RATI 8 OP APVtWTIIMO. On Be."! m tech, tBrH. I On. 8qur, n. hick, on montk On. Square, one Inca, tbr month On 8qor. on In, on J' ! Two Binrri, od jer. 18 Qnartar colnmn, one jeer M Htlf Colnmn, on jer 00 Op Colnmn, on jrr ....M M MtrartlMMit. tm ft U Mck t Ulci Xarrtec b4 etk nUeai gntl. A B DID for r"T !TrttMrnU eoll nr UrT. Lmpernrj dvrU-al w paid ft drue. Jo mm ik Mlrarr. b OREST PUBLICAN. VOL. XX. NO, 50. TIONESTA, PA,, WEDNESDAY, APIUL 11, 1888. $1.50 PER ANNUM. eoMry. Ms mtio will b Ukn ofuaariaoni THE FOREST REPUBLICAN If pBhllihwl (very Wx1nidT, by J. E. WENK. Offlo In Bmearbaugh & Co.' Building tUt BTRBBT, TIONESTA, r. Term. ... tl.BO per Year. W mkmrtrtlon relr4 for Hunter period Imh tbm month. Ol i .Mi.liiir atlrfod .mm n iv.- Re V: Tor 8,000 year (here existed but three versions of the Scriptures. To-dav tlicv mny bo read In 350 ot tho 0,000 tongues that arc spoken. Volnpuk, the new universal language Is publicly taught In France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Aus tna, l.ussiaand Denmark. In several Now York city schools tha students aro taught to write ambidcx trously; aud it has been found that writing with tho left hand has resulted in improved writing with the right hand YVilbcrforee I'nlversity, of Ohio, a school for colored people, ha? received from a colored man of Xcnia a deed of property worth $..0,000. This is the largest gift over received by the institu tion. Of tho 34X000, 010 nonulation of China, it is estimated that 75,000,000 arc children j and only ten per cent. of. the men and one liorcent. of the women nn read, making about 13,000,000 ablo to read. Sir William I'carce, tho famous Enir. lish shipbuilder, is, according to the Man and Jutpirtt, constructing a speedy itoam yacht, and will probably challenge the American Yacht Club for their 112,800 cup. It is stated that the auditorium in Chicago will bo completed before June 17, the date of tho Republican National Convention. Tho sentini? capacity of the hall will be 8,500. Tho Committee on Arrangement haa derided to raise I'lO.OOOto be expended on decorations anil conveniences fur the delegates. It is a curious fact that wasps' nests sometimes take fire, as is supposed by the chemical action of the wax upon the material of which the nest is composed. I'ndoubte.lly, lcinnrks Pnhlic f'piiiwn, many tires of unknown origin in hay stacks and furm buildings may thus be accounted for. An English traveler told a Belize (Honduras), newspaper man that he had eaten a "scorpion pio" while in Mexico, and that he liked it. The natives told him that young scorpions were frequently Utilized for food by the lower classes, who dig them from their nests iu hun dreds, rciuovo tho sting, and make omelets from them. ' Tho village of Littlo Chute near Nee- nah, Wis., is sealed almost entirelv bv Hollanders, tho majority of whom make their living by manufacturing wooden shoes, and all of whom wear them Several times a year, tays the New York II orlJ, they have a dance, which last three days and in which everybody ioin old and young. These dances are always held in the day-time, the peop'e believ ing that dancing at night is immoral. This is tho season, says tho Chicago Iri'tune, when the orchid craze con es permanently before the imblic thromdi exhibition. An KuglMi importer, who u probably the king in tho trade, re ceives in year between three and (ivo millions of plants. Ho has sixteen col lectors in various remote parts of the world j-etting together tho rarest varie ties. The risks of the trade are fearful, and the expense amouuts to about $100, 000 yearly. At a recent meeting in Paris of the French Cremation Society, the Presi dent announced that he had received from the ministry tho assurance that an edict, rendering cremation legal, would very soon be promulgated. A requisition to the General commanding the army in Tonquin, that French seddiers dying there might be burnt, and their ashes sent to Franco for burial, had been answered by the usual otlicial formula: "It is not the custom." Madrid boasts of a woman 109 years old, with a daughter aged sixty, whom she takes out to walk every day, leading her by the hand. All of her life she has been a washerwoman, and only two years ago went with tho rest of her craft to wash a basketful of linen tit tho river's edge. Tho astonishing thing, announces the Graphic, is that she lias always lived in one of the dirtiest streets in tho citv a very dirty street in a Spanish city is a terror and the sanitary experts are con sequently in great despair at the failuie of their theories. Robert S. Tarver, a prominent Texas lawyer, left .Monterey, Mexico, recently, ithhis wife, to return homo. Ho was in the last stage of consumption, and Whcn the train had passed I.umpaos the (lector who accompanied him discoveicd that he was dead. The doctor imparled the sad news to Mrs. Tarver, who sat in the next seat behind him, but told her if it was discovered the body would be stopped in Mexico, and five hundred dol lars export duty demanded before it could betaken into Teas. Her foriitudo Ior the next three hours, which it took the train tocrosj into tho United