RATES OF AOVEJITISIHO. THE FOBEST REPUBLICAN It pnbltihert ever? Wednesday, by J. E. WENK. Ol9o la Bmearbauglt Co.' Building KLH 8TREBT, TIONK8TA, Fa. On, fciosre, on. Inch, on inaartloa- 1 1 W One Square, on. Inch, one month One Kqiiare, one Inch, three monlhe Or,, Sriniire, one luch, one year W 00 Two 8'piar, , one jeer j"j ('Darter Column, one year 80 m IJalf Cnlnmn, one year 40 00 One Colomn, on, tear ,u0 00 adTertlMmeou too eonu per line each la anion. Marrtat death notice (rati. AU bills fof reetlv adTertirements eoHer-ted anar- terly. Teinporarj adrerUaiaenie null be pud. U . advance. Job work cash on delivery. FOREST REPUBLICAN Term. tl.BO per Year. No itthMriptlnni received for t thottar period than thrre montlia. r 0rr-iond-nct olteltrd from an But of the Country. No notice will be taken ofaaoajinoiia VOL. XX. NO. 38. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1888. 81.50 PEIl ANNUM. A great "rush" of herring is expected this winter on thu west coast of Norway, tor two centime, for some unknown reason, tliose rushes have occurred at regular interval. Tho two greatest of them wcro noticed in 1.M0 and 1807. The cnsliicr of tho Fidelity National Bank of Cincinnati, whose only idea of fidelity was Hint it male a nico sounding name for a bank, hits found in tho jail to which ho lias been sent a man who was hi schoolmate forty-five year, ago. But this docs not reflect on the youthful moral training of tho men, a tho other one is keeper of tho jail. The Congressmen from the far Western States will mako ncut little sums of pin money out of their milcugo allowance, which is twenty cents a mile to and from Washington. The Oregon members will each receive 11,840 and the Arizona delegate $1,00(1. Congressman Lee, of Virginia, who lives within eight miles of tho capital, gets only f J.20. fne great cot ton wood tre in the wamp of Tennessee, contain veins of clear, sparkling water, which tastes omcwhat like unsweetened soda water, and which spurts forth as if under gas eous pressure when a vein is punctured. It is said to be deliciously rcfrcshing,and hunten are in the habit of carrying gim lets with which to pierce the veins when they are thirsty. It is a point of honor .with them to plug up the orifice when their thirst is satisfied, so that the next comer may not be disappointed. U'fJliioaso is trvinu the exneriment ol burning garbage and the refuse of the streets, and the result is said to be very satisfactory. Two fires are built under a large iron-lined pit with a grating for bottom, and On this grating tho gurbago is dumped. The top of the pit is thou closed and the lire lighted. The draft is not allowed to ascend through the garbage as it is consumed, and all or ganic matter carried by the smoke is en tircly burned up before it is discharged from the chimney. There is no offensive smell. i . Dis. p'eguin and Godfrey, of Bridge, port, Conn., have secured and examined the stomach of Alice, Jumbo's widow. It has proved a perfect bonanza and pos sessed all the treasures of a curiosity shop, l ittle did this particular elephant dream when she demurely stole and swallowed pennies one by one, cutlery, jetc., that they would be recovered. The stomach was found full of hay, and in jthe hay were fo.md between three hun dred and four hundred pennies, part oi a jaekknife, a jub lot of enne ferrules, a roil of lead pipe and a collection of as sorted pebbles. The largest, or perhaps the best known, shop in Tails, Au Bon Marcae, is kept by a woman, Madame Boucicault, whe has recently been decorated with the Cross of thu i cgion of Honor. Madame Bcucieault is as generous as she it wealthy. She has bestowed $1,000,000 on her employes as a pension fund foi the sick and superannuated, besides library and reading room funds, and she gives them all shares in the profits of hei business. In her native town she hat , , . .-rtrtrt..rti.;l it. r. uuut a f-.uo, oim untige across me pnonc to givo. people a more direct road to market, and she has distributed more thau $l,o00,000 to relievo the sufferers from the phylloxera plague. It i doubtful whether death in burn ing building! is as horrible as is general ly supposed. The London Lancet, speaking particularly of the affair of the Opera Coiniipic in Paris, observes that the burning seldom occurs iu these cases until after death, or at least insensibility to pain, has been produced. Kxcept under e y peculiar conditions, the vic tim is made faint and pulseless by the carbonic acid, or the carbonic-oxide gas, before the lire teaches his body. It is Jthc experience of persons who have been in a burning house that the heated and tnukv atmosphere speedily induces a fet ljpg of poxvcrlcssuess and of indiffer ence lo what is going ou around, and it is generally this stupefaction, with sub sequent paralysis of feeling, that pre vents judicious means being taken for escape. The natural produi ts of any land in vegetable or animal life are the safest for its inhabitants to propagate. When they try evotics there may be no adequate check to their increase aud tho most serious consequences will result. Thu people of New South Wales have for ninny years been overrun with rabbits accidentally introdoced into that coun try, which