THE GRUMBLER.
He sat at ths dinner tabla
With a discontented frown—
“Tlie potatoes and steak were underdone.
And the bread was baked too brown.
The pie loo sour, the pudding too sweet,
And the roast was much too tat;
Tlie soup so greasy, too. and salt,
Sure twas hardly tit tor the cat."
decoction were to become a necessity it
was ridiculous to pay heavily for what
could just a« easily be made out of sage
j and bramble leaves. Another com-
plaint of the period against this
. new fashion of tea <1 «Irinkin;; was
that it gave rise to Jfo«*ip and
backbiting. There is a r letter in tlie
Gentleman's Magazine for 1785 finiHng
fault with ladies “who make their tea
table the mart to dispense scandal an<1
attack reputations,” and later we have
a writer jn the Connoisseur bewailing
the loss of time and th«! profanation of
the Sabbath consequent upon Sunday
evening tea drinking. The beverage
had by this time become pretty much a
favorite at social gatherings through
out the country ami neither the econo
mists nor the wits could counteract
what was quickly lieeoming a popular
demand. Beside, tea hail its champions
as well as its detractors. Dr. Johnson
«■ame to the rescue among other« ami
Itolilly confessed himself “a hardened
and shameless ten drinker, who has for
many years diluted his meals with the
infusion of this fascinating plant, whose
kettle has scarcely time to cool; who
with tea amuses the evening, with tea
solaces the midnight and with tea wel-
•omes the morning.” When we get to
Colley Cibber, we find the beverage
apostrophized in this fashion -“Tea,
thou soft, thou sober, safe and venerab'o
liquid; thou female tongue-running,
«niile-smothing, heart-opening ami
wink-tipping cordial, to whose glorious
insipidity I owe the happiest moments
of inv life.” Waller has the lines:
[
f ever, upon the Chinese merchant ha1
had the effect of making him mon
careful in the "sorting” of the articl*
and we have the satisfaction of know
ing that, while tea is now cheaper that,
ever in England, it has not fallen off in
Quality.— Leeds Mercury.
,,
ABUSING WASHINGTON.
»Some .‘Sv.»mli*Ion-. Cli»rg«<
Against
the F*ther of Hi«* Country.
I
I ----- SCHOOL ANO CHURCH.
THE Dlt'ElTFUnmsoi'.^r
Mil Ions of people, when n
I
tie out of xoria lake s< Uw .‘H ’•»kJ
or other eithe, usa bere ,
teine. Almost m once A'“0'»• ajS
feel better.
A n hoou
looses it. power they fltl
so they again res« rt to th
J *8«'u, J
because as they th, ugllt
t
better when they nr;t
make them belt, rkgui,,.
J
tlieniBelves uiul tl.eir p»«..^cJi'r*d.t^3
lug alcoholic «loses 'IT' 7".‘.l'>PreS3
ally like it, too and so the d^"1'
<,n p e«« ril ing for them
Few are cure d and many ¿Ì lheI liid
to »heir peiiiianent dl»»j
Alcohol sat la«»,,,'
lant. lhatisnot w hat ,Ut. * «tittJ
BUfferers want, ih,, '’™>«c >«*¿3
strength to throw off an«l i.t«’*n“to3
They want a real '.tai “ * i*“1»'-«kJ
viia iz.-r is found in “< m, I,
’«J
Tlie merits of this « italizeXv,
years been abundantly tested
no secret about it. ’pre
army of the relieved jB luu,„lor7 «fj
tl at all may read it.
I,
'«'OrdJ
readitnr, either by hì < k ieonU**1 "J
obtain II write to lira
l
15;« Arch street, I hfi.m"^!
will 1« sent to atty address free „.Vl
Orders for the Compound Ox. ' ‘‘N
Treatment will Is- nileil i ' u Vft" W
«15 Powell St n et, S-.„
—The Christian 1«. ..np-'llil««) Churel
in Kentucky is to establish a theolog.-'ii.
seminary for the education of colored
Stl^Porter Sherman, who enter««! Yah
College in 1S61 and remained thro«
years, recently returned, after an nb-
sence of twenty years, to complete Ills
course.