States, was yery great. Dining all that time no sob or sigh escaped her and the dead body of her husband came safely to this side without even the conductor or passengers beiug aware that there was a corpoe on the train. QUESTIONINGS, Dalslcw in the summer meadow, Pern leaves In the Woodland shadow Why they grow and why they blow, Know'st thou why? Nay, not II Dreams of happy days and places, Visions ot fond hearts and faces Why they come and why they roam, know'st thoa why? Nay, not l! Wouldst thou stay the flowers from blooming? Wcnldst thou stay thy heart from roaming Where the beams of love lit dream Charm the eye? Nay, not 1 1 Willi Fletcher Johnson. IN THE JED ROOM. BY l.UCY C. I.II.I.IIC. On a certain brilliant' January morn ing a young man was approaching the White House, and reading a letter as well as the hansom in which ho was being hastened along would permit. Ho wa a handsome follow in a manly way, which oven tho fauitlos precision of his at tire could not make foppish. Years of foreign life and habits had not destroyed his native American humor or alertness, but had given to both an air of being the result of ft large-minded sort of civiliza tion, w hich the young ladies of Colonel Hale's acquaintance found fascinatingly Saxon, and which made him among men regarded as a "good follow all around." Some Bix years belorc, ho had been crossed in love. Miss Marion Van Huren had unexpectedly jilted him, marrying a man from California, whose, death, however, had m ii, l,r . ;,.i. widow just eighteen months ago. Colonel n.ii; u.iu mauo no particular ellort to meet her: indeed, had nor far months cared to inquire her where- ..U . 1... .... . uuums; out now no told lumscll that ho was sure his folly would bo quick ly revived. since he hnd pr nericnp.,1 n. 1. pleasure when the letter he was now leuuing reacueci nun. "Marion is in Washington," tho letter ran; "she is going to beat tho White House to day at tho reception; and am I. Pray come there and rind me as speedily nsyou can. I shall be in the red room, and so glad to see you I I wonder if you can imagine lialf how Clad. I have Olllv Ill-ell in Wnvhinmnn a day or two, or I would have notilied you sooner, ucarraei l believe wo will talk of nothine- but Richmond rl iiva Itu sure to Le at the F.xcculive Mansion by twelve. I hope you'll know me after these two years. Halo smiled Benin as ha ronrl !. words, for a very vivid remembrance of tho Itichmond days arose, dominated by the DictUie of the fllHrininolv nn.ttir rri.l who hid written the letter; a girl hold ing as it were tne secict of her liappv, iovous vouthnn her liilsmwl in l..f f,-.. L- gray eyes; a girl who could sit in the saddle for a twenty-mile ride and dance half the night afterward; and yet whose tiresidint? chnrm was nurelv 'lintnMti. lor never had she seemed to so bewitch ing as when she was pouring tea at her father's liichmnnd vil u .ml ov.mi.m,. the most utialleuted of hospitality. If lie unci hoi uecn in love so long and so bitterly with .Marion well ! "Tjllk of vomun's rnnalnncvtn TTr.li said to himself as lie sprang out of tho hansom: "nothing but man's constnncy ever prevented me frc )m fnllinir mnrllv in love with I'ortia Iav." A small company of people were beiniz udmitte I witliin th ... - A cincts beyond the While House ve-.ti- ouie, aim : aio lollowed iu their wako, ushered acioss tho hall by a polite at tendant. illtO tlm Kill, rnnm ihrniwA the doorway of which he beheld the fair ivuuj iiinins, Ul IUO IllunsJOU, T.OWUOIU he was crlnd ennmrh in mt, Y,;. ...,.. as she stood there dispensing pretty bows and smiles, shnking hands with everV one. and Kftvinir snnn-rlilnif or good-humored it would appear to uiusi oi iict guests. Hale escaped presently through the 1 Green liooni. And th.ne. ori,iinil t tUa 1 lower door of the charming parlor : whore he might expect to rind Miss I l urcia uay. i ShO was standing mrninsr n fnll n.. of ferns, whose g.cen width and luxuri ance formed a tlttimr liuekcrrnnnil fnr linr charming figure, in its simple costume t -. i 1 . . i .uit gray, wim ornaments at Her throat and in the clasp of her belt which limn iu. Min t? in, niiimin i.rmi 4 n .-mo i n - : with h t queer Oriental stone in dull ! silver setting. "I am SO triad VOII sent fur mn "' u-uo Hale's greeting as he took Miss Day's hand iu his. And "how well you are looking!" he added. "Yes," said Portia, frankly, and with out a trace of embarrassment, "I sup- fiose I am, since I am perfectly well. I lave been home from Kurnnn tienrlv uir months, aud have had neither nervous prostration nor malaria, and as yet no one has thought it necessary to recom mend Florida to me." Hale seated himself on a divan next to her, feeling as though the months of ab sence were suddenly bridtreri nv.r bv liia pleasure in this meeting. . . . . " J .