RATH OFADVIRTlIICa. (M lMerttm-" m OH Sqoirs, tack, s-ata On Sqnaro, Ice, tore mast.. On Rqsare, one tosh, one M Two Sqoa s, on J - " jT Qaortev Colnmn, one . Ealf Oolama, one rw.... id OS On. Cols a, ono 79U -1 Uninrtliiamnw Hiy" Minion M4 BtleM cnll .farl?. 'ItarmrKlntlMMkWillNfUll a4vaes. Jok werk-cssa sa tsuvsry. THE FDBEST REPUBLICAN U published every Wednesday, y J. E. WENK. Ot:ioa In BmearbaugU A Co.'a Building ELM BTRKBT, T1ONK8TA, T. i i Trm, ... tl.BO pr Year. No t.h,rrtptlnni neelrod for a shortsr period tniir three monlhi. 0.tre)on'leiM-e solicited from prt of the "Fore PUBLICAN VOL. XXI. NO. 41. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1889. SI. 50 PER ANNUM. Tho 1 on von of annexation It working In Canada. The United States is rapidly forging ahead as a first-class' maritime power. Germany ia said to bo very mad bo causo Francois lending money to Russia, Philadelphia has just consecrated a church for tlcuf mutes tho only one ia the wnr'.d. In tho North eloquent stump speakers nro now known as i'spcll bindem," after au organization recently started in New York. " Hop growing Is on the decline in Eng land, the area devoted to that crop in being eight per cent less than dur ing 1837. " After all the sanitary engineers have done, tho avcrago mortality of tho titles la twenty-five per cent, greater than that of tho country. Thoro has bocn no time in the history of this country, asserts tho Omaha litnthl, when assassination was more rampant than now. According to official information the Soudan trade lefo: the troubles with the Mahili'..Araiiv followers began was woith $!0,COO,000 a year to England. The i)ru.'ut Georgia Legislature con tains moro farmers than any of its recent predecessors. There are sixty-nine farmers in the House, against forty-six lawyors. In Mexico tho word Go A does not ap pear in thn Constitution or laws. Con tcquc.tiy a iuul..u.:-.i! protest which is equivalent to the oath of office is used at an installation of oflicials. A Chinaman who, after several years' residence in this country, returnod to China, has been telling his countrymen that tho Americans worship a mysteri ous being who Is called All Mi-T Dol Lar. ' The highest death rate among white people In this couotry is 2'. Si per thou sand In New York, whore there aro ltl.37 peoplo to a dwolling. At Newark, N. J., with 7.20ptoplo to the dwolling, the mortality ii 10.40." Says a Now York expert in sporting matters: "There isn't a fight, wrostle, rowing match, running match, horse . trot or sword contest on the square these days. Everything is 'cooked' be'ore band, and cooked' to make money." fays tho . New York JlrnH: "It was railways that contributed so largely to German success in .H"0 and to soma of the most brilliaut feats in the civil war of America, and the nation that cannot utilize her railways for military purposes is beyond tho sphere of effective warlike combinations." As electricity will undoubtedly bo substituted In executions for tho rope, tho Cuicago Timet suggest that a now branch of study is opened for young Anarchists. "They should be instructed in electric volts,' and taught to compute tho number of ohms which constitute their power of resistance." Western hunters comp'ain that wild duck are becoming very scarco, and at tribute their scarcity to tho use of duck eggs in making a new glue that is manu factured in Canada, Thoir eggs having become valuable, Canadian hunters do spoil their rieits and thus materially re duce the supply of young ducks. The phonograph has reached such a degree of perfection that gaps and yawns are produced by it ith great dis tinctness. At a recent trial given nt Mr. Edison's laboratotjr a meoting between two lovers was recorded, and persons of experience say that the kisses were re produced with tantalizing accuracy and fervor. Two Pittsburg tube-workers have been hired at $5 a day to go to England and instruct workmen there how to man ufacture tubing. One of the proprietors pf a great English manufactory, who em ployed, the men, has discovered that American workmen "are much more rap'.d and have a better system of doing the work thau their English brothers." The Empress Frederick and her daughters are sombre figures at Windsor, says a London calsFhe Empress wears a widow's cnpwith long strings reaching iiearJvVrt her feet, and her daughters, iu Addition to their crape robes, wear what would be termed here widow's caps. The Empress has de cided to return to Berlin when she leaves England, instead of proceeding to Italy, wat her original intention. The heavy expenses of a college course have heretofore deterred all but tho daughters f wealthy parents from en joying the privileges of academic ed ucation. This exclusiveness is being very perceptibly broken into now, how ever, b." vi- ir, worsen who earn their ' O nPWft'here are a hundred i i .uO . h (in Intuit!...... vj. .nil " tU4 iisrai THE BONO OF SONGS. 