RATES OF AOVCWTU1HO. Oh Bquro, taeb, tnsortloa t On. Rqr, lack, ono biobU On. Sqosro, on. Inch, throo months. H On Sqor, oh tosh, on yer ! Two SqtiMi. ont jer. " Qntrtar Column, on yr J IUlf Column, on jeir On Column, on Jr 100 " Unl dTrtUinntt Un enti p U Mrtloa. UirrUf u4 Mth noUoet (ntti. All bltl. lot yetrlr .cJwtlM-mU eollocto torn rtr. Tomporarj idruuMBnu man b pM U Idruw Job wotk euh ra Asllvory. THE rQREST REPDBLICAN If pabllihwS rrTJ Wtdnetdtr, by J. E. WENK. Otllo InBmwubaugh A Ca.'s Building KLH 8TRKET, TIONK8TA, ftL TT orest Republican Terms, tl.BO per Year. Wo nhMrlptlont rtclTed for a shorter period lb- rhrM months. OnrraaoBaiM tottettod from til ptrU of tho r.o.ty. No none win bo Mm of tnonjmom varnt&l9aUu. VOL. XXI. NO. 7. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1888. Sl.50 PER ANNUM. It is against the law In countries) with a monarchical government to put tho names of royal persons in a city direct ory. - Over forty suicides were traced directly to baseball last senson, audit I believed, Alerts tho Detroit Free 1're-it, tlir.t this timber can be improved on this year. Tho United Statos has fourteen mil 1 1 accidents to every one in Germany, that country a man's carelessness is shed with a sentence to State Prison. Tho Chilian Government hns advertised country for proposals for the .at ruction of 800 miles of railroad in i at an approximate cost of $17,000,- New Haven Nem furnishes figures " thnt tho bean crop of this coun .1 failed once in reven years, and .-i sonio gonius to invent a substi- ho French newspaper that pictures nn ...crlcan gang"'' fomenting a war bc ,"i and Gcrmnny to mako a market A morican products pays a high com bat to American enterprise. : h.:re is a British oflirer in the Indian iy who has killed sixty-four tigers in Inst four years and received no pa" i;Ur credit for it as ho has disposed of Wins for nn average of iO each. i ho New York Herald has discovered, interviewing fifty Mayors of as many and then by interviewing promi r citizens in each place, that only two ,em are popular with tho majority. ii ago has had seven of the National ntions of the two groat political , Cincinnati four, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis two. New York, '. and Charleston hivo had ono st Bnrkharr, of St. I.ouis, has talized himself, according to tho ork Commercial Adcertitr. He y d.-awinga pension of ((1 a minth 1 1 rno ra ,, t.A ,1 . ....... ... j via. , huii ...v.'ii.ui k.j n 1111(1 pension agent requesting thnt his 1'0 stricken from tho rolls, ns ho is perfectly cured and no longer needs assistance of tho government. The American lrog, which is found to . entirely wholesome and satisfactory American ctomucfas, patriotically rc irk i he Chicago 77i-s, docs not stand U in the estimation of tho e.Tctn ligation of the old world. Denmark joiucd iu tho crusade against him, Government having issued n decrco hibiting tho importation of our pork 'ducts in any form. may be interesting to our readers to i that every roan when ho take, up i ls at a g.imo of whWt holds one f OnS.Ot.VV.P.GOO possible hands, ' tIi-4otal number i ty:j.mJions in umiinj all the piiiTcrs, it U so 'in as almost to oxceed belief. i...l.l calculated thnt if l,00'i,OOD , .y-oro to bo engaged dealing car Is at i(e of ono deal each miuotcday ar.d t for 100,030,000 yearj, they would then have exhausted all the possible ntions of the cards, tut only 100, u part of them. '-wing to tho increase of sickness, "nchtjto bo duo to impure food and ,,tio6us1iquors, the Municipal Council f Lima (Peru) ordered an analysis to l.e made of 245 difTeruL nrttrln niirMincnfl j.j.. , from almost as many store. Tho result showed that 80 wore counterfeits and 12 were dangerous to health, 21 were adul terated or were not what they were s ld for, 18 wero docoinpostagor so changed as to be unfit for consumption, 4(1 were impure but not pos'tively dangerous, !13 were imitations fa:rly passable, while only 32 were really good. The Chicago Herald makes tho state nient that in 18(10 thero was not a fac-to-y child in all America. In 1H0O ne cessity had dragged 111,000 children out f the schools and for no crime but pov erty sentenced them to such lives of un derpay and overwork as the ignorant must lead among tho better educated. In18S0, 183,000 wero sacrificed to tho modern Moloch. At tho same ratio, 18U0 will show an army twice as grout as the population of Delaware, 21)0,000 children educated in the school of the factory, brutitied by tho bosses, demor alized by iucoksaut labor and contami nated by association without moral re straint! The Pvpulir ScUn-t Moithhj says that the mot extensive forest plantations in the United States, mentioned in the "Hcport" of the Division of Forestry, are those of the Fort t-'cott and Gulf Knilroud, and of Mr. Hunnewell, near Farlington, Kan., of about 040 acres each, Mr. Burnett Landieth's plantation, of 300 acres, in Virginia; those of the Messrs. Fuy and others, along the sea cott of New England, and somo of con siderable extent iu Southern California. Fmall groves abound iu tho prairie