-win so .Marion is coming neref he saiu. present v. leelinrz it I .est rn nlnnrr. . ' . : , . j fe at once, into ihn unli-ocr "Yes. And now you know, perhaps, wny i sent ior you. i "Let us hope you wanted to see me j alone," he doc lured. "I don't think 1 ever wanted to see any one more, ltut wemust talk about Marion ; at once. 1 ell mo what is your last rec ollection of Iict:" ".My last remembrance," he said, slow ly, "isat the liarnctti' ball; she was looking very beautiful, and it ws just ft wee after she had broken our engage ment. Yes, she was very lovely." "No doubt. And you were very much in love, I suppose i" "Yes. It seemed to me as if things in life were particularly hollow. I'o you remember all the nonsense 1 talked to you that evening.-" The girl smiled beautifully, for tlure came across her a happy consciousness that he had made that evening one of her radiant memories. "You told me, 1 remember," she said, "confidentially, that it was very foolish to start out in life with much belief in human nature. Jlut, do you know, I have never lost my faith, and, curiously enough, 1 have always believed in you." "I ought to believe in myself, then," the young man said, eagerly, "because I have Always admired your penetration. I have so often wondered just what it was intended you should be. I should hato to think of your making any mis takes." 8 ' "I. ike yours, for instance," she said, critically. Ho Bcemcd a trifle annoyed. "Arc you engnged, then';" he exclaimed. She shook her head. "No: nnd yet I am considering some one. It is Some one Who has boon a good friend to me for years, and whom I admire immense- iy." "I admired Marion," he said, quickly, "but let mo assure you that it was not with very much foundation. Do you re member my tolling you that evening how mistaken I was in fancying that a clever woman was all that one needed in a wife?" "Y'es. We were sitting up in the studio." And that waj tho first e. ening I ever thought of what there was really to care about in life. Y'ou seemed, with all the cynicism you prided yourself upon, to understand what was really vitally worth anything. That was just a week before papa hired the villa at Richmond." "And two years before I saw you again." "Ah, but, my friend," exclaimed Por tia, lowering her voice slightly, 89 a large elderly woman, who seemed to have lost her parly, drifted near them, "what days those were! Will you ever forget the mornings on tho river, or the old inn where we took tea when the thun der shower came up:" "And the landlady mistook us for bride and groom," he said, joyously. "I remember it all," she went on, and I am glad to talk to you about it, because you remind me of the man I am think ing of accepting; and 1 want you to tell mo whether evervthincy vou used to . . r j suy nnd do in those days was sincere." Halo did not exactly relish being com pared to the man Miss Day was contem plating marrying, but he said, promptly enough: "Whutever I seemed to be to you, you may be sure I was. I always felt happy enough with you to be natural and true to the best that was in me. As well as I remember, I said everything to you that crossed my inind. No woman ever had a better opportunity of judging of a man." She nodded her head brightly. " So I supposed," she said softly; "and I judged you to bo more in love thaa you were aware of." " I believe," he said, decidedly, "that I never really cared for Marion Van Burenatall. If she had not jilted me and married old Skelton, I would no doubt hav married her and been pro foundly miserable." Portia was thoughtful for a moment, and then said : "1 am sure that you were in love, but you did not understand your self. 1 his man whom I am, as I told you, considering, has been really in love with me a long time, blithe is clinging to) an aiieurd lancy of loyalty to another wo man, nnd therefore has never had exact ly the courage to speak. Now I have thought a great deal about him lately, and made up my mind to put him to the test. Oive me your advice. Would you consider it unwomanly on my part if i wei o to take some means of showing him that I care for hirar" "Y'ou are making things very difficult ior me," faid Jlale, almost angrily. "How am I to advise you to show another man that you love him 1" "We have just ten minutes more to remain, I believe," the girl said, in a low voic e, and laying one of her hands gently on Hale's arm. "Kcmember you must find Marion. She promised me to be here by quarter of one."' "I shall not look for her," said Hale. "Hemember,'' said Portia, quickly, "what you told me once that if she were a widow you could trust yourself to meet her. Wait : Let us go into tho Blue lloom, and if she is there, look at her from a distance before you speak." They rose, and almost at the entrance of the room paused suddenly, for the lady they had come to seek was standing a few paces beyond a tall fair woman, with something queenly in her manner that made her distinguished in any place, and gave her now an air of importance even in this notuble spot. Hale experienced a shock which seemed almost physical. What ghostly thing had ho been cherish ing all these years and calling it disap pointed lover He turned to Portia and almost laughed aloud. "She is what she always was," he said, joyously. "Portia, 1 thank you for bring ing about this meeting; but listen to me. Do not ask me to counsel you in regard to this other man. Let mo tell you what I have had it in my heart and on my lips a dozen times