GE DOCTOR. _ of the time when (Y PRACTICED MEDICINE. I t**" WBr—d w»“r- fr;rw his 1111,1 U>’11 tate An..».gtb«ob- fr'g t «olll'i •** U,C |ia"lry Pf lh’ tlw hou*»tfe kept ber fr-’ curiously about he ■ * 1 „u„.r retired »belt on LiZe^ofberl- und root,. Zoetious made thereof. t’A.useiiold iv«’«1“* f,,nnul* Kirf*» P #L ^mrV. where tbe doctor ■ r**;’L, „on^xwtent, everybody ■ «unt his own doctor. Asa be everybody fc, 5°arned X »»CC1TT or AltMEXTS. I ’tiLtrnre ot Illnow" E'S£S"ith A VISIT TO JAMAICA. KNOWING. Ute lemon jutes and salt to rust. iron SECRET- OF THE PLANTERS’ SUC­ CESS IN FINANCIAL MATTERS. When a bingn creaks put a little graphite ar soft lead pencil ou tbe place of rnctum. A solution of pearlash in water, thrown upon a fire, will extinguish it immediately ”*■ * S^Ou. - I-»“-»“ FACTS WORTH Um- 4Tbere ELirf uviml*-Aman t > have eei obro spmal rnen- h” „.>t to 1« bad- U he >“? “ [Xt uo onewothed bis anguish r Xbtulpnemuonia. The word fL uucoutatable; putrid <»re . L,-t vacuum ,m the list. If a EL,V and bad trouble with his I uTru-ged word phthisic was °IW dreamed of bronchitis, t ' had „ol lieen invented in our LTrZude'» heart» never troubled K, Ci» Honed old time tbey came to die, had a oon- ,d,„enU from which to choose, Lja. they lived, plain and unro- E L amateur doctors of the commu- uuiK-etheo the village doc- L. «i in and he wnflned himself to Le^-ca'louv‘1 and Jalap—adminls- L. shovelful. There must hav. E in the price of these drugs when L these doctors died. If a num hankie, was bitten by a mad dog [ck headache he was told to take t jalap, ii he refused and died, it L right U be took them and died, Hence that no human power could I Castor oil aud paregoric some- Lared but they were dwarfs com- Ljomel and Jalsp. The only rem- L| were the private remedies of the fhe moment an old woman thought [make a valuable medicine out of L herts, she burned to administer tafrring neighbor. _ kxl Samaritan, Mrs. Perkins, Often ulw to urge the use of snake root imeaBles to bring the disease rapidly [face. An old negro, Aunt Kitty, L vb for sort* that was very famous. L| constituent was duck’s fat, but hurt be killed at a certain phase of [and tbe fat melted over a fire kith certain sorts of wood. As this kntd to work miraculous cures, it L loss to humanity that the astro- Lnd botanical secrets of its manu- fen? not perpetuated. [ sweating out disease . - Las a multiplicity of remedies for bd they generally were based on [out tbe disease. Boneset tea, tea of fry bark, onions stewed with sugar, gar and molasses all had their warm ■ but a highly esteemed remedy bmsonian mixture bearing the rather ) name of “C imposition.” There ling undefined about its taste or feever. It was of an ardent, im- ature. It burned the tongue when id, then it charred the windpipe ana I went down, and finished by par­ te soles of tbe feet. Its forte was laweating, and it did its duty to the It brought the cold out, and it (heorigiuaLsin out, and. the heart’s it Nothing that could lie moved neath the cuticule after a composi- Apple sauce is much improved by the ad­ dition of a tablespoonful of butter and rtr quires less sugar. To preserve tbe elasticity of India rubber, wash it five or six times a year with slightly alkaline water Cork« may be made air and water tight by keeping them for five minutes under melted parafliue; they must be kept down with a wire screen. The best way when hot grease lias been spilled on a floor is to dash cold water over it, so as to harden it quickly aud prevent it striking into tbe board« In mixing mustard for table use never add rinegar, which destroys ita life aud flavor. Boil water for moistening it, aud let tbe water becoqae blood warm. For yleaning brass use a thin paste of plate powder,.two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, tour tablespoonfuls of alcohol tub with a piece of flaunsi. polish with chamois. A good disinfectant is made by dissolving half a dram of nitrate of lead in a pint of boiling water, then dissolve two drams of commou salt iu eight or teu quarts of water A good haudfql of rock salt added to the bath is tbe next best ttung after an "ocean dip,” aud a gargle of a weak solution is a good and ever ready remedy for a sore throat. Cracks in stoves and stovepipes are readily closed by a [taste made of ashes aud salt with water. «Iron turniugs or filings, sal ammo­ niac and water make a harder and more dur able cement. In neruous prostration, rest and sleep are tbe first indispensable conditions. A change is always iu order to make them possible. The diet must be generous, the food well masticated aud eaten«slowly. To take rUst out of steel rub tbe steel with sweet oil; in a day or two rub with finely powdered unslacked lime until the rust all disappears, then oil again, roll in woolen and putv in a dry place, especially if it be table cutlery. n, ; In a severe sprain of t$e ankle immerse the jdint as soou as possible in a pail of hot water, and keep it there for fifteen or twenty miputes. After removing it keep it bandaged with hot cloths wrung out of water, or rum and water. One of the cheapest and best modes of de­ stroying insects in pot plants is to invert tbe pot and dip tl^e plants for a few seconds in