RATKS OF ADVgWTfma On Eun, Inch, iMcrtloa ..i....l t On S-rnartt . Ik, oh montk Ob Square, n Inen, thra montki. ........ On Square, ona Inah, on year M Two Sqnare, ona jear. 11 00 QnarUt Column, on year. " Half Colons, on yaar - 08 On Oolama, on yt ...Is SO Lwral adrortlaaiMnu t oti pat U c ta gartloa. MarrUf aad death notions fratta. All bin. fo roarlr adTtlMwata eollort' war. tarl?. Tamporarj aarUsmaia Boat ba paia U a4Tno Job work eaab n Sairtary- HE IOREST REPDBLICAN b potfllihed trmf w4n-toiaj, bf J. E. WENK. loss In Bmearbaugh A Co.'i Building XMf STREET, TIONK8TA, fa, Forest Republican rmf, SI.DO per Tear. i hrriltni ncIt4 for t sbortar period thr month. nonAnca solicited from all parte of ttia . ' No notlo will b taken of aoonjmou. -tlcallona. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE G, 1888. S1.50 TEH ANNUM. VOL. XXI. NO. 0. (I gland controls 000,000,000 people :''hout tho world. in statistics on tobacco show that uses less of tho weed than auy .- Pluto in the Union. . .oding to mi estimate in Brad tho total number of strikes lust v;n 838, Involving a-10,854 lubor- nudred and twenty-Fovcn pen it were pnssed by tho United i unto ono day recently In ninety fated that nt least 1,000,000 tons 'reial fertilizers nrc now annual : this country, at a cost to buy ''),00ll. ' i.oiilt of torpont wor hip in statement that 3,(00 lives ..nunlly bythobitci of venjm iU;s and wild beasts. 1 . ail of tho United Stati s Sena large mon, their average weight i !tio to 180 pounds. Their ight," accordiuir to a cotrc k nearly 14,000 pounds. "V;! stroke tho British Govern ib converted its immense national rVlVi, 000,000 into three per cent. .vith tho privilcgo after fifteen i inducing tho interest to I wo and r cent. ! ito Dr. Agnew was wont to dc 't uo man had lived to 1 o 100 .1 sineo Biblical dnys, and all such ttmo f rom ignorance or mistake". ' .venty cases ho investigated not 1 to bo authentic. " 1 Statei import soino 10,000, a year, for which we pay d Sir. A. F. Hunter wants y wo do not produce these "ives. IIo answers his -own 'n the jViW England Farmer, by ' we have hons enough, but Uy as they ought to. .led Statei tho:e is ono mill . iO people; in China, one or-,.1-sionary to 1,000,000. Of 'the ',000 of Afii a, 110,000,000 have n' touched by Christain teacher, niiel States has PO.OOO preachers, Iiidia, with fivo time? the popula s 700 ord lined missionaries. Tliza Gnrncr, of Charleston, 8. v announced that she would be a to for tho o lice of County School siiuner, js th3 first lady in the so far as is known, to run for Sho is possessed of independent a. hard student, and lias been i in church and school work. j Senator who now habitually f tho little black skull nips " common among the Senators ago is Senator Eduiuuds, i is u bald its to be Tory j l!ie druugllU about tho cor tUo "fcnato Chamber. Tho ' wL-nring the caps w.i started r,i! Hurntide . and was quito j!c for a time. '1.1 Iloulanger, tho idol of tho h populace, ia now just fifty years He is noted for his giaca and ..uyand more than any other in liinan is tho especial hero of tho ics. i!a one else can o co a fan or i. move J lady's cloak er niot a rcstlo l,irso in so graceful and charming a way, iiiid the, same u,ualiiies are tsaid to charac terize all his military actions. 1 Camden, N. J., comes to tho front with " a co-operative burial company that issues certificates all Iho way from $ 10 to $100 that will enable their holders to be put away as plainly or as stylishly as they ' 'e. As all ipplies aro to bo m inu '..red by thaujompany and furnished . hoiosale raWJ it may ba reasonably ,; cd members will get tho worthf money. Aii English physician, who has in . , ligated tho charaetcri'ities and sur uiidings of centenarians, says he found - - w UiP average qualities were a good history, a well made frame, of ..Uture, aparo rather than atout, -uavV' with good health, nppetito and digestiou, capable of exertion, good lepers, of placid temperament nnd hl5ud intelligence, with little necfl for -d little consumption of alcohol and ( 'oal foo:l. ' " " . Ein'jalmed gocse, turkeys with painted !. js, and diseased chickens, instead of healthy, untainted poultry, aro sold in . .tunsivcly iu the Paris markets A , Market porter rceeutly died from blstul jaiikon from the bite of an insect which wai battening on some turkeys. The practice of embalming long demised bi: ds .is comparatively of modern origin, but the painting of turkeys leg is old. fere i happelleire madu a fortune out of it. He fouud that fresh killed turkeys had Mack shiny legs, but later they would urn to