but as it is about myself I don't
care much. You see, when I was a
young man wo had to walk as far as five
miles to church nud singing school.
But this don't have anything to do
with my not getting a wife, but I just
wanted you to know that wo had trou
ble iu tLose days in getting our sport.
John Smith and I were like brothers,
or like " Mary and her little lamb."
where one weut the other was sure to
go. Wo went to see two sisters, and as
we were not the best boys imaginable,
the old gentleman took umbrage, and
wouldn't allow us to come near the
house, so wo would take the girls to the
end of the lanefand there we would have
to take the final kiss.
We soon got tired of that sort of fun,
and I told John, on our way to singing
school one night, that I was going into
the honse, too.
He said the old man would run me
out if I did.
I told him I was going to risk it any
how, let oome what would.
So home we went with the girls.
When we got to the end of the lane I
told the girls we proposed going all the
way.
They looked at each other in a way I
didn't like too well, but said the old
folks would be in bed, BO they didn't
care if we did.
They were a little more surprised yet,
when we told them wo thought of go
ing in a little while, but as all was quiet
wo bad no trouble in getting into the
kitchen.
Then and there we lied our first court,
end I made up my mind to ask Sallie to
be my wife tbe next time I came.
It was now past tbe turn of tbe night,
and, as we bad four miles to walk, I
told John we had better be going. So
we stepped out on tbe porch, but just
as we did so the sky was lit by light
ning, and one tremendous peal of thun
der rolled along the mountain sides.
Its echoes had not died out in the far
off vales, before the rain began to pour
from the garnered fullness ofthe clouds.
We waited for it to stop until we were
all asleep, when the girls said we should
go to bed in the little room at the head
of the Btairs, whioh led out'of the kitch
en, and, as their father got up late, we
could go home before the old folkß
were astir. So, after bidding the girls
a sweet good-night, and hugging them,
and wishing them sweet dreams, and
Sromisihg them to come back on next
unday night we started.
We didn't have to go far, as the bed
room stood hear the head of the stairs.
John was soon fn bed, 'but full of cu
riosity, t was looking around the little
room.
At last I thought I would sit down on
a chest, which was covered with a nice
white cloth, while I drew of my boots.
So down I sat, when, Oh stars ,of the
east! 1 went plump into a big custard
pie;
1 thought John would die laughing,
for he us I had smashed that custard
'im. let -.lain .vioimiiT i«>j- 'ft
alt to thunder and tho plato right in
two piecos. '
You see we had to bo awful quiet, so
the old man would not hear.
I was now ready to get into bod, so I
put the light out and picked up my
boots, thinking I might pot them in a
, more convenient place, when down went
one of my legs .through a pipe hole,
which had been covered by papers, up
to my hip.
Now, one part of me was up stairs,
while the longest part of me was in the
kitchen.
As my leg was very long, it reached a
shelf which was occupied by dishes,
pans, coffee-pots, etc., and it turned
over with a tremendous crash.
The girls had not yot retired, and I
could hear them laugh fit to split their
sides. I felt awful ashamed and scared
and my heart was in my throat, for I
expected the old man every moment.
I extricated my leg from the con
founded hole just in time, for the old
lady looked into the kitchen from her
bed-room door and asked what all the
noise was about.
The girls put her off as best they
could, and I went to bed, while John
was strangling himself under the cover
to keep from laughing loud.
Wo soon went off into the land off
dreams, wifh the hope of waking early.
I wish I could tell you my dreams, but
it would take me too long. One mo
ment I would fancy myself by the side
of Sallie, sipping nectar from her heaven
bedewed lips; next, I would see tho old
man flourishing his cane above my
head.
This all came to an end by John giv
ing me a kick.
On waking up and looking round I
saw John's eyes as big as my fist, while
the sun was beaming in at tlio window.
What to do wo couldn't tell, for wo
beard the old man holding family prayers
iu the kitchen.
John looked out of the window, and
said we could get down over tho porch
roof.
" Got out and dress as soon as possi
ble," he said.
