RATES OF ADVERTISING. One f'qnarr, on ln--li, one Insertion. I t One squire, one Imh, one month f Olilt Square, on" lirb, tlirce ninnttia 0 to (ft e Sqti.irc, oiip it.ch, one your 10 90 Two Si.nr. s, one year 15 00 Vuartrr Column, one yesr SO nt lln'f Column, one yenr 63 0 One Column, one year If I.oral advertisements ten eente per line each lav teuton. Marriage and drain notice gratia. All bllla for yearly alTertlem-nta collected anar terly. Temporary advertipemvnte muat bo paid lo advance. Job work caah on delivery. Forest can. U published rery Wedneftdfty, bf J. E. WENK. omse In Bmtnrbnugh A Co.' Building LM STREET, TIONK8TA, Pi, Terms, . I. BO per Year. No mbwrtptlont received for a shorter period than Ihiro molittm. VOL. XX. NO. 32. TIWESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1887. Sl.50 PEIt ANNUM. Ciwrwoonitrnce solicited from all part, of the "vwniBOfvatlone .y. win do taicoa or a. ftQOOD1kH THE FOREST REPUBLICAN republi ' Tho farmers' losses through drought nlorifl iu.lSHJ, have boon cslimnted at f:'00,),ono, and ' they will probably e coi'ttXhfit enormous mm. London has a great problem. It has 2,jHK),000 people unnblo to got into a of worship. In central London.with fipulni Ion of 2,000,000, there are only (uVojimod itions for (100,000. Indian, hare built up a considerable carrying trado along the Puci Ac coast. In their largog lewn out of the solid trunk of immense trees, they carry dairy nd farm products for the settlers and re 3 turn with groceries and other supplies. An Irwa womau filled a long felt want In her neighborhood by cleaning out, unaided except ty a stove lifter and a lively yellow dog, a gnngof four tramps that had been terrorizing thoricinity fot t kj.wlie will probably bo asked to umpire fiff professional bnseball clubs. . " It it estimated that the wealth of the rfollowing countries is iucrensed annually by tho muni named : Germany, $200, poo.000; Great III itain, $32.1,0:10,000; -Jjranco, $375,000,000, and the United . fHtateV; $875,000,000. The United States Is already tho wealthiest nation in the world, and, as to above figures how, Its wealth is incrcassng the most rapidly. Tho prize of $10,000 ofTerod by tho French Government for the most vidua able discovery relating to tho utilization of electricity is to be awarded eoon. It is for any uso or application of electricity, namely, as a source of heat, of light or ol chemical nction, as a means of transmit xion TtVovlianlcal power, or of verbal To'o'iHiuTTrrrKin in any form, or, finally, as a curative ngcut. ' A German paper says there is no lo'ngci any sword-making Industry in Damascus. What was once known as the sword trade is now occupied with converting the blades of old taws and pieces of or. dinary iron into daggers; and cheap words and rifles of Solingcn and Bir mingham make are brought up, finished and decorated in Oriental style, and put upon the nmrkot as weapons of Arabian and Damascus origin. The number of hogs in the United Btateson January 1, 1887, was estimated at 44,612,830, against 40,092,000 on January 1, 1880, and 45,143,310 on Janu ary 1, 1883. At principal packing points the average slaughter rnntres between 13.500,000 and 15,000,000 each year, be . aides, every farmer pack one or more nogs for domestic use. A short corn ." crop even will not much diminish the number of swine in tho country, until a year hence. . A writer in tho New York Tritium recommends the appointment of an ex pert in all banks, who will be capable of taking the place and doing the work of any man in the concern, from the presi. dent, down. lie is to be empowered to ny to- tho president or cashier, 'I will go over your assets to day," or send the teller or other employe on a short vaca tion at any time, while he takes his place. By this plan no one would dare abstract dollar from the bank, as he could not tell at what moment the ex pert would examine his books and dis cover the shortage. , Mont Btnnc,tho giant of the Alps, has been climbed by sixty-one women. Tho first two were French women, one ol aristocratic and the other of plebeian birth, an J tli 'e were followed by thirty two Enjish, fifteen French, four Una. ian, three American, two Swiss, one Prussian, one Danish, one Hungarian, one Italian and one Austrian woman. A faithful record is mide of tho ascents, and a cross is set against the name of ,-ery one who fails to reach their journey's end. There have been thirty-two excursions to the summit this year, notwithstanding the evil reports of the accidents in furmci years. One of the most appropriate and use ful vocations into wh ch women are en tering in some numbers is that of nursiug. Every year, says tho Boston Courier, the training scltools for nurses are graduat ing larger classes, and the supply is' yet far short of the demand. The profession of nurse is one of great importance, and whilo it demands health, ability and devotion', it is- well;paid and whoever faithfully follows it" may en;oy the con sciousness of being of great use in the world; while it is happily fiee from that publicity which in so many of the avoca tions into which women have pushed themselves so hopelessly hardens them. George Alfred Townsend gives