a dusky brown color. He in cnted a peculiar varni-h, and his services ere requisitioned in every market, Tho effect of his varnish was so conclusive that it deceived experienced cooks and housekeepers, who often bought tainted ? .od in preference to newly killed. A SONO OF MAYTIME. As fades the night with morning light, Bo winter erpui away; Anrl In his place with sunny face Tliero sliin the sun of May. From over all the cloudy pall (if chill anil darkness drear Is quick removed, nnd spring is proved llnr wanntli and light are horo, From out tho South with perfumed mouth Tho summor whispers, "Hero!'' And sweot and low tho breoios blow As soft she treadi'th near. Liny after day tho sky is gay With ten lcr tints of bluo; On airy wings tho robin sings, And woo l-birds call and coo. AVithin our hearts, too, life imparts A gntle throh and thrill. And bitter strife no lonier rife, Fcaee, bov, our bosoms fill! Amorist. WOMEN OF (IRIT. We were well into tho Gulf of Bengal, bound for Madras, when ono morning, just as night una lading into dawn, 1 thought 1 heard a voice hailing us from tlio surface of the sea. Theio me sea birds who cry out almost like human be ings, nnd although 1 was startled by the lia.l, I dismissed it after a few seconds as tho cry of a bird. Scnncly had 1 done so when it came again, and this timo I knew it was the voice of a woman, 'i'heie was no need to hail tho mate or watch, for ho had heard the cry as well. AVe were jogjjing nlong under easy sail, and he seined the glifs and ran up the foieiigging. There was a sort of steam rising from 'lie water, but the mate had not climbed thirty feet when down ho came again, and in one breath ordcrcil tho khip into the wind, tho Captain amused audit boat lowered. Wo of the natch had no doubt that tho ship had been hailed by castavas, but the boat was down before any of us had inndo out a lone woman in a sort of a canou craft about two rabies' length away on our port bow. rho had neither puddle nor oar, nnd her craft was driving with the wind und sea, while she sat cowering inlties ein. Our boat was goon alongside of her craft, nnd woman and craft were coon aboard tho Admiral N'el on. Tho watch below hail been turned up, and everybody was on deck to sou what was going on. The woman was white, nnd, we soon ascertained, American. I say white, but brown would bo the better term, for it was evident she had long been cxpo-ed to tropical weather, the was of medium size, regular features and about -lOyearsof ae, and at one time hud been good looking. "Who is tho Cnptimif" shosuapped, as the touched the deck. J lore, ma'iiin," replied our old man, as ho stepped forward. "1 want to talk to you in your cabin," she continued, her lingers working nerv ously and her eyes snapping lire. Tli"y had not been gone a quarter of an hour when both leniipearcd on deck, 1 was nt tho w heel, and thercforo heard all that was said. It appealed that the woman, whoso name was Mrs. Thomas, owned and sailed a trading schooner, which had been left her nt her husband s death. It was a strange vocation for a woman, b it it seemed sho liko it nnd also had a g.iod buiness head on her. She had a crew of six, her mate being an Englishman und the others I.nscars, and she hail been sailing between nearly all tho towns on tlio Uulf. Three days be fore we picked her up, her schoouerhad left Sumatra, bound for the Indian coa-t. Tho crew seemed to be perfectly quiet and content, b t at 10 o'clock of the previous night, headed by tho mate, had suddenly laid violent hands on her and gent heradr.ft without water, food, or a piiiblla. The intention was to run away with the schooner nnd cargo nnd sell them, .ind this plan might have been carried out but for her rescue. ' blie was the spunkiest little woman I over saw. rho was so mad she couldn't stand still for three seconds at a time. What sho wanted was for our ship to go in puisuit. Her schooner was armed with two brass six-pounders, while wo had four twelves, nnd sho expressed her entire willinguess to sec her craft scut to tho b ittom befoie tlio mutinous crew should benefit by their nets. C aptain Wheeler was prelty well along in years, very careful on tlio question of insur ance, and his mind was not made up un til after breakfast. Then ho decided to ull up toward tho Andaman Islands iu si arch of tho schooner, and ho almost promised to give her a tasto of our metal if sho was sighted and would not sur render. '1 he little woman managed to eat a dozen mouthfuls of broakfast, nnd then returned to the dock to almost assume control. Hie oidered a man aloft, bossed