has no foxes to repress their in. n a-e. The sparsely populated region caanot keep them down. Bounties are off red und many men make haudsome livings killing rabbits at two to four cents per head. Sheep keeping is the great industry of tho farmer there; but the rabbits eat closer than sheep, and threaten to drive or starve the latter out, home thought'e s person a few years ago brought ferrets into the couutry? These have run wild, and are increasing so as to be a new dauber. The ferrets destroy r.ib'iils, I ut occasionally attack the sheep, an 1 i is liau-J that tiicy uiuy taku to the Mood ol the l.tlter annus! as their favo- food. THE HIDDEN CROSS. IIow many heart so brave and true Are battling day by tlay To bear a cross their whole lives thro1, Unmurmuring all the way. Tho cross they bear they do not care That all the world shall see, As if to ask or beg a share Of its cold sympathy. They do not wish that all should know The secret of Its power, Nor even of the hidden woe Of many a sleepless hour. Oft drenched with tears the steps that lead Up to the throne of grace, To One who hears them when they plead And never nidi's His face. JohnB. Hemntreet, in Inter-Ocean. A TERR IDLE TEN MINUTES. It happened one afternoon last vcar. in mo montn of jsovembcr, that I re .,;..,i . ii n:. ' ; r iZ u I'""!11" , ... 'UlKlt.ll t ill I Y I1VAI HUH Mill" UU UU 1111 portant business nrittcr. To such a summons there was but one nnswer pos- aiuiu, iu, wiui jusi a rcgieiiui inoiignt for a card party I should have to forego, I wired back this reply: " Mr. J. )crrn, .An'ferton' lintel, f.nntlnn: "Khali leave Hurtown hv the 112 to ni.-ht. and will coll on you to-morrow at N:15. Kniohtlv. Having dispatched my message, I finished off the day's work with all 8ced, at.d then returned to my lodgings 10 maKe preparations for my journey. These consisted principally of crummiiiL' a soft cap and a few oilier necessaries into n i carpet-bag, after which follow d the discussion of a hearty meal, and the delivery of an exhortation to my land lady to feed my fox-terrier, Grip, at his usual hours. The remainder of the ovetiinir wa spent in skimming over the morning's paper, wherein I found little to interest me. In disgust, I flunr the thins on the floor. It alighted at a graceful angle, on whose apex appeared the headiug, ns conspicuous as leaded typo could make it: " Shocking Wife Murder in liurtown Arrest of the .Murderer." W ith a mental apology to the nub. lishers of the Cuonide for the injustice I had done them as caterers to the publio craving for honors, I picked up the paper and proceeded to digest the "harrowing details." The gist of the news was as follows: 1 An abandoned ru linn, Ch ppy Watson uy name, nun, ancr ine lasinon of his uiu-k, oeaieil in ins W'le S SKull With a mallet, in cousequeucc of some domestic disagreement. Having committed tho deed, he coolly put on his coat and hat, and was proceeding to depart, when the neighbors and police, attracted by the screams of the unfortu late victim, rushed in aud secured him. This wr.s all, or nearly all the paragraph con tained, except for tho usual information that "tho prisoner will be brought up before the magistrates this morning, and charged with lausing the wilful mur der oi ins wile." It was now past eleven time for me to make my way down to the station; rather inorc tha'i time, in fact, since that imposing structure was distant from my lodgings by fully two miles. ' (ortunate'v. HIV bair was lifht. and I shaied iu its nicisinur characterised of being unburdened by superfluous weight, wholly pleasurable. j in the cost of the plant, and the qucs- None tho less, on reaching my dcstina- j My first action was to remove any sus-1 tion that raises the uncertainty is as to tlon there was only one minute left me picion that there might bo in the mind j the endurance of the costly plant. It whe. c n to take my ticket and secure of the mysterious third occupant of our should be noted that the cars I describe a sent. The latter "operation, thanks to carriage, through the presumably acci- j are not run upon specially prepared the slowness of the booking-clerk in dental action of having touched the tracks, and are not connected with wires handing me my change, liad'to be ac- lady's dress. Giving vent to an audible ! that are streaks of lightning from dyna complished by running the gauntlet of vawn. as though I had just awakened mos. The running machinery is. of the guards and porters ns the train ' 'from sleep, I remarked, in a tone of cool j course, peculiar, and the electricity is becun to move. i imnertinnnce: i stored. Kloctriciuus say that great ad- .o sooner nan i ascertained that my limbs were uninjured by the uncere monious fashion in which tho railway officials had 'assisted' me to mv seat. than I discovered that the only other ! tenant of the oompartineiit in which I was ensconced was a young lady, and one, moreover, of no small beauty. Now, ! I am a shy man as far us the fair sex is concernod. Among men, I have self- ; possession enough aud to spate; but in tue pro euceol lailics.tuat sell-possession , vanishes with most uncalled for rapidity. ; In the presence of ladies, yes; but here there was but one, who