THE FOREST REPUBLICAN U pabllihcd srsry Wednesday, toy J. E. WENK. OtHoe In Bmearbaugh 3c Co.' Building KLM ITRKBT, TIONK8TA, Pa, Terms, . 1 1.00 per Year. No mWrlpttmn rtealTed for 1 shorter period than lbra tnniuhs. Oorraie-MiiKtonr rolleKcd from so puu of the RATES OF ADVERTISING. On. Fqosre, one Inch. o lnartlo-. 1 1 ST On. Sinar, on. Inch, on. mouth .....a I On. Squire, on. IncB, thro, mnnibl Oii. Square, one lush, on. your 1 Two 8(nn , on. jeat 18 09 (inarter Column, on. jreuf " bait Cslmrin, on. jrear 00 On. Column, on. year 1 00 Lral advanlaamenia tm onu per Ha. t ortioa. MtrrUf. ud death notice a-ratls. All bill, for tearlj adTertliwmrnt. enllartea oja. ferlT. Tatuporarj sdTeruaamuBU auM Da paid U Mi.dc. Job work h On dslrf sry. ORES PUBLICAN VOL. XX. NO. 43. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 1888. iSl.50 PER ANNUM. ..Miii.ry. no nance mil do unoa or toomj ytnoua -"o ni B rucauona. RFC It has been recently shown by stalls-1 tic. that the difference bclwoen the, wage, of men and women in thil city Who do tho same work is from (1 to 12 a week in favor of tho men. TheNcw York 1erahl think, "itlsmoro thnn probable thnt Do I esseps' Panama ditch, if it is ever finished, will not bo big enough to hold alt tho p..or follows who have died while digging it." Dr. Gross, 0f Geneva, Switzerland, has Intcly evperimcnted with himself in hanging. Hi experiments established thnt the scus.it ion were only warmth and a burning in the head, without convul sions. Of course his experiments didn't go very far. During tho last teion on the great IBies, it is estimated, more than two hundred lives were lost and $2,500,000 worth of properly destroyed. Sevcnty kix steamers, forty-three schooners, six tow bn.gcs, and eight tugboals were lost or damaged. Indiani is proud because she claims to be the first Stale to adopt a daily weather erviec. The hcadqiiurtcrs are to be at ludiatiupolis, from which onu hundred telegrams wi;l bo sent out each morning early, giving the probabilities for twenty four hours in advance Saxony and Thuring'a are the homo and paradise of dolls. The annual pro duction of dolls' stockings alone in Saxony is 33,000 dozen. Thousands of shoemakers tind constant employment in luaKing dolls shoes. The export of dolls to Fuglnnd, France and America is very large, and increasing every year. The E'fcnca' iVri-ir says that the uselcssncs of the lightning-rod is be coming so generally understood that the agonls find their vocation a trying one. Fewer and fewer rods are manufactured each vear, and "tho day will come when lightning rod on a house will be re garded iu thu same light ai a hoiseshoo over a man's door.'" Ban Francisco has more representatives in the United States Senate than any two other cities iu the country. The Cali fornia Senators, Stnndford and Hearst, havo residence in San Francisco, as have also thu Nevada Senators, Stewart and Jones. Stewart practices law at the San Francis o bar, and .'ones is a mem ber of tho San FiaucUco Exchange. Alabama is g ing ahead fast, accord ing to the reports of a correspondent, who writes that in ten years the State has incieascd her ta.ublu property from f li.-,OiMi,oouto2.VOiiO,080j and'in the past year Jefferson County, of which B rmingham is the county scat, has in creased J33.000.OO0 in tax value. The total increaso in the State for the year was f 11.UU1.703. . Albert M. Thompson has arrived in this country and is going to study medi cine in the Medical College of Indiana. The interest of this announcement is in tho fact that he ia a full blooded Vey ncg o, the sou of Dowanna, King of the l'pHr I eron County, and Sandymanda, Queen of Jarbucca. His African name is Moinora. He is twenty years old and well educated, haviug studied at Cape Mount, West Africa. wriimiiira h rapiny pushing to tho front in Furopa. The new crematory at Stockholm, Sweden, burned its first body, that of the late rendunt of the Likbraenuingsfoercningen (cremation so" ciet3) Kjeller-tedt. on October 15. From that day to December (I nineteen corp.es were incluciate.l. A crematory is in course of erection at Zurich, Switzer land. Another Is to be buiit at flisel on the same plan. At Hamburg, Ger many, tho erection of a crematory will commence next spring. The cremation society at lierl.n has secured the ground I lor a cremalury. The Albany Arju-s lys that a crusade against cigarette smoking has been in augurated along the Hudson Kier, and what is termed "a moral boycott" is the instrument Used to bring about the de sire! result. Physicians say the number of cases of serious illness traceable to the pernicious efficlsof cigarette smoking is i very large, and that it is high time to ' call a halt, lb-suits of the crusade eau be seen in King-ton, Pouglikeepsie, New burg, e to., where s:gns ae displayed: "No Cigarettes Sold to Boys Here." The movement is b ing warmly iudorsetl by clergymeu, educators and others. Bush Otter, a young Sioux, is the only full-blooded Indian who was ever em ployed by an Kxeculive Department of the United States Government. The Geological Survey has for some