thefol- ' lowing account of tho origin of the great Leland StaiiTurd University in California: On the night on which his only son d ed of fever, at Florence, Italy, Senator Stan foid, worn out with watching, lay asleep in a room adj6ining that of the patient. The doors betweeu the roo'ns were clnsed.and while the father slept the boy died. In his sleep Senator Stauford heard his son say to him: "Father, don't tay you have nothiuo, to live for; you have a great deal to live Ur. Live for hu manity, father. Senator Fanford awoke and told his wife of his dream. At that moment, it may be said, the Ptatiforj Puiverstty M'ns bor, j STARLIGHT. A myriad stars have guided men to fame, Ilave kept them pure by looking to their light, And in the blackest depths of sorrow's night Have been to them eternally the same, Killing their souls with truths unchanging tin me. And rousing weaklings up to deeds of might, Inspiring them in life's unceasing tight To keep thir purpose free from blot or blame. Bo slmlt thou be, hiy love, my star and sun, To guide and light me through my life's short day To lie in joys or paths my rest, my stay, And If perchance before my course is run A vletor's crown shall full upon my brow, Thou still shalt be my star as thou art now. Tlmmat Q. Afargitfa, t'n the Current. CR0C1FISSS LACE. BY l.UCY BLAKE. High up among tho Tuscan mountains, not far from the borders of Lombardy, is a tiny hamlet called 1'iatico. It has a church, and the few strangers who visit the quiet little nook and enter the humble sanctuary wonder at the handsome lace decoraiingtlie Madonna's blue silk petti coat. All the rest of the ornamentation is so tawdry ami poor that the delicate fabric looks strangely out of place. How cumc it there? is a question the old woman who unlocks the door is proud to answer. Amy and I had put up for tho hottest summer weeks at the barn-like old post inn at 1'iatico. Often dining our walks through tho chestnut wuodsj or up the teep paths of the mountain-side, we met a tall, slim girl of eighteen, with strik ingly beautiful dark eyes, which haunted us by reason of their extreme Badness. She wore a skimp gown of homespun, its original color a matter of conjecture only; her well-modeled feet were bare, arid she was usually in charge of seven sheep and one little lame black lamb. Sometimes we saw her under a tree knit ting an interminable blue stocking for other feet than her own, evidently while the sheep graced. Or, in the open held, in the pouring rain, this ghost-like girl would sit ou tho soaking ground, huddled under an old green umbrella this to restrain a neighbor's cow, getting her supper of g ass, from invading an adjacent cabbage-patch. The girl always gave us a gracious "ciood-duy" as she pusBed, and seem p!e:ised When Amy mi led at her in return. "Who is she?'' we inquired of the mis tress of our inn. "You mean tho girl who drives the sheep with a lame black I them" answered our hostess. "Tliut is Crocifissa, poor girl, the convict's daii'di ter. Hers is a hard lot among a little community where nono lie on roses, I assure you. Her falher, Sandor. has u bad history, and the shadow of it darkens tho girl's life. "Oh, tell it!" cried Amv, dropping clown upon a stool beside the comfortable-looking old dame. I "It is soon told, signora, the story of most sins is short; it is the misery of them that drugs ou so wearily. When Puudro was young, ho killed a man in a passion of jealousy a woman ut the bot tom of the nilair, of course s'.ubbed him from beh nd in the dark, and then threw him down into the Lima to drown if the wound was not deep enough to give him his death. They were a year or more fastening tho murder opon Sandro, but he confessed it at hist over a glasss too much of Chiunti. lie was sentenced for twenty years to prison aud hard labor. W hen his time was out, strangely enough, he chose to come back here to Fiat co ; and, stranger i-till, ho found a woman foolish enough to marry him, knowing all about hiscrimc. This poor weak thinS died when Crocilissa was born, and tho cunu s n.'o mis been so wretched, it teems n pity i-ho did not die too." "Are they so very poor?'' ".Miserably; and because of the father's disgrace everybody shuns tho tho way of the world. I should make one exception when I say everyone turns the cold shoulder upon ncr. Perhaps the saddest part of Crocifissa's history is inai sue nas a lover whom she can scarc ely ever hope to marry." ! "Is he so poor, too?" 1 "His name is Hcmo. a very good fel low, but no luck. Ho makes a little money with his donkey, carrying fruit and vegetables to the hotel at Abetone, but ho has a blind old mother to beln, and he can mivo uothing. Croijifissi earns a lew francs sninninir nml knitting stockings, and the prolils from j Webster was about to end it by dis Jhe sheep put a scanty supply of bread missing Crocilissa, when the girl's" next in the mouths of tho convict and his words, understood this time, alas! all daughter, and keep a crazy roof over i too plainly riveted her attention, their heads. Crocinssa can make beauti-! "What did you sav?" she exclaimed, ful lace, but she hurts her eye at it, and a (-park of something like an"er glowing a doctor told her she would go blind if in her eyes. she made any more." j "if the signora would like some nar- "She has such lovely eyes!" said Amy, I row lace of the same pattern, I would enthusiastically. . try t m.lko jt. My ,yes 8ro better les; with a bit of happiness to : now than when I did that wide piece " brighten her, she would be the prettiest repeated Crocilissa. girl in these parts. As it is, her good "Do you mean to sav you mad') this looks are little use, poor thing!" 