was bound to keep me for a whole hour, until tho train ; should make its first stop. So it hap-' pencil that, as 1 contemplated the charms of my vis-a-vis from bch ml the eveninsr paper, which I had found time to buy on j The longer I pondered over the prob my flight t tho station, a measure of my 1cm, the more curious for its solution did courage returned, aud in tho inspiriting I become, and then, heedless of the warn words of Mr. Gilbert, said I to myself: iug I had received, 1 struck a match and "I'll take heart and make a start; faint intentionally dropped it. heart never won fair lady." Moop'ng down, with a muttered mal- "I trust you were not alarmed bv mv unceremonious entrv?" I rennirkr.il. with some inward misgivings, but much outward assurance. ror answer, a quiet staio and a slight a n.au hand with the marK ot a iniiocii contraction of the pretty mouth of my arrow upon it. companion indicat ng her opinion thai, Chippy Watson then was our com as a stranger and unintroduced, 1 hud no pauion a doomed and desperate man! right to sjieuk to her. By a mighty effort I controlled my This to an ordinary malu animal wa voice sufficiently to say : the moment for stiatc"ie attack upon the fair one's scruple; for me it was the exact opposite the moment for flight, had flight been possible. Ostrich-like, I buried my face behind my newspaper there beinir no sand available and in a few moments heard, to my relief, a 1 corresponding rustle from the opposite1 side of thu nrriaire us mv nreltv tiruile followed suit. The sense of defeat and j Blackley, and theuwful ridu would be at disgrace fairly overwhelmed me for' a an end. Scarcely had the thought while, and my eyes wandered over the : formulated itself when the girl op paper 1 held iu my hand, seeing but ! posito me sprang up, trembling like a understanding not what they saw. At ! leaf, and skrieked, ere I could stop her: length they lighted upon a familiar I "Oh, the hand Las touched my foot name: "Chippy W atson," and their owner recovered his senses and almost forgot his grief as he read the following lines: "The Hurtown Murder Escape of the Prisoner.' After detailing the incidents of the hearing before thu magistrates and the remand of the prisoner, pending the inquest, the paragraph went on as follows: "On leaving the court, Watson was conducted between four officers to the van. .lust as he was stepping in, and when the policemen werenileavoring to keep back the crowd that pie-sed round, the prisoner suddenly snapped his hand cuffs in some inexplicable manner, uud knocking down the constables who thiew themselves upon him, I rokc through the bystauilers and lied down the street. The whole affair took place as it seemed in a second. Oa minute, and Watson. rUor- ously guarded, was quietly walking into tho van in the midst of the officers; the next, and ho was free, tearing down the street with the police and tho populace at his heels. He was seen to dodge down a back alley, known as Shut I aue, nnd followed by tho crowd of several hun dreds. At the end of Shut Lane he dis appeared round a corner, and, strange to say, has not been seen again. There can be no doubt that he will be recaptured; but his present escape and disappearance are most mysterious. We understand that tho fellow possesses singular strength and agility; but none the less, it will be a stauding disgrace to our policcauthoti tics that a prisoner should thus, in broad daylight, nnd iu the midst of a crowded thoroughfare effect his escape from the very hands of justice. A reward of one hundred pounds has been offered for his re apprehension. Watson is about five feet nino inches in height, strongly built, and when he escaped was dressed in a gray fustian suit, with a red scarf and soft hat. Hu may further be dis UUirUlSIlCU oi tinguished by a scar across his chin, and by having Hn arrow tatooed on the back 1 VI HI UllllU. L! 1 1 ,, This was about the extentof the infor mation contained in the paragraph, and my readers will agree with me that the news was sufficiently exciting to occupy my thoughts to the complete exclusion of the unpleasant experience I had just passed through. As 1 lay back in my scut to muse upon what I had read, my thoughts began after awhile to wander and my head to nod, according to their wont at midnight, and before long I fell asleep. Jlow leug I slept I cannot tell probably for a few minutes only but in tho'O few momenta I underwent a most discomforting dream. . I dreamt that ( hippy Watson stood over me, mallet in hand, and that my tiavcling companion was holding his arm, to avert the threat ened blow, Shu struggled in vain, and thu mallet fell yet with a strangely lifht touch imon lnv arm. With n start, I awoke, and then saw the girl of my dream bending toward me with a scrap of paper in her hand. But her face, how te-rilily was it changed! Instead of the dainty pink Hush I had Inst seen, there was n ghastly whiteness in her checks, and her eyes teemed starling from her head with tprrnr. Hohliiur lin. one. tinirpr. an if in command silence, she passed me tho paper, on which were written the fol- lowing words: 'Some one is underneath the scat, and has just to iched me." Was it thu dream" which filled me with