RATES or APVtWTtSlwai Ona Square, ooa Inch, one Inetrtlosv. 1 One Sieiare, ona Inch, one month . Ona fquara, ona Inch, three rooathi Ona Sqoare, one Inch, one year W Two 8iiiar a, one ear. 18 (fnarter Column, one year w Ualf Colnmn, one J ear a1 " Ona Colomn, one year Letral adTenleements van oenU per Uae rack l anion. Marrlaga ea4 death notlcee fraUe. All bill (or yearly edwtlaatarate eollefited ajar lerly. Temporary edTertiaemanu pala K adracoa. J ok work caah on del It err. THE FOREST REPUBLICAN Is pal.ll.hrd eveWa-lneidAJ, J. JfWENK. OMoe in Bmearbaugh & Co.' Building XLM 8TRKBT, Tl ON EST A, Pa. OREST KKPUBLICAN Terms, - I.BO per Yar. No nhKcrlpllmn AetTe4 for abort ar Mrlod than Ihrre moniha. OnrrMpondfnc nolleltrd from all narta of lha eonniry. No no ilea will ba taken ofaooatmoii. VOL. XX. NO. 44. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29, 1888. S1.50 PER ANNUM. tninilMfitlnn There are concerns in New York rlty, whose success depends upon successful advertising, which pny from f 10.000 to $20,000 a yeur salary to advertising managers. Members of tho Forty-first Kentucky uritnent claim that the Vnitcd Slates Government owes the'n about $3,000 riicli on the ground that they were never formally mustered out of the fervice. A Florida judgo who sentenced fifty Jiamp to receive each thirty-nine lashes ,n the baro back was moved by numerous appeals to revoke tho sentence, but de clares tho penalty sh ill ba enforced on the next lot of tramps brought before h.m. In theso days neither cities nor indi viduals can set their light under a bushel and still succeed in business. Advertis ing is tl.e everyday lever to move the wheels of trade, and tho newspapers are tho most powerful mediums of ad vertisers. A I ondon coroner has raised tho ques tion whether a man can cough himself to pieces.. A broken rib was found in a diseased lunatic, when medical evidence was brought forward to show that under certain abnormal conditions bones may be broken by muscular efforts, or even by a violent fit of covghing. The fa -t that Berlin bankers are will ing to lend Mexico upward of $10,000,. 000 bears witness to tho striking trans formation of that country under tho Pia Administration. For tlio first time in, thirty years the republic is able to ytiorrow a huge sura of money, and nvails itself of the accommodation for the hon orable purpose of paving debts long outstanding and until recently looked upon as worthless by F.uropcuii creditors. There is iii, London an organization culled "The Twenty Minutes Work" socL-ty. Tho rules are that any lady who joins this society shall work twenty minute a day, or two hours a week, for thu pooriu Fast London. The garments when finished are gcneialiy sold at vari" oils mothers' meetings for a liominul sum, tho proceeds being given to the lick fund of the pari h in which the sale takes 4lncc, thus attaining a twofold ob ject. The London Timet recently showed that the number of paupers in Fnglaud and Wa cs had fallen from 0)0,000 in 1870 to about 0ii7,000 in 1887, although the population had been increased by 8,700,010. The number of paupers per thousand inhabitants had falleu from 40 to 21 J. There were in London in 1(70 nearly forty paupers to every 1,000 in habitants, while nt the end of August, 1XS7, there were only twenty -one per 1,001 inhabitants, the ratio lor tho me trololis during the present car and the last being the smallest on record. '1 hese facts are of deep significance. It is understood from a recent com miini ntion from Antwerp to parties in New Yorh, says the CVf.tu'r, that the adultciution of American refined lard shipped to the former market has reached such a point and become so general that unlc-s something is douo ou the American side to raise the standard, th -re will be legislation pas-ed excluding American re." ned lard-from that market. Tho cause of these complaints is understood to be i hiefiy due to the heavy consign ment of cotton oil refined lard from the West, which havo nearly ruined trade with real Jard from that port, which ouco led all other continental markets in its imports of American lard. California rejd es in the fact that it has uo weather but plenty of climate; likewise in the fact that it ha only two seasons to wrestle with, one partly wet and the other wholly dry. Hut, a cord ing to tho Attn, of Kan Fraucisco, it has very " ornery '' Statu sea1. ' I'pon its face," remarks tho Alu, "is an impossi ble female, with a head-dress no woman would wear. Alongside of her is a stump-tailed bear nosing a ca tus, while in the middle distance is a placer miner brandishing a pickax, and in thu buck distance is a sheet of alleged water oc cupied by a few schooners." It think this real is as vacant as a bungholu o anything suggesting the present re Sources of the State, and calls for a new seal for New California The New York Sun says that the Hus sians are pushing forwurd the Traus Caspiau ltailroad as rapidly as somo of our owii roads huve advanced. The peo ple of Bokhara uover saw so novel a sight before as the spectacle of the 7,000 men who are now grading the road through the country where a few years ago no undisguised white man was safe for a moment. The road is now ready for the rails for four-fifths of