The Forest Republican. (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, August 03, 1887, Image 1

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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3, 1887.
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4nQlUDlCAltODt.
' Congressman William D. Kclley Is dc
lighted with the resources of the new
South. In his opinion Anniston, Aln., is
nn ideal in dust rial centre, while sections
of Georgia, Alabnmaand Tennessee nre as
rich ns Pennsylvania in mineral wealth.
The latest show winilow attraction in
New York Is animals. The electric
dummies that thump on the window g"nsi
to attract one's attention arc being supple
mented in places by parrots that call to
customers, squirrels that keep a cage
buzzing, and ono hat store keeps a
Brazilian lizard that wiggles his tail anil
blinks.
An Indianapolis colored barber is
credited with eating, at ono sitting,
seven pounds of roast beef, forty-five
pounds of vegetables, a pone of corn
bread, a loaf of wheat bread, four pies
and six glasses of iced tea. Commenting
upon this alleged performance, the Haiti
more Herald says that, "ns a rule, the
Indianapolis reporter is nn able-bodied
liar."
Lieutenant Dudley Mills.of tho British
army, in a recent expedition to Shnng
Tung, China, discovered the sculptured
stones near Chiasiang, which he was the
first foreigner to visit. The inscriptions
and figiyos nro cut on (ho walls of tombs,
and are mainly devoted to the illustra
tion of moral precepts. They are said to
be seventeen centuries old, Biid the first
description of theiu was given by n Chi
nese scholar of the twelfth century.
The mortality of tho globe has recent
ly been completed ns follows: Per min
ute, sixty-seven ; per day, 97,7110; pel
year, :).!, 0:i!t,8:!-". The number of birth'
per year is about :l(i, 7112,000; nnd pcrdaj
about 100,000. This makes about three
births more per minute than deaths. II
tho population of tho glob goes on In
creasing at this rate of about a million
and a quarter per year, mankind will be
obliged to son hing out tho sign of
"Standing Hom Only 1"
The Philadelphia Pre has been mak
ing a chemical examination of the output
pf Philadelphia bakeries. The result is
startling. The amount eliminate of lead
used in coloring cakes and buns by the
Quaker City linkers is astonishingly large.
Speaking of tho chemist's report, the
Vest says: "It shows that even at this
season of the year, when eggs nre cheap,
nnd tho inducement to the substitution
of lead dye is largely removed, tho poi
sonous material was found in six out o(
twenty-four cases." From May, 1884, to
May, 1887, eleven deaths have occurred
in a certain locality in Philadelphia which
are now believed to have been caused by
poisoned food sold by a baker, who is tc
be prosecuted at once on the charge ol
homicide. That so many persons should
have fallen victims lo lead poisoning is
not strange. Tho effect of a compara
tively small qu mtity of eliminate of lead,
or chromo yellow, ns it is cnllod, on the
human system is fatal.
Valley City, Dakota, claims the greatest
prodigy iu music in tho Northwest. It is
Blanche Itamcr, the four-year-old daugh
ter of E. T. Knmer. Sho plays on the
organ or piano stric tly by note,and reads
the notes With surprising rapidity and ac
curacy, and always counts her own time
when playing. ' Her knowledge and ob
servance in the playing of rests, dots,nc
cidcntals, and iu fact all tho characters
used in music is unsurpassed by any play
er. Her first nppearanco upon tho stage
occurred recently iu tho opera house be
fore tho largest crowd over gathered in
tho city, which audience sho entertained
by a solo on the piano. Blanche's np
pearanco upon the stage was greeted
' with loud and extended applause, when
she whs lifted to the piano stool and de
liberately executed, without a single mis
takeor hesitation, to the astonishment of
everybody present, a charming solo, then
retired amid tho cheers of the audience
to a little rocking chair with tho dignity,
grace and composure that would do
honor to Patti.
A party of treasure-seekers, backed by
several Philadelphia capitalists, have
chartered the schooner William P. Orr
for a period of six months to look for
000,000 Spanish doubloons, which they
assert are buried off tho Delaware capes
on the English privateer Do Braak, which
sank in 1708. A Eondou lawyer has
been at work for six months past in look
ing tip from Euglish records in London
thrill particulars of tho foundering of
tliije Brink, nnd has furnished to the
parties interested the minutest details of
the craft. It seems that the vessel had
been privateering ou the Spanish main
and hud captured two galleons loaded
with the precious coin, w hich was lodged
in the lockers of the Do Braak for ship-
..,. e T-..,.i v..,.f fniln,i(.rpii
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in a, gale, however, before she could
make the Delaware capes in safety. The
experienced divers, with all necessary
appuratus, steam boilers, pumps and a
party of ten men, will accompany the
schoouer, and work will bo started im
mediately. A powerful tug will be char
tered to remain by the schooner to tow
her to the Delaware Break wuter w hen
the sea shall become to heavy for work,
and to assist in moving the divers about
in their work in the water, which is not
less than fifty feet Jeep. I
A SUMMER SO NO.
Ol spirit of tho summertime!