1 piece of lace?" said Mrs. Webster, with "Cun't liemo hit upon a more paying suppressed rage, business than donkey -drivir.g:" I ak. j "Yes signora; why not?" "Ho wishes to go down to the Maiem- ! Crocifissa regarded the now infuriated ma, wheie he would get good wages and lady with blank amazement ; she had ex bo able to put by a little, but Crocilissa pec ted praise for her handiwork, instead will not hear of it. Sho is rie-ht. I of thes rlumino- (.n- l ,.r n-r;i .1.5..V r... i' : - tuiun, m, i,i-iiw n UUL Vlftillg, HUU UO marsh fever would be suro to carry him off. Few people have been kind to tho girl, and no dog ever loved his master as Crocilissa loves licmo." "Poor girt what a pity they cauni t make each other happy!" "If they ha I a little capital, two or three hundred fiances, to hire and fur nish u room, they could manage to live; but hundred franc pieces do not fall from the clouds." Life at Paris being dull and bure of incident, we felt much interested in Crociiissa's story, aud cultivated her ac quaintance upon every occasion. Sho I a Hu,.ra ,) 1 . ,.l " BuiiHTcu in pretty little baskets improved by her- cn jMjut .i iii-iiiut leaves, and Willi Her eyes bunt shyly on her knitting, talked to us of her simple, uneventful life. When hemo, her lover, was under dis oussion, which, was freqiieutly the cuse, C'rocihVa' largo eyes glowed with u soft, happy light, and she became beau tifuh But the brightness vanished quickly at memory of the sordid misery encompassing them both. How we longed to be able lo give Jhri potfr girl the paltry um which would Change Her di'M silitoundings into a paradise. , One morning, as we sat sketching on the brow of tho hill, Crocitissa timidly nppronched us, carrying a small package under her arm. This sho unwrapped, disclosing about four yard of unusually beautiful lace, six inches or more wide. I was not much of a connoisseur in such things, but I coilld recognize the unusual merit of this piece. "Why, Crociflssft!" t exclaimed; "where r)id you get such a prizef" "I made it," she answered, modestly, "nt the Convent of La Speranza, where I waited on tho nuns for tive or six years. They taught me to make it, but I' can't sec to do uny mom" "But, child, Why dou't you sell this lace I It would help you a long Btcp towards buving furniture and marrying Remo." J 6 "Alas, signora, I have often tried, but nobody will buy it. The nuns say it is worth a gent deal of money, perhaps fifty fnincs: but I shall never find any one willing to give that sum, and t would let it go lor much less." She, of course, wished us to make some low offer for the lace, but I knew it would bo a great wrong to the girl to allow her to sacrifice her work for a trifle, and I assured her of this. Because we could not afford to pay n fair price, we had no right to profit by tho poor child's ignorance. "Tho nuns would offer tip special prayers for Me if I gave it to the con vent," continued Crocilissa; "but prnycrs will not buy furniture at least they have not, so far." "Don't desnair of vnnr nrnvern vpf. " I said Amy; then to me, in English, " l here is Mrs. Webster, the rich Ameri can lady at San Marcello; you know she is mad over hric-t bide, antiquities and laces especially laces. She has heaps of tilonejs and I believe she would buy this luce if she saw it." I thought the suggestion an excellent one, and so eager were we to try if the sale might not be brought about, that we returned nt onco to call our hostess into consultation. The result of this interview was, that the njxl day Crocifissa was dispatched to San Marcello with her lace, and a note to the landlord of the hotel where Mrs. Webster was staying. In three hours Croc:fissa returned, jubilant, because tho landlord had promised to show the lace to all the guests in Ills house likely to be interested in such things. We scarcely dared to break to Cro cifissa the good news that came three days later. .Mrs. Webster had fallen in love with the lace, as Amy had predicted,and nt the landlord's suggestion had prom isee to pay two hundred and fifty francs for the piece, on her departure a month later. In tho meantime it might remain upon exhibition behind tho glass doors of the padrone's cabinet of curiosities. It made one feel young and happy ai'ain to see the bliss of Crocilissa, ifiid Hemo. The latter was presented to us, and the good fellow seemed ready to risk his life to serve us. Amy might ride on the fruit-donkey nt any hour of tho day or night she choe, and it was borne in upon me that a particularly glaring pair of magenta stockings in process of con struction by Crocilissa was for mo. The fortune of the betrothed couple being now secured, negotiations were entered upon for