RATES OF ADVERTISING. THE FOREST REPUBLICAN b publlihod Ttf Wedneidar, hf J. E. WENK. OtHotlo Smenrbaugh A Co.'t Bulldi: ELM iTRKBT, TIONESTA, P. Terms, - - 1 1. BO per Year. No tnbuertptlon recelred for a shorter period limn Ihm month. Oorreapondenc tolletted from ill part of the country. No nolle will bo Uklu of anonjmoiia naBniantca'lona. On Fqnnre, on Inch, on. in.nrtlon 1 1 One Square, one Inch, on month 1 One Square, one Inch, three month.- 00 tine Hqnnre, one loch, one year " " Two Sqn.rr a, one rear ' (Jnnrtor Column, one jrenr Half column, one year ' On Column, one rear '" w Wal advertisement ten cent per lln each In ertlon. Marriage and death notice gratl. All bill for yearly advertisement objected qnar. terly. Temporary advertisement muat b paid In advance. Job work cash on dllrry. OREST PUBLICAN H VOL. XX. NO. 22. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28, 1887. SI. 50 PER ANNUM. RE 9 The Pan Francisco Alia boasts Hint the voting citizens of tlint city romo from sixty different political divisions of the world, Egypt being about the only conn try not represented. Tho physicians of the. Pennsylvania Hospital make the rcmnrkahlo as-ertion thnt they hnvo no record of a colored person Buffering from stinRlroko being ad mitted to that institution. John (Jrclish, of Toronto, who was sontonced to twenty-fivo lnshes on the bnro back and received them, says he would rather tako threo years' imprison ment than another such beating. He thought ho could repress even n sigh, but Tit the third stroke ho yelled for mercy. Tho public debt reached its highest point in August, ISO.1), twenty-two years ago, when it was f-J.OSl, 530,2!)!!. It is now, not including tho Pncillc railroad bonds, f 1, 001, 07(1,850. In other words, 1 more than one-half of tho debt lias been paid within that period. It has been re duced at tho average rate of 02,70(1,073 each year, f5,2)J-";,5Hl each month, $174, 180 each day, $7,2!8 each hour, nnd 1120.47 for every minuto of the entire twenty-two years. Tho gold held by tho Treasury in its vaults nt Washington weighs 319 tons. If packed into ordinary carts, one ton to each cart, it would make a procession two miles long, allowing twenty feet of space for tho movement of each horse nnd cart. The silver in tho same vaults weighs 7, 3!)0 tons. Measuring it in ciuts,ns in the caso of the gold, it would require the scr vWs of 7,01)0 horses nnd curts to trans port ft, and wouM make a procession over twenty-one miles in length. Of tho 40l, 180 acres of lnnd availabto for oyster growing but l.",r80 acres con tain oysters of natural growth in suffi cient iiuiiut it ies to pay for the cost of gathering them. Tho natural growth beds of lthodo Island nnd Connecticut are practically extinct, and even the great beds of Maryland nnd Virginia are being rapidly exhausted. Indeed the naturul growth beds north of the Chrsnpcako arc generally practically worthless, savo as nurseries for seed. At present, there, are only 002 miles of railway open to tnifllc in Japan, but 857 miles nro in course of construction, and 145 miles, projected, have entered a practical stage. There nro different styles of roads, Some being on the Ameri can and Uorman principles, but the ma jority are on the English system. The nigincs, with the exception of a few American, are all English, in addition to tho wheels and axles of carriages. A great deal of the woodwork is being con structed in Jnpau. Few persons nre aware how equable is tho climate of British Columbia in the neighborhood of Vancouver, or how high is the temperature relative to the lati tude. It seems that in some years the gooseberry buds open in February, thnt at the beginning of Match native hemp is three inches high, and by May 1 po tatoes are above ground. Meteorological observations mado in 1800 every day throughout the year gave tho following astonishing results: Tho mean heat of the whole year was about 52 degrees. In January, tho coldest month, it was OH degrees, and in August, the hottest "month, it was 00 degrees. Mexico, notwithstanding its republican form of government, is very much of a military despotism, and the general offi cers of tho army naturally arrogate to themselves a great deal of tho authority that is supposed to bo vested in tho civil arm. A curious example of this occurred in June of this year, when Gcn end Ituiz proceeded by train to Chihua hail with a couplo of companies of sol diers, with all their women, children, and other field necessaries; at about Jimenez the engine turned a somersault, greatly to the indignation of the doughty general, who, cnlling a corporal's guard, put tho unfortunate engineer under in stant arrest for having caused the acci dent. The question in tho General's mind was: "What can wedo with hinii" And it required all tho calmer judgment of his combined stall to pursiiadu him that "immediate execution" was not the right answer. Borne singular statements have been mado in a German paper concerning the effect produced by different trades and " industrial occupations upon the general health. Among these facts are those contributed by Prof. Hesse, of Leipsic, who