Bring back tlie roses to the dells,
The swallow from her distant clime,
The honey -Ikw from drowsy cells,
n.
Bring bark tho friendship of the sun,
The glided evenings calm and late,
When merry children homeward run,
Anil pooping stars bid lovers wait.
Bring back tlie singing and the scent,
Of meadow lands at dewy prime;
01 bring again my heart's content.
Thou spirit of the summertime.
Irish J'imes,
HOW AM ASA SNOW GOT ON
HIS FEET.
Amasa Snow sat in his little law office,
his feet on the top rim of his stove, nnd
his stove full of wood and red hot. His
oflice was about a rod from his house,
and quite near the high wooden gate
lending into the village street. Over the
door lend, "Prothoniitary nnd Attomcy-at-law."
It was a huge, faded sign in
black letters; one could not go by Amnsa
Snow's ollicc nnd not know of the busi
ness of its occupant. The trouble
with tho sign was it was nut alluring
enough. bqu'uo Slayton, down the
street, w ith a very small sign and over a
gio cry store, and without a big white
house, and a family name nnd connec
tion Squire Slayton somehow got all
the business there was going on in Kast
Chcstcrvillc. Amnsn Snow sat tilted back
in bis wooden arm-chair, pulling his long
chin I card, scratching the few gray hairs
in his sloping gray head, and trying to
conjure up some new scheme by which
ho could beat Slayton again, nnd defer the
foreclosure sale. He had deferred it five
times on one excuse and another; but
Slayton had hun this time; there was no
help for it. Tho old place would have to
be sold the old plai e where his boyhood
had been passed until he went to college,
and wheie he had lived ever since, and
seen bis mx gills grow up about him.
His six motherless girls! He len'hcd
down and broke a splinter off a bit of
pine-wood by the stove, nnd began to
chew hard on it. Whnt would become
of the girls? Every one n beauty in hi
eyes; every one worthy of marrying tho
Governor of tho State. How could he
tell theiH that the sale ,of their old home
could be postponed no longer; that every
devise and trick, nnd every legal quibble,
had been tried nnd tried again? He dared
not tell tho girls. He lyoked out
of the winilow; it was raining. An April
shower, to be sure, with the pro-peel of
a golden sunset later on, .but making
everything outside under the trees look
very muddy nnd dismal. Amasa Snow
felt very much depressed. Fate appeared
to lie ngainst him.
There were his law books a couple of
thousand dingy calf volumes, not kept up
to date the inheritance from the judge,
his father, but even the law books were
'chaltelcd,' as they said, i. lnort
gnged, quite beyond their value. Every
thing he had, in fact, was mortgaged.
He had come this wet April day to the
end ol things, rscxt week enmc tlie sale,
He felt like saying the deluge. He had
not enough money to take hi in and his
family out West.
That was his plan to go West. He
hardly felt his fifty years. He felt young
nnd energetic when he thought of the
West. By-thc-by, there was his brother,
Elisha his brother who in his youth was
so like him. He was West in Cali
fornia. He had not seen him for twenty
years. The Inst he had heard from him
was a request to tend ou a hundred dol
lars. That was five yenrs ago. He had
sent him fifty, nnd nothing had been
heard from Elisha since, except his name
endorsed across tlie back of the ( hock,
showing that he had received tlie money.
No, it was clear that Elisha could
never help him. Elisha had caused him
to loose several thousand dollars once in
a mine. Elisha's name was always a
great bugbear in his family sini e. No,
Elistro could not be expected to help
him. Stay! An idea. A masa Snow be
gan to poke tho red hot fire vigorously.
It was a bleak raw day, but the tiro
was hot enough in that little ollice if left
alone. An idea. Elisha should he made
to help him. It was a last hope, but it
fired him with enthusiasm. He readied
up into a dusty book -ease, nnd got down
a file of letters. He was looking for
Elisha's address.
Just then there came a tup nt tho oflice
door. Amusa turned round. "fly
George!" he cried, nearly carried off his
feet with astonishment. "It's Elisha
in yropria persona!"
"I have come home,'' raid Elisha,
meekly. "I havo come hongjto
neighbor round."
"And just in the nick of time, Elisha.
Mighty glad I am to see you!" Then a
thought occurred to him, as he shook his
brother's hand, with that feeble wave iu
tho air so common in Southern Connecti
cut, ho would not tell Elisha of his finan
cial condition. He might not help him
li ne euei. ao, nc would Keep nis own
counsel.
The two brothers sat down by the
stove, and Amasa threw another slick of
soft pine ou the fire. It was frightfully
hot. "See here, Elisha," ho said, after
a pause. "How s Hie (.rami American
' IS ., .11
.ilglU H-UUlll i
"Sho isn't a-doiu'."
"Nothiu' nt nil;"
" No; hnsu't been for ten years."
"Ittra splendid mine once, Elisha.
You used to say so."
" So it was. But we struck hard pun
you remember about it. What's the
use of rakiu' over old pcrsonalitiesat this
I time, when I ought to be received wilh
ow-n arms, and
a bontire lignteii, ana
, fire works touched offi"
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apologetically.
know," replied Amasa,
"I ought to ask how
you have happened ou East this way."
