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jgT NowtSfptim,, rwwlred for iborttr period
WiAn theva mnnltia.
OnrrMwnpnrt olleltrd from an mm of lh
The Germans are organizing m consld-
arable establishment of falcons to catch (
the enclaves carrier pigeons. .
Tho shipment of Florida oranges to
Europe, which was attemptod for the
first timo i nny quantity this winter, has
resulted most satisfactorily.
T, ' '
Tho major portion of the world's tin
roduct is obtalnel from tho .Malay pen
insula and Mlaca,in Southern Asia. Tho
Chinese practically control these mining
in tcrelst. .
Potatoes nro cominpr from Scotland to
this country in larger quantities than In
any ye ir siuco 1HH3. The Scotch pot.i
, toes are of tho Miignnm Honum variety
end are of extra good quality.
A New Orleans newspaper says that
he millions of children seen around the
;otton field, of tho South furnish a com
plete refutation of tho theoty that the
negro race in America is dying out.
Russian paper dares use an excla
mation poiul in an article. If the press
censor linds one ho cond mn the 'whole
issue as likely to incite the people to riot.
A Busman editorcan observe, but he must
not exclaim.
Th s Is tho first time since 1777 that
tho year required the fame figure used
hrei times. That was 111 years ago,
and the same thing will not happen
ffdn for 111 ycais, or in l!fl. The
year 2000 will draw on three ciphers.
A Hoston woman h is hit upon a novel
achumo to make a living. She posts her
self thoroughly upon the news of the day,
,,'and read her note to a cla s of wealthy
, women who are too lazy to read. Some
other clever woman might miniate her
example iu connection with literature.
The Detroit Free - siys in an edi
torial: "When we consider what a fuss
rai.roa,,, made and some of them
nre sun making about doing awnv with
, - o
tnc deadly tar stove, it humiliating to
learn mat n Sweden tin, l.....i;.,,.
ars by steam has
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been universal since
1."
During the progrea, of a religious re-
ival which was recently lield at West
Toint, Ind., a little chi d of .even years
while under the influence of the excite'
.ent of the occasion, mounted thi It
-n,i .i ., . ..
....... iMi..u,,uuii which is suid
to have been remarkable for its power
and eloquence.
A patent for the manufacture of arti-
flcial m iple sugar has been issued to
.losiau uaiiy, or JIadison. Ind. It is
made by adding to a gallon of ordinary
near avrun iIim.. r..,
'W.f , 01 a
If?
. ,., ,,,,, nu Kory DarK. The """ccouuiuoie excitement took posses
inventor says that this Evrtip cannot be ",io" of ",eaml 1 rushed to herassistan e,
distinguished frm ,."....- , demanding of the olliccraiithoritaiivi.lv
" " " m"I"
syrup.
Prodigies of all kinds are spring'ng up
lu various parts of the world. Ch cago
has a linguistic, wondor in the person of
C'orinne Cohn, aged six. who speaks wiih
fluency Enlidi, German, French ami
the new universal language, Volapuk.
fhe 1 now learning l usshm and Italian.
Her father is Henry Cohn, President of
the National School of Languages.
Canada has a considciable balance in
her favor in the matter of fugitive mi.
uczziers. Canada's osses n th! ..,t
,. . , . i'"'
re est mated at .l,000 0 m, while the
"penal colony" of the United States in
Canada represent some fSO.nnn nun 1.. !
rascalitiea. It !a .11 !.,it ..... .1.. r,.
. .-.-.jr. s-
. ..r,, iu.ix nv any nesitaney
nouiti exist on either side of the border
line to putting an end to this effective
Av.D:.s I I ... j :
evasion of law aud justice.
i
, , . . . " 1
me largest Chinese m ning cainu in
ui, narici, Idaho.
Hundreds of Chinese have been at work
there for scveial years, and each year
from fifty to seventy-live go back to
(hina with from f.',(llii) to fi.tJII , a
fortune for them. Most Chinese miucrs
work over oi l mines, and are very expert
at cleaning up every putce of gold;
but at Warren they ure on new ground,
and their careful system results iu lura
yields.
.1. - XT-. .I. . .
Mexico is making a high bid for im
migration. It is repotted that the Gov
ernment has made a concession to a reul
estate company whereby Ji0tO acres of
laud iu elc en different States is to come
into its possession, to be occupied by
immigrants. Settle s on these tra ts are
to be exempt from tavation on the land,
and the Government guarantees them
.protect ou. It is pioposed to establish
agencies in the principal cities of America
and Europe, to induce immigration to
Mexico.
Pak Chung Yang, the Corcan Minister
tothe Uuiled St ites.and his secret ariesare
somewhat duilish iu their hubils. Several
wagons were required on their arrival
at Washington to move tho tiunkscou.
taiiiing their apparel. They change their
co-timies several times a day. They
own a vast variety of very tall huts which
are perforated at the lop. 'I hey wear
the r h its ut the table, ""tond have a
different kind of tile for each lueul.
They have heals of a very peculiur
h ape. The back of the head, fur from
being lound, is us flat as a bourd.
Fore
VOL. XX. NO. 45.
THE BCOOM OF LONO AGO.