the thought that this was an idle alarm? I cannot tell; but this m .ch I know, that in an instant thre flashed across my mind with overwhelming force the thought of the escaped wife murderer, lieluriiiiig my com anion's silence-sig- ; nal by a gesture of acquiescence, I wrote upon the paper: "It is pro ably only a dog. Shall I look under the seat !" Her answer was short and to the point: "So; do not look. It was a hnnd." Here, then, was a sufficient dilemma; but by comparison with what had passed before between my fellow passenger and nivself. it was a dilemma that I felt al most disposed to welcome. The malo sex in my person was about to assume its rightful position of protector to its weaker, if would-be independent com- rtnninn Rwpfl. wnt mv rnvenirH anil vet. tlm rnvenrrn scnreelv nromiserl tu be "You really must excuse mo for ad- dressing you again, madan, but will you ! permit me to smoke, to enliven this te- ' dious journey?" As I spoke, I accompanied my words by a meauing glance, and was favored with the reply : "Certainly, if you wish it; I cannot prevent you." Thereupon I produced my pipe and tobacco pouch and proceeded slowly to bit the former, ns I thought out the plan of action. On reference to my watch, I saw that the train would stop in another ten minutes. Clearly, the only thing to do was to wait till we reached Black ley, and there get assistance to find out who our unknown traveling companion micht be. cdiction, lo pick it up, I cast a search-; inir claiice underneath the onnosite seat. : and then my blood ran cold, as tho faint vlea n of the taper revealed tho back of ! "hiXCiise my reaching across you, madam, but that was my last match, anil I could not afford to let it go out." The girl, into whose whilo cheeks the color showed no trace of returning, mur mured some unintelligible reply, and for a few momeuts wo sat in silence, Again 1 looked at my watch. Thank Heaven, in five minutes we should be at ; again!" I The moment tho words left her lips I heard a sudden movement under the scat, ; aud qu cker thau thought a figure up- ! peared upon the floor. In that uiomeut j 1 tiling myself upon the rultian ana clutched ma throat wnn tne energy ui despair, knowing that should he once gain his feet it was all over with me, the ; lighter and weaker man. Can I ever for- get the horror of that live miuutes' ridu? 1 Tho whole compartment seemed to be falling upon me. Then uaiU, feet,'' all weie atta king me at once, but through a 1 I kept my grip upou the murderer's throat, and though 1 streamed with biood, and almost lost conscious ness, still held ou, whilo the girl's scieims rang dimly through my cars. Suddenly the-train stopped; the strug gle ceased ; and 1 fainteq across the body of mv caotive. When I recovered consciousness at length, I found myself lying upon a ta ble in the Blackley Station waiting-room, with a sympathetic crowd around me, and, best of all, I saw a face bending ten derly over me, the face of the girl of my dream and my discomfiture. After making twojor three attempts, I managed to ask : ' Where is Watson ?'' "Very nigh dead," replied a ruddy, faced farmer who stood beside me. "You three-quarters strangled tho life out of his ugly body; he was black in the face when they lifted you off him." "Do you know that he is an escaped wife-murderer ?" I inquired feebly. " Yes, we know," responded my hon est frieud. " 'I ho Burlown police tele graphed after tho train to have it searched, because a man answering his description had been seen in the station before it left. Tho police have got him safe, my lad, this time, and no mistake. Why, 1 saw him handcuffed, and his arms pinioned behind him, and he a lying half dead the while after the throt tling as you gave him." l)o my readers want to hear the rest of my story, now that the catastrophe i9 told! If so, I will inform them that Watson, on breaking loose from the po lice, after turning the corner of Shut Lane where it will be remembered he disappeared contrived, by an almost incredible effort, to scale a high wall, and so gain the shelter of a railway em bankment. Along this he crept until he reached the mid-town tunnel, where he had lurked all day, until, 1 1 " the evening, he crept into the and contrived to secrete himself i , iage of the midnight mail, with .csulis before mentioned. There is one more incident in close connection with that journey to be told; itis this, that there will be a marriago early this spring. The name of the bridegroom will be Knightly; tho name of tho bride does not matter. She was never formully introduced to her future lord and master, and therefore it is surely unnecessary to tell tho name she will soon cease to bear, to a passing acquaintance like the reader. CiiamlKrs Journal. An Electrical Car. One of the remarkable sights in this city, says a New York letter to the Cin cinnati Commercial Gazette, is the Julicn electrical car rushing along in a way that excite a degree of surprise approaching alarm. Tho car is tho ordinary style familiar on tho streets, painted green, with a bell that rings sharply, and a big lamp in front. The propelling power is invisible, ltconsistsof electricity stored in tanks fitted under seats. The car Bpins along