"Why, yes; you ought to show tome
brotherly feeling. It's natural."
" Well, Elisha, have you got any
ready money iu your pocket I"
" A thousand dollars."
Amasa wulked over to his old rusty
fafe. "Better put the money in here;"
he asked, casually. Elisha handed him
a roll of bills. "Don't feci like puyin'
back any of thut two thousand;" a-kc l
Amasa, facetiously, referring to the loan
he had made him iu the mining scheme.
"No," said Elisha, "I don't." After a
pause, while his brother locked the safe,
lie said: "That thousand hi the last cent
I re got ia th world."
"Glad you've come home. Glad you've
come to live with me," snid Amasa, rub
bing his hands, "The girls will be so
happy to sec you, Come, let's go in the
house."
He slipped an old, well-worn overcoat
over his shoulders without buttoning it,
and they went out into the rain. Elisha
was very well dressed. Any one would
have taken him for a well-to-do We-dcrn
bank president. He looked sleek nnd
well fed. There wasn't a trace of nnxiety
about his face. Otherwise the brothers
looked very much alike.
As they were crossing the threshold of
the house, Amasa whispered: "Just tell
the girls you're a millionaire; for a joke,
you know."
Elisha winked. "Yes," he said, "for
a joke wish I was, though,'- and they
entered tho parlor. There were the six
girls; six good-looking, hearty, frank,
healthy country girls. They all rose
nnd gave a veritable shout of welcome.
They usually gave a united shout when
ever anything pleased them. They fairly
screamed when Elisha opened the door.
They flew at him. They kissed him.
They took his hat for him; they took
away his overcoat and umbrella. And
Artie they were impressed when their
father said, proudly, "And then to think
that your uncle has returned to us a
millionaire!"
"A millionaire I really?'' chorusscd
the girls.
Elisha began to feel his old boastful
spirit, for which he had long been noted,
coming over him again. "Why," he
said, "out in California we don't reckon
a million much money. My five million
dollars don't count very much out there."
"Elisha says he is going to build a pub
lic library building for East Chesterville,"
put in Amasa, without a grimace.
"A public! library, chorusscd the girls.
"He says he don't mind paying off the
debt on tho church cither," added their
prevaricator of a father.
How perfectly splendid I"
' yo one would h
have thought the Grand
American Spread eagle Mine would have
panned out so well," said Amasa.
By this time the six girls wctc dancing
around the room in their excitement.
They had never been so excited since
John Mawlev, hc son of Mawlev, the
mill-owner at the other end of the village.
had become engaged to Bessie Snow,their
eldest sister said Mawlry having con
eluded, on the consent and advice of his
father, to break off snid engagement,
after knowledge of Lawyer ."snow s
financial condition came out and became
common gossip.
"Elisha fnys the Sundny-school shall
have a new organ if it takes his last cent,
said their father, laughing heartily. He
could not hold him-elf in.
"Well," said Elisha. "not quite nsbad
ns that. But they shall have a new inclo
deon yes. "
This capped the climax. The Sunday
school had been holding picnics, straw
berry festivals, lectures, busy bees, nnd I
don't know what besides in which the
six girls had taken a lively interest--to
raise money enough for nn organ; but,
do their best, they could raise only about
fifty dollars. They threw themselves
upon their uncle, nnd as there was not
quite enough of him to go around, they
threw themselves upon their father. It
was a touching scene. Two of the girls
were in tears, and one of them was heard
to say: "Our deliverer!"
Suddenly Bessie looked up. "It's
late," she said "it's drcadfullly late for
the sewing society!"
When they wero alone, Elisha said:
"You've done it! you've gone nnd done
it! In live minutes every word of what
we've said will be all over ihis village.
Yes, and all over the State of Connecti
cut. I say, Amasa, this isn't right!"
"Whyf Don't you have any fears.
Suppose they do tell of your millions; it
will give you credit."
"Ah, yes. yes! but they will all be
ufter me for my money." Elisha straight
ened himself up very stillly, nnd but
toned his coat over his chest very firm'.y,
as if to impress on his brother the fact
that he wouldn't let them have a cent
not one cent if they did.
Well, don't say it isn't so, anyway,"
whispered Amasa, and led Elisha to his
room, where that great and good philan
thropist nnd millionaire lay down upon a
sofa and took a comfortable nap.
For a week East Chestervillo was iu a
condition of ferment. The resurrrcction
of Elisha Snow in the form of a million
aire, nfter having departed twenty years
before with u reputation for unconquera
ble laincss, and nn nbility remarka
ble only for imbibing hard cider, was
enough to shake the entire county to its
centre. Then his magnificent bequests
the town liluaiy building, tho new
organ, raising tho minister' salary, pro
posing to cstabli-h a Home for Incuiablc
Idiots for poor Elishn found he could
not stop promising when ho had once
begun, and his plan to build a new gym
nasium, skating rink, winter bath, all j
combined, for the young people, made :
him at once the idol of the town. !
