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PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1887, S1.50 TEH ANNUM. 1 It is a curious fact that this country exported abroad 175,8.10,000 pounds of sugar last year, and BiS.OOO.OOO pounds tho year before, notwithstanding wo do not produce more than one-eighth of the sugar wo consume. " In one pew in a church at Pes Moines, Iowa, sit tho widows of seven clergy men : and yet there are only two women in tbepow. One of them is tho "relict" of three, and tho other tho purviving partner of four divines. Perhaps one of tho most primilivo of independent kingdoms is tho little island of John mi a, in tho Comoro group. The Hultan boards any ship th:tt may call there, and endeavors to sct-iiro tho wush--ing for his wives, whilst tho Primo Min ister poddies cocoanuts and bananas. Tho floating island on Lnko Derwent water, England, has again mado its np pcaranco. It camo to the surfneo of the water a year or two ago near Lodorc, after completo submersion for nearly three years. Tho cause of the phenom enon has never been satisfactorily ex plained. Tbero is said to bo a man in Lendvillc, Col., who can tell, by tho tingling sensa tion in his lingers, when he walks over a body of ore. Ho is a living mineral detector. His powers are said to have been thoroughly tested, and bo has earned largo sums by his peculiar gifts, but bis fond- Jss for gambling keeps him poor. MissFlorcnt . Mucnaghton, who lives It! the north of . pclaml, was recently try ing to persuade a fisherman to become a AAn..l It. All 1 1 1 . Ni-viuuuur. lie ioiu iter lie would uo so f-flho would swim ilm Imv lu.iu'nAn Blnckrock and Port Hallantr.ic. Noth ing daunted, Miss .tlacnngliton swam the bay, which is a mile across, and now the fisherman is a teetotaler and has signed tho pledge. That's a cold wat-r girl. Tho noblo red man in tho West is an cnthusiaatic gambler. The Winnemucca (Nevada) Silfrr .S'ate says: "A band of Khoshoncs arrived hero a few days ago with several hundred dollars for the pur pose of engaging in a gambling bout with tho Piutcs. Usually tho Shoshones take away more money than they bring with them, but this time the rule was reversed, aud they lost all their coin and t licit blankets." Czar Alexander has suddenly found a fliversion very soothing to his disordered nerves. A short timo ugo tho complaint reached his ear that the carp aud pike in the ponds of Gatshina were multiplying too fast. The Czar resolved to occupy his leisure hours with fishing. While at first only sport to him it has now become a confirmed habit. Indefatigably ho sits on the bauk with a fishing rod and waits patiently for a bite. "Tho New York Financial Chronicle, with estimates which appear to bo care fully conservative, placet tho present population of tho country at 01,318,3:19. tho seven years since the last census it places the increase by births at 7,372,471, and by immigration at 3,793,003, mak ing a total gain of 11,105,473. With a corresponding iucreaso wo shall have considerably over 00,000,000 of peoplo when the next census is taken. K TanEminett,thefuthcrof modern negro . minstrelsy, is now selling milk for a liv- j" n Chicago'. Jle is a genial old man of seventy-two, win etitertaius his friends with interesting reminiscences. Occasionally ho blacks up and gives them a taste of what negro minstrelsy was be fore it degenerate. 1 into burlesque opera and male bullet business. Emmett's famo will rest on tho authorship of . "Dixie," which bo wrote to please some professional friends in New York, never , dreaming that it would b.'como a na tional air; The Atlanta Comti'iiUm tliiuks "thore there can be no doubt that the discov cries and inductions of tho present nge havo thrown a new light on the physi ology of food. It is a happy though; thut some time in the fiituro a man's cook will bo his doctor that he can pre , vent as well as cure his ailment, prolong his life, by securing a good cook. The cook and the physician have both killed their thousands in the past, and if they come to be the benefactors of humanity by uniting their best efforts, und pave the way to the millennium, they will certainly atone for much of their mis conduct in the past." The nominal cost of railway construc tion in the United States has been swollen inordinately, of course, by tho"stock wateriug " process. Apart from this form of inflation, however, the 125,000 miles of railway in this country have been put down at very reasonable figure compared with the cost of construction in Europe. We can see this the more clearly in the following table, prepared by an English exchange : Aoe raijc i oM ptr Hits. V'uiUxt Kingdom 212,uH0 Bolgium MJ,noo Franco 1:;n,ooo Uermuiiy 100,101 llusiu 100,000 Scandinavia ,V.i,noo Viiilel Ntattis (Disregarding Wa tered Stokt ,V,IHHJ A CONTUMACIOUS SUBJECT. Von his throne the mighty king His gallant courtiers kneeling round Impatient, tapped his signet ring And said some new, diverting tiling For his amusement