at a lively mte, if permitted, aud is under perfect control. It is stopped iu less timo tlwin horses can be checked, and starts with a geutle facility, and gains speed ns if motion was its natural conditon and the rests were en forced. The one that I saw on Fourth avenue was gliding ahead, pursued and in part surrounded by a great Bwarm of boys, who seemed to be of tlic impression that they were witnessing a show of magic. The street car honsas did not like the monster, and pranced as if they proposed going on a strike. The elec trical car tiad a load of passengers, and moved over ordinary tracks in a master ful manner. Of course, if this sort of thinu enn be carried on at a cheap rate, there will not long be use for horses or cables. There is a difficulty, I am told, vances liavo Keen macio witnin a lew months in the storage of electricity, and if it progresses a little further the ap- plication of it will be something iufinite. The Art of Sermon Making. For a number of years, says the Rev. A. J. F. lichrend iu tho Brooklyn Eagle: " I continued to read half of my sermons and to prepare tho other half without use of the pen. But my written and speaking styles were out of hiirmony. I found myself living a double loental life. My preaching lacked uniformity and the individuality which grows out of the use of a singlo method. So I abandoned both methods and adopted tho third that of preparing a careful brief, mas tering its contents without special at tention to the language and then freely reproducing it In speech nnd without the use of a note. This has been my habit for over liftcim years, and I am sure that for mo it is the best. Tho written preparation ordinarily amounts to '2.1100 words, one-tluru oi a luuy wnt- ten discourse. The thought is put as compactly as possible, and with special regard to clearness and precision. No elaboration, either of argument or of imagery, is attempted at the time of composition; this is left to the subse quent review, to which an hour and a half is given immediately prc:eding the service, and very much is left to tho friction ot thought which an active and attentive nudieuce always excites. Blowing the Mayor's Horn. Among some of the numerous corpoia tion customs iu Knglajid, says C'imkTi M-i'.mim, may be mentioned tho blowing of tho " Burghmote Hum," by the sound ef which the members of the corporation were, in days "one by, summoned to gether. Thus custom probably dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, having been in some places continued until our own , times, ai iuiiiii u muinu minii.pt- j served, which is sounded every day. "If I a visitor should remain iu the city," writes I Mr, Wulbran, " during tho evening he j ,ay bar the sounding of the Mayor's 1 horn. It .formerly aunounceii tne setting , et tne warcn. wuencc um una uuu-n ui ! the town derived tho Satou style of 'wakeman,' but it is now, ot course, lapsed into a formality. Three blasts, lnng, dull and dire, are givcu at niue o'clock at the Mayor's door by his officiul l i i ....,r .r..rUr.l tt. iioni-i'i'!'. , ,...",..- -V m irket cross, xvlnlu the seventh bell of the cathedral is ringing. It was ordained in 1-451 that it should be blown at the four cornels of the cross nt nine o'clock, iJter which if any house 'on tlm gate svl withiu the towne' was robbe I, "the wakeman w as bound to compensate thu loss if it was proved that he and his ser ,Hla did nnt thai' rlnt' ex ui tia HOUSEHOLD AFFAIR! Hand and Household AVork. Household work and neat hands are not as incompatible as they seem, if every means possible is used for the protection of the hands. I will not say pretty hands, because work must enlarge the joints, thicken, and as one grows older, mar tho shape: but with a little trouble n working hand may be kept soft nnd white, with regular, smooth nails. First, there are rubber gauntlets, casting a moderate price. 'I hey can be worn whilo washing dishes, dusting and sweeping, and in doing any work that will not cut the rubber. An old pair of buckskin gloves, with plenty of news paper, will keep tho hnnds spotless in trimming and cleaning lamps, and free from. the lampblack, so permeating and hard to remove. In short, the rule must be: Whatever can be done with gloves, must never be dono without them. When work is done, wash the hands in tepid water, pressing the skin back at the base of the nail with the towel as you wipe them. Four in the pnlm a few drops of glycerine, rub well together, and wipe dry. If sticky, pow der lightly with starch. At night anoint well with glycerine, and sleep in gloves, or powder thickly with stnrch, which will whiten, as well as prevent soiling the bed clothes. Gonl Home kcepin;. Pin This Up In the Kitchen. Ten common-sized eggs weigh one pound. Soft butter the size of an egg weighs one ounce. One pint of coffee A sugar weighs twelve ounces. One quart of sifted flour (well heaped) ono pound. One pint of best brown sugar weighs thirteen ounces. Two teacups (well heaped) of coffee A sugar weigh one pound. Two teacups (level) of granulated sugar weigh one pound. Two teacups of soft butter (well packed) weigh one pound. One and one-third pints ot powaercu sugar weigh one pound. Two tablespoons of powdered