.Mawley, tho mill-owner met Amasa j
one ilav iu tho street. "See here," he I
1 said,
" I've told Slayton to let up on
you. ou una l were always oui menus.
Pay up the interest ou that mortgage
any time you please. By-thc-wiiy, I'm
tirel of Slayton. He's hounded you,
when you were down, in a mean way.
I'm sick of Slayton. I'll send you a re
tainer to-morrow of five hundred dollars
iua case I've got against sonic Providence
people. Big cas" big money in it.
How 's your brother ? pretty well, I
hope. Those California magnates are all
coining East, I hear. Think your
brother would like to put any money in
mi v mill ! A big chance now. I don't
need the money, but it don't pay to i
keep all your eggs in ouc basket. How's
Bessie f Good-morning."
" Mr. Mawley, ono moment. You
don't let up on me and send me this law
suit because Elisha is a millionaire, do
you 1 "
"Oh, no, uo, no ! My dear fellow, no,
no! Why, what an idea! By-the-way,
I never favored the breaking off of that
match mv son and Bessie. Good-day."
Ama'a Snow got round behind the
fence, and laughed and shook until tho
entire fence laughed and shook w ith him.
His little scheme was working well. One
needs very little capital in this world if
one can oiily obtuiu its substitute credit.
That week and tho next he had retainers
sent Uiin from several wealthy proprietors
in a neighboring manufa! luring tow n.
They had heard of his brother's millions.
He had the foreclosure suit discontinued,
paid Mawley bis intcio-t, got his mort
gage extended indefinitely. What is
more, his business picked Up so that he
paid a large sum on account all arotlnd
among his creditors. They all said:
Elisha Is doing it for him," He painted
nnd refurbished the old Snow hoipc. He
ran slightly into debt in doing it, but his
girls had some new clothes sent them
from New York. He donned a new suit
of broad-cloth, nnd he was happy. He
was on his feet. Slayton was utterly
nonplussed. In vain the wily pra-titioner
wentaboutspreading doubts as to Elisha's
having any money whatever. "Why don't
he buy that organ? he kept saying, until
people began to wonder why indeed.
As soon us the rumor spread nooutthnt
Elisha waschildless,and that he intended
leaving his money in equal shares to his
six nieces, they went off literally like hot
cakes. Mawley junior, who really loved
the girl, married Bessie, nnd then they
were all married off in batches of two,
until the youngest refused to marry nt all,
saying, with her finger at her lip, "she
preferred to slay with her father."
Jnone year nil this happened. Ama'a
Snow was now a successful man his
debts paid nnd practice increasing. One
day tho rumor reached him w hy had not
Elisha paid for that organ?
Jlc went to Elisha. "Jt is tunc," he
said, "fjryou to disappear."
"I'm very contented hero," protested
Elisha, "reading the newspapers nnd sit
ting in the hotel. It agrees with me. I
don't wnnt to disappear."
lie liked the adulation extended to
him on the ground that he was a million
aire, lie played the easy, well-ted, ru n
plutocrat revisiting his New England
home to perfection. His acting w as con
summate, because it was nature itself,
without a mirror being held up to it. He
had just that amount of narrowness, of
close-tistedness, of sagacious doubt as to
the motives of men w ho approached him
with schemes for investment; he acted
the millionaire to perfection, nnd ho
never overdid it.
"Amasa, I can't go," he said. "They
think I'm such a good man to make
money. They havo actually brought
money to me to make more for them.
Yes, I've received over fifty thou'.md
dollars for investment within the last
month."
"Great Scott!" exclaimed Amasa.
"This is dreadful ! I sec State-prison
yawning before us!"
It s just what the uranu American
Spread-eagle Mine needs." said Elisha I
"veiling himself out "a little money. ",
" ell, take the money and go then-
yo: l will nave nothing to uo witn tins
nothing!"
Amasa was very nngry. He resolved
to bo responsible for his brother no long
er, lie went to his (laughters, nil but
one now well married and in hippy, well- 1
to-do homes. "Your uncle and I havo
had a row," he said. "He is going back !
to California." I
And the organ, the new library, the
gymnasium?
"Well, he is mad about something.
He says the town has slighted him. But
ono thing must be understood, whatever
he does I wash my hands of him for
ever!" Elisha did leave a few (lays after. He
took nway about a hundred thousand
dollar! of widows' and orphans' funds,
went tb San Francis.'o, put his money into
varioul enterprises, paid
tin. beneti 'iarics
eight Jf ier cent, interest, was noncst as
the dayv and died a few years ago worth
a gre.it dcnl 6 sjaey.. which he left,
share and share nlike, to his lirothvr's six
girls, and he left a thousand dollars fdr
the new organ.
Amnsa still lives n fairly well-to-do
old country lawyer slightly in debt still,
in East Chesterville. But he is the
adored grandpapa of twelve of the dear
est little grandchildren, and he often
says to them, benignly: "Children, I have
put all and myself on our feet. Yes,
but I had to tell your mother nn awful
lie?"
"What was the lie, gi andpopper?"