time past employed Otter, who is well educated, ta prejwre for publication a soriesof Indian legouds which he learned in his father's yigwum when a child. Otter repaired to Hedgcsville, W. a., last summer to pursue his literary work in that quiet town. There he met a charming white g rl wilh whom he fell in iove. His pay of -J i a month did not seem suitic ent to hi in in the liht of contemplated mat rimony aud he i-trtick for higher wages. ITiu Geological Bu e m refused to ruise his salary and Otter became a man of L.uiav, Y LIFB- 0 f , Child of the dep. unfathomable nlghtl Thon child of terror, child of Joy and light. Of ptM'-e and strife, O tbou, my life I O life, my lifel Begot In passion, and In sorrow born) By warring doubts bewildered and torn With tumult rife Art thou, my life. Ollfe, my lifel By shadows vainly vexed, by shadows Joyed; Vain hands outstretching to'ard the unan swering void: With silence rife Art thou, my lifel HJalmar lljorth Boyeten, in Independent, ARMSTRONGS LESSON. In the early days of California tho olden days ol gold, or the golden da.s of old, as you please in a certain miner's camp on Yuba Hiver there lived a queer genious named Armstrong. He was an honest miner, not diilering materially from his fellows, excepting that he had a curious habit of talking to himself. I From the simple rea-on that ho dupat ted ' f.. ah. ! .i ' ..v.., ,iiu k-'iuiiiuu vumuiji iu iu. .one par t.cular he was of course voted crar.y by the other mineis. To call all persons "crazy" who do not follow the customs of the ma.ority is a constant habit with i men. men. Hut day after day Armstrong wurKvu away wuu ms p ck ana shovel. caring nothing lor the remarks of his uuiguuurs, anu seeming io wish for no partner in bis toils or rest savo the in isible personage whom he always ad dressed in the second person singular. and with whom he was ulmost in close and earnest conversation. The drift of his talk while at work would beat fol lows: "Rather tough work, Armstrong rich dirt, though grub $1 a pound no nine to waste pucn in, si I don't wiBh I whs in the t mining s mighty bird work. Nonsense. Armstrong; what a fool you are to be talking that way, with three ounce a day right under our feet, and nothing IU UU UUb JUKI, IU Ulg It OUL. His conversation would be dulv nunc tuatud with strokes of the pick and lifts or the loaded shovel. Aud so the days would pass along, and Armstrong worked and slept aud talked with his invisible partner. ell, It happened in due cours of t nie that the class o. human vampires commonly called giunb era made their appearance at the camp where Armstrong had been working. As he was not above fol owing tno example of his fellows, he paid the newcomers a vis. t. It is the same oiu 'story. After watching thu gam awime he concluded it was thu simplest thing in tho world. So he tried his luck ana won $100! Now, any new ex perience would set Armstrong to think ing and talking to himself worse than ever, it was so this time. Now, Arm strong," he said, as he hesitated about go ng to work the next mo.ning. "that is the easie-t 1 Oyou ever made in your life. What's tho use of vour L'oimr'into a uoiu in me ground to dig for three oun esauavi me iact is, Armsirong, you are sharp. You are not mude for this kino of worn. Suppose you just throw away your pi. k aud shovel, lea e the .nintu, buy a cuit of store clothes, dress up like a born gentleman, and go at some bus.i.ess that suiti your talent." Armstrong was not long in putting "t mulleins nuu sayings into action, Hu left the diggings and invested in fine clothes. He looked like another man, but he was still tho same Armstrong, neve.theless. He was not long in finding an opportunity to try a new profession. Walking forth in his fresh outfit he had just concluded a long talk w.th himself about his bright prospects when he halted in I'rout of a large tent w.th a sign over it: '-Miners' Hest." Armstrong went in. It did not seem to him that he re mained very long but it was long enough to work a wonderful revolution in his feebngs. When he camo out he was a changed man that is to say, he was a "changeless" mun. He was thunder struck, amazed, l.ewildcred. He had lost hU nu.ney, lost his new prospect, lost, his se f conceit 1 st every thinif but his new clothes and habit of talking to himself. It is unless to say that he was mud. Armstrong was very mad. Hut there was no one to be ma I at but Armstrong him scl ', so self number two was in for a rough leuture. "Now, Armstrong, you are a nice pec. men you fool you bilk you dead beat you inf " Well, I need not re peat all the hard thing he said. Like King Hit-hard, he "found within himself no pity for himself." lint mere words were not lutlicient It was a time for action. But Armstrong ne er once thought of drowning, shoot- lug, hanging or any other form of suicid He was altogether too original, us well as too sensible lor that. , et he w.ts re solved on something real and pract cal in the way of refoimatory punishment. Ho felt tho need of a self-imposed decree of ban ki u ptcy that should render t he lai . u o ss complete