, ,
— Was John B. Gough right or wrong
when he said recently that "a churoh
has no right to discipline a man for
guttin"’ drunk, when it does not disci
pline him for drinking?”—AT. K Ob-
scrcfTe
_ Many women school teachers in
Massachusetts receive only four or five
dollars a week. The explanation may
be that Massachusetts has obtained all
the knowledge that is to bo had, ami
that, therefore, the occupation of the
schoolteacher is departing.— Current.
_ Lorenzo Dow preached once from
the text of St. Paul: “I can do all
things.” "No, Paul," he said, “you’re
wrong for once. "I’ll bet you five
dollars vou can’t.” and he took a five
dollar bill from his pocket and lai«l it
on his desk. He continued to reail,
In New ùu«k ti.«ie~777?(, , I
“ through our Lord Jesus Christ.
“O. Paul,” said he, “that's an en keepers, Ot these ;• «H
mates of the county prj„
tirely different thing; the bet is off."
been cot fined in poli, e s ... ’ ’"'I hl
—During 1886 the Methodists of have been tri, dfi^r^^y. nJ
South Australia will celebrate the
jubilee of the introduction of Methodism
A Sl'GGlbliOb 10 T, E1B TH|1,
into that part of the continent. They
IUBUC.
have in South Australia 336 churches
TiiuristH, «nugrsnts ai d iB,rir—. .
Hostetter's
euniacl,
BilUi, ,, k<«b
and preaching places, seventy-five min
isters and 393 local preachers, 7.829 aalemiiiid aguiiut i.bl.taliliul in,'”’1'»
members and 48,000 attendants. A vents the erretaol iitiui1(i „1 I « "“R
or ui.w l.oka, int .JiJ
jubilee fund of $300,000 is to be raised custonied
conditions ...... .
to pay off church debts and start a olbor
on« voyuges, or jouiii,5tillial “.to"»- <
to tlie equaior. it is ereeilalH
“>4
woman’s college.
of 11,c febrile «■< ini.lauL ”, a
—Our own recollections of school live
the stomach, liver anil tew, u Afr1111»]
to Hitack natives « I the "«nr?..th "'J
davs recall none of more profit than joormng
or ................ ¡„ M;, h
>'«d
those spent UQtler the guidance of sen an excellent protection »eaillst o',u j**']
sible. motherly, Christian women, who extreme «-old, sudden < hai ge8 (f,“"»¿I
Io damp or < xireu«« fatieuZS'fl
get their pupils tasks in good text exuosure
only prey, nts iniermltt« nt and
,11
books. and then took pai is to set' that and
other dis«as« a of a malxH.1
the meaning, not th«! mere language, eradicates tin ti. f«„ t whi.hkg i«’M
out fur rears past in North and VS ¡3
was well mastered without too much lea.
Mexico, the West b.«!it- Ab.hMl
aid from more developed minds.' This other
countries.
’
any teacher fit to teach at all will see
It takes » oew ot sixty n «n to till 1
to," and we doubt whether the expe , K. V andurbilt’s million debar ul,.«
rience of Normal School graduates so I yacht.
P UI
far will not go far to show that artifi
THF Hl U. 1 KI IIIB’S CtEPIilJf,
cial and technical equipments anil
"Itint disc- uragrel. I have too mud
methods are quite as often a hindrance
do,
I
am tired lam sick. I mJ»
as a help to successful teaching— Bos
was put into this houise to loen it («ir.
ton Traveller.
but it ¡ k too much work. I won'ttn
—There is no end to the funny tilings will go to Bleep. 1 don't «are what I
that are seen and heard by the teachers comes ot th© house.
The ab< «e is an allegorv The
in our public schools.. Once a teacher
housekeeper is the fiver, ahi,to
observed a huge biot of ink on a bov’s aged,
deed is olten <a led “the licusetewr
copybook. "What is that?” he de our
health.