sugar or flour weigh one ounce. Ono tablespoon (well rounded) of soft butter weighs one ounce. One pint (heaped) of granulated sugar weighs fourteen ounces. Four teaspoons-aro equal to one table spoon. ' Two and one-half teacups (level) of the best brown sugar weigh one pound. Two and three-fourths teacups (level) of powdered sugar weigh one pound. Ono tablespooDful (well Leaped) of granulated, coffee A, or best brown sugar, equals one ounce. .Miss Farioa says one generous pint of liquid, or one pint of finely-chopped meat packed solidly, weighs one pound, which it would be very convenient to re member. Teaspoons vary in size, and the new ones hold about twice as much as an old fashioned spoon of thirty years ago. A medium-sized teaspoon contains about a dram. Recipes. Misce Meat. Four pounds of beef, boiled, two pounds of apples, aid ona pound of suet, chopped tine, two pounds of stoned raisins,two pounds of currants, a quarter of a pound of citron, a te.i sponnful of cloves, cinnamon and mace, a quart of molasses, and a half pound of brown sugar. Saoo Pi'DDiNO. Boil five tablespoon fuls of sago, well picked aud washed, in one quart of milk till quite soft, with a stick of cinnamon; stir in one teacup of butter and two of white sugar; when cold add six eggs well beaten and nut meg to taste. Mix all well together and bake iu a butter dish three-quarters of an hour. Mashed P.viisnips. Take eight par snips, scrape, slice lengthwise, and put on to boil in hot salted water. They will take a little more than an hour to cook. When tender drain and press through a colander. Mash smooth. Put in a clean saucepan with a little butter, pepper and salt. Stir until very hot nnd then dish. Cold Slaw, Shred a white cabbage and pour over it the following dressing: Put half a cupful of vinegar on to boil. Beuttwo eggs till light, add half a cupful of very thick sour milk; and butter tho si.c of a walnut. Add this mixture to the boiling vinegar, stir over the fire till boiling hot, aud add salt und pepper. Pour over the cabbage and set it away to get very cold before serving. Bakkd Omei.kt. Take six eggs, three even spoonfuls flour, a li tie salt, and beat them well togcilier the more it is beaten the lighter it w'll be then add one pint of hot milk nnd keep o:i beat ing. Have a hot diso vith some moiled butter the sie of an egvr, aud put into oven. Bake twenty minutes, and eat when it comes from oven, for it will fall soon. This is very nico for breakfast. Bhkau Pi uiUMi. One quart of grated bread crumbs, one quart of milk, yo ks of four eggs, well beaten, b itter sue of an eg.', one cup of sugar, two teaspoons liak.ng powder and two teaspoons ex tract of lemons ; mix all well together and bake; beat tho whites of the eggs w ith a cup of powered sugar, flavor with ono teaspoonful extract of lemon or orange, cover the pudding with it aud bake until browned a little. HOW TO M IKK (iililK Cot-Ki t:. Put one cupful of tine-ground cotlee in a small saucepan and ou the ti it. Stir constantly until h it. 1'ut the hot collce in thu filter of a coffec bivin. Place the coarse strainer on top, and then add half a cupful of cold watar, pouring it in by tablcsponnfuls. Co er il and let it stand for half an hour, though les time will do. Next add tim e cupful and a half of colli water, a cupful at a Cine When a I the water has passed through the filter, pour it from the pot and again through the filter. Cover closely, and at serving time heat it to the boiling point and serve at once. Certain proverbs in the Mahabharata i nnrallcl those found among other ua- , , tious. Among these (here is I lie goi.i- i en rule," which, however, is formulated negatively in the Sanskrit: "lo not ! unto others whut thou wonldt uot have oilurs do unto you." In ( hinese, the ' maxim also has the negative tonn. lis is 1 ul'othr case in the Talmud, where the ! savin " is put in the mouth of the famous J Uubbi Hillel. A CAT ACTS AS SURGEON. THE WONDERFUL DRESS h.D A FELINE WOUND THAT Astonishing Advance In the Mental j Evolution of the Lower Animals Will They Kvcr Talk? The wonderful ad v ince in mental cvo- lution of the lower anima a is a quest on j of great interest, and scientists aro be ginning to question the probability of i their approaching the man iji brain , Eower. Some animals to-day possess a I igher mentality, it is claimed, than ! primeval ninn, and the question presents j itself, will they not in time develop and becomo the equal of tho human species ' when a method of conversing with them i shall have been found? i William llosea Ballon! in the X rt- i American Jkri.