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VOL. III. NO. 15.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 4. 1886.
$1,50 PER ANNUM.
' Thirty-seven Japanese publications are
devoted to matters connected with edu
cation, and these have a total circulation
of 42,049 per month. Thoreare seven
medical papers, with s monthly circula
tion of 13,514; nino relating to sanitary
matters, with a circulation of 8,195; two
on forestry and two on pharmacy. There
are seven devoted to various branches of
scieneo, with a circulation of 2,428; but
to these must bo added twenty-two en
gaged in popularizing science, with a
total circulation of 70,000.
Texas has a new industry. The Clear
Creek Crab Canning Company has been
organized in Galvc.-ton county, and is
doing a big business in catching and can
ning crabs. The shells are removed en
tire except tho claws, ground in a mill
and sent to Franco, whero they are manu
factured into a dentifrice. Tho oil that
arises on the vats where tho crabs are
boiled is used in making soap, and is
said to bo equal (o cocoanut oil for this
purposp. The crabs themselves are
piickcd in five-gallon cans, and are reck
oned good.
' Tho object of those who provide doves
for shooting matches is to produce birds
which will rise rapidly from tho trap, fly
erratically, and make a struggle to get
out of tho bounds, even if hit. In Eng
land tin plan used to bo to pull a few
fcatheri out of the bird's tail and apply
tar to tho spot or to run a pin into tho
flesh. These practices were stopped by
the'authoritics, and now a now method
is in use. Tho only water given to the
birds for twelve. to twenty-four hours be
fore the tournament is snlt water. This
almost maddens them, and when they
ri30 from tho trap they fulfill all require
ments. .
. The emigration to this country from
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Russia and
China for tho five years ended in 1885
was 841,778. Nearly all of these emi
grants took the. places of American labor
ers at starvation prices. A tablo recently
compiled shows that from 1870 to 1880.
inclusive, 283,153 skilled laborers came
to this couitry and 153,407 unskilled la
borers. From 1881 to 1885 thero were
541,113 of tho former and 028,788 of the
latter, showing an increase of the latter
of moro than 300 per cent. All of the
unskilled laborers, as a rule, remain in
tho large cities. .
Colonel Conway, who professes to
Know all tho .noted "bad mon"of the
plains, tolls a St. Louis Globe-Democrat
reporter that they are invariably blondes.
He says the traditional idea of a desper
ado as a man cf raven locks, piercing
black eyes and a long, jetty moustache is
all wrong. He goes into particulars thus :
"Mastcrson, tho famous sheriff of Dodge,
who had killed twenty-seven men when
he was twenty-seven years old, has light
hair and blue eyes. Bo has Doc. nalli
dny, exiled from- Arizona for trying to
kill off all Tombstone in one day. The
Erp brothers could join a Lydia Thomp
son troupe if yellow curls went for any
thing. Luke Short, notorious through
out tho entire "West, is a little fellow of
a blonde cast. That is tho complexion
of Mart Duggan and Jim Kinney, two
very bad men of great renown in Colo
rado; and so on throughout the list.
Connecticut is the richest State in the
Union in unprofitable mines. Gold and
silver and many other metals have been
found in a score of townships, but not
in pying quantity. North Stonington
has a meagre marble mine, New London
is going to dig for petroleum, and a day
or two ago a soapstouo mine, that once
was worked by tho Indians, was discov
ered within the borough limits of Wil
limantic. The deposit cropped out on
the Young farm, near the a'thestie "Wil
limantic thread mill, and not a dozen
rods from the railroad. It is on high
gsound that is clear of timber, and all
about it there is evidence thnt consider
able quantities of the stone were removed
at a distant time in the past. Fragments
of soapstone pots and dishes, finely
chiseled and polished, have frequently
been found by villagers, and mounds of
upthrown earth, now grass grown, indi
cate the places in which the Indinns
worked in the old quarry, Tho mine is
to be worked by Springfield (Mass.) men,
who, by means of the magnetic needle,
which is strongly affected by tho mag
netic ore in tho stone, have traced the
deposit for a long way down the hill
side, and who are confident that the
mine is a very large and valuable one.