States, and are found less frequently in the Eastern States, notably in New Fng iand. In the aggregate these plantations must amount to a considerable urea. Forest commissions or bureaus hnve been lustituted in New York, California, Ohio and Colorado, A SONO FOR THE SEASON. Our orchards laugh with their bloom run over, K flashing wing like a sail cuts the air; There's a faint red ripple of sweet-topped clover, And a liquid nnto From a song-bird's throat, ' And a dew-drop thine in the morning fair. There's a plume and flutter of wings that wave, A fine soft murmur steals through the grass; A myriad inserts hum nl quavor, Ami to an I fro As the wood nymphs go, Tho young brakes curl where their foot stops pass. The morns are rich with the hues of roses, The wine of the winds flows full and free; When the sun drojis down and the daylight closes We hear the hfnt Of tho fairies' feet. As they hang the wands of the willow-tree. Now 1'hyllis starts in tho morning early, With her shining bucket and miiking-stool ; While herstrong hands urge the white stroam lorly Hhe eyes the gate For a comer late, Who saunters down in the shadows cool; Who, sauntering, whistles an idle measure, Then clears with a bound the brown rails, top. Her eyes shine bright with a greeting pleas ure, But the dun row', gaze Is of mild ainazo, When the pearly stream and the whistling stop. Ah, spring's but once in tho year's procession ; ho comos with glee and a laughing grace mat wins our hoarti in a full possession: Wo too aro gny W lien she smiies this wav. And care slips on when we see her face. Este'le Thomson, in Ilivp-r'i ll'ie'.-fy A BOTTLE OF OIL nv ir. i. wAi.rmoN. Wishing to take tho night tra'n at tho small station of 15 , and having nothing to employ my attention about the villugo, 1 went early to the station, and was ushered into the waiting-room by the watchman, a stout, good iiaturcd-looking nan in the prime of life, who wore, pinned across his breast, an empty sleeve. As I had nn hour or more of leisure before my train would arrive, I passed tne time clintt ng with the watchman, and lie told me the story of the adven ture iu which he lovt his arm. 1 repent his narrative as nearly as possible in his own wonts. Before I was intrusted with the n'ght duties of tins station 1 formed one ot a crew of three section men, who had in charL'O seven miles of track upon our road, somo three hundred m'ics west of here, in tho roughest nnd most lawless part of tho Icrritorv. Our duties were to keep in thorough order tho track upon our section, and we were bout re-nonsiblo to the company for anything that would endanger or de lay the trains while upon it. Our section begun at Summit Station and ran cast seven miles. Thence to Brewster's, the next station east of Sum mil, and fifteen miles distant from, it was another section eight miles long. The night duty of a section hand is not pleasant. In rain or shine, snow or sleet, tho section must be patrolled by one innn who employes in good weather a light hand car for the purpose ahead of our Overland Pullman train. This train passed over our section at midnight, and our departure was timed so as to in spect the track immediately ahead of it. So, taking turns ut that duty, we started from Summit at ten o'clock sharp and usually arrived at tho "half-way house" about ten minutes ahead of thu train. Hero wo met ono of the men from the section east of us, who had started about the same time, and for the same purpose. You see the precaution taken by all well managod roads for the safety of its pntrons. How many of the passengers on the Overland to-night know, or knowing, give a thought to tho men who, since darknoss settled upon them, have been plunging through the snow for hand cars are uselc8 in such weather as tl:!'. swinging their lanterns from side to side, oxnmin ng cnrcfully every cut for fear of falling rocks, every bridge for broken rails, thus enabling them to ride iu safety. As I said beforo, the men from each section having patrolled fifteen miles of track, meet at a little shanty situated be side the truck, just 1 irgo enough to hold a small stove and a few necessary sup plies, and allow the men to enter. Here they stay until the train comes in sight; then outside, and display their two white lights, that the engineer may know all is well. Failure to do this would result in a report to headquarters, and possibly in discharge from the service. One night it came my turn to run tho section. Jicfcre starting, it occurred to melhat our supply of lantern oil at the half-way house was low, so I procured and tilled a quurt bottle of laid oil, the kind which is used for the purpose, put it into tho iinido pocket of my heavy coat, buttoned it suugly ubout inc, and started. It was a stormy summer's night, as black as ink. My cur ran smoothly over the rails, and soon I had traveled about half the distance, and arrived at abridge crossing 8-ake bivcr. Here I dismounted from the car, and pushing it ahead of me ! as 1 phased, I gave the structure a care- ful eainination, found everything all 1 right, and was about mounting niy ear ! again, when I received a violent blow ! Upon the head which stretched me sense- i less upon the rails. Iieeovering consciousness after a few 1 moments, I found myself bound, gagged ' aud lying but a few feet from a gaiig of masked men, whom I saw, as well asiheJ darkness would permit, at work with! bars removing one of the rails just at the entrance of the bridge. Train wreckers! 