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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1888, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
RFC
A low estimate puts the number of
persons throughout tho world suntiorted
nil the forms of employment furnished
'.' cjectricity nt 5,000,000.
It is now possible, for a traveler to go
direct by mil from llic City of Mexico
to British Columbia, ft distance of (1,000
mill's. This Ins be n nindo possible bv
Hie went completion of tho California
ad Orison I 'nil way.
I lie Minneapolis Tri'nn has invited
nil tho old scUlt-r.s of Minnesota to tell in
its column liow muchcnldor tho weather
used to hr. in the days when they were
young, oino pioturuHijiio whoppers may
cvnnricnty be expected.
Tho champion " Hem-dick " of the
civilized world is Francois Suuron, wood
ranger tf Faint I'aulicn, France, lie is
Ii8 yearn old, and on January 10 was
mitrried for the sixth time to a widow of
l.is Inst four marriages have oc
MJir'.d in the last four years.
Probably ono of the oldest meeting
houses in the world is tho Binguud
hurch in Norway, the ago of which is
N00 years. Tho pngodn-like. structure is
covered with shingles and an inch or
two of tar. Hume inscriptions, interest
ing to scholars, are on the building.
m It seems us though tea grown in the
'old climate of Canada would possess
extraordinary puckering powers, like
uinto a green persimmon. Nevertheless
Professor St. Andrews, of the Central
Experimental Farm of Canada, proposes
trying some exper meats with a hardy
vniicty grown in Japan.
Tho big cattle ranches of the far West
and Southwest are reporled to be break
lJ? up. A year ng.i the Niobium Laud
and l nttlci Company, which hits become
(bankrupt, refused if 1,000, 000 for it?
property. Instead of thu big companies
swallowing the little ones, it is thought
that thu tendency is toward the break
ing up of the big ranches into sina lei
Tho American Board is responsible
for tho Christwiuizaiion of one-tenth ol
tho heathen world. It has 83 missions,
- American and 3.0 111 native laborers,
proa hing at Slim Millions iu -.'(I dilTerent
languages. They support U2.i churches
'iih '-S.0 i! Member. In 9s high
schools, universities aud colleges thev
have 5, II 11 p ke 1 pupils of both sexes
and 4l, j pupils in the common school
Its inijy.ciu presses send out annually
18,63.0110 page, of Christian literature.
The cashier of a Chinese bank tried to
lleave with tho funds of Ids bank for
some undiscovered bourne or other, but
was, unhappily fur himself, promptly
captured. It teems to luke a good deal
of vengeance to satisfy the demands, of
hintse justice, which certainly ought to
i and no doubt is, extremely deterrent.
All till events, in tho case of this luck
less rnshier, the preliminary step, when
ihry caught lain, wns to wall him up
neatly In a cell, and leave him to reflect
n the error of his ways and to starve,
nnd in the meantime they chopped oil
the heads of nil his family. Leah Mer
cury, It appears that about seventeen mill
inns of tons of co.d per year is the
i mount yielded by the chief coal dis
tricts of Great Hritain Newcastle, South
Wales, and tho Clyde country and, as--Miming
this to represent the average
annual consumption for many years tc
vino, it is estimated that tho British
nines wilt not be exhausted in less than
C.00 to 800 years. It is further calcu
lated that drawing upon only one of hei
fields, the Westphulian, Germany will
not bo able to evhaust her coal supply in
less than a thousand years, nnd she has,
in addition, the riches of the Pavarian,
the Aachen, aud the Silesian coul tils
tricts. It is claimed, therefore, that,
independent of the resources of olhet
'countries, Great lirilaiii and Germany
could supply Europe with coal for au
unlimited period.
The Xurth China llera'd of recent
date says that persons who doubt the
barbarity of some of theCh nese punish
ments " have only to walk into the city
of Shanghai this morning, a few minutes'
task, aud they will lind one of the most
revolting of these puuishuieuls in full
operation, and its infliction applauded
by all the Chinese who know of it." The
criminal, uue Koh, is a burdened ruffian,
whu has passed the greater part of the
past ten years in jail. The specific I
uileuce fi r whiih he was being punished
was his habit of blackmailing the new
prisoners who were put iu jail with him.
Jle was sus cuded iu n cage about five
feet h'gh. witli his head through thu top
iu a wooden collar, so that lie could not
i each it with his hands, li is fc-jt, which
weru loaded with ciiains. -wen, so fur
fiom the bottom that lie could only just I
touch it wheu slauding on tiptoe. Here
he was condemned to Siand, without
food or walcr, just i:;sido the outer gate
of the magistrate's yunu-ii, tho sport of
hundreds, until death put an end to his
sufferings. Tho writer suggest that a
photograph of the cage and its occupant
would be a tell ug frontispiece to the
Maitjuis i'.-.eug'h recent urtk.le on tim
"Awakening of t hina."
THEIH ANGELS.
My henvt Is lonely as hiart can be,
Anil the cry of ltnehel goes np from me
For the tender faces, unforgot,
Of the little ehililren thnt are not;
Although I knofr
They are all In the land where I shall go.
