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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. $1,50 PER ANNUM. h 1 Of tlio 8,000 communes in Italy, nioro thnn 4,000 nro totally unprovided with rowers. There nro 87,200 dwellings Underground, which give shelter to 101, 457 persons. Altogether tho snnitary condition of the peoplo is wretched, and the majority aro so poor and ignorant that there is litllo hope that it will be improved. h 1 An Indiana man who, under tho last ndmistrntion, held tho position of Indian ngent in Dakota, told tho Chicago Jour nal recently that tho excessive dryness of tho atnicsphero there allectod his health, causing him to havo t ho rheumatism so badly that ho whs not ablo to walk half a mile, though ho was never thus af flicted at homo. A subsequent tranfer to tho Indian Territory caused a great improveme it in his health. He said he knew of many persons having to leave Montana also on account of similar rheumatic troubles. Chickens aro valuable outsido the question of eggs and flesh. A full grown lien will yield from two and one-half ounces to four and one-half ounces of feathers and down. The feathers servo for bonnet decorations, the ornamenta tion of military shakos, and for dusters. Tho average sized feathers aro employed for beds and bolsters, tho down for pil lows. But tho latter classes are not held in as much esteem as the same from geese and ducks. When tho feathers aro plucked, they are placed for a short time in a baker's oven, after the bread has been withdrawn, to kill tho insect germs before they arc sent to market. ' Dr. Oswald says that "candidates for me oince oi a 1 urxisli policeman seem to bo selected withont regard to their achievements in ward polities. By the present regulations of tho hadjeh kazna, or board of police, tho patrolmen of Con stantinople have to speak at least two of tho five principal languagos of their cos mopolitan metropolis. They have to bo first-class swordsmen, being required to disarm and not dissect a contumacious criminal, and use their ponderous pistols only in extreme cases of personal peril. They aro to a mau picked athletes, and would bo models of their class but for ono rather venial foible their pay is so scant that they can not afford to refuse uu occasional suuvenuon. According to special instructions, they aro permitted to assist a 'tipsy but discreet unbeliever' to reach his quarters in peace, and after dark every offender with a handful of small currency is apt to be mistaken for a tipsy but discreet infidel." There exists in New Bedford, Iowa, a "very curious optical phenomenon in the person of a little girl about ten years old, by tho namo of Nancy Taylor. She at tends school up in Grant Township. If the current philosophy of vision, that we really see things upside down, bo correct, then this little girl is an instance of a person who sees objects as they really aro. Kho docs her figuring and writing with inverted characters, begins at the right side of tho slate or paper, and reads with tho book upsido down. Objects within two feet of her eyes look inverted, while If removed further off they make the same impression on her visionary organs that they do on other people's. Her eyea aro light blue, and have nothing about their appearance to indicate them less capable of performing their lunctions than ordinary optics. They have been examined by prominent specialists, but no malformation could be detected. The Secretary of the New York Medi cal Society has been instructed to "formu late a denunciation of those pretendod Indian doctors who, during the last few summer seasons, have so multiplied throughout tho country. They travel from place to place, setting up an imita tion of an Indian camp in each, drawiug crowds by means of a crude varioty show of singing, dancing, and athletic feats, and then selling medicines composed of a stew of herbs ma lo in a kettle over a fire in tho presence of the spectators. Sometimes mystic rites or savage incan tations accompany tho manufacture of tho cure-all, aud the superstitious and ig norant are so impressed that they part with their dollars freely. Tho Medical Society will direct tho attention of all the county medical associations of the United States to the fact that, although these quacks are careful not to formally announce themselves as physicians, they do usually figure as "medicine men," and are in effect medical practitioners in tho eye of tho law. In some instances tho adventurer is a degenerate physician, entitled by diploma to practice, but that is unusual, and the societies will be urged to prosecute all the rest. The assertion will Le made that great harm and small good uro done to their patients, because tlio stuff sold is almost invuriably a sim ple cathartic, likelier than not unsuited to the disease. CONFIDENCE. Think not that you may calmly tread The loftier height that thousands miss, Till you have measured all the dread ' And darkness of the abyss. That foot which climbs where towers most high The peak of blended sun and snow, Is always gnrdianed by an eye That dares to look below I Edgar Faweett, in Independent. GOSS