tho way bctwecu the Oxus and Samarcund, nearly 300 miles, but the track car not be laid until the bridgo o,ver the Oxus is com pleted. This bridge, now more than half finished, will be three miles long, and will be one of the largest structures of the sort in the world. It will con nect the road now completed to tho Oxus With the extension to Sumareand, and tills spring the ancient capital of Tamer lane will ht connected by steam witb th Western world, OWNERSHIP. Old Farmer Boggs, of Boggy Brook, Went to the county fnlr, And with his wife he strolled around To see the wonders there). "That horse," he said, "Gray Eagle Wing, Will take the highest prlzo; But our old Dobbin looks as well And liettor to my eyes, Ho is, I know, what folks call slow; It's far the safest way to go; Some men, perhaps, might think it strange, I rwally should not like to change. " And those fat oxen, Buck and Bright, Don't have so large a girth, Nor match like them, just to a hair, But I know what they's worth. They're good to plough, and good to draw, You stronger pullers never saw, And always mind my 'geo and ' haw.' Roma folks, perhaps, might think it strange, I really shouldn't want to change." ' That Devon heifer cost, I heard, A thousand dollars." " Now," Raid Mrs. Boggs, " my Crumple Horn Is just as good a cow; Her milk I'm sure 's the very best, Her Imtter Is the yellowest; Borne folks, perhaps, might think it strange, I really shouldn't wnnt a change." " Those premium hogs," said Mrs. Boggs, "My little Cheshire pig Is better than the best of them, Although he's not so big. And that young Jersey is not half Ro pretty as old Brindle's calf; Nor is there in the poultry pen As Hfjeckled VV tugs so good a hen I " As Farmer Boggs to Boggy Brook Itode homeward from tho fair, He said: " I wish my animals Had all of tliem been there: And if the Judges had been wise I might have taken every prize I" Marian lJoula, in Youths Companion. BESIEGED BY SIOUX. On the morning of August IS, 18G2, ns I was carrying a pail of milk from the cow yard to the liou-c, on the farm of William Miller, seventeen miles from New Ulin, Minn., I saw a covered wagon coming across the prairie as fast as two horses could pull it. 1 handed the pail into the house, called to .Miller ami his wife, nnd by the time we were out doors tho wagon had stopped at the gate. It was a vehicle belonging to a man named Saunders, living about nine miles away. and be and his family were inside. We I nail not reached the gate when ho shouted: "Fly for your lives, the Indians are on tho warpath !" He would havo driven off with that, but one of his horses fell down in the harness from exhaustion. There was Sauuders, h s wife, and four children, and I never saw people so broken up. It was fully ten minutes before we could get their story in a shape to understand it. The Sioux rebellion, which many pioneers had predicted, had bioken out at lad. For the past three months we had noticed a change in the demeanor of the Indians, somo of whom all.d at the house almost daily. They had become impudent and threatening, und many of the older settlers were becomiug alarmed. Some would have given up their farms. I,,, tlx.-.. . t . . . . . v.,CIO -ro jiw smart Alecks who! rode about the country savins' there was I no daiger, and that there were ! enough soldiers in the forts in the' State to thrash all tho Indians in tho who e est. These men were, as wo ; nttei ward found out, interested in 'the sale or rial cstaie, aud of course thev did not want any sensational reports sent ! hast. Hut .for the civil war then raging tliero would have been uo uprising of the Indiaus. I nele ram had Ins hands full 10 t .out'1, 8nl hundreds of ouryouiig men had enlisted to light the Coufeder-1 ,e , I Saundors had received warning at day-j light from settler on horseback, whose I whole family had been butchered. He i was a teamster, and his wagon then con- i tained a part of a load of stores which ho was hauling out to a store-keeper in a new settlement. He had unloaded some of tho stuff and flung in 1k.u ludd ! , i""ianiii3, nun uan urn en at luch a pace as to exhaust m. f horses. Millerand his wife were tJermans, cum auu pniegmatic. I heir all was in vested right theie. While they knew that trouide was at hand, thev did not wuut to abandon everything at a mere alarm. We had three hoises in the i?i.l.r.l"'LllJ?roMiK dodging and traveling since the lfl7ln, ,L cvnaus.eu oeast. f L i . Ul,c, """-U ! ZTJlh i tn .W" f00, '"V -,M,lil,er : i-uuM u w to lei the horse go. bile ho was being harnessed ,u Saunders asked ; su , . , u . . , i c-c,( us to throw out some of the merchandise and lighten the vehicle. We took out four ke'S of powder, about onehuudrcd pounds of had, iifiy pounds of shot, three double-barreled 'shot-guns, and some groceries, and the horse was no sooner iu the traces than Saunders drove nil at a gallop. "Well, what shall we do?" asked Mrs. Miller, as we stood looking after the wagon . Ac i it i , . , , . U11K ' "e earth liclore. Hie door, b-av-Slav and lii'ht."rei he.l thx ..... 1 i. .- , .' 1 .i I ' . 