So in my hurry my foot got fastened
in tho bedclotlies x and out I tumbled,
head foremost, turned over, and rolled,
and rolled down stairs until I struck the
door, which was fastened by a wooden
button, and it giving away, out I rollod
in front of tho old man.
He threw up his hands and cried,
" Lord save us!" for 110 thought I was
the devil.
Tho old lady screamed until you could
have hoard her a mile.
I was so scared and bewildered that
I couldn't get upatonco. It was warm
weather and I didn't have on anything
but a shirt.
When I heard the girls snickering it
made me mad, and I jumped up and
rushed out of tiie door, leaving the
greater part of my shirt on the old iron
door latch.
Off I started for llio barn, and when
half through the yard the dog sent up a
howl and went for mo.
When I got into the barnyard I had
to run through a flock of sheep; among
them was an old ram, who backed up a
little and then started for me. With
one bound I escaped his blow, spring
ing into tho barn, and began to climb
the logs in the snow, when an old
mother hen pounced upon my legs,
picking them till they bled.
I threw myself upon the hay, and
after John had slid down the porch into
a hogshead of rain water, he came to
me with one of my boots, my coat and
one of the legs of my pants.
He found me completely prostrate.
Part of my shirt, my nat, one leg of my
pants, my vest, stockings, necktie, and
one boot were left behind.
I vowedjthen and there that I would
never go to see another girl, and I'll
die before I will.
fcj* The St. Louis Globe tries to make
its subscribers willing to die by pre
dicting the approach of the time when
Wagner shall draw the themes of bis
operas from Bancroft's histories. Im
agine Washington singing, " I eannot
tell a lie, father," in a minor key, with
a drum accompaniment representing
the blows of the hatchot.—-Boston Globe,
Cf '' She is a perfect Amazon,"
said a pupil in one of our schools of his
teacher yesterday, to his companion.
"Yes." said the other, who was better
versed in geography than hiatory, " I
noticed she had an awful big mouth."—
Bridgeport Farmer, ~
{■#* When a Cincinnati young man
aaya to his soul's idol; " Don't kissme
any more, now, Sal; I'm tired," she
knows he has just been shaved by one
of those pretty female barbers.
Z r W An English judge has recently
defined " gentleman ' as a torrn which
"includes anybody who has nothing to
do and is outside of the workhouse."
JSC*"How many people," said Jer
emy Taylor, "are busy in this world
gathering togother a handful of thorns
to sit upon."
I3F* Water pipes in Portland, Me.,
laid a depth of six feet, are frozen.
DOH'T KISSTHE BABY,
The promiscuous kissing of children
is a pestilential practice. We use the
word advisedly, and it is mild for the
occasion. Murderous would be the
proper word, did the kisses know all
the mischief which they do. Yes,
madam, Mnrderotu; and we are Bpeak
ing to you. Do you remember calling
on your dear friend Mm. Brown the
other day, with a strip of flannel around
your neck f And when little Flora came
dancing into the room, didn't you
pounce upon her demonstratively, call
her a precious little pet, and kiss her ?
Then yon serenely proceeded to de
scribe the dreadful sore throat that kept
you from prayer meeting the night be
fore. You bad no designs on the dear
child's life, we know; nevertheless you
killed her! Killed her as surely as if
you had fed her with strychnine or ar
senic. Your caresses were fatal.
Two or three days after, the little pet
began to complain of a sore throat too.
Tho symptoms grew rapidly alarming;
and when the doctor came, the single
word diptheria sufficed to explain them
all. To-day a little mound in Green
wood is tho sole memento of your visit.
Of course the mother does not sus
pect, and would not dare to suspect,
you of any instrumentality in Her be
reavement. She charges it to a mys
terious Providence. The doctor says
uothing to disturb the delusion; that
would be impolitic, if not cruel; but to
an outsiders he is free to say that the
child's death was due directly to your
infernal stupidity. Those are precisely
his words; more forcible than elegant,
it is true; but who shall say, under the
circumstances, that they are not justifi
able ? Remember'
" Evil is wrought Ity want of thought
As well as by want of heart."