The old opening in tho quarry at which
the Indians worked has been enlarged,
and the rock asfardowuasthe workmen
have penetrated is pure soapstone. At
every point on the hill where a shaft has
leun made the stone is found in abund
ance. The Springfield men will begin
to work the mine ubout tho first of next
August.
HAD I BUT KNOWN t
Had I but known that nothing is undone
From rising until setting of the sun,
That full-fledged words fly off beyond our
reach,
That not a deed brought forth to life dies
ever,
I would have measured out and weighed
my speech;
To bear good deeds had been my sols
endeavor,
Had I but known I
Had I but known how swiftly speed away
The living hours that make the living day,
That 'tis above delay's so dangerous slough
Is hung the luring wisp-light of to-morrow,
I would have seized time's evanescent Now !
I would be spared this unavailing sorrow,
Had I but known I
Had I but known to dread the dreadful fire
That lay in ambush at my heart's desire,
Wherefrom it sprang and smote my naked
hand
And left a mark forever to remain,
I would not bear the fire's ignoble brand;
I would have weighed the pleasure with the
pain,
Had I but known I
Had I but known we never can repeat
Life's springtime freshness or its summer
heat,
Nor gather socond harvest from life's field,
Nor aged winter change to youthful spring,
To me life's flowers their honey all would
yield;
I would not feel one wasted moment's sting,
Had I but known I
Hunter MacCulloch, in Lippinoott.
MISS FORTUNE'S ROMANCE.
It was a hot day in May ono of those
early hot days that are so exhausting
and Miss Fortune Wayland, tired with
that provoking kind of shopping that
consists in "matching things," turned
into a fashionablo ladies' restaurant for
rest and refreshment. She was a calm,
equable girl, not readily irritated, but it
was a triflo annoying to have her quiet
interrupted by tho rustling, laughing,
and chattering of the very two girls
whose company at that hour she would
most of all have deprecated. p
For she was dusty and heated, and ndl
in her freshest toilet, and Ida Vincent and
Kate Croye had just stepped from their
carnage in all tho lustre and freshness
of elegant spring costumes. They, of
course, could afford to be pleasant ; it was
a much harder thing for Fortuno to smile
and say: "Is it really you? I am glad
to see you."
They sat down together, and began to
eat ices, and discuss toilets and summer
plans "We were going to Europe,"
said Ida, with a charming frankness,
"but www on is going to tho Branch,
and of courso we follow in his wake.
Mamma thinks he admires me, and I am
under orders tocuptivate him."
"I know whom you mean, Ida; there
is really no need for you to affect secrecy.
It is Hay Symington. My mamma thinks
he admires me, and I am under orders to
captivate him also."
"And pray who is Kay Symington?" '
"As if you did not know, Fortune!
Why, your father is his lawyer. He has
been back for a month, and was at the
Nobles' and tho Hilliards' and"
"Now I know whom you mean," said
Fortune. "He used to come a great deal
to our house before he went abroad.
That is six years since. I was only a
school-girl then, but from what I re
merflber of Hay Symington I think he will
neverfall in love with any woman except
one made to order. However, he does
not concern me; I have fringes on my
mind at present. So I will say good-by,
girls." . .
"Wait a quarter of an hour, and we
will take you as far as Aitkin's." .
"Thanks; I cannot wait; I am to meet
mamma and Gertrude at Madams I)c
cimer's. Adieu."
Fortune was walking down Broadway
again, and this time without the least
sense of heat or fatigue. She was calling
to remembrance some autumn days six
years ago, when she had first seen Ray
Symington. What a haopv September
and October it bad been ! She had come
into town early in order to enter school
at the commencement of the session, and
hnd been ak no with her father. During
these days Hay ha I been much with
them, and she had sat listening happily
to his travels by land and sea, and heard
him discuss with Mr. Wayland scientific
subjects in which both were interested.
How often had she brought them tea or
coffee while they sat talking, and what
icasanc words ana looks he had given
cr!
Nay, there had been something more
than this. One night when Mr. Wayland
had been called out on business, and they
two sat alone by the little open fire that
tho chill October night made necessary,
Hay had held her hand and said, sorrow
fully: "Fortune, will you forget me when
I go over the sea, and uever remember
the pleasant nights we three have had
together?"
