4 THE FOREST REPUBLICAN Is published Try Wednesday, y J. E. WENK. OHoa In Binearbaugh & Co.' Building XLM ITRKET, TIONK8TA, rs. RATES Or ADVERTISING. Ooo Sqnare, one Inch, on. Insertion... ......I 1 9 On Bqoare, ono Incb, ono month . 100 Ono Square, on loch, throo month... ...... ( 00 One Sqaue, one Inch, on jr.r 10 00 Two Square, ono year Is 00 Quarter Column, one year 10 00 nlf Column, one year SO 00 One Column, one year 100 0 Leral drertlaement ten cent per line each In-r-irtion. Marriage and death notice gratis. All bill for yearly ariVrrtlaf ment collected nnnr lrly. Temporary dvertliement muat be paid Is adr.nce. . Job work caah on delivery. PUBLICAN, Term, II.SO pirYur, No enbwrlptlon roeelre for shorter period than Ihrre month. Gorrcionrinc loUelled from til part of (ho f ciirtry. No noilce will bo taken of SDoajmoua "wuiunlcatioa. VOL. XXII. NO. 23. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1889. S1.50 PEIl ANNUM. Re EST r Thibet I the only country not open, to tulssiotlK. Tho Nlenragunns dccliuo to believe that Vo are in earnest nbout our canal. During the Inst eighty year eight Bullion pernio lmve died of phthisis iu France. i Reports nro given out tlint Turkoy Is in a bad way nil around and cannot hold cut much longer. Tho Indians on the Devil's Lake Res ervation in Northern Dakota refuse to re ceive allotments of laud in severalty. ' Tho Russian languago has now been formally imposed on tho German nud nil other inhabitants of tho Baltic prov inces. Two billion dollars are invested in dairying, more than tho value of tho country's banking and commercial inter ests combined. England is said to bo growing very tired of Canada because of iu broils with tho United States, aud would not be sorry to cut it off forever. It is said that the returns of the assessors will show a gain this year in the valuation of property in Boston of about $.10,000,000 over 1888. It is claimed that under its Constitu tion as a Stato Idaho's expenses will be $50,000 or 600,000 less per annum than it has cost to run the Territorial Govern ment. , The i)ft asserts that Eastern Ameri , can farmers havo suffered nearly as much from the development of the agricultural resources of tho West as tho farmers of Europe. Mr. Gladstone and his wife have saved marriage from bi i' n failure by tho fol lowing rule: 'j'NMicu my wife insists," says the great statesman, "Isubmit; when I insist she submits." ! The Superintendent of the Building Department in New York city thinks that in actual construction the first half year of 18S9 was tho busiest that has ever been known since the department was created. Preparations are already being made in several German university towns to cele brate next year tho three hundredth anniversary of the invention of the micro scope. Zacharias Jnnssen, of Middle burg, put together the first microscope in 15i)0. . . i 1 There is a movement on foot to bring back tho ' remains of Davy Crockett, the hero of tho Alamo, to his birthplace in Tennessee. lie was born midway be tween Greenville and Jouesborough, where tho landmark ol his cabin home is still to be seen. Since the introduction of mastlesss ships some sort of a gymnasium has been recognized as a necessity for providing ; the .seamen, with the proper amount of exoivUo, formerly found iu tho work hloft. Eucli war ship will now have the needed urruugeuicut. The first attempts at cultivating Ameri can cotton in Central Asia failed. From a Russian work it appears, however, that since 1SH4 success has been achieved in Russian Turkestan, where no less than 88,700 acres were devoted to this crop-in 1887, and three times as much in 18S8. The Washington Star announces that the Government may bo expected to take vigorious measures to prevent the pre mature occupation of the choice spots of the Sioux reservation by its officials who are sent out to prevent the settlors from entering. " Oklahoma experiences give warning. 'It is not all matter for congratula tion," thinks the i'jioch, "that New York city and Brooklyn, from having in 1830 only f yelve per cent, of the entire population of the State, should havo to day ut least forty percent, of that popula tion, and shftiiid have to pay over sixty per cent, of the taxes." y "Who was it 6:1," asks the New York Tribune, "Give me the hens' eggs of the country and I will pay off tho national debt l" Whoever it was," adds the Tri bune "will be interested in kuowing that Russia exported to England in 1687 the large number of 1,088,000,000 eggs, which sold for 29,265,000 roubles." All the accounts of the experiments with smokeless powder ut the Spandati sham fight, given by Emperor William of Germany in honor of his royal guest, the Emperor of Austria, eoutur iu saying that no smoke aus visible at a distance of 300 yards and that uo sound was heard beyond a blight tupping. A btraugo ef fect was produced, observes the New York HeiaM by the spectacle of a large miss of troops iu tiiiug position, seem ingly inactive, but really pouting forth a daiijrftiv ...:x.