7 - J,"" ''J'" llo-v of U1' d had been ' with the Millers overa year. There was I uever a day but that some of the Sioux ! came along and in many instances they ; had eaten of our food. Miller did not : think it as serious a matter as it turned out to be and with true Dutch grit he proposed to stick. We went into break- fast, ate as heartily as usual, and when we were through my employer said: i .Now we will get ready for the Indi- j an"- ' , ! As we went out doors we saw three j columns of smoke in dillereut directions. , showing that the murderous tedskius were at work. .Miller had 100 acres of laud, almost every acre us level as a floor. I We had just finished building a milk ; house over a snrin,- l(uit ::im f...f f.-,,.. i--.--n, .WW 11U1II the house. Around the spring was auuut i wo acres oi uroKen grootia, under I.. : J !.!.,. . j . S . . laid with rock, and we had blasted out sufficient of this to lay up the walls of the milk house. Miller was a stonema son by trade, aud his work hail been well done. The house was pretty large, bein.j lMi4 inside the walla, and the wails a-ttrA nnrlitma u tr. l.:nl. 'a.,... r ' a iwi i in miui i had beeu plauked und then sodded, uud , the nnnr H'lW nf h..nvu .lu,,lr '1-1, ..1 1 would make a capital fort, and while I TV .- i nuiv i was carrying into it such thing us Mis MilUr A vu.IaI ,1... V... ! J 1 w s...v.v., uujinun uscu n L-rowbar to make loopholes in the walls, j In tho cotirse of an hour lie drove five or j six, and then he bored two in the door with a big ninfcr. We carried in all the provisions in the house followed by the clothing and the bedding. While wo worked we kept our eyes open for sight of Indians, but it was 1 1 o'clock before we saw them coming. They were not more than a mile awny when we retired to our fort nnd barricaded the door. All the live stock had been turned loose and driven away, whdo the fowls were flying about on the prairie. There was very little left in the house, nnd the worst they could do was to burn it. When we shut ourselves up I missed two of the kegs of powder, but to my query as to what had become of them Miller made no reply, except by a laugh. He hud been work ing l,y himself all the forenoon, digging holes and running trenches, but I had been too busy to notice just what he was up to. "There were thirty-two mounted Inmans in the band which came up, and niiK g them they had five fresh scalps. Every one had plunder of some sort from the settlers' cabins, and two or three ap peared much the Worse for liquor. Thev had probably seen us enter the miik house, for they rode right up to the cabin without fear. Wo could see them very plainly, and among the gang we picked out scvcrnl who bad often been supplied with food and ammunition. There were yells of rage from those who dismounted nnd entered tho house to find it stripped, but presently a council was held in the one big room. After a few minutes an Indian appeared around the corner of the house with a white rag tied to a stick, und when lie had waived it a few times he called out thnt be wanted a "talk." Miller shouted to hiin to come on, and he advanced to within fifty feet of the fort before ho stopped and called out: "All come out. Indians no hurt Dutchman.'' "Is there war?'' shouted Miller. "No war no war! Young men get drunk and ride around, but no war. Indians nil like Dutchman." "If you like us, then no away and leave ns alone!" shouted Mil'er. "Will you come out !'' "No." "Then wo burn house and kill all cattle!" The Indians were too anxious to get at their bloody work to waste much time in parleying. The messenger was no sooner under shelter tliiiu the gang began to howl and whoop, and while some opened fire on us from the windows, others made preparations for a bonfire. In about ten minutes the house was on lire, and tho Indians crowded together on the far side. It was a log houso, nnd the roof fell in before the sides were hardly ablaze. The slight wind blew the smoke and sparks directly over us, so that we could not see live feet. The Indians continued to yell and dance for a time, but sudden ly there was a terrific explosion and a dozen screams of terror. 1 was looking into the smoke cloud, which how nnd then lifted for an instant, and I saw tho burning logs of tho house scattered to the four winds by the explosion. Miller kucw the reds would set the building on tire, and he had placed one of the kegs of powder where it would do the most good. We counted five warriors killed or disabled by the exp'osion, and Miller killed two others before the crowd got out ot range. The house was the best shelter from which tn VfrTV 11 a atirl truiir had lost by destroying it. The strength of our fort could be seen ut a (lance. The Indians were wise eiiough not to attempt a rush, and the whole party were also impatient to push on to other scenes. Six or eight more arrived soon after the explosion, and presently we saw them making ready to move oil. A general volley was fired at us, the war whoop was sounded, nnd the brief siege was raised. It was half an hour before we ventured out, and not an Indian was insight. Wccould.how- ever, see tall columns of black smoke whichever way we looked, and it was plain that the whole section was in the hands of the Indians. We could not at first make out why they had left us, but -Miller soou concluded that they knew what they were about. We had no means of escape left to us. The