as possible, and prevent a similar courso in tho future. So the broken firm oi "Armstrong it Self" went forth in med tition long and ?C,'P; ' hi thoughts were almost I wl. f iui uiiciuuic ii. it iinaiiv tie , stood by the dusty road along which the great freighting wagons were hauling suppl es to the mining camp up the Sacra mento. One of these wagons, drawn by six yoke of oxen, was iust uassiuir. Snap, snan.snHp, in slow irregular sucres I sion, came the keen, sting reports of the long Missouri ox whip, 'vl lang! g'lang! I wo-haw! ' shouted the tall, (lust-begrimed driver.as he swung his whip aud cast a sidelony glance at the broken firm, wondering "What all them store clothes was a doin' thar." Now, when Anu stroug saw iho long column of white dust rising behind that wagon he was taken with an idea. So he shouted to the driver to know if he might be allowed to walk in the road behiud the wagon. "Get in and nde," said the driver. "No," said Armstrong, "I wish to walk. "Then walk, you crazy fool." was the accommodating response, as thediiver awung his w hip. Then came the tug of war. Greek never mot Greek more fiercely than did the two outeaaiing spirits composing the firm of Armstrong i Self at that particular monieut. i "How, Aimstrong," said the impe ls rious head of the li'in, "you git riht in the middle of that road, ilr, and walk in that duBt behind that Wagon." J'Whatf with these clothes on? Why, It is fifteen miles, and dusty all the way." "No matter, sir: take the road. , ou squander your money on three-card montp; Til teach you a lesson." "O'langl g'langl drawled the driver, as he looked over his shouldct with a curiora mingling of pity, contempt or wonder on his dusty face. More and more spitefully snapped the swinging whip as the slow-paced oxen toiled mile after mile under the heat of a Septem ber sun. . And therein the road trudged Armstrong behind the wagon; slowly, wearily, thoughtfully, but not silently. He was a man who always spoke his thoughts. "This serves you right, Armstrong. Any man who will fool his money away at three-card monte deserves to walk in the dust." "It will spoil these clothes." "Well, don't you deserve it?" "Tho dust fill my eyes." "Yes; any man who gambles all his dust away at three-card monte deserves to have dust in his eyes and alkali dust at that." "The dust chokes me." "All right; any m in who will buck at monte deserves to be choked. Keep the road, sir the middle of the road close up to the wagou. Do you think you will ever bucic at monte again, Arm strong?" And so the poor culprit, self-arrested, self-condemned, coughed and sneezed and choked and walked and talked, mile after mile, hour after hour, while the irreat wagon groaned and creaked, the driver bawled and swung his whip, ihe patient oxen gave their shoulder to the yoke, and the golden sun of Sep tember sank wearily toward the west. The shadows of evening were beginning to fall when the wagon halted at the place called Packer's Roost, on the l una. "Here we rest," sighed Armstrong, just above his breath, as he looked at tho stream. "No you don't," answered the head of the firm. "You buok your money away at monte and talk about rest. "Now, Armstrong, go right down the bunk, sir, into the river." As the command was peremptory and a spirit of obedience see ned the safest, Armstrong obeyed without parley and down he went, over his head and ears, store clothes and all, into the cold moun ta n stream. It was a long time that he remained in the water and under the water. He would come to thu surface every little while to t ilk, you understand. It was impossible for Armstrong to for bear talking. "Oh, yes," he would say as he came up and snuffed the water from his nose, "you'll buck your money away at three card monte, will you? How do you like the water cure?" His words weie, of course, duly punctuated by ir regular plunges and catchings of the breath. It so happened that the man who kept the shanty hotel at the Packer's Hoot had a woman for a wife. She, being a kind-hearted creature, besought her lord to go down and "help the poor crazy man out of the water." "Pshaw," said the ox driver, "he ain't a crazy man ; he's a fool. He walked behind my wagon and talked to himself all the way from Scrabble town." Thereupon arose a lengthy discussion about the dilfe reuce between a crazy man and a fool. But after a while the land lord and the ox driver went down to the bank and agreed to go Armstrong's se curity ag .i ist bucking at monte in thu future if lie would come out of thewatei. So he came out and went up to the hoiis. "Will you have a cup of tea or cof fee?" said the woman, kindly. "les, madam," said Armstrong, "I wdl take both." "He is cra.y, sure as can be," said the woman, but she brought the two cups as ordered. "Milk and sugar?'' she in quired, kindly as before. "No, madam, mustard aud red pep per," answered Armstrong. "1 au believe he is a fool, ' said the woman, as shu went for the pepper and mustard. Armstrong, with deliberate coolness. put a spoonful of red pepper into the tea aud a sjKionful of mustard into the