the desired outfit of clothes and the necessary furniture. A charming pair of rooms, in Crocifissa's eyes, were bespoken, at the bark of the carpenter's house, and the wedding-day was set early in October. All was going merry aa the anti 'ipated marriage bells, when the day arrived for Crocilissa to go to San Marcello and receive her money. On her first visit she had seen only the padrone, and was nbont to be given the price of her lace and dismissed at once by him, when, on second thought, he decided to detain her. "Yon had better go and thank the lady for her kindness, yourself," he said; "it looks more civil." Crocilissa was shown into Mrs. Web ster's room, a marvel of ornamentation from all parts of tho globe, and of various centuries more or less authentic. .Mrs. Webster had, as Amy had main tained, an Idolatrous fondness for all ! things antique; a hideous jug with I crack upon its dirt-ingrained sides I lovel er in her eves than the most ski a was most skill fully worked vase of modern times. Sho willingly paid fabulous prices for rubbish of a bygone day, but was implacable if she discovered fraud in the dates of ap parently antique treasures. lu very bad Italian, she addressed Crocifissa, who, not understanding, re plied in a few words, which tho elder ladv failed to catch. The interview beins rather r trvlmr n. fr i.ti, ..,,.f '.,., r.0 , her. , " -'" I Mrs. Web-ter rang the bell with sharp I violence, aud demanded the instant pres ence of the padrone. "How dare you," j she cried, as he appeared, "try to cheat J mu so outrageously i" I The padrone, mystified as was Croci- ; flssa at the lady's cxeitemeut, stared in helpless silence. Presently he found I voice enough to falter: "I do not under stand ; will the signora please to ex- ; plain?" "You finished rascal, you know very ; well what I mean! You'showed me this lace, letting me believe it was old, and i,i ..;.i v. :., : ....... ' u '" mio & I l --it 1 lUHUtCUb CUUULIll confesses that she made it herself. What have you to sav for uiself, sirC' 'Dio mio! Why I thought but it is old, signora behold, it is quite dirty. I feared the signora would desire a fresher piece, and my heart was light when she seemed to wish to have it old. The signora did not mention how old it must be. hence this misunderstanding, which I regret deeply." If occasionally tempted into falsehood. like the mosl of his kind, the padroni on this occasion spoke the truth; He was a simple follow, ignorant of the craze of the elegant world for antiquities; he had not troubled himself to inquire the history of Crocifissa's lace, but had satis lied his conscience by asking its value of an old woman of the village,nn authority in such matters, But the irate Mrs. Webster was not to be appeased. The padrone had tried id cheat her its eprcgiously as any hardened rogue in tho lowest of junkshops. "Here," to Crocilissa, "take your Incc; I have changed my mind, and will not have it I" and Bho tossed the dainty work into a basket on the girl's arm. "But, signora!" cried the poor childi bins ing into tears, arid extending both hands imploringly. "Leave the room at once, both of you !" said Mrs. Webster, callously. "I cannot have a scene hero. The way of the trans gressor is hard, you know, and you must take tho consequences of your evil deeds." Poor Crocifissa I how she retraced her tired steps to Piatico, empty handed with the unlucky lace in her basket, she hevc knew. The situation Was really deplorable all the necessaries for their humble housekeeping nlmost in their possession, the rooms engaged, and not a franc to pay for anything. The little community was loud in its expressions of rage at the inhuman woman who had so deceived Crocifissa, but this mended matters not at nil. A day dr two later Bcrno sought ds out, despair on his handsome face. Cro cilissa was ill, of grief only, but so low and miserable, that Hemo feared tho worst. The poor girl was really iu a iiitiable state, and after our visit to the lovel where she lived. Amy and I de clared we would not see another sunset before we had tried to set on foot some project that might benefit the unhappy child. There were crowds of strangers at tho hotel' at Abetoue; why should they not know of the sad little romance nt Piati co? With the assistance of our kind hostess, the affair was made public, and we arranged a lottery by which to dis poso of Crocifissa's lace. To our great delight, tickets to the value of nearly three hundred fiaucs were sold, the money of course, being poured into the lap of the bewildered Crocifissa, well nigh beside herself with these sudden transitions from despair to joy twice repeated. The modest troutieau and furniture were paid for, arid there was ft little sum left over for a rainy day. Amy and I delayed out- stay, to be present at the wedding in October; and a very merry affair it was, thanks to the change in public opinion, which now regarded Hemo and Crocifissa as the hero and heroine of the village. The old hostler at our inn won the lace. As he had not chick nor child to give it to, and one or two old sins on his con science, ho gave his winning to the Church. And thus it came about that the Madonna's silken robe