1 had heard a great i these rufii atis, but was now making my first aciuainlaueo with them. As they worked thev d scus-ed the i situation, and how they should dispone I of me, J "I tell yer, Sam!" ono big fellow ex- claimtd. "Host way is to tie him ncross the rails, and let 'cm finish him.'' "es, thats sol" echoed I ho party. "Dead men tell no talcs, and ho may have seen our faces." "I won't listen to such a plan," said ono who seemed to excrciso some inllu enco over them. "Wo shall have enotiL'h to answer for beforo this job is finished without killing him. How this nail sticks 1" ho added, with an oath. "Tho man who drovo these spikes must have meant 'cm to stay. Come, mntcs! He is safe enough, nnd if we mean business, we must, be lively. Tho train will bo hero in twenty minutes, nnd we havo no time to lose," and at the rail they all sprang with a will. Twenty minutes! What could I hope to do to save the train in mycondition, with so short a time? Tho thought of tho terriblo wreck which must result if tho derailed train struck tho bridge made me desperate. Stra:ning nt tho cords which bound my wrists, I fancied they gave way n little. I remcmbeiod the trick of the necroman cers who freo themselves from their bonds by Alternately contracting and ex panding their muscles, nnd I lay in si lence, working in n perfect freny of ex citement until I wns able to free my hands. In nn instant my knife was out of my pocket, and my feet freo. AVithout waiting to freo myself from the gag, I sprang to my feet, nnd, at thn top of my speed, started down the track in tho direction of the approaching train. With a yell which told mo I was discovered, tho whole gang started in pursuit; but I had some little start of them, and hounded along the ties, bent upon stopping the train at any cost. In the inky blackness of the night pur suit was dillicult. Soon pop! pop! pop! fn m tho revolvers of tho gang. They wero firing down the track, in the hope of stopping me with a bullet. As the gag, which I had not removed, hindered my breathing, I was forced to stop for a moment to cut it away. WThilo so engaged, there came a second volley, this time more successful. I was struck in tho left nrm midway between wrist nnd elbow. I should have fainted from the shock, together with tho rough usage I had previously undergone, but for my determination to keep up. "Brace up!" I called, as if nddrcssing a companion. "No timo for such foolish ness now, Tom. llemember tho train!" This 1 said aloud to myself, for the solitary work of my nightly rounds had given me the habit of talking to myself, for want of another compnnion. Setting my teeth hard, I overcame the faintncs, staggered to my feet nnd r,n on. I soon noticed thnt the pursuit had ceased. Kither the train robbers thought I was done for, or they had returned to their unfinished work, "trusting 1 should bo unable to stop the train. Ami now it Hashed upon my mind for the first time. How could I accomplish it Light I had none my lantern was with tho wreckers. While I was thus deliberating, still running on as fast as my condition would permit, instinctively I felt in my pocket formatchc. Ah, tho oil! Why had I not thoill'ht of that before? Ofrmirse' "Of course tho oil will stop them, Tom. Spread it on the rails. Their old seventy-ton locomotive can iret no crin on thnt iron. Smcnr it thick, cover it well, ruo it on with your palm, so both rails, don't neglect nn inch of either. For life, Tom! for life. Think of tho men, women nnd little children upon the train l ' I worked with the desperatiorof a drowning man. I pon my knfs, the bottle under my disabled aarCpourinr the oil, by nn inclination of my body,into my right hand, nnd spreading it upon tho mils. In ten minutes the quart of oil was ex hausted, and ns a lesult I had both rails for quite a distance very well covered with it. I had worked backward from the ap proaching train, nnd now rose to my feet at tho end of my labor aud at the ter minus of the greased rnils. 'Ihe train was coming. Already tho rails were singing with vibration as tho heavy train approached. Here they come. How nwful tho sight of a big locomotive, coining straight toward ono upon a dark midnight ! The great, round eye of the head-light stream ing out into the darknoss, tho roar of the exhnust, the hiss of the steam through tho cylinders, together with the rush and roar of the trxin, make up a terrifying though magnificent sight. I stood upon tho track, waving my hands, far enough nway to spring from it beforo tho train could reach me, but so that the head-light wou'd shine upon me, nnd I could bo ten by tho engineer. "Now for it," I thought. She strikes tho oil tho big, seven-foot driving wheels spin round ns though tho engino had been lifted in the nir. Friction, tho propcllinjr influenco is gone now. i-he slackens speed. 