savages were on every side, ana if we attempted in Ikh a tlm .,..;.,i,i.,,.i,.i i,i.i into the bauds of some of them. It wus quite safe to leave us there while they pushed on to butcher the defenceless ones. An hour after dinner we were joined oy three young men who lind been hid evening before, and who had cornea dis tuiire of twenty miles. Thev were baill0lt,r l'ies.eders.and all had rillfs. revolvers and identv of Hinmiin ir ion It was a welcome addition to our nartv. for we now felt that we would base to stand a siege. .Mrs. .Miller brought out th pots and kettles, and cooked dinner on a lire in the opeii uir.and alter it was eaten she began to prepare food for the siege Fork was boiled, flour stirred into cakes, co If eo made and put into iugs, and before night she had euough food to last a doen men a week. Meanwhile thu rest of us had not b'-cn idle. Some large po-ts were a i,u c L-uuogu iin iiii v one person io conn: at us at a time that wav. Four mo.e loophole, were made in the walls, and then the plaiikiui' of the roof was looi. holed bv means of the auger in at least twenty daces. 1 now saw what Miller ),.,d been up to the day before. He had put iu n s than three powder mines in the vieinitv, running a slow match to , eh one. The only cover tho Indians could have iu the neighborhood was in the rear of the fort, where wo had mined the rock. We had left u big hole, whii h was a natural rifle pit and our loopho'es did not commai.d it. They won d be suie to occupy this place, and the men prepared a torpedo holding litteeii pounds f .. , ir .i i.i.i ,V...i... .i.. ..... .. and dirt on the brink of the pit. A trench .... . -i. .1 , ... , j was tli"n dug to and uuder tho wall of ! the milk boue, and by means of board-. a train of powder was laid. When tlie 1 earth had been tilled in ajaiu no one ' could have told il had been disturbed. W e were as ready as we could be at six o'clock, but the sun was wl going down when we saw 1 he Indian- uppruach- ing. ny inai tune more llian :i.i.iu:l ... , , . . seM.ei's nan lieen lum bered or Unveil from their homes, and the .war which was iu sweep over an exieut ol couut y '.'oO miles long and tin broad, and alarm ao.liuu settlers, bad opened in all its neiceness. i in- omul winch now ap- proached nuubsied only sixteen war- riors, and as soon as they saw our strength they fired a few shots at long rano nnd passed on to the cast. At dark we entered tho fort, arranged tho goods and provisions to give us all the room possible, and by ami by turned in to sleep while one man' was left on watch. This was Miller, lie was to watch until midnight, and then call one of the young men, but nt eleven o'clock he quietly aroused tho garrison and whispered the news that a largo number of Indians had arrived. We were scarcely awake before being made aware that our fort was being closely inspected by spies. When wo had carefully pulled the plugs from the loopholes we could see and hear them moving about in large numbers. Uy and by we heard a num ber of them on the roof. They were probably investigating to see how to burn us out. At a signal from Miller we took up our guns, carefully poked the muzzles through the loopholes in the plnuks, and at nnolher signal all tired. We killed or wounded two Indians by the volley, and the others hastily departed. Half an hour later two or three of the reds crept up to the barricade in front of our door witXanns full of light wood and started a fire. The posts were only half sea soned, and all that afternoon I had kept them wet with water. They charred a little under the flames, but the fire would not take hold. From the number of In dians we could see, and to judge by the yells of those out of sight, our enemies numbered nt least fifty. Aftertryingus with lire they drew oft to wait for day light, and tho most of them probably went t sleep. When daylight came our enemies were re-enforced by a band of twelve, and these newcomers brought with them two settlers' teams and wagon and, three prisoners. Two of the prisoners, a man nnd a woman, were killed soon nftcr com tig up. I knew the man. Ho lived about eight miles away, and had fre quently called at our house. The third prisoner was n settler none of us knew. About an hour after daylight the Indians scut him forward with a white Hag to demand our surrender. lie came up within thirty feet of our barricade, ami then halted and told us what he had been commanded to do. A do.en or more In dians had their rifles on him, ready to shoot in ca-e he attempted to play them false. Ho was a big powerful fellow, and I never saw such grief nnd anxtety in a human countenance. In a voice loud enough for the Indians to bear, he de maudid our surrender, but in whispers ho warned us not to, us every one of us would be butchered. Miller replied to him from a loophole, telling him to go back to the Indians and ask their best terms. When he returned ho was to come as close as possible, and nt a signal he was to spring forward, and the door would be open for him. lie was a pretty cool fellow, in spite of all his Bufferings. He returned to tho Indians, consulted for a few minutes, nnd when he came back to us he approached within twenty live feet before they-shouted to him to halt. Tin n