-;iVi..:i..r.:'i A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER, lying 'twlxt the musty pages Of a book with time-worn coverV " Mingling with the thought of sages, v; Is spray of four-leaf clover. Ymi i have not effaced ite tinting, And mayhap it mystic power Are a when the sunlight glinting, Gave it life in summer hour. , Did the hand of some fair maiden, Dancing In lore' giddy mazes, ' Pluck thee, whilst the breeze laden. Whispered of the envious daisies? Ah, 't may be some woman broken, Grieving o'er life' empty measure, Grasped the a a living token Of some fleeting, phantom pleasure. Borne one plucked thee in thy beauty, Mystic fruit of spring-time olden, Some one who in fields of duty, Garner now in autumn golden. Still the yellow sunlight gleaming, Gild the bloom where wild bee hover; Other loves, mayhap are dreaming Over sprays of living clover. Hollis W. field, in Detroit Fret Prett, taming A BEAR, BY UF.IIKKI.EY KOBINSON. "Pinkicberry, I heard a charming young widow say the other day that all bachelors were bears aud that you were the 'Ursa Major' of the lot the biggest ocar oi an." "Humph I Hang widows I sny I" "Yes, she said that any man who would live a bachelor's life in such a pretty place as yours and put up notices on the grounds warning off trespassers ought to be caught in a trap and put out oi ineir misery. " ell, you can tell her for mo that I thiuk the native East Indians tho most sensible people in tho world. AVhen a married man dies there they burn his widow on a wood pile and get rid of her at once. If that were in the law here wo would nil bo more comfortable, detest widows, anyhow!" squire Hurnhain reported this conver sation, with a lew rhetorical additions, it tne tca-tallo oi bis sister-in-law pleasant-faced maiden lady, who eked out a rather narrow income by takinr; half a dozen summer boarders. Her house, long and low and old-fnshioncd aud shaded by a grove of nucieut cherry trees, was one oi tne oldest in tho pretty little village of Edgewood, but it de lighted all strangers by its picturesque surroundings. The show olace of the villaio was the handsome stone mansion of Mr. Pinkie- berry, who was reputed to be tho richest man in tho township and who, as the neighbors said with disgust, had "neither cluck nor child to leave his money to." To speak more truthfully, his would have been the show place if he had permitted visitors within his gates, but he nevei entertained any strangers at his house, the notices against trespassing which were conspicuously posted up over every en trance to his grounds kept away those who would hove been glad of a nearer view of his residence and of a sight of his household furnishings and treasures which common report had fabulously enlarged aud overvalued. - - All the boarders were present at Miss Hnrkins's tea-table when Squire Buruham repeated his, conversation with Mr. Pinkicberry. "The monster!" said the Widow Smith, whose two sprightly daughters from the metropolis had made themselves recognized at Edgewood as the belles of the season. "He ought to be niarried to an old maid who would nag the lifoxmtof him," said the elder daughter, and "Haugiug would bo too good for him," chimed in the younger. Indeed, it might have gone hard with the woman-hating bachelor had this bevy of ladies been made the jury with power to administer to him such punishment -as a feminine Judge Lynch t-hould decide upou. ' There was one lady present who lis tened to the discussiou with a quiet mien but an ominous ftushiug of her hazel eves. She had been staying at tho house for nearly a month, but no ono' knew any thing about the bright, pretty littlo wo man oi twenty-rive, whose face was al ways demure, but her conversation was sparkling and witty, except that her name was Wiley. The fact that she was a guest there was sufficient evidence of her respectability, aud her manners give tho best of evidence to her good birth aud breeding. But the young ladies had all along been puzzled to kuow whether she was tho rival they most feared in their flirtations a widow. In vain they had applied to .Miss Harkins for luforma tion. . That lady was accustomed to speak, in tho village vernacular, even of the most venerable of married ladies us "Miss .Smith" or "Miss Brown," and she answered their queries by saying: "Law, me! I've something