How oft along tho vanished past,
Still with tho lines of youth aglow,
Spring up tho ffow'rs that faded fast
The scenUxi bloom of long ago I
Where is the heart that would forgot
The smile, the look, the Warm embrace?:
Amid the ywira we treason, yet
Tho contour of the flitted face.
Peep In the labyrinth of time,
Mine hlevous ahino black eyes and blue:
And fairy fingers beat a rhyme
On Cupid's bow for me and you,
1 find a letter hidden long
From summer's sun and winter's mow,
And to ft clings a cherished song
That keeps tho tuno of long ago.
We never quite forget the joys
Recorded on life's primal page;
The laughter gay of girls and boys
Kalle sweetly on the ear of age.
Across a path still bright and fair,
A child is swinging to and fro;
And memory twin? in golden hair,
The lovely bloom of long ago.
The music sought by us to-day
In other yeai-s was grandly sung;
The face that flits across tho way
We often kissed when w were young.
It is the band we cannot aee
That leads us, when the suit is low,
Back to the memory haunted lea
Rich with the bloom of long ago.
Confess to me, for it Is true,
I care not what your station be,
That somewhere there's a Svll for you
A spell of love and fantasy.
Who has not felt a vanished band
Touch his at twilight's gentle glow,
Or seen emerge from shadowland
A sweetheart of the long agol
Black eye I nd bluet Ol what a spell
They weav for all whoown their swayl
Aud where is he whose son can tAl
One half the cunning they d splay J
Tbey are the milestones of the road
We tread to whore the waters flow
Between us and the veiled abode
Beyond the loves of long ajo.
T. (J. Jlarbaugn,
THE DIAMOND CRESCENT..
TllB , ....
' crJwds hmring abnBroadVa" urne."
neither to rnrli
- - .v. iii mcir uasie
,0 reacu home and the eomforta of ti,..
"'"'"t
I was sitting in my ollice on the
ground floor, watching the restlcs people
and philosophising as I have a habit of
3 wC ZJ
&L'aiJ nrrestcl by a child wearing upon
her brea!,t ""l'" diamond crescent of
fu' w,"er'"'-' W-liancy. Jlefore I
tlT "L V. to
r . r mum ugve
come into the possesion of a child, or to
ouuui-i r..ijr jib parents or guardians
permuted it to wear such a valuable
trinket upon the publie streets, an officer
had the little one in his grasp.
would have teemed more probable than
punting m 11 rat.onallv, noth no-
that the child was a thief, for I did not
full to uoticc in my tirst glance that her
garments, a. though scrupulously neat
were far fro 11 expensive. noveribi,ln. .n
weruiar iron expensive, nevertheless an
"lm what char.-edo vn . f '
o- - WHS
arrest f"
1 Instinctively recognizing a friend, the
terntied child besought me not to allow
the oilier r to take her to ,ail.
"l ook at that pin, the little thief"
thcotliccr .aid roughly, making a move
ment to drag the child away.
"S-opJ" u cvmnuinded, indignantly
now for I had made up my imud that
iue cuim snouia at least have a hearinu
"Who tuys she is a thief,'"
1 sav so
returned tlm nllirr .ho,
- --, - "s nvi i jfnmius, auu a
precious lot they arel She's a regular
l,ta .. ,1
vuv, tin. unc 19.
I "Indeed, sir, I am not a thief 1 Oh T
am not, 1 am not! 1 didn't mean to do !
wrnn., I ,i j "
? ""'"vu ,u ,luu owu papa
that Miss Adelle say, the crescent will i
"u - hu.J'"
. The ollicer laughed coarsely. "That '
". "I lHKHlydrum.it
Highly drum it in fnr ntiA
so young.
ung. You ace 1 know 'em; they i
iu ll area from " I
come
Ollicer, 1 luteirupted him. for a
?d w" ga'ntring now, despite the
Dltlllir Cold, una I did nit U I
lnv nositllill MB nna rt tl.. .-.-..I - . J
not mucn emov
, . , r ."oicuirui iigures,
stel w"h me into my o.hee while we
hear thu litiln rule's mitrn I .. .
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viuced that you have no morn ri.rhi .
arrest tins clidd because she weurs a costly I
ornament when walking quie. ly along I
the publi street than you would have to 1
arrest tho wife or daughter of a million- ;
aire iindor like l ircumstaiii ei. Vou !
know who I am, and if the fuets'do nut '
coiroborate the story this child tells 1
piom se to deii.-er her over to you in the
next lew hours." -
"All light." said the oIKpr iil-..
v... . i i . ... ... , . ' ,
mi, ) on ii no wiser in ine next twenty-
four hours. I'll wager."
And so I was, but not 'ust as the of
ficer ant cipalo I. The ihild told me a
singular story between her sob., and
facts pio.ed it strictly true. Indeed, as
1 hud iho4itthi one in my othce before
the tire, wunn and comfortable except
for the effects of her fright. I hud time
toseethut her features and expression
were Iho-e of a young princess of the
blood clear-cut, exquisiie aud truthful.
8he wus as lar removed from the youth
ful unfortunates brought up in vice and
crime as is heaven from earth.
The gist of her s ory was that she was
a great man s daughter, and the only way
. , . ". , J ,T -
she would ever hud her papa was by the
cresceiii.wiucn he would recognize, rhe
lived wiih Miss Adelle, a music teacher
and they had very little money. Miss
Adelle had cried that morning" because
their com was uearly gone and she had no
money lo buy more.
