THE FOREST REPUBLICAN U poMlihfsl Try W.dMid.y, bf J. E. WENK. OrHos la Bmenrbaugh Co.' Building KLM ITHKET, TIONMTA, Pa, Ttrmt, 1.00 per Year. W. ukMriptlont nmlrel for a ihertw period Iknn Chrma viontbs. 0irMpndrna solicited from tit put. of thn cmoj. No oc wkl b. uk.n or anonmom naiiiiuiauUou. RATI 3 OF APVKWTlSIHq On. Bqun, lack, ... eBertlo .1 1 On. Sqo.r on. Inch, o. month On. 8qnr, on. Inch, thw. month...- On. Sqnore, on. Inoh, on. JfM Two Sqn.rr., on. yeir. 15 Qntrttr Column, on. year..... lUif Column, on. jer 00 On. Column, on. yr 104 09 LcctI wlTtb.mitt tm eratt ft U. Mch t swUoa. HwrUf. ud doth n.UoM (nte. All bill, far ywlf dwtlwmTiu eon w. terlj. T.mpormrx dYrUjmeu auut b. ptid U job work uh m d.!lrT. ICAN H VOL. XXI. NO. 20. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14, 1888. SI. r0 PER ANNUM. OTJTT.ST R ; A mountain in Colorado lias been named Mount Sheridan, I Spiritualism is vory popular in Spain, and the interest exhibited by tho army in particular amounts to a crao. i . At Kioto, in Japan, a ('lit ist inn uni versity. i to bo established, tho cost o) which is to be paid by .Japanese ollicinls The capital of Bussiii, St. Petersburg, foundod by Peter tho Great, is a decay ing city. In tho last seven year, itf population has diminished fully So, 000. Some cheerful lover of his kind pro poses, in tho Boston 7'ranKt ri, t, that the school children be given a "holiday," tr bo employed in picking the ra tT i I lur olT the trees in the ( amnion, lie think it would be lots of fun for tho children. The girls would enjoy it immensely, no doubt. The town of Pullman, III., must bo an ideal place to livo in, surmises tho New York Trihtnf. Last year the death rate was only nine per 1000 of tho popula tion, the previous year only eight, and this year, it is thought, the rate will be still lower. . This iucludes deaths from accidents. Thuioaio 1', 000 inhabitants, and only four doctors and one lawyer. Enough sa d. If the discovery of John N. Webb, ol Birmingham, Ala., proves as cllicaciom on further application as it is said tc have been iu the trinlensc of Miss Peters, who was apparently cured of tho yellow fever by tho aid of tho clectropoise in a i-jw hours, observes tho New York Mer- r'. that Instrument will prove one ol most t'nie'y inventions iu medical i see eve:- r-n 1 Frobibty the tallest chimney in the world is one that is being erected at Host Newark, X. J. IU diameter at the ; asc is Jfi feet, and it is to bo 1) feet in i 'iimctcr at tho top. It is to bo of solid rick to an altitude of 810 feot. A cast hi run 20 feet in diameter arid u bell .11 surmount tho whole, making tho ' d altitude of tho structure ill 5 feet, n million sevon huudiol thousand ks will bo used in its construction, ' its cost will bo $.s.",i;o;. ho Now York T.lt;r,nn enys: "Wo 3 heard of King of Finance, of Cat Kings, of Mcrihant Princes, Silver Kings of Wall street and other lueh.tof trade, but the must prcpos- is yet comes to the newspapers to- in a despatch concerning the sale of Hotel, at Suspension Bridge, to u man ' iinnd Vnn Horn u Ills Sj ,1 .,.....: I... I nu I I a Prince of Apple Buyers' of that -ainty. Tho Prince of Applo Buyers ught, however, to lank above tho King f the Dudes." Klder Joseph Harvey, of Pittsfleld, X. I., who recently preaehed a sermon 0:1 i.o fiftieth anniversary of his ordination 1 a preacher, has beca longer in tho doit than any clergym iu in New F.ng- ud. Ho has averaged four sermons a eek duriug those tifty years, and tho L.tal ia 10,400 discourses. Ho liat con ducted 2000 funerals, and so many wed ding! that he has lost track of tho num Ijrr; and he has preached in every town iu tho Stat';, in nineteen States and Ter ritories, and in three of the liriti-h Ter ritories. At the Paris Exposition of 188!) a special point in the soction of military arts will be made of the sword in nil its brunches. General Cicrvais is forming a retrospective exhibition, to show tho history of fencing, and appeals to ama teurs nud collectors for loans of books ou fcuco, 1 aiutings and weapons of all kinds pertaining to the art. Besides the military museums of Fiance, the General will have the pick of tho collections of Messrs. Yigennt, Pniossy nud II. Gnllico. Looking tho matter up for curios'ty's sako, it is found by the 2 "in !): in v rn' that there are still 011 the pension rolls of the couutry BOfl men who serve I iu tho war of 1812. Tho war ended seventy three years ago. There were, as near as it can begot at, totiio 50,000 men who were recognized as having had a pen sionable part in that war. If service in the lato war turns out to bo as conducive to longevity as that in the war of 1812, and the same proportion of veterans sur vive for a like period, we t-hall havo, even as late as the year l'J'i, some 10,000 urviving veterans. WholeW-e merchants in some of tho eastern cities, according to the Chicago Y.ur, are seriously thinking of doing sway with the "city drummer,'' although the part that functionary plays in secur ing trade is altogether too important to nuku it advisable for one firm to dis pense with his services unless a'd do. The work of the city drummer consists in meeting customers from the country sod "amusing'' them until they make their