better to do than go asking Miss Wiley if she has evor buried ,a husband or not !" It was a few days after this heaping of feminine anathemas on the head of Mr. Pinkicberry that this gentleman made his appearance at the boarding house to con tilt Miss Harkins iu reference to the pro posed purchase of a portion of her laud which lay contiguous to his owu. When the conference had been concluded the two walked out on the front piazza where the pretty little w idow (for we may as well confess here that "Miss" Wiley was "a wuiow indeed ) sat m a camp chair busily crocheting in worsted. Sir, Pinkleberry nodded a baro ackuowledg meat of the introduction which Miss Harkins gave him to "Miss Wilev," but as he did so must have found the picture presented to his eyes a most entrancing one and, to be sure, he might have journeyed fifty milc3 without meeting more attractive face and figure for he paused, anil, leaning against a pillar, with his hands in his pockets aud his hat ou his head, watched her busy, dainty lingers for a full uuuute before he spoke "Stranger here!" at last asked 'the richjinan of Edgewood, iu a patronizing jabuion. The lady looked up ith a surprised rather than haughty air.knd looked the iron.sUd bachslor sijuaisly la tot fac ."Did you speak to me, slrt" "Yes, miss, I asked if you were a stranger in our parts." Oh, I beg pardon. I am a stranger to some of tho pcoplo, I am glad to say, but to nono of your beautiful scenery, except that which is kept under lock and key." Under lock and key, Miss Wiley! What do you mean?" "Why I mean the prettiest place in Edgewood is kept shut up like a prison by the horrid old man who owns it. He can't enjoy it himself and he's too mean to let others enjoy even a glimpso of it. I wish I bad the chance to pay him off; Id" Here the pretty little widow paused in real or pretended anger that brought a most becoming blush to her check, and venomously clenched a fist that whs scarcely large enough to annihilate a moM. Mr. Pinkleberry laughed in a manner that was intended to be pleasant, but was not altogether reassuring and then asked : '''."Do you know the owner of the prop erly that you speak of 2" J"No, I am glud to say that I do not. uoyou?" "Well yes." The two words were uttered some distance npnrt. "What do you think of him?" "I dunno," said the rich man, remov ing his hat and rather excitedly rubbing the thin hair on lop of his head. "Sup pose I ask vou what you think of bun "If would take too long and I don't care enough about him to express on opinion. Of course he's a dog in the manger, disagreeable and hatelul gencr ally. I supposo ho has been guilty of aome mean act or crime at some time iu his life and is so afraid people will find it out that ho will not let them come iuto his house. For all I know ho may have beeu a bank cashier at some time and come here by way of Canada, or 'boodle Alderman,' whatever that is, or has made his moucy by some such equally honest fashion and is afraid to brazen it out. There must be some strong reason, you know, for a man in his sober senses to live the life of a bear without having the excuse of having been born with four legs." - - "But, my dear young lady, aro you not afraid to ayjjw such sentiments? Don't you know that tho ovner is said to be a very wealthy man, unmarried and the best 'catch' in town?" "What of it, my dear old gentleman? What can I possibly care for a catch who is a quadruped and a disagreeable one?" "But suppose some one should repeat your remarks to him. It would spoil your market there, sure." "No ono need report what I say. I will be most happy to givo him 'my opinion personally. And let me add that when the women get the power to make the laws, the first thing wo will do will bo to pass a law creating the death pen alty for all old bachelors. "If I see him I will tell him, miss. No doubt he will feel flattered, but I'm afraid, after what I've heard this morn ing that I cannot conscientiously advise him to marry not . immediately, any how. Good morning." The widow rose aud executed an elabo rate courtesy. But scarcely had Mr. Pinkleberry driven awav than Miss Har kins appeared on the piazza in a curious stato of agitation, ouly to bo met by peal afier peal of laughter from the widow, who did not seem to reflect that its sil very echo might even reach tho cars of her recent visitor. What have you done, Miss Wiley? Didn't you know that you were talking to Mr. Pinklebeery! And to think of you giving him such an awful laying out ! And I had thought when I intro duced him to you that ho might take a shine to you. Law me, Miss Wilev, if you ain't just awful!" I ho pretty little wnlow laughed more thau ever, and even Miss Harkins ut lust begun to smile. Well, auvhow, one man s heard the truth about himself," the elder lady said, "aud I will never be the one to let him know that you kuew who he was all the time. 