cof fee. 1 hen be poured the two together into tin cup. Then the old conflict ntred again, a id high above the din of rattling tin cups ana pewter spoons, sounded thu stern command: "Armstrong, drink it. sr drink it down." A momentary hesitation and a few desperate gulps and it was down. "Oh, yes," said our hero. as his throat burned and the tears ran down his eyes, "you buck your money away at three-card monte, do you?" Jiow, the 1 hoinpsonuin dose, above d esc r, bed, very nearly euded the buttle with poor Armstrong. He was sdent for quite a time, and everybody else was silent. After a white the landlord ven tured to suggest that a bed couid be provided if it was desired. "No," said Armstrong, "I'll sleep on the floor. You see, stranger," said he, eyeing the landlord with a peculiar express on, "this fool has been squandering gold dust at monte three card monte and does not deserve to sleep iu a bed." So Armstrong ended the day's battle by going to bed ou the floor. Then came the dreams. He lirst dreamed that ha was sleeping on the North Pole and his head in the tropics, while all the miners in Yuba were giound-sluicing in his stomach. Next, hu dreamed thut he hid swallowed Mount Hiusti for supper, and th it the o d mountain had suddenly uecome an active volcano ana was vom iting acres and acres of hot lava. Theu the seems shifted, and beseemed to have found his final abode in a place of vile smells ami fierce flumes, politely called the antipodes of hiaven. And while hu wiithed and groaned in sleet less ajouy a fork-tail fieud was saying to him in a mo king voice: "You buck your money away at three-card monte, do vou heyf " But. even th s troubled sleep had an end at last, and Armstrong arose. When he looked at himself in the broken looking-glass that hung on the wall he thought his face bore traces of wisdom that he never saw there before. So he said: " 1 think you have learned a les son, Armstrong. You can go back to your mining now, sir, aud leave moute alone." Time showed that he was ritfht. His lesson was we'd learned. The miners looked a little curious when he reap peared at the camp, and still cal ed him cia.y. but he had learned a les-ou many f l hem hud u.v.r learned, poor felJwws. They continued their old ways, making money fust and spending it foolishly even giving it to monte dealers. But the Armstrong firm was never broken in that way but once. After that, whenever he saw one of the peculiar signs: "Bobbers' Boost, "Fleecers' Den," or "Fools' Last Chance," Armstrong would shake his head wilh a knowing air and sav to himself as he passed along: "Oh, yes, Armstrong, you've been the-e; you know all about that; you don't buck your money away at three card monte not much. Octrhnl Monthly. Some of Last Year's Inventions. According to the New York Snn, here are some of the inventions made during 1887: A small, round lubber mat, with little spikes all over it, on which the cashier drops the silver change, and from which the customer easily picks it. A cheese cutter, consisting of a swing knife by which the grocer can, with cer tainty, cut ten ounces from tho cheese whenever the customer ordeis half pound. A balloon which carries a lightning rod high in air over an oil tank. A cignr sel.ing machine that drops out au an-Havana, clips tho end off, and ex poses a match and a piece of sandpaper, wnene er a nickel or le.iU b auk is dropped in a slit in the side of the ma chiue. A nose protector (Idaho invention), by wuicn a wooien pau is snugly carried on tho end of the nose in cold weather. An electrical boot bluckinir machine. in which a brush is rapidly revolved in a non-rotating handle. The whirling brush brings the shine in one-tenth of the time Of the old vibratory elbow method. A rubber funnel which mny be fitted over me ueaa, big end un, so as to en close all the hair while the barber sham poos a customer. A tube hangs down behind, so as to carry away the suds, while a hose for flushing out the hair, a luunei anu a tube are provided. A monster bicycle, with places for two men in a basket swung below die axle, who operate the machine with levers geared to the axle. A decoy duck with a variety of de tachable lie-ads. An air pump to force oil from a tank on a ship over a stormy sea. A fa i rotated by the wheels of a baby cuniuuo iu Keep tuu uies ou cue oauy. A chur h pew thut looks like a pew, but has comfortable chairs within. A device wh ch will prevent the most restless individual from kicking the clothes oil the bod. It is the invention of a Chicago woman. A new g n with a battery in the stock, anu cartridges which have coils of pla tinum wire where the cap is. Pressing tne trigger connects the con with the battery. A combined rocking chair and cradle (indescribable). A combined kitchen ventilator and clock winder, being a device for con necting the ventilator wheels commonly placed in windows with the lainily clock Bismarck at Home. A German paper publishes some inter esting details of the daily life of Prince Ulsmarck. .Everybody knows, says our contemporary, that the Prince hardly ever gets up before