water warmed to 180 degs. A German paper, referring to this plan, says that the azalea will stand 133 degs. without injury. We usually heat the water pretty well, and poui in cool until 180 dogs, is reached. DRAWING ROOM Few Cane Fields, but Banana and Cocoa- nut Grove* Everywhere—‘Fort Royal*« Decadeuee— Beautiful Klu*sU*u Harbor. Taking a Jolly Jamaica Bld«*. ___ * The high Cuban mountains faded out of Fight just before dark, and on Friday morn­ ing, seven days after leaving New'York, the mountains of Jamaica lay before us. By tbe middle of the morning we Were close by the uorth side of tho island, but as Kingston, our destination, is on the i outh side, we still had to go around the eastern end of the inland and about half way up tbe south side. This sight of land, the promised land for ' most of us on board, brought out all the finery again. Those rough looking fellows in flannèl shirts and Scotch (raps disapijeured, and in their places there camé out on deck woiulcrs of starched linen and black coats, eturiuarvels of summer bonnets and silk <■> tresses. As we rati along the Jamaican shore we had a’ fino chaîna) to see something of the island, for we were not more than u mile aw ay—and in that clear air and bright sunshine a mile is nothing. There were houses on shore—that was one of the first things we noticed—some good, big and com­ fortable looking houses, too, surrounded by great' plantations of cocoanut trees, and iu other places cane fields. \ This peculiarity at onco distinguished Jamaica from the other islands we had passed. At Fortune Island we were favored •vith the sight of one little house. In Cuba, not a single budding of .pay kind nor a living creature, though wo went close enough to ' have seen a cat walking on the Itcach ! Noth­ ing could be more desolate that* the eastern^ end of Cuba—ragged mountaÙM, bare rocks,, and utter sblitude. When Columbus first saw the island it eop Id not have beeu more as nature made and left it, ut the east end, than it is today. And this “eust end," as far as its ruggedness and barrenness go, extends half Way down the island nearly. We iu the north are apt to think of Cuba as a vast gar­ den sjiot, covered with cane fields and green tobacco. But this is a mistaken notion. Tbe cultivated land is a surprisingly small pro­ portion of the surface, and every year it grows smaller, if anything can “grow" small­ er. The same cyclone that has hit all other West India islands has not passed Cuba. Away back in 1800 there were more than 2,000-coffee plantations in Cuba; now there are—quien sa be?—probably less than 200, and the others have gone to seed. GOSSIP. Tlie craze for Gobelin blue has been gob­ bled up by its own impetuosity. Incessant chatter find boasting about tbe ‘cost" of everything now is one of the svi- leuces of the snobbery of the age. A circular fan into which sweet scented f out br regime, and it happened in this uuwn by lot and service begins simulta- ■eously from four courts. The progression ; 1 was visiting on a plantation and s carried on by moving from court to court. Iter's father, a man of advanced Fashion has decreed a uew wedding anni­ is at death’s door, owing to a pro- tase of dysentery.. Day by day the versary, the “clover wedding,” upon tbe drew nearer to the grave, and the fourth year of matrimony. Tbe gifts are waited the coming of tho destroyer our leaved tables, screens, glass dishes, port- olios, frames and other articles with quatre- I hearts. The one desire of the dying oil designs. i a draught of cold water from one of kling springs which abounded on the Sir Francis Knolly’s name for his newly Jo traveler, sand blinded and thirst •hristened daughter might turn the stomach in tbe arid desert, could have cried •ven of an aristocrat. He has called her Bously or more unavallingly, for the • Ijouvima” as a complimentary combination id declared a draught of water fatal •epresenting Louise. Victoria and Maud, the !k man, and had sternly commanded three daughters of the Prince of Wales. ly to refuse bis requests. At the last queen’s drawing room the cos­ irniug I was in his room, for be dearly ¡ldren, and he begged me to stealth- tumes of the American ladies were much hima pitcher of water from the more sober than those of the English. Y el- I hesitated, for while no one had low and pink seemed to be the London n me to give him water, I knew tho fashion, while chiefly white or black were efused it to him. Then the old man chosen by the Americans who were pre­ _____________ __ i to bring him his watch from off sented. I I did so, and he told me I should N wcar» as an Electric Snpply. II would bring him a pitcher of An article in Scribner’s upon “The The watch was of stiver, as large as Electric Motor and Its Applications,” by aucer. and I longed to possess such Franklin Leonard Pope, refers to the *• I brought the water. At times proposition of Siemens in 1877, that tho think humanity made me bring it, energy of the water at Niagara Fall* I think of the watch and doubt, might be transferred to New York and man swallowed the pitcher’s con- there utilized for'‘mechanical purposes, i draught and died—ten years after, and the belief of Sir William Thomson, e, and I have the watch yet.