I Wont them close in the dear old way,
But life goes forward and will not stay;
And He wliomnde it has made It right;
Yet I miss my darlings out of my sight,
Although 1 know
They are nil in the land where I shall go.
Only one hnsdM. There is one small mound,
Violet-tioaitxl, in the sweet gravo-ground,
Twenty years have I 'loomed and spread
Over the lit tie Inhy head:
And, oh! I know
She is safe In the land where I shall go.
Not dead; only grown and gone away;
The hair of my darling is turning grny
Thnt was golden once in the days so dear,
Over for many an t nuny a year.
Yet I know I knw
She's a child in the land where I shall go.
My bright, bravo boy is a grave eyed man,
Facing the world os a worker can;
But I think of him now as I had him then,
And I lay his cheek to my heart again;
And so I know
I shall have him there where we both shall go.
Out from the father and Into life,
Back to His breast fro:n the ended strife,
And tho finished labor, I hear the word
From the lips of liiiu who was child ami
lxrd,
And I know, that so
It shall be In the land whore wo all shall go.
Oivea Iwk-wit'i the g:iln. The secret this
Of tho lileswd Kingdom of Children is:
My mother's arms aro wailing for me;
I shall lay my head ou my father' knea;
For so, I know.
I'm a chil 1 myself where I shall go.
The world is troublous Und hard nnd cold,
And men and women grow gray nnd old;
But. hchtnd the world is an inner place,
Where yet their angels tiahold God's face,
An I In! we know
That only the children can see Him so.
. .-titWiiie T. D. Whitney
UNDER AN AVALANCHE.
I was coming out of tho mountain-v to
he north of irginia City with a lot ol
miners' mail strapped on my back. Theru
was no regular mail route there then,
but ubout once a month s.itno one took
the letters down nnd returned with any
mail found at the postoliice. I was on
snow shoes. The winter had been
severe, and the snow was live or six feet
deep on the level. The iTth of January
had been a very balmy day, with a warm
sun and wind, aud ou tho morning ol
the 2 tli I stalled.
I had to make my way along the base
of a range known to us then as Hill's
Thumb, nnd for this twelve miles there
was only one settler. He was an old
bachelor who had built himself a snug,
stout cubiu under the caves of the
Thuxb. Ho was hunter, miner, pros
pector, taxidermist, naturalist, and I
don't know whnt else. Some of the
boys who had met him had an Idea that
he had soured on the world, and come
out thereto livo a hermit life, but he was
a chnp who kept to himself and would
not allow any one to question him. I
got along very well for the first five
inilis, but thi n realized thnt 1 was in
danger from snow slides. The thaw hnd
continued through the night, and it
needed only n pir to send tho great
masses of .now lying on tho mountain
rushing d .vu the slope with a force
which nolh nir couhl utnml ii,,a in.,v
place behind me which brought down
i . . .
uumircus 01 ions, ana as i pushed my
way forward all my senses were on the
alert for the first signal ot danger.
When I had approached within pistol
shot of the hermit's cabin I saw the man
himself about n mile down tho vallcv.
lie was comini townril t)n innt, v.,,t
had a burden on his shoulder and was
movincr slowlv. Thfrcfnrn . I n.-l, 1
the cabin I stood at the door to wait for
mm. iniiiKing tie might wish me to take
a letter or do roitia errand Ha woo a;n
half a mile away when I heard a dull.
an nw.iy ii 1 1 mo mountain aoove mv
head. I knew it wns a mass of snow
tumbling olf the rocks, and that it was
the seed of an aviilnm-he Tim aonnt
had scarcely reached my ears . when I
wheeled to the door, lifted the bit h, and
the next instant was inside I was none
too soon. Almost every pound of snow
on a mountain side a thousnnrl fWt ),;,,).
aud a quarter of a mile lonif was in mo
. ; i i. ..,
o"" mi me utmtr. ii came wim a lei
rible roar and a suerpssinn nf m-uuUb a
rocks aud tiees we. -e caught up. and I
nciu niy urea: u ior wnai was lo Happen.
1 lie bouse Iremhlcfl nrwl rnrLn.l o K,.,i
- ...... . - . M uiuu-
sand empty wagons seemed to rush over
. 1 . i! ,1 . i . . .
mc nun, lino i lien mi was miumgru tiark
ness, aud the stillness of the prove settled
down upon me.
The house bad lieen htirh-rt lit, rtnr on
avalanche. It was God's mercy that it
had not been swept away and tot n log
iiuih jii. i iicr.- was ouiy a small nre on
the hearth, and befoie I moved I struck
0 llllltl'll lllKM mV VHV iff in ,1 i ..
about a bit I found a candle, and then I
oegaii to investigate the ntuutiou. On
openin r the dooi I found the snow
packed solidly in front Going to the
single window 1 found every ray of light
shut out In ihn room u-na u l.on.ll..' ,,f
rods about as large as my linger and nine
feet lonir Thrift with UIV of ttwin, 1
seized one and thrust it upward from the !
uoor, uui u urn not go inrougn llicitrilt.