k SONS. CIIAPTKn I. It was Friday evening, tho busiest timo in the week for (Joss it Sons, for it was the night on which tho country orders were seni out. "(joss tfc Sons" were in tho shop. uoss was a country grocer; the sons were young fellows of nineteen and twenty, John and William; the shop was a low wooden edifice, with a window in front and a window round the corner. crammed up with mixtures tho most re markable. It was, in fact, quite a small "store," for it was the only shop in Hcp- uurn, uniess w count two or tnxee cot tages with goodies and apples in the windows. "Now, lads, look alive," said Mr. Govs, bustling about in his glory. The three worked on in silence for some time. "Is it twopenny or threepenny sugar Mrs. Hcccc takes, father?" said William, presently. "Threepenny, of course!" struck in John, impatiently. "Will never knows what belongs," said his father; "he's always wool gathering, Will is!" "Will never supposes anything'1 worth thinking about that isn't printed in a book!" "It doesn't want much thinking to tell him that Sir Benjamin Sykes' house keeper doesn't want common stuff. What's this If it's meant for half a pound it's uncommon good weight." "Oh, well! I thought a few butter scotch drops didn't matter," said Will, turning crimson. "Butter-scotch drops!" said John, pricking up his ears, ".they must be for Miss Dulcie; she must be home from school, then." "Yes, she was in the shop to-day. We had two carriages standing at the door ut once!" said old Goss with pride. John didn't speak, but he was very vexed indeed that he had chosen just that timo to slip out about some pota toes. Even to serve Miss Dulcie across tho counter with half a pound of butter scotch drops was a priviloge highly prized by cither of these rustic admirers. Will, tying up a package, gently hummed : Tel) me where Is fancy bred, ' r iu the heart, or iu the head? How begot how uourishedf "I'll tell you what, young man," said his father sternly, "if you don't get a lit tle more sense in your head with your readin', an' writin', und poetry, and rub bish, 111 I'll "Here, father, let's go and draw the treacle for the llev. Matthew Barton," said John. It is five years later. The village shop is shut, but only for the day. Tho vil lagers are standing about in groups; some of the most excitable ones have their handkerchiefs to their eyes. AValk ing slowly along tho white highroad is a black procession, the group in front toil ing under a heavy burden. Those behind are singing.as they draw near the church yam: The saints of God, their conflict past. iimv t .... tan saints oi uou:" wnat more noble and beautiful title? Who can it oo who is now a saint of God Only old vjuss, uie grocer. Alter that heavy burden walked the two young men and their mother, rather lady-like little woman. They were left comfortably provided for about three thousand pounds apiece ursine me snop. "Let us sell the business and go unto London," said Will. "What for What's the good of Lon don?" "Oh, London! Why, I might get some uu-rary worn n we only lived iu London. Kditors and people like that don't think anything of you if you live iu the coun try." Poor, honest John, who knew nothing aoout editor or literature, or auythiug of the kind, looked troubled. "I should have thought myself that it maiier wjiero gooa work came iroiu. X know when I am buying things all 1 care about is tho quality ; whether they como from Heading, or London, or Auu-iu-n, uocsn i matter a bit. Uy the by, brother, Mrs. ltoece said Miss Dulcie liked tho.-e biscuits I had made for her ana wants some more. I'll have a whole lot done; I dare say I might tret a little trade for them." " You've no soul, John, I declare !" said Will, with impatient disgust. "You think your 'little trado' the most important thing in the world !" "It Is to me it's my work." "Now, if I were in your place I would never let another creature taste the bis cuits that I made for Miss Dulcie; they are stamped with her approval, aud no inferior person should have them for love or money. It's a trifle, of course, but it shows how utterly you lack poetry and sentiment, that your only idea should be of making a 'little trade!' " "Well, a great trade, then." "Pooh! And if you did, would it bring you any nearer Miss Dulcie?" John didn't speak ; but a sudden wild idea flashed into his mind. Perfect mad ness it was, but it made his heart beut and sent the color into his fin e. CHAPTER II. It is ten years later. Old Goss, the grocer, has been dead five years. His son Will, intent on a literary career, has cone to London. John has remained in the village. Miss Dulcie Sykes, now a lady of th mature age of twenty-eight, is sitting in a splendid drawing-room in Cromwell Hoad, Kensington. But these splendid drawing-rooms aro little better than splendid prisons for many young ladies. i'uicio naci been sitting here lor tne best part of three days, for her aunt wanted tho carriage, and it was ' proper" for a young lady to go not out aione. She Was envying with all her heart the middle-class girls who walked along the causeway quite free and happily in different to "society," when