noon, unless he has to attend an important Parliamentary meeting. But it must be rcmembeicd that he only goes to bed after working till 'i a. m., every night. Iu the Chan cellor's bedroom a lamp is kept burning all the night, numbers of messages often requiring his personal attuntion beiuir brought in during the night. In con sideration of the lute hours kept by the Prince, supper is served late iu the even ing, and seldom finished before mid night. Beside the Princess Bismaick, Count and Countess Hantau partakes of almost every meal, regularly leaving the palace at 10:45 p. m., wheu a second cluss cab always takes them home. Bis marck's birthday is always a great feast and holiday for the servants of the house. In the kitchen a barrel of wine is pro vided by Princess Isis nurck, two bands are in attendance, and the servants' fam ilies appear on the scene. The Prince comes down, talks with the guests, and distributes sweets to the children. The pleasant relations between master and servant are also evident from the fact that the Princess always gives six Faster eggs to each of the servants. The dome-tic p dice for the Prince consist of a Sergeant and eight constables. If the Prince is away Iroin home four consta bles yo with him and four remaiu at the house, and all of them are entitled to ar rest any suspicious person, be it at Ber lin, at Friedrichrsruh, or at Varin. It was at Var.-.in whe e Bismarck's large dog t-ultan was poisoned. The Prin cess declared at thu time that she would make provision for life for anyone who could point out the prisoner. Sultan was more intell'gt-nt than Tyras, hilt Tyras is more faithful of tho two, and will take food out of the hand of any member of Prince Bisinuck's f amily, but never from a servant, as one of the foot men has lea ned to his regret. It is well known that at Berlin the Chancel lor is rarelv seen, and only some of the inhabitants of tho Vor Scrape have the privilege of seeing him sometimes walk ing in his grounds. Brain Bev.-lopinont. The man who possessed the heaviest brain yet weighed was au American blacksmith, who does not seem to have beeu otherwise remarkable, even for the excellence of his iron work. Since that time, however, though great pains huve been tukeuto ascertain the brain weiidit of celebrated men, not one record exists of the brain-weight of famous women. The bruin of George Lliot was specially remarkable. The following passage oc curs in her life: "Mr. Bruy, the enthu siastic believer in phreuo'lugv, was so much struck with tho grand nroponions of her head that he took Marian Evans up to London to have a cast takeu. He thinks that, after that of Napoleon, her head showed thu largest development. fiom brow to ear, of any person re corded." Woman' W rld. Prairie Dog Towns. There is a chain of prairie door town along the Texas aud Pacific Kailroad for a distance of 100 miles; some of the villages cover five acres of grou d. Hunters say it is almost impossible to kill one of the dojrs and get his body, to quick y does he awe iuto Kis hole at the explosion of a gun. Deluging theii hule with water will net drive them out. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. the kitchen Table. Among the very necessary things In a kitchen is a good-sized, substantial table of white wood or pine whi h is needed for ironing and bnkini; days. It should h ive three drawers; a large one for hold ing the shirt boards, ironing sheets and holders, and two smaller ones for spoons and knives used in crockery. It isa'soa good plan to keep the cook book in one of these drawers. Abo e this table can be fastened a hanging rark for ironing days. This can be closed against the w all when not in use, but will be found a great saving in time and labor, as no one can quite estimite the number of steps token from tho table to the clothes rack when one finds it necessary to hnng up each article as soon as it is ironed. Recipes. Moi.assrs Bottku-scotcit. One cup of New Oscars molivscs, one cup of brown sugar, one-half cup of butter. Boil until it snaps when dropped into co d water. Scalloped Codkisii. Mix together two teacups of mnshed tomatoes, 1 J tea cups of cold boiled codfish, 2 teacups of milk, one-half egu. and one-quarter of a teacup of butter; bake a light brown. Bice Pupoino. Three tablespoonfuls of dry rice, half a cup of sugar, one quart of milk, put in a pan, flavor with lemon or vanilin and bake in a slow oven four hours without stirring. Serve either hot or cold. Salmon Salad. To a can of salmon take eight or ten stalks of relery; cut the celery into small pieces and mix with the salmon, which should also be picked into small bits; sprinkle over a little s dt and very little pepper, and pour on some good vinegar. A small onion may be added, if desired. A NotjRisiiiNo Dish. Take one-half pint thick sweet cream, set on the stove to boil. Put into a saucer two table spoons sweet cream, into which stir thoroughly oue teaspoon flour. When cream on stove is boil ng add cream in which you have stirred Hour and let come to a bod. Setoff. Salt and pepper a little if preferred. Buckwheat