'Only he'll be worse than ever now. Certainly the ladies at the house were exceedingly surprised, and Miss Harkins most of all," when, a few days later, Mr. Pinkleberry drove to the door in a light phaeton, asked for "Miss Wiley" and in vited her to take a drive with him. "Perhaps you may be afraid to drive with mo, now that you know who I am," he said, with a. touch of malice. "That is tiuc," responded the widow gravclv. "It might not bo of any advau tage to mc to bo seen in company with Mr. Pinkleberry, and I ought to decline. Permit me to go aud consult Miss lias kins." "But stay a moment, Miss Wiley, and tell me if you do not think that you owe me something iu the way of a salve for your terrific onslaught upou men iu gen eral nud myself in particular? I throw myself upon your mercy nud appeal to your womanly generosity. This is uu appeal you canuut resist." The villagers were struck dumb with amazement ut the sight of Bachelor Pinkle berry driving at a high rate of speed through the main street aud afterward through his owu grounds in coiupauy with a young and pretty woman. But it was a sight to which they had to gTow accus tomed during the mouth that followed. The men smiled sagely and wagged their heads aud said that "Old Pink" would be put on a short allowance of night-key soon, and the women asked, without u smile, "Who would have thought it that 'a bold baggage from uo-onc-knows-where' should come to Edgewood and carry off the biggest prize iu the mar ket :'" On one of these drives toward the close of the month the pretty little widow remarked, with just the suspicion of a sigh, that she dreaded packing up, but she really must go homo soon. It was upou this hiut that Mr. Pinkleberry spoke aud made her u offer of his love and fortune. He did uot do it badly, either. The widow smiled as he begun, but she grew thoughtful as he proceeded, and told her the story of his life that his early manhood had been wrecked by marring to ao uawortbj eycU and that this had embittered him against the sex. rhen, with a humility nnd emotion she had not suspected in him, he thanked her for her frankness in telling him when first they met just what she thought of him, and so letting him sec tho wretched existence he was leading. There was a trembling to his voice and tears in tho widow's eyes when he had finished. "Mr. Pinkleberry," she said, "I have deceived you, though not intentionally on that point I am a widow." It was unquestionably a shock, but Mr. Pinkicberry stood it bravely. "No matter for that," he said ; "I am a widower." "Mr. Pinkicberry, you once said and not long ago, cither that all widows should bo burned on a funeral pyre." Mr. Pinkleberry looked confused for a moment. Then a bright idea suddenly struck him. "But did I never hear you say that the death penalty ought to be passed on all unmarried men?" It came to the widow's turn to be non plussed, and she was really embarrassed. Recovering herself with something of a struggle, sho said : "Before I had ever seen you I made a vow that I would ex ert all my endeavors to lead you on until you made an offer of yourself to mc, nnd that then I would ignomiuiously reject you. I wanted to prove to you that willows were not the worst of their sex that wealth was not the bait to catch a heart aud that I must be wooed and won witli love alone. Kuowing all this, dare you love me?" "I do, and" "I made a vow to reject you and I must keep it." "May I suggest a compromise. Vio let?" "Violet? Yi-u presume, sir. Remem ber, I am a widow. "I must forget tho widow and remem ber Violet. My compromise would be that you reject the man who stood before you on the day wo first met and accept the man in whose heart you have renewed tho imago and superscription of his Maker." Tho witching widow was silent for a long minute, then she turned with wet eyelids, placed her hand iu his and said softly, "I will." As a tame bear, Mrs. Pinkleberry fre qucntly remarks that her husband is i success. Aie York Mercury. Irrigation In Dakota. The United States Senate Irrigation Committee, of which Senator Stewart ol Nevada is Chairman, held n session at Sioux Fulls, Dakota, in which sjtatementt were submitted by gentlemen interested iu irrigation. The principal speaker wni Professor Lewis Maclouth, President ol the South Dakota Agricultural College at Urookings. There were hundreds of artesian wells, he said, in tho valley of the James River, each including a large flow of water from an average depth of 1000 