lie told us , hat we would bo permitted to take one of the teams and leave tho country; that the Indians all loved us; that all they wanted was their laud. We had our guns ready to cover him, and I saw him draw a long breath just before the signal came. As Miller uttered a whistle one of the men pulled open the door, and ut the same instant the stranger made spring for bhelter. It was a veritable spring for life. The In dians fired at him, but too late, and ho pitched in among us without a scratch. Then began a siege which lasted nine days, and in which over forty Indians were killed or wounded. They gathered in the quarry, ns expected, and .Miller exploded the torpedo and killed four and badly wounded a dozen. They tried every possible way to burn us out, and on one of these occasions, while they were congregated together, Miller sprang another of his miues and killed several of them. Five or six dillcrent times they displayed a flag of truce and sought to coax or threaten us into sur render, but Miller was wise enough to refuse to trust them. From first to last they tired about 4, 000 bullets at our fort, over a hundred of which lodged in tho door, but none of us was wounded. The besieging force never numbered less than thirty-live, and one day the number was over 100. On the ninth day troops came and drove the fiends off, und it was only then we learned of the widespread de vastation. Not a house nor barn had been left standing for miles and miles in any direction. Crops had been destroyed, stock shot down, and settlers butchered or driven off all over a great section of the State We had been the only ones outside of the towns to make a fight, und by our standing a siege we kept a lar;e forcu of the savages from going against the settlers. St to York Sun. i Maine in the Nationul Capitol. i The State of Michigau is preparing to send to Washington a statue of l ewis Cass, to take its place among the large numbk-r now iu position iu Statuary I Hall, at the Capitol. I- ach State is en titled to send statues of two of its dis j tinguished citizens to bo added to the ! collect iuu. The Cuss stutuo will cost lb,0(Mi. Michigan lm not vet do ided upon tlii' second d stingiii-hed citizen thus to be honored. It may be Stepheu T. .Mason, the liist (lovernor, or perhaps the late Senator Zachariah Chan Her. New York's t wo statues are already in place,, tine is that of ex-Vice 1'rcsident Oeorgo Clinton, iu bronze; and the other, that of 1,'obert H. Livingston, who was one of the committee of live that present ed the report, but was not a singer of the Declaration of Independence. Ho w as I hi! lirst Chancellor of the State and administered the oath of otlice to Wash ington. He was ulso Minister to France w hen the purchase of Louisiana was com pleted. -New York is the only State with more than two repre-entatives, the third being a !II,imio statue of Alexan der Hamilton furnished by the Govern ment. It'-uuklijn Jitttle. A ltiva for Terrapin. A new industry at Auburndale, Fla., is gopher funning. Judge Tilson and John Mulkcu arc equal partners in a largo farm, embracing over 1,000 acres. 'They will go into the raising of gophers on a i i . ... i . 1 lare M.ur hi ouce, Having orutTeu a number of coops to feed the young ones in. They will try the market with a carload shipment to Washington. It is said the most fastidious epicure cannot tell ihe ilesb, ol the Florida gopher from the faun. - Maryland terrapin. 'The Florida gopiier is a sje ics of turtle iKtrvit hrce HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. Meats and their Accompaniments. With roast beef, grated horseradish; roast pork, apple sauce; roast veal, to mato or mushroom sauce; roast mutton, currant jelly; boiled mutton, caper sauce; boiled chicken, bread sauce; roast lamb, mint sauce: roast turkey, crauberry sauce; boiled turkey, oyster sauce ; veni ison or wild duck, black currant jelly or red; boiled fresh mackerel, gooseberry sauce; boiled blucfish, white or cream sauce; broiled shad, boiled rice and salad; compote of pigeons, mushroom sauce; fresh salmon, green peas and cream sauce ; roast goose, apple sauce. Staple supplies. A store-room should be well ventilated and so arranged that it will not freeze in winter. Flour should be bought by the barrel, but Indian meal is so apt to become infested with weevils that it Bhould not remain much over a week on hand. Twenty-five pounds of granu lated sugar is enough to keep in store, with ten pounds of "the loaf and pow dered. ColTce is improved by keeping in a cool, dry place, but loses in flavor if kept too long after browning. Vine gar improves with keeping, therefore it is best to lay in a large supply. Butter, lard nnd drippings should be stored in jars and kept in the coldest and dryest place. Soap should be purchased by the box, taken out of t lie wrappers and stood in a dry place, as it improves by keeping. Starch is much cheaper by the box. Vegetables are best stored in a room by, themselves. Detroit Tribune. Making Soap. By and by the farm wile will be busy about the soap making, and many in quires will be made as to how it should be done. An experienced soap maker describes the usual method of making soap for scouring wool in wool factories, lie writes: "The