I lathed another to it, nnd yet the length
was not sullicicnt. I lushed on a second,
and now had at least twenty-five clear
feet of pole to probe with, and I believed
the upper end found daylight. In front
of the e-liin, and about UU0 feet away,
was a great mass of bare rock forty rods
long by lifty feet high. This would stop
the ava anche,and it was more than likely
that a sodd mass of snow forty rods long
aud tw nty-four feet deep lay above me.
What 1 mi 1 hi'i-nmp nf I h linrni it ' TUtm
wa-not one chance iu a thousand that.
lid l;al escaped. I ne avalanche w ould I
tilnr L llir truil Inr u'fi-l?a intil at tlia ...... 1
best it would lie some elnys before uny
one at our camp would kuow that I was
in the but. If the hermit escaped he
would cany the news. If he was butied
uudcr the snow, 1 might as well make up
my mind to remain a prisoner until
spring. I was in a bad boi, and for the
tint half hour I unit lost my courage
Then, having every reason to believe that
I roust be a prisoner for ninny long days,
I began to take an inventory of stock, as
it were. There was A good bed of skins
nnd bltlnkets, several cooking utensils, a
table and several rough stools, a clock, a
dozen or more books, about thirty enn
illes, with tea, colfcc, sugar, pork, and
flour in quantities to last mo several
weeks. I could not have been better pro
vided had I planned for the avalanche to
come. There was a lean-to atthe back
end of the hut, and I looked into this to
find it full of fuel. 1 felt much more
hopeful after I had taken tho inventory,
for I could not help but feel that it would
be long before I saw daylight again.
For several hours after the accident
tho cabin sent forth suspicious sounds.
The snow was settling nnd packing above
it, and rafters and logs cracked nnd
snapped in a way to keep mn on thorns.
If the weight on the roof proved too
irrcat I should be crushed or smothered
the moment It fell in. It was after H
o'clock in the afternoon before I felt safe.
But very little snow hnd coma dowu the
chimney. I reasoned from this that it
had been covered by rocks or limbs. If
such was the case and the fire refused to
hum, 1 should be bard pressed with
plenty of raw provisions at hand. I fell
all tho gravity of the situation as I threw
on some light wood and made a blaze. It
was a hard fight for half an hour.
Some of the smoke certainly found a
way to escape, but some was driven
back. However, after a time the heat of
the fire brought down a great deal of water
so much sa that I could hardly keep a
llame going. and about 4 :IJ0 o'clock tho
cabin wns cleared of smoke. While I
could not for an instant believe that the
chimney showed above the snow, I was
satisfied that some way had been opened
for the smoke to drive away. I may ex
plain here that a great mass of tree tops
lodged ou the roof before the bulk of
that snow came, and these held the snow
up so that tho smoke went sailing about
in a hundred channels.
1 got myself some supper, wound up
the clock, and sat down for a smoke nnd
a think. The hermit hnd two pipes and
a large stock of tobaeco.and lonely as was
my situation a feeling of gtntitudo to
God for the comforts at hand was upper
most in my mind. I was now perfectly
satisfied that I was buried deep under
the snow, and thut my rescue would bo a
matter of weeks. The first move was to
write out a statement of tho accident,
and this I placed whore it would be pre
served and found in case of my death
Then I began a daily journal, nnd mapped
out a programme to be followed. A
week's imprisonment would be nothing,
but after that it would not do to let the
mind dwell on the situation. You sec,
the horror of it was the stillness. The
idea kept coining up that 1 was buried
alive, and it was an awful thing to think
of. The hermit's clock was an old fash
ioned one, with a loud tick-tack, and
after tho cabin got through settling un
der tho weight of tho snow every tick
sounded almost as loud as the blow of a
hammer. It was so warm that 1 needed
only the smallest fire, and when I went
to bed at t) o'clock there was no need of
even a single blanket for cover.
I was up at an early hour next morning,
having slept like a log all night, and
whilo catiug breakfast was startled by
sounds which 1 believed to be the voice of
a human being. I thought I could hear
groans and moans and cries for help, and
when I opened the door the sounds
came to mo more distinctly. It might
be that the hermit, caught under the
snow, had succeeded in tunnelling his
way to a point from which I could rescue
him by digging, and I bad no sooner
despatched my breakfast than I set about
making mo n shovel to dig with. I found
a hatchet, and with this sharpened a
board, and the snow I dug from the
doorway 1 heaped up in the fuel room.
I had not been eligging over half au
hour when I made the discovery that the
first rush of the avalanche had brought
down a great lot of small trees, bushes
and locks, with here and there a lnrge
tree They had been piled up helter
skelter, but they held up the mass of
6iiow so that with a little digging I
could run a tunnel in almost any direc
tion. Great cure was necessary, how
ever, as tho burden above was very
heavy, and the displacement of a sup
port might bringdown a great weight of
snow.
After I had run the tunnel straight out
fiomthe door about twenty feet I turned
to tho right, made m way under a lot
of rubbish, and after going about thirty
feet came upon the body of an Indian.