to say." iiut Portia s self confidence had van ished. .Tho girl was trembling and un nerved. Hale drew her back into the lied lioora. "Never mind where we are," he said, hurriedly; "no oue will hear us; and whatever you do or feel, you shall hear from my lips now that I love you. I would rather have you for my wife than any woman on God's earth, and" Portia's eyes wore i-hiiiing through a suspicious moisture. "Uo," she sa d, hastily, "speak to Marion, and then come buck to me." "I will not go until I cau tell her you will be my wife," he said, almost rough ly. " "If I let you tell her that." said Toi tin, shyly, and lilting her sweet eyes to tho young man's face, "will you torgive me for what I have done? no, wait a min ute. I will confess my sins. Yesterday 1 heard that Marion was to be here, and I wanted you to meet her, but I deter mined to give you the chance first of linding out not only your own mind, but mine. I wanted it to he settled before you spoke to her." The young man threw back his head and laughed joyously. "And so you in vented the story of the young man whom you were considering'' "Not at all I assure yon he was uo invention; he was " 'My stupid self? Is not that thecase, my dearest (" He had her hands in his, and held them firmly. Shu nodded her h ad at him. "That is preci-ely it. 1 am so glad you saw through it ! But you must never, never remind me of it in a disagreeable way. Perhaps you think it was not a womanly thing to do." "My dear," he said, lookiug down at the girl s face, ' do you know that I think the most womanly thing Juliet ever d cl was to let Komeo know that she lovtd him)" Portia laughed. "Y'ou have forgot ten, perhaps, that you told me this ai Richmond. And that was what sug gested my doing such a forward ort of thing. But you must be very certain you do not think mo bold. And now you positively must go and speak to Marion. Only one thing: be sure not to call her Mrs. Skelton, because the was married again last week. Her name is Davis." Jl.npeft M'ntlilp, Washington's Inauguration. The people of the City of NcW Y'ork aro already preparing for the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of General Washington's inauguration as President of the I nited States, which occurred on tho :i(ithof April, 178i. New Y'ork was then a city of about thirty thousand inhabitants, and occupied only the lower extremity of .Manhattan Island. Trinity Church was regarded as being "up town," and the rest of the island was pure country small farms and market-gardens, wilh here and there a villa of some pretensions to elegance. Nevertheless, the committee having tho coming festival in charge will find it dillicult to equal the bril.iant and be coming pageant which the men of 1780 arranged for the reception of the President-elect, or the impres-dve ceremonial which accompanied his taking the oath. Washington living's description of them, in the fourth volume of his biography of the Father of his Country, is written with peculiar warmth and fluency, for tho author was a boy six years of age when the inauguration oc curred, and may have witnessed some of its striking scenes. He could remember being presented to the President by his nurse, as a child who boro the name of Washington, and he could recall the thrill of pleasure which he experienced when the great man placed a hand upon his head. Tho New Yoric committee could, no doubt, find suggestions in Irving's glow ing narrative. The water pageant was memorably line. At Klizabethport, in New Jersey, fifteen miles from the city, the Committee of Concress met General Washington, nnd conducted him to his seat on "a splendid barge," built for that great day, and manned by thirteen master-pilots in white uniforms, commanded by Commodore James Nicholson, re nowned for his gallantry and enterprise in the Revolutionary War. Other barges followed, draped in col ors, and as they moved along the pro cession of boats continually increased in number, until a grand flotilla swept on toward tho city, saluted as it passed by every vessel anchored in the harbor. One joyous moment Irving describes as though he had seen it from the window of his father's house. Amid the general gayety and enthusiasm, while from every ship came the sound of mnrtial music or the thunder of " great guns, one vessel was silent and did not display a single flag. . This was the Spanish man-of-war Gal veston. She remained silent and under rated until the President's barge was nearly abreast of her, when "suddenly, as if by magic, the yards were manned, the ship burst forth, as it were, into a full array of flags and signals, and thundered a salute of thirteen guns." It was a hap py thought, and beautifully executed. The other ceremonials of the week were in harmony with this auspicious re ception, and the demeanor of the man gave dignity to every scene in which he appeared. Certainly the New Y'ork gen tlemen will need all the time at their command to devise and prepare a cele bration that shall bo as worthy of the wealthy metropolis in 1889 as that of 17H9 was of the little seaport town. l'oulh't Companion The Hoop Snake. Most people have