1 could see the engineer plninly. In my excitement I screamed as loud as possible, in vain protest to tho engi neer, ho wns pulling thi lever which sands the rails. Shouting is of no avail, they could not hear mo. Had there been sufficient up-grade thero the oil would have stopped them quite. As it was, the inertia of tho cars composing tho train was able to push the engiue over, sliding the wheels. But one resource was left, and I thought of it just iu time. I stepped us close to the rails as I dared, aud with all my strength hurled tho empty bottle at the head light. It struck tho glass and shattered it to splinters, and tho light in stantly went out. Then tamo tho welcome signal from tho whistic for brakes, and I sank down unconscious. When I recovered, a moment sufficed to tell tho story, nnd, proceeding slowly, we soon came to the scene of the trouble. The rail had been removed nnd was lying besido tho track; but, of course, the would-be wreckers had seen by our careful approach that their plan was spoiled and had decamped. With tho tools always carried uprn a train for suc'i purpose, we soou replaced the rail ami proceeded. I was car, ied to the company's hospital nt H , where skilful suigeons did the best they could for mo, but it was found necessary to remove my aim, at you see. And tho company thought it best, to avoid my meeting with possible harm from the gnng I hud foiled, to transfer me to this puiut. Now it is time for me to light up the station, for your train will soon be here. A piensant journey to you, sir, and nc mishaps. Good-night. Youth? Com panion, Making Paper Boxes. Wonderful is tho paper-box makins machine that nn inventor has just pul into running order at a paper box fac tory in Auburn, Maine. The operntot feed? in at one end of tho box-maker a squared piece of card board, nnd in less than three seconds out it comes at th other end, made up into a ncnt box, the comers neatly framed together nnd firm ly scaled. It promises to revolutionize the pnper-box making industry. In tho machino are .100 pieces, nnd when in operation there aro fifty distinct motions, each of which is dependoit upon itself, there being no springsabout it whatever. It lias a capicity of turn ing out over twenty boxes per minute, from the time the biard enters the feeder to tho time it is delivered to the first floor above. Tho machino can easi ly be adjusted to nearly any size of a pasteboard box. The smallest box that can nt present bo made is 2ix6 inches, and the largest 8x18 inches. The depth of the box must be under six inches. The operator starts the machine and takes his station nt tho back, seated upon a high stool. First he takes about five huudrcd pieces of pnsteboard, of perhaps 3x0 inches. One-half of these lie puts in at one side of the box-shaped mold, and the other half nt tho other side. Then he takes tho flat squared sheet of pasteboard, that has been prop erly fitted, nnd lays it on tho machine table, in a position whero the feed roller will drag it into the machino. over the mold. The wheels all start simultane ously, and while one part of the machino is doing its work, another branch, further on, is getting ready to take a turn at the box. After tho pasteboard ha? been drawn in by tho feeders, they at once nre ele vated out of tho way, nnd the part called the "plunger" conies down und drives the pasteboard, which lies flat over the mold down toward the bottom of the machine. At this stage of tho work the sides, of tho box are formed, and also about a half inch on the end of the sides and bottom is turned up nnd pasted as tho plunger forces it down past the paste rolls. Then comes the end pieces, which aro drnwn iato posi tion by a chain pnssiug under them with it weight attached, so that when two end pieces slip down into the box-mold, the chain urges the rest forward to be in readiness for ths next box. Then, from behind, as it were like a mighty wave, the ends are pressed by thu action of the machine nt a pressure of about a ton. After ths is dune, the plunger is raised, clearing itself, as it does other parts of tho machinery, from tho box, which drops below. Hero a wido belt with cleats riveted to it car ries the box to the rooms above. All this is done in less that three seconds, or 1200 boxes per hour and 12.000 a day. The inventor has in view a machine that will make the cover of the box also, This is the first time the mnchine hns been operated in any factory whatever, and proves to be a grand success. Lciciitoicn (Me.) Joirnnl. The Industries or tho Melroplls. "Some facts thnt I havo learned from the ennvass just closed," said a man who had been assisting in the compilation of tho New York City Directory to a World reporter, "may bo interesting ns com pared with those found iu last year's di rectory. These facts wero gleaned from the huge mnss of unpublished material at my disposal, nnd will be found correct iu every particular. The