feet. The power thus obtained was now utilized to run steam presses, electric-light dynamos, mills and factories. An inexhaustible supply of water and of water power could therefore be hail in this valley by an in crease in the number of artesian wells, Some of the wells already flowing gave out 4000 gallons a minute. If the yearly flow of those wells could be saved and stored in reservoirs, to be used as needed, so as to supply in the growing season the dehciency in the natural raiufall, it would add enormously to the development oi agriculture and turn the entire James River Valley into a luxuriant garden. One thousand such wells, Professor Mac louth says, would add 1400,000,000 to the value of the laud in that region. The committee saw the working of an artesian well that supplies w'ater and wa ter power to this city. Four large hose pipes were connected with the street hydrants, and threw into the air a stream of water eighty feet high. JVu York Suit. The Half Moon of tho Finger Nail. The half-moon of the finger nuil, which is esteemed so great a beauty, if carefully attended to, will increase ii time, and even w here it has been almost obliterated, will grow to be very beautiful. Many people think that pushing the skin back from the nail will show it more, and that by this practice the delicate hem, us we cull it, which holds the upper and under skins together, is totally destroyed, and the ends of the fingers huve an ugly yel low growth encircling tho nail instead of the delicate framework which nature in tended. Then the way in w hich the nuil is cut can totally change the shape of the fingers. By cutting the nails close at the sides aud keeping the corners from adhering to the skin, hang-nails can be avoided. Where tho nails are thin uud inclined to break, frequent oiling is nec essary, and the nails should never be polished except when some oily substance is used Reside the powder. This keeps the nails more pliable, nud no matter how thin they are, if properly treated, they arc uo moro liable to break than richer ones. Another tliiug that is bad for tho nails is polishing them too roughly. They should bo lightly touched uud not rubbed until they become heated. This is one cause of while- snots coming on the n.iil Hiid marring its beauty. Mttlical t MtHCt. To Identify a Diamond. A ready wuy of identifying a diamond is given by an expert: ' Prick a needle hole through a card, and look at it through the doubtful stone. If it is spurious, two holes will be seen distinctly ou the card; if it is a diamond ouly one hole will be visible, for there is no other stoue at all resembling the diamond but that give: a double reflect iou. This property is also made use of for determining an uncertain stone. If the finger is placed behind it, and looked at through the stone with magnifier, the grain of the ski.n will bi plainly visible if the stone is not a ilia mond, but otherwise, it will not be lis tinguished at all. A diamond in a solid setting may be distinguished iu the same way; if genuine, the setting at the back caunot be distinguished, but if a faltt (tone, either he "foU or the setting tuaj HOUSEHOLD AFFAIBS. ,; TO MAKE STAMPING POWDER STICK. Dampen liuen and muslin a very little, nnd stamp it; then, don't put n papet over it and press it, but stand a hot iron on end, nnd hold tho stamped gootn almost against it until the powder is set. You can then press it, but don't put paper over it. For velvet, take sticks bait an inch thick, wrap the ends with cloth to hold the sticks up, then they won't crease tho velvet; lay them across the velvet and set the iron on them to set the powder. llouuxeife. HOW TO EAT BAKAXA9. Ordinarily in this country bananas are cateu raw, says the American Aniilynt , but in tropical countries, while tho natives cat them in like fashion, a more delicate and, it is said, a more healthy mode of eating them is in vogue. The soft, ripe fruit, eaten to a cream with a suthciency of Amontillado sherry, forms a delight ful appetizer, and is tho- favorite way of eating the banana in certain parts of the Wcct Indies and of tho African coast. Taken in moderation at first rising in the morning, bananas are said to be preser vative of health, and in this respect arc in marked contrast with other tropical fruits, which are detrimental, rather than otherwise, to continued good health. An intoxicating driuk is made from the ba nana, and on account of its astringent qualities is of considerable medical value. In Africa, and probably in other places also, the banana and the kindred tree, the plantain, are in a very large measure tho sole dependence for the rood sup ply of natives. The banana, when