Hero the limbs and sticks made a sort of
bower, under which he lay, and I knew
that it w is his voice 1 had heard culling
There were no Indians about us except
hostiles, and just before the snow came
they ha I killed two men belonging to
our camp. We h id no fear of them al ter
winter set in, knowing thnt they stuck
close to their villages. Here was a red
skin, however, in full war paint; but I
had no sooner found him than I saw thnt
lie was dead, lhourh his bo.lv was still
waim. He had been mauled in a terrible
manner, both legs being broken. his head
all bloody from an iniury, and lis right
arm doubled under him as if broken. I
could see the butt of his rifle
sticking out of tho snow, but when
I puiled at it I found the barrel
missing. It hnd been wrenched otT. I
got his tomahawk nnd knife, however,
togel her with powder horn nnd bullet
pouch, and when I had pulled the body
along and crept beyond it I caught sight
of a moccasin in the snow mid dirt. It
took me mi hour to unearth the body,
which was that of a second warrior.
Thu lile hud been crushed out of him in
u second. The mass of rock which had
come down with him had broken every
bone in his body, nnd a great share of
bis face had been ground oil Hisritle
I could not find, while both knil'e ami
torn ilmwk were broken. While search
ing his cold aud battered bo ly I found a
l ui k-kin bag con'nining about :10 1
worth of small nuggets of gold, and
ties gave me a hint to overhaul the other.
I also got from him about j-J00 worth of
dust aud nuggets, and in the search I
found attached to his belt u white man's
scalp, which had not been otf the vic
tim s head over two days. They must have
been in ambush part wav up the moun
tain, intent upun taking the hermit's
sculp, and but lor the avalanche they
might have had mine as well.
The day had gone by the time I had
overhauled the second Indian's body.
Being at work the hours hud passed
swiftly awuy, and 1 bud not given roy
self any time to brood over the horiois
of tho situation After topper I sat in
front of the fire for awhile, then wrote
up my daily journal, aud when I Went
to bed I left the door wido open. It
seemed to inO that the air was getting
foul down there, and by opening the
door the room was greatly purified. It
was midnight, as 1 afterward c.nme to
know, and the fire was nil out, when
some noise in the room startled me. I
sat up in bed and was soon convinced
that some one or some living thing bo
side myself was present. I could hear
a labored breathing, together with
sounds, ns of some one pulling himself
nlong the floor, and I climbed over the
foot of the bed and lighted the candle.
What was my amazement to find a third
savage in the cabin! He hud quite
reached the side of the bed, and had
I got out that way, ns usual,
he would have at least wounded
me, for he had his nuked knife in his
hand and wns bent ou lnu dcr. The
hatchet was at hand, but I d.d not need
a weapon. The w arrior had been dread
fully hurt, and, us nil investigation
proved, had been buried jtst beyond the
other two. When I left tho bodies bo
hnd dug his way to my tunnel, and then
pulled himself nlong to the door, intend
ing to have my life as I slept. When
bu.lled in this, he glared at me with nil
the hate a human heart can betray. He
was crushed at the hips, and none but a
sa age could have accomplished what he
did. I could have killed him nt a single
blow, but the horribie work was spared
me. Death was already I csidn him, and
as I stood and looked down upon him,
candle in hand, ho uttered a faint war
whoop and fell over dead. When I was
sure that life had departed, I dragged
him info the tunnel and shut und bar.cd
the door, and so upset had my nerves be
come by tho adventure that I did not
sleep again that night.
Iu the morning I excavated a hole neat
where the two bodies lay.and pushed the
thrco into it, und packed the snow ovet
them. lhen 1 began running a tunnel
for tho ledgo iu front of the cabin, and
had gone ubout twenty feet when the
second night caine. Knrly in the third
day I had to abandon this tunnel on a -count
of a cave-iu w hich n arly smothered
mc. Then I turned to the right to come
out down the valley, and 1 wns still at
this work when the first week closed.
F.urly iu tho second week I was stopped
by a linnk of rocks and earth, nud wuen
the second week closed I was drifting a
tunnel to the left. It was slower work
than yon would think for. The snow
wns packed very solid, and all I dug out
had lo be thrown lieliind mc, and eventu
ally carried oil and scattered in some hole
under the tree tops. F.very few feet I
met with a big rocK or the trunk of a
tree, nud it was hard work to get around
such obstruct. ons. Again a cave-in
would tako place to hinder further pro
gress for a day or two, and I finally came
to the conclusion that I could never get
out by tunneling.
I started iu on the third week more
to be at work than from nuy hope of es
cape. All that week I tunneled to the
right again, nnd at three o'clock on Sat
urday altcrnoon 1 broke into my own
tunnel. In other words, I had done as
a man does when lost in the w oods. I
made a half circle and came buck on my
self, w hile all the time I felt sure I was
going stiaight ahead. Tho fourth week
was spent mostly in the house. I was
now becoming much weaker, and wus
rendy to give up. It was on the thirty
fifth night that the cabin began groan
ing and racking again, and I knew that
the snow was settling down around it.
The noises continued all night, giving
nie many a fright, and at seven o'clock
next morning, when I opened the door.