leading indus try iu point of numbers continues to be its saloons, of which the names of. 7210 wero given in last year's directory. The canvass just closed reveals the fact that ISO new ones have been started. Those who have a 'sweet tooth' will be glod to know that seventy confectioners have started shops, making the number now 1010. Thero are retail d ygoods stores to 720 la t year, and thedre smuk c:s have kept up with the procession by increasing their numbers from 14(i0 to 10'JO. The butchers and bakers have not been standing still, the former now having 2835 shops as compared with 2732 last year, and tho bakers 12:0 to 1:512. We have now 3020 physicians to cure the ills that flosh is heir to, and 72 druggists to fill their prescriptions. Last year tho numbers wero respectively 2830 nnd 7'J0. Thero are 7U2 restaurants, 3T2 hotels and 552 boarding-houses. New York is shaved ot 1910 barber-shops, whereas a year ngo 1820 sulliced, ntid it now takes 2112 tailors to clothe us, where before 20 :0 d d the work. ( ur feet are attended to at 2702 shoe stores, where twelve months ngo 2040 did it re markably well. To teach the young idea there are ti 10 schools. Tho newspapers and periodicals have increased from 810 to 080. Of lawyers there aro 4512, ns compared with last year's 4300, and tho groceis have prospered and multiplied from 4S20 to 5102. Taken all in all, I think New York has a right to bo satis fied with her growth since the close of the last directory your." An Unpollsliuhle Diamond. A icinarkable diamond was exhibited at a rcceut meeting of tho New York Academy of Sciences by Mr. George F. Kuutz. It was a compound or multiple of crystal, containing a large number of twinuings. It is of the class termed "extreme durutu " by tho French. It had beeu cut into the general shape of a brilliant, and its main face or table was then placed on the polishing wheel. It was kept there for ono huudrcd days, the w heed revolving at tho rate of 2U(l revolutions per minute. The diamond was held upon the rotating surface ut a distance of about fifteen ioches from the renter. Based on these figures, a calcu lation showed that the surface passed over by the diamond umouuted to ',5,uuj miles, or nearly three times the circum ference of ihe earth. Yet it was all futile, as the stone would not u qu.r,' a polish. The ordiuuiy weight placed on a dia mond, while on tho wheel, is from two aud a quarter to two and a half pounds. This was incre.is d by lour aud eight pounds without effect, and finally forty pounds were used. The wheel was badly damaged, the diamond plowing into it aud throwing scintillations in all direc tions, 'ihe diamond, oven under these conditions, could not bo given u commer cial polish. The wheel hud to be tt' placed. J&ititttyU American, AN UNEXPLORED COUNTRY. THE OUTSAT ICEBERO-PRODUCING REGION OF THE; FROZEN NORTH. A SlranRO Arctic Mineral Tim VojT otni Ion I ormnt ion ot Icebergs Animal lAfo In Greenland. As many ns 12,000 souls manngo to live along Pnv's Straits nnd Baffin's Bay, from .Itilianshnab to I'pernavik, depend ing chiefly on the li-heries, nnd a small trade in oil, skins nnd eiderdown. Tho strango Arctic mineral, cryolite, is also exported by these hardy colonists to the extent of 13,000 or 11,000 tons per an num; and there is besides plenty of metallic wealth in Urcenland lead, cop per, 7,'nc and iron, with rich stores of garnets, iolite and rock crystal if they could only begot at. Good coal is dug on the Island of Disco, in latitude 70 degrees, nnd about the e parts black cattlo and sheep have been introduced by tho missionaries. The interior of this enormous tract oi' frocn earth remains, how cver,almost utterly unknown. Its cli mate in the winter months is incredibly severe, going (10 degrees or 70 degrees below zero. There is a short spring and summer of about four months, thoso of May, .lune, July nnd August, nnd during July the sun, being constantly above the horizon, produces nn extraordinary de gree of heat as high as eighty-four in the shade. Vegetation then pushes wonderfully; the herbage, .which is like that of northern Scotland, grows apace; tho little stunted birches, never more than eighteen inches tall, put forth their fceblo twigs and foliage, and the snows upon the vast uplands and great central ridge of mountains partially melt. Tho mountainous backbone stretches right down the middle of the country, nnd its snow-waters pour into tho fiords and sounds on cither side, loosening tho mighty glaciers which are always form ing in the winter time. From ten thou sand hugo whito cliffs tho immense miissei of ice break nway, hurl themselves down tho precipices with hideous uproar, nnd sail oil into the open waters to crowd the North Atlantic with fleets of icebergs, nnd with vast hummocky floes. Greenland is the gient manufactory of the beautiful but dangerous ice argosies, which often tower 500 feet out of the green waves, aud cruise iu mighty squadrons south ward, chilling tho northwinds to bitter keenness, nnd causing the loss of many a stout whaler. One may partly judge, by the