-it) discusses the subject of I mental growth in the animal species, and gives rca-ons for believing that they are I approaching mnn. 1'ogs who are able j to deliver ones mail and to give the j alarm when the house is on fire, says Mr. ; Ballon, certainly possess more brain power than the aborigines who have no sense of , the utility of things and live like worms j in a ditch. Animals often display more intelligence I than the lower grades of man. Dr. 1 Thomas Bryan Gunning, the noted sci- i entist, once had a cat called "Black" j who had many learned qualifications. It j would be hard to believe the following incidents if Dr. Cunning were not now living in Twenty-first street. New York, and could produce witnesses of the per- formanres of his wonderful cat. 1 "Black" always sat ot the table with I the family in his own chair, with his own , crockery.and with his forcpaws delicate- ly placed beside his plate. Ho used his ! paws and mouth much more deftly and politely than the ma-ses of humanity. After an abseiue of several venrs the family assembled nt dinner ono day nnd were surprised to see "Black" come for ward and gravely demand, as only a cat can, his place and chair, which even they had forgotten. "Black" delivered the mail at the box ou the corner lump-post, nnd never forget a face or friend, though vcars intervened between the meetings. The most remarkable of his acts occurred when a swelling appeared on his body, causing him great, pain. "Black" was nlvvavs present at surgical operationsand in this instance demonstrated that he had not been an unob ervant student. His master examim d his painful sore, and requested his boy to call in a young surgeon and "have the sore lanced, as he could uot bear to do it." "Blnck" heard the words, jumped on the bed, nnd lanced the soie with his teeth, so that the blood spurted over the coverlet. When the young surgeon came he pronounced tho opera, ion successful, and sewed up the skin. When he went away "Black" tore open the tlireads.nnd after that attended to the wound with out interference. When the place healed there was no scar, nnd tho sur geons ngiced that they could not have performed the operation and cure without leaving one. We must concede in the light of mod ern times that the terra "instin :t" is no more appplicuble to the 1 wer animal than to man, since it implies action w.thout the nid of lenson, says tho writer. Any tra'ning a lower animal uc quires or any knowle ige or cxpereiuc is just as much learning iu h's case us it is in the man who has to bo similarly trained or experienced. The turkey and some other animals which have b come domesticated, according to Judge John D. Caton, revert to their wild state when 1 set free. Arct c explorers and sailors ' when deprived of foo l and the conveii- j iences of c vilization often revert to orig nul cannibalism and the lowest forms of existence; and, beyond a doubt, i if they continued to be deprived of such con veil i ncos the rdecendants would be i as wild, dirty, savage and ignorant ns an I Afr.can pigmy. These facts show tim- fily that instinct is as dom nant in the J lumaii race asumongthe lowc t animals, ! and manifests it-elf under like circum- ' stances. How can the lower animal bo taught? Tho best animals mu t iir-t bo si puratcd ; from their kind, those lowing ti e high est mental ty mated with each other. Their offspring must be as carefully taught, as is ihe babe, such mere elements : of knowledge as they are best enabl d to acquire. The de-cendauts through sue-ce-sive generat ons and through ycnis, if nccesi-ary, mu t riceive the same il l gent attmtion and teaching that have a 1- ' vanced the mentality of man. That the lower a dinnl of Irmself has been unable to acquire knowledge by experience to such au extent as man is no reason why we hoiild d spair of his u!t 'mate eman cipation. Given the same tin iiing and advantages that man has ennobl d him self with during thu last s.'Verul hun dred years and many lower animals would b endowed with much know ledge and its ut'lity uud bo ablj to convcr.-o with us. Filt ecu Thousand Ducks Vint in n Bay. The best re ord ever made iu the Sus quehanna fields was ubout eight yi ars ago, wheu on the opening day W illiani Dobson, of Havre do Grace, an expert gunner, killed from a box obi and burst a lino gun before he stoopc 1. He kept j two men busy all day picking up dead j ducks. His second got nt times too hot I to hold. Ten or fifteen years ago 1i,immI : were killed in a day's shooting. In au ' average season there aro about fitly Iioms land I'll bushwuckers. '1 iu capital in ! ve-lcd in the business is from Ifl'i.o II to I if .iiii.iiiMi. This includes boats, ilicojs, boxes, guns, A:c. From ',! ,U0'i to tt i.o 0 ducks have been killed iu a season iu later years. They lire sold evcrj where. The lit st prices aie given in New Ymk, Waslcnjlo'i, Boston. Baltimore and Philadelphia. No wild fowl can equal iu flavor a Susquehanna canvas-back duck. JJ-il 'imitrc A m- t-i un. In High Cloicr. We're I i v ill1 on I'.ij topprst shelf, We've uvervthmx Iroui goo' in grouse, I ham t been liek.i I tor mot a , e 'Cause we've got eoiup'uy 't ' i:r iiou-. When we're alone my ma is sti i, t, An luukea me keep a- still's a moiiae; But now 1 make a heap ol noisu, Vnuo we've (rot couip'ny t our hous. Wu've peach preserves an' pumpkin pie, An' jelly cake three tiins a ii iy. An' I in h. iv in sii ha bully ti: ' I wish 1 our lump ny come , o slay. lioytou Citbe. WISHES. The summer day was o'er.and twilight sweet Came close upon its track with dew-bathed feet; Moved by the mystic spell, May, Kate, and Bess Agreed among themselves each to confess What they would like to be in future years. "Ob, I would like," said laughing, blue eye, I May. "To go before the world In some great play. To art so well the phases of my part, That all