she saw a hansom pull up at the door, and a fine looking man of about thirty-five get out. Some gentleman to see her uncle, no doubt; but in a minute or two tho foot man threw open tho drawing-room door and announced "Mr. Goss!" She came forward, bowed, and said she was sorry neither her uncle nor aunt was at home; then stopped perplexed. There was something oddly familiar about him. "I am afraid you don't remember me, Miss Dulcie," he said; "it is a long timo since you were at Hepburn." "Surely surely, you aro not John Goss I mean Mr. Goss?" hastily correct ing herself. He looked such a gentle man 1 He laughed pleasantly, "I am glad you remember me, Miss Dulcie," "And I am glad nay, delighted to sec you, Mr. Goss. I am longing to hear some news of dear old Hepburn. Since my fiither died I seem to have been quite cut off from it; my brother is a shocking correspondent. How is everybody, and what is all the place like!" "Well, I ant sorry to say at least, of course, I am not exactly sorry cithcr-but the place is not nearly so pretty as it used to be, and it is my fault; but I really couldn't help it." "iou have an immense manufactorv. I hear." "Well, ves, it is a tftiod size, and I have had to build a great many work men's cottages; in fact, the place is quite a town." "I hear it is a beautifully' clean and orderly town, too, and that you do a great deal of good, Mr. Goss," with a kindly smile. She felt she had been a little hard On hinl. "Good? Oh, dear! no. vou are nuite mistaken 1 Of course, I built the schools and the workmen's club, and the cottage hospital; but they were almost matters of necessity." He said it in all simplicity. I wish I lived down at the Hall again; I might do something for your work people even if it was Only "tile1 hackneyed round of clothing clubs and mothers' meetings." ' Do you really wish to live at the Hall, Miss Dulcie? Iam so glad; that is lust what I came about." "Indeed !" Privately, she had rather wondored what he had coma fort but she had been so dull the visit was ail agreeable interruption; and John was not the sort of man she could, even if she had wished, cither snub or patronize. 1 don t Know whether vu are aware that that I bought the old Hall?" iou b night it, Mr. Gossf Cer tainly there was a touch of hauteur. She was shocked. The Prejudices of a life are not overcome in half an hour, 'It was merely as an investment, MlsS Dulcie, I assure you. I shouldn't think of living there myself at least, not at present. What I should like better thau anything would be for you to take the place. I am very old-fashioned in somo things. I like old families better than I do new ones," "Thank you all the same, but I could not possibly afford it. It is quite out of the question." "But tho rent or purchase money, whichever you preferred, would not be considered at all. It could stand over indefinitely, and there is plenty of furni ture there." "You are exceedingly kind to give mo the first refusal, and I would take it gladly if IcjuIJ; but it is quite out of my power." John was silent. He leant forward, biting his lip, and there was aline be tween his eyes as ho stared hard at the carpet. It was a crucial moment in his life, and he knew It, He had been work ing all these years with one object in view; at first a faint far-off star, lately nearer; this morning apparently almost within reach; and now, unless he could bridge over the difficulty of access, he would be baffled after all. Dulcie little know what was going on in his mind. "I suppose you wouldn't care about letting it just for the summer, Mr Goss!" she sni'l, calmly. "Ah!" and tho thought revived him "she's coming after all," "Oh! ves, I would with pleasure if you would like to come for a short time." "I have no doubt I could persuade my uncle to take it for three months, and I should very much like it myself." And all your old tenants every ono about the place will be delighted to see you again. j ou must introduce mo to your wife, Mr. Goss." "Oh, Miss Dulcie!" in a pained tone. How could she think it possible. "I haven't a wife." "I be" vour pardon." She laughed a little uneasily, but colored under his in comprehensible look, About a month later the proudest day in John's life arrived. His workpeople could not think what in the world made him so fidgety. Every single article in the mill hail to be cleaned and polished and set in order, though it was always as nice as it ever could be; but ho bothered even over the brass knobs and bars about the engine, und gave the w Oman's over looker a hint to tell them to make them selves tidy. At 11 o'clock a carriage and pair drove tip to tho door, just as in old days Miss Dulcie used to drive up to the little shop. John remembered. Tho day that he had pictured to him self for years had Come at last, as, bare headed, ho met Miss Dulcie at the door. She looked like a queen, he thought; and she certainly was beautifully dressed in gray and silver, with a bunch of yellow roses in her dress and in her hat. Hi was glad she looked so nice, for he hoped this was her future kingdom, and the admiration of his work people was not a matter oi absolute