1 Vn a man thnt 'a fond o' musio, An' w'en folks are not err I kin make our old aecorj Squeak a mighty tskin' 1; An' thet banjor hangln' yancli r, With its gentle plink, plank, plink, 'Pyears to git plumb at tho bottom Of the doepes' thoughts I think. Doe mo heaps o' good on Sundays 'For the pmy'r at church is said, Jes to stand an' hyoar "Old Hundred" Boarin' fur up overhead) An' I most kin spy the angels Lean In' 'crost tho gata up thar, When Old Abrum Blackburn's darter Leads us in "Bweet Yonr o' Fray'r." But ef you sh'u'd want to see me W'en I hev rar broades' smilo, Ton must ketch me in the kitchen, W'en the kittle ' on tho bile I For 1 claim thar ain't no warblin' Everris on red-birds' wings Tbet kin holt a taller candle To the song the kittle sings. Beoms et ef my soul gits meller In the kittlo's first sweet note, Till I fancy weddln' musio Bcreakin' Torn tho iron th'oat. Bech times, ef I s )uent my eyes np, I kin fahly 'pyear to see Old man Abrunf Blackburn's darter Bmilin' thoo the steam at mat Eva IK. McQlauon, in Centurg. THE DOCTOR'S NEPHEW. BY EMMA. . OPPEHi Cora alighted from rhilo Wilson's higlwn4 nyow and somewhat rattly bugy, and nit don-' on a log with a sigh of relief, while Thilo hitcbtd his norse to a tree, It was not an enticing thing nt best to go to a picnic with 1'hilo Wilson; but the picnic itself was preferable to' the drive thither. There wero distractions at leait, and, with good luck, a chance for a brief escape Hut driving six miles with him, making spasmodic at tempts at conversation whiio he sat in his uaual open-mouthed but tongue-tied silence, tall and lank, uninspired and uninspiring driving with l'hilo had no alleviating points. Fairly at the grounds, then, Cora hook out hor white dress and straight ened her chip bonnet arid even smiled a little with the buoyancy of youth. The picnic was large, tdie noted, g.iily. There wcro the older people gathered sedately together among a group of birches. Cora's father and mother were among them, in black broadcloth and alpaca, nod, they looked over at their protty daughter and Fhilo with placid smiles. They approved of Philbj he was 4 'steady,'' and their practical concern went no further. Cora smiled back at them. Aad grouped about the long board platform, where thcro would be dancing later, were all "the girls." . Cora deserted the log. "I'll go over whpre the rest are,' sho aid. And though Phllo, who was a bit of a despot under his phlegmatism, did not look pleased, she hurried away. "The girls'' were gushingly glad to ee her, after the man nor of girls. "You look lovely!" said hule Miller. "What did you bring;" said Margy Fuller. "I've got an angel cake.but it's perfectly horrid I It isn't white a bit, and the frosting" "You know it's splendid, Margy," said Cora, laughing; "rours always are. Isn't thnt Ur. bam urn's nephew!" "Tho girls" did not look around it wasn't Docessary. They had him already well fixed on their mental retinas, by reason of sundry furtive glances the handsomo young fellow, blue-eyed and black-haired, in a loose jacket and sand shoos and a soft cap, who sat talking to Eadio Sanborn and r-adie's beau at the other end of-the platform. They burst into a subdued incj tisitoriSl chorus, .. "Oh, do you know himf" We thought, of course, he's a relative, be cause he's wilh Sadie." "Isn't he lovely. anyhow.1' "He ia very nice-looking," said Cora, faintly tinted as to her round cheeks, "i'es, he's tho doctor's nephew. lie was here last summer, but only for a woek or so; and the doctor was in to see' father one evening, and brought Mr. Hill with him, and we got pretty well acquainted, lle'd run over and play croquet real often, and one day we went" lint a little excited murmor inter rupted her: "He's looking at you I" "He's bow ing : "He's coming straight over here. Cora!" ' l?o he was, with the eager smile with which young men have greeted protty ma ds since the world bean, and with an impatient, outstretched hand. Cora's n'ugers smarted, in truth, under the prosure it gave (hem. ".Miss Uilman," he said, finding a scat beiide her (and "the girls" edyed away, awed by the nearer presence of the doctor's nephew), "I have been looking for you, do you know? I came only jesterday, or you'd have seen me before, llow are you, Miss liilmanl Y'ou look well! And the croquet ground is it there f" . "Yes, it's there," she said, smiling up at him. (l'hilo had been buttonholed by Hank l ee, at a safe distance.) "I've improve!, Mr. Hill. Will you believe Hi" "Youi" he cried, in humorous alarm. "Why, you used to 'whitewash' me every time as it was. We'll play some thing else this year, Miss Oilman tatr, or iackstones,orsomothin? I'm proficient in." Thoy laughed delightedly. How, nice he wa! she thought to bright and jolly ! he was a little frightened to find how well she remembered all about him. And he she couldn't tell what he was thinking, of course