is so richly decor ated. Frank Lculte1!. Wild Ponies on the Southern Coast. On the banks or sand bars that divide the Atlantic Ocean from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, just inside tho light house that marks out to the marinei dreaded Cape Lookout, there is to be found a hardy race of ponies kuown ns "Bankers." These ponies have lived there as long as the tradition of the old est inhabitant dates back. Entirely sur rounded by deep water at all seasons, having no communication with the main land, aud being barren of vegetation save a scanty growth of sedge grass and low shrubs, the banks have remained unin habited except by these ponies, which seem to thrive and multiply in spite of the hardships to which they ore exposed. How they first enme there, or of what oiigin, is conjecture, and tradition mere ly hints the story of a violent storm, with its attendant shipwreck nnd loss of all on board, save a lot of ponies from some European port, which were cast upon the sands, and surviving the storm became the progenitors of the race of Bankers now so numerous. Having to rely on in stinct alone, these animals are a subject of study to the naturalist, as they are a prey not only to the driving sands, but to the storms of the Cape, that break upon and over the narrow sand bar and change with each recurring hurricane the topography of the country. The ponies, choosing the protected side of the sand hillocks, burrow deep into the yielding sand, and stamp out a protected stall wnere they tone refuge from the storm: and, while many are destroyed, theii number has increased American Agry culturirt. Pine-Bark as a Diet. One article of subsistence sometime employed by the Indians is only resorted to when they are driven to great straits by hunger. Around many ot the water-iug-places in tho pine-forests of Oregon and California the trees of Pinus lion. derosa may be seen stripped of theii bark for a space of three or four feet neai the base of the trunk. This has been accomplished by cutting witli a hatchet a line around the tree as high as one could conveniently reach, and another lower down, so that the bark, severed above and below, could be removed in strips. At certain seasons of tho year a mucilaginoua film (tho libur iium) separates the bark from the wood of the trunk. Part of this liliu adheres to each surface and may be scraped off. Tho resulting mixture of mucilage-cells and half-formed wood is nutritious and not unpalatable, so that, as a lust resort, it may be used as a defense usainst star vation. The frequency with which signs of its buving been resorted to are met with is a strUin iudicat ion of the uu certa'iities and irregularities of the sup ply department among savages. lur HeUiice Monthly. Only a Crown. King George II. was the last of the moiiurcha who made a fixed residence at St. James's puluee. Jt was his Queen, Caroline, who, being a stirring kind of a woman, planned all sorts of improve ments about the royal purks and palaces ; among others the exclu-iou of the public from all royal enclosures. she asked of the Prime Minister what would be the cost of this last arrangement. 'MJuly a crown, madam," replied the politic man; and the Queen took warn ing aud stayed her hand. All the Yar goMti atmow IMPORTS. ODU AETICLE3 SENT TO A GREAT COMMERCIAL CUT. Hindoo Money to Adorn Tom A t ae Tor Buffalo Horns - Hard Wood " Dolllpn," Ktc. In Liverpool which is one of the greatest centres of mcreniltiie industry in the world, there are somo two thousand articles of import and export upon which dock rates nnd town dues are charged. Some of these heads contain many items. There are at least tive descriptions of feathers, each with a separate value on thfcrrt fot rating; ten kinds of hair; eight een of nuts; twenty-tvfo Of emty pack ages; twenty-seven of gums; thirty-four of bark ; seventy-two of iron ; and one bundled and thirty-six of wood, includ ing wooden articles. The very names of many articles of mcrchntldire would be as Greek to the classical scholar, and their uses ns the Eleuslninn or Kosiorucian mysteries; yet the merchant must understand nil about them, the laitds which furnish them, the weather which rules their pro'ductionj the habits of the people who prepare nnd pack them, the kind of ship which alone U suitable In which to bring them home or convey them out, and the chances for their meeting with a market on either side of the world ; altogether no small matter. To persons unfamiliar with the imports of the world it may be surprising to learn that the little shells called "cowries," used as money among the Hindoos, should be a regular import. They are only found, in considerable quantities, on the shores of the Zulu group of islands.in the Eastern Archipelago; and are brought to Bombay in exchange for rice. During the slave-trade they were exported from Bombay to Africa for the purchase of men, but now that they nre" useless in that way, tho wonder is' they should be worth the carriage to England simply for the purpose of covering toys and boxes. This, however, is less their destination than to be ground nn for the manufac ture of some kinds of porcelain and enamelthis last for mnking