"If they were pleasant, why do you go
away?" she asked, softly.
''You almost tempt me to ask to stay ;
buy you are so young it would be unfair.
I am an old man, child, traveled and dis
illusioned; it would be unfair. You must
see the world first, Fortune; and then
and then if you remember me, ah, how
happy I shall be 1 Give me tho rose at
your belt, dear child. Perhaps you will
think of me till it withers."
"I shall never forget you."
Hut Hay either misdoubted the young,
inexperienced heart, or he feared to trust
the future with it. He only kissed the
rose, aud kisse l the hand tliut gave it,
and in an hour there was an end of For
tune's young romance.
Perhaps just in this very hour her good
fate had turned toward her, for what she
had failed to find and fulled to do alt
morning now came easily to her hand ;
and even such strawa as finding the exact
trimming wanted may show that the con
trary wind has changed and a favoring
galo sprung up. She was not conscious
of reasoning in this way, but she felt a
change, and under its influence looked so
bright and happy that, when she met
her mother ana sister at Madame De
cimers, Mrs. Wayland chose to feel irri
tated at it.
"You are so contradictious, Fortune!"
she said. "Here you are, looking as
fresh and happy as possible, while poor
Gertrude and I are worried to death. It
is too aggravating!"
"What is the matter, mamma?"
"Your fattier is so provoking. He
came home enrly to-day, just because he
knew we had an appointment with mad
ame; and he talked such nonsense about
not being able to afford this and that, and
it really took all interest out of our spring
costumes. Beside, he actually wanted
me to stay at home this summer, and
send you and Gertrude with your aunt
Lucy and it's Gertrude's first season!
He never has a particle of considera
tion." "Mamma, I do not care about going
away. I have had six seasons, and, as
you say, done nothing with them. Spend
what money you have on Gcrty."
"But what will people say?"
"Never mind people. Papa is far
from well say that 1 am staying to take
care of him. I am sure someone ought
to do it, especially as he cannot possibly
leave the city."
Fortune was quite reconciled to the
lot she had proposed for herself when she
saw how happy tho plan mado her
father.
"I have not forgot, Fortune," he said,
"what a splendid little houso-keeper you
made six years ago."
So Mrs. Wayland and her younger
daughter went to tho Branch, aud For
tune and her father lived together in a
regular quiet fashion that was tho great
est luxury to tho overworked lawyer.
Twice Mr. Symington had called beforo
the ladies left, and both times Fortune
misled him. The call seemed to have
made little impression on the family. Mrs.
AVayland said he had aged a great
deal, and Gertrude said he was ugly and
cross and old.
"He asked after you, Fortune," said
Gertrude, carelessly, as she was examin
ing her new ridiug hat, "and mamma
told him you were absorbed in toilets at
present. So he said : 'Pray do not disturb j
tho young lady; I dare say she has for
gotten me.'"
In about two weeks Gertrude's letters
began to nam'j Mr. Symington very fre
quently. He and his cousin, Colonel Hill,
had called on them, and Gertrude j
thought both gentlemen "very nice."
Pretty soon every letter was full of the
two names. They were the key-note to
which all Gertrude's life seemed to be
set, and Fortune notic3d that Hay Sy
mington was the prevailing refrain.
Even Mr. Wayland began to speculate
on tho probabilities of so intimate an ac
quaintance. "I do not think it would
do, Fortune," he said one evening, after
ho had read and re-read a letter from his
wife. "Gerty and Symington I mean.
She is so fond of society, and he never
cared for it. It would not do; all the
money in the world would not make
them happy. Mr. Symington is "
"Here, my dear old friend. Tho ser
vant told me where you were, and I took
tho liberty of coming without announce
ment as I used to do."
Ho had taken Fortune's hand, and
stoqd looking in her face. Then ho drew
a chair between father and daughter, and
sat down. He had come on business, ho
said, but it would keep till next day;
there was plenty else to talk about, and
it must have been very interesting mat
ter, for the three sat together chatting
happily until the church clocks were
striking midnight all around,
It was about the alteration of some
property that Mr. Symington had re
turned. There were dwelling-houses to
be turned into stores and he decided to
stay in the city until the architect had fin
ished tho plans. It was very hot weather,
and the architect could not bo hurried,
and Hay was in no mood to hurry him.