must be found. Then Ske an old and trusty knight: "May I my king's indulgence crave, To bring within the royal sight A subject who denies tho right Of any king to call him slave!" "How nowf the angry monarrh said, "Who dare deny our sovereign power Go, fetch him here, alive or dead; The fool shalt bow or lose his head Within the passing of the hour." The knight retired with solemn stride. Then came a page, all sleek and trim, To say the queen would sit beside Her lord anil see this traitor tried If he, the king, indulged the whim. The queen came in and took her place. The baby boy upon her breast, Unheedful of the treason case, Looked bravely on the monarch's face And snatched away his jowcled crest He crushed the king's symbolic rose, Upset the sceptre with a crash; He even tweakod tho monarch's nose And kicked him witli his tiny toos. The while he pulled his fierce mustache. All others at the king's behest Their serfdom hastened to declare; Tho babe alone, with freedom blest, Iefled the king who ruled tho rest Most potent he the weakest there. Willis B. Hawkins. THE LAST MAN. Tho light was well spent and darkness was near, when tlie Confederate's attack ceased on that part of tho Federal line at Chickamauga which was held by the troops under Thomas, on tho second day. Between the left of these forces and that remainder of the army which had not left the licld, lay a long stretch of forest, effectually cutting oIT the view between the two points. Just at dusk there was borne across the forest a sound of rapid musketry, but this was soon over, und then followed prolonged cheer ing. It was clear to those with Thomas that the cheers camo from Confederates, and signified a enpturo of more or less importance. The incident served, in connection with what followed, to cast a deeper gloom over tho exhausted sol diers. That which followed was nn order to withdraw from tho field itt retreat to Chattanooga. The left of Thomas's line rested upon n ridge, the end of which was covered with standing corn. At tho foot of tho ridge, to'thc left, wr.s a fence, and beyond this the forest ulready mentioned. A lino of Federal skirmish ers was posted along the fence, nnd the ordors were for this line to remain until tho troops were well oft the ridge in their retreat, and then to quietly with draw and make the best of their way to rejoin tho column. Tho skirmish line was composed of a single regiment, and a captain was in command, all the field officers having fallen In the two days' fighting. Tho captain, n straight and soldierly fellow, with bright brown hair and beard closely cut, was waiting with what patience he could command until his time came to retreat. It was an un certain service at best, this staying be hind in skirmish line while the army marched away. So thought the captain, evidently, as he moved uneasily a few paces buck and forth behind liis men. l'hcro was something else to trouble him; he winced whenever he put his left foot to the ground. The captain had been waiting nearly half .an hour when there came an ominous sound from tho forest in front. It Was too dark to sec, but there could be no mistaking that sound. It was the tramp of men coining cautiously on, as a force would do in the dark, oxpccling to meet an enemy nt every step. The captain thought it too early to retire. and so there was nothing for it but to await the on coming force nnd trust to fortune. On it came, and presently tho dusky forms of a line of skirmishers were seen scarcely thirty paces in front of tho Fodeml lino. At tho same instant the captain's men, standing silently in their places, were discovered by the others. Neither knew certainly to which army tho other be longed. The line which came from the wood halted without command, hesi tating. Then' nn officer stepped for ward and demanded : "What troops nro those':" Not at a loss for a moment, the Fed eral captain responded: "All right! We're going up tho hill. Be ready to support us. Now, then, men quietly! Pass the word along:" Whatever the doubts of the other, tho Captain was sine that tho force con fronting him was Confederate, lie was at last relieved i f uncertainty ho mn-t move now. His men understood ; the command went from man to man in low tones, and the wholo line of skirmisher quietly turned and marched up through the corn to the top of tho ridge. As tin y came to the open ground at the summit all was stilt about and in front of them. Their comrades were out of bearing in their retreat. The Captain mounted his horse which an orderly had been hold ing while the Captain was on foot with his skirmishers and put bis little regi ment in motion to follow the army. Ho himself remained until tho lust ' of his men had filed by, and then followed. As he did this, he turned his face as if for a last look at the bloody field. There was nothing there now but darkness and si lence. 