It would be hard to tell how much of
tho prevalent sickness and mortality
from diptboria is duo to such want of
thought. As a rule, adults liavo tho
diseaso in so mild a form that they mis
take it for a simple cold; and as a cold
is not contagious, they think nothing of
exposing others to their breath or to
tho greater dauger of labial contact.
Taking into consideration the well es
tablished fact that diptheria is usually
if not always communicated by the di
roct transplanting of the malignant veg
etation which causes tbo diseaso, tho
fact that there can be no more certain
means to bring the contagion to its fa
vorite soil than the act of kissing, and
the further fact that the custom of kiss
ing children on all occasions is all but
universal, it is not surprising that, when
the disease is once imported into a com
munity, it is very likely to become ep
idemic.
It would be hard to charge the spread
of diptheria entirely to the practice of
child-kissing. There are othor modes
of propagation, though it is hard to
conceive of any more directly suited to
the spread of the iufection or more gen
eral in its operations. It stands to dip
therin about the Barne relation that pro
miscuous hand-shaking formerly did to
the itch.
It were better to avoid the practice.
The children will not suffer if they go
unkissed ; and their friends ought for
their sokes to forgo the luxury for a sea
son. A single kiss has been known to
infect a family; and the most careful
may l>e in condition to communicate the
disease without knowing it. Beware,
then, of playing Judas, and let the ba
bies alone. — Scientific American.
A LITTLE LOVE AFFAIR. —The follow
ing is going the rounds: When James
Lick was a young man, he fell in love
with a miller's daughter in Pennsyl
vania. Young Lick faced the stern old
miller and asked for the hand of his
daughter. Now James was a poor
young man, but honeat and industrious,
and withal full of pride. The old
mau refused to grant James' request,
and advised him not to " many until
he had a competency to support a wife."
These remarks were rather humiliating
to young Lick's pride, and with empha
sis he replied: "Sir, I ehall seethe
day when your boasted mill would not
make a respectable wheat' bin' for the
one I shall own." Years passed, and
James Lick erected, in Santa Clara
county, California, a mill, the machin
ery of whieh is of solid mahogany.
Shortly after its erection, he had pho
tographs taken of the inside and out
side of his mill, and sent them to the
miller who had refused him the hand of
his daughter.
MT A Brazilian lady is creating a
great sensation in Paris. She has a
yellow carriage, and the wheel-hube are
solid gold, servants connected
with the turnout number four—two in
the box and two in the rumble. The
harness is gold tipped and the horses
are thoroughbreds.
S3T An Irishman called his pig
Maud, because it would " corno into the
garden" so.
Adam was proudly conscious
that ho nover made a mistako in his
boyhood.
537* Florida has a girl named Neu
ralgia.
THE OYSTER OH ITS TRAVELS.
It was utmost in the very first oar da
voted to business thai orossod tUo Pg
oific Railroad, wherein the luscious oys
ter of the Atlantic sped onward to
satisfy the longings of California.
That train passed through Sacramento)'
and one special car was emblazoned the
legion, " The oyster of the east comes
to greet the mouth of the West,"
was ah election in Sacramento that very
day, and the excitement over the various
candidates partook of the particular
heated character of such California con
tests. As the car freighted with the
bivalves stopped for a moment, it was
received with cheers.
The polls were neglected, and an
eager crowd rushed to the car. Then,
and only then, did Sacramento fully unr
derstand that the older civilization of
the East could exchange her commodi
ties with the West. Saddle Rocks
were in great demand at fl each, and
the eleotion almost went by default of
votes. From this single car came the
oyster busiaes in California and efforts
to introduce oysters in the waters of the
Golden Gate. The originator of this
enterprise was Mr. A. Booth, of Chi
cago, who now plants many thousands
of bushels of Northern oysters yearly
in the Pacific. Some interesting facts
are given by Mr. Booth in regard to tbo
changes oysters coming from our lati
tude undergo in California. Though
spat is undoubtedly produced, such
young oysters do not thrive. As yet
no small oysters, the children of the
Northern oysters, have been found.