Cakes. Put one quart of cold water in a jar, add to it a tea spoonful of salt and three and a half cups of buckwheat, beat until perfectly smooth, then add half a teacup of yeast and mix well: cover the top of the jar, let stand in a moderately warm place until morning. When ready to bake dis solve a teaspoon of soda in ten table spoons of boiling water, add this to the batter, beat and bake on a hot greased griddle. Vermicelli. Put a tablespoonful of lard in a porcelain dish; when hot put in the vermicelli, broken in small pieces, with some thinly sliced onion, p -pper, salt, a few cumiuseed pulverized, and a sprinkle of red pepper. Stir to prevent burning, allowing it to become a light brown; then add a little hot water, and boil until tender. Hy the time the water' is evaporated it w 11 be done. Useful Hints. Keep large pieces of charcoal in damp corners and in dark places. Bub the hands on a stick of celery after peeliug onions and the smell w ill be entirely removed. Let dishes be neatly washed, rinsed in hot water and drained, and then ruo them until they shine. When removed from the person cloth ing, if dump, should be dried before put ting into the clothes basket, to prevent uiiiuew. Knual parts of ammonia and turpen tine wil take paint out of clothing, no mitter how dry or hard it may be. Satu rate me spot two or three times, then wusii out in soapsuds, To clean bottles, put into them some kerne. s of corn and a tablespoonful of ashes, hulf fill them with wuter, and af ter a vigorous shaking and rinsing you will find the bottles us good as new. Often after cooking a meal a person will feel lired and have no appetite- for this be;, a raw egg until light, stir in a lit tie milk and sugar, and season with nutmeg. Drink hulf an hour before eating. A sewing apron, in whose pockets re pose a needle, th.mble. smull scissors and reels of black silk an 1 cotton, with one of white cotton as well, if kept handy for emergencies, will save the hou-emother many a step aud cousidera b.eslrain upon her amiability. To wash lace or fine embroidery with out wear, rub white soap on the soiled parts, then cover w.th soft wuter and set for twel e hours in sunshjue, then rinse in clear water, pull out each poiut wiih the i ngers and pin upon a pillow or sheet upon the carpet to dry. I.eigh screens of Turkey-red calico or uiihleuchcd muslin, scantily frilled on to uupuinled wooden frames, are most use ful iu the sick room either to prevent draughts or moderate the heat of an open me, which siiouni always uurn mere i( possible, as the most euicieut ventilator yet devised. Another Tusk for Explorer Stanley. The M-weiiie tt Gtitrai,hiiue. of Brus sels, says advices from Zanzibar are to the effect that the lliitish Fast Afr can Association has concluded a treaty, under which the buitau of Zanzibar cedes to the association for fifty years' soveieiguty over the territory between Port Waugit, at Ihe mouth of the Oumba Hiver, aud ilu, a distance of over thiitv-live kilometers. This will facilitate the open ing of routes to Victoria Nyanza, and shows that Kug and is desirous of found ing a colony which will extend her in- 1 rlllcllCH to thrt BMIIrv nt lli.t V,IA It to I prolia'ile thit when Stanley returns he will be asked to undertake this work of extending civilization. He L'rreu. "And ar you angry, sweet f Hu w hispured soli and low; Hut still tbs turns tier lace a amy. And not onu little word will sy To mitigate hu woav Her liny eyes grow pink He plainly a, f a il now: (she Oils her liulti Imn.ls In shame To cover o er a lace allnuitt From dainty chiu to brow. Her stau-ly head droops low: It mukrs Ins "young blood fr." lb s a bv ki-s ug o.ia fair t-bel( C'uus-d Lei tli.s atmiiie, so n-al. so deepl A pause, a frai'fiil iiC,v.,i. L. L. i.U,..u, tit fhUadtlpni frttt. ! THE GAS MAN AT FORDS. HE PA.V.T HT5 WAS TO MAT t LINCOLN S ASSASSINATION. Arranging to Plunge the Theafro Into Total Darkncsi-The Plan; Spoiled bv a Trivial Incident. James Franklin Filts tells in the Chi ago Isilqir how an employe at Ford's Theatre, Washington, would have p'ayed an important part in Lincoln's ass-isina-tion but for a trivial incident whith spoiled the well-arranged fcheme. Sir. Filts says: The man referred to was the gas man of the theatre. Such a person Is an important factor behind the scenes. He has sole change of tho apparatus, and at the signal of tho stage-manager low ers and raises the lights, turn off and lights up the gas, etc. All this is done now-a-davs by merely touching different electric buttons; but at Font's the clumsy system of that day w as in use, Turn-cocks were attached to the pipes in a chest set well back on the sta 'C, out of sight. The gas man kept the kp". and he alone had access to the ehest. u is n mistake to regard Booth as a desperado, bent on executing his scheme even at the sacrifice of his own life. Tho Eublic manner of the assassination, and is leap to the s:a;c in full view of -2.0 'l people, was an afterthought, adopted on the pressure of the moment, when his own carefully matured schemo hod been de'eated. Much as