THE FOREST REPUBLICAN U published rr WedneidaT, by J. E. WENK. Offlo In Smearbaugh ft Coa Building ELM STREET, TIONE8TA, r term, DO per Year. Wo jViruertptlon rcetlTed for A hortr period hm thrr niimtli. Oornwpondenc tolleltea from til part of tha eonntrr. No nolle will bo laaau of uonrmoua nttmnn1catlons. I The railroads of this country own about 800,000 freight curs used in revenue ser vice, which represents enpitnl to the amount of nt least J 00, 000, 000. 1 Professor Palmer, of Harvard College, "who has been making nil incpiiry into the matter, find, thiit one-third of the stu dents there upend under $700 year, one half under 11.000. and three-fourths under 1,200. - The fund of 500,000, or 3,fi00,000, left by Gcorgo Pcnbody for building im proved houses for tho poor of London ha, through rent and interest, grown to 010, COS, or $4, BIS, 3 10. There nro now 5,014 sepnrato dwellings, containing 11,150 rooms, nnd tho average rent of each dwelling in less than f 1.23 a week. Professor Thomson is quoted as pre dicting that when tho means of utilizing the power of creating quick heating by electricity is better understood it will bo used in every workshop for welding, forging, and other purpo'es. It Would he well for manufacturers to watch tho progress of tho adaptation of electricity to manufacturing purposes. ' A tunnel is projected to be bored under Gray's Peak, in tho Rocky Mountains. It will bo placed 4,000 feet below tho summit of tho mountain, will be about 1!5,000 feet long, and will direct com munication lietwecn tho valleys 'in tho Atlantic slopo nnd those of tho Pacific iido, with a shortening of some 1)00 miles in tho tmnsmontnne distance. Tho JupuTu.se liuve adopted a plan for nrovidiniT tho money necessary for coast , a n - rf defences which relieves tho mass of tho jtcople of the charge nnd throws it upon tho class chiefly concerned. With tho permission of the Mikado the wealtny classes of Japan arc subscribing hums ranging all the way from $1,000 to $100, O00 fer this purpose. No sum less than f 1,000 is ncceptcd Frank O. Caqienter, of tho Cleveland Leader, reccutly cast his observant eyes on the Khedive of Egypt. Ho thinks tho Khcdivo resembles King Humbert of Italy. "He was dressed in European cos tume, save that his black hair was cov ered with a red fez cap. He wore a black f rock-eout and white vest and trousers of grsyl'h huo. llis iucn was spotless, .and I noted that his bosom was decorated with diamond studs. Ho is a well edu cated man and speaks French and Eng lish' i ,. i . . . A AAA AAA new llirKCliy iiccoa nuuni u,vuo,uou , jwstal cards a month. Chicago comes next on tho list, with about 8,000,000 cards in the samo period.- There are 4.10,000,000 postal cards manufactured annually. Tho adoption of the two cent postago did not cuuso any lessening of the use of postal cards, but checked tho growth of their uso for somo little time. That check has been overcome, nnd tho public is using more postal cards every day, tho ratio of increase being constant and steady. "The return of vessels lost or missing at sea furnishes a most terrible record," say the fit. Jamet'tGairtte. "In tho four yean from the 1st of January, 1880, to the 31st of December, 1883, 1,200 vessels foundered or wero .reported us missing, with total loss of 0,001 lives. The rec ord for the eleven years 1873-83 shows a loss of 3,153 ships, nnd iw fewer than 17,1571ivcs. An extraordinary fact with regard to these figures is tho largo excess in loss of Ufa in tho vessels reported as missing in comparison with that of tho thins known to have foundered. It is t clear that nearly six-sevenths of the loss of life is in vessels which have disap peared without 'the ken of mortal man.'" ' Three of tho largest payments on ac count of arrears of pensions which liavo ever becu made passed through the Pen- J sion Office recently. Fsaneis Patterson, 1 of the 154th Now Voik Infantry, who is totally blind, receives $13,337; Waller 8. Stephens, of the Eighty-tint Ohio In fantry, $12,340, and Jacob Dingman, of the Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry,t2,441. Patterson's claim has been pending for many years, and has been twice rejected. The application in behalf of Stephens, who is insano, was first made in 1805. Ho has been bedridden for years, and his money will go for tho benefit of relatives who have been caring for him. Ding man's application has been pending for ten years. All threo wero printers. They will receive $73 a mouth each from this time. A Russian General indulging in tho curious name of Kork, in command at Wursaw,cominittcd suicide the other day. In a note which ho li ft behind him ho stated that his son, Licuteuaut Kork, had had been arrested A short time before fcr being implicated in a conspiracy, with several of his brother officers, to kill tho Czar. "I know," added the heart-broken father, "how such criminals are treated in our country. I know what tortures they are compelled to undergo, and I fear lest my son, in a moment of weak ness, may be induced to make pretended revolutions which may compromise mo . and threaten a lifo passed in tho service of the IVur. I will not submit to such a