II it does go tn K|ei, „
manded. "Sure, I think it’s ft tear, | threatened, a <r«wd of disea-es re I
? >•
sir.”- “A tear! How could a tear be ready to-p.il g up as loimquiute. 1
black?” “Sure, I think wan o’ the I ieice s “Golden Medical IliMover)’J
colored boys dropped it. sir.” For the upon the liver and assists it In its rok|
and hou-e cliauiig. It
comfort of children who know what it housekeeping
the great liver remedy and 1,1« oil «lend
is to be “flustered,” this is the laugh- ami
cures «11 the ong Hain of cii3
able reply of a very bright and accom- maladies resulting from a torpid or J
plished lady teacher who was passinw gtsh. Sleepy liver, melt as KckhtadaJ
s purely formal examination in physi scrofulous disepsiB, as tileete, id
ology: "Where is the alimentary sores, “white swellit gs.” liipjidntl
consumption of the lungs(«Itiil
canal?” was demanded, "Really,” sease,
really only s« tofula nianifiatiig im ]
was the pleasant reply, “I forget the delicate li-sues of the e <.innn,J
whether it is in Indianapolis or Illi all skin diseases, as blotches, p.mp'esw
eruptions, and all b!o<d taints, LwJ
nois.”— San Francisco Argonaut.
‘ General Washington was probably
ns much abused as any President who
has ever acted as the Chief Executive
of the United Slab s. At one time he
“I wish you could out ilie In-eud and pies
said that be had been abused worse
I’ve seen my mother make:
VOUDOO WORSHIP.
Th-y are something like, and t would do you good
thana common pickpocket, and he was
Just to look ut a loaf ot her cake."
Revolting Superstition* Prevailing Amon;
charged with all sorts of crimes during
Sai. iho sinning wife: “I ll improve with age,
the Negroes of Hayti.
Just now I’m but a beginner.
But your mother has come to visit us.
Sir Spencer St. John gives a ver.' his administration. The Philadelphia
And to day she cooked the dinner."
spirited description of Voodoo worship Aurora was, perhaps, the most bitter.
—Li.tle M. Hadley. in Good Housekeeping.
-------
-----------------
I in Hayti. “According to thé trui When Wa hmgton left the Presidency
secretaries of the voodoos,” he say«. it bad a jubilant article over the close
A CUP OF TEA.
, "who m lintain its principles and obey of his term, in which it said:
"If ever there was a period of re
its rilles, 'voodoo' signifies an all-power
joicing this is the moment. Every
The Beverage That Oheers but
fill and supernatural being, on whom heart in unison with the freedom ami
Not Inebriates.
depends all th«' events which take place happiness of th«.* people ought to beat
in the world. This being is tile non high with exultation that the name of
venomous serpent—one so common ii Washington this «lay ceased to give a
Literature of the Plant That Has Made Its
Way Through the Wide World—Old
! Hayti ami it is ululer its auspices tha currency to political iniquity ami to
Idea* as to Its llnrinlfcKsneMM.
i all those assemble who. profess thi legalized corruption. A new era is
doctrine. Acquaintance with the past now opening upon us—an era which
■know ledge of the present, prescience o' promises much to the people; lor pub
It is curious that while the Chinese
lic measures must now ttand upon
flu« future, all appertain to this serpent their own merits, ami nefarious pro
claim a remote antiquity for nearly all
that only consents, however, to com jects can no longer be supported by a
the products of their long-arrested civ
inunieate his power and prescribe his name, it is a subject of the greatest
ilization, they give what to them is a
will through th«« organ of a grand I astonishment that a single individual
comparatively modern date for the in
pri 'st, whom the secretaries elect, and shouki Lave carried his iles-igns against
troduction of tea into the Celestial Em
still more by that of the negress, whom the public liberty so far as to have put
pire. And even then they trace th«! origin
the love of the latter bail raised to th« in jeopardy its very existence. Such,
of the article to a myth. They tell ns
rank of high priestess. These two dele 'jowever, are the fact«, ami with these
that about the beginning of the sixth
staring us in th«! face this day ought to
gates,
who deelare themselves inspired be a jubilee in the United States.”
century in our present reckoning, one
by their god, or in whom the gift of in
Dnrma, a prince of high principle and
During a part of his Presidency
spiration is really manifested in the I Washington was -called th«' step-father
great piety, landed among them and
opinion of their followers, bear the of his country, ami among the para
gave up his life wholly to devotion, He
pompous names of ‘King’ and 'Queen,' graphs written about him was one
entereil no temple, but, living in the
or the despotic ones of ‘Master’ or which said: “That to talk of the wis
open air, gave day anil night to prayer
‘Mistress,’ or the tombing titles of dom of the great commander (V\ ash
anil the study of God's work in nature,
ington) and the great philosopher
The
Muse
’
s
friend,
tea
dries
our
fancy
aid.