"H hen Adelle hud gone out I put the
crescent on, and cone to liud papa, for I
knew that if he saw that he would buv us
tome more wood aud coal," the child
couflded to ine earnestly.
1 ha led a cab at the c onc-lu-iou of tho
fate and took the child lo the stre; t aud
number given me. A toll, giuceful
woman of tweuty-tive or theieubout wul
corned us with emotion.
" hy, my d, ar E a," she cried, clusp
ing the child to her, "where have yuii
been I have been almost craiy wiih
aaniety about you."
st
TIONESTA,
But just at this moment Miss Adclle
caught sight of me, and drawing herself
ui) wiih dignity she waited fof ait e
planation Of my presence there. Stating
the case briefly I asked her to tell me
something about tho child.
"I Will, sir," she said, motioning me
to bo seated With grace I have rarely scert
equaled. "The sole guardianshipof little
I-.va fell to me strangely," she began.
"I am the daughter of a clergyman, and
while teaching music in mv native vil
lage in the West it happened that one
winter's night some years since a night
not unlike what this promises to be my
father and I were startled by moans at
our windows. Investigation showed a
woman and child. Both were nearly
frozen, and the womad, ttnee in the
heated room, swooned. We summoned
a physician, but she recovered conscious
ness only to lose it again until wo found
that she was dying. Toward the
lnt the poor creature muttered wildly
and incoherently, and seemed td be
in mortal terror Of punishment for
some great crime. .Inst at the lust, how
ever, she became entirely rational, and
made frantic efforts with her dying
breath to tell us all about the child ; but
the most we could understand wal that
Kva belonged to wealthy parents, and
that something would prove her identity.
Sewed up in the rag wrapped about the
baby girl we discovered the diamond
crescent, which is stiangely engraved in
ciphers, unintelligible to a stranger, but
no doubt significant cnottgh to the
owners, whom we nalurally suppose to
be little Kva's parents, for this was evi
dently what the poor woman meant to
convey.
"My father and I accepted the trust
thrown upon 11s by that mysterious death
as a commission from heaven," said Eva's
guardian angel, with a soulful smile
Whic h disclosed a rich, beautiful nature,
"and we set about to find the parents.
For a long time we advertised, but to no
purpose. Many replies came, but to none
of these people did our little Eva belong.
At last, after my father's death, which
occurred three years ago, certain that
Kva's parents were not to be found in
tho West, I sold my property there, com
ing to New York iu the hope of obtain
ing pupils here, and at the same time
g 'od legal talent to push the work of
esvuoii.siiiJig my darling s identity. We
have not been very successful so far,
1 leit my elf in a dilemma. Here was
a beautiful young woman who had evi
dently sacrific ed alt her worldly goods to
what she believed a divinely annotated
mission, aud for all I knew had at this
moment neither money nor food, cer
tainly not fuel for the morrow's bitter
weaihcr, for little Eva had innocently
given that fact away, and yet she would
uct make a moan which would give mo
the cue tc her necessity, or make it pos
sible for me to oiler pecuniary assistance.
What should I do about" it all f I
cogitated over and over again. "Hetire
at once, now that the business for which
you came is ended," said the conven
tionalities. "But you cannot leave these
two penniless and frieudless in a big
city, ' urged the heart within mo, and
the latter argument seemed the stronger
of the two, so I broke forth at last, awk
wardly (for I am not a man of tact any
time , but to the point, "i'ou accented
the care of little Eva as a commission
from Heaven when a strange fate
brought her to your door, and why may
I not accept the care of both of you as
my commission until something better
can be doner"
iue eue. i 01 mis speecn was simi) v
startling. Miss Adelle flushed and turned !
puie oy uirns, out sue said, looking j
straight at me. with womanly courage j
Mashing from her large violet eves: "Sir, I ,
you have been so kind to my dear lit.li ... n f'lf ?.f niei!,Bl J"1" :o" ,'olin
Eva that I will not believe you intend IIY,U' of, KL.entu.' ky. klll,f h'nwir at
less to me " hlchmond, Ky.. 111 September, lir,. He
-God knows that I do not," I replied, ! " .Cou.cs.s!n'm-r f"r . ,c" ",ul
feelingly. "Pardon me, but your little i !?ptaker of tUe 1 w''nt;-venth Con
charge has cive me some idea of hnw vnn ' Bies-
are situated; I would like to befriend
you both while yon need a friend."
.Miss Adelle searched my face long and
earnestly to dlsoover if perchance there
lurked some sinister motive there before
she said: "Sir, your offer is a very ex
traordinary one."
..... ....,.. u.,ii.-.,u,i,.