1'crfect silence, it seemed, thinking what had been there now less than two hours before. It was perfect silcn c, save that 20J yards down to the front, where tho enemy's dead and wounded lay thickest, a sh, u p cry came up out of the night now and then, us the hospital corps lifted a sultcrcr too rough y or turned some poor fellow over upon a mangled limb. Save, alas, tiiat a rust ling noise iu tho corn through which he had jut come told the i aptain that the enemy's shirmi.-hers left at the fence be low were already moving on his track. "The last man at Chi. kaimiuga !"' mut tered the captain as lie rode on after his regiment. They passed quickly down the rear ward slupe into the deeper shadow of the valley, und presently turning their heads to look behind, tuw faintly outliued ajfuiust the sky the figure oj the South ern skirmishers as one after another they emerged from the com and stood Upon the crest. Tho last of Chickamauga t Ah, no! Not the last ; for as tho little rear guard reached the lower ground they enmo upon their wounded comrades, who, too badly hurt to go on to the rear, had yet with untold agony dragged themselves back from the lire swept ground in front, and so got partial shelter. Along tho route these w retched sufferers lay thickly. Here one with an arm half torn off; there a foot dangling; hero a poor fellow shot through tho body, his death a question not of hours, but of minutes; and so on, in sickening continuance. And all want ing water! Thcro had been none all day, and tho retreating soldiers Were march ing with lips and tongues blackened and swollen and crncked with thirst until many could utter no articulate sound. "Boys, you won't go nnd leave us here f" "For Cod's sake, water 1 water!" "Hoys arc you going on the retreat, and leave us behind?" "You ought to hold the ground, boys, till they tako care of us 1" "Water! water! Don't let us dio here?" Pitiful, pitiful appealsl And all in vain. Not a canteen of water in the wholo command. Not an ambulance within milt's. Nothing but a victorious foe behind, an unknown way in front, and tho blackness of night over all! l'iliful, pitiful. Harder to face these reproaches than all of Bragg's artillery. Ah! here is punishment! Not only to leave the field to the enemy, but to abandon torn and bleeding brothers, nlso! So thought the captain, riding In rear of his little worn command. Presently he heard a well-known voice ut the road side, and nulled up his horse. "(lood heavens, Major! You here, and hurt!" cried tho Captain, as ho camo close to a prostrate figure at tho road side. "Yes, Milney, I'm here. For God's sake get me a drink of water!" replied the sufferer. And then went on eagerly: Is it a retreat, Captain? Have we lost it all? Where are the ambulances and the hospital trains? Are nil these poor fellows to be left to the enemy? Why, they can't tako care of their own in this wilderness, let alone ours 1 It is cruel it is horrible! Get mo a drink, captain; get me a drink I That is all I shall ever want. I shall not get away from here." Captain Milney dismounted. He had a few precious drops of water in his can teen hoarded for hours against his own thirst. His friend, Major Galton, ho found was shot in the breast how badly could not be told. He was quickly re lieved so far as half a doen swallows of tho life giving water could do it. "God bless you, Milney!" ho cried. "You've done me the last service I shill receive in life. God bless you, my friend! And now go on. You can't help these poor fellows here, I know; you can't help me any further. Go on with your regiment and leave us. But hero, Milney, take this letter, and when you are back in God's Ohio "country give it to Mina Clark, and tell her that her promise made a man of me when I was nigh desperation and despair. Tell her, I say God bless her for it !" "Mina Clark!" exclaimed Captain Milney, starting back. "Mina Clark I is there no mistake? I thought it was "No no Mina Clark. I can't tell you now, Milney. I'm growing weak. Good-bye, Milney good-bye!" If any inward trouble showed itself in tho Captain's face none could see it in the gloom. He was silent but an In stant, and then said slowly and firmly, but in n greatly altered voice: " Ma jor Galton, I am going to put you on my horse and forward you to Chat tanooga. You shall bo your own mes senger to Mina Clark. You have some thing to live for, nnd you will live ! While I it does not matter." Had the Major known that Cnptaiu Milney was himself wounded a painful hurt in tho foot, not dangerous, but disabling his protests might have licen vigorous, but they would not have swerved the Captain. As it was, the un expected urn seemed to give tho Major a new lease of life. Iu an instance bo had resolved to live he who a moment beforo hud bidden his friend good-bye forever. Astride the Captain's horse ho seemed to get out another lcaso of life, and all this stood him in good stead. The troops, tired und dispirited as they jvero, moved rapidly ou the road, and the Major's horse kept pace with them. Long before tho night was gone Major Galton was safe In an ambulance nnd up