pointi out tho deplorable condition of the teeth of bakers, and who also as serts that ho is frequently able to indicate tho occupation of persons by tho con dition of their teeth. In the case of bakers tho caries is soft and rapidly pro gressive; the principal parts attacked ure fiie labial and buccal surfaces of the teeth, commencing at tho rervixand rapidly ex tending to tho grinding surface the approximal surfaces not seeming to bo at tacked more than in other trades. Prof. Hessu believer that the disease is owing to tho inhalation of flour dust, the caries lieiiti aused by the action of au acid whi(Sfs formed in the presence of fcr uieut ible carbohydrates. A GLEAM OF PLEASURE Where the mill -stream spreads and Bhadows, And its wntors dip and toss With a rush of sudden freedom Hound the boulders and the moss, With the fragrant wildwood blossoms Clinging close about her foot. Came a simple country maiden Like a vision strange and sweet; In bor eye a mpllow twinkle, In her fnce a rosy tienm, As she slyly glanced and uttered "Please, sir, help me cross the stream!" There was fondness In her fenturos, In her step a lithesome air, And a careless touch of beauty In tho braid of hnael hair. How I watched her artless motion As she went from me thnt day; Llko a sunltcum through a forest Calm sho passed along her wny ; And I thought, with half a longing, Life would he a sj lvon drenm Could I share it. with tho maiden Whom I helped across the stream. She hns gone, but oft in slumber Can I km her pass my eyes, Like a fair anil faultless triinnt Who has strayed from Paradise; And I hnpo where'er sho wanders, Through the sad and happy ye in, That the halo of her laughter Form a rainbow in her tears, That some kind and potent sp'rit, When her breast with troubles teem, (iuido her o'er the wave of sorrow, As I hnled her cross the stream. Sydney Wail man, in Boston Transcript. A CLEVER WOMAN. 1JY EVELYN TIIOIIl'K. "No, you have no ambition, cried the girl; "but I have!" Her splendid eyes flashed upon the young fellow, nnd in a dull, undefined way, he felt clumsy and loutish, and altogether inadequate to tho companion ship of this radiant creatine. "Ambition?" he repeated, vaiiuclv. Hilary swung herself on tho gato'with an impatience whic h perhaps accorded little with the announcement she had been making of high nnd brilliant social nuns lor Herself. "Yes, ambition! Did you ever think you would like to bo nnything more or uctter tnnn you are now And what are you? Just a farm hand !" Phe Hung the words out with a mag nificent contempt. "It's what your father nnd brother was, Hilary," returned Oliver, nfter a little space. He said it gravely, without accent 01 ollense. "That's no reason why everyone should go on being the same thing to evcrlast- r.. , . ing, announced uimry, not very clearly, out witii decision ami passion. Oliver felt himself defenseless before this worldly wisdom. This had always been their attitude. Her himhlcncss of wit left his slowness and heaviness at a loss. There were things he would have liked to any things which he felt vague ly, which haunted him with a torturing sense that his reasons were best, but that ho should never succeed in explaining them so that Hilary would heed, or even listen. He had not so much as the resource of a sigh whereby n more mal leable organism relieves the tension of worldless discomfort. He stood, in ap pearance a bulky, stolid young rustic, chewing without thought 'upon the long strnw he hail between his teeth; and the bright, slight, vivid girl by his side continued to swing her little body back and forth on the while gate from which the paint was chipping and forgot bis existcme. It was a night fair nnd warm, nnd redolent with sweet, wholesome odors from the great red barn, stocked with grain. There was a glory of blue moon light abroad and a south wind rustled tho elms. It was a night full of poetry full of the mysterious voices of nature. The young fellow, through his heavy corporeal envelope, thrilled with visions, resolves, yearnings he could not define or understand, of which ho was scarce con scious. The girl, her spirited beauty glorified by tho rare light that shone upon her face, her eyes looking widely out into tho sleeping fields, dreamed o"f city streets and the life of thronging crowds uud the delights of delicate dress. Finally, nfter a silence neither bad measured for different reasons, Oliver stirred slowly. "I suppose I must bo goin'," lie said. "Oh, must you?" Hilary came back violently from her reverie and gave him an absent glance. Hut immediately, ns he was turning away without other words, she added: "Come again wheu you can," and ac companied the admonition with a smile whose actual enchantment sho could not have helped had she tried. rhc looked after his broad, tall figure going down the moonlit road. "Poor Oliver! Ile'sa first-rate fellow," sho thought. And then she w ent back to the castles sho was building, crystal clear nnd iridescent with a hundred lights, in the silence of the sweet, serene midsummer night. The shops were opening, the factory girls were trooping to their work, and the great city