So tho days came nnd went in a slow,
dreamy monotony that every one seemed
perfectly happy with.
Hay generally strolled in to Mr. Way
land's as they were taking breakfast, and
Fortune gave him a cup of coffeo. He
sipped it, and talked over the news in
the morning newspapers. Then the two
gentlemen went down town together,
and Fortune took her sewing into the
coolest room, nnd found her own
thoughts pleasant enough company until
afternoon. Before dinner she went with
her father to drive in tho Park; and
they generally met Kay beforo they re
turned home. Sometimes he rode home
at their side, sometimes he gave his horse
to his servant and took a seat beside For
tune iu Mr. Wayland's carriage. When
he did so he stayed to dinner, and When
he stayed to dinner ho stayed until mid
night. They did not even talk together; he
had fallen into the habit of asking her
assent to any of his opinions by a look,
which she generally answered by a bright,
intelligent little nod of acquiescence; and
when he had received this he went on
with his argument.
But perhaps this silent understanding of
eac h other was more dangerous than words ;
at any rate. Fortune felt it to bo so. Sho
could not disguise from herself that Hay
Symington usurped moreexculsively than
ever ail her thoughts and hopes, and yet
she was forced to admit that he seemed
unconscous of his power over her. Hbe
uoticed that Gertrude had never named
him since he left the Brunch, and she
woudered whut this apparent indiffer
ence could mean. It must be one of
two things either Gertrude cared noth
ing at all for him, or she cared a great
deal.
Ono morniug.as she was handing Ray a
cupof collee.he had a number of lettersin
his Laud, and iu his effort to relievo her
speedily, he let them drop. They scat
tered sufficiently to allow her to see that
two of them were directed by Gertrude.
There was no mistaking her small, run
ning, insignificant writing.
After this discovery sho withdrew
more and more from the conversation of
the gentlemen, and the bright, intelli
gent looks with whirh she had used to
answer Hay's inquiring glances were
more and more at fault. He saw and
felt the change, but failed to draw the
proper inference.
Things had indeed come to a position
in which it seemed to Fortune folly to
nurse longer a sentiment which it was evi
dent Ray had not the slightest desire to re
ciprocate. She would at once give up
everything that encouraged so barren a
love. Letters to destroy she had none,
and as for tokens or souvenirs, she had
only ono ancient brooch of a dead world
to give up. It, was not a pretty ornament,
and she had never worn it; but Ray had
told her that it was very precious to him,
and valued above gold and silver. Yet
he had made no inquiries about its wel
fare, and no remarks about her not wear
it. If he valued it so much, he should
have it back; it was the only link be
tween them, and it should be broken at
once.
She walked to her desk and took it
out of the little box in which it had lain
for years. She laid it upon her palm,
and it seemed to glow and burn and re
flect a thousand lights. It was lovely.
It was very dear to her. She kissed it
with passionate fervor. She threw her
self on the sofa and wept some very bit
ter tears for tho death of a dream so
tender and so lovely, and she felt that
all of the sweetness and dew of her
youth went with it.
But as she lay weeping, Ray stepped
quietly up to her side. Ho took her in
his arms, and tenderly kissed away the
sad, largo tears. "Darling," he said,
"I have seen all. You have kept my
token; you were weeping over it. You
love me, Fortune you love me. Oh,
beloved, do not now deny it?"
"How dare I lovo you, Kay?"
"How dare you not love me? Have
Inot carried your image in my heart for
six years? I won't have, my token back,
and I won't leave you until you sav that
you will bo my wife. Think of it a mo
ment." "It is enough, Ray. I have thought
only of you for six years."
"Then, sweet Fortune, let us be mar
ried to-morrow to-day. Why delay
longer?"
"One thing, Ray, I must ask you. I
saw two letters from Gertrude among the
papers you dropped one morning?"
"Gertrude has written me in all six
letters."
"Oh!"
"About my cousin Hill. Hill loves
her desperately, and Gertrude has been
teasing him to the point of distraction.
I have written and given her some good
advice; sho needed it."