he wanted to kill the President, he never wanted to be known as the assassin. His plan was simple, and its very sim- flicity seemed to insure its success. The resident's party having been seated in their box, at n given signal the gas was to be turned off. leaving the whole house in darkness. Booth, having marked tho exa t position of his victim at tho instant, and having access to the box, would promptly do the murder in the dark. So great would be the confusion and uproar in the immense audience that packed the h use, over tho mere fact of total daik ness, that the horrible tragedy just se cretly and successfully accomplished could not be made known for some time so that it could be understood. The gas man would have locked the chest a-id quietly departed with the key in his pocket, probably en route for Canada; it might be half an hour before the house could be relighted. In the meantime the commission of the crime had been per fectly hidden by the darkness. It would not be a question in the case of the es cape of thu assassin; for although Booth had taken the precaution to have a saddle-horse ready in the alley outside, ho deemed it a mere precaution. There would be no proof, nothing more than suspicion against him if his plot succeeded. The signal for the turning oil of tho gas was thought to be the master stroke of the plot. None but a m m with a st ong dramatic instinct could have chosen it. Let the reader recall the time. The fall of Richmond aud Petersburg mid the pursuit and surrender of Leu had fol lowed in quick success on, occurring but a few days before. Tho North was in a transport of joy; Washington was full of soldiers; a thousand of them would be at Ford's Theatie that night, and it was known that the President would at tend. The manager saw that something besid s the rather tame play of "Our American Cousin" must be presented to satisfy the patriotic overflowing of men's hearts. So it was made part of the pro gramme that, when the President's party was seated, several maio quartettes should take thu st gu, and sing the anthem, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," the house naturally joining iu. A des ignated line of this anthem was to fur nish the signal for the gas mau. With the last short line of the lirst stanza, "Ltt freedom ring!" the whole theater was to be plunged in darkness, and the murder would swiftly follow. Down to a time possibly not more than one minute preceding the singing of the fatal line, events seemed to march straight on to the consummation of the tra-edy exactly as planned. The overture w as done; the President Mrs. Lincoln, Major Bathbone and Miss Harris hud ar rived and were seated, amid the plaudits of the house; the singing of '-America" from the singe hud commenced. Booth at the box door, oue hand on the knob, the oiher on bis pistol; the gas man be hind the scenes went to his chest. And then It was the great Talleyrand, I believe, who raid that "from the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step." The truth of the saying was never proved as it was in that moment ! An actor of the company bud for several days been on what iu the-e days is commonly known as "a racket." He was lingering about tho wings on this evening in a boozy condition, when the man iger caught sight of him ami pro ceeded to give him "a wigging." To do so more ut ease he plumped thu de linquent down on tho gas-chest und took a seat beside him. The gus man came up, and sw ut on e that tho "cue" could not be given, lie did not dare to draw attention to his proceedings by requesting thu manager to move. To be watched was to insure him the scaffold ! The mitheui went on. "Let freedom ring" w as sonorously rolled through tlct house; the lights were iiudiuimed ; thu piece was finished with wild applause; the play was begun. Aud there iu the lobby was Booth, raging with disappointment, striding up au l down, now seen by half a docn different persons, nerving his hand and his hruiuforthc public assassination that occurred an hour later. Millions Owe II I in Gratitude Argaud, a poor Sw iss, invented a lump with a wick fitted into a hollow cylin der, un whiih a current of air was per mit tedtu puss, thiis giving a supply of oxygen to the iuterior as well as ihi ex terior of the circular flume. At first r- gaud used thu lamp without a l t hinincy. One day he was busy ir work room, and silling before the I. ing lamp. His little brother was aiuu himself by plu ing a bottomless oil :' over dillcreut articles. Suddenlv a s iiis be placed il upon the tianic of the lamp, which instantly shot up the lung luck of ibe tlask with I in rcu-ed brilliancy. It did more, for it fl.slu-d iut Arguud's mind the idea of alau.p chimney, by which his iuvculioq w;i perfect S-i t htk Trititi.. THE AESTHETIC OWL. The owl sits perched on the hemlock trw As wiile awake as an owl can be, The sky Is clear and the air is still, And he hoots to the ni-ht as long us be will. Oh I the light of the sun is no light for him. Give him the moon and the starlight dim, Vor nil the hours of the garish day -Deep in the thicket be blinks away. To-wit I towlioo! there's another shout, From the midst of the forest tbe cry breaks oat; It comes from the heart of the doddered oak And be knows full well the voice that spoke. 