"ot more so than your own course in
sacrincing yourse t and all that vou dos-
scved tolh.s ch.ld . cause " J P
"But that was the will of Heaven for
me," Miss Adelle said with deep serious-
ness, "I could not do less. Bui." she '
aiilc aiu'1' a moment, we do indeed
need a friend." j
"Do you suppose that I would tres- i
Pais lon8e "I'on your piivacy were it
not ml" InsL-twl ..urnnallv (...a,, .... ;
not so r I asked earnestly, "nay, trust
me and you shall have no" cause to re
giet it:"
Then Miss Adelle snoke out like the
large souled woman that she was: "f
W1" trust J'ou s'r, for my little Eva's
8akl'-"
Matters proved quite a bad as I
'eared. They were at the end of their
money, aud uo immediate prospect lor
Relt'ng mre ojicucd before Hum. Miss
Ad-.llc, who.-e musical gi.U had been
rcognized as pre-ein neut in her native
village, had thought it would be easy
enough to socure ouiiils in a irr civ
. ,. . , , . . . -
" i oi k, out rias : nomuittere;
perienc e she had learned that this com
mercial Aiecea towards which to many
young aspiiauts for sue cess turn their
footsicps held but disappointment for
her.
The end of a long discussion of the
pros and ion involved, lesulted in Miss
Aclelle's accepting ussistauce from me as
a loan, aud I, in turu. i roiuised her
pupils from among my friends, taking
upon my shoulders the doubtful ta-k of
cocKing a'l the f dhers aud mothers of
my acquaintance iulo giving their chil
dien oer to her training, beginning with
my own married sister. And it was
fortunate tlut I ma le my beginum1
. ...... ..... .u ... J UVMUIU
there el-e it is probable that 1 shun d
have miserably failed iu my undertak
ing, for my sister Mr. Merwio in
formed me scornfully when I laid my plau
before her: "I cannot be thankful enough,
Tom, that I am the first one to whom
you unfold your iuixotio scheme, for
nothing could w moie ruinous to a
fcirl's prospects, siluated as Miss Adelle
is, than to have a !ac helor like yourself
going arouud advocating her" cause,
.lust take me to see the girl, und if she
is not a mere adventuress you may count
upon my doing what I c au for her."
I hat my sister was wholly satisfied
wiih Miss Adelle will go without the
saving when 1 tell you that she took her
home within the week us musical gover
ness to her own ehildieu, a'ld personally
Milieited patronage fur her uinoug the
"dear '.'trj fiifoda. "
R
-
PA., WEDNESDAY,
In less than three months from the diy
that I first discovered Kva, Miss Adelle
found hcrsr.lf with more work upon her
hand than she could easily attend to,
And I found myself but no, I will tell
you about that later, for now comes the
most remarkable part of this narrative
(arid there Is ndthing so very remarkable
in the story of A free man who is often
thrown into the society of a good and
beautiful woman falling in love with
hen and that which emphasize the tact
that truth is stranger than fiction.
One day there drew up before my
sister's door the well known e ptipase of
one of the city's most successful bankers,
and from it alighted a gentleman who
engCrly requested to see" Mis Adelld.
The result of that visit was nothing short
of the restoration of little Kva to hi r par
ents and home, for he wa proven
to be the long-lost and sadly mourned
daughter of tho banker, siolen by a
former servant, the only object that
could be disco-. cred to extort money for
her return. In order probably to render
the scheme successful the child hud been
taken far away, wheie it won d be diffi
cult to trace her. The mysterious death
of the woman had Interfered with tin?
original plan and left no clue by which
the agoni.cd parents could possi ly dis
cover their child, nnd long since she had
been given up for dead.
In the course of its progress from per
son to pers-jn, the story of the ymin
hiitsic teacher and her little charge had
reached the banker and his wile, who
hastened to convince them-eives thit
Eva wa their loni-lost darling; the
diamond crescent which ha I been stolen
for that very purpose no doubt furnish
ing evidence, if mere had been needed
than the child's great resembl..nce to
her mother.
It is needless to say that the grateful
parents insisted upon adopting Allelic
into their hearts and homes as a daugh
ter no less than their legitimate off -pring:
and for me they declared eternal friend
ship. With this I should have been quite
satisfied under ordiuaiy circumstance,
but
"Nonsense," roguishly says Allelic,
who is looking over my shoulder es I
write, "what a common-i lace endin-'
j you will have there, love and marriage
and all that sort of thin
"Hut will it not be true to the life?"
I demand. And a beautiful light warms
up her dear face. "End the story as
you please, Tom," she fays. .Vc.c York
I'resn.
Calamities of Prominent Men.
James J. Wilsou, of New Jersey, was
successively Clerk of the I cgislature, edi
tor, State Adjutant General aud I nited
States Senator. His mind bee line un
balanced, and one night he jumped out
of the window and was badly injured.
He died two years later July, ls-' l.
Congressman Bobert Potter, of North
Carolina, was the husband of a beautiful
woman, of whom he was intensely jeal
ous. His jealousy developed into'insan
ity, nnd he nearly murdered two of his
wife's cousins, who had culled to pav a
friendly visit, on August 2 1 H;;i. 'He
was sent to prison and tind $t,n()i). He
afterward went to Texas, where he was
killed iu a brawl.
Will iam 8. Iiamsey, of Carlisle, Penn. ,
was e ected to Congress wheu only twenty-eight
years old. The day after his re
election he received a letter, thecontents
of which he never revealed. He became
.. i.nn,.0 m .i .i..j 1.:. u- . 1..
,ecr with a bullet in bnt, l !n i!:,:.,I
aitimore
jn October. 1S40.
vears old
Ho
w-as oniy thirty
Congressman Felix G. McConm-U rep
resented Alabama from Decembir 4,
154:1, to September 10, when he
cut his throat in a Washington hotel. The
death of a devoted friend had driven him
to drink and ii.sanity, with the result
noted.