purchaser and are ready to go home. As may be imagined, the "amusements" are not always the most innocent, and the strain upon the man who is con stantly eugagtd in them makes the place a very arduous and high-priced one. Of ate some of tho merchants have re nounced the$e methods as unbusiness like, not to b.iy indecent, and it it not Improbable that the practice may fall en tirely iKto disuse. A CONFESSION. Do you remember, bltlo wifo, How yoai"s bro we two together Raw nnti;;lit tmt lovo illntnlno life In Rinny days or winter weather Bo you recall in younger years To part a day was bitter pain? Lnve's lilit was 1 1 i I In rlomls of tears Till nipotinjj clearo I tho sky again. Bo you retnomlior how wo two Woul'l stare into each other's eyes, Till nil tlio earth prew heavenly bins And sp-o li was lost in hnppy sighs! Bo you another thins recall, That used to happen often then: Bow, simply, passing iu tho hall, We'd st op to smile anil kiss nsninf Do you remember how I sat And, rending, held your hand In mine, Caressing it with (:enth pat One pat for every blessed line? Bo yu recall how at the piny Through hours of aiony we tarried! The lovers' griefs brought us (linn i) i Ob, we rejoiced when they were married. And then walked homeward arm In arm, lleneath the crescent iiiounlct now, That smil.-d 011 in with silent charm; 80 glad that we wero married too. Ah me, 't was years an 1 years a When all tlii. happened tint 1 sing, Ami many a time tint winter snow Has slipiwd from olive slopes of spring. And now oh, nonsense: lot us tell; A for laUfjh of maids or men! You'll hide your blushes f I'll not Well Wo re tuu tiiiKs worse than wo were thou. W.J. Vi'e.uier.voii, inthe Cenlurj. DICK JOHNSON'S REVENGE. A BKKTCn OK MOI1MON LIFE. They were the most contented family in tho world. The father was by turns a prospector, a tiapper, or a runi-hcr, but ho never Miccceded in innking a good living any way. He was a remarka bly handsomo mountaineer, tall and Btrong, mid he looked 011 honest labor as iUito beneath him. His word was his bond; ho contra ted no debts ihat he could not pay ; yet ho often cut up a fat steer and U.vidcd the meat among his neighbois, who sent liini vegetables and groceries in return, and never nsked where the 1 :it Rtior had come from. Per haps they knew. When a herd pas-ed along the dusty high road tho women smiled at each oilier und said : "1 gues we'll hev souk? fresh meat to 1110: row." bometimes he wnu.d drive iuto town with a team of high-stepping, nimoth coatcd horses n'.taciied to his rusty old bin k boa-d. Then his lriemls crowded about him, stroking the glossy necks, examining the white teeth, but no one in this iittio Mormon KctiloniL'nt ever thought of inquiring where he got them. Hick .lohnson was tlio kindest of men to his friends and family, yet ho hud his record. He would be lyuchel promptly if ho should ever return" to .Montana; ho hud shot a bridgekecper who demanded toll of him, and, altogether, the deaths of ha f a do.eu men were caused by the well-known fact that "Ulo Idck wu. mighty lively with bis pistols when he got 'miff wh sky abonrd.'' His wife did not 11 1 ways have a good print dress to wear to "town, the chil dren were seldom pro ided with shoes, but she always n-cine I couteutcd and lazily huppy, and there was not a mer rier --etui little ones. Tho mother wa a lair haired, bluc-eyod woman, nud tho childreu all looked like her. "Thechi.drcn mostly avl look like me," kho would suv, with nn amiable smile; "awl of 'em 'cept Caddie, and I guess she looks more like her pa." "You kin jest bet 1 do, and I'm mighty glad 1 haven't no tow-ho.,d like these here young 'mis,'' Caddie would answer, tdie was a remarkably hand some girl, aud people w ho admired hnr delicate, dark face, were ulways shocked w lieu her coarse o.cc and coarser lang uage wero heard, Of course, this ener getic girl ruled the wko'.u f.imiiy; the man, who, iu spito of his strength and fenc ty was as lender-hcaric land simple minded as a child, the iminlcur. amiable woman, and the swarm of tow-headed children. Caddie had dreams of something dif ferent from the vagi ant life thai satis fied the rest of the lauiily. Soimtmies she saw herself a busy wife and mother, moving abuut the two or three rooms of a log farm house, with a lew hard flowers ttruggliug for existence in the small front garden, with current bushes strawbciry vines, aud nourishing vctie tablessurrouiiiling tho house, aud w ith waving fields of gram sti etching awav to the dink mountains that bouud these Western valleys. She contided these visions to her mother once. "I tell yer what, mnw," sho said, "when 1 git married I hain't a goiu' to hev no sech a forlorn 'doby shanty ez this here. It'll hev to tc a log house, and well plasteied an' whitewashed in side .n' out. An' there'll be tho puniest rug carpet 011 tho front room tloor you ever t-ee, au' a good board Moor in tho kitchen, too. Au' I'll Lev a likely colt to ride, an' some cows, so's to hev lots of milk un' butler, au' jer bet yer life I'll be boss o' the hull ranch." "Yew've ulwuys hed line idees in yew'ie head, Cad. lie," drawled her mother; "au' ef yew marries Bishop Burns, like yew'ie pa wants yew tew, maybe he'll giv' yew a big