Thero are no advocatos like lovers.
They speak with the tongues of men and
angels, and Ray won his case in a man
ner. There was a hurried visit of Mrs.
Wayland and Miss Gertrude to New
York, and tho next day all the fashion
able world knew that Ray Symington
had been married in the most unfash
ionable season and in the most unfashion
able manner to Miss Fortune Wayland.
Harper's Weekly.
Eels.
Now that the aversion to batrachia for
food has been overcome to a certain de
gree, it is to be hoped that the indisuta
blc delicacy of the eel as a palatable fish
will be more generally recognized. The
Egyptians were the only ancient people
who did not consider the eel fit food for
kings and princes. In the light of pres
ent science the eel is shown to be a most
cleanly feeder, living upon the spawn of
fishes. It will touch nothing that is un
clean or tainted, and will at times nib
ble the plants that float upon the surface
of the water. When lentils are ripe, of
which they are especially fond, they have
been seen on foraging expeditions in the
fields adjacent to the river banks. Dr.
Marshall Hall, to whom the science of
medicine owes so much, discovered that
eels possessed a "caudal heart entirely
dependent upon the pulmonary heart."
It is supposed that this second heart
causes the extraordinary strength of the
col's tail. A comical incident befell me
in Germany. There, fish of all sorts are
sold alive, and are killed in the kitchen a
few moments before they are to be
cooked. Eels are considered a great dain
ty, and are sold at fifty and sixty cents a
pound. Having received an unusually
large fish from the neighboring town,
and wishing to keep it until the next
day, the cook took it in a large bucket
with water to the hotel, that it might be
kept in the "fish pot" in a running
stream until wanted. A moment or two
after she left the house with her 6hining.
steel-blue burden, I heard a swish of
water, and looking out of the window
s iw his eclship seize tho edge of the
bucket by his tail and throw himself
over, as it were.by a "back hand-spring"
on the ground. Now began a chase such
as is seldom seen. The astonished cook
attempted to catch the great creature,
forgetting in her zeal that "slippery as
an ed" was no vain adage. Away over
the hard road wriggled the fish, with the
cook in frantic pursuit. By this time
quite a number of persons joined in the
chase, but to no purpose. Fearing to
injure the crenture, there was no force
used, and fully fifteen minutes elapsed
before the eel was captured and replaced
in the bucket. Tho precaution was
taken to cover the top of the bucket
with a net, so that any further attempt
to escape was precluded. Aeie York
t'ounneciul. I
According to recent statistics, foreign
emigration is steadily fulling off. There
is a notable decrease in German euiigra
tion.
SELECT SIFIINGS.
While a man in Clinton, Pa., was pro
paring to go to bed ho was struck by a
thunderbolt and had all the clothing
stripped from his body, leaving him un
harmed. A largo ball to the thumb in a bad
hand promises a leaning to all sorts of
self indulgence; but in an artist's hand it
indicates lovo of color and gifts of ex
pression by means of color alone.
An accident in a Melbourne foundry
led to the discovery that plunging iron
castings into a mixture of treacle and
water softens the metal to such a degree
that it can bo worked as readily as
wrought iron.
A slave could bo bought for about
seventy-five cents in ancient Rome. This
was at the time of the conquest of Great
Britain, and one single Roman family
owned as many as 400 slaves. Among
them were some well-educated and supo
' rior people. Some were doctors, some
were tutors to tho children and somo
were artists.
Some of the monasteries in England
in tho eighth century were presided over
by ladies. There was a famous one at
Whitby in Yorkshire which was ruled by
the Abbess Hilda. She belonged to the
royal family. She trained up many cler
gymen, and no less than live bishops.
Ca?dmon, the first English poet, dwelt in
her abbey.
The first light ever hoisted over tho
Capitol at Washington, in 1847, was a
lantern on a roast towering about one
hundred and fifty feet above the dome.
The mast was secured by heavy iron
braces. The lantern was surmounted by
a ball and weather vane. With the glass
in the lantern, it weighed about eight
hundred pounds. It contained largo
burner?, nnd when lighted it illuminated
not only the entire Capitol grounds, but
all the higher portions of the city.