Jesse B. Thomas, of Illinois, was a
Western pioneer, a Congressman and a
United States Senator for ton years. Tho
secret persecutions of n p liti al enemy
unsettled his reason nnd
reason and he cut l.U
throat at Mount V
a, 1H"0.
c.lfra c....rrv , ,
of tcs,,. ,.n!ti,..l .i,.i,i t v '
doches, Texas, in July HHi He
. ... - . '
had
been a successful lawyer, a brave soldier.
had fought fur. Texan independent,
scived us Chief Justice of the Stato and
was a United States Senator for ten years.
Mental in'irmity drove hi in to the deed
which ended his eventful carter.
Edward Curt it was a noted politician
in his lime. He lepre-entel lew York
City in Congress from !;: to Htl.when
President Harrison appointed him ( ol.
lector of the Port. The treachery of some
political friends turred his biuiii, and ho
died in cw York, after a lingeriug ill
ness, in August, ISiii. (iritfltU:
Jim Fisk's Dodge.
Years ago when thu New York Central
and Erie railroads were engaged in a
dc-perate and destructive battle of cut
rites, Jim Kisk played a shrewd dodge
on Commodore Yiiudeibilt. The freight
rates lrom Chicago to New York ciiy
we: e so low that there was no profit iii
transportation. I'it-k seize d the go ilen
opportunity to buy catle; shipped the
Callle o er the Commodore's road, and
so blocked the Commodore's transput tu
tii.n facilities that the ( rnfral was
obliged lo ref se all other freight. Fisk
tin u pu up tho prieceof fieiuhl on the
l-.iie, und was not only able to do a lu- ,
crative business, while the Central was j
carving cows at a loss, but he was also I
able to get his cows to the market, in j
the Commodore's 1 ne, at such low terms I
that he made a prutit on every head.
Arijonu'it. " j
Ma n it file tn ring a Poem.
It is usual at Cambridge Univeisity to
annually give a handsome sum for 'the
best poem. Some ye ns ago a wai gi h
undergraduate, for a mere jest, made a
poem by piec ing together Ira-mi nts of
all those which had for many ,e,rs been
the winners. He expected that thecom
mittre would laugh ut it and throw it
aside. What was his horror at learning
that lie had been adjudged the pri e,
ami that his name had la en publish, d all
over Euiuud us that of the victor.
PUBLICAN.
MARCH 7, 1888.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Cleaning Lamps.
Evcr now and then the lamn needs
thorough Cleansing. The oil should be
carefully emptied away so a not to leave
any dregs in the bottom. This cau be
put into a bottle and be kept for clean
ing. When the lamp has been well
washed, the other oil can be poured back
Rgain, and added to till the reservoir is
almost full, licforo putting on the bra-s
part that holds the globe and chimney,
this too must be thoroughly cleaned. The
network that crosses it must be freed
from nil impurities, and all pieces of char
Coal wick turned out from the edge. It
will then be found that the lamp will
burn clearly, giving out a bright white
liiht.
Ironing.
Few of the household duties are a
exhaustive and womsjine to the house
wife as the family ironing. Coming, as
it generally does, imme iiately after the
fa.iuiie of washing, it appears to be
double as hard work as the former.
Many women wash and iron the same
day. whii-h is a very unwise thing for
them to do, unless their washing is very
small, indeed. In cold weather, moie
particularly, clothes need to 1 e out in
tho air a long time ere they nre ready to
be brought into the house, and very sel
dom are any of tho heavy clothe-"," such
ns flannels, re dy for ironing the same
day. eiy often tine, small articles,
such as napkins, handkerchiefs, towels,
elc, are siiiliciently dry to iron the sa ne
day, owing to these ironing better when
slightly damp than when perfectly dry.
iiish towels arcvcryhird to pic-smoo"h
if allowed to get thoroughly dry before
taking in, and will have to be dampened
n tm-ttt deal before the creases can be
made smooth. It is best, therefore, if it
can be conveniently done, to bring in
irom ine line sue 11 sm .11 piec. s as iron
b, st when dump. No large piece should
ever be taken in until pcrle tly dry, un
less it Is the table cloth, which will look
much better if pressed while slightly
damp. These articles should be ironed
a- dry as possible, and be thoroughly
aired befoie being put away. To air
na kins, handkerchiefs, etc., they should
be hung on the hor-e ihe length of the
fo d. ami not. as eiy often dope, thrown
simply over the bar just in the fold in
wlii h they are placed awny. They w 11
not air or dry properly if hung iu ihis
way, and if pat away from an airing of
this kind, w.ll muss so easily th.it in a
short while they will have no uppear
ance whatever of having been ironed.
t'scCnl Hints.
To brighten faded carpet, sponge with
a mixture of one part ox-gall to to
parts water.
Apple snuce is much improved by the
addition of a lablispoonful of butter and
requires le s sugar.
Cold sliced potatoes fry and taste bet
ter by sprinkling a teaspoonful of flour
over them while frying.
Infants under three months of age
should not be given arrowroot or other
starchy foods, for they cannot digest
them.