but hXwas looking at her with very eager eyes and a maimer almost excited, biie dropped her own, her cheeks pinker. "I remember it all, you see. What a good tnuo we had, Alias Uiliuan, now didn't we the day we went otf black berrying You haven't forgotten it? You had on an old blue dress and a thsker.and some glovesof your father's." Mr. Hill threw back his head in boyish glee. "And we got ten quarts, too." Ho grew suddenly sober. "I did en joy that week, .Miss Oilman. I've lived H over in my imagination often enough' Ince. ' If it hadn't been for you, Miss Oilman, I shouldn't have come here this summer 1" he ended, courageously. "But I'm in for a month here now." Hho looked at him breathlessly, her heart beating hard. Did he mean it? But sho knew he did. And he hadn't an idea of I hilo's existence, hho wished that she had not. Tho doctor's nephew rose impulsively. "Come, Miss Oilman," said he; "don't let's sit here pokily. We never wcro f oky, you know. J ct's have a ramble, sn't there an ostensible purpose an ob ject of interest, or sometningt" 8ho smiled, with nn inward conflict of gladness and misgiving. "There's tho willow arbor, down by the marsh; it's pretty there," she fal tered. Hank I.ee had released l'hilo; he was turning this way, with his loose gait, his hands iu his pockets. "I love willow arbors," cried the doctor's nephew. "It there's anything I've always adored and yearned for it's a willow arbor. . Y'ou'll gof" "I don't know," said Cora, wistfully. But Mr. Hill knew. l'hilo Wilson, at any rate, stood the next moment staring after their disappearing figures. It was not quite eleven by Mr. Hill's handsome time-piece when they started; but it was fully one when they got back. They had forgotten the picnic, almost, wandering among the willows in some thing moro than contcntment,aud it was a diro necessity to have to come back to it. . "But they'll be having dinner, you say ?" said Mr. Hill. "And they'll eat at that long table, all together? Well, I'll get a seat by you, by hook or crook." But dinner was late. The fiddlers had arrived, and been pressed into early ser vice. The platform was filled with waltzers to get up their appetites, they said, while their elders waited hungrily for that process to be completed. "Ah. said the doctor's nephew, blithely. ."Will yoti give me tho first, Miss Oilman, and as many more as your card will permit?" They were laughing nt that as they went toward the platform. But they did not ascend it. l'hilo stood on the lower stair, liko a spider in wait for a fly. "It's about time, seems to me," he observed, his dull face lighted by a spark of anger. "i've b'en looking round for you for two hour. I guess I'll havo the first dance, if you just aa lief." There was sharp resentment in his pale-lashed eyes. Cora bit her red lips, her face aflame. But she spoke quietly. "Mr. Wilson was my escort, Mr. nil!," she said. "I- I" She could not finish. She tried to smile, but her lips only trembled. Thodoctor's nephew looked Mr. Wilson over from head to foot, and bowed silently, a littlo paler than his wont, and turned away "I didn't rqpan to make you mad," snid l'hilo, better disposed now that he triumphed. ' "Hut I was kind o' put out. Your folks didn't like it, neither; I told 'em you was off with him. Wal, let's have a waltz," "he concluded, con scious of extreme magnanimity. "I shall not dance," said Cora. Her pretty eyes blazed scornfully upon him. lie bad told "her folks." She could have laughed if she had not been so hotly miserable. - What did he think? "You will rind me a seat, if you please," she said. But I hilo did not hear her. His eyes were fixed on a ti 'Mire at a little distance a figure which walked unsteadily with swinging arms. "Jem Murray 1" he muttered, amazed- The eyes of tho entire picnic wero focused on Jem Murray, and with equal bewildermeut. Jem alono was uncon cerned. He was the chief blot on the town's respectability; a brainless fellow, half shoemaker and half vagabond, gen erally idle and never sober. How Jem Murray had got to the picnic was a startling mystery; but ho was there un questionably, and as unquestionably drunk. His progress ' h-as not barred; there was some hesitation about barring it. He swaggered on marking his course with amiable comments. "Nishe day, nishe plashe, nishe lot o' girls. Keep right 'long" for the tiddlers had irresolutely Btourod "keep right tang; goin' to have a danshe m'sclf." He was grinning with the pleasure of this vague notion. It took clearer form in his muddled head. "Goin' to have a danshe," he repeated. "Here here'sh girl uow." He was standing before Cora, his blinking eyes on her blauchod face and his shaking arm extended. She caught at her companion des peratedly ; but l'hilo backed o!f, his face as pale as her own. He had never "tackled" Jem Murray, and he did not care to do it now. 