his aim being to so purify his life that in
Repress those vapors which the head invade, ‘Papa’ ami ‘Mamma.’ They are during (Franklin) was to talk nonsense, for
And keeps the palace of t'|<- soul serdne,
their whole lives the chiefs of the great Wa-hington was a fool ft'om nature
the end lie would become absorbed into
Fit on her birthday to salute the Queen.
family of the voudoos, and they have [ and Franklin was a fool from age.”
the Divine Presence. He hail an idea
Nor
should
Cowper's
delightful
home
a right to th«« unlimited respect of those
that if he could only conquer sleep so
In 1795 “A Calm Observer” in the
his mind might be forever alive to the picturo be forgotten in this connection, who compose it. It is they who decide New York Journal accused Washing
form of the
impressionsand scenes around him, and if only to give the original the title of if the serpent agroes to admit a candi j ton of being a thief. lie stated that he
date into the Society, who prescribe the ! had overdrawn his accounts and that
inconstant meditation on the unseen, modified words chosen as
sketch:
obligations and the duties ho is to ful I | he owed the treasury $1,037. Another
the sublime purpose h«! had before him this
Now stir the lire anil close the shutters fast,
fill; it is they who receive the gifts and writer licensed Washington of hypoc
would surely be attained. The weak
Let full the curtains, wheel the sofa round;
And while the bubbling un«l loud-hissing urn presents which the god expects as a just risy and declared that he wanted to
ness of the flesh, however was too much
be a King. A third criticised his carri
Throws up a steamy column, and the cups
homage to him.
for this enthusiast. Worn out by his pro
That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,
age and liis aristocracy, and, in fact.
To
let
us
welcome
peaceful
evening
in.
“
To
disobey
them,
to
resist
them,
is
tracted vigil, lie ut length fell into a
1 all- the opposition newspapers de
The question seems to have arisen to disobi'v Goil himself ami to expose nounced him in unmeasured terms.
profound slumber; but instead of wak
very
early
in
the
use
of
tea
as
to
th»
one's self to the greatest misfortunes. ' engross went against him during his
ing up with a sense of comfort anil re
"This system of domination on the second terra and refused to celebrate
freshment, it was in shame and humilia amount of the infusion which one might
tion that he opened his eyes, anil in an safely take. Several medical men hail one hand and of bliml obedience on th« i his birthday, though they hail been, ac
to do so, and when he i re-
agony of grief over his failure to keep pronounced it not only safe itself, but other being well established, they at | customed
fused to run for a third’ term they
awake In* took a knife and cutoff the of as conducive to health; and a Leyden fixed date« meet together, and the king charged that he did so because he
fending eyeliils. Returning after» time physician, writing in.1671, commend)« it ami queen of the voulions pri'siile, follow feared that he could not be elected.
to the spot where this extraordinary a* a panacea for almost every ailment ing th«! forms which were probably
It will .be surprising to the people
penance was performed, ho was amazed and does not think that 200 cups daily brought from Africa nml to which to-day to know that >« ashington was
to find that the eyelids hail taken root and would bo too much even for a moderate t 'reole customs have added many varia- once, charged with murder. It was
developed into fragrant anil beautiful drinker! This, however, was interested ions and soino traits which betrat during one of liis Presidential cam
shrubs. I!«? plucked some of the loaves testimony, the physician in question European ideas, as, for instance, the paigns. The Philadelphia Aurora made
and eating them felt like a man trans having, it js said, been brought over scarf or rich belt which the queen wear.« the charge. It stated that Washing
had, during one of the battles of
formed. A new joy possessed his for the purpose by the Dutch East at these assemblies, and which she occa ton
his early life, shot an officer who was
mind, a new courage animated his Tmlia Company. At the same time, sionally varies.”
bearing a flag of truce, ami that in the
As for th«» practice of Voitdoo w.orship, papers relating to the affair ho had ac
body; he had found an elixir that con ' there have been tea drinkers whose ap
quered sleep and made persistent wateh- i petite for the beverage was virtually it is well to say that of the votaries in knowledged the act of assassination.
fiilness a certainty. It was in this ’ insatiable. It was not unusual for Hayti tiler«! seemS to be two classes — Peter Porcupine takes up the charge in
fashion, say the Chinese, that th«! ten Robert Hall, the divine, to swallow thosQ who worship the serpent and offer his letters and proves it to be false.
plant came into existeneo. The story is t wenty cups at a sitting. To Johnson, animal sacrifices-to appease his wrath The • fact, however, stands that the
not so meaningless as it appears on the as already indicated, the beverage or court his favor, ami those who kill «barge was made.