To seed raisins easily, pour hot water
over them, let it remain a moment, then
drain oir. The hot water loosens the
seeds aud they com : out clean.
Charcoal is recommended as an ab
sorber of gases in the milk room where
foul gases are present. It should be
freshly powdered and kept there con
tinually. The bct tiling for a burn is to wet tho
burn with (old water, th'.n cover the
burn with " he t Hour so thick it will
keep out the air; keep it on, it will pre
vent blistering.
A derided improvement iu the eating
bib for c hildren is made of a towel. It !
is better to have the towel white. Hollow
out the neck before binciiug, and bind
wiih white tape.
FuWe Jinens should always be hemmed
by hand. N' t only do they look more
dainty, but there is never a streak of
dirt under lie edge after beiugluuudered,
as with machine sewing.
Turpentine and black varnish, put with
any good stove polish, is tlie bla- king
used by hardware dealers for polishing
heating stove s. If properly put on it j
will last throughout a season.
Fog is an excellent cosmetic. To it is !
due mil h of the beauty of English com- j
pltxi.ins, and those who live in hot ami I
diyclinii tes must be doubly careful to
guard against their dessicating effect if 1
lb y would escape 1 ho appearance of
mummies. j
In pulling away wash dresses, every
vestige of stare h snould be removed, iin'l :
th y fhoul I be left unnamed. White
dies-ei of any fabric are improved by
placing sheets of blue tissue paper be- '
tween the folds, and then wrapping the
whole dress lu the Mime paper.
Never put kid glo.e- upon little!
children. It is simply barbarous. lu
wirfti r woolen mitts are good and sens-!
ible, with 1 i-lo thieid for mod. rate
we.ither; but in summer it is positively
sinful to hide the dimples und fettir the ,
motion of cunning ba iy lingers. j
! To clean a biowned porc elain kettl.-.
boll wood ii-hes in the kclile a few linn
me., then tc.iur
it with the ii-iics and
I rinse well. If fruit bums iu it, set the
kettle olf the liie quietly and let tin- con
j tents cool before di-tribuling. It will
I not lout thu fiuil, and will uvo tic
keltic muih. l our oil the fruit tare
I fu'ly, if uny cf it is cood, wash what
I will have the kettle without seiap'ng.
! and it i. ot all loos", bo.l ashes in it as
j ubove. Sudeleu In uting or cooling feuds
, to make it t lac k.
A goo-e loasted after the German style
may lie admitted to the table as a varia
tion, i.'ub the goose the pie ious night
with salt, pe pper, be e, thyme.aiid sw.-e-t
marjoram in-ide and out: in Ihe inton
ing prepare the dressing: A huge hand
ful of stoned iiiisins and ante i n; r nils
to bread ii u in Its or crumbled cia- kits;
two sour apples chopped tine, and one
mealy potato mixed in w ith bin ter and
a'l well rolled togi tle r without spices,
l or the gruvy, boil the giblets in a
little water and mash the liver iu a
spoonful of flour, ( hop tlie giz.iials, si ir
these in the Ii piid the; unci) oh-I in,
add it to ihe gravy in the diippiug pan.
spi inkle in a little lliy.i.e. ra-e, and
SHei t mar outiii, and it is dune. Ser.e
the gravy sepui alely. Wlun tlie gi-Ose
is se rved, g ouish il Willi sliced 1c n in
m l some- splits CI paibi. v
Sl.50 PER ANNUM.
THE FIRE WORSHIPERS.
THE ANCtTTNT TRTBB OF GTJEBRES,
yOUMJWEKS OP ZOBOASTER.
Pocnllar Sect, In Persia With a
1 Superstitious Koverenoo fop Fire
An Honest and HHinhlo Poople
The religion of the Guebres is several
j centuries older than ( hristianity. They
are followers of Zoroaster, who regarded
the sun, moon and stars as ob.ects of
worship, nnd tire as a sarred element to
be treded with reverence and awe.
Wherever they arc su licicntly numerous
add wealthy, thry keep alight in their
temples sacred fires, which a e never al
lowed to become extinct from year to
year and from generation to generation.
1'ricsfs are employed to keep these ever
burning tires allaum by constant attend
ance and feeding them with fuel. In
Bombay and other Indian cities, where
tho (iiicbres in India they nre known as
i-arsees) are still numerous and wealthy,
the sacred flames arc maintained at great
expense. 1 ne tire nre led with sandal
wood and oth r fragrsut and costly sub
stances, and large quantities of spice
are cast into tlie flames to lie consumed.
They treat the ever-burning fire with the
same Mlpcistitiou reverence that the
llindons bestow upon their idols, rich
Guebres spending their money fr ely to
present it wiih fragrant woods "and
spice-". 1'hc piicsis, wh"e function it i
to replenish the fires with fuel and see
that they aie never permitted to go out,
regard the flame as a very sacred thiniz.