prodigious size of these detached bergs, what the accumulation of falling snow must be in the interior of the coun try. For hundreds of leagues, indeed, it lies in an unbroken and dazzling sheet of deadly splendor, draping ail thn irregu larities of the soil beneath with a smooth shroud of white. This universal mantle dips into the ravines and rises up on tho ridges nnd peaks, lying in places perhaps a thousand feet deep of solid snow, nnd intersected with terrible crevasses, to fall into which would be like sinking into a bottomless gulf. Avalanches and landslips, storms of blinding blizzards, nnd whirlwinds which tear up the drifts and bury alike mountain tops and valleys, nre common incidents of the dreadful Greenland win ter, which, however, does not, somehow, prevent nn nbundunce of animal life. Just as the cold neighboring seas swarm with rorqual, nnrwhal, wha'c, porpoise, cod, salmon nnd herring, eo the white wastes are full of polar bears, nrctic foxes nnd reindeer, which know how to exist where it should seem nnturo had forbidden that life would bo sustained. It is the breeding ground of many va riet es of birds, nnd, while sea fowl in couutle s flocks throng tho islands and floes in tho sumnreT-woii, plovers, grouse nnd knots, with ravens, falcons, and a very large species of eagles, n:e seen in shore, l arge dogs, nlso, of tho sledge drawing kind, but tierce as wolves and powerful ns mastiffs, run wild upon tho uplands; and it is said that the au rochs, tho primitive bisou of tho Arctic circle, still inhabit the inner tracts, where a scanty herbage is some times laid bare. The natives nre the well-known stunted, ignorant, nnd mis erably poor co.ilo called Esquimaux, whoso cxisleuce from birth to death is one long struggle against the forces of a world where nature hardly we ns a single charm, or ever relaxes her stern severity. Yet these starvelings o.' the frozen region nre a contented and ch-erful race, ac tually loving their icy country, nnd un able to live elsewhere in any happiness, so that those of their number who havo been brought to Denmuric or Norway always return to die of nosla'gia. Tho Esquimaux about the I au sli stations en joy the advantage of buying imported flour, brnudy. coffee, sugar, tobacco nnd firewood. Tho remoter Grcenlundcrj live much ns do the polar bears, wander ing from island to island nnd inlet to in let, gorging themselves with teal fat and whale blubber, sitting in their igloos of snow through the eight months' night of that dreary continent, stitching with bone needles theirgarmeuts of bird skins, or grinding whale ribs ou a rough stone into runners for their sledges. Tcleyriijih. Chief Iroiiheart's I'alcfaee Scalps. Kvidence of tho approach of warm weather is found iu the stir among the "red men." The Sioux Indians on the Devil's Lako Heservation immediately noithof New ltockfoid, Dakota, slay iu their log huts and dugouts during tho winter, scarcely ever venturing out to any dist ince. Among this tribe is ono dude Indian who tomes to town fre quently and nearly always wears kid gloves and a white vest. He is a son of old Ironheart, the leading chief, and who was a leader in the terrible massa cre of .Minnesota twenty-five years ago. The old chief has rec eived some educa tion and preaches to the tribe. Sundays, in summer, the entire population take their tepees and go and erect them near the lodge of the old sachem, nnd religious services are held at vniious limes during Ihe day. They nil go homo ufter even ing services. The old leader, at whose belt hung many a whito sculp, talks in regretful terms of tho Minnesota massa cre, but any al us ou to thu scalp-locks hanging in bit hut causes the eyes that are now dimmed by time to sparkle in a way that speaks volubly of the interest 1 tho old warrior took in the battles with the pale faces year ago. 8 . i'uul (jlolv. Let tho youth who is ambitious to rise prepare to wuku the most of his opportunities. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. The ICvoiiing Lamp. A newspaper joker says: "And while the lamp holds out to bi.rn thero is no danger of the average servant girl taking the trouble to fill it." Lamps are trou blesome things. No matter how perfect they ore in tho beginning, or how many hundicd thousand candle power the light is warranto 1 to be, the day will soon com"! when tho lamp-wick obsti nately relumes to be turned up in an or derly manner. It will seem firmly wedged nt one stde, while the other runs up in a point, causing wenrincss and vexation of spirit. To overcome this depravity take a new wick, draw out a sinslc thread near the selvage, nnd it will be found quite tractable when in troduced into the burner. The cogs will take it up properly, nnd it will ap pear in good form and give an even name when lighted. Homn Mailt) Chair Bottoms. We lately visited somo old acquaint ances, says the American A'jric'tlluri', and soon discovered that tho chairs in most request were three, the bottoms of which hud been replaced by one of the daughters. Tho chairs were originally enne Bcatcd. w hen these