house, but yew knew well cuull' that Ban Williams cuu't do no nth thing fer ye." "Huh:" observed Caddie. "Ef that bull-headed ole liurus ever comes a shinin' 'round me he'll get sech a crack in 'is jaw '11 make him tee stars, or else my name hain't Cad .lohusou." "Wall, I L;uess he'd better not risk it, then," raid the woman, with a leeido lauyh. Yew'ie pa's a hitchiu' up the hosses.f udd 0, au' I reckon yew'd better pack thet there b t o' butter iu a box, an' mebbe ole Burns ull give yew some shoes fer it ef yew'ie real nue tew h:ni." "All right," an-wered Caddie, "i.ook a-here, you Tom. I'd kick you iuto the middle of ce.t week if you don't stop tryiu' to lasso that there pig. Come along here nov, an' git yer face washed. We're goiu' to the 'Co op ,' au' mebbe you'll git some candy ef you'll behave yourcL-hes." There wasouly one seat in the wagon, aol ou it sat U.ik Johnson and his wife, who held the laby iu their arms. Caddie sat ou the bo iu tU back of the wagon, and the childreu rolled arouud her in tho hay that was always taken along for thn horses to eat wh do the women wero trading in tho Co-operative store and tho man was drinking at the one saloon. The road ran nlong tho bank of a river, whoso gleaming breadths, seen at inter vals through the overhanging willows, together w ith tho long sweep of green and brown and gold bunch grass that bowed its tasseled heads ns tho breeze parsed over it, waving like n ninny colored sea, away to the dark mountains with their snowy tops, formed a picture almost sublime 111 its perfect lovel ncss. "That there grass is e'en a mnst ready to cut," rcmarke I old Dick. "I guess I'll borry tbo Bishop's hay -rick, to morrcr, nn' go ni ter a load o' hay, an' you young-ters kin come along an' help stamp it, ef you want to." Tho children set up a joyful shout, for this was a treat to them, ns it would bo to tiny one, to tumble about in the lopg grass, to fish for minnows in the cool, gurglingcrcek, to wade into it knee-deep for watercress, to pick tnrt, wild straw berries, and to cat all these delicacies with tho sweet home-made bread and country butter. And after this delight ful day, how plcrtsant'it was to roll in tho sweet-smelling hay, with tho breees cooling their sun-burned checks during th" long ride home. Tho wagon drew up at last in front of the village store, nud the girl marshaled tho children into the "1 o-op." with a good deal of forcible persuasion. "How de do, Mster Johnson," paid tho storekeeper, who was nlso the Mormon tlishop; "well,. Caddie, I see you're as fat and sarsy as you ever was." Caddie stared at him scornfully, not because she was olfeuded at his free lan guage, sho was (uite used to that ('-but this uncouth creature had as much nat ural coquetry as auy other l.j-yenr old girl. "How much bo you pain' fer tip top butter now:" she asked; "I'll let you hev' this here, cf you'll giv'.. me six bits a roll fer it." "oh, come now," he Fiild, '"0u don't want to do mo out of nil my prolits like that. Sceiu' it's you, I'll let yo hev two bits a pound fer it, and that's niore'n I'd do fer anybody else." "Well,'" said tho girl, "I guess I'll jest look at some shoes, and if I kin see u pa'r 1 like, I'll jest take 'cm for the butler." Caddie's mother had gone with her numerous offspring to visit a friend, and Caddie ns lot t o:ouo to do her trading. Her elderly admirer took advantage of this fai t to plead his case with the hand 601110 ejrl. "You've got a purty face fer a gal of your si.-e," ho snid, as sho tried on a pair ot calfskiu shoes, decliniug all heli from him. 'Huh!'' said tho lady, too engrossed with her task to notice tho compliment; "the-o here shoes tits kinder slick, but I don't b'lieve they'll hold water wheu tho snow comes." "Oh, they'll hold water fast enough," he answered; "but they ain't half n ice enough fer such a handsome gal. Now heio's a pa'r o' kid shoes I'm savin' fer my wi 0." "Weil," asked Caddie, sharply, "then why don't you give urn to her? Sho needs 11 111 bad cnuff." ".sow look a here, Cad," ho said, "that's tom-foolishness, an' you know it; Mirandy don't want for no:hiu', an' the don't care about fineries, but mo-t girls does, an' I tell you what, my tec ond'll hev tho nicest duds o' any woman in town." ( a Idie had put on her shoes again by this time, nud she d d not propose to listen to h 111 nuy longer. Il would not be wiso to quarrel with tho Bishop, but sho had 110 desiro "to phiy second tiddlo in no kind o music," uud she told him so. "Haw, haw, haw," ho laughed, "I guess not. I kiu jest too tho way my ole woman '11 hev to step arouud when you air Mrs. Burns. See here, Caddie," ho added, as she turned to go, "I want to talk to you, au' you might jest as well listen now as cuuy other time i ou know your pa went prospectin' last year, an' I furnished the grub fer the trip. Well, he found a pulty good claim, un' now au eastern company's sent an expert out here to look ut it, an' like ns not they'd buy it. Well, one night yer pa got purty full hero in town, and I got him to sion a bill o' sale of the mme. Now ho don't know nothiu 'b )ut the company, an' he don't know thet tho paper ho signed wuz a bill o' snle. I've got a grubbiu' on the mine, euny way.au' I've j;ot mines o' my