'See here, now," he began, weakly. .But .'em was oblivious. "Wal, 'm waitin'," he observed. He touched Cora's sleeve; but ho did no more. He was laid on his back the next minute by a sharp blow on the face, and the doctor's nephew stood threateningly above him. There wore half a dozen others meditating the same act, but the doctor's nephew had dis tanced them. l'hi'.o stocd open-mouthod. Cora was nervously crying, but Mr. Hill's arm was through her'a protectingly. Jem Murray was got on his feel and hurried away by a score of hacds, and the hero of the occasion had an approv ing group around him, and Cora's father was of the number. ' . - "You did that mighty neat," was the general verdict. "I could not see a lady Insulted," the young mui responded- a little stiffly, with an eye ,on 1'hilo'and Philo grew red under it. , Cora's tremulous fingers faintly pressed her companion's arm . "Come here, my giiV'sald her father. "You're all upset. M Hill, you've got my gratitude," he declared, courteously But there was something in his voice which made his daughter look up at him as he led her away. "You saw it." she said, anxiously. "Yes, I saw it. So did your mother." Her father cleared ht throat. "I don't know as I car's about your lraving much more to do with that young Wilson. I've always been in favo of him, but I guess he aiu't atl I reckoned he waa. Coming to me, nito, complaining of your being oir with that young fellow wal, I used to fight my ownWttles. And standing there like a calf just now when he ouebt to be stirring, Wal, I don't just admire a coward." Cora laughed gaspingly. "Nor 1 1 she cried. "But that young Hill, now," said her father, emphatically "he was here last summer, recollect?" "Yes," said Cora, guiltily blushing. "Wid, seems to me he's the right kind. Showed some spunk, ho did showed the proper spirit I Fine young man! Wonder if he's making much of a stay to the doctor's?" he speculated, with a show of indifference he did not fcol. How could he? The fine young man had not seemed indifferent to his daughter, and he had some paternal wonderings. "I think he is," raid Cora. She wiped away the last of her tears and smiled, for the doctor's nephew was coming toward hor through the trees. And her mother was getting out the lunch-basket. Philo Wilson did not appear at tho well-spread dinner; nor was it very strange that ho did not escort Cora to tio next picnic, for before that annual gathering again took place, she was generally known as "the doctor's niece." Saturday Right. WISE WORDS. Cultivate charity. True eyes discover truth. There is nothing as royal as truth. Without hearts there is no home. The most effective coquetry Is innocence. Simplicity and luxury are equally en joyable. Life is too short to crowd it with re sentments. Knowledge is dearly bought, if we sacrifice to its moral qualities. It is easier to vanquish a man in an argument than it is to convince him. We find self-made men very often, but self-unmade ones a good deal oftener. Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy and can make them wretched. No great characters are formed in this world without suffering and self-denial. The existence of life is sometimes measured by the memory of its burdens. He who reforms himself has done some thing toward tho reformation of the crowd. A merely fallen enemy may rise again, Vu( ihn reconciled one is truly van quished. If we did but half we are able to do we would be surprised at the sum of our diligence. When a man learns how ignorant he is he is in possession of a valuable piece of knowlodge. You cannot drenm yourself into character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. Men will wranglo for religion, write for it, fight for it, dio for it ; anything but live for it. Branding "U. S" On Deserters. Under the old system in the t'nited States Army a man caught and convicted of the crime of desertion was branded by tattooing the letter I) on his left hip. He was at once recognized by that mark on presenting himself at a recruiting of fice for examination. The branding sys tem was abolished by law, and sin- e then it is always dir.icult and often impossible , for the recruiting ollicers to tell old de serters when they turn up again for en listment at different stations. I have heard my men speak of others who had deserted and re-enlisted over ton times. They had told of one man who had been in and out the service eleven times, and of another who had a record of thirteen enlistments. These are no doubt extreme cases. Branding was abolished because it was considered degrading. The old system of flogging perished for a similar reason many years ago. I am in favor of brand ing, and would make it an honor instead of a stigma by having the letters I'. S., or some distinctive mark tattoood on every sold er, officer, and private. The mark could be placed on the arm as well as the hip for the purpose. I think if I appeared before my men with the brand exposed to thoir view the idea of degra dation would quickly vanish. Then, if a man deserted and presented himself again for ro-enlislmcnt or was captured, his discovery would be a very simple matter. A large proportion of the de serters get caught sooner or later, but in the meantime they cost the country a large sum of moucy. My remedy, I thiuk, would not only be an economical measure", but absolutely certain as a means of detection. JV r York Timet. A Cunning Restaurateur. 