ripe, contains 71 per cent, water; of the 26 remaining parts, 20 are sugar and two gluten or flesh-forming substance, It is not in itself a perfect food, but re quires the addition of some other nitro genous material, as lean meat. The pulr. of the banana, but more often of the plan tain, is ofttimes squeezed through a sieve and formed into loaves, which, when ripe, will keep a very long time. In a dried state it has the resemblance of bread, both in tasto and composition, but. the ripened pulp U saccharine, and not farin aceous. At Panama the rarest and most delicious of tho banana species has its home. Small and ruddy in color, it is popularly known as the thumb banana, aud on account of its delicate flavor it is prized even there. It does not beui transportation well, although it. may often be found in the markets of Chicago nnd New York. Crossing the isthmus by the line that connects Panama with Aspin wall, the natives of the villages along the route mukeahabit of coming to the train, decked in primitive fashion, with gar lands of flowers nround their necks and flwwcrs in their hair, and disposing of the fruit. Here tho thumb banana may b eaten in its perfection. KECIPES. Sweet Pudding One cup of- suet chopped fine, one cup each of currants and raisins, three cups of flour, one cup of molasses, one cup of sugar, two and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-half cup of sour milk ; boil one aud one-half hours. Vienna Cake One cup each of sugar and flour, ono tablespoouful of melted butter, four eggs, three teaspoonfuls ol baking powder; bake in lpyers; spread with a cream made of one cup of sour cream, one cup each of sugar and waluut meats rolled fine, boiled hve minutes; ice the top with the white of one egg, thickened with powdered sugar. Ginger Cookies One-fourth of a pound of a butter, one cup of sugar, oue half cup of sour cream, two cups oi molasses, one egg, a piuch of salt, a spoonful each of ginger nud cinnamon, one heaping teaspoon I ol of sulerutus dis solved in a spoonful of warm water; flour to form a dough as soft as can bo rolled. Cream of Celery Clean and cut in small pieces six stalks of celery and put to boil with three pints of good stock, cover and boil for two hours, then strain iud rub through a fine seive, keep hot ; put iu saucepan six ounces of butter, mix with it one-half cupful of flour, dilute with the strained celery stock and let boil, nuc! ne pint of hot cream, season to taste, finish with a liasion of four egg yolks, a little milk, and three ounces of butter; do not boil ugain, strain in tureen iud serve.. Doughnuts One heaping cup of su ur, one uud one-half cup of buttermilk, four tublcppoonfuls of melted shortening, )ue scant teaspoouful of saleratus dis lolved in a tablespoouful or so of warm water: nutmcL'; flour to make a middliuu but not too stiff dough; roll about one- half inch thick and cut into strips bull su inch or so wide uud six or eight inches long; double uud twist to form a sort of a half double figure eight and fry in hot lard. Cream Chicken Cut the remains of sold boiled or roasted chicken iu small pieces. Make a sauce of one pint ol cream, two ounces of butter, the yolk ol 3iic egg beaten aud a tablespoouful ol lorustarch or flour, seasoning with salt ud epper, a little sugar aud a teaspoon, ful of anchovy sauce and one bay leaf oi sprig of parsley. Let the pieces of chicken simmer iu this sauce for half au hour. Stew Borne rice in milk, seasoning w ith salt and pepper. Put the chicken in the centre of tho dish und surround it with rice. Peach Gelatiuc Press hulf a can ol peaches through a colander; whip a pint of cream stiff; take a quarter ot a box ol gelatiuc that has been soaking iu two lublespoouiuls of cold water and stir it over boiling water until it is dissolved; strain it into the puree of fruit; mix well au l stand the basin w hich should be tin oue on the ice or in the snow, aud stir from the bottom and sides uutil it be irins to set and thicken, then add half of the whipped cream, mix thoroughly and let away in a mold to harden. If you dine at evening, do this in the morning, but not overnight. Turn out on a pretty dish aud pour the remainder of the whipped cream, which you have kept in cool place, around the base. Thus at 1,173,600 FititeaUiu 1. NEWS AND NOTES FOB WOMEN Chubby-faced women make the best wives, it is said; Bead necklaces are the fashion of the moment in Paris. Elizalwth Cady Stanton is in her seventy-fourth year. The city editor of the Muncie (Ind.) Etening Herald is a woman. Srimati Hardevi, a Punjabee lady,is the first woman editor in India. There are a number of women who arc notaries public in Chicago. Fine Suede kid