own au' money, too, au' 1 wouldu't mind givin' this bill o' sale to you if you'd be sensible an' marry 1110, like your pa wants you to." "1 don't b'lieve you've got no bill o' tale," said the girl quietly; "show mo the paper." Her faeo was dark with anger. She looked very pretty us the sat there in the dingy little store ou a long packing box; her glorious brown hair had been blown loose by the wind, her ragirod sunbonnet hung by its strings around her neck, her blue eyes were bright with ex citement, and her brown checks glowed. Tho Bishop looked at her admiringly as he returned with the paper. t-lio rose to her feet, and her slight, round figure showed, even through tho clumsy pink calico, its graceful curves. Sho moed round between him and the opcii door of the stove, in which a wood tire burned, for the evenings are cold in these moun tain vil ages, aud llieu, us he read aloud, sho suddenly snatched the paper nud thiew it iuto the stove. Be sprang for ward with an oath, but it was too late, and wheu he turned to look for the girl she was gone. The next day Hick Johnson rode up to the bu'oou, uud gravely announced to the loungers there that ho meiut to shoot old liurus on sight, aud thit the said Burns hud better have li s guu h uuly. Then the injured man began to lorti:y himself with whi-ky for the up proai hiug duoi. "What's tho matter with Burns " asked one o'' the crowd ; ' I alius thought tint you wu'. on the best kind o' teims wuh the liishop." " h, he's lived long enough, that's all," answered old Hick ; "nn' my arms uir n-g.ttm' rusty fer waut o' use.' lliscueiny bud beeu warned Dick was drunk enough to be dangerous, and to he thought there was no reason for wait ing any longer, and ri-ing he tLpj ed quietly out of the saloon and walked over to the "Co op." Arriving theie he stood near tho door watching iho proprietor, ULtd the utter , turned, when the Lauds of both men tew . to their ready pistols, and the shots rang was a dead shot, stood calmly looking at his victim. Tho murdered man's wila out. Tho llishop fell, and Dick, who ran in from her rooms behind the storo and flung herself down be-Me the body with a heart-rending shrink. Then the men from the sa'oon rushed in and stood looking si'ently ut tho b'ecding corpso and nt tho poor wife, who mourned the dead man ns sincerely ns though ho had been tho kindest of hus bands to her. Her pitiful sobbing aroused tho sym- Eathies of tho rou;li crowd, nnd they cgun to look angrily at the victor. 'no man pointed signlicnntly to acoilofropo lying on tho counter, but the rest looked at the revolver still grasped in the fallen man's hand, and they shoo:; their heads. Dick Johnson saw nnd understood and ho quietly backed up against tho wad, drew another six-bhooter, und pro CC' ded to make his defence. Ho told the story of the bill of sale; "You sco, boys, ho swindled me. Now, you know, a man ain't a-goin' to bo cheated like that nn' not try to git revenge for it. ' I srive him fair waruin', lie had his chain c at mo; 1 ilonft it all up reg'lar, an' there hain't no call for hard feeliu's ag n me. I'm sorry for her, but you know it ain't my fault I ccnuso her man was n scamp an' needed killin'." His revolveis helped him to make his pence. These men were not cowards, but they knew they could not take him alivo armed in that way, nnd, besides, they thought his conduct quite proper, so ho was promptly ucqiiitto I by this in formal jury and he went quietly home. Thus was rudo justice done. Thus, too, was it that Caddie did not marry a Bishop, but bee.'imo Ban Wiliia i.b's bride. S'u.i 'm.im's 0 A iff 'luiut. Deluding Assuyers. "Fnrdon me, sir; wo allow 110 one in that room but the nsaycr." 1 looked nt the speaker with un expression cf in jured innocence. Ho was the member of tho great firm of chein s;s whose cer tificate as to "the output of a mine would be worth a fortune if fuvoinble. "Sorry to offend you, sir," he continued, "but we assume that every man who comes in he:e is a knave." Thiji urou-cd my curiousity, and I im proved the first opportunity to ask an expert assayer to explain these misan thropic sentiments. Dr. l.edoux, u fa mous chemist connected with the firm mentioned above, satisfied me th.it they were well founded. "Wo can hanliy tni't our own senses, "' he sai l. "I have known a sample of ore to yield a heavy percentage of gold w hen its owner wus piesent at the test and none nt all when he w is ab-eut. How can that be.' Well, in this in.