indilienco. And if it was a proud day for him, it was an astonishing one for her. WThy, tho place was magnificent far finer than a mere house, however furnished it was a palace. John Goss was a king; his very glance v as a command. Hundreds of men and women looked to him nlone as their earthly providence ; and there wa9 the hugo engine feeding all tho world by coolly waving its arms about. And such millions and millions of biscuits! One would think nobody in all creation ever ate anything else. What a modern ver sion of the old primitive bread-making! Dulcie felt to her heart's core tho stu pendousncss of the place, and the work and the power of the man beside her. "Won't you take one?" he said, offer ing her a biscuit of a certain kind. "Doesn't it remind you?" he said gently. "Why, these are tho very ones you made for me a long time ago!" "The very same. It was in pleasing yotl that my fortunes began." She looked up. "Shall we shall we go into another room?" Tho three months passed away only too quickly, and John was no nearer his heart's desire than on that day. In vain ho tried to comfort himself with the thought that in society wealth such as his was considered a fair equivalent for birth such as hers : and in vain Dulcie's worldly aunt, who recognized a good match when she saw one, invited him to dinner, lawn tennis and picnics. He went to them all, but Dulcie gave no sign not so much as tho droop of an eyelash. She was too proud to take up the ungenerous part of trying to attract the man, now that he was rich,, whom she had despised when their positions were reversed. But how did he know that ? He thought, she simply did not care. It was almost tho last day of their 8tay( and John was standing in a very disconsolate mood by the workmen's cn- tiance to his mill, watching some casks of sugar being hoisted up to the top I story, an immense height, six or seven flats. As the great iron clamps were being fitted on the last barrel he caught sight of a pretty White dress flitting by. "Oh, Miss Dulcie!" ho said impulsive ly, raising his hat, "could you spare mo a minute or two ? I wanted to speak to you about something." He hadn't an idea what, only he did want her; even a few minutes would be precious. She stopped, and they both watched the cask being swayed up, till it looked quite small, so great was the height; then a hand was stretched out, and it was drawn in. Dulcie's upturned face was very sweet. John thought he would like to kiss it; but it suddenly changed horribly. She threw herself violently upou him, and literally banged him up ngainst tho wall with violence worse than unladylike it was perfectly shocking. His hat was feut flying, his head rather sharply bruised. " He seized her by the arms in horror. Had she suddenly gouo out of her mind? But at this instant, just at his feet, with a crash, came down the iron clamps on the very spot where he had been stand ing. Certain and horrible death it would have been. The worse than stupid workman over head had unfastcd them from the cask and calmly given them a kick over to bo ready for the next batch without looking to seo if any one was below. "Are you hurt, John are you hurt?" seeing the blood pouring from the bruise on his forehead and his head thrown back against tho wall, face pale, eyes shut. "Did it touch your" she said, taking his hand gently. "Do look at me I did try to 6ave you!" He looked down upon her. "Dulcie, come into my office." They went across out of the way of possible eyes and ears and he shut the door. "Dulcie," ho said, taking both her hands, "look up, my dear." She just glanced up, then threw her self subbing on to his shoulder. The strain had been great; the tension broke. "This is the second time you have benefited me, my Dulcie. Your girlish whim began my prosperity, your woman's quickness saved my life; and now you know I want something else." She didn't sneak; but John had got the upper hand, and ho meant to keep it. "You know what it is I want," he said, persuasively. She turned her tearful face up to his and he got what he wanted. Cauell't Magazine. Whence Came tho Comets? The answer to the question: Whence came the comets? would appear to be: 1. Comets which visit our system from without were expelled millions of years ago from the interior of sun. 2. Comets which belong to our system were mostly expelled from the interior of a giant planet in tho sun-like state, but a small proportion muy have been cap tured from without. i. The comets of whoso past existence meteor streams tell us were for tho most part expelled from our earth herself when she was in the sun like state, but some of the more important were expelled from the giant planets, and a few inuy have been expelled from sun. l'ritsnur l'roctor. Nature's most becoming dress The closo of the day. Goudali't Hun. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. A gradual increase in the average size of the skull among tho natives is believed by a Bombay physician to bo taking place as an effect of civilization in India. Tho interesting discovery has been mado in Switzerland of a bright green moss growing on calcareous rocks 200 feet below the surface of Lako Lcman. No other moss has been known so far under water, and how chlnrnhyl the green coloring matter could have been so richly developed in a place so remote from tho light is a problem. The largest dynamo in the world is being set up in Cleveland, Ohio. It will bo thirteen feet long, fivo and onc-iuilf wide, and weigh ten tons four times tho size and ability of the "Jumbo" machine exhibited by Edison at the Philadelphia Exposition in 1884. Five hundred horse-power will be required to drive it, and its current will furnish incandescent lights of about 20,000 candle-power. The new French gun, weighing twen seven tons, has thrown a projectile weighing 1,000 pounds over eight miles. Tho English forty-three-ton gun has a maximun range nearly as great. The English sixty-three-ton gun is credited with the theoretical rango of over ten miles. It is true that these extreme ranges are attained with elevations which may not be secured in the turret porta of a vessel. A genius in Morelia, Mexico, has made a picture with feathers of humming birds which represents the discovery of pulque. Tho work is a gem of art as well as a most ingenious and original representa tion of that romantic episode. The fig ures of Xochitl, tho beautifuld Toltec princess, and of Tecpancaltzin, the sov ereign, as well as all other figures, are exquidtely made. The picture was pur chased for $100 by a German of Guana juato, who sent it to Germany. An interesting experiment, showing the influence of electricity on the growth of roots, has been made in Germany. Plates of copper were thrust upright into the earth and connected by wires with similarly placed zinc plates about 100 feet distant, an electric battery being thus formed, with the earth between the copper and zinc in tho circuit. Both potatoes and beets planted between such plates gave an iucroased yield beets fif teen per cent., potatoes twenty-live per cent. as compared with other parts of the same field. All carpenters know how soon the butt end of chisel handles split when daily exposed to the blow of a mallet or ham mer. A remedy suggested by a Brook lyn man consists simply of sawing or cutting off the round end of the handle so as to make it flat, and attaching by a few nails on top of it two disks of solo leather, so that the end becomes similar to the heel of a boot. Tho two thick nesses of leather will prevent all further splitting, and if in tho course of time they expand and overlap tho wood of the handle they are simply trimmed off all around. The results of experiments made thus far in the purification of water by aera tion havo attracted much notice. This method is well known to be based on the discovery that the action of air iu puri fying water is greatly increased by mix ing the air and water under pressure. A Fairmount, Philadelphia, turbine engine was converted into an air-pump, which delivered twenty percent., by volume, of free ur into the water main, this being the proportion found necessary to sur charge the water. Analysis showed that the quantity of free oxygen in the aera ted water was seventeen orcent. greater than before aeration, while the quantity of carbonic acid was fifty-three per cent, greater, and that of the total dissolved gases was sixteen per cent, greater. An Undertaker's Experience. "I've just returned from the house oi a young married man who died last night," said an undertaker, "and his weeping wife told me she wanted his cotlin mado largo enough to hold his gup and gamo bag, because he was so fond ol shooting." "I suppose you have a grent many such queer requests," remarked tho lis tener. "Oh, yes. It was only about a month ago that a mother, frenzied with grief, when I was about to put tho lid on her daughter's casket, took from a closet a satin ball dress aud insisted upon having it used as a cover for the corpse. "Then somo people want favorite books, letters, Bibles, pictures, and such things buried with their dead. It seems to soothe their anguish to somo degree, and vou havo to humor them. Tho queerest thing of the kind happened to me just after I went into the business. It would have been laughed at on a minstrel stage, but in a house of grief had to bo tolerated with solemnity. 1 ho ten-year- old boy of a poor woman had died of fever, and 1 was engaged to bury him. Her neighbors had all gathered down stairs. I went up to ask her if there was anything more I could do, and she handed mo a little bundle, saying: 'Please put this at the foot of Johnny's cotlin. They are a pair of his old panta loons, and the first I ever whipped him ju. 