the way to Chattanooga with not a thought of anything but rest uud sleep. And Captain Milney? Why, the cap tain fared badly. He hud already been too much about on his injured foot, and it was swollen and stiff. Ho starter to hob', ilu after his men, but it was so hard that iu half au hour ho gave it up and lay down by the roadside, a milo or two behind tho rearmost of the retreating sol diers. It teemed almost as if Major Gal ton's new life and spirit had been ab stracted from the Captain's store, leaving the latter ambitionlcss and despairing. "1 am whipped!" he said to himself, as ho lay down and gave up to weariness and pain. I am whipped; but not by the enemy back there. No; a woman did it!" At daylight next morning Cnptuiu Mil ne) was a wounded prisoner of war, bound for some Southern military prison. "1 am whipped," he said, as on the night before, and prepared as well as he could to take it philosophically. Seven or eight mouths afterwcid the Captain awoke one morning from the de lirium of a long fever. He was in a hos pital near Washington. When ho first becami conscious things about him looked almost as strange as the fantastic visions ui that dream haunted fever land from which ho had just emerged. All things strange, except all! except the female figure at tho side of bis cot. That was familiar enough; it was Mina Clark. She w s reading, uud he had been look ing at her and wondering dreamily for some time before she turned her head and saw that he was awake. Then he asked the questiou that was uppermost iu his mind. ' "Where is Major Major Gnltoul" ho uked. "t )h, Charley !" she cried, glad teats streaming from her eyes. You ure cou s ions again, thank God! You will get well, dear! Hut the dreadful things you have been saying while out of your head. The Major is here, and comes in every day to see you. But you must not talk now, and I must not talk to you. You arc to take a pood sip of this and then ITO to Sleen Nnt u u-nril imii- r,tili. Charley, if anything is in votir head ' about Major Gallon and and I such as you've been talking about in your fever, it's till a mistake, Charley a cruel, crcl mistake I" Well, he found thnt out in the nfter noon of the same day when he saw Major Galton nnd his wife his wife, who was not Mina Clark. He discovered that Mina's promise to the Major that promise which bad so exalted the Majot and so wrecked the captain was simply a promise to set things right with (iaiton's lady love, who in his nbsenci was being influenced by an unworthy rival. Doing this service involved foi Mina tho sacrifice of some maiden pride and reserve, but nt tho Major's urgent petition she did it, and even raised him to the seventh heaven of happy anticipa tion by writing him her promise to de liver his girl safe into his arms whenever he came home. TbcCaptain came to think that he had jumped nt a conclusion too quickly, and that a little faith in the girl whoso solemn troth he had would have saved him a trip to Eibby prison, nnd saved him nlso tho fovcr which attacked him the very day his exchange was effected. But then where would the Major have been if tho East -Alan at Chicamauga had not lent him a horse? CiitctNnnli Com mercial fJazeUe. Indian Ball. "The game is not made up of nines, but of sides, and has twenty-five Indians on each side. Tho Cherokee Indians will have the right side of their faces painted black and will carry a spoon or stick, something similar ton Lacrosse stick. The Choctnws will have the same make up excepting that the left side of their faces will be painted red or yellow. When they get on tho grounds," Snake Puppy, Chief of tho Clierokecs, nnd Lone Wolf, Chief of the Choctnws, will 'toss up' tosee who will throw the ball. Both sides take their position at cither end of the grounds, with a board about fifteen feet in height behind them. This is what they call the goal just like n game of football in this part of the country. The chief who has won the toss will take his stand about an equal distance from both sides, and will toss the ball in tho air and give a whoop to notify the men to start for the ball. They all make a rush, and as they are swift ruuners they generally meet about where the ball lies, and as they cannot touch the ball with their hands they use their spoons, nnd when one mnn clutches the ball he holds the spoon high in the air nnd makes a terrible race, with the remaining forty nine players in hot pursuit, beating him over the head and shoulders with their spoons in order to gain possession of tho ball. When the possessor of the ball reaches a spot witli a clear field ho throws the ball, and if there is not some man who will tbrow his spoon in the nir and catch it, tho ball strikes the goal, and the men retire to their places for an other inning." St. J.ouinOlobe-Democrat, Selecting a Family Horse. Among the good points to bo noticed in tho selection of tho futility ltorse, do cility and gcntlcuess must l.e kept well in front. If the women nnd children are