fate and I put au end to my own existence with the solemn dcclurutiou that I have ever beeu the Emperor's fuitUXttl servant." , 7 . H VOL. XX. NO. 12. THE STONE-CUTTEPi There dwelt in far Japan, Long agos since, a man Who earned, by hammering stone, his daily food Rut discontent and dnle Lay heavy on his soul, Which craved great riches as tho only goo.l- And so the grain on high, Who sometimes bitterly Punish a man by granting nil his prayers, Gave him a mine of gnld, . nd lands to have and hold, And, by and by, breed feuls among his heirs. But soon lie, murmuring, Desired to be a king; To reign and rule ah, that were perfect bliss : Ho wearied enrth nnd air With his Incessant prayer Until the gods indulged him, even in this. His courtiers fawned and lied, And rival jxiwers, outside His realm, assailed his pence with fierce de bate, And heaviness and enre blenched gray his you thftff hair, And made him weary of his regal state. "Oh, change me to a rock !" He cried, "that no rndo shock C'nn stir, nor any strife disturb or shako!" And lo! he stood, ero lung, A bowlder, fixed mid strong. Which torrents could not move, nor tempests ureas. In vain the burning hent Of fiercest sunshine beat I ion hlshoad; in vain the storm wind smote His rugged sides; in vain Great rivers, swol'u by rain, Came roaring from their mountain caves re mote. He was at rest ; and he Kejoiced exceedingly, Baying: "No more for mo, oh, sweat release Will there bo change and woe, And wavering to and fro Since I am fixed in an eternal pence!" Put on a summer day A workman brought that way A hammer and a chisel these alono, Ho measured hero and there. And then, with patient care, Began to cut away the stubborn stone, "Ah!" said the bowlder king, What means this wondrous thing? This plodding workman snutes and conquers ino ! He cuts, as suits him best, Huge blocks from out my breast Ho is more strong than I! Would I were he!' And lo, tho powers aloft, Who had so long and oft Laughed at his follies, craved and then out grown, Again his pleading heard; H, taken at his word, Became once more a hammerer of stone! So, wiser than before And asking nothing more, Again about his olden toil he went; Until he died from ago He toiled for scanty wage, Nor over spake a word of discontent! Elizabe'.h Akcrt, in Seribner. A CONSTANT WOMAN. BV EYEt.YN THOItrE. "But, my dear Mrs. Hlair, I ask you now, is there nny common fcusc in such far-fctched, finely drawn" "Stop, stop, stop:" laughed Mrs. Jllair. "Don't say too much. In the abstract yon know as well nsl know that constancy is a very tine thing." "Oil. in tho abstract! I'm not con sidering that ut present, But" "Yes and in the concrete. Reverse the case now, y way of Argument. Imagine if you yourself were in Captain i.ow s place, suppose that mv charm ing friend Marion hud engaged herself to you " "It was not nn engagement," broke in Farmley sulkily. "Well, so near it that one may call it so. Hut I'll say nn understanding, if you sny ni incomer term, suppose, anyway, inai you nnil loveu Her " "I don't bclievo the fellow ever loved her!" Farmley ngain interrupted, pull ing savagely at his mustache. "If ho had, do you suppose he would not have i ' ii - " comeback in seven years?" Mrs. Illair tapped him on the thoulder with licr fan. . . . - ion are a Tcry lmpcmncnt young I man. Twice you havo broken in upon j what I was saying. And you wish mo to iuko an interest in your littlo affairs." "iou are a thousand times in the right pardon nic," murmured Farmley, contiiictv. ine trutu ss l am com pletely demoralized." "I was saying, then, suppose that there had been u tenderness between Marison Dcnnison and vou, nnd that you had gouo away ami she had not be able to keep faithful to vou for a few years, Would you have thought constancy iu that case a far-fetched, finely drawn notion f" Farmley chatcd silently. "It is not the same thing," )io laid, at last. "ISisnlea, seven years ' "Oh, it is not? Mrs. Blair threw her self back, showing all her still pretty teeth. "Oh, you men; you are very amusing nt limes! The truth is, vou don't understand anything about fidelity j it's un unknown quantity iu yourselves (or no quantity ut all), and youuin never admire it in the other sex unless you per sonally ate the object of it." "So you will uot help me wiih Miss Dcnnison f" Farmley asked, appealinirlv. "Well, I won't say that," Mrs. Bla'ir responded, getting up and walking the length of her pretty drawing room. "I like you, und I am dcurly fond of Marion. 1 thiuk you are very well suited to each other, and I really should like to see you married. Still, if the girl will persist in cherishing her love for the man who took her fancy year.-; ugo, I don't see much that 1 can say. In the abstract, I repeat, the sentiment is admirable and rare, and it does Marion very great honor." "Bah! She was only a child when sho met that fellow. Her feeling for him is a pure chimera, based on a schoolgirl's romantic illusion. "Uo dress for dinner, my dear boy, und put on a fresh humor before you ap peur agaiu," .Mrs. Blair admonished him, and left the room. Mrs. Blair'i.