4Wby do you keep it so blazing hot?" inquired a patron of the proprietor as he entered a restauraut "Because it is cold outside," replied tbo proprietor. After the patron had loft the premises the restaurant proprietor confidingly made the following confession to a newspaper man: "You see, I've been in the busi ness for a quarter of a century, and my experience has taught me that under ordinary circumstances men devour more food at a single meal in piercing cold weatuBr than when tho outside temperature ia moderate. When I first embarked in the eating house business I was green enough to economizo in wood for heating the premises,imagining I was thereby saving money, but 1 soon discovered my mistake as the patrons of my restaurant devoured such inordinate quantities of food in winter that bank ruptcy stared me in the face. It was here 1 learned a lesson from a rook, and through which I have since acquired a snug fortune. , My cck ate barely enough to sustain life iu a canary bird, and 1 inquired the cause of his lack of appetite. He replied that it was due to his being constautly employed about a hot tiie, and remarked that if I would keep my restaurant red-hot in winter my boarders would not consume one-half the amount of food. I tried the experi ment and soon fouud that whereas 1 had heretofore saved probably $0) a month in fuel by half-freezing my boarders, that I was saving at least twenty cents a meal in the decrease in the amount of food each one consumed while the premises were kept red hot." irjiiiUi (Xeo.) Chronicle. The Sultan of Turkey is considering a scheta to eotabliuh a State bank in Con stant ilople, with a German as manager, the idea being to diminish the exclusive privilege of tits Ottoman b&uk. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. A Protty Floral Decoration. A very pretty foliage decoration for rooms or conservatories can be made of a white spongo. Fill the sponge full of rico, canary, hemp, grass or other seeds. Then place it iu a shallow fancy glass dish. The prettier the dish is, of course, the prettier the decoration will bo. Four water in the dish ; the spongo will absorb this. Keep enough water to always have the spongo moist. In a short time the seeds will sprout and make the sponge look very pretty. The dith can then be placed on a tablo, or the sponge can be suspended without the dish in some posi tion where it is exposed to the sunlight. It must be well watered, so that the sponge is always moist, and it will then exhibit a mass of delicate green foliage. Mai! ani Evprest. A Repertoire of Cheap Dishes. Most housekeepers, says a writer on economical living, get into a "rut" and buy the same steaks, , chops and roast each week, having no repertoire of cheaper dishes. A beef's heart or a braised calf's liver make an excellent and economical change. Broiled sheep's kidneys wiih bacon make a fine break fast, and only cost about ten cents. Beef olives (small pieces of round steak spread with stultingand stewed) are ap petizing and do not cost one-half as much as a tenderloin steak, and so we might continue naming delightful dishes made from the so-called inferior piece of meat. A great deal also depends upon the manner in which the market ing is put away and cared for after it comes homo. All vegetables keep fresh longer if put in a cool, damn place. Fruits keep best in a cool, dark, dry place. Bread must be kept without wrapping in a close box. Fish, to be kept over night, should bo cleaned, sprinkled with salt and put on a platter, skin side down ; then stood in a cold place, away from all meats or delicate articles. OUroit 2Vee I'rctt. How to Make Soft Soap. In almost all families there is more or less use for soft soap. Nothing is bettor for dish towels, white tables and floors, sinks, etc., than good Soft soap. There is much in knowing how to make it with ease and without filling tho bouse with a disagreeable odor. If the work is prop erly done there will be no troub'e. The fats to save for soap grease are mutton, goose, turkey, and the skimmings from the water in which ham has beeu boiled. The solid bits of fat should be rendered while they are sweet. When ever there are any trimmings of fat from mutton or other kinds of meat that are t - Bunaoie oniy lor soap grease, cut luein intita and nlace them in a frvins-nan on the back part of the stove, where they will cook slowly until all the liquid fat has been extracted. Strain this