'hi!tfl!jhii J'--. Executions In France. They have no blundering executions in France. The executioner is neither a hero nor an outcast, as in other countries. The system of executions havo been sim plified as much as possible. The instru ment is erected tho night before, and tried on a dummy to seo that it works well. Formerly the condemned was ofteu tortured and torn aud hacked, and ho was always encouraged by having a good look at the gleaming knifo as he ap proached the ghastly instrument. Now the knife is hid ten, the victim is in posi tion in two or three seconds, a noiseless touch of the button, aad, all is over. BY THE RIVliR. Each of them loving, each of them lovul. Gliding down with the river, Nature smiled, and the sun above Brighter shone to hold such love By the fairy banks of the river. Years had passed, and a woman wept, Wept as she sat by the river, Wept for the love that had died away, Wept for the love that was lost for aye, By the dull cold banks cf the river. Ever the careless streamlet flows Ever on to the river, Only the breeze a requiem sighed, For the heart that broke, for the love tbnti died, By the fairy banks of the river. CasselVt Magazine HUMOR OF THE DAT. High toned A Cfo. A joint affair A fishing-rod. A flank movement Pa with a strap. Tho height of fashion A dude's col lar. Motto for persons who preserve fruit "They can, who think they can." Life. Fashion note : gashes are considered essential to every properly constructed window. Rambler. "Now is the accepted time," remarked the poor young man solemnly, when his girl told him she would have him. Tid Bits. According to Webster's Dictionary, a windbore is the lower or bottom pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine; but in real life it is simply a book-agent. Puck. "How to Act in a Cyclone" is the heading of a newspaper article. Tho neighbors can act just as they want to when a cyclone strikes the town, but we shall act just as if we wcro going down cellar. Edelline Dell. PREVARICATION. Some wish to be Christians, like Peter and Paul: Tell no lies, and never be boasters; But how con they manage to do so at all, When they make out their own circus posters? GoodalVs Sun. A, correspondent who signs herself "Nervous Girl" writes to ask us if we can tell her of any remedy to cure a tick ling sensation about the face. Certainly ask him to cut his mustache off. Lynn Union. ASPIRATION. Dreaming of a future fairer Than the blushes of the morn, Bit I waiting for the morrow, When my heart will have no sorrow, And my shoes will lit the wearer Far more easy for the corn. Albert Maple Leaf. Keely and His Motor. Everybody except an average New Tork juryman must have heard of Keely'i motor, of which the newspapers have had constant mention in tne last ten years. Most readers must have come to the conclusion that the motor is a sham: but some persons of intelligence and sci entific attainment believe that Keely has demonstrated that he controls a great power, whatever it might be, and that he will yet be recorded as one of the famous inventors, despite the doubt and ridicule so continually cast upon him. Keely (John W.) is asserted to be a very sincere and earnest man, the opposite of the conscious impostor he has been repre sented. He is a native Philadclphian, and, at the early age of ten, was com pelled to fight the hard battle of life alone. He soon had two hobbies music and mechanics. His knowledge of the former enabled him to discover what he claims to bo tho vibratory theory, and of tho latter to construct the machine about w hich there has been, and still is, so wide discussion. He was by turns a musician, leading a small orchestra sev eral seasons at one of tho summer re sorts, and a cabinetmaker, having a shop in Market street. Some thirteen years ago, he began to believe that he had invented a new and extraordinary engine. Tho first largo machino required three years to build, cost $00,000, and proved to be of no practical value. An other and another machine followed, each being an improvement upon its pre decessor. Tho latest improvement wi'l, it is maintained, show astonishing re sults. Keely has denoted two symp tons of strength and faith, patience and quiet; and if he should succeed at last, his experience would simply bo a repe tition of what other great inventors have endured. New York Commercial. An Epicure's Dish. Asparagus is plentiful and good this season. I wonder if everybody who has a freezing machino knows how delicious iced asparagus is? It simply needs boiling as usual, draining, dipping in oiled but ter and putting into tho freezer till thoroughly frozen. By oiled butter I mean, of course, butter reduced to the condition of oil, not what is commonly called "melted butter." The beHt way to prepare oiled butter is to place the quantity of butter required iu u covered jar, to put this into a sauce pan and to let water boil around it till the butter is thoroughly milted. A kind of curd falls to tho bot tom of the jar, aud tho clear oil must be carefully poured off it. Many epicures prefer this us sauce to "melted butter'" to eat with boiled asparagus. The vege table, dipped in oiled butter and frozen, is eaten a!one, with no further prepara tion but dipping salt on the plate. It if almost wortli wliilo living to have icid asparugug a few times a year. Likd every other good thing it clogs the p:;late it partaken of too f i-equi ntly. Only the giaut form of tho succulent ug:t-ible should be chosen for this tie itnu u, ; but on a future occasion 1 hope to give some recipes for using tho smaller kinds in va rious delicate fashions. Jjondon AW.
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