The Chinese have the following legend
about the invention of tho fan: "The
beautiful Kau Si, daughter of a power
ful mandarin, was assisting at the feast
of lanterns, when she became overpow
ered by the heat. She was compelled to
take off her mask. But, as it was illegal
to expose her face, she held her mask be
fore it, and gently fluttered it to cool
herself. The court ladies present noticed
it, and in an instant a hundred other
hands were waving their masks. This
wa9 the birth of the fan, which to-day
takes the place of the mask in China."
The vane, or weathercock, must have
been of very early origin. An old Latin
writer calls it triton, evidently from an
ancient form. The usual form on towers
and castles was that of a banner, but on
ecclesiastical edifices it generally was a
weathercock. Thero was a symbolic
leason for the adoption of the figure of
a cock. The cross surmounted by a ball,
to symbolize the redemption of the world
by the cross of Christ; and the cock was
placed upon the cross in allusion to the
repentance of St. Peter, and as a re
minder of the important duties of repent
ance and Christian vigilance. '
Suicides by Monarch.
There have been comparatively few in
stances of suicide among tho occupants
of the thrones of modern times. The
most recent case was that of Abdul Aziz,
Sultan of Turkey, who killed himself in
June, 1870, by opening the veins of his
arm with a pair of scissors. His subjects
had rebelled against him, and the Coun
cil and Ministers had determined to re
move him and appoint his nephew Murad
as Sultan in his stead.
In 1808 Theodore, Emperor of Abyssi
nia, is said by some authorities to have
shot himself, while others assert that he
was killed in battle by the British inva
ders. On Oct. 8, 1820, Henry Christophc,
King of Hayti, in order to prevent him
self being taken prisoner by the insur
gents, who had gained ascendancy in tho
island, shot himself through the heart.
Charles VII., King of France, probably
inherited a taint of insanity from his
father, and the latter part of his life was
embittered by monomania, manifesting
itself in the apprehension that his chil
dren had conspired to poison him. Under
this apprehention he refused food for
seven days, and died of starvation near
Bourges, July 22, 1401.
Concerning the death of Richard II.,
King of England, there were at the time
various conflicting reports, and there has
continued to bo a difference of opinion
among historians. Walsingham, Otter
bourne and Peter of Blois say that he also
starved himself to death. There is a cer
tain parallel between the case of Richard
II. and that of Ludwig II. Both were
weak characters, both were deposed in
behalf of stronger aspirants to power,
both were shut up in a castle for safe
keeping, and both were reported to have
committed suicide. In tho case of the
English king, however, the weight of
the evidence perhaps favors the theory
that somo interested persons assisted iu
his taking off.
Among the ancients it appears that sui
cide was rather a popular form of death.
Many of the philosophers advocated it as
an honorable and convenient method of
ending existence, and gave a certain per
tinence to their teaching by putting it in
practice themselves.
Among the long list of the rulers of
antiquity who died by their own hand
are Nero, Cleopatra, Dido, Boadicea,
Queen of the Iceni in Britain; Otho, of
Home; Ptolemy, of Cyprus; Mithridat?,
of Pontus; Saul, of Israel; Hameses tho
Great, and Sardanapalus, of Assyria,
wh o burned himself in his palace with
his wives. Aeui York WorU.
The suicide of the deposed King Lud
wig. of Bavaria, on June 13, lttHB, is
the latest instance of a ruler's self mur
der. En.
Polite, but absent-minded bather (to
iricud up to his neck in water): "Ah,
Jones, very glad to ee yu ' Won't you
sit down?" Xie. . . -
HOME.
Two birds within one nest;
Two hearts within one breast;
Two souls within one fair
Firm league of love and prayer,
Together bound for aye, together blest.
An ear thnt waits to catch
A hand upon the latoh ;
A step that hastens its sweet rest to win.
A world of care without,
A world of strife shut out,
A world of love shut in.
Dora FernwelL
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
One kind of egg plant A chicken
farm.
For the baby there should always be a
slip 'twist tho cup and tho lip. Mer
chant Traveler.
Does it not seem strange that we
should employ contractors to enlarge)
buildings ? liambler.
Knowledge is not always power.