So much so, that they a e said to wear a
gag over their mouth and nostrils when
they approa' h the sacred flame, lest they
should defile it by contact with human
orcath
( ne curious result which I doubt not
many people will regard as n good one
i ol thu Cm bres' 1ev1.11.1n1. for t'1,0 uthnt
none of them indulge in the habit of
smoking tobacc o. They may use tobacco
as sniitl, or even chew it if so inclined
but the Guclire who should bo found
with a lighted pipe or cigar in h smooth
wo id at once become an ob.cct of ab
huenec to his co-ieligionists. They
would regard mm w tn much rcpug
nance, n a person who had wantonly
delilcd his own god by putting his rep-
irsiiiiiiMc, uie, id mi unuoiy use, 1 en
turies ago, when Mohammedanism, the
religion ol the sword, swept over Persia,
offering to the old lire-worshiDin-r nonu-
lotion the alternative of conversion to the
new religion or death by the sword, all
the Guebres that preferred to cling to
inuir on ii ociiei ami count get away
neci to intna. in 1110 City or Bombay
alone there are now about one hundred
thousand tire-worshipers, or near oue-
sevenin 01 tlie whole population. They
are the most enterprising po plc in India,
controlling a hire share of the commerce
of the entire country. Their business en
terprise and ability has made them very
wealthy, so much so that the present
King of Persia, "Nasr ud-Dcen, Shall-in-Sliah,
A-ylum of the Universe," etc..
has lately turned his august mind
in their direction, Not long ago he sent
auiemoilalto the wealthy' Guebres of
Bombay, stating how much he loved
them, and inviting them to gather 1111
i their ric hes and come back to their an-
cieiit home. The Guebres, however, are
i not to be caught in any such oriental trap
as this. They are now enjoying happi
ness and prosperity under the Bii'tish
j rule in India, and are too wise and wary
in these days to place themselves anil
I their property withm reach of an orien
tal despot, even though he bo so amiablo
a spec imen as the 'Asylum of the Uni
verse." A c urious thing about the few remain
ing Gtichres in Persii is, that while the
rest of the population about them, both
Persian anil Armenian, are notoriously
dishonest and haiclly know what i'.is to
t.u" l'10 truth, they are an honest and re
liable people. As a consequence of this
recognized valuable trait of character in
the lire worshiping families, they are
almost always to bo found occupying
j position of "trust. Their chief nccupn
I tiou is that of guardians o cr the private
1 property of wealthy Persians. Thus it
would almost seem "that the last functions
j of the ancient tire Wursbipurs in I er-ia
was to point a moral, to teach us that
honesty is recognized and appreciated in
every part of tho world. ComnKrri.U
Advertiser.
The Formation of Soils.
soils, as is well know n, depend
Our
upon a variety of actions wh ch serve to
break up tin roc ky matter of the earth,
and tei commingle that matter with or
gallic materials Inure rapidly than the
erosive agents can remove the ht,-i''n
from the point at or near which it de
cays. Eor thu tui inalion of the soil two
actions, at lea-f. are essential. Fir-t.the
bed-rotk must b ; brok-n into fragmeit
siiiliciently si paraled from each other to
p 'iiuit the pas age of roots between
them- 8e"oin, tlm rock fragments must
he still further coiiuui mt- il and com
mingled with organic waste to make the
comoination of organic: and inorganic
matt rem which the ul ility of the soil
absolutely dejKuids. Although the earth
worms are u idoiiiit. cllv vei v im oitant
ugents in overturning; and bre.iUi ig up
of soil, it appears lo ine that ihey are
most effective in ti e tilled I elds or iu
the natural nr. el a :iiii ial grass-lands. So
far as 1 have been able to observe. llii'S.'
creatures are. I a ci v i". un I iu nor orelinuiy
forests where a thie k l.iy. r of leuf inuuhl,
commingled with I ranches. In s upon
the earth. The ehaiacle-r of this
' di'posit is sin fi that the creatures are not
couipi icnt to make' their way through it,
and they the refore iu th : main avoid sueh
i situations. More-over, win r- ver tit- soil
I is ol ii ve ry sandy nature, caith wurms
are si ant.ly louiiel if Ihey are prese nt ut
all. These worms are practi' ally limited
to the' seiils of a somewhat clayey c h uae
ter, which hive lo'coatiug of deceive I
vege'tal ion upon them
. As the giv.iter portion of the existing
. soil bus be en proline cd in fore st regions,
j I shall lirst CMimiiie theartiouof various
animals upon the soils of wuoeled coun
I trie-. The in immals are, of a I our verle
! biatcs, the iiio-t e ffective in their aelion
J upon t he soil of forests. Twenty specie
or moie of our American mammals an
bunowe rs m ! e loiest bed. 'l'hev eitiie ,
make I heir hab.tutions bcucalu the.'
ground, or resort to it iu tho pin suit ol
food. Of the e, our burrowing roeb iil-
! ate perhaps the most effo tive, but a luiy-
number of other small mammals resort iu
the earth and make considerable excava
I tioll-. !,'r S'ie -I-' o ' '.
RATES Or APVEWTHMta.
Om f-qnara, on Inch, oao toaartioa- I I
On Sqnara, on. Inch, on month I W
Ont Sqnara, one Inch, three moats (
Ont Square, on. Inch, on year M
Two gqnare i, on rear. 1 00
Qnartef Column, on year.
Half Column, on jesr W
On Column, on jpr It
Legal aetrartlaamanu tan eat pr lis Kh to
sartlosu Mwrtaff ad death nation. gratia.
All bill fof rr!j adwrtliieoMiiU oollort nar
larlr. Tampararj adrarUMacau ainM h paid U
adtanoa.