gave way the bottom was taken out. Straps mado by quilting together, on a machine, four thicknesses of heavy lied ticking, wero passed around the piece to which the ennos hod been fastened, and made se cure. Fight such straps were used, four nt right angles to the others 1 hese sup ported a cushion, made a little larger than the chair frame. A row of fringe hid tho pieces over wlrch passed the straps. The cushion was fastened to the straps. The chairs were easier than those with the rigid cane seats, and had been repeated longer than a year, yet the now scats were apparently good for a longer pet tod ot wear in ndditiou. Stale Ill-end. With a little ca e on the part of tho housekeeper every scrap of stale bread can Vie made available. All the crusts and small pieces should be spread iu n pan nnd dried slowly in a warm oven. When they are perfectly dry put them into n small bag made of ticking or can vas nndppund them fine with a wooden mallet."' Sift them and put them in glass jars.'"- They will keep for months, and cun be used for breading meat, nSb, cro quette, etc. Another way of using these dried scraps is to r ill them until they break in rather coarse crumbs. They aro then nice to cat with a bowl of milk, for in stance, or tea. Cut all tho crust from n lonf of stale bread, and then tear the loaf in long, t'.nu pieces. Spiead these in a large pan, only ono layer deep, and place in a hot oven. When they are crisp and brow n, which will be iu six or seven minutes if the oven bo very hot, send them to the table with thiu slices of cheese. This dish is nice just before desseit. Fre quently it is served with the coffee. Take a quantity of slices of dry bread. Dip them quickly one by one in a bowl of cold water. Place them in a large dripping pan, having ouly ono layer at a tunc. 1 lien set the pan in a not oven. In ten miuutes the bread will bo brown and crisp. Place on a warm plate nnd cover with a warm nnpkin. Serve nt once with a little broiled smoked salmon orsnlt cod. This dish is a good oce for luncheon or tea." After sprinkl ng stale rolls or biscuit with cohl water place them in a pan nnd cover them with a second pan. Set in a moderately warm oven for twelve min utes, und the will seem almost as good as if freshly baked. Put a loaf of stale bread in n deep pail und, after covering it wilh another pan, set it in a moderatc'y hot oven f ir twenty minutes. At tlu end of that time take it from the pun and set it on on end to ccol. This bread will cut like n fresh louf. Cut all the crusts from a loaf of sta'o bread and put the loaf in a steamer. Set it over a kettle of boiling water for twenty minutes, nnd servo at once with a sauco which has been made in the meantime by tho following recipe: Put threo cti fills of boiling water in a stew pan, and plnco the pnu on the stove. Mix three tablespoonfuls of flour with h tlf n cupful of cold water nnd stir the mixturo into tho boiling water. Con tinue stirring for two minutes. Now odd half a nutmeg, grated; tho yellow rind of n lemon, grated, and nlso two cupfuls of sugar. Boil for twelve min utes, then ad 1 two tablespoonfuls of butter and the ju'ee of tho lemon. Cut the ble.imed bread in slices with a sharp knifo mill pour a generous supply of sauce on each side as it is se:vvd. This is a nice dessert when there uro chi'dren in the family. Delicious gr.iddle cakes aro mado with stale lucid. Soak a pint and a half of stale bread in a pint of milk for ten or twelve hours. Keep the1-' .c in a warm place, whe" ' . sonr slightly. At the eto' ' . twelve houis nib it th"- eve. Beat into the sifted ..i0 one t nspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of S'igar. ha'f a pint of sifted Hour and a slight grating of nut meg. Di-solve ono tcaspoontul of soda in half n gill of milk. Add this liquid nnd two well beaten eggs to the mixture. These griddle cakes icquirc n little longer t me to cook than tho common baiter cakes. A'tio i'vrk II mid. Ui'cipesi. S rn a w iiKititv Pi biHMi Sutk. Cream together one-half t"acupfulof fresh but ter, and one tcacupful of sugar, the beaten white of one egg anil one largo tcacupful of thoroughly crushed straw berries. Nice to servo with bread pud ding. Potato Ciiowiikii. Take fcix large potatoes, one onion, one quart of milk, one tal'lospooufid of butter, two ounces of salt porU anil one egg. Cut tho pork iu small pieies nnd fry; add the potatoes and ouious s i d, cover w ith boiling water and cook until potatoes are (cu ller; add the inilli scalded and the seasoning, and lastly the egg beaten light. .sn and Pi:a Sikw. Cut the breast of lamb iu pieces nnd place in a slew pan, wilh water enough to c vor it. Stew for twenty miuutes und take off thu scums, add a quart of shelled or cunned peas with a table poonful of salt and let stew for half uu hour. Mix a quat er of a pound of butler aud n t ible-poouful of four and stir into the stew; let simmer five minutes, teasou aud serve with dumplings. , THE BROOK, Flowing down the sweet green valleys. By the silver sunlight kissod. Oft thetnrryin brooklets dallies, 'Neath tho slowly rising