into a pot kept for the purpose. Throw the solid piece into the garbage barrel. Put all the skimmings of fat that are to bo used for soap grease in the frying-pan while they are still sweet and let them simmer on the back part of tho range until all the water has been cooked out of them. Put this fat with the other If you do this work regularly, and keep the fat covered and in a cool place, it will remain sweet for months. When you are ready to make the soap the work will not be great. It is best to miko the soap a few weeks before you will wish to use it, as it is rather hard op the hands when new. Here is a good rule for making the soap without heat ingthe grease: Put fourteen pounds of crude not concentrated potash in a wooden pail ana pour over it enough boiling water to cover it, btir well, ana let the mix ture stand over night. In the morninf pour this mixture into a large kettle anc place on the fire. Now add anothoi pail of boiling water and stir frequently with a stick until all the potash is dis solved. Next put ten quarts of soap grease in a water-tight barrel and grad ually pour in the hot potash. Let this stand for three hours, and then add a pailful of hot water and stir well. Add another pailful three hours later. Aftci this add a pailful a day for the next six days, stirring well with a long stick each time. The soap should be stirred every day for the next three weeks, when it .will be ready for use. Be sure the potash is pure. Uoxut uife. IXeclpes. Rice Cakef. To one and one-ball cups boiled rice, add three eggs and Hour and milk enough to make a batter, adding a liwte salt. Fry a light brown. Cii.u kKH P DDiNit. Split, a dozen crackers in halves, lay the surface ovei with raisins, placing the halves togethei again; tie up closely iu a cloth, and boil about twenty minutes in milk and water; serve with a rich sauce. G mil a xi Oems. One egg, well beat en, one cup of cold water, one cup oi sweet milk, a little salt. Stir into these enough graham Hour to make a stiff bat ter. Put in gem pans and bake from twenty to thirty minutes in a very hot oven. WiNTKit HonoE-PonoK. Cut into slices four onions, four carrots, three large turnip3, six mealy potatoes, and one stick of celery; add two tablespoon fuls of rie; season with pepper and salt. Cut a pound and a half of lean beefsteak into small slices, and lay all together iu a jar wiih a over. Bake for six hours. Pi-.ACii Ci'sTAiin. Soak one-half cup ful of gelatine with a cup of sugar and a dozen halves of peaches for cue hour, then pour on a cup of boiling water and pass all through a strainer. ISo sure to jfr it all over the fire until the gelatine is dissolved. Set it aside to cool, and when ready to congeal have ready a cup of rich cream; whip the cream until light, add a pinch of soda, and stir it into the gelatine quickly, ono spoonful at a time. Turn iuto a mold wet with cold water, and set in a cool place to harden. It'H. led Pancake. Here is a dainty variutiou of the pancake, desirable for the lunch table or for a busty dinner: Make a thin batter with a quart of rich milk that is, milk with a little cream aided a piutof Hour in which a piuch of salt aud a teaspoouful of baking powder have been well mixed, and two or threo well beaten cgs. Bake some largo puncukes, spread each one, when taken iroru the griddle, with fresh but ter and any nice jam or marmalade ; roll them up and armuge side by side on a email putter, rerve hot and eat with a bard caure or cream and sugar. ORIENTAL THIEF-TAKERS. HOW CRIME IS DETECTED IN THIS CHINESE EMPIRE. Modern Solomons Whose Wisdom Is Shown by Results Curious Convictions. Tho Chinese possess no organized ietcctive forco, though the oflicials lometimcs visit in disguise tho scene of l notable crime for the purpose of mak ing inquiries, and police spies are often locked up with remanded prisoners to try to worm out their secrets. The lower classes being intensely superstitious, tho judicial investigation of crime usually takes place at night, says Ciamlm't Journal. The judgment hall is a lofty building of wood, un ceiled, and bare of furniture save for the raised dais at the north ond, where is seated the presiding magistrate, attended by his secretaries, clerks and lictors. The only light comes from paper lan terns or cotton wicks in oil-cups, which but serve to bring into prominent e the weird shadows flitting about the corners and lurking among the woodwork of tho roof. Silence prevails, the few specta tors watching the proceedings standing like statues. The accused, dragged from the dark ness and filth of a Chinese prison, is forced to kneel before tho judgment-scat throughout the trial. Weakened by ill treatment and appalled by his own su perstitious imaginings, ho often only re quires a little judicious terrorizing to elicit a full confession of his guilt. If he prove obdurate, witnesses are called. From these no cath or allirnm- tion