- house was A delightful one to visit, and it wns never so delightful TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1887. as when her guests, always well chosen with respect to harmony ana sympainy of tastos, were assembled about her own gracious littlo person in the large dining room, whoso generous bny Window opened upon the flush of sunset, tho long shadows over the lawn, the glimpse oi n curve of shining Hvcr nnd soft blue ridge of hills beyond. But this evening tho little compnny was out of tune. Marion Dcnnison looked pale nnil grave, Karmley (nice fellow ns ho was usually, Mrs. Itlair said to herself indignantly) was silent nnd morose, or only otcited himself out of couit-!sy to his hostess. 'lteallv. voting people nro very tire some when they fall in love," thought Sirs. Illair. "And when nro nicy not falling in love?-' After dinner Mn. Blair gave Furmlcy permission to light his cigar, nnd, taking Marion Dennison's nrm, went out upon the gravel walk nt the back of the house, where cnnirs nan ucen piacca, ana joineu him. The dusk was full of sweet smells of flowers nnd herbage, nnd there was a pale light abroad, mingling with the fad ing daylight, and emanating froin a yet unriscn moon. "I wish you would sing something," Mrs. Blair said to the girl. Marion Dcnnison sang as no else sang. She had a low mezzo soprano voice, in finitely sweet and clear and thrilling, hut not powerful. It had been trained, but not overtrained. She Sang ns natu rally and freely as A bird sings, and as effectively and simply without itoconv panimcnt as witi one. She hud what the French call tears in her voice. There was an intense pathos in some of her notes. She was neveclmore charming than when she sang, and&Vj was always charming. Mrs. Illair, as she listened to the liquid tones and watched the girl s delicate, spiritual fare, acknowledged toherself that Ambrose Farmley' infatuation was not an unreasonable thing. Ambrose Farm Icy himself, throwing one nrm over tho back of his garden chair, Allowed his cigar to go out, and pulled at his mous tache, with his fine eyes glowing with resentful passion at his enchantress, whilo she, her head thrown up a littlo and her hands clasped loosely in her lap, seemed lost to nil things sublunary. Was sho thinking of that handsome, dashing, ab sent English lover of hers, who had cap tured her young heart when yet it was in its early teens, nnd whom she had given Farmley to understand she had promised never to forget? A servant came-out of tho house and nppronchod Mrs. Blair apologetically. 'A gentleman: tno saiu low, in an swer to his whisper. Marion stopped singing. " here is t no gentleman f" "In the littlo reception room, ma'am." When Mrs. Blair had departed there fell nn embarrassed silence between the two young people. The moon was now up, and it cast a pearly radiance lull on Miss Dennison's blonde head and othercal face. She seemed to her impassioned lover too beautiful and delicate and good for this earth and its rough uses. A moonbeam could not be more intangible nor cooler than bIic had been to him. This very evanescent, poetic charm of hers enthralled him seemed to meet a want of his nature which no other wo man had ever vet remotely touched. He leaned abruptly forward, and Her startled, dovc-liko eyes rested on his pallid visage. ".Miss Dcnnison, I shall go away to-nnrrow." "Uo away;" she murmured. "You see, I can't stop here, and be with you constantly after what I said to you yesterday." They both colored a little, but eacn was too mucn moved to notice tho fact in the other. "And so I had best go away. But I wish you to know that 1 shall never change, and that if ever if you " "Marion, dear!" called Mrs. Blair from the house. Marion rose with a little agitated glance toward Family, who had put out Tiis hand. "5?ay good-bye now, won't you?" he stammered huskily, lie looked very handsome and devo'.cd and miserable standing there, and she impulsively laid her tiugcrs in his. He held them in a close grip, and ut last she had to tear them away. When she entered the little reception room she had A heightened color. A gentleman sat talking to Miss Blnir a large, red-faced, middle-aged man with a resonant voice. At her entrnnco he started to his feet nnd walking rapidly up to'her seized both her hands. "Marion 1 Well, well, well !" ho cried, jovially. "I declure ! Why I llu, hu, ha 1 Bless mc if the child knows me ! So forgetful as that, Marion ? Incon stancy, thy name is woman ?" Mrs. Blair hud risen with the intention of leaving the room. But dismay rooted her feet to the spot. Sho expected the words which fell the next second from Marion's white lips, vet she could scarcely credit that she had heard them aright when they cume: "This is Captain I.ow, Mrs. Blair." Tho captain bowed gallantly, and the exertion lucreiucd tho ruddiness of his complexion. "I have hud tho pleasure of talking some minutes with Mrs. Bluir," he cried. "Fancy, Miss Dcnnison" some intui tion had evidently warned him to ad dress her hereafter in that form "I only knew of vour whereabouts by A mere chance this morning. I've a cousin liv ing in ew oik now, and I asked him if he had ever met you. He knew some one who in turn knew Mrs. Bluir, and he