Jafc work cub m Aellvarr.
MATERNAL, INSTINCT.
I wonder what my papa means
By calling nie Miss Fklgatt
A silly goose
That has no use
A troublesome little midget
He says I always "ought to laugh;
Good little girls are jolly."
What would he do
If he, boo hoof
Had tored his little Dolly?
He says my Dolly's nothing bus
A lot ot rips and creases
That all combined
Could never find
One half the missing pieces.
And mamma told me if it was
Made out of iron and leather
It wouldn't stay
More than a day
Securely hel 1 together.
I know its nose and ears are gone,
It has one leg left only ;
A great big crack
Is in ita back
And one eye looks so lonely.
Its face gets blacker every day,
It's never tidy, never;
And if I rub
And scour and scrub,
It makes it worse than ever.
They want to know what makes me keep
The "nasty thing" about ma.
Why, don't you see
It's fond of me,
And couldn't do w ithout me.
Now, does it matter much to them
How sick and cross I may be?
I'm not afraid
Mamma would trade
Me for another baby.
C f. Sn yder, in CourirJoumal.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Geographical What is the capital of
Jay Gould?
Th's is the year when the girls leap
and the men fly.
Why is it that the rising generation,
rises late? Xeie ue nXetct.
The wedding ring is woman's sphere
and also mini's fear. Epoch,
They raise vegetable tallow in Aus
tralia. The re's the place to laugh and
grow fat. Sifting.
Solomon, when he gave tho famous
judgment, was the first man who ever
proposed to split the difference.
For the past two years everything has
been at sixes and sevens. But this year
we hope to strSen matters out. Ejoci.
More than 10,000,000 eggs are carried
into New Yoik each week. One might
be tempted to think this an ova supply.
lio'Um 1'r iiitiript. .
Agent (at the door) "Is the lady of
the house-in?" Gentleman (calling to
his wife; "Mary, is the cook inf"
JJurli nijton Free i'rei.
Next to a bull in a china shop, a strike
in a glass factory would seem to be one
of the most smashing things in the
world. Button 'J'ruiucript.
When blizzards bliz,
An' coal is riz.
An' tenqiests temp their boldest.
We shivering shiv,
And scarce cau live
For treet-ear stoves are eoldcwt.
Detroit free iVrsj.
New York Man (smilingly shaking
hands. Excuse my glove. Boston Ac
quaintance (frigidly) Ah, certainly.
Excuse my spectacles. Chiewjo 2'ri
hunt. It is said that J. Gould enjoyed the
novel sensation of a short balloon trip
in Paris. He's got the earth, and he
probably went up to take a look at the
sky. 'J'iJ-EJ). i .
Several diamonds vera -foifiTd iu a
meteorite which fell in tho town of
Krasnosloboclsk, Bussia. They will be
given to the ludividuals who are able to
pronounce thu name of the town.
A WAIL FROM CHICAGO.
The big jac k rose
Ky the sail sea blows
And the cactus buels on the prairie;
Hut the uruugei blossom blooms
Wlie-re the leort trade boon is
So fc!)-tle i the lakeside, Mary!
Oh! hitstie to the lakeniete, Lucy an' Jane
An' hurry up, Tihby n' Camel
bring along your trousseau
You'll be happy if you ihj so, . .. . ..
For there's heups ot tellers here as wuiits to
marry !
Chicago S'ewM.
Chinese Table Etiquette.
As soon as the guests are seated on the
mats, two, aud sometimes three, small,
low tables are brought to each. On the
one immediately iu front of him the
gue-t linds seven little covered howls.
On the see oud tie Lie will bo tive other
bowis. Thu third, a very until! table,
should hold three bowls. Take up the
chop-sticks with the right hand, re
move the cover of the rice bowl with
the same hand, transfer it to the left,
and place it to thu left of the tuble.
The'u lemovo the cover of the bean soup
nnd place it ou the rieo cover. Next
take up the rice bowl with the right
hand, pu-s if to tho left, and cat two
in oil h I ei Is with the chopsticks, und
then drink once from the soup I owl.
And so on with the other dishes
neve r omitting to eat some rice between
e.ie h mouthful of meat, fish uuel vegetable-,
uuless you forget which is your
inouih ami which is your right liaml, or
have become so giddy that you can not
tell jour left baud from u chop-stick or
your rice bowl from your thirei table.
Ceciijo Tnbuite,
A Youthful Wculhcr Prophet.
Tho six-year-old son of a Kentucky
man is lie .piiring notoriety as a weather
prophet. The child is small for his age,
and cannot rt tui k. plainly, but has le -velupcd
b.iioinctrical powers to a won
derful degree, Sine e ho was four years
old his patents, who are respectable and
eliable people-, declare thai he h is fore
told every rain, hail storm or snow storm,
and even the light showers aud .sprinkles
o plentiful iu the spring of tlie year,
tine elay re eenily, while the uu was blaz
ing down wiih iuteiise heat, the child
came into tlie house from the yard, where
he had bceu intently gazing at ihe
l.e.ivcua, and predicted a heavy ruin
h t ci i an, to be followed by a pro u-e tall of
huil. In the iilieruooii his prophecy was
veriiied by a heavy ttorui. Cltkayo