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VOL. XX. NO. 43.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 1888.
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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,
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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