—“J. C. announced in 1879, that, by the use of liladelphia Times. half inch insulated copper wire. 20,000 horse power of energy being taken from i Example of Free Ageney. water wheels, 21,000 could be delivered at anima having been very ill in the a point 300 miles away. Mr. Pope goes presume some one had told him that on to sav that it seems indisputable that Marcel Deprez, a French electrician, has •ent the illness, for, in the summer, “taking a little too freely of water- delivered more than thirty-five horse power at a-point seventy miles distant 9 came and stood by my side and, v«7 uncomfortable, said: “God from that at which an energy of sixty- Jjthi* stomachache, did he I That’s two horse power was applied, showing ■ business, 'cos I ate too much'water■ loss in transmission of only aheut 43 per -«abvbond cent. -Detroit Free Pres«. religious gleanings . There are more than 82,000 comiDunicante la tbe Christian churchee of China. Tbe MX evangelical denominations fa Balt Lake City have united in a local evangelical 1 Udton. Tbe Church of Scotland has tn Poona, In­ dia. eight female miadoa schools, containing over ttUO girls. Tbe general amenibly of tbe Presbyterian church will meet tn Dr. Crosby’• church. New York, May. IWH Tbe Lutherans in tbe Baltic provinces are being persecuted by the Russian authoritiea Many of tbe clergymen have been banished to Siberia w Tbe Morsviene report for tbe past year 20, 1 283 oounnunicanta la their mission fields with a total of 83,062 persons under the care of their missionari«. The total receipts were $95,346. There is a deficiency of upward of $5,0Ud Recent reports to the contrary notwith­ standing, Mr Spurgeon and the Baptist uniooThave not settled .the vexed questions that caused him to leave the Union a few months since, iu fact they are farther apart than ever The Greek Christians of Chicago are to ei*ect a church of their own. ft. .will be tbe third Greek Catholic church in the United States, there being one in bap Francisco and another in New Orleans. Assistance is ex­ pected from the church authorities in Russia Sir A. B. Walker, of Liverpool, a brewer, having offered to build a cathedral in that city at a eost of $1,230,000, the church of England people are in a quandary, not know­ ing whether to accept or refuse the offer.. The religious [»apers call the money “blood money” and advise rejection. Native converts in Japan, with‘average wages of less than twenry-flve cents a day, contributedjast year $2^,000 to mission Work. During the year 3,ty0 adults were baptized, making a total membership of 14,8L\ There are now 103 organized churches, 64 of them self supporting, 93 native ministers and 160 theological students. 1 The first Y oung People’s Society of Chris­ * tian Endeavor was organized in a Congregar tional church in Portland, Me., in February, I88L Since that time they have spread throughout the United States, and are fast making their way into foreign lands. In 1881 it is known there were sixty-eight mem­ bers. Today it is estimated that the various societies throughout the world have a mem­ bership of 275,000. In July, 1886, the mem­ bership iu New York state was 1,400. Ln January, 1888, it was 35,000. SEEN FROM T1IE BEA- But the aspect of Jamaica is very different. Seen from the sba, the eutire island seems to be under cultivation. It has, indeed, many high mountains, but the mountain land is joine of the best on the island, producing coffee that is second to none in quality or price. Away up almost to the mountain tops «re cultivated fields.'? Down by tbe shore ai e some of the largest cocoasut grove* I have ever seen, numbering their trees by thousands, with vessels moored alongside waiting to carry away the ripened nuts. And bananas? Bananas growing everywhere, wherever a »hoot van tx/flbt out ! The houses to tie seen are generally large and low, as open as pos­ sible to let in the breeze. Cane fields? Very few, and therein lies the secret of Jamaica’s keeping.herself afloat, while all the neighbor­ ing islands are struggling with bankruptcy. Instead of waiting in vain for sugar to puy again, as they are doing, the Jamaica plant­ ers plowed up their cane fields and went to raising bananas and cocoanuts, and now de­ rive the greater part of their incomes from these articles of ready and profitable sale. So a Jamaica gentleman aud fruitgrower on the steamer told me, and Certainly this first loqk at the island seems to confirm his state­ ment, for there are bananas and cocoa»uts growing everywhere. How many a pirate ship has sailed along this same shore that we ure hugging so closely! Old Port Royal, now just coming into sight, used to be the headquarters of all these fellows. There they squandered the gold they captured on the high seas; there found rest after their long, hard voyages. Pnor* fellows, they needed rest, of donrse. after their arduous labor of capturing and plundering all the ships they could I But Port Royal is no more. Oboe one ot the greatest cities of the western world—ranking third, I believe, only Lima and Mexico* exceeding it in sire and wealth—it is now a hot little town of a few hundred inhabitants. ¡Stand­ ing ns it does on the end of an exceedingly narrow strip