watch faces and other ornamental articles, aud for enameling ladies' faces. Lately, the amount of cowries imported has lessened very considerably, so let us hope that ladies have learned more sense than to try to be made beautiful forever. Buffalo horns nt one time, some ten years or so ago, were brought home as dunnage in every cotton ship. Dunnage is the stowage of articles a-ound the sides and in the odd corners of the hold, for the better preservation of tho cargo from damp or other injury. For this purpose these horns were very suitable; but the quantity which was brought home was far beyond the demand for horn buttons, combs, knife handles, etc. What became of tho remainder i They were exported again, this time to France and Italy, where they were boiled down and cut into strips, to use ns whalebone for" umbrellas and parasols. There was a pre judice against the use of steel or iron wires for this purpose in t'le -countries named, as very terrible thunder storms occur there, and it was feared that they would attract tho lightning. Either the thunder storms nre less seve.e, or the timidity of the French and Italians has lessened of lafe years, for this import is now but a trivial one, "Dollies" has, indeed, a very babyish sound, but they are only a sort of pegs, set in a wooden handle, nnd used by every I nnenshire Washerwoman ns assist ance in her art. Being constantly wetted in hot water, they wear longer when formed from n hard wood, which is sent from North Amcricn, chiefly New York. "Nerves of cnttle," "barrow bodies," "cats of all kinds." and "dead eyes,"have all a peculiar sound, yet cat gut, wheelbarrows, furs, and pulley are all legitimate objects for import and ex port. Bulrushes" nre brought from Holland, with wooden hoops for coop ering casks; "cinders," "clinkers." nnd "dross," fur mnking roads, come home at ballast, with gravel, ana many kinds of stone; ''acorns" of a peculiar sort from Italy are used in dyeing. Acid Yorl Ob-terrer. The Switzerland of ATiicn. Like t'-e Swiss, the Kabyles have an Intense love of their country. They love it for its very snvugencss, in which every peak and crag seems to frown de fiance at an invader. They areas jealous of its independence ns tho brave warriors of .Montenegro. Those who have fought for generations against the Turk in the passes of the B'.ack Mouutuins, overlook ing the Adriatic, have not shown more valor than the natives of Knbylia. Thil courage flames out clearest and brightest in the moments of gi cutest danger. One custom they have which shows that the blood of heroes is in their veins. When tidingsof an invasion come to their moun tain retreats, tho whole land rises up at the sound of war. The young iiieu ol tho different trib s enter into a solemn "league and covenant," which miht be called the league of death, since all who jo' u iu it swear to die for their coiiulry. So complete is this offering up of their lives, that the prayers for the dead are read over them, so that when they go forth to battle they are already as dead men, and have only to seek the place where they may give up their lives. If, indeed 1 hey annihilate the enemy, they may return anl lie: But if the foe is still in the field, they must seek death until they find it. If one were to flee iu the day of battle and return to his tribe, he would be received as the Athenians received thcoueurvivorof Ther nopyhe. He would In- an outcast in his tribe, doomed lo sutler a thousand insults worse than death. But for those who are killed there is g ory hero and rest here after. Their -mils ascend to paradise, whilo their bodies a e buried apart, in a place which i- thus rendered forever sacred, and to which pious .Moslems will come and pray over the dust of their heroic dead. 8'rilmtr'i il'iyuiiite. Her Preference. "You'll please pardon me" He glnncud playfully "If really iiivqumtion should tiro. hi you care lor men tall, Or tli'ise w liu are small What kind of luou do you adinirof" Her lashes quick fell Ami veiled Lior eve well. "No pardon for mch a request ; 1 like mankind all, Both little and tall, But then I like Hymen tho beet." -BimIuh Budget. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. Cooklnjr Cereal. The main scefcf in the preparation of cereals, says (lool Jloimelcrpinjj, is thorough cooking; and this necessitates cooklf'2 them slowly, in the proper quan tity of liquid, fo'f a eonsidcrable length of time. A great deal has been written about preparing rr.ushe? for the fable in from two to twenty minutes, nnd many cooks serve them prepared in that length of timei but all cereals are more diges tible nnd hutch finer flavored when thoroughly cooked. The table given be low will be found approximately accurate as regards the proportions of grain and liquid to be used, nnd the length of time required to perfectly cook the following grnius.md grain products: Pearled Wheat Five measures of liquid to each measure of wheat. Cook from four to six hours. Pearled Barley Five measures of liquid to each measure of barley. Cook from four to six hours. Coarse Hominy Five measures of liquid to each measure of hominy. Cook from six to ten hours. Fine Hominy Four measures of liquid to each