was awaking w ith a myriad tongues to its busy day, when a young man (who, somehow, hail the look of middle uge about him, too) stopped at an address which he had in his pocket. It might have been there some time, for the bit of paper on which it was written was worn and discolored nt the folds. A tall nnd imposing personage, with a costume of conspicuous stylishness and an unimpeachable coilfure, looked at him ami cume forward a little. IShe seemed to be the only woman in the large, deep store, down the length of which stretched broad white counters laden with feathers, hats, tlowers, boxes of ribbon. Homo young men. clerks, were lounging about in various attitudes of languor, awaiting the beginning of the day's labors. "Lester, did you say?'' repeated the imposing person with tliesmootii nnd ef fective hair. ".Miss llilarv l.cstt-rf I couldn't tell you, really. Hie has not been hero in my time. We employ only a few girls up stairs on trimmed sample huts." Hie had an air of having dismisse 1 the rural-looking new-comer. One or two of the younger clerks smiled. Perhaps Oliver saw it. If so ho did hot mind. He waited a moment more. "You vou could not tell me where she is now?" The superb female smiled mightily. "Not very well, since I have told vou that I don't even remember tho nnmc." "No, of course not," stammered poor Oliver. "Who wns ho after? Seemed to be pretty badly cut up," ho heard some One laugh as ho went out. Stumbling a little in his walk he passed nlong the great, strange, noisy street once more. Hurrying hundreds, each unit of them all on his own in terests, his own absorbing concerns, in tent, brushed by him unheeding. Hudderless, compassless, ho found him self launched upon an unknown and boundless sea. Where should ho look now? Never in these five years of toil, of patient striving for one idea, hnd this thought occurred to him, thnt when ho did manage to follow her it might be too late; that she might have gone beyond tho ken utterly ofthoso who had known iicr. Ho walked about the streets vngnely.iiimlessly, nil that day ; and when the down-town thoroughfares shone with the white glare of electric lights he con tinued his footsore wanderings. He stopped before show windows when the crowd stopped. And once he followed a small detachment into n flaring place laiielcil ".Museum of .Natural Curiosities," where he looked, without comprehension, nt a fat woman, a girl from Circassia with woolly hair, and an assortment of wax figures. On leaving this place he noticed a sign offering night's lodgings for twenty-five and fifty cents, besido a narrow, clean flight of stairs leading up ward into n large house. Ho considered a moment and then went in. He paid fifty cents. He took his money out of his pocket nnd put it under his pillow, Ho would be very careful of it. He would spend nothing on himself. He might find Hilary yet. Hut where? It was a small room, its spaces man aged and utilized in tho spirit of com pact snugness which characterizes the cheaper metropolitan flat; but it was a very pretty room. Its grace nnd almost elegance of arrangement made up for its exiguity. And the pretty woman who I loured tea for her one visitor gavo a last n ight charm to the apartment which the gentleman was not slow to appreciate, He was a rather florid pcrson,to whose good looks the touch of forty years had given a certain appearance of added prosperity and perhaps pompousncss The nppcarance of prosperity was quite justified. Mr. Vanncst McKarlano had all the material things which a man need w ish for. Perhaps be took tiem his unimpeachable position, his Knicker bocker blood, his inherited and accumu lated wealth rather as a tribute to his personal excellence and respectability; but, all the same, lie was a man of many good impulses and of some generosity, If ho wero very prudent in some respects one could not but acknowledge that he had the right to such prudence, situated as ho was. The Mrs. Vanncst McFarlane of the future would enter upon a really very dcsirulilc position. "Yes, I have erent sympathy with some of these fellows," observed Mr. Mc Farlane, sipping his tea. "It is pathetic the struggle they go through when they are launched into the maelstrom of city life, borne swim; but many more sink Yes poor fellows! I've seen a good many cases of tho kind. Tho bright young widow's face dark ened with an alluring sympathy. "Yes." she assented with a soft little murmur. " "Some have come under my especial notice. "Yes? I dare say you have given many a st Higgler a helping hand, too," said the young widow. She said it quietly, net impulsively. If she had forced the enthusiastic note at all Mr. McFarlanc's delicate taste would have taken umbrage. This was precisely what Mr. McFarlane so greatly appreciated iu the charming little woman in the blnck dress. He made no allusion to himself on the score of her probable original status. Ho did not know exactly what it was; but he imagined, without wishing to inquire very far back, that it was something rather simple, while respectable. Ho did not think he should at all have cared for the acquaintance of the defunct Mr. Lawton, who