-t.ince I saw nothing wrong, but recently I was conducting an assay iu tlu pru-ence of the owner of the sain) o and noticed that ho wus chewing tobacvo very vigorously and nlso go rig to the u say furnace to ex pectorate into the fire. Watching h 111 narrowly 1 taw him spit into thocruc.b 0 and seizing him by the throat I forced out of his mouth the tobacco and along with it a quantity of gold dust, which he was attempting to get in the crucible this way to 111 ike his us-ay run high, ft would lcquiro very little gold thus added to an ounce of ore to make a dif ference of many hundreds of dollars per ton iu the result. "We once sent nn engineer to Colo rado to sample a silver mine," said Dr. I edoux. "Ho was entirely unmolested in the performance of his duty and felt sure that he had a fair average sample. Ho took the proenurlon, however, to divide his sample into two lots, sending one lot by express and bringing tho other with him in his trunk. Both samples arrived with their sea's un broken, nud tho bags apparently intact, but when wo came to assay them wo found neatly double the amount of silver iu thoso which had como by express. Investigation showed that somebody had punctured the bags which came by ex press with the point of u syringe,and hud squirted in among tho oro 11 strong solu tion of nitrate of silver, which drying upon tho cro, of course, added greatly to the assay. Mail an t fj-rcv-. Origin of "God (Save the Oiipcii.' "There has been so much ado lately," writes Mr. l.divaid St. Jolui-brenon, "about the Coik bind refusing to play woci save the cuceu at Olyinpia. u ' might interest your readers to learn some thing ol the oiigln of our national an them. The w ids, which were composed ; by Henry Carey, were of 1'ieiu h iusp.ra , tion. Iu 'The .Memoirs of Madame do ; Orcgny' we find a cintic'e whh h used ' to be sung by tl.o young ladies of St. Cyr wheucver I 01113 MV. 1 commonly j called I.e Grand Hoi 1 entered theirchnpol to hear morning mass. Tho words wero written by a M. do Hrenon, and tho music by the celebrated composer, l.ully. This was the first stuiuu: I Oruiet l ieu saiiu le Hoi! j Grand Bu-u y.ur le llo;I i io ie Kei: i Que tu;ours Kiorieiix, ! l.ouis vieiorieux, j 03 e ses enemies I '1 Oll.ioUI'S fil.U'l.ls. iii'uim i' .u snuvo in t;oi: Cruiid Dieii viMue le hoi! y ivo ;o U01 ! Tho earliest of the ver-iom began 'God sine King .'aims, our King.' it is a curious tact that in 151 i similar words were chanted before lid ward VI. when lie made hi. ciitiy into London. Iu 1 . I the year of the Stuart icbeil on i.i Scot laud, Br. llurney lell-. us, t was gener ally tho uiccplcd opinion that this aiilhcm was written and composed to." the Catholic chapel of King .lames II., whose right to the. Kngli.-.h throne the Irish so faithful. y dele ulcd ngak.st William III." I'M Mall o'n.t.'V. A lie m il y lor If nn ies. A correspondent of the Millcdgevillo (Cia.) I nion-lh -ont-r give tlio. iollowiug remedy lor the bite ol a 111. oi dog wuh ! gratifying ro-ults : J lecauipaiiu is u plaut well-known to ; most pet sons, nnd is to be toiiud in many i of our gardens. Immcdi.itelv after be- ! ing bitten lake 1 J ounces of tin; root of ; the plant, thegre n root is pei! it) s pre- ferable, but tho dried will auwi may be lound iu our dmg ston uul , and wus used by me. rliice or bruise, p it iuto a pint of fresh mdi, boil down to a half pint, strain, uud whenculd diiuk it, fasting ut leust six hours ui lei w.ud-. The next inoruiug repeat the ilosj, last ing, usiug two ounces of the root. 1 11 the third morning take m. other dose, prepaied us the la-t, un l this will be tu.i.cient. It is recommended tint alter each dose nothing be can 11 for ut lcuel six hours. CALM'S ri'Efi AND LIGHT, METHODS OP DISTHIEUTION OF NATURAL OAS list Illu nil nut lug fowrrs A Great K:ivIp-x In Iiabor Distributing tlictJai nt Pit tslnii'K. Mr. Charles I'nine, tho General Mana ger nf tho Philadelphia Company, says . oelCi okoin the Philadelphia Istlyrr, has given me much information of the nature, extent and application of the rmtuta! gits. He savs tho method of drilling the gas wells is similar to thoso bored for petroleum. The hole is usually 8 indies in diameter, case I with 5 : inch pipe (interior d.amcteri, the hole below the casing being " I inch. Boring these gas wells tioes on vigorously, tho search being c .tensively conducted. Alieady over fifty natural gas rompanici lira in operation 111 Western Pennsylvania, be sides otlurs in di crent States where gas is found. Kxperienco shows that the amount of gas in nny reservoir is a 1 mitcd quantity. Many of tho smaller rcscrvoiis heretoforo tupped havo been nearly or quite exhausted. Nobody knows, therefore, but that, like the oil pools, tho largest gas reservoir yot reached may be linnlly cxhau-ted. The thickness cftho porous Btrata, however, and its great extent, seems to promise long continuance o: the supply. The gas produces, besides tho light anil heat, a superior lampblack, and nlso a carbon, furnishing cm client pencils for the electric arc light. The illuminating power of the natural gas is low, b. ing reckoned by cundles. It can be enriched to improvo this, but it evolves such great heat that it can only bo used in lurge or open spaces. Tho gas torches make a good light in yards, streets and rolling mills, nnd are exten sively used in tho-o places. It bus not yet been successfully used in smelting iron ores, although experiments of this kind are iu progress, but with this ex ception it may be use d for all purposes requiring heat, nnd is better than nny other fuel. It is so thoroughly subject to control as to quantity consumed aud distribution in furnace, kiln or oven, is so free from sulphur and o'.her ob'ectiona bleaelinixtiire.s, that all the manufacturers are cntnUsiusiic about it ns the best, cheapest and most convenient fuel. It is admirable in dwellings, and nobody who has it wants to go back to conl. The charge for supplying it is made to the factory at a price regulated by