is demanded; the breaking of a saucer and other forms for administering an oath to a (.hienmnn lata down in English law books being quite unknown in Chinese courts. Any hesitation or refu al to answer tho magistrate's questions for he is judge, jury and crown prosecutor all in one, and no counsel for the defence is allowed is punished by slaps on tho cheek or the application of the bamboo to the limbs, and similar penalties moro severely administered check the giving of false testimony. Should tho prisoner, in the face of strong evidonce, persist in denying his guilt, various persuasive measures are resorted to, such as forcing him to kneel on chains, hanging him up ly the thumbs or suspending him by the neck in a woducu frame so that his toes just touch the ground. Ail such tortures are illegal, but a confession has to be obtained somehow before sentence can be parsed, and the cases are many and the time allowed for settling them short. Two instances of extra-judicial meth ods for ascertaining the culprit among many equally under suspicion deserve to be recorded lor their cleverness. Some balls of opium taken from a piratical junk by a revenue cruiser mysteriously disappeared while being transferred to the latter vessel. Opium is very precious in China, and a ball is easily split up and secreted iu the wide sleeves or the voluminous waistband of a Chinese sailor. The commander of the vessel was loath to institute a search of the chip and crew, knowing well the craftiness of his men, and that, even if lound. the opium would most probably bo in the bundle 01 some innocent man. He therefore resorted to a plan as simple as it proved effective. in his cabiu was, as is usual, a shrine of the Ooddess of Mercy aud of the Chinese Neptuue. Before these deities he instituted a solemn service, which was prolonged till evemng. When night fell he mustered tho crew a.nd called them one by one into the dimly-lighted cabin. Hero each man had to make- solemn declaration of his innocence, kneeling before the images, and, dipping his finger in a saucer of wa tcr, to smear his face all over, being warned that if he were gulltv. the tli vinities would make his face appear streaked with black. When the thief's turn cnme he tried to outwit tho gods by rubbing lais finger on the bottom of the saucer; but to bis horror, when ho reached the light, his faco was all over black marks, tho wily commander having held the saucer over a lamp before commencing . the experi ment. In another case, where several servants were suspected of theft, each man was given a bamboo of the same length, marked with his name, which had to be deposited in an urn before a small shrine in the outer prison where they wore con fined. The officer announced that the cul prit's rod would grow, by interposition of Providence, one inch during the night. The prisoners were then locked up, no watch being kept on the urn. On the reassembling of the court one rod was found to be an inch shorter than the rest, as the thief had, uuder cover ol darkness endeavored to circumvent the supposed divine power by biting a bit otl his rod. When any article disappears from a privato house and one of the inmates is suspected of purloining it, it is usual, before having recourse to the magistrate, whose underlings exact huge lees for doing anything, or nothing, to call in a priest and hold a commination service. This consists in invoking the evil spirits and bribing them by oircrings and music to hound the culprit to death within the year. It continues for three days and .nights if the terrified thief does not confess and make restitution before that time, a result very frequently achieved. Kuropeans living in China have tried this method, but not with much success, as the gongings and other discordant sounds which constitute the "music'1 so effectually drive away sleep thut the neighboring foreigners insist on its being intermitted during the night, and so, say the Chinese, spoil the charm. A Bluff Skipper Mops the Court Inj. An Old Bucksport (Me.) sea capta'n thus describes the way in which he dis missed an undesirable suitor for the hand of his daughter the other night: "I just showed him up the companion-way and out on the gang plank leading from mi house, and gently remarked that the wind waa off shore and the sooner he got under way the better ulhiig he would get beforo morning. He paid off and bore away down the stieet." AOermuu chemist has fouud that chloroform may be detected iu the lunja of animals four weeks after death. THE WAY OF THE WORLD. There are beautiful songs that ws never sins; And names that are naver spoken, There are treasures guarded with jealous can And kept as a secret token, There are faded flowers and letters dim With tho tears that havo rained above thorn, For tho fickle words and faithless hearts That taught us how to love them. There aro sighs that come In our joyous hours To