had been a frank, fresh, young dry-goods clerk, with great limitations as to his intellectual outlook, and evidently greatly his young wife's inferior. Mr. McFarlane could not but consider it as almost providential and this quite impersonally that the young i dry-goods clerk, after insuring his life ' nicely, should have left his wife to pur- ' sue her career unhampered by the rcstric ; tions that a husband without many re sources must place upon a clever and ' pretty woman. If Mr. McFarlane was a lit t 'u slow iu finally crystallizing his various feelings of appreciation, admi i ration, for this particular clever and i pretty woman into a definite oiler of his person and its accompanying advantages, n is to be remembered, and said before, that the advantages wero really quite t uncommon. "A man does what he can in such a case," he said, in reply to her remark. Hut tho remark had flattered him had j been delightfully agreeablo. ' And Mrs. l.awtou was looking so very chaiiuing moie so even thun usual, if that were possible that evening. There w as such a soft color upon her cheek, , such a light in her eyes. And what an air of grace and breod- ing she had! There was something in I personal distinction certainly. It was an excellent substitute for social distinc- tion, if one could not have that. And , what a qu lint, mellow name Hilary was! "1 have hud one instance under my notice for some time," he pursued. "The i young fellow cume from the rural dis 1 tricts about two years ago. He washou : est, industrious, a capital fellow, though rather dull. Hut I don't think it was! lie dulless which stood iu the way of his j getting on. He had uot come to the city with any intention of seeking his fortune, I it appeared. On the contrary, when he I came poor wretch! I fancy he thought himself possessed of a certain wealth. It , was a touching story. It seems I only , found this out very lately, for the poor creature is very reticent thnt he had an attachment lather a hopeless one, I i imagine for a young woman in his own : place, and that she left it come to the city. Oliver Puyu that is his name saved and toiled and at the death of his father told out his share of tho farm ttt home. The young Woman) it Would appear, had beert father ambitious in tho time iiast, and probably would not listen to his suit. But I suppose Oliver felt that if he pre sented himself before her as a capitalist in a mild way she might be induced to think dillcrently of bun nnd his oiler. But he never found her. Sho had gono up to higher things or down to lower, and ho looked in vain. And then ho hnd his money stolen from hiin one night in a lodging house, and he hnd to look for work or starve. Hut he did not get on. ihc hope thnt had held him up was flowing dimmer all tho time. Finally 10 fell ill. Now he is very low. I doubt if ho lives through another day. I hnvc r ueen very reauy miercsieu in me poor leiiow. 1 lie gin s name was Hilary Les ter. She worked first in a wholesiilo straw and flower house down town. All trace of her disappeared after that. Yes, it is really an unusually sad case." "1'oor, poorfellowl 1 lie girl wns a namesake of mine, then?" Yes. indeed, .Mrs. Lawton Wns clever; she deserved to succeed. She had pushed her chair back a little from the lamp, but she dared not raise her fan to screen her fnco from its rays lest tho action Bhould betray the trembling of her bund. She had tho feeling a person might hnvo who suddenly saw a chasm yawning nt bis feet. She dared not move ; she scarcely breathed. She con trolled tho muscles of her face, though she felt with horror that her cheeks were turning so cold and white that her visitor must notice the change. "All! Was your name Lester, too?" asked Mr. McFarlane with a little sur prised smile at the coincidence. "No I was referring to her first name Hilary." "Ah, yes." He began talking of other things. Mrs. Lawton, smiling a little, throwing in an apt word now and then, sat still, while the quivering in her nerves subsided and tho pounding of her heart grew less nnd less. She hud but one thought. Had he observed anything? Had he suspected the cause of her agitation? It seemed to her that it must be written all over her. face that she was the Hilary Lester who had worked in the flower house down town, and who now denied the tnnn she hnd known since childhood, the farm hand who had seen her going about tho menial duties of the miserable house whoso male members went on a bestial "tear" every few weeks. But sho need have had no ap prehension. It could never have oc curred to Mr. Vanncst McFarlaue to con ceive of any possible connection between this refined, graceful, brilliant young woman, who hud evidently been superior to her dry goods clerk husband, and the country girl who had won the heart of poor, ignorant, faithful Oliver Payn. When Mr. McFarlaue called again (and tho intervals between his calls wero growing more and more short) he thought it only a proof of tho directness and femininity of Mrs. Lawton's charming nature that sho should ask after his protego and hope he was better. "I don't know whether it should bo called better or