Speaking ot Washington, I see that
surface. Apart from its spiritual signifi . never came amiss. There is a story in human beings ami not only offer them some
acquired.
of the goody-good newspapers
which
Sir
Joshua
Reynolds
is
credited
cance, we see in the legfind that from
as sacrifices, but eat their flesh. The of the country are very indignant at
According to recent «stin.atn ttJ
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
with
reminding
him
that,
he
hail
just
an early period tea was regarded ím a
temples of the vomloo are generally the statement in Quackenbos’ history
Stt.OOO suicides occur in Eurtpe til
—There is a place, in Scotland where year.
preventive of drowsiness; ami this, in- drunk «deven cups. "Sir,” said John small, unpretentious wooden buildings that Washington at one time ate peas
]
deed, is the recommendation given to son, "I «lid not count your glasses of —called bv the natives HUmforto—anti with a knife. I do not doubt but the a certain class of people who bother
Palmer
Ac
Key
manufacture
III
it by those Jesuit Fathers who are sup wino, why should you number my cup« arc scattered generally throughout the statement is true. The whole literary office holders and the public should be own g« oils, and <ad sell 25jer <e.tl«w
It is called Killiecrankie — Pitts than auy other houfee.
I
posed to have been the first Europeans of tea?” Then ho playfully added. "If interior of Hayti. Some of them are United States.at the time of Washing sent.
it. hail not been for your remark, I most incongruous in their interior ton, however, seemed to be a mutual burgh Chronicle.
in China to mako use of the plant.
—Jones (at the. circus) — “Hello,
admiration society, ami there is little
SAFE, 81RF, AND »pSn. I
We do not find mention of tea in should have released the lady from any decorations, and one situated a litth unfavorable gossip about the White Smith, you here?” Smith—“Yes, 1
No external remedy ever yet devise®
literature earlier than the sixteenth further trouble; but you have reminded distance back of Heaitx du Cap, was House dinners. I found the otherday. had to take care of my littls boy.” so fully «H(i unqueRtkcably met ill
century. Certain Italian writers who me that 1 want, one of the dozen and I profusely decorated with illustrations however, Maclav’s diary, giving his Jones—“Where’s the boy?” Smith— three prime coimitionH as successful™
flourished then speak of it, and one of must ask the lady to round up the from colored weekly pamphlets, inter I experiences during his term as a Sen "He was taken sick at the last moment A I.I.COl K*S l’OROUf I’l.ASlIRS. Tbejj
them, anticipating Cowper, describes it number.” The story docs not end spersed with gaudy chromoic pictures of ator of the United States when Wash anil couldn’t come.”— N. V. Herald.
safe because they ii ntain no deltteril
ington was first President Maclay
as "a delicate juice which takes the here, for we are assured that as John various saints.— N. K. World.
—Never judge nten by appearances.
Hint are manufactured upon «
dined with Washington a num- A man may look as bold as a lion ami drug-*
place of wine, and is good for health son was sipping his twelfth cup he told
tiiic principles of medicine. ThtyareJ
her
of
times,
and
how,
on
one
occasion,
being
invited
to
scattered
AN
ALGERIAN
WEDDING.
be
a
Major
General
of
militia,
and
yet
because
nothing goes ii to tin in exceffl
and sobriety.” fea must then have
through his diary are little bits make his wife go down stairs first wlien gredients which are exactly adapiedtoj
found its way into Europe, and the a party' to be made a lion of, he had his It* Celebration an Interestin’; Relic of of
gossip about these dinners, At two he imagines he hears burglars in the mu poses for which a i latter is req™
Very Ancient Custom.
Portuguese were probably the first to revenge by swallowing twenty-five cups
They are m eedy in their ncthn 'becifl
of them he describes Washington as
their medicinal quali’ies go right to til
import it. It was not. however, until of tea and not treating his hostess to as
A marriage celebration in Algeria is amusing himself during all the dinner house. — Philadelphia Herald.