the ton of output ol product, nnd this np pears to be about one-half the cost of coal, besides tho great saving made iu tho labor formerly required for hauling nnel handling coal, stoking th (ires nuel removing ashes. The gang of a score or more who u-ed to work about a boiler room and in ths conl bins and ash heaps tire now replaced by a single man, who occasionally goes around watching the steam gauges nud adjusting tho gas sup ply under the boilers, und lias plenty of time to rest or rend the newspaper be tween. When the gas bus in some cases been supplied by measure the charge has beeu about eight cents per Iiiok feet In a dwelling tho charge is by tho size of tho house and the number of fires. An ordinary house costs about 'i0 yearly, nnd the mo t elaborate dwelling in Pittsb ugi- not over .fl .'o. This tost is about one liaif that of coal, nnd in every case the use of the gas is unstinted und it f.ows as f.eelv us water. Thirteen lines of pipes nro laid from the eastern g;ls wells to P.ttsbuig, their lengths varying from seventeen to twenty-lour miles. These lire connected by cross lines ut various places, and at the edge of the city the'y begin to runi'lY, -ending out large arteries in various il;rc: lions, from which smaller p pe3 d stiioute the gas through all the streets of Piit-b.ugli and Allegheny, and their suburbs. In the producing elis 'rc s tl.o pipe connections are so ar ranged that llio product of any well may be led int.) ililfcrcnt pipe liues, thus -o urrga'iy leqtii ed pressure. A tele 's, 'op; iii'iuiigcmcnt is niso adopted for the main pipes, iheir iliauicter being in- 0 eiwd at inter als on the routo to Pitts burg, sc a? to deliver a fixed volume of ga- at a designated pressure The gas is also led over different routes .-o thut each city main will have sever.il so 1 ,c -s of supply. This avoids intcrmptioas in the llow, for if nc ident or ivpaiis 1 reveiitlho consumer getting th gas from one direction it will reach b in lio n another. There arc numerous Millions on the main supply lines, e-pc-c :;lly nt their iuicrscctious, for regu lating pres-11.es, whcie agents alt end d i un I night and control tho picssure ac crd ng to telephonic instructions iroiii the contial oilier. iir.atiuiis of con uinpiion on the di He rent lines makes c',. urines fie pn ntiy 11c. e-sary, and an in: 1 1 mitic system of regulating these 1 rcssiircs is being provided. The superinleiideut is in complete control of th. se pressures nt tho Pitts burg cent uil o'lice, watching uud regulat ing tii-iii, much ns if he wcie moving the tr i!iiic of a ia Iway. The business is profitable, and over iV;ii,t, notion of -hares of dull lent natural gas companies have been i-su-d in Pitt burg uud its in ighboi !iD 1. 1, 'l'he expansion of pipe. uiets iu ledii -ing pre-suie makes ncaily t .vi. o us much aggregate capacity of pipes ut the I iitsburg city line as ut the v eils. 'I in' pipes vary in interior diameter from thne to thirty inches, the greater p.u I be.ng s: x iinli and cig li t -iiieh pipe. Aeiirly the whole of the business of the gi- t.eriiory has been uh.-oi bed by the Ph.ladelphi.i ( mni any, w hich un ns gas righ's in sonic 0,000 lu res aiouinl P.tts biiri.h, aud ilui.s supplies from barely h df i's wells, width aie said to bo ump 0 for prc-cut 1 oiiau option. This iiatoial gas is the most wonderful development of I itisburg and is coining giciiL eualth for ils fortunate possi s.sor.s. I.osf Hair His Body. ' Insurgi ul circles in Vienna," tays a I o eli.ii paper, " a sucic.-sful opciution icrfoiinel by Piofe sir pilruth at ti.e Vienna l.linik is inuill commented on. While a (airier wasdiiv.ng his team last v. inter his ligs, lini'et--, e.us and nose v.crelio en. At the Line his life- was de-pdicl of. Both bis iegs bad to I.e cut o , und only one linger on i in h baud could iesa.ed. li s nn h was u-plaied I v i.u ui'i li i d one. uud li s ca s weio clip-ed. He l ore his sllllerli t ivl hic miiK .bhi 1 i.inposum. an I, h.i.i.ig bun -applied with m-t li'-iil legs nud feet, bo 10.W e.els about villi Hie help of two ; inplc slicks. It is .-urpi i-iug that witii oio- liiiiier he is able to wiito very well.' IIOISEHOIB AFFAIKS. Moi-e ,iples. Wero every fnmily to put in pr.ictico the following sensible advice of Proless r Faraday, a marked gain in the health nf its members would be the result; Let svery family in autumn lay in from two lo ten or more barrels, nnd it will be to them the most economical investment in the who e range of culinary supplies. A raw, mellow apple is digested in nn hour and a half, while boiled cabbago requires five hours. The most healthful lesert that can be placed on tho table is fmkcil apple. If taken freely at break fast, with coarse bread, nnd without meat or flesh of any kind, it has an ad mirablcc iect on the general system, often removing constipation, correc ting acidi ties, and cooling off febrile conditions more cfTcctunlly than the most approved medicines. If "families could bo induced to substitute the apple sound, ripe and luscious -for the pies, cakes, candies nnd o'.her sweetmeats, with which children re too often stalled, there would be n diminution ot doctor's bids su'llcient iu l single year to lay up a stock of this de licious