There are some curious transformation
of shells known in oyters on our coast
as they are found further South. The
round shape of the shell is elongated
until off the coast of Georgia and Flor
ida they assume a razor-shaped shell.
In California our transplanted oyster
loses its oval or round shape and length
ens out. The Northern oysters planted
in San Francisco Bay are put out in
four to fivo foot of water, and mature
and fatton rapidly in from six to twelve
months. In New York Bay this takes
from two to four years. Every year
Mr. Booth takes across the Continent
some '4OO cor loads of small oysters to
be brought up in the Pacific. When
such transplanted oysters have their
growth they are worth from $2 to $2 CO
per hundied. Tho nativo oyster com
ing from Oregon is small in size, and
has tho coppery flavor of the European
bivalve. They are not much in de
mand, selling at $2 the sack of a bushel
and a half. There are some peculiari
ties as to the character or origin of the
oyster to be transplanted. It would be
supposed that oysters ooming from tho
Chesapeake or from Norfolk would be
better adopted to the warmer waters of
the Pacific. Thists not the case. Such
oysters, when carried there, Mr. Booth
affirms from his own experienco, wili
not live. His oysters always come from
Egal Harbor, Raritan Bay, Newark and
Long Island Sound. More Southern
seed invariably dies. There is a liffiit
to the growth of any kind of Eastern
oyster in tho Pacifio waters. After a
certain poriod, a year and a half at the
utmost, for some reason as yet not well
understood—perhaps the meal becom
ing too large for the shell planted—the
oysters die. A great deal of precaution
is necessary in guarding these planted
oysters. A fence of pickets six inches
apart is placed around the California
Oyster Park. The enemies of the oys
ter are the stingarees and star-fish. At
low tide the oyster shepherd goes in
and kills such marine wolves as may be
devouring his flock. There is a Small
clam, a native of the California coast,
whieh is quite edible. Farther north,
on Puget Sound, they have a clam
twelve inches in length, eagerly de
voured by the Indians, but which no
Boston man has yet hankered after.
Livingston Stone, whose romarkakle
labors in introducing the salmon of the
Pacific Coast are well known, has ena
bled Eastern people to appreciate the
enormous quantity of fish found in the
rivers of Oregon and California. At
Astoria there is a canning establish
ment, owned by Mr. Booth, which last
year shipped to the markets of the
world 50,000 casesol preserved salmon,
each case containing four dozen cans.
On the Columbia River there are four
teen other salmon establishments. On
very reliable authority it ia stated that
on working days in tbo season, com
mencing about April and ending in July,
for 100 days at least, 150 tons of sal
mon ajre U6ed every day. Mr. Booth's
factory, the largest establishment in tho
world, employs' 200 chinamen, and
numerous whits men, and is run by
steam power. ~ -
Mr A novel way of producing seed*
less watermelons is: When the vine be
gins to bear, let the first watermelon on
oach branch grow undisturbed, but cov
er the branch up with dirt, from the
first melon to the second one, within
six inches or more from tho end of tho
vine will be a seedless watermelon, tho
melon nearest tho body of tho vine hav
ing kept all the seed. i V
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M" A statistician estimates that
courtships averago throe tons of coal
each. ,
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•WHOLE N0.,, 134.1
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j OUIf ftiLlfDH IHIEEEfiTi ' *
! SponcerF. Baird, UnitcdStatestiom- '
missioner of Fisheries, Had' iHwfcitnP
written a letter to Hon. Zach. Chandler,'
Chairman of the Senate Coennrittde on
Commerce, setting forth at large his
views upon the best mode of preserving.,
.from wasteful' destruction the mngnifi
cent jjajmon of the CBlanifeid. We ndvo :
room but for tWo tArief extracts?' t° **»
Taking into eiinaiilj—tiop/the whole
question, T shall be inalnyqd to recom
mend, in lie" of an j atfempt at present, f
of the United States to initiate legisla-'
titt'n in regard to the fisheries, by en
actments concerning the Columbia riv
er, that if sueli permission lie requisite,
the legislatures of Washington and Ida- .
ho Territories be authorised to enter
into concurrent legislation with Oregon
for the protection of fish.