happened to have heard that a Miss Ma rion Dcnnison was stopping with her. I expected to find you inui ricd.you know," this interesting personage went on iociilurlv; "I never expected to meet you again by the old name, llu, ha! Well. I said to myself : 'Old boy, since we have a few days in this part of the world, we'll just run down thero and sec if it is the same Marion Dcnnison.' I'm off to San Francisco again Suturday week. I always like to hunt up my old friends. It doesn't always happen thnt one meets them looking so lollv. though, ho sub joined, with au admiring glance straight into tho girl's face. "Meeting people you've known is beastly disappointing most of the time." "You have left the service, Captain Low r "Bless mc soul, yes! Left it years ago. I've been into every quarter of the globe since, too, sheep farming iu Australia un 1 in Colorado, und a little of everything clso eveiy where." Again he ended iq with hia laugh, which set Miss Blair'i every nerve a uuivcr. Marion sat as while as murblo and as motionless. She must say something, Mm, Blair fult. The R EP only way to force her into doing so seemed to bo to leave her alone with her l visitor. As she succeeded in vanishing from the room Marion sent a look of be wildered appeal after her. "Outside the closed door Mrs. Bluifr clasped her hands tojicr head with a sin cerely dramatic nction. What should she do? Ask that unspeakably vulgar man to remain over uightf Unless he cut his visit very short he would miss the last train to town ; and it was not in mc least likely that ho would cut it short. As soon ns her back was turned he would probably begin making love to Mnrion. lie certainly looked ns though ho wanted to. llis open glances had expressed enough admiration other. What had he expected to find? - A shrivclcd-Up, passe woman? Did he think every one retrograded ns he must have done slnco Mnrion first had met him? But, of course, he was not conscious of his own abomi nablencss. It occurred to Mrs. Blair to nsk Fnrmlcy's advice as to this dilemma. But a second thought suggested the in delicacy of such action in view of Farm ley's own feelings and the shock tho in telligence of tho Captain's arrival would be to hiin. Mechanically, however, Mrs. Bluir hud walked to the back door. From there she saw thnt Farmley was no longer sitting under tho moonlight on the gravel sweep. The little group of chairs stood empty. At that moment the servnnt enmo up to her again with A note on tho salver. "Front Mr. Farmley, mn'nm. He ex cused himself to you for leaving in such A hurry." "For leaving?"' repeated Mrs. Blair, very much vexed. u 1 . .. , . ........ ,1. a nnln Tliim wnm OHU lull! UlU uviv. miu Oily a few words. Farmley had hastily packed ins vanse ana waikcii on 10 mo station to catch the last train. It had been a sudden determination on his part. Mrs. Blair would understand his feci' ing. He had spoken to Miss Dcnnison anew, and as things stood it was painful nnd embarrassing for them to meet again. With her unfailing indulgence and ner great kindness and long friendship for him, of which he was all unworthy, he hoped Mrs. Blair would forgive him. ... .-i, i: .1. - Mie was sun reiuung uie noiu iieu the door of the reception room abruptly opened, nnd Cnptuin came out, very red in the face. He bowed shortly to tho lady, and striding straight to the front door, disappeared. Mrs. Bluir went into tho room, und Marion tnrcw nerscii into her arms nnd burst into a storm ol tenrs, "Ho wanted ho wanted " but she could get no further. "Wanted to renew his engagement with you? The brute '."cried Mrs. Blair, oblivious of the fact thnt tho person thus denominated hnd been the unapproach able idcnl of all her friend's youug years; Marion sobbed on as though sho could not sob enough. Mrs. Bluir held her sympathetically in her arms, and every now nnd then cooed enressingly down upon her head. But the chief thought in her mind all tho time was: "What a fool Ambrose was to start off just now 1" In the courso of n couple of months, when indeed tho maples nnd elms wero nflush all over Mrs. Blair's place, and the evening grew short and coolj and the mistress of the domain was beginning to think of returning to town, Far;aley re ceived a letter. "Mind, I don't promise anything," A part of it tan. "But I think, if you know how to go nbout the matter, you stand A tuir chance. I nm going to keep her with mo until next week, when wc urettk up; Sho has been with me all summer, and I've hud a great many people in the house on nnd off, but she has taken no apparent interest in nny of them. You had better come out next Saturday and stay over Sunday here. The country is beautiful. Remember that I have promised nothing. She would be furious poor Marion! if she knew I had written to you. She has grown paler and thinner, poor girl, but I think that only makes ner iook sweeter than ever. We shall see what you can do." Tho following Snturday Mis. Blmf herself met Farmley nt the station nnd drove him lip ill her low trap. She found him, too, looking paler and thinner. But sho would not in any way satisfy his anxious inquiries. "I have helped you as much as I can," she