measure of hominy. Cook from four to six houts. Coarse Out meal Four measures of liquid to erich measure of oatmeal. Cook from four to six hours. Polled Wheat. Three measures of liquid to each measure of wheat. Cook two hours. Polled Barley. Three measures of liquid to each measure of barley. Cook two hours. Boiled Oats (Avcnn) Thice measures of liquid to each measure of oafs. Cook an hour. Bice Three measures of liquid to each measure of rice. Cook nn hour. Farina Six measures of liquid to each measure of furina. Cook half an hour to nn hour. Ceiealine Flakes One meusure of liquid to each measure of cerealine. Cook half an hour. Water alone can bo Used for cooking any of the cereals, but most of tbem nre richer and finer flavored when the liotiid used is milk and water, mixed in about equal proportions. Especially is this the case with barley, rice, hominy and farina. The quantity of salt that should be used in cooking cereals is largely a mutter of individual taste, as some people like considerable, nnd some very little, Fait in their food. A safe general rule, how ever, to follow, is to add half a teaspoon ful of salt to each pint of liquid. All cereals can be cooked very per fectly in nn ordinary agate ware or por-cclain-lincd stew-pan, if carefully watched nnd stirred; but, ns much stir ring renders cereals starchy, and robs theui of a good deal of their finest flavors, a double boiler, frequently called a furina boiler, is much the best and most convenient utensil for cooking mushes and grains of every kind. To cook cereals in a double boiler: Fill the outside boiler two-thirds full of boiling water, put the necessary quantity of liquid in the inside kettle, add the requisite amount of salt, and when it boils, sprinkle in tho grain or meal, stirring slowly until it swells or thickens enough to keep it from settling to the bottom'of- the kettle. Then cease stir ring, nnd let it boil-slowly until thor oughly cooked. All mushes "thickeo in cooling, nnd in preparing cereals to be eaten cold the proportion of liquid should be increased at least one-third. That is all good advice. lteclpcs. Fritters.- Four eggs well beaten, one quart of Hour, two teaspoons of bak ing powder, half teispoon of salt, milk enough to make a batter, fryiu hot lard, sprinkle with sugar, or eat with sprup. Ai'i'i.E Jici.i.y. Use good sour npples, slice them, skins, seeds, and nil, ami simmer with one-half a cup of water till well-cooked and soft ; then strain through a cloth, add a pound of sugar to a pint of juice, boil a few minutes, skimming till clear; pour into glasses nnd cover when cold. Oatmeal Poiiuhxik. Take two ounces of oatmeal and one aud one-half pints of water. Hub the men! in a basin with the back of a spoon in n small quan tity of water, pouring off the fluid after the coarser particles are settled, but while the milkiness continues repeat the operation until the milkiness disappears. Put the washings into a small pan; stir until they boil, adding a pinch of salt, and boil until a soft, thick mucilage is formed. Sweeten to taste. i 8n;wEi) Cinii-s. Broil the chops and , let them get cold; then put into a sauce- pun with two tablespoons of butler and j one of minced onion ; cover tightly and set in a kettle of cold water; bring slow- ! ly to a boil. At the end of un hour add I a cup of hot broth (inaile from the trim- ; mings of chopsi, seasoned with pepper, i suit, a pinch of cloves aud chopped pars ley); cover again and stew gently until the chops are tender, setting the sauce- pun directly on the range. Then lay 1 them on a hot dish; strain the gravy, , thicken with browned Hour, stir in a good teaspoon of currant jelly; boil one , minute and pour over the chops. .'' . ut oue and a-half pounds of .tewing beef into slices, sprinkle ( a little salt and pepper on it, and lay it in a pot with u tight fitting lid. Pour three teacups of water ou it, and let it como to boiling point; then slice ono carrot, one puisuip, one turnip, and one turnip, and three onions, ami throw them in. Then take three-qiiai ters of a pound of flour, a sitltspoonful of baking sodu, one saltspoonful of salt, and nearly a iia ter of a pound of suet nicely imiifid; mix into a dough with butter- i milk, knead it into u round shape, and put it ou to the top of the meat and eiretaliles ; cover up close, a'ld let it si cincr slowly for two and a half hours. Willi -even pounds of potatoes this dish ; is suilicieut for a lurge family. His Uiy Bumps. A gentleman entered a phrenologist's office in Boston and asked to have his head examined. After u moment's in spection the professor started back, ex. claiming' "Cood gracious! you have the most unaccountable comhitialiou of altiihqtcs I ever discovered in a hum. in b ing. Were your parents eccentric l" "No sir," replied the all-around character, meekly, ' but my wife is.,' You uuedii't pay any attention to the larger bumps, sir.'' Hirlintjtm f'rt.' V' THE LIGHT. There Is no shadow where my love Is laid: Tor (ever thus I fancy in my dream That wnkes with me and wakes my sleep), some gleam Of snnllght, thrusting through the poplar shade, Falls there; and even when the wind has played His requiem for the Day, one stray