I found my tunnel filled up. I was
lamenting this when I noticed that tho
tire wus drawing better than usual. Go
ingovertotho fireplace, I took a look up
tho chimney nud saw tho dark sky of
heaven. At the same moment three or
four drops of rain fell upnn my face, and
then I understood that a great thaw had
set in and was reducing the snow around
me. It was three days more, however,
before 1 got daylight through the win
dow and could force my way out of the
door.
It had been raining for three days and
nights, and tho creek below mo was a
mad torrent. The snow on the trail was
yet very deep, and I was cnmpelled to
wait two days before I could get away.
Then tho weather changed to colder.and
I got down to Virginia City. It was
nearly a month later before we could get
ut tho bodies I knew were under the
snow. The hermit had been (aught in
the edge of the rush, undlrilled by being
dashed against the rocks. His body wus
curried across the frozen creek to the
edge of a thicket, mid such clothing u-s
still clung to it were iu shreds and tat
ters. They had known of the avalanche
both above and bciow, aud had given
me up for lo t. As near as the men
could judge the snow above me was forty
feet deep, nnd no one had any idea that
the cubin had been spared. Thut 1 came
out of it alive was simply the luck which
strangely enough saves u man now and
then from the open juws of death. Scte
York &itn.
Coldest Night Ever Kuovt u in America.
Tho other day thero wus in tho city
quite a di-tinguishi d young mau, says
iheSt. I.ouis W-7 1'iitrli. His celeb
rity consists of his having recorded the
lowest tempi rature ever ober ed w ithin
the hounds of civdi. ut i ou. His name
is George A. Carden, und he wus on his
way from Limit, .Mo., to Chicago, w here
lie wdl act us Assistant Observ er in the
Signal Ollii e. It wus on New year's
morning, 1K, that -Mr. Carden, then
isignal Service Observer at Poplar Kiver,
.Montana, Sent ou the solitary telegraphic
wire thnt connected him with the world
outoide this brief but st.irtlmg announce
ment: "Temperature li'J. 1 degrees below
iero.'' "I tossed about ell night trying
to keep warm," sa d Mr. Garden. "The
big stove I kept nearly red hot, but still
the li;tie room would not get warm. It
seemed as cold us the outer air. I'pou
me I had piled cov ering equivalent to
tweuty thii kne-ses of b uukels. Army
blankets, bull'ilo robes, bullalo coats,
cloth coats, everything in the shape of
protection, w-;is heaped upon my little
bed, yet still 1 shi.ered uudcr it ail. No
one can lorm un idea of the cold that
night. 1 had to wear the heaviest unt
teus, ii ml my sealskin cup wus pulled
down over my ears. Ouce, w lieu 1
reached my bare hand out of the bed to
throw aiiol her st ii k of wood ou the lire
it wus so benumbed that I had to drop
the ctii k. Miud you, ail this time the
tiro wit roaring and crarklirig "
THE EC0X0M1TE SOCIETY'
A QUAINT SECT RICHER Ilf MlLLL
IONS THAN IN MEMBKESi
The Queer Society t lint George Hup)
Is! abllNhnl in Pennsylvania
Tliolr History and Habits
Economy is the quaintest vi'ligc in the
Tinted States. It is situated on the
Fort Wayne liuiiroad, eighteen miles be
low Pittsburg, yet it is ns tinlike on
American town as if it belonged to an
other part of the globe. No ther the
bustle of the nenr by city nor the railroad
and steamboat lines ever penetrate the
heart of the sleepy town. It is the home
of the Economites, a society founded by
Georgo Rnpp in Germany many, many
years ngo. What all their beliefs were
is mote thnn nny outsider can ever tell.
Their chief aim wns to live ns the curli
est ( hristians did, as tiori rayed in the
writiugs of the apostles. Driven from
Germany by religious persecutions, they
emigrated to America in ISO ) and settled
in Pennsylvania.
They bought bind nnd built a village
Which they railed Harmony. They dubbe i
themselves Ilannonitcs, and gnve what
earthly goods they possessed to their
founder and leader. George Hupp, w ho
was their father, banker, adviser nnd
preacher.
George l'app decided that it would be
more in conformity with the teachings of
the disciples to live a life of celibacy.
Several of the members who had wives
and sweethearts rebelled against this.
Those who were true to hupp moved
with him to Indian i, where another
Harmony wns founded. Disease attacked
the new village and red :e-ed t he number
of its Inhabitants so gieatly th.it the
remaining ones fled buck to Petinsyl
van:a. In iS'i'l they bought i.-M'O acres
of land in a most beautiful valley near
Pittsburg. Here they settled and here
those of them who are still alive, live
to-day. The misfortunes that befell
I hem in the two Harmony settlements
caused them to change the name. Tin y
called their new home Economy and
iheinselves Eoononiites. The members
who deserted the Ilnrmoniies either died
out or liecnme as other citizens of tho
globe. Many of their descendants are
well-known people in and around
Allegheny City. About one thousand
members first settled in Economy, but ns
their number was never increased by
birth or by adoption, und ns deuth
oc asionally invaded their homes, there
remain at the present time not more
than eighteen members, the youngest of
whom is sixty-two years o d. When
they first took vows ol celibacy they be
lieved that the world was ncaring its end,
and so they lived simple lives, preparing
for the mysterious Hereafter. George
Knpp, just before he died, told the
others the world would surely end before
the lust member died. They believe it.