said. "The rest is for you to do." Then she smiled a little to herself. In point of fact, she had not tho smallest doubt of the outcome of this little bit of manoeuvring on her part. When they got to the house no one was in sight. Farmley, ns ho assisted Mrs. Blair in her descent from the curt.trcrabled visibly. He could not articulate a word. Mrs. Blair led the way through the house, and then ubruptly opened the door of the little reception room. Marion, who was there, wheu she saw the luce hem ml Mrs. Blair s shoulder, turned crimson as the bunch of Autumn leaves at her belt and started to her feet. Farmley, utterly overcome, paused on the threshold. Mrs. Bluir, amused nt once anil impatient wun the whole performance of these two youug people, who wero dying to be good to each other, pusncd nun in quicKiy.anu then she closed tho door upon them. Nan York Mercury. A Fiffht With a Mountain John Woods is working on ranch in Colorado. lie hud Lion. a cattle been at 1. ulnar, Col., nnd whilo on his way to the ranch, some thirty miles distant, was attacked by a mountain lion, llu was riding along on his Uorso and mo non jumped down on him from a bluff, knock ing him off on one side of tho horse nnd the lion fulling on the other. Mr. Woods urosc as quickly as possible and shot ut the lion with a Winchester rifle, but missed him. It came at him and he then pulled his revolver and shot it twice be fore it got to him, both shots tuking effect in the head. Ho then retreated a few steps and fired agaiu, and the animal fell mortully wounded. Mr. Woods was so badly hurt thut immediately after tiring the last shot ho fainted, and did uot regain consciousness until he was carried to the- house by some of tho ranchmen, who had been attracted to the scene by the firing. The liou toro Mr. Wood's coat and vest and shirt into shreds, and scratched his shoulder pretty badly. llis shoulder is also sprained and his side hurt, and it will be some time bcfoie ho is ulilu to resume bis duties. The graves of Wendell Phillips and his wife, ut Milton Cc.-.ver, Mass., are nu marked by any monument whatever. , UBLICAN SIOUX AGAINST PAWNEES, k CHIEF'S STORY OF A GREAT INDIAN FIGHT. riio Pawnee Surprised by the ftloux nnd Slaughtered A Message Hent by I lie Prisoners. The Sioux Chief Bed Shirt, who is with tho Wild West show at the American exhibition in London, has been inter viewed. The following are extracts from the report of tho interview: "Did you never sec isullalo litii until you joineu this show?" "Yes, I saw him long ago; but we never spoke until n littlo while since, All the men of the Sloitx nation know Buffalo Bill by reputation. The first tune I saw him was at the tight at War Barnard Creek, when the white men wero too many for tho poor Indians. It was twelve or thirteen years ngo; but (and here his bloodshot eyes twinkled ominously) thnt fight I can see now. Buffalo Bill in the struggle killed Yellow Hand, a great Indian brave, and took his scalp. I tried to fight my way to the while man to revenge my brother, and al though we not very near I could not reach him. Had wc met one would have died. But the soldiers were encire ing us; five of our men were shot down, and we fled. Then wc would have killed each other; but now Wc have the snmO heart, and wo nro brothers. Colonel Cody is awfully good to mc nnd my people." Asked if there was any other fight in which ho was engaged, Bed Shirt re plied: Y'cs; I will tell yon of a great light of the Sioux nation with the Pawnees, who wero always bad Indians. They had met our people on the hunt nnd killed them ; they had attacked our villages and carried away our squaws nnd children, and their young braves came like serpents in the grass and stole away bur horses. The Sioux nation offered to make a treaty of peace with the Pawnees, but the bad Indians refused, nnd the grand council of the Sioux sat. down to discuss how we should punish these bnd people, nnd every Chief there spoke for going on the war path. Then we made ready to tight. It is fifteen yenrs ngo, and I was a young Chief then ; but my father, who wns a great Chief, was on j the war path, and 1 was eager to prove myself a great warrior in his eyes. I collected my young men and we set out, I altogether 1,300 strong, under sixteen l biir Chiefs. The most exneiienccd lunula weiu m'lii uu ivvu uun iiuuiii iu advance to scout, and scouts were thrown out on every side to guard against sur prise. For eight days our brave matched against the enemy, nnd then some spies came back nnd told us tiint they hud found the Pawnee village. Many of tho Puwnee brnvVs were on A big hunt, but nearly nil the remainder of the tribe were at the village. We gathered round the"" camp without being discovered, and the great Chiefs told the young men how tho battle was to be fought. Not till the signal was given for ut tuck did the Puwnee find out their enemies wero near. Some of i UUL IIIU1I UIIUIII119 WVIU Ultll' ITVlllO the Pownoca wore cowards, and ran be- ' . fore we got into the village, but the ma jnrity stayed to fight for their wlgwnm and to die for them. They were sur prised, nnd in one great dash we cleared their lodges and wigwams. 