fruit for a season's use. Ijaiindry Slot lioil in Hollnml. Tho washerwomen of Holland nnd Rclgiura. so proverbial for their clean sod beautifully white linen, u c relined borax as a washing powder, in the pro portion of a half pound of borax powder to ten gallons of water. This saves loap nearly cue-half. 1 or clothes, ns eulfs nnd shirt-bosoms, requiring to be made still, a stronger solution is ncct-3-8irv. Borax being a neutral salt docs not inthe smallest degree iujuro the tex ture of the linen. Next comes starching. ,V very'n ice preparation for glossy starch ismade'in this way Pound two ounces of tine white gum arabic to a powder, put it into a pitcher aud pour on it a pintormo-o of boiling water, cover the pitcher and let it stand all night. In the morning pour it carefully from the dregs iuto a clean bottle, cork it und keep it for use. A table-spoonful of this gum water should be poured iuto a pint ol starch made iu the usual way, and the lincu starched with it. In ironing col lars, eulfs, etc., rub them before ironing, with a clean, white towel dampened in so!t water. Hub tho iron on a cotton bag, iu which is a good-si. cd lump of bee-wax. '1 ho boom of a shirt should be the last part ironed. Cmrier Journal. Homo Dressniakliig It, is now very easy for girls to make tlueir own dresses, for that wdiicb pre sents the largest clillirulties is nil done for them by n new system; a measure is taken, applied to a lining, nnd nn accu rate waist pattern obtained while a lady is waiting, tho wholo operation requir ing less time than it someti lies takei to got change Foundation skirts nro al-o made which only need tho pleating upon the edge, and the material draped over them; in every other respect they are shaped and finished for wear, Includ ing the insertion of steels and a small "mattress." 'i he ekirts of this season's dresses arc very simple, anil not intricate in the way of draperies. The foundation skirt is from two nnel one-quarter to two and 0110 half yards wiele, nuel it always has n pleating at the edge. But this is not much seen, as tho upper drapery is so long that it nearly covers it, the use of it being mainly to keep the plain drapery Irom setting in too llatly over the feet. The newest way of making tho back drapery is to sew it into the back, with lurge plaits, which hang down in folds, the drapery falling straight to the edge of the skirt. The only variation to this nrrangement is that tho buck breadth is lifted up and caught here and thoio with a stitch, to aihl slightly to its fullness. The foundation sk rt consists of a gored front bie.iilth, n gored breadth on each side, anil a straight wdth ut 'ho back iingorcd. A small mattress about seven inches square is worn, und one or two steels. Theso last are no longer put in in a straight line, but form un arch upwards; the top steel coming about six inches below the waist in the center, nud about twelve iuclus ut cue h end. This is a much more com fortablo way of putting in tho steels thau tho old one. Jlott-eicii'c. 1 led pes. Pil Ciu'st. One teacup each of lard and colel water, one teaspoonful ol baking powder, piuch of salt, Horn enough, to roll out. S11..U1 !!n:s-to. Two tablespoon fills each melted butter, mixed mustard uml salt, one teaspoon of white pepper, beat to a ere am; add eight eggs beulcn light, half cup of vine gar attil half cui 01 sweet cream. Cni'AM Pn. Beat the white of 1111 egg still, mix smoothly one tablespoon fui of sugar, one of Hour, one-half of 11 tea poonful of it-nieui .juice, one-half pinl of sweet cream; adel to the egg and bake with open crust. lbu Si. w-. Cut one-half of a head of cabbage up fine, season with salt ant pepper; lake one cup of lu lk. two eggs, a tub'e-poonl ill of niched b itter nudum cup of vinegar, boil and pour ovei tin cabbage ; serve hot. I'l'iem I'ikl.s. Two pounds o liiadicil potatoes, four ounces of buttci and a lutiu salt, two pounels ot t and m 11; 1 imugli to inuke a batter: huli cup of yeast; set to rise, und 1 gilt bake iu cuke- the sie cf mull; Mivr Sell 1. I'emove tho leave: join the stalks of a whole hunch o ii int. Cut iu line bits and place iu tin uiiice bowl, liniise with three tea q.ooiifuls i-f sugar. Pour over the w holi naif a pint ol viucear, which if verj itiong should be dinned. .Making a Voting Mail Look Bid. "There, you look ten years oldei now," saiel u elow 11-towii I arber Tester Jay us he ich uscil a man freun the iiie-he! d' a towel and yelleil "llru-h ." Tc ihe customer who followed lie saiel "I'liut was a young ltUow w ho has jul urtcd in business lit re us a eloitor. it looked too youi g, ami to get patients hi h id to grow old iu tl.o barbel's rhj, r Cuu wc age a man : Well, I should S.lj so. It's a pint of our trade. J et nil take you iu haml and etios your hall ami i eurd my way lor a month and you I loo. a mid Be aged luau. it's all in thl uppearaiii e People won't trust ayouuj; eloi te.r, if he looks too o:iug, ami I au: udel.ng years to thr nppeaiauce of hall iloze-u young physicians nuw. Huve shampoo! our h.nr is full of elaudru f, Ail right. Bru-hl'' C'.i ii. il, rail. IONO OF THE SEWINO MACHINE, Trouble, trouble, trouble, troubla. Hear tho sonn I sing Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, In