Every thief knows that there is plenty of
money in the banks, but bow is he to get
atitl Call. ...
With all his' experiences, his business
and in conversation the barber is not al
ways acquainted with the parts of speech.
Boston Budget.
An English champion pigeon shot an
nounces that he "will shoot any man in
America for $1,000." Let him take a
pop at Apache Chief Geronimo. IHUt
burgh Chronicle.
Landlady "The coffee, I am sorry to
say, is exhausted, Mr. Smith." Boarder
Smith "Ah, yes, poor thing; I've no
ticed that for some time it hasn't been
very strong." Sifting.
Teacher "How manv elements are
there?" Little Boy "Water, fiah.carth,
air and " . Teacher "There isn't any
other element, is there?" Little Boy
"Oh yes, there is; there's the lawless ele
ment in Chicago. Sifting.
A young man in Gainsville, Fla., sent
75 cents to a fellow in New York, who
advertised "How to make money fast,"
He received from the New Yorker the
valuable information: "Take a paper
bill and make it fast to something with
paste." The young man now feels that
life is a delusion. Savannah Netet.
A lady living "On the Hill," Rondout,
whose clock had run down tho other
night, asked a neighbor's little girl if she)
knew how to tell the time of day. "Yes,
ma'am," replied the child. "Vell,theq,
will you just run into the house and see
what time it is for me?" "Oh, I don't
know how to tell that way. I only know
how when it strikes," was the reply."
Kingston Freeman.
HEALTH HINTS.
Lard, if applied at once, will remove
the discoloration after a bruise.
A fever patient can be made cool and
comfortable by frequent sponging off!
with soda water.
For burns, Dr. Mosley declares that
balsam of copaiba is an application very
preferable to bicarbonate of soda or other
remedies which havo been-advocated.
To apply a mustard plaster so as not to
blister tho skin, mix the mustard with
the white of an egg instead of water.
The plaster will draw thoroughly with
out blistering tho most delicate skin.
Whooping cough remedy Half cup
molasses, one tablespoon castor oil, one
teaspoon spirits of camphor, half tea
spoon paregoric. Stir ingredients to
gether thoroughly and give a teaspoon
whenever a bad coughing spell comes on.
Chinese Taper Makers.
Eighteen hundred years ago tho Chi
neso made paper from fibrous matter re
duced to a pulp. Now, each province
makes its own peculiar variety. The cele
brated Chinese rice paper, that so resem
bles woolen and silk fabrics, and on
which are painted quaint birds and flow
ers, is manufactured from compressed
pith, which is cut spirally by a keen
knife into slices six inches wide and twice
as long. Funeral papers, or paper imi
tations of earthly things which they de
sire to bestow on departed friends, are
burned over their graves. They use
paper window frames, paper sliding
doors, nnd paper visiting cards a yard
long. It is related that when a distin
guished representative of the British gov
ernment visited Pekin several servants
brought him a huge roll, which, when
spread out on tho floor, proved to be the
visiting card of the Emperor.
The English Royal Family.
It costs a good deal to support Queen
Victoria and her family. Here is a list
of the amounts as near as they can be got
at in dollars: The Queen receives annually
about $3,100,000; the Prince of Wales,
$000,000; Prince Alfred,. $180,000;
Prince Arthur,! 145,000; Princess Royal,
$50,000; Princess Helena, $30,000;
Princess Louiso, $:i0,000; Priucess
Beatrice, $30,000; Duchess of Albany,
$110,000; Duchess of Cam bridge, $30, 000;
Princess Augusta, $15, 000; Duke of Cam
bridge, $110,000; Duke of Edinburgh,
$130,000; Princess Mary, $25,000;
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, $18,
000; Priuce Leiuingcn, $3,000; Prince
Victor of Hohenlohe, $10,000.
The common mocking bud will attack
dogs, cuts, hawks, crowi and buzzards
when they invade his rauj.'e. Ho is not a
forest bird, but of the fields. He prefers
an open situation and the haunts of men.
The orchard, a bedge.a solitary haw bush,
where he bus plenty of sunlight and a
breadth of view, suits him best.
It is reported that a deposit of gcuuu
meerschaum has been found ou tlio beach
near Yaquina, Oregon.