1 was nrmed with a long speflr. Nearly all our braves had spears and boWs and arrows, but many had guns, too. I ran to a young Chief who stood to guard his lodge. He was A brave und a good warrior, but he fell before my spear, and his scalp adorned my belt. Near by, four Paw nee braves stood in a bunch nnd made n rrcnt fight ngainst the attacks of some of our young men. I joined them, nnd with my long spear I killed each one of those four braves, and their scalp I added to the one already on my belt. Then tho fight was almost done. The Pawnees left niivo tried to got to their fust horses, but our young men were too quick for them. It wus a running tight, and they were sculped almost as they ran, I met three women running for the horses. Two wero Armed wilh knives and one with a club: but 1 killed all three. I did not take their hair. A brave boasts not of killing women, and a woman's scalp adorns not a Chief's lodge. There was no hesitation About killing their women and children. They had killed ours, anil revenge is sweet, to the red man. All, however, were not killed, for we took thirty-six squaw prisoners and carried them back to the Sioux camp, where wc were hailed with shouts of victory, for we had brought back with us over five hundred scalps to show that theso bad Indians hnd been punished. Besides, we had nil their horses and stores and trophies to make glad the hearts of our squaws. The tight took place iu the southern part , of the Big Beaver; but the white maul holds that land now, and the Indian has gone nearer the setting stin. Another grand council was held on our return, when we Agreed to send the thirty-six prisoners back to their tribe for we felt sonic pity for them then mounted on our best horses and loaded with presents, and the message we sent with them was that we tried to make a treaty with them, but they would not listen to our words, nnd they continued to attack our people and steal our horses. Now we had killed all we could find except the women, and these wc sent back to tell them how we punish bad Indians who interfere with the Sioux nation. Four Bird Stories. A bird Was noticed fluttering about A tree about to be sold in the market in Troy. An examination disclosed iu the brunches the ucst of a lark wilh five eggs in it. A big hawk swooped down on one of Robert Brodie's fat hens ut Tabernacle township, S. C, whereupon Mrs. Brodie taught it and wrung its neck. The recent burning of tho Puterson (X. .1.) Iron Works is attributed to the English sparrow. The spurrows have beeu noticed carrying straw and other inflammable stuff and building their nests among the girders, und it is I lieved that the sparks lodging iu these nests caused the lire. A tainu magpie, belonging to a lady of Leeds, England, is uccusioincd to receive dainty Utile bits from the lips of its fair owner. Recently it horrified the lady when, perching upon her shoulder, us usual, und inserting its beak between her lips, it dropped uu immense green, fat caterpillar into her mouth, us a grateful reeiproi ut .on, ' S1.50 PER ANNUM. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. Care of Presorted Fruit. Keeping fruit of any kind depends on three-things. It must be sound to begin with. A speck of decay or acid change will develop ferment in a kettle of fruit. Second, the jars or cans must bo air tight. The object of steaming the fruit is to expel the air and arrest the change in the juice, w hich would naturally pro ceed to ferment. Air penetrates in finer ways than we can discern nnd needs much less than the crevice of ft hair or a pin's point to enter and spoil tho con tents. Glass that is free from cracks or air-blubbles, . wcll-gluzcd stoneware free from flaws, yellow-ware, or strong, dark earthen jnrs will keep the fruit from the nir, provided it is sealed with putty, wax, or bladder soaked and left to skrink on the mouth of the pars. Cons with screw tops nnd rubber rings are apt to have slight defects which prevent Per fect sealing and cannot bo depended on without wax. Third, the jars must lie kept in a dry, dark, cool place, very little above frcez inir. A shelf in a furnace-warmed cellar or store-room opening from a kitcken is not the puico to preserve mnt. i: may bo put u n in the best manner and yet spoil through keeping in the light or where it is not cool, uiass cans snouiu be wrntmcd in paper, buried in sand or sawdust, or kept in dark closet. Packed with plenty of chuff, dry sand, or saw dust, or dry sifted ashes, most preserves will stand freezing weather without in- jury,but each can needs nt least six inches of non-conducting material aoout n on nil sides for production. A pit on one side of the cellar, dug below the reach of frost and lined with boards, with straw or ashes between them and its walls, will keep preserves from heat or freezing. A pit dug in the cellar four feet below tho level of its floor, well drained and lined as nbovc, will prove the best place for 4eeping small quantities of preserves, f.iough for a single family. Chicago ltcclpcs. Tomato Pkeseiives. To have t'ood preserves the tomatoes should be about a third ripe. Remove the skin with a very sharp knifd, for the