—
"A
Reader
”
asks
the
editor
of
the
many
words.
The
right
method
of
work
of relievn pain and rtMcrin«|
about a century later that it was
an interesting relic of ancient custom. by playing the devil’s tattoo upon the
York Journal-. "How many peo natur.d and healthy perforn ance of■
brought into England. It was so preparing tea for drinking was not The bridegroom goes to bring the bride, tabic with his fork. He says, speaking New
ple have lived on this earth since the functions of musdes, nei v< s, and «Mi
much of a rarity that a gift of a at first easily understood. The Chinese and the guests assemble outside the of one of these dinners: "The Presi creation of Adam?” It is such conun
lin«' .lob »nd News-tekx
few pounds of it to the sov- say wo have not mastered the secret houso will wait for his return. Soon dent kept a fork in liis hand when the drums as these that make the editorial
ereign
in
1664 was considered yet; but we Jiave undoubtedly improved ■ the sound of pipes is heard coming from cloth was taken away, I thought for head turn prematurely gray.— Boston only complete stock, will be I oum
Palmer & Hey's Portland house.
a magnificent present, In 1667 a coli- upon the instructions left by an t the summit of soino neighboring hill, the purpose of picking nut«. He ate no Transcript.
nut«, but playc«! with the fork, striking
siderable importation of the article was authority in the last century, whose ad and the marriage procession approaches on
—
An
eminent
statistician
has
calcu
l-’or 4 '.mt:Ii*. Asilima. •
the edge of the table with it.”—
lated that a man spemis nine dollars ’■'liront l»i»or«lcrs. use
made into this country, the amount be vice was either to boil and drink the the bridegroom’s house. The pipers Cor. Cleveland Leader.
Bronchial
t roches." :5 cts, aboi.
liquid
when
the
leaves
settle
to
the
bot
per
annum
more
than
a woman. This
ing nearly five thousand pounds, but it
always come first in the procession,
may be accounted for on the ground
found by no means a ready sale. This I tom, or steep the tea overnight in cold then the bride muffled up in a veil, rid-
SUPERSTITIOUS SIGNS.
3 months' treatment for 50c.
that a man generally has to buy his
was owing, perhaps, less to the price water ami boil in th«! morning before I ing a mule led by her lover. Then
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold hy di
Popular Fallacies Wli ch Probably Orig- wife’s clothes as well as his own.—
drinking.
(
'rude
as
this
system
was.it
than to th«1 prejudice with which En
[comes a bevy of gorgeously dressed
hiatetl Hundreds of Years Ago.
Philadelphia Call.
Palmer & Key will <™tM
glish people in the first instance re was preferable to boiling the leaves and , damsels, sparkling with silver orna-
—“Can y__
..........
If,
on
going
out
of
the
house,
you
you tell
me whose picture is pell their type and pi tiding material I
garded th«' beverage. When it was first tlu'ii eating them with butter, pepper | ments, after which the friends of the
Tar ' bills?” asked a caller of a tha?i auy other hoii^e on the Coast.
forget something, you must under no on ten-doll#
offered in our markets from £6 to £10 and salt, as was done in some country I bride follow. The procession stops in eiicumstnnces
____
turn back if you can country editor. “I don
’t ____
know; 1 I
places
in
ignorance
of
the
proper
use
of
a pound was asked;a little later £2 10s.
in front of the bridegroom's house, and possibly avoid it; if you do, you must, couldn't even tell you whose portrait is
the
plant.
There
is
reference
also
to
a
was accepted. Garraway, of coffee
; the girl’s friends line both sides of the at any rate, sit down a moment before on one-dollar bills,” replied the pen-
house fame, was retailing it in 1657 nt custom last century of first serving the pathway. The pipers march off on one going on» again.
pusher, .wi^h an eight-line pica sigh
When Baby was sick we gave her Cai
from sixteen to fifty shillings a pound. leaves between thin slices of bread and side, while the bridegroom lifts the girl
If the first person von nmet is nn old
—General Toombs’ “last words” will When she was a Child, she cried for ’
butter
and
eating
them
as
a
delicacy.
woman,
it
is
a
sign
of
coming
mis
hardly do to put in the list of the last When she became Miss, she < lung to ’
In his advertisement he states that “in
from the mule and holds her in his arms.