On entering the village ono sees plain
houses, wide, well-kept streets, lined on
either side with large shade trees aud
chickens nothing else.
The houses are all alike. They are all
built with the gablo end towards the
street, an I cannot be entered except
through the yards.
Everything in Economy is run by rule
aud regulation much as nt boarding
school. At 5 o'clock in the morning the
bell on the one church rings, aud every
one iu the village rises. At 0 o'clock
every dweller sits down to breakfast, and
what is eaten in one house is eaten in all.
There is a day for ''milk soup" aud ono
for "wine soup" and for every other dish
peculiar to the place The bell rings
again nt 7 o'clock for all to go to work;
ut 0 it brings them back to iuncb, at 12
to dinner, nt il to lunch again, at 6 to
supper, and at 0 it rings for every one to
put out his light nnd go to bed. No
member ever rebels or disobeys.
There is a wine cellar in Economy fa
mous for its old liquors, but it is never
sold except to invulids. None of tho
Economites drink water, and their em
ployes are given wine and cider.
The only pnper published in Economy
is a novel one on wheels. It is the side
of the milk wagon which carries to each
dweller, as well as the milk, the work to
be done. "Tho apples will be gathered
to-morrow," "Tho cherries will be gath
ered to-morrow," or "Such a field will be
reaped," is inscribed on the wagon's
side, so that when all are supplied with
their daily portion of milk they know
what labor awaits them.
No family names aroused among the
members. "Jacob'' and "Anna" and
"Dorothy" are sutlicient. If there are
two of u inline, they distinguish them by
the locality where they live. Thus, there
ure a "Dorothy near the mill" and a
"Dorothy neiar the orchard."
On Sunday no excuse is accepted for
absence from i hnr h. It is a quaint lit
tle chapel painted blue and white, aud
in keep. ug with the people who gather
in it to worship uccording to their belief.
.Miss Gertrude l'app, the granddaugh
ter of the founder, ulthough nt least
eighty years old, still plays tho organ
aud leads the singing twice every Suu
day. Siie is yet u pretty woman, rather
petite, bus large blue eyes nud the
whitest of white hair, which tucked un
der her quaint little Idue Normandy
cup, makes her a jicrfect picture of ye
olden days, she occupies the llnpp
House the White House of Economy.
It contains many costly, beautiful anil
curious relics.
When an Ecoiiomite ilies he is
wrapped iu a winding-sheet and buried
ill the white gruvev urd near the orchard.
No tombstone ever marks his resting
place. Iu the ecu I re of the orchard is
a mound where the Ind uiis buried their
fallen afiera battle with the Flench.
The Economy Hotel las many visitors.
One large room is always reserved for
trumps." They are always tivuted just
the same as the citizens. They urehtpt
over night, ami after being given sou.e
mone, iu the morning, are started ou
the rway. No one ever leaves Economy
hungry.
people oiten wonder what will become
of their wealth, foi they ure very
wealthy. Everything they engage iu
prospers, nnd it has become u saying thut
an l.coiioniite is alvvuys wealthy.
The world docs not s.-em nearer its
end than it did when l.eorge liupp
founded bis quaint society, yet Ids lol-lowi-ii-nie
li.ni iu their faith that their
lt member w ill see its end. It will not
be iiiiiiiv ve ils until his disciples will all
have follow, d his lootbtrps through
death's grim poitals, us they did thiough
lile, aud tli'-ii "hut w ill become of Econ
omy and its millions! World.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
An Excellent Soap.
An excellent soap may be made from
drippings by following the rules here
given :
Take one can of Babbitt's Potash,
three pints of water, four pounds of
solid grease. Melt the grease first. Put
in a little water at a time. Add the
potash, stir fiveminntes, add three quarts
of boiling water, boil five hours, adding
water as it boils away. Add two ounces
of borax and boil one-half hour longer;
pour into a soap box letting it stand a
day or so before cutting into cakes.
A Cheap Floor Paint.
Some months ngo the floors of many
Austrian garrisons were painted with
tar, and the results have proved so uni
formly advantageous that the method is
becoming greatly extended in its appli
cation. The collection of dust in cracks
is thus prevented, and a consequent
diminution in irritative diseases of the
eye has been noted. Cleaning of the
rooms has been greatly facilitated, and
parasites are almost completely excluded,
i'he coating of tar is inexpensive, re
quires renewal but once a year, and pre
sents but one disadvantage namely, its
sombre color.
Pried Indian Meal Porridge
Dry a pint of yellow meal in the oven
and then sift it. Add to a quart of boil
ing water a tcaspoonful of salt, and by
degrees dredge in the meal. Stir con
stantly and cook half to three-quarter'
of an hour. Place on back of range
until the moisture is well evaporated,
then pour into greased bread tins and
put away to become cold and firm. Next
morning cut it into half inch slices, dust
over them a little flour nud fry a delicate
brown. The object in drying the men!
before cooking it is to remove all moist
ure it may have contracted when in :
damp store or closet. Damp meal ofU'V
ferments, and it is then unhealthy.