shoes with vamps of patent leather continue to find patrons. Tho New England Women's Press As sociation numbers almost 100 mem bers. A Berlin professor says that constant piano practice will ruin the health of any girl. The real name of the author who signs herself "The Duchess," is Mrs. Hunger ford. The newest driving cloaks are less vol nmnious than they were several months ago. An insurance company conducted by women lias been established in New Orleans. Mr. Gladstone never drinks tea except what is specially made for him by Mrs. Gladstone. Full bishop sleeves are seen on wraps nnd gowns, though coat sleeves continue to bo worn. Very pretty rustic stands of pottery simulate stumps and gnarls of wood iu form and color. Nearly one-half of the 478 medical students graduated at the Boston Uni versity arc women. The black ribbon collars now seen on liirht dresses are fastened with Bmall Rhine stone buckles. Women are said to have the bumps of order and cleanliness more h''jly de veloped than the men. Twenty-three young ladies will make up the. list of fashionable debutantes in Philadelphia next winter. Pongee silk corsets are exceedingly cool and comfortable, and consequently in demand at the present time. Sarah Arabella Mackie, of London, has been granted a patent for improvements in the manufacture of artificial fuel. Tho Wi.man's Educational and In dustrial Union, xit Buffalo, N. Y., owns a fine building, adapted to its work. . It is rumored that long-wnisted cor sages will bo made to extend over tho hipsiu nicditeval fashion, next win'.er. The latest thing in women's sailor hats is a startling combination of red brim and whito crown, or blue crown and white brim. A London firm of diamond dealers has an order to supply the stones for a neck lace for Lady Guinness, which is to cost $123,000. When white gloves are used for driving they arc stitched on the back with three rows of black, each row a quarter of an inch wide. With the Rccamier wrapper, which is a simple short-waiBted gown, is worn a turned-over collar of embroidery, with cuffs to match. The Princess Sophia takes daily les sons in Greek that she may be able to converse with her future husband, tho Duke of Sparta. Book -covers that fit over any novel, and nro of a correct shade to match tho read er's costume, are favorites with this sum mer's seaside girl. New tulle gowns ore some of them made up with a succession of skirts. Each skirt has a deep hem and falls straight all around. Ladv Forester sends to the factory girls of London every week upward of 2000 bunches of flowers gathered by the ser vants on the estate. Mrs. Napier Higgius, tho author, is tho first ludy Fellow of the English Royal Society of Literature since tho days of Hannah More. Silk linings havo not been used V ex tensively as last year. The waist lining and foundation skirt for cotton dresses are made of white lawn. Birdie May Wilson, of New York, has beeu ifranted a patent in Great Britain for a device for plucking hair, to be used in the dressing of skins. The City Couucil of Chicago has authorized the appointment of five women to inspect the suuitary condition of fuetories and tenements. It is said that the Japanese women who embrace Christianity exercise an influence in moral questions harldy inferior to the English uud American women. All the lovely tints of lilac, mauve and heliotrope are suddenly restored to the old-time popularity, some ot the new dyes shading exquisitely iuto faint tints of old rose. The cook problem in New Orlcuis possibly the most unsolvable problem of all is about to be worked out in Lon don, where 14,000 girls aro now attend ing the cooking schools. This has been a great season for the "lady guide," one of the latest develop ments of women of education who have to earn something. The World's Fair at Paris has helped them wonderfully. Black luces md white laces are beauti fully combined in some of the new Cor duy nud Marie Antoinetto fi hos, uud cucs and gowus formed of this magpio mixture ure among some of the most ele gant dresses of the season. Five dozen pairs were the number of gloves in a recent bridal trousseau. Thero were a dozen and a hulf iu whito suede, stitched with pule pink; a dozen and a hulf stitched with white, und two dozen of polo gray stitched with black. Tho Society of Industrial Art for Women, of New York city, uomiuuics the principal of its school, Florence Elizabeth Cory, "the first practical woacan designer in the world," for ap pointment oa the Krmaaeai Warld'i Fait Comm'tteas .;...'" LULU AND LITTLE BEE.' "Lulu played two summers, , Little Bee, one" ' Bucb the tender legend -, That was traced upon a stona In a bramble-braided corner