thinner the peel ing the more whole the tomatoes will re- majn. p0ur into a preserving kettle (.noh wnter to cover the bottom an inch deep. Measure the tomatoes and put them into the kettle ; add ns much sugar us tomatoes, and let them cook slowly for several hours. The syrup must bo thick and the preserves a rich brown. PiiKsEnviso RiiuBAnn, or Pin Plant. Peel nnd cut in small pieces, cover it with boiling water, let it stand five min utes, then pour oil all the water and put tho rhubarb on tho fire in a kettle with a little water, nnd a cupful of sugar to each bowlful of tho fruit. After it has boiled slowly for ten minutes, put into glass jars, and seal whilo hot. Glass is better than tin for rhubarb, which ia very acid and may attack the tin. Arri.E CiiAiti.oTTE. Butter a deep I , ,. , 1 dish thickly Cut smooth slice of bread 1 V.nt i-ttli lmttir nnd linn and spread" them with butter, nnd line tho bottom nnd sides of the dish. Fill it with sliced sour npples. Sprinkle each layer of apples with brown sugar and any spico you prefer, also a few small bits of butter. Soak somo slices of bread for a minute in milk or water; lay them on tho top and cover them with a plate that will fit close, and lay a weight upon that. Bake 2 J hours iu a moderate oven. It should tuin out whole, into another dish. Serve with cold sauce. Bkkf Scallop. Two cups of cold underdone roast beef, one cup of raw potatoes, cut into dice, two beaten eggs, mustard, pepper, salt and a tcaspoonful of fituiy minced onion, one cupful of gravy or stock. Peel and cut the toma toes, lay them in cold water for half an hour, drain, cover them with boiling salted waterand stew gently ten minutes; drain off tho water, udd the gravy and the beef chopped fine; cook slowly for ten minutes, turn into a bowl, beat iu tho eggs, the onion, suit, and mustard, put into A greased bako dish, strew crumbs on topj bake covered hulf an hour, then brown. Blackhkhry Jkllv. Use only per fect fruit, boil till tender in enough wa ter keep the berries from burning. Strain through a flannel jcjjy bag, pressing out nil tho juice. Struiu two or three times through a clean cloth, return the juice to a clean preserving kettle; for every pint of juice nllow a pint of sugar und tho beaten white of nu egg for the whole. Boil rapidly for twenty minutes, count ing from the time it begins to boil. H is well to test it by putting a few drops in a tin on tho ice. When done run through the idly bag. If the first drip ping is not entirely clear, return to the htraincr until it runs clear. Put the jelly into glasses when it has become firm, cut out little papers to tit the top, dip them in brandy, and put over the jelly. Place over these larger papeis, brushed over with tho whitcof an egg; press the edges against the side of the glasses to exclude the air. These directions appiy to uiu making of nearly all jellies. Australia. Australia first became kuown to Eu peans in the beginning of the seven teenth century. Though a vague outline of land in this portion of the Southern Ocean appears upon the map of some Por tuguese uuvigator dated 1343, the first real discovery was probably made by the Dutch in KiDtl, when the Captain of tho yacht Duyfkcn, sent out from Bantam to explore a part of the coast of New Guinea, saw the northern shove of the continent at a distance. The tame year Tones, Strait was named from a Portuguese navi gator who sailed through it. Iu 1016, Hartog, a Dutch Captain, came upon the west coast of Australia and culled it Endrachtslaiid, from the name of his ship. From this time other parts of the west coast were discovered, lu lo'-i'-J the l.ecuwin discovered the south coasted Capo leeuwiu, aud shortly after Van Nuysts sailed from that cape on the south coast to Spencer's Gulf. DeWitt's Laud and Carpentaria, in North Austra lia, were ulso discovered by Dutch tra ders Captain Cook, in 1"?0, discov ered No .-..mill Wales and Botany Bay, 1.1,1, ,,: no culled bv Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist of the expedition, from tins llorul display which its plain afforded. Iu 17H8 thu first English colony was established in New South Wales, at ) first pcual iitUmeut, RATES OF AD VERT 191 NO. One Square, on Inch, one lnertloo. I On Square, on Inrli, one montb ....... i 00 One Square, one Inch, three month...... .mr w One Square, one Inch, on re .WO Two Square, one year w Qtmrter Column, one rear. 0 Half Column, one year 00 One Column, one year .....100 99 Iwal adrertHemente ten cent per line aeh lo ertlen. Marriage and death notice fraM. All bllli for yearly adrertiMment eoHetUd qnar. Irrly. Temporary adTerUime most B palO la adrance. Job work cuk o itUnrf. THE SHORE OF LIFE. " h Two children stood by the see, of life Watching the wove break on the shore, Reckoning little what care and strife What ceaseless toil and boundless woe Life's mighty billow In endless flow Upon their dark, grim bosoms bore. II. T o lovers wandered along the strand And the billows sang them a gladsome song, Heart bound to heart, hand clasped in hand, No sorrow, no suffering, grief nor care But the dnrk grim billows like syrens fnir With the happy lovers laughed loud and