manner of making the different grades of commercial soap is essentially the same, though different kinds of I at may be used. Ir is always made on a large s: ale, in enormous vats or boilers. Se.eral hundred-weight of crude soda ash is first dissolved iu boil ing wnter in the soap boiler, which is a huge circular iron vessel holding from 500 to 1,000 ga.lons, with a steam pipe in the centre. Half the weight of the soda in pure caustic lime is then added, and the mixture boiled. When the lime has rendered the soda caustic, the boil ing is discontinued. Several hundred weight of tallow are now put into the soap pan, which is a different vessel made of cast iron, to which heat is applied, cither by means of furnace beneath it, or by steam carried by pipes around the bottom of the pun. The latter is the usual Tho pan usually holds tons. After. the tallow, cut pieces, is put into this pan, a method. several up into quantity of the lye is added, the steam is turned on nnd the boiling continued until the lye is thoroughly incorporated with the tallow, and the whole becomes a pasty mass. Several shovelfuls of common salt are thrown in. This causes the lye to separate, nnd as the mass cools, the lye, deprived of its soda, is drown o;f. Fresh lye is then added and boiled, and this is repeated until the tallow is sat urated with the soda; that is, it will not take up auy more. Wnter is now added until the proper consistency is reached. If resin is to be used, it is now added, nnd the mass again boiled. It is then run off into frames and molds, where it is al lowed to solidify, and then is cut by wires into bars, dried, and packed in boxes. Two thousand pounds of yellow sonp will require 1,000 pounds of tallow, IMo pounds of resin, with lye sufficient to make the whole a smooth, perfectly homogeneous and saponaceous mass." The figures given sulliciently describe the proportions of the materials, viz. : ten pounds of tallow and ooO pounds of resin make twenty pounds of hard soap. yew York Tt Uune. Useful Hints. Cold black tea is said to be good for keeping the hair iu curl. If camphor is applied to a burn it will take out the tire almost immediately. For frosting, whites of eggs beat up stiff in half the time if first cooled in the refrigerator. Put a pail of water into the tubs di rectly after using, and they will not leak when wanted for use. Let dishes be neatly washed, rinsed iu hot water and drained, and then rub them until they shine. Wetting the hair thoroughly ouce or twice a day with a solution of salt aud water will keep it from falling out. Do not put irons on the stove to heat long before they are wanted, as an ex posure to high heat will roughen and in jure them. Children's feet should be" bathed in warm water every night in the year, rubbed dry and the stockings hung up so they will be well uired. A teaspoonful of borax put in the last water in which clothes are rinsed will whiteu them surpri.ingly. Pound the borax so it will dissolve easily. He very particular about disinfecting the kitchen sink. Washing soda, two tablespoofuls to a gallon of boiling water, makes an excellent wash to p our hot into the sink at night alter you have finished using it. When you boil a cabbage, tie a bit of dry bread iu a bag aud put it iu the ket tle. French cooks say that all the. un pleasant odor which makes the house smell like an old drain will be absorbed by the bread. Mollis are very destructive to thecloth und felt used in a piano, and may be kept out of it by placing a lump of camphor, wrapped in soft paper, in the inside cor ner, care being takeu to renew it from time to time. Pa'tein table cloths for very wide tables cun be obtained at but little more expense than that by the yard, and with the manifest advantage of having iliu bonier across the ends as well as along the sides. The patterns, loo, ure i suallv far prettier than those of the linen by the yard Mr. Joseph Douon, who died at M. Augustiu, Canada, recently, at the age of eighty-two vears, left a widow aged eighty oue and sixteen children., lol grandchildren and eighty-three great grandchildren, tnakiug iu all a family of '.'00 persons. He had been mairicd sixty-fwur years. GOTHAM'S RIVER PIRATES HTJMAN WHAHF RATS WHO LIVS BY STEALING FROM VESSELS. Carrying OtT an Entire Ship Tho Floating Police Station Which Watchea the Plundorers. " It may seem strange that there are gangs of human beings who live on the rivers and are housed like water rats un der the docks and piers of this great town. 