not," returned Mr. Mc Farlanc, pensively. "The poor fellow is dead." "Dcadi" "Yes. He died last night." A few months later tho morning papers of tho metropolis nnnounced the marriage of Mr. Vanncst McFarlane to Mrs. Hilary Lawton. Sea York Mercury. A Drunken Rooster. One morning recently Mrs. Peter Boudreau, of Saulmierville, went to the barn us usual and got a mess of oats, which she gave to her fowls. Later in the forenoon she noticed very strange action among them and that the rooster was stretched on tho ground, apparently dead. Mrs. Boudreau, to make the best of it, plucked hiin clean, with the excep tion of a few tail and wing feathers, nnd consigned him to tho refuse heap feeling convinced that he had been poisoned. Townrd noon, to the great surprise of the whole family, ho was up again, strutting nbout as gay as ever, though deprived of his costly and necessary apparel. Hut our good lady, being equal to the occas ion, took him iu the house and fitted him with a tine suit of overalls, and at last accounts he wns doing as well as could be expected under the distressing circum stances. Mrs. Houdrcau, determined to find out the cause of this strange phe nomenon, went to her oat barrel and found that a bottle of liquor had been placed iu the barrel and tho liquor had leaked out in the grain, which explained the whole mystery. The rooster was drunk. Montreal Witnes. Attacked by an Alligator. It is seldom that Mississippi River suuriuns, cither through hunger or linger, become the aggressors and attack human beings. Hut such a thing occurred recently at Hruly Lauding, iu the lower portion of West Baton Kongo Parish, La. While little Maurice Bergeron was shrimping in the river a largo alligator suddenly npp nred near him and made an cITort to throw him into the river, using its tail us a weapon. Fortunately tho blow, struck with ter rible force, missed its mark and the boy turned to run for his life. As he did so the monster made a savage rush at hiin. Coming out of the water he seized Maurice by the leg, inflicting a slight flesh wound and tearing off a great portion of the boy's trousers. Before the alligator could get a second hold on the boy he had scrambled up the battue and was out of danger. Tho alligator's attack on the boy was witnessed by several persons who, however, had no time to intervene, so suddenly did the affair take place. Pacific Coast Fortunes. Bal.ac reveled iu millions as a miser gloats over his golden hoard, and he en dowed many of his characters with the generous hand of the novelist: but he dealt in francs, not dollars, ami the Hourso speculators and the great financial schemes that he loved to describe pale in to insignificance before the fortune i uud business operations of the hulf-doy.cn men of the I'acilic coast, who, iu mining and ...Uroads, have made fortunes that would have been called royal even iu the t'ays of Cit ser and inqierial Koine. CW tnvoliln. The spirit level was invented by Dr. i Hooke; born 10U0, died 1702. Household affair. Toant ltclpei. Buttered Toast ! Toast stale bread to ft delicate brown, dip In boiling water con taining a little salt, spread with butter, and set in the oven. Milk Toast : Slice stale bread thin, tonst to a delicate brOwrtj lay in a dish; melt a pound of butter in a pint of net milk and pour over the tonst. Ham Tonst : Mince some boiled ham very fine, stir in a pint of cream, with Copper, mustard, butter and two eggs; oil nnd pour over nicely browned toftt. Set in the oven to dry. French Toast: Heat three eggs, add a pint of sweet milk nnd a pinch of salt. Cut in slices an inch thick a loaf of stale bread, dip in the egg, fry In hot butter, sprinkle w ith sugar and grated nutmeg. Tomato Toast : Bun a quart of toma toes through the colander, put in a stew pan, season with butter, pepper and salt. Cut slices of bread; toast,butter, and lay on a hot dish, nnd pour the tomatoes on the tonst. Sardine. Tonst: Place with some oil out of the box in a covered jar a dozen sardines; when well heated lay on well toasted slices of bread; shake cayenno pepper over them and squeeze a few drops of lemon juice over. Eat hot. Apple Toast: From slices of dry bread cut round cakes, spread with but ter, then cover with slices of tnrt ripe apples, sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and bits of butter, fclerve hot with cream sweetened nnd flavored with nutmeg. Oyster Toast: Boil one cup of oyster liquor with half a cup of cream, table spoon of butter, pepper and salt; pour over some nicely toasted bread, and set in the oven five minutes; then lay broiled oysters on the slices of toast and serve hot. German Tonst : Cut in thin slices a loaf of bread, souk half an hour in sweet milk, take out the bread, beat two eggs, a small spoonful of butter, a tablespoon fill of cornstarch in milk, dip the slices of bread in and fry brown ; sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Bombay Toast: Take one ounce of anchovies, wash, bone and pouud them in a mortar with one ounce of fresh but ter till reduced to a paste; melt in a saucepan; add the beaten yolk of two eggs and pepper nnd suit to taste, and spread