"I had to say the laziest man alive
your graiiduncle, children I had to say
the penniless old rascal your grand
father's brother, my dears, who had
robbed me of all I had in one of his mines,
the Great American Spread-eagle Gold
and Silver Iliad to say, mid stan'to it,
that he was one of the biggest millionaires
on the Pacific coast! But that lie has
put us all on our feet." Jlichnrd 11. Hoe,
tn llnrper't M'eeklg.
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The Amir of Afghanistan.
A correspondent of tho Journal
dt
Debut sends the following account of the
Amir of Afghanistan: "Abdurrahman
in the first part of bis career was a sol
dier; w hen he was raised to theAmirship
he became a bureaucrat, a new role for
an Afghan ruler, and ono not likely to
be popular. Each day with him has its
appointed work. Two days a week are
devoted to his correspondence, Monday
for that with the upper country (Herat,
Candahar, etc. ), Thursday for that with
the lower country iCalnil. Peshawur nnd
India). On Tuesday he holds his mili
tary durbar and receives the officers of
the garrison, all of whom dine with him.
It is also the day of private reception or
Diwaii.i-llass. On Wednesday and Sat
urday he administers justice, ami admits
the public to his presence, even to the
last beggar. Tliisis callei the Diwan-i-Am.
Friday is treated us Sunday is in
London all the bazaars, shops and the
palace itself are closed, the mosques
alone r-niaiiiing open. Sunday is de
voted to the Amir's private affairs. The
two most important days are those of tho
Diwan i-Ain, for the Amir is above all a
dispeuser of justice. He dispenses it
with his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Highway robbers are brought before him
and he hears the charge. Then he says
one of two things: Bekoushid.' and
! they cut their throats, or 'Gargara
kouiiid, and they lead them oil to lie
hung.' If an article is lost on the road
no one is allowed to pick it up.
if any ono does so his hand is cut oil.
The Amir is writing his memoirs, be
ginning with his ninth year, and he is
now forty-two. They will be full of in
terest if the (ihilais w ill only allow him
to finish them."
Curious Bugs.
Next door to the Gnat Atlantic and
Pucitic Tea Company's store, Fulton
street, is an exhibition ca-e with glass
sides containing three littlu turtles. Thu
turtles are alive, and ar about the si
of a silver quarter. "Say, John," said a
pretty shop girl to her young inau :
"Ain't they curious bu;;." John nodded
and Iho tea clerk aiuilud. AV JV.i
bun.
ME GREAT DRAFT RIOTS.
rERMBLE OPPOSITION TO CON
SCRIPTION XX NEW YORK IN 1863.
A. Hrlcf Sketch of tlio Sanguinary
lteslstailed to tlio Draft Hun
drools of People Killed.
The difficulty in enforcing the draft
in New York might have been foreseen,
indeed, it was plainly apprehended, but
it was not thought advisable by the Fed
eral authorities to materially niter the
regulations of conscription in putting tho
law in force in that city. Still, there can
be no doubt that the vastly diHetcnt con
ditions then existing in New York from
those in inland towns of the State, or
even other seaboard cities, formed the
original cause of the trouble. New York
had then a much larger population than
any other city, and a much greater pro
portion of foreigners among her inhab
itants. These, naturally enough, had
no sentiment of patriotism to nid
them in submitting to the harsh
conditions of conscription. Further,
there were, as there always are in every
large city, a great proportion of poor men
whose families live from hand to mouth,
and who never have nny provision made
for future contingencies. To such
families of course the forcible removal of
their bread-winner meant starvation.
To such an extent had apprehensions ol
this fate of their w ives and cluldrcn been
aroused among the laboring men of tho
city especially in those districts largely
inhabited by foreigners, and no doubt
incited by those who opposed the draft
for political reasons that associations
were formed to resist the law by force.
On Suturdny, July 11, 1803, the draft
was begun in the Ninth Congressional
District, a locality largely inhabited by
poor people. It was carried on without
interruption or disturbance, but on Sun
day secret meetings were held nnd the
plans of resistance formed. When the
draft was begun on the following morn-
ing, a mob surrounded the building in
wnicn it was iieia, smasneu in the win
dows, broke down the doors, and, rush
ing in, destroyed, the furniture, and
fintilltr anf tl,n l.iill.linrr flrn A II sf l,i
olliccrs escaped uninjured but one, who 1
was hurt by Hying stones. 1 he success ol
the rioters here added large numbers tc
their ranks and in a few hours a great
rc-ei.forccd by all the roughs ol
tho'city wa, trampling through the
trcc, burninr, Jtoyixm. i.lunderino
streets, burning, destroying, plundering
and murdering wherever resistance wai
offered them. Crowds of women were
i with them, inciting their husbands tc
lawless deeds. At first a detachment ol
marines wero sent against them with
muskets and blnnk cartridges. When it
was known that their firing produced no
effect the crowd set upon them nnd beat
them, seriously injuring nnd even killing
several. Police sent nguinst them were
treated in like manner. Tho Colored
Half Orphan Asylum on Fifth avenue
was attacked by nn nnr.y of boys, the
children beaten, the place plundered and
fired. There was no force nt hand tc
defend tho city from the rioters but the
police, which did valiant service, though
j they wero not at all nblo to check the
' disorder. On tho second day the rioting
I was even worse than on the first. Gov
ernor Seymour having arrived in the
city, issued a proclamation in which he
promised the people that the rights of all
would be protected, while he warned the
people that he would use all means in hit
I power to preserve order. A few hours Intel
. lie issued tiilother proclamation, in w hich
he declared the city in a state of insur
rection, and ordered the dispersal of the
mob. These proclamations, hiwcvcr,
did but littlu good. General Wool, the
head of the department of the East,
called out all veteran volunteers, but
there was so little time for organizing
that, though large numbers responded,
they could not be used effectively. A
small commaud of regular troops from
Fort Lafayette did more effective service.