tho job of casting looso tho guns and getting up powder and shot, and every ten m nutes sho was hailing tho lookout to know if anything was iu eight. Luck was iu her favor. WhMo wo had been jogging along all night, tho schooner, bcinir further to the cast, had been almost becalmed We raised her almost dead ahead about noon, and as luek would have it, again we hud plenty of wind while sho had none until the ves sels were not over two miles apart. The schooner could have no suspicion that tho woman was aboard of us, nnd wo Hew a nignal that wo wanted to speak iter, hhe at once lay to, and, as wo ran down to -her, 1 saw Jlrs. Thomas giit her teeth, clench her hands and show others evidences of her feelings. She had borrowed the mute's sU-shoolcr, donned a hat and coat to disguise her self, and as wo lay to about a cable's length aw ay no eye could have made out her sex. "."'chooner ahoy!" called our captain. "Aye, aye, sir! This is tho Nancy Lee, bound from Sumatra to the main land." "Arc you the Captain?" "No, sir. He's very sick in his berth." "Huu out those guns!1' whispered the old man to us, and down went the big baikers, and such of tho crew as were not at tlio guus tested their muskets along the rail. "I've got your Captain hero aud she'll be put aboard of you !'' thoutcd our Cap tain. "If you attempt any resistance, I'll sink you!" The Englishman ordered his crew to one of the g ins, but they refused to obey, every man of them skulking forward and disappearing dow n the hatch. The fel low left the deck long enough to arm himself with a cutlass, and as we low ered a.boat ho called out that ho would split the head of the first innn who at tempted to br.nrd the schooner. Our first ma'e, tho boatswain, and two of us fore mast hands went in tho boat with Mrs. Thomas, and ns we hooked on to the schooner's chains the boatswain pulled a revolver and climbed in over the bows. The mutineer retreated af', and then we all boarded. Tho woman had not sp.ikcn a word since leaving the ship, fcdic was pale as death, and her eyes glared liko a titter's. As sho dropped from the rnil to the deck she cocked the weapon in her hnnd, walked aft and right up to the mate, and as ho nourished his cutlass nnd commanded hor to kcepo.T, she shot him dead in ids tracks. "It's the law of the sen," sho quietly rematked, as she turned to us. "Now to rout out those Lascars!" "But you won't kill theml" said our mate. J "No, not quite !' was her grim answer, as sho handed him tho smoking revol ver. Casting a look nt the dead mutineer, to be Fiiro that lie was dead, sli3 went forward, took a bebying pin out of tho port rnil nnd, approaching the hatch, she called down : "On deck here, every man of you, and be quick about it !" They came up one after tho other, and as each man touched the deck she gave him a crnck over the head w hich made him see stars. They went down on their j kneei and begged for their lives, nnd j after knocking them about in a liberal way she finally agreed to extend pardon. Under her direction the mate's body was searched, and, ns she had anticipated, all tho monoy aboard tho schooner was found. Hie then ordered the body flung overboard, and as it touched tho water ono of tho biggest white sharks I ever saw set el it an 1 bit it iu half. While the l a-cars wero cleaning the deck tho little woman ran down into her cabin nnd brought up n do en bottles of wine, six boxes of cigars and a lot of dried fruits for us to take back to tho ship. Then Bhe gave each of us a shake of tho hnait, uud as we entered tho yawl sho sprang upon tho port rail, held fa.t to the main shrouds with one hand, aud shouted toour Cnp aiu: "tiood-by nnd God blcsi you, Cnpt. Wheeler I've got my craft back, thanks to you, and I'll keep my eyei open nftcr this!" Then sho jumped down and went to tho wheel nnd gave orders to get the schooner on her course, and in a couple ' of hours the craft was lost sight of be- I hind o-ic of the islands ns it made for the inside of tho route. Two years later I I saw the woman nt Singapore, aud she j still owned the schooner, and was said to j have a comfortab c fortune in bank. A ye ir later I heard that she had sold her schooner, purchased a brig, and putting I in a cargo on her own account, had sailed for home. A WOMAN HKl'l LSES rlRATKA. In tho fall of 1857, having been paid off nt Capo Town from a'l English brig which had been condemned, 1 shipped aboard the bark l escue, Captain Moore, bound to several ports in Madagascar aud return. Wo hail a small but excellent crew, every man but tho cook being white, nnd all being