the mixture on some slices of nicely toasted bread. Serve very hot. Cream Toast: Toast slices of thin bread, lay in a covered dish nnd pour boiling water over them; pour the water oil and let drain. Put one pint of rich, sweet cream on the stove in a quart cup, nnd three tablcspoonfuls of butter, two beaten eggs and a tablespoon of corn starch ; let boil und pour over the toast. Vseful Hints. Boiling in strong soapsuds will clean up nn old lampbiirner and make it as good ns new. Ash und other light wood floors arc brightened by wiping over with skimmed milk instead of water. Oil stains may be removed from paper bv applying pipe clay powdered and mixed with water to the thickness of cream ; leave on for four hours. On ironing day, set aside the pieces needing repairs and mend before putting away. Keep the wearing apparel of each member of your household where it can be found by tho owner without calling for help in the search. Into a solution of gum nrabic stir plas ter of Paris until the mixture ussumes the consistency of cream; apply with a brush to the broken edges of china and join together. In three days the article cannot be broken iu the same place. A preparation much used in cleaning silver is a little powdered whiting mixed to a paste with water, to which a few drops of ammonia has been added, oi with alcohol. Polish with very soft linen cloths, old flannel or a soft chamois skin. Suit will sometimes remove obstiuaU stuins, such ns those on egg spoons. Any reader who has old mahogany furniture that has lost its lustre and needs to be brightened tip should first wash it clean with warm water and wipe it per fectly dry. Then apply a mixture of sweet oil and beeswax with a soft cloth, taking care not to use too much of the mixture. Lastly, polish well with a chamois. An easy method of preserving cream for several weeks, or even months, is to dissolve in water an equal weight ol white sugar with the creum to be pre served, using only just enough water to nu It the sugar, and make a ru n syrup. Boil this, and while hot add the cream. rich syrup, the cream, stirring them well together. When cold put it into a bottle and cork it well. A few forms for uso in hanging up clothes may be purchased at any hard ware store for five or ten cents each, and will keep a garment presentable u great deal longer thun wheu it is hung upon a nail or hook. A man's clothes are almost ruined by hanging in folds, und these forms will preserve the shape of the shoulders and keep out wrinkles. The following is often used to take scorch out of ciolhes: The juice of two lemons, half an ounce of fine white soap shaved thin, two ounces of fuller's eurlh and a half pint of vinegar; boil all to gether. Lay the scorched article in the sunlight and when the above mixture is cool spread it over the scorched portion. Let itdry,then wu-h and boil the article. Of course if the fabric is so badly burned ns to injure and break the threads there is no remedy. Chinese Charity. Nor do wo heathen believe in the ma chine wny of doing good, suys Wong Chin Foo in the Srth American Heritir. If we find a man starving in the streets we do not wait till we find the overseer of the poor, nor for the unwinding of other civilied red tape before relieving a man's hunger. If a heathen sees a man fall from a tree top and seriously injure himself, he does not fiist run to the hos- Cital for an ambulance, nor does the um uluuco man first want to know what precinct the injured tnau belongs to; but fort with he is cured for and taken to the nearest shelter for other needed treat ment, and when the dunger is over the red lae may come iu the Christian ma chinery. rtimulate those feelings iuyour own behavior that you would inculcate in others. QUEER WEDDING CUSTOMS. HOW THE MARITAL KNOT 13 TIED IN SOME COUNTRIES. Odd Ways of Teople In India, Ron mania, in the; Tyrol, and in Nor wegian Villages. The Missionary Magazine describes the: marriage customs Of thi Bed Karens of Burundi, which are not very different from those of other Karen tribes. When a young man wishes a girl for hiswifo,ho goes to her house nndinakes known to iicr parents his wishes, and they question him in reference to his relatives, and, if they find there is no one among his con nection who has been possessed with evil spirits, the young man is accepted, nnd the girl is called, who comes out of the house and makes an ex amination of tho youth's back to see if ho has been tatoocd according to the Bed Kflren custom. If not, she will notniurry him; if his back hns the half-star with seven lays alio accepts him. In a few days or weeks after the engagement, the murrmge feast is made, which lasts three days. The fif-t day of the feast, all the people of the village gather together at the biidegroom's house and cat rice and drink whisky. At the first day's feast the bride is not present. The second day nil go to the bride's house and spend an other day in eating nnd drinking. At the close of the second day's feast, a dish of rice is placed on the floor. Then the brido and bridegroom sit down near the dish of rice while the best man nnd bridesmaid sit down between