heard of a hoop snake, uur, iew persons nave seen one. O. T. Mason, of the I'nitcd States National Museum, in writing to the Washington Slur, emphatically anil flatly denies that such a creature exists in the world, in order to open a con troversy on the subject and elicit infor mation. Now Conductor Addy Kirk, of the Pittsburg division, Pennsylvania ltailroad, atliims most positively that he has not only seen but had an adventure with one in Warren County, Illinois, during his residence there. He says he was in the woods one day picking black berries, and having heard of a hoop snake he observed one rapidly rolling toward nun. lie stepped aside; the snake glided past him and stuck its tail Into a white oak tree whu h was two feet in diameter. The reptile, havincr securely fastened itself, whipped itself on cither sido of tho tree until it was dead. He proceeded to the house of his employer, and with an axe they returned and cut out tuu tail. In live weeks every I leaf on the tree was dead. The tail of j the serpent was armed with 11 horn-like appendage, about oue inch and three- ' quarters iu lcngth.hollow and filled with ' poisonous matter, and sharp like a needle at the point. The creature he describes as dark-green in color on tho back and sides, aud the belly as whito as snow. In rolling it grasps this horn appendage in its mouth, t iruing its belly out. He remembers hearing his father say he saw two of them iu his time, aud his Illinois employer three. After this wcll autheniic ated version of the existeneo of a hoop snake, Mr. Ma-ou will have to take to the woods or modify his sweeping dcuial. Altoona (I'rim.) Triltunt. TheKlngof Spain' Nurse. The Asturian Nur-e, says a Madrid let ter to the Pill Mull liiiz.tte, has a gor geous attire, Wealthy ladies will spend a fortune dressing them up. Little King Alphouso XIII. has one of these nurses from tho mountains near Santan der, and her c ostume has always been a conspicuous feature at court ceremonies. She wore it when the king was christoned, and again when he wus pre sented to the Cortes, it consists of a rich velvet skirt with two broad bands of gold around it, a blue velvet apron ' also trimmed with gold, a bodice oi I black velvet fastened with lovely silvci buttons, which opens on an inner bmlii e i of tine lawn with rich lace. Kound hei neck are rive or six rows of coral bead j and long earrings of the same. A rich silk handkerchief is fastened over her cl uk hiir, which she arranges Madonna fashion in front. The number of students iu the German universities this winter is -'il.til"). The I niversi'.y of l.'eiliu has 5,47s, the other j universities haviug a much smaller number. i nOtJSEHOIYD AFFAIRS. Iteclne For sinking Cologne). Pure alc ohol, one gallon; essence of licrganvt, two ounces; essence of lemon, two ounces; essence of orango peel, two ounces: essence of rosemary, one and a half ounce: essence of petit grain, 6n8 ounce; essence of ncmli, two ounres; es e nse of lavender, haft an ounce; tincture nt benzoin, one ounce. Mix all these in gredients w ith a tablespoonful of mag nesia, and flltct ; bottle and let it stand in a temperate cellar from six to twelve months, when it will be tit for use. HttMilt Soup For Invalids. Cut the rabbit into pieces and soak in warm water for ten minutes, to draw out tho blood. Put the pieces into a sauce pan with a quait of white broth, or, if you have not this, milk and water. Sea son with salt, nnd add a few sprigs of parsley. I ct this simmer slowly until the meat is vrry tender. Strain, pick all the meat from the bones, and chop it as fine as possible, lieturn it to the soup, and set over the fire, adding a cup of hot cream, nnd two talilespoonfuls of sifted bread crumbs. A nice change is mndo by ndding cither riec, pearl barley, or vermic elli, which must be cooked se parately in boiling water or milk, and added to the soup ju-t before serving. Small slices of lightly buttered and well browned toast should accompany it. This is palatable as well as nourishing. A jrieul'.urut. Sweeping and Dusting. Open your windows before sweeping (if there is no wind to blow the dust round i ; usually one or more can be opened where there will be no breeze. Dust your ornamen's, a shelf at a time, and carry them by themselves to a table in another room. Do the same by all. Also the books, keeping each lot separate to avoid confusion in replacing. Take your draperies down, if easy to unhook them; if not, tie them up and have them taken to a back yard and shaken and neatly folded. Wipe off your pictures, nnd either turn face to tho wall or cover them with old newspapers. Dust care fully each piece of furniture and take them into the other rooms; then shut your door, and alter bru hing the dirt oil the window ledges out into the yard, and brushing oil the mop-boards, sweep; take a very slightly damped broom, beaten till the drops are off, and go round the margins of the room till clean, sweeping with the broom in front of you, aud keeping the broom close to tho lloor. Don't whisk tho dust up into the air, lodging it on the walls, to horrify you, nfter you are all through, with a white