sun beam, Pale as the pnlevt moonlight glimmers seen, Keeps sentinel for her till starlights fade. And I, remaining here and waiting long, And all enfolded in my sorrow's night, Who not on earth again her face may see For even Memory dues hef likeness wrong And blind and hopeless, only tor tlds light This light, this lisht, through all tho years to be. . C. jBiomer, in the Century. IIUMOK OF THE DAY. You may laugh at a baldheaded man as much as you like, but you can't make tun of his hair. IJiiiiiviUe l!ree:e. The I nglish house of lords now re joices in a new nnd appropriate title the house of landlords. Cticayo Journal. "Why do plots thicken on the stage?" asks a western exchange. B 'cause they cau't very well bo any thinner. That's one reason. Mail ami Krprms. He was lovc-struck when first tiny met, And soon was liound the fetti-s ; One year, and she spat back love's truck His gilts and all his letters. Carl Pretzel. In a Kansas town. Class in history. Teacher "And what did Washington do when he threw up his fortifications . near Boston?" Bright Boy "lie boomed the town." Arkmuaw Trmeh'i: One of the most, annoying things in lifo is to think you havo found a nickel on a show case, and after making a covert grab for it, discover that it is pasted on the under side of the glass. tpn-h. "There is many a slip 'twbtt the cup and ths lip," A motto that comes very pat, my boys; There arj many slip-ups 'ttvixt the flips and hie cups You had better paste that in your hat, my boys. Goo laWs Sun. There is a good deal of interest mani fested now iu the subject of whaling in the polnr sea. The difference between ti nt and the old-fa-hioned back-shed variety is that in one instance tho victim gets cold nnd in the other ho gett w a rm e d . Mercltan t T rattier. Should Wiggins claim that storms will blow, tio sailing, son. nnd fear not; Hut should he prophesy a calm, Into the o.'eau steer not. -A" 1 should he say the sun will shine, Then look fnr drenching rains out. T.s strange the killer with his club Don t knock the fellow's brains out. Wa.'himjton Uatchet. NOT PERFECT". He wears a dapper Derby hat, Which he would call a 'tile;' His linen nnd his gay cravat Are of the latest style. His clothes by Poole, of London fame. Are faultless in their tit, They ornnment his manly frame "Ainl he aware of it ' A ra,-f mt h." von d siv at onre-. Aud get it wrngauu,!! . iiTK" For he is just a perlof'xduueo, ' - He has a misfit brain. boinen-ille Journal. A Wonderful Marching Feat. Looking through history, writes Lieu tenant Hamilton in the New York Post, we find that though iu all other particu lars the art of war has made wonderful strides, yet in the actual distances ac complished in marches on foot the an cients were fully equal to modern sol diers. Iu fact, tho "most wonderful feat ever recorded in marching was accom plished by the ancients. In the second Punic war Hannibal lay waiting at Canu siuni for his brother llasdrubal to bring him reinforcements from spain. Facing Hannibal was a iiotnan army under the Consul Claudius Nero, while op posite llasdrubal was another Human army under the Consul Li viits. Leaving the main body to hold nnd deceive Hannibal, Claudius, with u picked body of 1,000 horses and 11,000 foot, marched secretly nnd quickly to Livius, and, joining forces with hiin, they hurled themselves on llasdrubal and defeated him. Claudius then at once marched back again before Hanni bal was aware of his brother's defeat. Now, the distance between Canusium and Scrru (lullit a, the place of the bat tle, by the best authorities is given at the least measurement as 22" miles. The march w as made each way iu six days, or at the rate ol over thirty-seven miles n day. But this march is an exceptional one, and, if believed, must stand out like so many other of the wonders of the ancients. Wind ami Endurance In Itiinnin;. The essential requisites of a long-dU-tauce runner are a strong heart and ca pacious lungs in u broad, deep and mobile chest. The reason for this will be ap parent to those who understand the physiology of exercise. To sustain long continued exertion latent energy in tho muscle, used is necessary, and also a ready means of supphiug these muscles with an increased amount of oxygen while in action, and of carry ing away the carbonic uJd that results from the coiiiiiu-tion in tho tissues. Hence the necessity of breuthing faster while run ning than w hile walking, and unless this exchange of eases can be t arried on with su licieiil rapidity u'.id in su;licient quan tities to meet the demands of the organ-i-ui under these trying circumstances, there soon comes an end to further mus cular activity, though the inns les them selves may be far from exhausted. S'rinirr'i Mfrjiuim: Cuiii'ting u Widow. Smith: "I say, I iiunley, you have had aouio experience in love affaa's, and I want your advice. Them is a pretty little widow in ll.ulcui whom 1 devotedly love. Ill paying my addresses how ofteu ouulit I to i .ill upon bcr." Dum'cy: ""he is a w idow, you say ?" Muith: "Yes." Duinley: "Seven nights in the week, my boy, with u Wedne-dsy ;u d Saturday iu.it inee " A c )i i r'.i .
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