to share in the use and care of the horse, nothing vicious should be tolerated. If sound and previously well cured for, a horse eight, ten, or even twelve years old, may be bought with no fear of disability on account of old nge. Mr. John Bussell", who recently delivered a scries of lectures in Boston on the euro of the horse, said that "old wine, old friends and old horses" and by that meaning those from eight to fourteen "should always be pre ferred to young ones.'' The horse does not come to maturity ns early ns some think, as the record of the trotting horse of America shows. A horse ten years old, that has no defect of body or limb, is practicully safe from the ordinary horse diseases. So fa ns outwntd ap pearance, color, etc., are concerned, no general directions can be given, but if the buyer is inexperienced, it is belter to go to some reliable dealer, stating what is desired and tho amouut of money to be given. An honest horse jockey in some people's minds is an anomaly, but many such may be fouud. America Ayricuf turtit. A Clean Crab. Mist Gordon dimming reports some of the "acute and pithy remarks" of the native Christian teachers at the Sainoan Islands. Among tho rest is a trait of the crabs of the island, w hich was brought forward as au illustration of the com mandment to cut off a right baud or u right foot, or to pluck out u right eye, rather than be led into sin. One of the teachers told how often he had watched tho mali'o, or land-crab, which by day burrows deep in tho soil, but by night hurries down to the sta to feed und drink. It is a wondrously c lean creature, and the Samoans declare that if on its seaward way, as it presses through the tall grass, it should chance to come iu contact with any tilth, which adheres to its legs, it will deliberately wrench them off, and thus, self-mutilateil, hobbles back to it bole, there to hide till its legs grow again. It is positively affirmed that this extra ordinary crab has becu known thus to wrench olf its eight legs in succession, and then drug itself home w ith she great est difficulty by means of its nippers. Strange Extremes or Heat and Cold. Northeast Siberia posscses a climate colder than the North Polo and hotter than many uplunds under the Equator ; but tho torrid heat lasts only for a few weeks, while the intense cold endures for many months. Iu the volcanic penin sula of Kamchatka, says a writer in the Loudon Telegraph, the banks of the in land streams are clothed with grass grow ing with tropical luxuriance and spangled with gay flowers tho Alpine rose, tho cinquefoil, and tho beauteous Kamchatka lily while on the low lands cluster the poplar aud the silver birch. The pre vailing humidity of thel'acitic seaboard, particularly in the Amoor Basin, favors the development of a splendid vegeta tion ; and on the I'siui the ginseng is largely cultivated for the Chinese market, where it fetches its weight in gold, the plant being esteemed a sovcriyu remedy asaiakt all disorders. household awairs, AVhat Salt ia flood For. When you givo your cellar its spring cleaning, add a little copperas-water and salt to tho whitewash. Sprinkling salt on the tops and nt the bottoms of garden walls is said to keep snails from climbing up or down. For relief from heartburn or dyspepsia, flrtnlc a lfftln r.nl.1 n-nl. in !,;. .1. """ n.fcm V w i ' ...i.i ju nun l. line j tyspn dissolved a tcaspoonful of palt. tfm ttrnri1o in 4tta rrrrtam t a ninuli ao ! m. J a vv i aj au iiiu I'lii, Mil a Jfll.lil VM two of snlt in the middle of each, nnd, unless a shower washes it olf it will kill the weeds. Ink stains on linen can be taken out if tho stain is first washed in strong salt nnd water and then sponged with lemon juice. In a basin of water, salt, of course, falls to the bottom; so never soak salt fish with the skin side down, as the salt will fall to the skin and remain there. Salt and mustard, a tcaspoonful of each, followed w.th sweet oil, incited butter or milk, is the antidote for Fow ler's solution, white precipitate of ar senic. For stains on tho hands, nothing is better than a little salt, with enough lemon juice to moisten it, rubbed on the spots and then washed oil in clear water. For wced9 in pavements or gravel walks, make a strong brine of coar-c salt nnd boiling water; put the brine in a sprinkling can and water the weeds thoroughly, being careful not to let any of the brine get on the grass, or it will kill it too. If a chimney or flue catch on fire, close all windows and doors first, then hang a blanket in front of the grate to exclude all air. Water should never be poured down the chimney, ns it spoils the carpets. Coarse suit thrown down the flue is much better. Recipes. Bnowx BitEAD. Three cups each of flour and sour milk, two cups of sweet milk, one cup of molasses, five cups of Indian meal, one tablespoon of soda, one tcaspoonful of salt. Let rise, then bake iu a moderate oven. Black Pudding. One-half pound each of raisins, currants, chopped suet nnd sugnr; one