fog settled all over everything. Sweep slowly. Then when the margins are swept, take a carpet-sweeper and go evenly and regularly over the room mot in a zig-zag way); and nfter the worst is taken up, take your broom nnd go all over it care fully, keeping the broom to tho lloor closely as possible, and sweep regularly toward some given point, nnd take up the dirt on a dust pan. When you walk out of tho room with that pan, remember that light lint is lyicg loosely all over its side, and a quick walk will brush it off. Jictter put the pan into a paper, and then carry your dust 10 an ash barrel. Do not burn it. The odor of burning dust is very disagreeable and unhealthy. If a light dust settles after this sweeping, take a slightly moi-t cloth and wipe the cirpet over. Dust the windows and baseboards and door panels with a cloth never with a feather duster, except where it is too high to reach. lleplace your ornaments and already dusted furniture, and your hinds will have nothing further to do. That room, well guarded from carelessness, will stay (dean a fortnight at least. Newspapers thrown over dusted tables will protect a room enough for ordinary daily brushing up with a carpet sweeper. Yankee Ulnae. I'sefnl Hints. To brighten faded carpet, sponge with a mixture of one part ox-gall to two parts water. Apple sauce is much improved by the nddition of. a tablespoonful of butter and requires less sugar. If you have a good, plain cook in your kitchen, aluo her at her just worth. Do not deny heran occasional compliment. Infants undor 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 u moment, then drain off. The hut water loosens the seeds and they come out clean. In preparing food for the sick the first essential is fresh and suitable material, next strenuous cleanliness, thorough cooking and daintiness of serving. Charcoal is recommended as an ab sorber of gases iu the milk room wdiere foul gases aro present. It should be fp'dily powdered and kept there con tinually. Sunlight is often the very best medi cine especially for children and clde:ly people nnd the more hours they get of it the better aro their chances for life and health. The best thing for a burn is to wet the burn with cold water, then cover the burn with wheat flour so thick that it will keep out the air; keep it on, it will prevent blistering. For promoting the growth of the hair and eyebrows nothing is better than bay rum and quinine, in proportion of one pint to one dram, well tubbed into the roots once a week. Honey in a little water is excellent to smooth the hands. For evcesivu per spiration in them use a mixture of bella doi na and cologne wut er,one part of the first to two of the last. Tublo linens should always be hemmed by hand. Not only do l hey look more dainty, but ih'-re is never a streak of dirt under the edge after being laun dered, as with machine sewing. To cure warts take an Irish potato and cut a piece oil' tho end unci rub on the wart two or three times a day, cutting a slice from the potato each time Used. Yery often one potato is sufficient for the curu. To free black silk from dust, nothing is better than nibbing with a black woolen glove. To freshen it, sponge w ith water intowhii h vim have put a few drops of urn mi ii i ii until slightly damp, anil p.e-s with a w uin, not hot, iiou. Manual training is practised in Swtdisb. schools with threat success. A RAIN OF JJOMBSnELia AW VX CONFEDERATE'S AOCOTJNt OF THE SlEOK OF FORT JACKSON. Thirty Monster Sheila Froiif th Federal fleet. Falling Into the l'oni'eiferie Work Every Minute I was drafted to Fort Jflckson, below New Orleans, about three wce'ks before tho Federals fired their first attacking gun, writes nn ex-Confederate in the De troit Fret Prrtt. To us on the Confeder ate side the po Itlon seemed absolutely impregnable. Forts Jackson and Phillip were almost opposite each other, whjp the river so obstructed as to prevent any vessel passing up and to hold a fleet unclet fire, and the only fear that we had was that Farragtit would not send a ves sel neir enough to try otlr cannon. Above tho raft and forts lay a Confederate fleet of sixteen or eighteen vessels, including s ram nnd a floating battery, and it was the general talk among the soldiers that We had overdone the business and scared th'i Y'ankces away before ft shot was fired. We had, all told, 170 guns, nine of them of the heaviest caliber, and in case of a fleet coming up we should have them nt almost pistol range. About tho l:ith of the month our scouts reported that a large Federal fleet had conic up nnd anchored in tho bend below, which was shut off from our view by a heavy forest. The fleet had not only come up, but the Y'ankees were towing mortar schooners to posHons, and it was evident that they were going to give us a display of fireworks. The first mortar was tired at us ou the morn ing of the H'th. I was on sentry duty at the time, and I plainly saw the bomb as it came. It tell upon the parade ground, went down live or six feet into tho soft soil, and the explosion threw out a dozen wagon loads of wet dirt. I was spattered from head to foot with the muck, and a