'Tis the signal ahout that his mate has made. Awayl it is time for their nightly raid. Softly and slow through the gloom they go, Winging their way over field and wood, While their eyeball tare with a fiendish glare At the thought of blood. Woe to the mouse that la ontof his hole, One squeak and the victim is swallowed whole. And struggling and raw in that ravenous maw He lies by the side of the delving mole, Tbe little songsters are all at rest In leafy covert or cosy nest. Not a thought or care or dream of fear, Though their deadly foe Is hovering near. One blow and the sharp beak drips with gore And the hapless minstrel sings no more. Savage of heart with a show of sense, Made up of feathers and sheer pretense, Light-hatin? creature, moping and dull, Mere glimmerings of thought in his muddy scull; What title has he to wisdom's crest I Out on the own I he's a fraud at best. But when at lost he has met his fate; Like many a spoiler men call great, Aloft and mounted his praise is heard, And esthetes say : "What a lovely bird!" Hartford Courant. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Some acrobats are fresh, and somer sault. Circus tickets go with this. J The difference between an epicure and an anarchist is that one's a mighty diner and the other's a dynamiter. Wathing ton Critic. At the museum Mrs. N. "My dear, I wish you to observe this beautiful statue of Apollo; and this is his wife, ApolonuriB. Life. The niau who says " I told you so," At each mischnnee.has been laid low. We knew that he'd gat killed; you know That we have often told you so. Tid-Bitt. There are lots of men in this world, who are born to rule, but the other fel lows are such a p ick of ignoramuses that they can't be made to realize it. Jl.r clutnt 'Imteler. An all-round has placed the following plucard over his coal-bin: "Not to be used except in ease of fire." Thu cook's relati es are in consternation. Burling ton Free Vu. Mrs. Chargcit please "Good morning, Mr. Takemeasure. 1 should like to see something in tbe way of a small check." Mr Tapcmeasure (fervently) "So should I." Dflroit Free Picas. Very Sick Husband (to weeping wife) " It may come out all right yet, my dear; so don't cry" Weepiug Wife "I can t help it, John. You know how easily I am moved to tears." JVlie Yvrk Hun. A Mud river Indian was mistaken for a deer the other day and shot. As thej picked him up he dechaiT'il-'"knirnie pain was ussuaged by the eVllleuce that somebody had some use for him. 7d BiU. Country Minister (to deacon) "Deo con, you have a reputation of knowing some:hing about horses. I've got an animal that's balsy. What do you do in such a case?" Deacon "I sell him." Ac idcitt A'etrt. There is one thing a woman can do which a man cannot, and that is ret hen. All thu softer parts of her nature vanish in the contemplation and per formance of the act she sinks her sex beyond Amazouiun possibilities. 1'hiUi diljJii Ltdjei: "Joseph," said the merchant to the bright young man with the best of refer ence, "the book-keeper tells me yoa have lost the key of the safe, aud he can not ftut at his books." "i'es. sir. one of them; you gave me two, you remember." "les, I had du plicates mude, in case of accident. And the other one" "Oh, sir, I took good care of that. I was afraid I might lose one of them, you know." "And is the other all right?" "Yes, sir. I put it where there was no danger of its be ng lost. It is iu the safe, sir." Ji.iton li adscript. X Sceptic as to Hydrophobia. Becent alleged cases of death by hydro phobia moves C. J. Peshall, uhu is one of the greatest authorities living on canine lore, to again lift his voi, e against a belief in the exitsteuce of the much dreaded disease. ' I do not believe," he says, "there ia say such disease as labics. Dogs, like other a iimals, must pay the debt of na t hi e und die from disease. A dog's brain may become utlected f .om a disease, und when so ullcctud the animal may even bite his ow n ina-ter, but if the wound is properly Healed by a physieiuu no bad effect will follow, llisiory teaches ue thut for thousands of yiarsthe dog has beeu domesticated and has become the almost constant companion of man. Thut mau has made the most ext usiva use of this animal in every way, and I now think it is time we should begin to give the dog his dues, aud do justice to him aud his rat e. Urajiliit licit men t of On Is. A rural friend of mine, who enjoys trifling w iih old superstitions, has a pair of owls which he keeps on his pura t-uinmer and Winter. He enjoys Ihe strange no-i es which they make at night ; and iiistiuel of attr. billing them to u eird iulliieiu i s. assumes that tiny aro due to hunger or indigestion on the part of the birds of wisduin. At ull events, be claims thut by supplying the owls with raw meat and Jumaua ginger trey re !apse into silence for the uight. 1k.V
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