The riot laded three days, during which
business was entirely suspended. The
draft was for the time given up, and tlie
City Council passed a relief bill to pa
$:00 commutation, or substitute money,
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for every drafted man ot ttie poorci
classes who had a family dependent upor.
him. It was estimated that the nuinbei
killed during the riots, or who died ol
injuries, was nearly 1,000, but this was
probably an exaggerated estimate. Tin
mortality statistics recorded an increase
of 4 )0 nver the average weekly mortalit '
of the year. There was much destine I
tion of property, and claims for dnmaget I
caused by tho riots were brought before
the county authorities to the aggregate
of C2,90(l,0O0. Manv, however, were
disallowed bv the examining committee, '
but about 1500, 000 was finally paid.
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Pulque In Mexico.
It is as amusing to note the e'fforti
which newly arrived Aineirans make tc
say the word (which should be pro
nounced pool-kee) us their grimaces ic
learning to like the liquid, w rites a cor
respondent of the Philadelphia J'rev
from Mexico. They generally begin in
calling it "pulk," or at best "poolk,'
and end by doing their full share tow Hi d
disposing of those HO.OuO gallons pel
diem. Iu its best estate the sour-smelling
stuff looks like thick buttermilk, and
tastes somewhat nastier, if possible, than
spoiled yeast. Its beauties wero dis
covered ubout tho yeurDUO by Papaiilzin,
a Toltec uoblemun. Tradition says that
this ancient benefactor, having suc
ceeded iu distilling a beverage which
to him seemed tit for the gods, called his
only daughter. Xochitl (the name
signifying "flowers of Tollcn"), and
commissioned her as cup-bearer to the
King. The dusky Hebe was young and
beautiful, and so the Toltec monarch not
only drank and praised the pulque but
straightway fell iu love w ilh the maiden.
He would net permit her to return toiler
Iieople, but for many years the old rascal
icpt her a prisoner in his palace, though
wars and bloodshed, and at last the dis
ruption of the empire, grew out of his
infatuation.
A Iteuson For Happiness.
Queen Isabella, of Spain, sometime
makes very cuitiug reinurks. She wa
recently told that her younger sister, the
Duchess of Moutpensicr, looked older
than her -Majesty, whereupon she ex
claimed: "Then she ought to be hsppy,
for (he has wanted to bo the elder aimer
all her life lonir, and now, at least, sho
appears to be o."JjonJin Truth.
household affairs.
Kecelpes.
Tokoi'b Toast. Make some slices of
toast, not Very thick, browned evenly all
over on both sides, and minus crust.
Butter it slightly. Grate with a large
grater a liberal sufficiency of cold tongtle
and spread it thickly over the toast. Lny
the slices side by side on a large dish.
Serve nt breakfast, luncheon or supper.
Lf.mon Ciieam. Boil the thrn peel of
two lemons in one pint of cream, strain,
nnd thicken with the well-bcntcn yolks
of three and the whites of four eggs,
into which half a toaeupful of white
sugar has been beaten. Add half a salt-
spoonful of salt, stir lapidly with the
egg-beater until nearly cold, and pour it
into glasses or cups. This quantity will
till six good-sized cups.
Stkwf.ii Appi.ks With Hick. Scoop
out the cores and peel some tine russet
apples, nnd stew them in clarified sugar.
Boil some rice in milk with a pinch of
salt, and sugar enough to sweeten it.
Leave on the fire until the rice is quite
soft and ha absorbed nearly all tho
milk; place in a dish; nrrango the
stewed apples on the rice and put in the
oven to remain until they arc of a golden
(olor.
Ciif.kse Frittkiis. Put about a pint
of water into a saucepan with a piece ol
butter the size of an egg, the least bit of
cayenne nnd plenty of black pepper.
When the water boils throw gradually
into it sufficient flour to form a thick
paste, then take it off the fire and work
it into a quarter of n pound of Parme
sian cheese, and then the yolks of three
or four eggs nnd the whites of two bent
en up to a froth. Let tho pnste remain
for a couple of hours, and then fry it the
size of a walnut into plenty of hot lard.
Serve sprinkled wih very fine salt.