piece of the shell struc k my bayonet, bent it double and Hung the gun twenty feet away. It was scarcely known what had happened when the second bomb came. This fell into the ditch, nnd the explosion scat tered mud for ildtl feet around. We were now called to the guns to re turn the fire, and our hca. iestordnnnce was soon directed at tho enemy. Out side of his mortars he had some eleven inch guns, which sent their shells at the fort, but these we had little cnie for. The shells struck the walls of the fort and did little or no damage. It was tho monster bombs which tilled us with dis may. I'rom the time the fourth or fifth one dropped and the Federals found they had the range the fire increased un til a shell was dropping upon us every two seconds. Tho air was alive with their hissing and groaning and sputter ing, aud tho explosions came so fast that the ear coul 1 detect no interval between them. No man in that fort had ever been under a bomb firo before. There would have been no flinching from the fire of batteries or gunboats, but tho niii of bombs had not continued a quar ter of au hour when the men were thoroughly demoralized. In this short space of time I saw twenty or thirty men killed, and the destru tion to pro) erty was great. We were ordered to the bomb-proofs, and all those not working tho guns were soon hidden away from the shells. Just imagine a monster shell falling every two seconds, to explode and scat ter its lire and fragments for twenty yards around - to fling up a wagon-load of earth with each explosion to start a fire wherever thert w as anything combustible to deafen tho ears and almost deaden the body by the concussions, and you will reali.e something of our situation. Such men as were not wanted at the guns were obliged to act as a fire brigade be fore noon, nnd the buildings iu tho rear of tho citadel were tired aud the flumes extinguished a dozen times overup to 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when every thing burned to tho ground. During the day 1 had several narrow escapes, as did nil the others. It was no use looking for bombs in hopes to dodge them. They were falliug too thick for that. One came down within five feet of where I stood, buried itself five or six feet in the soft soil, and when the explosion came three of us were lifted up and flung a distance of twenty feet. One man hud a leg broken, but tho other two of us were hardly bruised. I saw a bomb de sc eud square upon the head of a Corpo rul who was crossing the parade ground. 1 was looking full at him, but could never realize just what occurred. He seemed to disappear in a c loud of smoke, and the only remnant ever found of him was a shattered hand. From the Hilh to the ailh, without an hour's intermission, wo were aubjected to this terrible lire, and during the last two days the men were nearer levolt than I ever saw them afterward in the Con federate service. Three or four times our magazine was in imminent danger, and was saved only at great risk utid by uaru woi a, and a great share ol our pro visions were destroyed after tho first day. The shells c ut the levee in front of the works.and tho water cume in from the river to udd to our discomforts, and the men shut up in the bomb proofs soon learned that they were not out of danger. But for our heaping ou fresh sand-bags not one of the proofs would have stood the lire. During the passage of Farra gut s fleet every man in lho fort wus called to I lie guns, and then w e not only had the fire of the vessels but the rain of I oiubs us well. Whcu the fort surren dered the Federal ullic ers seemed disap. pointed ut finding any of us alive. In. deed, it was a wonder to us Unit enough men were left to man a gun. From b,. Oil I to .'tl.illlil bombs, each one bent on killing at least one man, had alighted iu the works, nnd wo had received froix i.U'KI to :t,000 missiles of other sorts, and yet the; garrisou had not lost a fourth of its number. I taw Porter himself at lie c ame to arrange for the siirreude: , mi 1 I heard him express his uniaeinenl to Colonel lliggins that so many of u Were letl nl ve. The fort was as good ui blotted off the earth. Sitting Bull has settled down into contented loafer, thinking of eating unci sleeping more th iu aught else. He cau'l understand w hy ho was so long satisfied to. le- a w ill Indian and hustle for liu bread and butter. The ta-h:ouable rage for turquoise! tins vcai l as been a I le-sing to levvelen who happen to have a sto k of the littlt blue stones. Gems that sold f or $ 1 euc Y t year ago now fetch (V to $15, THE ITOVE IN THE VILLAGE STORK, When the twilight hss deepened to darkn They gathered from far and from near, Old farmers who plodded the distance1 As pilgrims their shrines to revere ; At the shabby old store at the " corners" They met and they entered the door. For the Mecca of all these old cronies Was the store in the old villag store. It was guiltless of heauty or polish, And its door was unskillfully hung, But they made a glad circle around it, And the genial warmth loosened ach tongue; And they talked of th9 crops and the weather. Twin subjects to gossips most