mist In tho dotteJ field of daisies, Like a sky with stars bpstio-vn, Whero tho mellow melting ha is Of tho sultry summer noon. Through tho briery brnko anil brambles. Through tho bemlin? fern and flowers, Evor sinj;s it as it rambles, Sings of sunny summer hours. Summer hours are swiftly speeding, Days thnt will no longer shine, Mortals, pass ye ye not unheeding Here this song of mine. In tho thick ;t there close woven Where tho woodland lianas o'erhead, Through the thicket bush? cloven, Moves it in its mossy bed. Where above the blossoming branches Bending, inak a cool retreat, . There in ever ed lyin launches Sings it bolder songs and sweet. Earthly summers swift nre speeding; Buns thnt will no longer shine; Mortals, pass ye not unheeding Here this song of mine. It -imef '. DMnati. IIUHOR OF THE DAY. Stale butter An ngedgoat. Hard to beat A hard-boiled egg. Something thnt should bo looked into a telescope. A clear skin Beating a friend out of borrowed money. Siam is a greit place for comfort. There are large quantities of Siam caso there. Ada "I had ten offers of marriage last week." Ella "How monotonous and persistent of Jack." Tid-Jiit. Many otherwise domestic cooks nre in the habit of introducing foreign material into plain soup. Sine York Acte. It seems to bo the custom nowadays for young men when they get a day off from work to get away off. Kentucky Utatc Journa'. In tho rpring the oM man's fancy turns to things aueiit iiis health, And in l.ver regulutars he invests his surplus wealth. Hod hi Courier. "Mr. B., I wish you would not smoke 90 much." "Why, the chimney smokes, my dear." "Well, if it dois, it doesn't spit over everything." The Whitehall Tiiivt says thnt the mouth is the window of the intellect. '1 he toothache must bo a sort of window pane. jVie Y"ik &un. l'e oiee, Rool friend, you're not a Roman, And count your privilege as creat; For well we know in these davs no man Would have patieneoto w rits) mihxti.xxx vnr. Dogs aro not nliowcd to pick their compnny. Thnt is why you often see a $7") dog out walking with a fifteen cent man. 1 "mken ti a 'cam in. Hero lies a lawyer cold in death With all paid up that's duo lion, Ho lit-s ut eosj iu ieaivfc.l rest, For lying's natural to liiin. II iisini'.'oa Critic. Minuio "Papn, what is Yolapukl" Papa "Why it's tho universal lan guage." Minnio "But who speaks it.'" I ap i "Nobody." L'iiiyfttnnioH JteA"ui li nn. When the teacher nskcl: "What mado the Tower of I isa lean.'" the slangy boy at the foit f tho class promptly re sponded: "Because it was built that way." Ao rido.cn II r.tld. Hi ru lies a young and simple fool Who Nature's luw (lulled He volunb ered to shoe the mule, A id th it'-s just how ho ili'l! Si.' iiiy. "A genteel carver," says a book on etiquette, "ulwassits when ho carves." Carvers who get on tho table and havo a wrestling match with tho chicken aro known by some other name. Jlochct'cr JSxjreni. "Yes," remarked the second son of an Euglhh nobleman who had been sent to uu American ranch for refusing to tako orders in tho established church; "con science makes cow-herds of us nil." intint ire l'rin. Old Wimple (solemnly) "Young man, to attain success in this world wo must bo up and doing. Do you evcrsco the sun r'.sef" Young Man "Yes, sir, occasionally." "When?" "On my way h:ime.'" S'rtiitg. Gosliu "Vc, Miss Smith, I expect to sail for Europe." Miss Smith (inno cently) "Indeed. What ou Gosliu (embarrassed) "Well, er t) tell you the truth, Miss Smith, it's on borrowed money." ,S:j'li"j: Doctor (who finds n trnmp groaning by the rondsidel " What is the matter with youi" Trnmp (dolefully) " My system is nil run down." Doctor "By whatf" Tramp " Uy a dug." Bur limjtnn Fre, I'r.a. Ho "I km that old Mr. Bently wai buried yesterday." Wife (shocked) " Why.is ol 1 Mr, Pently dead " "Ho (who has ji.st beeu "sat upon") "Tho paper doesn't siy whether ho is dead or not; simply tint he was buried yester day.'" l.il'e. "How hideous Miss B. looked iu that new bonnet." "1 thought it was very becoming; at least tho trimming was very appropi iat.'." "i didn't notice tho trimming.'' "The bonnet was trimmed with ivy 1 aves. Ivy clings to old ruins." Xaf Y rk St . In the crush of travel on a North Side cablu car lat Saturday uu accident oc curred thut tamo near proving serious. A Polidi gripman, white lcuniug out of tho cur in front, inadvertently dropped his name aud it became eutungled iu tho grip. It was finally dragged out from under tho car with tho aid of several horses, and the partially disabled coach slow ly resumed its travels. l'ii(.ijj Tii I, n : "Prisoner," ob-eivtd the Arkansas Judge, with iinpie-sivo diguily, "while 1 hutc no ob e lion to your addressing mo laiuiliarly when you meet me in my saloon, I wish you to understand that this court, when iu regular sessiou, to le utes no insolent familiarities fn in any body, aud I ive urn uutice that the not lime, you address the court us "Poker dim" I shall kick you clo ir up through your shirt collar. Go on with the testimony, guntleincu." fAiVoyj
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