the pulses of its giant heart Hhould bound and flutter with its weight of tears." "And I would like to write," said dreamy Bess, "Some grand, sweet truth, the weary ones to bless. To clothe it in soms softly flowing rhyme. As fair and tender as the summer time, For truths, like folks, look better whnn well dressed." Then, looking far away, said restless Kate: "I'd like a true, deep-hearted soul to mate. To have one hold me ever dearest, br, And in my womanhood his honor rest. For to be foiuliy loved is to be blest." The years rolled on, and our ambitious May Found that her part was real in life's great play. The world sh-j moved and thrilled as small beside The one she would have moved, as ocean tide Is great above the brooklet singing sweet. A lover came to woo, and Bess was wed: She did not write, but lived the truth instead; Lived happy in an honest heart and name, Content to be unrecognized by fame. To fit her rhymes to little children's feet. And Kate, who would have lived for love alone, Gave all her woman's heart unsought, un known. : ' Yet she it was who gave great truths to mem. For, having not, her longing taught her pen To write of Love beyond the hum in greit, To tell of Love, that with a bounteous hand, Short-sigh el mortals cannot nnderstin I, Gives ex-er to its children; gives, indeed, Not always what they want, but what ttiey need, Nor gives, in wisdom, any gift too late. .4aii B. &prfiriiuj,in Jewixtin Journal- Hl'MOIl OF THE DAY. The equestrian takes a back scat. The convict is naturally in a good humor whi n ho's breaking out. Maud asks: "How can I get white hands?" Make bread, Maud. B irlingtvit tree. I'rf. Men who cover themselves with glory sometimes find that they are, after all, very thinly clad. JJotton J'o t. It is rumored thnt tho interstate peo ple are going to nuoiisn me . -y Mountain pas-e3. Detroit Free J're.i. "I saw a pretty thing in kid gloves last evening." observe 1 Fitzpcrcy to his sister. "W hat was it;" "My best girl's hand. I'i'U'urg'i C'A' ni 'e. "I see the dude has got into th? latest edition of Webster's dictionary." "flat he? Well, hurry, then, and slam the cover down." L'tii figo Sew. "Advice," fays a philosopher, "should come to us like a gentle fall of snow." Very true; but wo usualy receive it as if it were a shower bath. -Boton, Co'tri'r. "Does marriage change a man?" asks a writer. Depends on xvhoin he marries, some women would make a man bald in six months. Jt trlin'jton J'ne J'ro. ' Early to lied and early to rise Makes a man healthy, weaithv and wise," I'uiiipagne and oysters at innliiiglit's hoinV I '..la u tiiun n'f it, liii nocl.' tttu-,.,. Merchant Tc.ivet r. Lady (who had n sick husband) "Don't you thinl-. doctor, that you ought to bleed my husband (" Doctor (absent-mindedly) " No, madamo, not until he gels wed." Ejo-h. An exchange has an article on "China as It Is." .Iut how China is depends upon the hired girl Generally it is wicked, nnd olteu so badly broken that it has lo be swept out. Umilia JJcrald. In those eoli winter nights true love is born Conceive a sweeter picture if you can; Fair Ch,oe ut the liresido pops the corn And Stephen pops the question, he a man. Boston Courier. "I tell you what it is, Gus: Araminta's father can't appreciate us. He has no soul." "Ohl ho hasn't! ch? Well, if you'd b.cn in my place last night you'd have thought ho was till sole." Jlarper't Bazar. A strange child was introduced to 4-yeur-old Adelaidu with injunctions as to Ids entertainment. W ith a superb dig nity the suggestions were checked by: "My dear, I huve played with cuildien all my life." American Mujazine. ('lcvi'latiil 'g Future Home. Mr. Cleveland intends to remain a citien of New York State, und on his retirement from Federal office ho will select some portion of the State in which ho will make his homo, says a Washing ton correspond 'lit of the Brooklyn h.aglt. Those most fully aware of thu drift of his thought in this regard 6ay that at present the choice lies between Albany and Brooklyn, xviih a probability that Brooklyn xvi!l be scle ted, although it is kuown tliut ihcio are many ties which draw him to tho Statu capital. That decision, however, is a matter for the future. The renunciation of Buffalo as a place of residence has been formally made and is linal. The act leaves the President without a voting place in the Slate until determines where in the Stale he will live.'and consequently he did not vote in the State in lsf-li or in b-7, for ho could not. Spider Web Paper. The Hon. George Wist, of Ballstoii Spa, is iu possess. ou of a cuiio-ity in piqer scut liini by a friend in llong ixong, China. It is a sheet 11 by II inches, inn:,- from thu web of tho "Sa red Winte Spider" of the Flowery Kingdom. It is as light us air and a'most as ti a;:spari lit, bill is ais i be.iutl fully print ', und . contain about the cii.iil of tvv,. coluuius. of ni.iticr. giving in l'nelisli t.:o story of "How .Midship man Copple tone was pres,-ntc I at the court of I . l in." Mr. v c t l as made i.o ,n .niif,!. uirn of nui'Cr ha life work and study, 1 ut It is sate to ' never lan a spider wvb p p S,Ml'r,l ! .V. )'. ' Se t ',. . sa v t n it he !' t'C V
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