Add an ounce of butter andto table
spoonfuls of grated PnrmevT( hee8e tc
the dish while it is cofiir ni.l it be
comes Polenta, thu' jflte food ol
Italy.
BrolleeMalt Codfish
Cut half of a small codfish into medium
sized square pieces, split lliein in two
and soak them over night in cold water.
Drain and dry them in a napkin next
morning. Hub a little butter over eneh
piece and broil them. Place them ou n
plutter and pour a little melted buttei
over them.
Drawn butter is sometimes served with
this dish. It should be very smooth
looking and have a starchy appearance.
Divide three ounces of butter into little
balls. Dredge them with flour. Put
one-fourth of them into a saucepan, aud
wheu they begin to melt whisk to a
smooth consiste-ncy. Now add one more
of the floured balls and whisk thor
oughly until incorporated with the first
itepeat this process until all are used
When smooth and thick stir in a tea
spoonful of lemon juice, and if liked a
little chopped parsley.
Consomme Soup.
Cut two pounds skin of beef and two
pounds knuckle of veal into a kettle.
Add two quarts of cold water, heat
gradually. Cook three hours, then add
s fowl weighing three pounds, cook
three hours. Melt two tablespoonfuls
butter, add one half onion cut line, tw o
tablespoonfuls of chopped carrot, turnip
and celery and two sprigs parsley. Cook
one half hour, then add to the broth
(stock) also add three bay leaves, ten
peppercorns, six cloves, six allspice, one
tablespoonful suit, a few sprigs of thyn e
and summer savory. When the chick n
is teudrr remove it. Cook six or seven
hours, then strain. When cold removi
the fat by laying over a dump clean
cloth or brown paper, to which the fat
will adhere. Allow the white and
crushed shell ofjan egg to every quart ol
stock. Put into a stew-pan and stii
until hot, when it reaches the boiling
point, let it keep at that poiut for half
an hour, then strain.
Vsefal Hints.
The sure preventive for cholera is
cleanliness.
Bathrooms should not open iuto sleep
ing apartments.
Pine pillows are used on library lounget
as inducing slumber.
Keep a separate saucepan for boilinp
potatoes in if possible.
The oftener flour is sifted for spenge
cake, the lighter the e-ake will be.
Too many trees ubout a house shut oul
sunlight and favor dampness, which iu
cites disease.
The water in which codfish has bee;
soaked is vety good for washing tin
zinc under the stove.
Take a bucket of frosh water inti
your bedroom every night. It will ah
orb all poisonous gussc-s.
Bathroom accessories may be simple oi
elegant, but plenty of water nnd sonj
are within the reach of a'l.
Paint stains that are dry toid old may
be n moved from cotton or woolen goods
w ith chloroform. First cover the p.t
with olive oil or butter.
Every one should have eight Loin-.
deep, and p ale, thin, nervous persoi -require
ten, whiih should be lakeu icgu
larly, in a well-ventilated room.
To cure warts take uu Irish potato aim
rut oil a piece of the cud iiinl rub on the
wurt two or thiee tin.es a day, cutting a
dice I loin the potuto each time used.
Verv of'en one potato is sullicicnt for
the cure.
When lineu bus turned yellow, cut up
l pound of tine white soap iuto a gallon
5i milk, und hung it over a tire iu u wash
kettle. Vv hen the soup bus coinjile'eiv
inched, put in the linen aud boil it ha 1 i
in hour; then take it out. Have re. toy
I lu'her of soup and water; wash the
linen iu it, and then rinse it through two
rold waters, with a very little blue in the
lust.
When a Mr. Blank, of Uueiia Ybti
tlu.. became engaged to his present w i :
i number of years ngo be gave her a
vcuiliiig heifer in lieu of an engageaieu'.
ring. I his liv ing pledge of their troth
has given lorth incie.ise until the ludy
now has u handsome herd of rutt c.
which the husband is anxious to sel,.
Mi. LiUnk, howevei refuses to part w ith
(he cattle.
THE SONO Of TUB FOOL
Within my sanctum snug I stt.
And watch the world go round and round :
My tok is dry, my pen is split,
My pen and scissors enn't bo found.
Ah! joy for ms, my work is dropped, "
For who can work without his tools?
True, as you say, my pay t stopped,
But money is not good for tools.
So foolish here I sit nnd dream
Within my snn' tum's scanty bound;
t touch no pen to thought or theme,
But watch tho world go round and round.
With sweat and struggle, toil and pain,
From dawn of day to set of sun,
With lust ot power and greed of gain.
With battles lost and victories won,
With hate and fear and bitter strife,
With treacherous blow and angry wound.
While I, the fool, in happier life,
Just watch the world go round and round.
Robert J. Burdett.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Ilisings are treated so summarily in
Russia that even yeast is afraid to do its
duty.
When a physician loses his skill it
naturally lollows that ho is out of prac
tice. Me.r.uCn t Tntrelcr.