pound of bread soaked in milk and beaten smooth, one-fourth ol a pound of flour, spice to taste. Put in a bag and boil six hours. Fried Tomatoes. Cut ripe tomatoes in half and fry slowly on both sides in butter and lard. When cooked brown take them out carefully, pour a little milk in the frying pun, thicken with flour, season with salt and n mere dust of red pepper. When U stews into a rich sauce pour it over the tomatoes and serve. Peach Sweet Picki.es. Choose peaches that are ripe but not soft enough to eat; put a clove into each one; boil a pound of brown sugnr with a gallon of vinegar; skim it well and pour hot over the peaches; cover them closely. It may bo necessary to scald the vinegar again iu a week or two. They ret aiu their fluvor well. Stewed Cucumbers. Three large cu cumbers cut lengthwise the size of the dish they aro intended to be served on ; take out the seeds and put them into boiling water with a little salt, nnd let them simmer for five minutes, then place them in another saucepan with half a pint of good brown gravy mullet them boil over a brisk fire until the cucumbers are tender. Should they be bitter add a lump of sugar; carefully dish them, skim the sauce, pour it over the cucumbers and serve. Mock Apple Pie. Make a paste as for apple pie. Boll two small crackers, or break them in crumbs, and soak them in a cup of cold water while making the paste. Grate ono lemon, or pare it very thin, and cut this paring into tho small est pieces possible Add this and the juice of the lemon to the crackers. Fla vor witli nutmeg and stir in one cup of sugar. Cover a plate with paste, fill with this and set in the oven till partly done. Then bar the pie with narrow strips of paste, return to the oven and finish linking. Ji'Nkett. A plum junkett is made by warming two quarts of fresh milk until a very little warmer than when just from tho cow; pour the milk into a largo ornamental bowl or dish in which it can be brought to the table, and, while the milk is warm, stir into it two tablespoon fulsof prepared rennet; stir gently for two minutes, then set away in a cold place. It will soon become a solid, sweet curd. Serve by dipping the curd out iu largo slices with u small, flat la l'c or broad spoon. It may be cateu with rich cream uhme, or with cream and pow dered sugar. Chestnut Forcemeat. Take a few chestnuts a dozen und a half will be sullicicnt for one large fowl roast and peel the nuts, and then put them iu a saucepan with some good veal gravy. Let them boil iu this for fifteen or twenty minutes, then drain off the gravy, und, wheu they become quite cold, mince them, also chopping line the liver of the fowl. Now take a tcaspoonful of grated ham und a tcaspoonful of black pepper, a pinch of grated lemon peel uud two largo tublcspoonfuls of bread crumbs. Mix these well in a mortar, adding the chestnuts nnd fowl's liver, uud moisten the whole witli a mixture of the beaten yolks of two eggs and two ounces of butter. A Great Place For Celery. It is iu and around the fair and far famed city of Kalamazoo that the celery lord, with all his innate pride and odor of garlic, may best be found. Here his coat of arms, consisting of a bunch of celery penchant on a silver dollar guardant. may be seen emblazoned ou his armorial bear ings and also on the faces of the shop keepers. Here it is that over !t,ilU0 acres of 'reclaimed" land is devoted to the cultivation of the crisp uud toothsome stalk that is gifted with nerve strength ening properties. It is u saying that in Kalama.oo they swear by celery and at everything else. The latter proposition may be a trille harsh, but the former is self evident to any visitor In spite of tho fact thut Kalamazoo leads thecouutry iu light vehicles, wind mills, harrows uud many other branches of manufacture, she still pins her faith ulid hope uud trust to the celery bind pd the celery lords. Cli 'uwjo Ihrald, MR. AND MRS. BOWSER. TUB TBIBTTXATI0N3 OF A MATBI- MONIAL FIRM. Mrs. Bowser Describes the Attempt Made by llfr Jfnslinntl to Sew on Some Ituttons. The other evening, when Mr. Bowser stepped oil the street car at our corner, onn of his suspender buttons flew off. This may or may not have been the first timo in bis life that bo lost a suspender button, but be took it so much to heart that I guess it was the first. He came into the house witli the look of a man who bad been deeply injured, nnd shouted at me: "Do you know whether I've got a sin gle button left on any of my garments?"' "What is it, dear?" "Don't what-is-it-dcar me, Mrs. Bowser! If you were half a wife you'd look over my clothes once in five or ten years nnd catch up the loose buttons!" "Why, there's only ono button gone, and I'll hnvcthat fixed in two jilfys. Let mo get my needle nnd " "No, 1 won't! It has been plain to me for the last year that sooner or later I'd have to do my own sewing, and now the climax has come." "Just one minute, Mr. Bowser.'' "Not ono second ! I shnll hereafter sew on my own buttons, nnd I might