chasten our dreams of gladness, And tears that spring to our aching eyes In hours of thoughtful sadness. For, the blithest birds that ting in spring; Will flit the waning summer, And lips that we kissed In fondest lov Will smile on the first new comer. Over the breast where tho lilies rest In white hands still forever, Tho roses of Juno will nod and blow, Unheeding the hearts that sever, And lips that quiver in silent grief, ' All words of hope refusing. Will lightly turn to the fleeting joys That perish with the using. Summer blossoms and winter snows, Love and its sweet elysian, Hope, like a siren dim and fair, Quickening our fainting vision; Drooping spirit and failing pulse, Where untold memories hover. Eyelids touched with tho seal of death. And the fitful dream is over. HUMOR OF THE DAT. "Bound in calf' Veal. Caught on the fly Trout. Two physicians are a paradox. The burning question Smoke. Fireside companion The poker. A loan iellow The pawnbroker. Unpopular preserves Jim-jams. A writ of attachment A love letter. Old maids know what a mis-spent lifo means. The oldest and rrost inveterate smoker in history is Vesuvius. It is the astronomer who most fre- ' quently rises to observe. When a man doubles his fists you can hardly say he has four hands. There is a resemblance between books and real estate. Both have titles. The man who lives from hand to mouth should not have far to go for his dinner. To make a Russian name imitate tho "tchug" of a bull frog, give ouo snee o and say "ski." Honor and respect the busy bee. Once full, he makes straight for homo. New York Neat. A young New England baby was named William after his father, who was bilious, l irper'i Bazar. The manufacturers of perforated chair seats have combined. Their object can be seen through, and will be sat upon. A barking dog is the most courteous of all animals. Ho makes his bow to every passer-by. Binghamton Jienub lican. Money can slip through a pretty small hole sometimes. A Brooklyn man lost a considerable sum lately through a pew rent All the street cars havo a sign "no . smoking," and yet any conductor will help a woman to a light Nee York World. A good many of the cashiers who are settling in Canada are those who have neglected to do any settling ovev here. JV'tia Turk Nti. Womaa (to tramp) "How's the soup?" Tramp " 'Tain't quite strong enough. ma'am. I wish you would w.ash a few sh a few . s, eh:71"' more dishes in it" Waiter "Y'ou want frogs. Guest "Not zee whole auimailo, I want zee, vat you call him zee drumstouks. Philade'p'iia Record, Brown "Did you dispose of that last lyric you wrote?" Young Byrou "O yes, I got it off on the publishers for a song. "Yankee Blale. Duluth peoplo say that that city is growing te rapidly that, sittisg down in the suburbs, with the city against the skyline, you can see it grow. "It requires only two things to run a successful campaign, ' said the politi cian. "And what are they?" asked a bystander. "Dollars and senso." Tramp, picking up a five cunt piece "A bloody nickel, hum ! Wasn't nothin' but a Jonah all my life. Anybody elso but me 'a pick'd up that nickel and it 'a been a quarter, sure." (Skjhs). Shakespeare was slightly mixed Iu his "seven ages." It is the "whining school boy" whom the maternal cy bos detected in some flagrant act of dis obedience that "shifts iuto the slippered A. pautaloon." Leader of the Boggsville mole quintet j to editor of the Uoggsville Herald "What can we do to intorest the public in our organization ?" Kditor (without looking up) "Disband." Burliinj'.ua i'ree ITest. A baby girl in Missouri has been named Rainbow, hsiue.-n ycuis hence, wlieu she is caught in a summer show er, l.e should feel very much ut home, although she would then be a little raiu deor. Norrit'oun JJrralU. They say the Carman Emperor Is spoiling to pitch in; llBshiirmn8 up his spun and lougs To make the sawdust spin. "Who wants to pit a cock a ; nn-.t Tho bantam of llerliu! 1 iiurlinyton 'i-f tax Lawyer ;'So that is the ontiro likt of 4 yourdebtsf" Insolvent Manager "Oh, no; there are many other little items." Lawyor -Vou't you want me to add them in detail?" Manager "No; jut say, for further particulars see small biljs. " A 'iterica. An exchange wants the name of the man who iuvented the wheelbarrow; but what many more persons crave is the name of the man who lets his wheel barrow stand in the middle of the side walk after dark. The latter is moio deserving of death. Xi rrtttoum ller.t 'ti. "Did that lady buy anythiug?"' asked the jewe'er of his uew boy, us the ludy " in question left the store, appaietitiy in a temper, ".-he did not. the atked me for an old gold breast pin, and I asked her if she took this store for a juuk shop. Then she weut out." JecL-r'$ . ' Wcck'i. Mrs. Amelia Rives-Chauler ia huviug a $1000 gown constructed by a fashion able New York dressmaker, v.. 1
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