'ot even London with its hosts of Thames pirates and its skulking boat robbers ever had a more lawless multitude I than the thieves that for many years made the harbor of New York a terror to honest mariners and a danger to com merce. Most of the old gang who swept the rivers and piers in their snaky bla k boats ten to twenty years ago have been shot to death, drowned, or have died in prison, and alihough the watcrvde of the city is much safer than it was in those days, there are still many predatory rascals that keep the watchmen wakeful along the piers where goods are temporarily stored. The working ground of the river th eves is wherever booty is to be found and carried away with the smallest risk. At the East liiver docks fronting the Brooklyn Is'avy Y'ard, where the river swe -ps around a ragged jutting turn and the tide dashes about uncomfortably, the pirates ocensioua ly hold high carni val. The big south side tenements run ning down nearly to the water's edge arc hiding places for the criminals and stor age ground for their plunder. So too on the West Side down In the neighborhood of ( barlton and the ad joing streets abutting the docks of the North Hiver, where the vicious elements live and thrive, tho water thieves find chances for robbery and odd corners in which to hide w hat tl.cy have stolen. liefnre the present system of police surveillence a d icpression was adopted no man's life was thoroughly secure on any of the richly-laden vessels that lny within easy reach of the docks when the darkness of night covered them, and many a tale of piracy is yet told among tho grizzly-headed 'longshoremen that crowd the driuking-places along the West street piers. The scandal of the lawlessness, the robberies and occasional murders that oc curred on the waterfront culminated one night when a richly freighted sloop, captain, crew and vessel, were taken b .dily from an Fast liiver pier, towed ; out; saieiy larinto the bay nnd stripped j of evciythingof value that the sloop and I its crew possessed. The hull of the boat I was left, but that was About all, and the crev were landed and warned to get away from New Y'ork as fast ns they could ship again. And they did, for when after long investigation two of the thief piiates were captured, not a man of the sloop's party could be found to testify against them. But the occurrence stirred up the au thorities nnd vety soon the Harbor Patrol became a recoguied and essential portion or the city s police force. It did I not suppress river piracy, nor has it sup I pressed it, bat the thieves have been j driven from many of their skulking places under tho "piers and along the ! docks, and where uliuost whole cargoes used to be stolen and carried away tho robbers must now content themselves j with a small boatload and run their i chances of escape from the switt-oated police-boats that day and night keep i watch and ward over tho docks and the ' strcum. Down uuder the big iron pier that is the city's great outlet to Coney Island during the summer months thern is n i ragged looking stone building, where , me iiepuriment ot 1'ocKs has us ollucs. I Close up to this building, in a granite . walled slip, lies, when not on duty, a j rakish, bl .ck hulled side-wheeler that carries forty men, and is nothing more nor less than a veritable police station. ! No one would suppose that in o licial I parlance the good and seaworthy crait, ; which has the single word "Patrol" on ' her wheel-house, is a numbered precinct station-house, with roundsmen and ser ! geants and a captain, just like the big 1 buildings in various sections of the town where our ordinary policemen are : housed. But the men who fill the ranks on the Patrol are of far different brawn and muscle from the meu who guard our streets. Many of them are young, hearty fellows who have served an uppientice sliip on the sea, and all of them can handle aa oar or launch a boat with as much promptness and safety as the most experienced Sailor. They tarry no dubs while on night duty ulong the liver, for the piiates need tnoie forcibleargiiments than ihe shaking of a night stick, and those are furnished usually Irora the quick speaking mouths of the big revolvers whi h the Harbor Police carry. The life is not a pieasant one by any menus, lor the ri er front is a long one and Ihe wiutiy nights are the thieves' best time for pin-dering. Through the daikness, the rain and the sleet, i.long the choppy water, under biir ferry piers and among the huibnr shipping, out into the stream and over toward the Jersey shore, around thediitv Last Kiver docks, alwavs full of food minus and suHrmimr t with thit-ves, the three polii e boats, with six men each, pull silently uud swiftly all through the night. The p rates know that me glare of the police lantern may be thrown upon tliem out of tho dark- ness ut anv instant, and that; nee spotted six pair of brawny arms will send the boat spinning through the water after i th"in in a way that will make escape im I pos-ible. 'i he Harbor Patrol has done and con tinues to do n great work. It has not. and may never be able to entirely drive out the river ih'cves, but when one con sidcia the miles of river front that are to be guiirdc I ; the huudreds of w har es and docks tb it arc to be wan bed, the thousands o. craft coining and going that u e to 1 e looked after, aud the im told millions in freights laden nt d un laden which ; re to be saved from depre dations, it i iust certainly appear a marvelous th ng that folly men with revolvers iu iln ir bands and the law at their bai ksha e been able to d iBOiuu h for the picsci valiou of life and property along our piers aau among our hitherio unguarded shipping. A'. Y. iiiajhu: There are 70;1 incubators ' i this coun try, and the pro In timi is f:.,in lo.tiut', 000 to 1 .',').'(, .'.'