Rhtbarh Jam.- To six pounds of
rhubarb add .ix pounds of lump sugal
nnd six large lemons; cut the rhubarb
into small pieces about the size of a wal
nut; then the lemons should be sliced
nnd the peel cut very fine. Put the fruit
(taking out the pips from the lemons) nil
into a large bowl; then cover it with the
sugar, broken small ; lei li sinnu iwcuiy
four hours, after which boil it slowly foi
about three-quarters of nn hour, taking
enre it does not stick to the pan, also not
to stir much so as to break the pieces ol
rhubarb, as the beauty of it is in being
whole.
Vkoktahi.e and Family Sot rs. Two
pounds of lean beef, half an onion, one
large carrot, one turnip, quarter of a cab
bage heart, two fair-sized potatoes, one
tablespoonful of minced parsely, two
stalks of celery, pepper and salt, three
ouarts of cold wuter. browned Hour.
Put the beef over the fire in the cold
water, nnd cook slowly three hours. An
hour before taking it from the tire pre
pare the vegetables. Shred the cabbage,
cut turnips, celery, carrots nnd potntoci
into dice, and slice the onion. Cook
them half an hour in boiling, salted wa
tcr. Drain this off nnd throw it away
By this time tho meat should be tender,
but not in shreds. Add the parboiled
vegetables to it and the broth, put in the
parsely, pepper and salt to taste. Cook
all for fifteen minute; stir in a great
spoonful of browned flour wet with cold
water; boil up and pour our.
I scfiil Hints.
A few oyster shells, mixed with the
coal used for a furnace or large stove,
will effectually prevent the accumulation
of clinkc:s
To clean satin that has become greasy,
sponge lengthwise, never across the width,
with benzine, alcohol or borax waier,
Press on the wrong side.
It is said that white spots can lie rc
moved from furniture by rubbing with
essence of camphor or peppermint, and
afterward with furniture polish oil.
Put a small piece of charcoal into the
pot when boiling cabbage to prevent the
disiigrccuUle odor that usually uccom
panics the cooking of this Vegetable.
Velvet wears better, if brushed w ith a
hat 1 rush, by pressing down into the
nap and then turning the brush as on An
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axis to flirt out tlie lint. Do not brush
backward or forward.
Ice is but water. Ice, Mioiihl, there
fore, never be added to anything that
would be injured or injuriously affected
by water, Salads are frequently ruined
iu summer by covering them with broken
K e.
The human system consists of fifteen
elements, all of which are found in ((mi
llion wheat. But the flour of eeiiiimerce
is deprived in a large degree of twelve of
these elements. An improvement in
making flour is evidently needed.
Brains and Bodies.
On the ono hand, the great men of the
past have been noted not only for their
brains but for their b idics us well, and
that, on the other, iu the development of
their bodies the time given to athletics
and to exercise was productive at once of
un increased tenure of life and of the
highest nnd best intellectual power.
Hero again, were it desirable, examples
might bo nulcuiiiieiy inuiupiieu. u is
easy to recall that Sir Wuller Scott was
unusually robust and physically active
until overtaken by fatal diseases; that
Burns in bis youth was an athlete of ue
mean prowess; that Byron, iu spite of his
deformity, excelled iu feats of strength,
and that he prided himself us much upon
having swam the Hellespont as upon
having written "Childe Harold;" that
Die kens considered himself at a great
intellectual disadvantage if ceunpe'led to
forego his daily ten-mile wulk at four
miles nil honr.regardliss of weather; that
Geolgc Sand preferred to weirk far into
the night, so that she iniglit have more
hours of daylight for her walks iu tho
country; that Goethe swam, skated, rode,
nnd was passionately fond of all forms of
cxereLso; that Humboldt prep.irel him-
si If for his explorations by systematic
exercise to the point of fatigue; that
Leonardo da Vinci was a devoted eques
tiiamlhut Wordswoith was uu inde
fatigable Ph'strian ; that Kant allowed
nothing lo interfere wilh his daily after
noon walk ; that Gladstone has his prl
vale gymnasium, in addition to losing no
oppoi tunity for out-of town exercise;
that Uisinurek bus all his life been fond
of sport and exercise, and is us inde
fatigable iu their pursuit us in his work ai
n diplomat; and that among living au
tlui'S, orators, and latosmen we have
many equally nouspicuous examples of
the iaiue general Uuth. i.ipvincoK. .
THE CARK OF CARE.
Llk. the rapacious cankerworm that strips
The orchard's verdure, leaving stark and
bare
The shriveled bougltlial else had blossomed
fair,
With promise of ripe frnit for craving lips,
Car. creeps upon us stealthily, and sips
The life-hloodof our .ouls wiltarrery rr
Turpose and act the will to do and dar
Without ono fear of failure or eclipse.
Yield not, bravo heart, to suoh a subtle foe,
So small In its first inroad ; sot stout heel
On tho consuming ravage; hunt it down
With firm endeavor; blast it with a frown
Of noble deed: and tlvmi shalt And and feel
Sure handsel of the harveeVe overflow.
Margaret J. Preston, in Good Cheer
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
The most charming talkers are those?
who think as you do. Pirayune.
Which is tho most avaricious? A man
will run after a dollar, while a dog wrll
follow a scent.