Of a graveyard, gray and lone. Near the old home of my childhood, In the darling days a-gone . "Lulu played two summers, Little Bee, one." I was but a boyish stroller Of the fields when first I read " The quaint nnd tearful record On that tablet to the dead ; 1 have passed the chiseled marbles Stretched skyward to the sun. To muse upon the meaning Of the mystic lines that run; "Lulu played two summers, Little Bee, one." I did not understand it then, But now 'ti all o clear, God knows my foolish fancy needs No cold interpreter; O, poet-mother ! never bard That ever breathed ha spun ! A strain of sweeter pathos Than your poor heart has done "Lulu played two summers, Little Bee, one. CTi'eago A'eic. HUMOR OF THE DAT. Red hot A boiled lobster. The lovers' favorite nctor Mari-us. "The board of arbitration" A shingle Ripnrion diseases The cataracts of tho Nile. Tho pretty housemaid is the lily of ths valet. The originnl "salt union" Neptune and Amphitrite. Smartness is knowing how to "catch on;" wisdom, how to let go. A poor widow Oue who can't remain unmarried any length ot lime. An electric spark Making lovo by telegraph. Washington Capital. A drill is a bore especially to the of ficer in charge of tho awkward squad. Life. A John Mary Aun is the latest name for a man that pushes his baby about in a perambulator. A eood resolution is a fine storting point, but as a terminus it has no value. Seranton Truth. What a quiet, ceouomical world we would live in, if it were not for the move ments of the under jaw ! "Does the wind always blow this way, my good man?" "No, it don't. Some times it blows the other way." One of the interesting experiments in popular chemistry is when a youth feeds his flamo with ice-cream. Time. "What arc you digging, dear?" "I'm going to plant mashed potatoes. I like 'em better than the other sort." Life. There is always room at tho top and when a small man gets there, he only serves to set off the surrounding vacancy. Judge. The most unfair thing that happens to women is that engagements ore so short and marriages so long. Binghamton He publican. Remorse is a good deal liko a wooden leg. It may help you on your way, but you always think how much happier you would be without it. 'Tis the church-bell in the steeple That to worship calls the people; 'Tis the ehureh-belle iu the choir Calls the young men to admire. Judye. The auctioneer is no more liable to in' sanity than anybody else, notwithstand ing the fact that he is almost continually in a more-bid mcntul condition. rah inglon Cupital. A shoemaker hung out a uewsign, aud then wondered what passers-by found su amusing. His sign ran us follows: "Dou't go elsewhere to be cheuted. Walk iu here." Nem York Tribune. Prospective-Tourist " I am going West because I havo reason to believe that if a good pluce to settlo in." Re turned Tourist "I am uot so sure of that. I lived there ten years myself, and aever paid a bill while I was there." I'h iladelyh ia Inqu irer. Thero was a little boy Whose name was "Quick." - He kuocked off some applet) With a stick. The apples were so good ' . That he ate -.17, i And now (if he was good enough) He's iu heaven. Duu.-iville Breeie. ' Simpson "Well, my boy is through :ollege now, aud I guess I will start him iu one of the professions." Sampson "I thiuk he will make a good physician." Simpson "Why?'' Sampson "Iu the next two years that boy is going to have us tine a set of side whiskers as you ever saw." Ttrie Haute Kijirtsi. John Loss (consulting a clairvoyant) "My watch has beeu stolen, and I want Information that wilt lead to its recov ery." Clairvoyant "Cross my palm with a 6ilver dollar. (It is doue and the clairvoyant falls into n trance.) Your watch is in tlie pocket of a bad man. Fiud him; cause his arrest, und tho timepiece, will again bo join's." Jeirtleit' Hl,'y. Weeping Widow "You are sure, Mr. Boucplautcr, that you will conduct every ;hiug in a satisfactory manuert" Emi aent Undertaker "Have no fear on thai score, I beg of you, Mrs. llillhope. Of ill the people 1 have buried iu my long and successful career I am proud to say that uot ono ever raised the slightest ob jection to my work." 'Jrre Haute irtn. "Brother Flacktery, who is to oc upy this pulpit ucxt Sunday iu my absence," remarked the Kansas City uistor to his congregutiou, "is a young clergyman re siding in St. Louis. I trust you will re ceive him with a kindness aud coidiality that may effectually remove the feeling of embarrassment he will naturally ex perience ou his first appearance before a metropolitan audience." Chicago Tri bune. Pteaidtoi n--.rion Is very fool ef tho t&erouahbitd t-ottir.
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