dear, And the smoke from their pipes, as it blended, Qav a tinge to the whole atmospoer. Full many the tale they related. And wondrous the yarns that they spun. And doubtful the facts that they stated, And harmless the wit and the fun; But if ever discussion grew heated1 It was all without tumult, or din. And they gave their resp?ctf ul attention When a customer chanced to come in. W hen the evening was spent and the hour , For the time of their parting had come, The rapped from their pipes the inrm ashes, And reluctantly started ior nome; Afrreoing to meet on the morrow When the clay, with its laliors was o'er. For the Mecca of all tho old cronies Was the stove in the old village store. Mrs. A. E. Treat, in Sifting. " HUMOR OF THE DAY. The point in question An interroga tion point. A marked effect The work of a ship ping clerk. A tue is the only thing that haa ita tows behind. A Standing Offer "Will you take my seat, madam:" Life. We've all heard of angry seas, and that's why tho waterspout. The flour of the fimily you will often find becomes college bred. S atitman. The smartest detective in America ia now in this city. Ho arrested a man's attention the other day, and is to be pro moted in consequence. Shtinyi. Sometimes things go by contraries. Thus the anniversary of tho birth of Burns was celebrated by a good many people freezing to death. Graphic. Mrs. Itenlcstate (solicitously) "Whnt is the matter, dear? Y'ou seem dis tressed. Is there anything on your mind?" Mr. Bealestate "i es. Lots." "Why am I like a journey longf He asked hcr.blii-hing red; "I do not know, unless it's that You mukc me tired,'' she said. Xebraaka Stale Journal. "We don't say 'chestnuts' any more here,'' said a well known club man yes terday. "The latest kink is to bawl 'Hawthorns,' for he's the fellow who wrote 'Twice Told Tales,' you know." FhiLMphU Cril. Archbishop Whately wa one day asked if ho rose enrly, He replied that once he did, but he was so proud all the morning and so sleepy all the afternoon that he determined not to do it again. Singapore Jlitieic. Her Cousin "I must say, Emma, that you've grown quite handsome. There, now, can't you give me a compliment in return?" His Cousin "Well, I should say you were a gentleman of most excel lent taste." larper't liiuar. Farmer Bascom "I do wish the thresh ing machine would come around this way." Johnny Bascom "Oh, pa, that reminds me. Teacher wanted me to tell you ho was comiu' to our house to board next week." JSurlinyton free Prets. There lie the remains of poor Ctuistopher Type, !- lue rest or him coulcln t be found: -" He sat on a powder cask smoking his pipe, While the wind blew the ashes around. Siftinrjs. Professor "Which is the most deli cate of the senses?" Sophomore "The touch." Professor "Prove it." Soph omore "When you sit on a tack. Y'ou can't hear it ; you can't see it ; you don't taste it; you don t smell it; but its there." Art Journal. Miss Porcine (of Chicago) I was at your office this morning, papa, but rind ing you out, 1 stepped for a moment into the killing department." Mr. Porcine "Yes?" Aliss Porcine "Yes, papa; and it struck mo that .Mr. Slaughter wasn't quite at his best to-day. 'I td nt. Prince Talleyrand was rtartlod out of his sleep one night by a pKtol shot, and seeing his mail servant iu the room he asked him what it wus all about. The inun replied: "There was a mouse in your room, Highness, anil fearing it " might disturb your rest 1 shot it." Urapl.ic. Minister "So you go to school, do you, Hobby r" Bobby "Yes, sir." Minister "l i t me hear you spell bread." Bobby "B-r-o d." Minister "Webster spells it with au a, Bobby." Bobby "Y'es. sir; but you didn't ask mo how Webster spells it; you asked me how I spell it." .e it Yoik Sun. G ruf ton "A w fully clever fellow, Gag lev. He might shine in society if it wasn't for his one infirmity." Miss Clara "Why, I always thought he wus correct in his habits " Oral tun "Oh.yes, he is all that, you know; but his neck's so ileucedly short that he always has to wear alum-down collar.'" Lire. .Airs. 1 lob-on (at a church picnic) "Tho lemon pie you so kindly contrib uted. Miss Smith, I find is spoiled." Miss Smith tin amazement) ".spoiled! Why, in v dear Mrs. Ilobson, it was made fresh this morning." Mrs. Ilobson "Yes; but unfortunately young Mr. Sissy bat down on it." llari,r'sliz tr. "Papa," says a beautiful girl, "I found sevetal cigars scattered about the front yard ihis morning. Did you drop themt" "No, they don't belong to me." respond ed the old in hi. "Shortly after young Sampson hit you last night 1 thought I heard a iicn-c ont.idc, and I shouldn't lie surprised if Nero had been shaking him for the cigars. F.vidently the dog Won." : tr .,. if course we don't want anybody to go to war cm our account, but if" the nations jf Furope are ila'eriniued to have it out in that way with eac h other, we would like to tall their attention to the t thai we have a laive aud care fully selected stock ot bieadstuils on hand, which we w II take great pleasure in selling ut our owu prices. .No trouble to show goods. c ' agj l ime.
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