the bride nnd bridegroom. The bridesmaid then takes a hnndfiiU of rico and feeds the bride, while the best mnn docs the same with the groom. This is tho marriage ceremony! After the feast the ncwly- ! married pair remain with tho bride's parents a few days, while tho people of the villngo are building a house for the young couple. As soon ns this is done they get a rice-pot and set up for them selves A remarkable custom exists among the Hounianians living in the westerly ( ar pathians. Every year, at the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul, a mnrkct is held on the crest of the Gaina, from 5,000 to (1,000 feet above the level of the sea, and here all tho marriageable girls of the en tire district assemble with their parents in order to bo viewed and claimed Mothers, aunts, grandmothers, and vuri ous other female friends contribute to the dowry, and this completed, it is carried to the market on the Gnina in neatlv mado trunks, decorated with flowers, and rained by tho family s best horses. Cattle, bees, and other household requi sites arc nlso added to the dowry In some portions of Tyrol a peculiar und beautiful custom still prevails. When a girl is about to be married, before sho leaves her home t j go to tho church, hei mother hands her a handkerchief, which is called a tear-kerchief. It is made of newly-spun linen, and hns never been used. It is with this kerchief thnt she dries her teurs when she leaves her father's house, and while sho stands at the altar. After the marringe is over, nnd the bride hns gone with her husband to their new home, sho folds up the ker chief and places it unwashed iu her linen closet, where it remains untouched. The tear-kerchief bus only performed half of its mission. Children are born, grow up, marry and move away from tho old home. Each duughter receives from the mother a new tear-kcrchicf. Her own still remains where it wns placed in the closet on the day of the marriage. Gen erations come and go. The young, rosy brido bus become a wrinkled old lady. She may have survived her husband nnd nil her children. All her friends may have died off, nnd still that last present which she received from her mother, hns not fulfilled its object. But it comes at last. At last the weary eyes close for a long, long sleep, nnd the tired, wrinkled hands nro foldetl over the pulse less heart. Then the tear-kerchief is taken from its place and spread over the placid features of the dead, never to be removed until wo are summoned to como forth on the resurrection morn. It takes a good w hile for a village wed ding festival to be curried out in Norwe gian villages, HomcOiucs us long as a week. lieer,spirits, plenty to eat, music, dancing are the feniures. The guests begin to assemble on the day before the wedding. They arc welcomed with plenty of spirits and beer by the bride nnd groom. Tho village schoolmaster is al ways master of the ceremonies, und it is lin wlin intritna tlm irili-st-l to tint lif'ilt- j tjon m(a He says grace. A psalm is .i. : -i I III! II suili; LU lljr ill i:mi pihiiiiiiui. i ui inn ! violins. The repast is simple, and served ' on the bare table. No plates are used, but large, flat cakes of meal instead. I Tho nitrht is spcut iii reveling. The next morning ut 8 o clock the wedding procession starts for the church. The bride ulways wears u silver crown and silver ornaments. In some parts of the kingdom she is cbul in u purple robe, richly embroidered with gold, frequent ly the heirloom of centuries. Sometimes the way to church is by boat and some times u horseback. Music leads the way. The march to chinch is never halted, but when tho party returns after tho church ceremony a salute is tired from every house along the route, und at every one tho newly married pair alight and partake of beer. Tho journey home often takes a day, owing to this general joining iu the festivities. Sac York Ob terrer. Insuring the Buhles. Do you know how many babies 1 mean by that word children over one year and under twelve arc insured in this country? There are 000,0(10 such little ones w hose lives ure insured for sums sufficient in most cases merely to bury them. Four companies carry on lb s soi l of business iuthis city alone, uud thrive upon it, too. By the leims of these companies a child cannot be insured until it is one your old, and the premium in every case is five cents a week. Those over seveu have the privilege of paying ten cents a week und doubling the amount of their policy. If death claims the child within one year the holder of the policy receives f 1-1, and the payments ure graded after that uulil in the case of u child dying in the twelfth year U':l is paid. Such a system as this should boot a- in icli benefit to poor parents as it evi dent lv ii to the companies. -Via York Letter. THE BELL OF JUSTICE. Once on a time an upright king ' Hung In the market place a bell Which all who were oppressed might rftg, And thus their wrongsand sorrows toll; Receive the justice which they needed, And all the rights the law conceded. Now when, with constant calls and time, The rope had nearly worn away, They tied the tendril of a