as well begin now!" I had needle nnd thread and thimble at hand, but ho turned away. Supper was ull ready, and wdien I mentioned the fact he replied : "Go aud eat it, then ! I have no time. I have 200 or 301) buttons to sew on." He wouldn't even permit mo to give him the needle and thread. He hunted around and found a darning-needle and sonvi coarse thread, nnd went oil to bis room nnd locked the door with a great bing. I went up after supper nnd looked through the key-hole. He hadn't got the button on yet. As the needle was larger than the eyes, he had tried to enlarge the latter with n bodkin, and thereby broke them all into one. He was bothered to know how to proceed, when I called : ".Mr. Bowser, won't you let me in?" No, ina'ani ! Your place is in the pnrlor, reading the last French love story, while your husband sews on bis buttons!" "But shan't J get you another button ;" "No! There are no other buttons in the house, or if there was you wouldn't know it ! I shall go down town and buy some." He came out, locked tho door and started olf, and in half nn hour he came back with a dozen varieties of buttons, running from a pearl to an overcoat but ton, lie also had three papers of nee dles and five spools of thread, nnd to these lie bail added two dozen salcty pins. "Won't you cat supper and let me sew on that button, Mr. Bowser?" I asked ns he returned. "Never! It's too late! I may get through in time for breakfast, but you can clean off tho supper table. I havo been losing buttons for tho last five years, and now I propose to sew them all on." When he find locked the (J.oor ngaiu he got out every coat and vest and pair of pants from the closet and sat down to his buttons. I mil telling you tho sol emn truth when I say that I looked through the key-hole and saw him de liberately cut every button off of two ves s and a pair of punts, nnd he took one of his new shirts and coolly ripp"d it clean down the back to the bottom hem. And I will further make a solemn affidavit that the button ho lost when he got oil the car was tho only missing but ton he had ever complained of. When he had cut the buttons off, as described, he lighted the gas und gotinit his needles and thread. Mr. Bowser is a near-sighted man, and our gas lixtnrcs arc hung pretty high. Between tho two he got into trouble. It didn't scorn to make nny difference to him which vndof the needle lie threaded. Instead of jab bing the thread at tho needle he jabbed the needle at the threid. After about twenty jabs he'd get discouraged and se lect another needle, or break tho thread oil at a new spot. He finally got the thread into the eye, doubled it up and tied a great knot" at tho end, and after twenty minutes of bard work he got tho missing button back ou his pantaloons. In his nervousness bo put on a brass blouse button with a shank, and ho ii-jmI just three yards of doubled thread to make it secure. It was 10 o'clock before lie came down stairs. He had giveu up the job with the one button. "Well, have you got through?" I asked. "Got through! Do you expect lean sew on 2t4 button in two hours?'' 'Well, I'll see to the rest in tho morn ing." No. you won't! Don't you dare to j touch any of my clothing! Tlr- worm has finally turnou, unit he proposes to take care of himself after this!"' Next morning he put on one of the vests lie had stripped of buttons und fastened it witli live s ifcty-pins. He put ou a cout from which he had cut two but sons, und those wcreulsn replaced by the pins. He came down and paraded urouiul to at tract my notiiv, uud I finally said: "Mr. Bowser. I want to beg your for giveness. I knew theru were over 2011 buttons olf your chrthea, but 1 wus shift less und slack. This will be u grout moral lesson to me, and I promise you "' Didn't I tell you the worm had turned?" ho interrupted as he waved his bund in an imperious way. "I have got to go down town in this fashiou. People will remark it und of course they will understand how it is." tie was gone about twenty minutes, and then sneaked back, slipped softly up stairs and changed his clothes and skipped out. When Mr. Bowser came up to dinner lifttherof us inentioiiiul buttons. It wus not until he was ready to leave the house that he said: "Mrs. Bowser this must never happen ugain never! You ure my wife, but don't drive mo too fur too far!" De troit Free i'n. Dakota among the States and Territories stands sixth in the number of bushels of wheat produced. Only eleven Slates raise more oaU, sixteen have uioie schools, fourteen more newspapers, and but twelve have nwie miles of ruiiroud. 'TIS BETTER NOT TO KNOW. The hand of mercy light the past, But hides the future ill; It tempers every stormy blast, And bids us onward still. Whatever cloud may darkly rise Or storm may wildly blow, Whatever path before us lies, 'Tis better not to know. Our friends may falter one by on And leave us to our fate, If but the stiff we lean upon May still support our weight Unconquered by a dream of ill; Unburdened as we go, The storm may break beyond, but still. 