The distinguishing names for tea are The girl's friends thereupon throw fortune; while, on tiie contrary, a words of great men. Said the «lying When she had Children.she gave them’
respect of its former scarceness and dear
ness it hath been only used as a regalia not expressive, as is generally supposed, earth at the bridegroom when he hurries funeral procession denotes good "fort Georgian to his grahdsoti-in-law, "LenS
une.
me $100," ami that was the final utter
in high treatment and entertainment of particular varieties of the plant. forward and carries her over .the thres
l’igs to vour left bring good luck, to
of the old man. — Philadelphia
and presents matle thereof to princes They relate chiefly to the conditions hold of his house. Those about the your right the opposite; to avert ance
Press.
Other asenciea <>’
and grandees;” but a better era had under which the leaves are picked. The door beat him with olive-branches amid which, grasp something made of steel
—Brown—“I don't see how vou can founders ha«e to pay freigts «nd
now dawned and Garraway tells us ho principal lilaek teas are liohea. Congou, much laughter.
and the spell will be broken.
find time to. go to church every Sunday. vance their prices.
“first publicly sold the said tea in leaf Souchong and Pekoe; while green teas
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If. on setting out on a journov, you Ini sure I can’t. I've so much to do.”
In the evening, on such occasions, the
Baking soda put on a burn will
and drink aeeonling to th«' directions are known as Hyson, Twankay and pipers and drummers are called in, and meet a sow with pigs your enterprise Fogg—"Yes, I suppose you do turn oft
_____
a good deal of work Sundavs. I wish the heat.
of the most knowing merchants and Gunpowder. Of the black varieties the women dance, two at a time, facing will be sure to be succi s«ful.
'I o tnvet two magpies portends mar I could do it; but the fact is I can’t go
Dr Pierce’s “Pellets” cure »tri «"}
travelers in those Eastern countries,and Pekoe stands first, and of the green each other; nor does a couple desist un
upon knowledge and experience of the Gunpowder has the preference. The til, panting and exhausted, they step riage;. three, a successful journey; without my sleep as well as you can.” ioui< headache, sot r btomacn» an
four, unexpected good m ws.
Wonder what he meant?—Boston Tran ious attack«_________________
j
said Garraway’.« continued care and in Pekoe consists of the buds and very aside to make room for another. The
To see one magpie and then more is script.
dustry in obtaining the best tea ami young leaves ami is gathered early in dance has great energy of movement, unlucky; to kill one of th sc birds is
A mill at Lehigh Gap, I ’“.’’Jn
—It was a case of breach of promise * 3, i '(X) tons of nielallir paint I erf I
making drink thereof, very many spring. The Souchong is the result of though the steps are small and changes irretrievable misfortune. It is also un
The defendant was allowed to say a
noblemen, physicians ami merchants the second picking, which is made about of position slight, the dancers only lucky to kill a swallow.
T ry G krmka for breaktsst.
I
word in his own behalf. “Yes/’ he
and gentlemen of quality have the beginning of May. Congou is th«' circling round occasionally. Hut they
If your left hand itches you will »ftid.
"I kissed her almost continual!«
ever since sent to him for the name given to the third gathering, and swing their bodies about with astonish take in money; if the right, you will every evening I called at her house?’
said leaf and daily resort to this house Bohen is a late leaf. Of the green teas. ing energy and suppleness. As leaves pay it out.
IBAIBY ;
A ringing in the right ear means Lawyer for defendant—Then vou con
to drink the drink thereof.” Evon Hyson is a gathering of tender leaflets flutter before the gale, so do they vibrate
fess it? Defendant—Ye«. I do confess
that
some
one
is
speaking
well
of
you:
iKINfcSCW
Garraway’s reduced scale of prices and Gunpowder is a selection of Hyson. to the music; they shake; they shiver ■ n th«! left, you may be sure that evil it; but I had to do it. Lawver —You .
and accomplished brewing failed to The Twankay is the last crop of and tremble; they extend quivering tongues are busy with yon.
had to do it ? What do vo:i mean ? '
CLEANSES
create any great demand for the new the season. China continues the pt-in- , arms, wave veils, and their minds seem
If your right ev«‘ itches, you will see Defendant-That was the onlv wav I
PURIfi^J
beverage ami most of the writers and cipal source of the English supply of lost in the abandon and frenzy of the some beautiful sight; if the lelt, you could keep her from singing. The jury
gave a verdict for the defendant
wits of th«« time are found satirizing it. tea, though we now import largely also ' dance, while the other women, looking will have cause to shed tears.