vine To stop the progress of decay, And give to all who might require That justice which should ne'er expire. One day a poor old wretched horse, Deserted in declining age, Hnd munched and pulled the harfjring vine. Attempting hungor to assuage; And ringing thus the justice bell, Proclaimed the wrongs he could not tell. Before the king the courtiors brought The hungry ami neglected steed. lie ruled his owner should be sought And forced to keep him in his need Thus justice should protect the least, And reign alike o'er man and beast. J. S. Hetulerson. HTMOR OF THE DAT. Can a dentist properly be called a a root-doctor; Not a popular watering place for tramps the bathroom. Hotel Mail. A pumped-out petroleum well, like a man driven out of his native country, is an exile. The dollar wns invented in 1795. I'n cle Sambas kept renewing the patent, so they come just as high as ever. Dam til Ic Breeze. Why can't the duelists of to-day bo fair nnd square ubout it and designate as weapons ' Chins, at two miles C'AWi rille American. "Tivo knots nn hour isn't such bad time for a clergyman," smilingly said the minister to himself, just after he had united the second couple. Merchant Traveler. The King of Spain, now seventeen months old, commands a salary of $ 1,000, 000 a year, and yet there arc times when ho would give it all for one bottlo of paregoric. L'oston Globe. An agricultural writer says : "Women havj handled chickens and bees with profit." This may bo a good way of handling chickens, but bees should be handled with gloves. Sent Ilacen Seiei. "Everything lam I owe to my wife," said a pompous man in the course cf his lecture. "Well, you're doing a thunder ing poor business in your wife's nnmc," sang out a bootblack from tho gallery. Seaman Independent. It is said that a Judge in Dakota re cently 'ordered three men out of the court room because they were coatless. This is the almost universal custom oi iu courts everywhere. When the court finds that a man cannot maintain his suit, ho is told to go. Boston Ilerald. The man who to the barber goes Anil gets a shaven crown, Emerges from the chair with glee, The bappiost man in town. But ere a day has passed away With fearful oaths and cries He'll curse the hour he made his head A drill-ground for the flies. Sandwich- InsMHTXrii jrs. Tho lepers of Moloknl, says a corre spondent of the Springfield IlrpuUiean, nro permitted to marry and propagate, , and a largo number of children are born 1 of them. It mustbesuid, however, thnt t ho children of leprous parents arc not i necessarily themselves leprous. . The j chances are that they will be sotarliefS StateX or later, but cases are not lnircqncni where five or six children have been born in families where both parents were leprous nnd yet never developed the dis ca-o themselves. Other instances are shown where two or three children would be born without taint, then a lep rous one would appear,after which others would show no contamination. It often happens, too, that one member of a mar ried couple will be leprous and tho other not infected. Nor do the natives have any fear of their afflicted friend, but livo iu the sa mo house, sleep in tho same bed, have their clothes washed in the same water und are always free from lep rosy themselves. Tho disease does not seem to be contagious, at least in the or dinary acceptation cf tho word, and vis itors iieeil have no fear of it, but it is certainly communicable by means whose very obscurity iniike them terrible. Valuable Interest Rales. Basis, commercial year 300 days, or thirty days per month. 4 per cent. .Multiply the principal by the required number of days, divide by !l and point off. 5 per cent. Multiply by the number of days und divido by 73. ti per cent. Multiply by the number of days, divide by 0, and point off three figure from the right. 8 per cent. Multiply by the number of days and divide by 45. 11 per cent. Multiply by tho number of days, divide by 4, uud poiut off threo figures from the right. 10 per cent. Multiply by the number of days and divide by HO. 12 per cent. Multiply by the number of days, divide by 0, uud poiut oil three figures from the right. 15 per cent. Multiply by the numberof days and divido by 24. is percent. Multiply by the number of days, divide by 2, uud poiut off threo figures from the right. 20 per cent. Multiply by the number of days and divide by 18. The interest iu each case will bo in dollais und cents. Lxul Information. Hon Donuld Fixed the Urologist. There uro losses which people suffer unconsciously, like that sustained tho other day by one of the advance guard of the Kuglish urmy invading, or alHiut to invade, Scotland. This tourist was of a geological turn, and he hired a native gillie to carry his bag id' specimens across the mountain. "It was a hea''y load, and nothing but stones," said Ponald, relating his experiences to a friend, "und I was not tool enough to drag the pebbles a guid leu mile. I just emptied the bag before 1 situ ted, and lilted it ut the cairn 1 last came to, and the gentleman was just as much pleaded." (jlatuow JleplM, or
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