How would it work for the women suf
fragists to colonize nnd govern the terri
tory of No Man's I audi
Srhoifls of herring are striking in to
ward tho Ameri. au shore. They obeyed
the orders of the swimming delegate.
After all, it is perhaps appropriate that
physicians' prescriptions should be writ
ten in Latin, a detuijanguagc. Pittsburg
C 1 ironic! e.
In view of his preference for a "shining
murk," it is a little strange that death
doesn't capture more bootblacks. Vani
title Bre;e.
When a washerwoman changes her
place of residence one may ask her
"where she hangs out now" without
using slung.
Au Illinois man who went fishing with
Lincoln fifty years ngo threatens to sue
the Cent urn Mogazine lor not priutiug his
picture. Life.
Now does each side in Congress
Declare in hot ferment.
Tlmt the ot er eves the surplus
With burglarious intent.
-Tid-Bits.
A burglar in Harlem took, among other
things, a cornet belonging to nu amateur,
and the neighbors are trying to raise a
fund of $300,000 to bribe the thief to
return some night nnd carry off the
amateur. Alio i'orlc Time:
Oil. s-id is the touch of a vanished hand.
And the sound of a voice that is still;
And sad is t lie winter without any ice
The iee d. n'.er's house to till.
But suddest ol' all the things I know
Is tho toboggan slide without any snow.
Com if r-Jmtrnat.
Chicago Lndy (to husband) -' 'My dear,
did you think to order a ton of coal to
day?" Husband "Yes." Chicago I. ady
"And my shoes!" Husband "Yes,
and" (peering out of the window) "there
is a truck backing up to the door now,
but it's too dark to see whether it has
the coal or the shoes." Ilirj er'i llatttr.
Why wouldn't it be a good idea if
somebody should get up a cudo of signals
showing how people feel, thus saving
much wind in asking "How are you?"
and kindred questions? There might be
a w hite lapel button for "Pretty well," a
ed one for "So-so," und a blue ono for
'i feel like the deuce.'' They could
;nsily be made quite ns trustworthy as
.he weather signals, nnd would fill a long
felt want. Jluston 'J'rnnscrij't.
Cannibal Island Currency,,.
ff. - Al
,1-1. I 1 ' 1 '
.nr. lYiiiiercuoiu wis ucsci i
.'urious inonevs of ttie ew Ut'Iir
he Solomon Islands, i ll oncoTlne isl
ands he noticed a neatly-kept house,
which he was told w as the money bouse.
Entering it, he found a number of maps
hanging from the roof, beneath which
sfirc was constantly kept up, under the
fleet of which th'-y become covered with
l black, gli-tctiing coating and adorned
with festoons of soot. It was a man's
business to kei'p the tire always burning,
and so low us not to scorch the mnps. A
well-colored map is worth about as much
as a well-grown, vigorous boar. This is
the strangest of nil kinds of money, for
it must never be tukeu from the money
house, even w hen the titlo of it is trans
ferred from one owni r to another. The
inhabitants of Santa Cru. Islunduscfor
money, rope-ends, ubout uu inch thick,
und ornamented with scarlet feathers,
which are worn ubout the waist. The
traveler could not obtuin new coins of
this kind, but found them current every
where. The spc(iinens he bought were
already old, und the feathers grown
dingy. The money of the Solomon Isl
ands consisted of neatly-worked pieces
of shell of about thu size of our shirt
buttons. 'I iu v are sluing on strings
ubout lour jar-.ls long, aud are distin
guished under the names of red and
white uioiiev. Dog-teeth ure of higher
value, and computable to our gold coins.
They are UMi uiy worn on a string around
the neck. .Mr. Coote saw a nei klace of
this kind that was valued at about $100.
Miuble linys aro also worn for orna
ments, aud us valuable mone'y.
She broil-lit the Koail to Terms,
The second railway built in this couu
, try, we believe, w as u slim t line of tweuty
, nulls from Niagara Falls to 1 ockport,
the ti'iek iii-idu of wooden s antliug or
' suing pieces with strap iron laid on top
foriai! -. I'.v the way, these otteu turned
1 up one end and, (uichiug above the
wheel, mine piercing up through the
bottom of l cur. I he cngiues c f those
i days were ot ii o u-e very wa uk in power.
iiu this railroad was a bght grade for a
i few iiuinu d leet. Near this lived a
widow vvoin i who had u large fat hog
which one da , got. upon the track nnd
was killed 1 lie ru'lwuy people rcfi sed
to pay her fm it. on the L'lound thnt the
hog had no business on the roll el. She
had the lard nied out, and after tailing
to g't anvil, ig lioin the railway, she
1 spicad tlil...l lib. -dlv 'ipon the rails
inr ;i cotli-i.le. di- t'tla e along the ns-
cendinL'g a i-- I he entire hu ing lhen
no "viudiiig' ,ii r-angeiiieiii, it wasunuble
lo e lnub tii ; ride ; and u-. often us they
' s rlnivleii sand on li 0 tiack by hand and
i h,.d passed by. she swept it of and a ,
! j.iicil inoru lard. The result was. the
i la Iway company paid lie. all sha a.sku
; for tho hog. froiri 'rr.