.: . uallj. PHASE3. A song of life I sing, A ripplo In a strwn A day of bliss A smile a kiss A sweet, enchanted dream. We strive for might and power, Home newer heights to climb Our triumphs rtaft We shout and sing A psalm of life sublime. We long f'T " sweet repose," Forrest nnd rniet sigh Ah ! wherefore must We live in dust Our shattered idols lie. We moan and look for Death, And count his coming dear Our h'-art's dull pain Knows norefra n, SavesigU nnd sob and tear. With meekly folded hands, We neiloer sing nor sigh Our longings done Our n-st begun In peaceful sleep we lie. Sarak if. Otborn.. II I' MO It OF THE DAT. A two-foot shoes. rule Never wear tight . A very troublesome young lady- "in understood. For weighs that are dark comnicu 1 us to coal scales. 1'itt-b'trq C ironiele. The sweetest thing in purses is when a pretty girl purses her lips. Epoch. A firm resolve an agreement to go into partnership. Manhunt Traveler. Jny Gould's advice is to "keep out of bad company." The Western Union Company for instauce. Life. How to cook a canvas back duck is in structive. How to buy one, at present prices, is a problem. Baltimore Ameri cm. The eat is sliinin? as bright as silk, She s a beautiful sight to see; For slia seems tn feel while lapping the milk, Tlielupof luxu-ree. "Boys, these days," remarked a news boy, as he picked up the stump of a cigar and pulled away at it, "begin where the grown peoplo leave off." Maud (awaken ng suddenly at 8 A. f.) "Mother, there's a man trying to break into the house." "Hush, my child; it's your father. He's afraid to ring the bell." There is a man in Chicago who plays billiards for the drinks before ho goes home in the afternoon and then whips his youngest sou for playing marbles. Merchant Traveler. "Silence in the court room," thundered a recently elected police magistrate. "The court has already committed four persons without being able to hear a word of the testimony." Making Pottery With Ureat Rapidity. A novel and remarkublo exhibition was given at the Westminster Musee, . when Harry Fluxman, the clever pottery worker, undertook the feat of making nn entire tea-set of forty-four p'eces in the short space of 7J minutes. When it was announced that such an attempt would be made, those who were un acquainted with the record of the young man from Wedgwood's great pottery establishment, Fngland, offered wagers that it could not be accomplished. Much interest was manifested by the large num ber present when Manager Bingham gave the word and 1 laxnnin began his tusk, whilo several watches ticked off the minutes. I he pliable clay was mani pulated with dolt nnd skilful fingers and twelve cups and snicer rJW-"l the board in short ord4r2i!15f8rehJ were piled upon each oilier andnil??cV four large plates, a teupot, sugar bowl und two other vessels sprang up as if by magic, all shapely and almost perfectly formed. When the last piece was finished the hands on the majority of the watches indiiatcd the lapse of eight minutes from the time of sturting. and the remarkably quick workman rested, beaten by a half minute. But he can make the set in set en and one-half minutes under more favorublo circum stances. The wholo work, including molding, is accomplished by the tinkers, und the ouly tools u-ed ure a thin L.ass wire tor cutting the clay and a small re volving wheel. I'rocUen Journal Not a Paradise for Doctors. The Chinese penal code provides that when an unskillful physician, in adminis tering medicines or using the acupunc ture needle, proceeds contrary to the I established forms, and thereby causes the death of the patient, the magistrate shall ' call in o her phy-ic-ians to examine the" I medicines or the wound. If it appear j that the injury done was unintentional, j the practitioner shall then bo treated ac I lording to the statute for accidental I homicides, nud shall not any longer be ullowed to practice medicine. Hut if he have desiguedly departed from theestab I lish d forms, and have practiced deceit I in his attempts to cure the malady in or j dertogain property, then, according to ' its amount, he shall be treat jd asa thief; : aud if death ensues from his malprac 1 tice, then for having thus u-ed medicine i wiih intent to kill, he shall be beheaded. Theie appears to be nothing in (he "Celestial" code answeiing to the laws I of ' barbariau" nalious concerning civil I . I . i . .-. ...... nfu I tie liv uiirt'iw liiuiltl 1e gj-Jr"lroIl "miiutcutiouul" malpractice, j eir IttCtit) I Where the Oldest Citizen Is Honored Belgium has the habit of paving wor ship to its oldest citien. The oldest c.tien here is as much an ollicial as Ten nyson is iu F.ngland. In order that the piitriarch's fame, may wiug its flight across the Atlantic, 1 must tell yon taut his name is iliiam Van Keuterghem aud thai he is nt the pre-eut moment one huudied and 'ix eats old. The Govern ment allovts him a little pension, which sullices for all his material wuuts. The entire population of Kndderwoode, where he resioes, is feteing hiin as 1 write these lines. Waltcs a e being coiu- osed in his honor; poems laudatory of him aie be ng penned and recited; the Mayor uud eoiporuliou are presenting him with an address, and the clergy are giviug him tin'ir beued ctious. 'The re speeciable old gentleman is en oing the best of health aud is, 1 am told, as Titha aud active asa man of forty. Chtuigo
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