□
BEAUTIrl
If your nos ■ Itches, you will hear Tr-'mue caTin8 their »e»ts. — Chicago
Shmhvell talks of it as something “for from Assam and India. In the Ufiited on. encouraged by their high, piercing,
EY
some
news
or-will
fall
into
the
mire.
women and men that live like women;” States the Japanese variety is at least I trilling cries, which add to the noise of
^CUTICURA]
r ?IwEdi,PTWel1'’’ TheU' l’ 0 • Stevens
but Shadwell, on Dryden's showing, as extensively used as the Chines«'. Th«’ the pipes and drums.— Brooklyn Mag — <in• intuiti Enguirer.
Lo„ Wash. Terr , was entirely cured of
being "round as a tub and liipiorcd fact that other places than the Celestial azine.
I
rheumatism by the n«e of St. Jacob's Oil. non CLEAN8TN" 1
1 beautifyii.br the
ot <
j...» *1
«■very chink,” could hanlly bo expected Empire now cultivate the tea plant is a
A Monkey’s Mathematics.
‘. 1 .consider it a wonderful and curing torturing. dH*fihUnnK-
for it
*lld "
al'•■'»} s speak a good word and-pimpiy <
to be partial to any such mild form of benefit to the consumer, not only in
of 1 ’ e
—The most prominently picturesque
blood, with Jos- of hair, iron*\ juibk J
dissipation. Steel«« was no doubt less i a larger supply of the article, but as a old building in Albany, N. Y., is to I ••I toll you. Bradley, that's the
the
CTil<
»
ha
prejudiced, but even he »peaks bitterly protection against adulteration. The succumb to the march of modern im smartest dog in the worM.”
.-i'T’JL ,(?as,','de '"nnel when completed
CUTICVRA. the great
«.«uuM
OAP. an exquisite
i
"No «marter than a monkey I saw
of the new custom of tea drinking. best quality of tea never leaves Chinra; provements. The Slants liou«e, south
saw wi I be the second 'ongest in this country. CVHA
j»ared front it. externally• £’* .firf
lh-
longest
in
the
world
is
Mount
S'.
“Don't you see," he makes one of his it is too precious a commodity there east corner of State and Pearl, with it« on Walnut street yc’terday. He be- Go hard, 16,; 00 ya-da.
koLyftNT. the new Hired F•
invariably succeed when »1«
I
characters «ay of women, “how they Besides, to enjoy tea in its choicest date. "1647,” is to give way to a fin« ongeii to an Italian organ-grinder.
and
the best physicians
He couhl eount.”
Arehitect h.itimnu Leeendre. 419Sutter
swallow gallons of the juice of tea, flavor it must be use«l when perfectly banking-house.— Albany Express.
CUTICURA ItEMKhlh* •’^ïtitifier1 1
"Ilie Ita ¡.in?”
»tree«, San Francbco, Cal. states th*t the only infal ible skin bea‘
while their own dock leavi’s are tro«l- fresh and this freshness is impaired by
having suffered for a long tini" with a purifiera, free from
"No. the monkey."
<len underfoot?” This, however, was the drying processes to whiehthe leave.«
Sold everywhere.
^__4 m tW
ÎiefT*1 ™ ’7h- “nd f"Jlin8
obt*in »»y "■
—The cost of postage-stamps to the
"Uli. nonsense, Bradley!”
hef ftom doctors and the numerous pre. ttc.: RBeotvKNT.il.
but echoing the views of economists of must necessarily bo subjected for ex Government, covering every thing, in
"Anyhon, I »aw bint run up a col TVtM h I h «s/*
vhe
alarmed.
the times, who had said that If such a port The effect of competition, how- cluding delivery, is |6.9y per thousand. umn. -Ph id'lphia Call.
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The total
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•narriages S
859. The i
347,54“.
of birth» pe
of marriage
These figure
Pared with t
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bearing the w
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