theso days of spring. Gowns are cut nnd lying by me, ruffles, tucks ami licnis, they try me; Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, Hoar th. song I sing Trouble, trouble-, trouble, trouble, In these days of spring. My tensions are adjusted wieoly, My needles set just right; And like a greedy little monster My bobbin's filled up quite. Now set my nickel foot down flat (My mistress, too, sometimes does that) Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, See my shuttle fly; Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, Happy, bappy, I! For here a secret let me tell you : 'Tis not in idleness Nor ease wo find true good the highest. From me a riddle guess: While I trouble', I'm no trouble; Troubling not, I troublo double; Though I'm troubled, troubled, troubleel. Yet me no trouble's nigli : Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, O, who so gay as I.' Trouble, trouble, trouble, troubles Hear the song I sing Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble. In these day3 cf spring; Gowns are cut and lying by inn, Unfiles, tucks and hems, they try me; Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, Hear the song I sing. Trouble, troublo, trouble, trouble, In the days of spring. Good llotiSekcrpiiir. HUMOIt OF THE DAY. A scratch race Barn-yard fowls. Tho suit department A court-room. A prominent band The engagement ring. Made of all work Some women's lives. The toncy girl The soprano of the choir. The old notion that blod will tell is a vein conceit. The paper-hanger makes money by going to t lie wall. Saratoga is famous for spring water and Niagara for fall water. "He can take it out iu tirade," as the ubusive man saiel of a creditor. If you want to know what a sliding scale is try to hauellc a wet fish. Possibly tho most courteous of nil tho masts is the top gallant. rii. Figures never lie, but the context fre quently does, ii'ti-'iny vn Free 1'ivk. Tho man in the moon is doubtless married to tho maid of green cheese. 'i'imi: Time flies and stays for no man. Tho only fellow who cuu beat it is tho musician. One of our fashiouablo tailors is build ing a yacht. It is to be a cutter, of course. tj.citn. Many young wotmu who went to tho watering places this year to secure titled husbands havo returned quite crest fallen. Mercery. It is a notable fact that however cleanly seamen may be ou tho water, they huve a decided disliko to being washeel ashore.- Oiran. An author, ridiculing tho idea of ghosts, usks how a dead man can get into a loekcil room. Busy enough. W?th 11 skeleton key. Mr-ui'v. My baby knows her nIphuheC As far us A nud II, But she can get no farther yet, Ker there's a squall at C. Oi'cu.i. Speaking of doughuuts, an exchaugei says tho quickest way to digest them is to eat only tho hole anil throw the rest nwny. Despite this suggestion, tho whole of the doughnut will ba eaten as usual. According to a scientific wiiler, "bluo eyes are simply turbid media." It souuds inoro poetical, though, to refer to a "blue-eyed girl," than to call her a damsel with turbid media optics. AVip Yurk .V. ten. A Connecticut lira i.us invented an "elasiie hat." This is truly one of the greatest inventions of the age. A hat that swells with the swelling head will supply a great and long felt want. A ii York Till ij i t in. "Who is this ( hliiese liill I lead about us being in Congress so much; ' asked ! Mrs. Sniiggs. "Oh, lies a brother of j Bulbilo lull," repl eel her husba..el, who I then went on pursuing the ba-cball col- j Ulllll. J'i tJ.aillJ CUl jui l:. ! Not Much Breakage. "oh, llie I Frenchman was veiy hur-hly treat, d. The y threw him olT the balcony into tl, j stieei." "They did! Weil, was L 1 I hurl lunch; Anything biokoti :" - j tiling but his l.nglisli." ,. lii...r. I All exch'intr.' informs usth itlhe Ke. !y ; motor is slid alive. Then why doe-sn t 1 it ino'.e. As the man said when h ic i 1 the epitaph 011 tho tombstone: "I still live," "Well, if I wiisele.il, 1 wouldn't be ahaiui'il to own up to it.'' - il --.V . J .Ok. ; '. In Hartford, C.iun., a e velc 1 ca-kcl was lucked an 1 given to the bride, to be opened t w cnty-i.vc ycais lie n.c. We elo not know what it i outuiiieel, and Vcnt ue to say if lie: bride doesn't it will be pi ieel open with a pair of seisson within a week. Ji . 't; i Uff, A Newaik man iiotiieel au aelvcrtUc mcut lust v.nli iu u'uii h it was set foiih that the iiilnrtiscr wo nil impart the secret of living lor the small sum of SI. Ho sent tlu lit. uev und received a reply I containing two w 01 els. They were: j "Don't die." A' ,(-,! ..'. " j I.ittlo boy "Mamma, what does lliii ! mean: 'Never jiulgo u 111111 by his I clothes.''' Mauiujo, "oh, it means 1 that men have i t sense enough 11 so.e e t I 1 lollies, nnel it's ulwavshit or miss W ith j 'cm. Women folks are the only ciu s i that cau be judged by their clothes.'" I t'K ';. M At ra". 1 It b oke the engagement. Young : Spine kie 1 1 efe-rriiig tu t;;e evening Le.ng chi.lyt "Vol should have thought I Si'uiethiog tbat would have beeu a p.o ' tecnon to you.'' M;i Croouall " . . ' Jsliould have thought of that. Ma sal I Li.re Were sj many Cramp uroun I hero I after dar," - J "I.e.
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