A still better procedure, would bo to
employ the now well-understood meth
ods of artificial multiplication of fish,
so as to maintain the present numbers
indefinitely, and even increase them if
desired. A small and inexpensive hatch -
ingestablishment could easily be erected
on the Columbia river near onojof the
great spawning grounds, and the eggs
hatched out in any desirable number.
The experiences of the United States
Fish Commission in batohing salmon on
the Sacramento river show that, after
the erection of the shanties, tbroughs
aqd other machinery required, the ex
pense of hatching each million of eggs
may not exceed $1,000; so that for $lO,-
000 annually, 10,000,000 eggs could be!
obtained, and by far the greater num
ber returned to the waters as young
fish. The average number of eggs to
the fish, in the case of large salmon,
maV be estimated at 5,000, some fish
yielding considerably more than this,
and others less. Ten thousand eggs to
the fish would probably be an excessive
estimate.
I thercforo, in conclusion, unhesitat
ingly recommend that, instead of the
passage of protective laws, which can
not except at very great ex
penso and with much ill feeling; meas
ures be taken, either by the conjoint ef
forts of the States and Territories in
terested or by the United States, for
the immediate erection of a hatching es
tablishment on the Columbia river, and
the initiation during the present year of
the method of artificial hatching of these
fish. The cost of doing this on a prop
er scale, for the first season, wonld prob
ably amount to fifteen or twenty thous
and dollars, although, after the build
ings are elected,'an expenditure of from
ten to twelve thousand dollars annually
would doubtless meet all the require
ments.
There can be no reasonable doubt as
to the success of such measures and of
their power not only to maintain the
present supply of fish indefinitely, _ _
to increase if desirable. The best sta
tion for such operations can only be de
termined by investigation. The Dalles
would probably be very suitable for tho
purposo. I understand that there is a
government reservation at that point
which may be used in this direction,
and where there oro already buildings
which would obviate the necessity of so
large an outlay ns wchild otherwise be
needed.
the her
culean Efforts of the reformed to re
strict and decrease the use Of tobacco,
official statistics ego to show that the
consumption of the " weed" in this
country makes a steady increase. Aside
from the amount consumed in other
forms, it appears by actual computation,
that the average number of cigars
smoked in the United States each twen
ty-four hours reaches the colossal ag
gregate of 5,168,000, The smoker not
only pays for his enjoyment, but he
contributes heavily to the support of
the Government, which could hardly get
along new without the tobaoco revenue.
For instance, during the last fisoal year
$6,150,060.41 in gold duties was derived
from imported cigars, and $33,242,875.-
62 in currency from taxes on domestic
cigars and tobnooo. ee a grand total of
$39,302,939,03. Here is on annual
revenue nearly equal to $1 per capita of
the population of the country, women
and children included.
AFTER DINWEB NAP#. —Many persons
•re in tbe habit of sleeping for half as
hour or an hoar immediately after din
uer. Ten minutes' sleep before dinner
is worth, more than an hour after. It
rests and refreshes and prepares the
system for rigorous digestion. If deep
is taken after dinnefit should be in the
sitting posture, as the horizontal posi
tion is unfavorable to
tfon. Let those, who need, rest and
sleep during the flity takeit'before din
ner instead of after, ahd tbey will soon
find that they will feel better and that
digestion, will bp pnproyed thore-
U<j^t^ftlal—s-» i-i.i-j—«ri •
Am I not a littio pale?" in
quired a lady, who WAS W:
{mlont, of a crusty old bachelor. '' You
ook mora like a % tub," was tboUtyut
*&T- ,
iy The sen-fating men ef Newfound
land call pastors the skippers of the
churches. ~ _, L , ~ . '||