'Tis belter not to know. If faith in human constancy Be but a dream at best ; If falsehood lurk whore love should be, Yet in thnt dream I'm blest ; If warning of a coming wrong Cannot avert the blow; If knowledge fail to make me strong 'Tis better not to know. And if within my brother's heart A buried hatred lies; If friendship be an acted part, His smile a cold disguise The knowledge would each blessing dim And not a boon bestow Ah! leave me still my trust in him, 'Tis better not to know. D. Haxtghlon, in Current. HUMOR OF THE DAY. A genuine hum-bug The locust. A half loaf is better than no vacation. Inter-Ocean. It is queer that Queen Victoria did not confer the Order of the Bath on some of Buffalo Bill's Indians. Pittsburg Chron He. Advice to young ladies who arc setting their caps : Use percussion enps so that the pop may be beard. S'eio Hate; JYefCrf. When a girl pays her husband's railroad fare on their bridal trip, its a pretty good example of love's transport. Merchant Tracelcr. The doctors tnx their patients When tlioy their bills display; Folks tax the doctors' patience When those bills they will not pay. UoodaU's iVhh. Tho hottest article of a man's attire nrn his suspenders, But, oh! how much hotter nnd more uncomfortable he feels when they happen to givo way in public. Burlington Free Press. " The gentleman who is about to shoot," paid tho master of cercmenics nt a target practice, "is a lamous French duelist. Then the frightened crowd got right iu front of the target and begnn to breuthe cusy. yeto York Hun. "Young man," said the old deacon solemnly, "do you realize thnt when you retire at night you may be called before morning dawns?" "I hope so; "I'm a young doctor, and I need encouragement of some kiud. Texas Sitings. "No," said old Bill Squeezers, who was down from Bodie tho other day. "I didn't go to Judge Podger's wed dins. The notice said 'No cards,' and I'm blamed if I can fool away a whole evening wlicro tlieres no chance of little. . four-bit ante." ban-i Wasp. PROSPICCTS spoiled as usuai They thought to have a cottage neat With honeysuckles twining, And live iu lovers' transjiorts sweet. All other cures resigning. The goal of peaco they thought to win And happily through life to jo.. r'"-. And so they might, hud it not been 9 State For papa and the dog. -y or Merchant Tracelcr. Me How Chocolate is Made. "Chocolate," said a New York con fectioner, "is made from beans that grow in pods on the cacao tree. Thete trees are numerous in the West Indies, and it is from them that wcgetoursupply. The beans are brought hither in the pod, and put through a regular manufacturing procc-.s to produce the chocolate cukes that we use. The first operut ion is the bieaking of the busks nnd separating tbein from the kernels by n blast of air. Then the beans aro ground with sugar by revolving granite grindstones. The stones arc heated, and the oil continued in the bean makes tho mass adhere und become a thick paste. This pulp is now partly dried and the air bubbles are squeezed out in a press, und it is trans ferred to the cooling tables. Here it is placed in molds, a blast of cold uir is turned on, and in a few moments the beautiful glossy tablets aro finished. "The British Government has recently directed that chocolate be served two or three times a week in the army and navy. In confectionery the Parisians exceed us iu the number of preparations of chocolate. We use it. iu its natuial flavor only, while they mix essences and other flavors with it, until their is no end to the combinations that they produce. In England much of the chocolate is adulterated. Some recent tesls delected flour, starch, potato, lard, chalk, bran und old sea-biscuit in specimens olfeie I for sale." Mail und Fjju-i a.. A Novel Musical Instrument. Two Spanish naval officers were play ing u duet iu the cool inner room of a piano wui'eroom ou Fifth uvenuc. yester day afternoon. A group of musicians, critics uud employes of the company were sitting or standing urouiul, attentively listening. One of the duik-bcardcd per formers was plaving an accompaniment for the other, who held to his mouth uu instrument so suiull us to be entirely cou t'calcd by his lingers; yet the notes of "La Paloma," that sensuous, fetching Mexican air, rang out ill tones like a piccolo's, yet so strong us to seem us if they came from ucalliope. When the uir was finished, the infant Mute wus submit ted for inspection. It was a section of u reed, very like those which ure u-ed fur pipe steins, having three small holes be side the blow hole. It was not three inches long; yet from this scrap of per forated ivcd over two octaves of notes had been elicited with u strength that made the uir palpitate, and the most rapid runs had been executed. It is a lo w instrument culled i e r ed flute, aud is quite u curiosity. For its ie, it is the biggest instrument ou earth Wic J'"fit Sun. ' f W:
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