Why a man boots his dog, but merely
shoes his hen, has never been precisely
determined. Philadelphia Vail.
Sophronin "Certainly, dear, imitation
violins for the room adornment should b
decorated with bows." Boston Cntrier.
The mosquito is hero nnd we rcnlizfl
that there nro other troublesome bills be
sides the inter-state commerce affair.
liostoi Ilutlelin.
Tennvson is ill with gont. It is appre
hended that he caught it from some of .,,
his recent poetry, w hose lameness is thu
accounted for. Motion Transcript.
Stiggins has married his tf pe-writing
girl. Before Ihey were married he was
in the habit of die fating to her, but now
she dictates to him. Boston linicnn.
The baby believes in the motto: "A
place for everything nnd everything in
its place," nnd her place for cvcr.Ttu.iug
is in her mouth. somen VU Journal.
A Canadian has shot an American sew
ing machine agent; but shooting only
one American sewing mnchine agent
won't settle tho fishery trouble. Tratel-
ert' Muraiine.
"Is it right," ask a contemporary, "for
a member of the General Assembly to go
without his coat?" It depends upon
whore he is going. If ho is going to Led
it is all right. Haran.ah Aeies.
"What is the chief peculiarity of the
Canadian climate?" asked a school cxnm
incr. "It is beneficial to bank cashiers,"
said the bright boy of the class, "but
very deadly to reformers." judge.
"Oh, Mr. Lighthcad," remarked Miss
Oldgirl, with a simper, "I've seen just
eighteen happy summers to-day." "Only
eighteen happy ones," replied he, with
pity in his tone. "Whnt an unhappy
life you must have had." New York
Sun. '
"Theodore, I don't believe you love
mo any more," said a K-strcct girl plain- -tively,
as her best fellow, a Pc-toft'ice
Department clerk, pulled her hastily past
nn ice cream saloon. "Oh, don't say that,
dearest," said he, reproachfully. "Why,
I named fourteen Postoftiecs after you last
week." Washington Critic.
WHERE; OB! WHERE?
The spAsnns flv swifttv swftv:
Uprinz has poased, and siirrjmjS. her
Oh! "Kbtf. Is tlie diamrf .f.zZ
Beenin on Uia tirst of the venrl
This truth to us yearly comes nigh,
As we wander through life's dreary vale,
That diaries are kept only by
The people who keep them for sale.
Boston Courier,
Infant rrodigles.
Willie Gordon, tho ten-year-old son ol
of H Mandan wholesale clothing dealer,
is his father's bookkeeper Hnd confiden
tial clerk. Ho shows a surprising apti
tude for business, and alwavaKtcntjre
chargo of the 'StenTTta' his ftUlicT
comes East to buy goods.
Eddie Kace, a livcyenr-old youngster,
of Glen's Falls, is the best drummer boy
for miles around. He performs the most
difficult beats without a flaw and never
seems to get tirod, although the drum be
carries is nearly as big as his body. Eddie
has never had any tuition, but ho gets
the beats right by instinct.
Lillio Stue'b, the fourteen-year-old
daughter of tho State Librarian of Penn
sylvania, recently composed a cradle
song so eiimcuit mat ner musio leacnui
advised her to modify it. She said that
she had made it difficult so., that she
might send it to Patti, who wTotrU-te- 4,
able to sing it. This she did, and it was
sung by tho diva with great success in
tho West.
.Miss Fannie Block, of Jackson, Miss.,
is said by tho State Ledger to bo one of
tlio most precocious children iu the
State. Though only nine years old sho
reads, writes and speaks English, Git
man and French fluently, and reads llo
brew with ease. She is now beginning
to master Gieek. It took her only two
mouths to learn German, and sho uc
epiircd the other languages with equal
readini-ss.
A little negro lad, about seveu years
old, living near liuiontown, Gu., is said
to posses, a wonderful talent for sculpt
ure. He cun take a lump of mud from
the roadside and with his hands form
any animal he ever saw, tho proportions
being perfect. He recently made out of
clay a life-size statue of a dog that us
tonished cveryboely who suw it because
of its extraordinary fidelity to life.
Paul Williams, the twelve-year-eild sort
of G. B. Williams, of Memlon, Mass.,
has neither arms nor legs only stumps
two inches long from his shoulders and
similar stumps, eight inches in length, in
place of legs. Yet he U an accomplished
penman and a very good artist. He hold
the pen or brush between his chin
and one shoulder stump, and moves it
with his head. Beside, all this, he it a
pupil of high standing in the Memlon
High School.
Aa Ungrateful Panther.
Jim Ponce, of St. Augustine-, Fla.,
going through tho woods heard tremen
dous squ.iw Is, yells, and roars, and cau
tiously investigating cam. upon a seven-
foot panther lighting wuu uu ioj;...".,
which had 4 he panther fast in iu ponder
ous jaws. Ponce sided with the under
dog and shot the alligator, whereupon ,
the panther, freeing himself, made for
thehuuur, who had a hard fight be fore
ho killed the ungrateful beast.--t
York Hitn.
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