long. III. An aged couple bended and gray Looked over life's sea from the other side, What did the distant billows say? Grief left behind, no more sad tears, But the peaceful shore of life'send appears Nearer and nearer with every tide. HUMOR OF THE DAY. A knotty question Whom shall we marry 1 Merchant- Tratehr. Tho cheapest thing in straw hats fhi season is tho head of a dudo. Picayune. According to nn eminent English authority a gitose lives fifty years. It then becomes a boarding houso delicacy. Xurth A mericitn. Elevator youth (inquiringly') "Suito sixteen. missJ" St. Louis miss (blush ing) "No, only fifteen last January." JJarcard L'tmjioon. There is one admirable feature about a wire fence. The patent medicine mau can't pain't a legend on it in regard to his liver cure. l'uck. The recent cyclones nro said to have 'moved "on a parabolic curve." Thnt is evidently the difference between n cyclone nnd a tornado, which moves on dia bolic straight line. Chicago Journal. An intelligent fire engine ran against a Chicago Alderman and broke his jaw. In the excitement nttendant upon such a feat, people forgot to inquire how bndly the engine was hurt. Omaha Herald. The towels used in tho Treasury De partment have the monogram "V, S. T. D." woven in the center of f&n. It i supposed to stand for "Uncomfortably Small and Terribly Dirty." Wcuhington Critic. ' A Dakota man recently got $30 dam ages from a railroad company whoso line runs through his farm, llis claim was that the trains were so long in passing across his fields thnt they injured tho crop to that amount by shading it. DaloUi Veil. Although there is no reason why there should be less stability in financial affair in summer than iu winter, it is a fact, nevertheless, that after a crowd of boys who have been in swimming leavo the water there is usually a run on a bank. Bonton Courier. Tho Porters or Constantinople. Another curiosity of Constantinople, which docs not excite disgust, but, on tho contrnrv.u surprise ukin to admiration is thehamci, or porter. His name, which has in Arabic the samo origin as thut of camel, describe him quite well. He is, in fact, a camel without the hump; but this hump is, however, moro or less rep resented b-ia large liMithercuJuon rest- on his buck, nnd iiJfflvTijtfTuIT oilmen, .moreover, mc i a-Kisi--juici has the sobriety, the patience, And tho strength of the camel. ' The French proverb: "As strong as A Turk," must have been suggested by tho sight of this burden-carrying bipid, whoso back is strong enough to bear frightful loads. One hardly dares to tell ot somo of their feats of muscle, for fear of being considered a booster. Here are two, how ever, : One day when I changed my lodgings, I hint three men come to remove my piano. They tied it jip tirinlvjntn straps. Then two el tlimu wcut away, and the third, stooping uown, raised the piano, nnd placing it uion his back, carried it a distance that took moro than three quarters of un hour. On On other occasion I met a hamel who was currying "upon his back an enormous culash, the wheels and axlctrees of which hud been taken off aud fastened to one sidu of the vehicle. The only thing wanting wus tho two horses on his arms. The passers-by, Accustomed as they were to theso prodigies of strength, stopped to see this diminutive Hercules welk py who disappeared under his loud, takli' nn even und easy step, nnd uttering u. the same time the word "guarda." The frugality of the hatmi is equally surprising. Who knows but it is one of the secrets of his strength? Ho never cats any cooked food, except a littlo rice, and a kind of soft and insipid sea-cracker, called jiide in Turkish, and taking the place of brc.nl. His ordinary food con sists of cucumbers, which ho eats with the skin on, salad without salt or season ing, nnd uucooked-oulou. Cvwtopoltlan. Cut and Engle. While two residents of Galena, III., were driving through Southern Wiscon sin recently, they wituessed, near Arena, a fierce tight between a bald-headed eaglu and a largo tomcat. The "proud bird of the mountains' had attacked tho cut while hunting in the field, ana suo- led in fastening its talons into tho iiuimul's buck, when the battle immedi ately began und was continued amid ter rific yowls of the Cat und tlio screams oi tho eagle. It was a sort of catch-as-cateh-coilld contest, und while it con tinued tho feathers and the Mr new mien and fast. The cat wus too heuvy lor uiu 'lo to fiy with, but it fciiccccucu iu .... i .!. lr- 1O0 raising it several uiuen iu mu ... feet or more at each effort, but the at- mpts to get away with its prey were i- lile, ii the weight ot me cat uuu y lerce struggle lor Hie luvariumj o,u..... the eagle to the ground again, wiiere i" battle was related Willi ucariy wo result, la the final bout, wh'C, took place on terra tirmu, the eagle iIjuw up Urn sponge uud flew luboi'ously across the river, whilo the c-.c, much v.omed, made tracks us rapidly us possible away from the scene of the battle. 9 Always. A luw v jko, And afiu-iidly I'",, In the l ibs, 'und lauliter mellow, Is uuver Is'd, Hut a iniui is in" U it's not uu to oijw Ji
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