English, American, or Swede. The day before wo sailed the Captain's vtifo came aboard, and I saw nt onco that she was a sailor. She was about thirty-live years old, weighed not an ounce over a hundred pounds, and her movements were those of n girl. She w.u just such a little woman as you might expect to hear scream out at sight of a moit-o and to tea faint away if ie saw a rat. As a rule, sa lors arc opposed to women folks nt sea. They lire nil right as passengers, but when u Captain has his wife nlong there is more or less growling in the fo'castle. It is taken for granted lhat the "old man" w.ll be less on deck and leave more to tho mate, aud instead or "crocking on" and carry ing nil sail to make a short voyage, ho will go slow and look out for squalls. We grow led about the woman coming aboard, but, nt the same time, o ory old tar vowed her nn angel and hoped good luek for her. Wccrept a'ong tho coast as far as Port Eli.abe'.h, and then took a departure for tho big islaud to the northeast, a matter of 700 miles, before wo could sight its southern end. Wo ha I light, steady winds aud fair weathor, making easy work for tho crow, but on the third day out tho Captain was taken down with fever. We ha in't seen much of his wife up to that time, but now she was every where in an hour. Although wo had a first mnto who was thoroughly compe tent, tho little woman took full charge of tho ship. And we soon discovered lhat she was entirely competent to do so. She could stand by tho log, prick oil the day's run, liguro drift and dead reckon ing, nnd order sail set or reduced ns smartly as any man i ever saw, and the mates had sense enough not to sullc over it. Her husoand owned a three-quarter interest in the bark and her venture, nnd it was only natural that the wife should know it. Sho was doctor, nurse, Captain and counselor all in one, nnd things could not have gouo better had the old man been on dock. All went well until wo wero within sixty or seventy miles of the south end of Madagascar, when tho bre r.a died away in the forenoon until wo scarcely had steerngeway, and almost at tho game tim'i we sighted n felucca on our star board I ow nnd about ton miles mviiy. In those days there wcro-plenty of nativo tea rovers hidden away in tho bays and rivers at tho lower end of Madagascar, und they had no hesitation in plunder ing, scuttling, and throat-cutting. We had no sooner mado out the strange craft than the little woman called us all ait and said : "Men, you know that the Captain is very ill. Yonder native craft is a pirate, and is coming down to attack us. If wo surrender, not one of us will live an hour. If we do our best, we may beat her off nnd escape. There may bo sixty of them; there aro ouly thirteen of us. Will you tiaht or surrender i" Fight! Fight! Hip! Hurrah !" shouted the crew in chorus, and, after thanking us, the woman gave oreers to prepare for the attack. The sky was cloudless and tho breeze still dying away, nnd it was certain that no change in the weather could be looked for. We had two cannon, niue-pound-crs, one on either broadside, nnd thefe wero uncovered und loaded with soliil shot. I uckily. among the cargo was a consignment of muskets, nud we broke out two boxes of fifty each. They were cheap nlTalrs, calculated for trnffic, but nil were sure fire for a few rounds. I wus ono of tho gang told -oil to load them, nnd I know we loaded the even hundred. This would give us a matter of seven shots apiece without, reloading. One-half the muskets were carried aft to the quarters, and Iho others distributed nlong the bow nnd wnist. Four cut lasses were hunted up nnd served out, nnd then there was time for one more precaution. Tho felucca was coming down slow ly, urged by her sweeps, nnd a man nloft with n glass reported that she was full of men and had two six pounders on her decks. The head of the bark pointed pretty stea lily to Jho northwest, for there was neither wind nor sea. Tho felucca was coming down from the northeast, nnd wo could there fore figure that sho would board us on the starboard bow. Orders wero given to search for nnd bring on deck bottles of every kind nnd shape. I think we routed out fifty or more in the fo'castlc, while the cabin furnished a hundred. These were broken in pieces on the forward deck, and a fine mess they made of it. We could wnlk over the stull with our leather soles, but woo to tho bare feet which leaped oil tho rnil. The Felucca pcoplo did not sus pect our ennnou until they got n shot from tho starboard gun which made tho splinters fly. Then they changed thoir course and pulled for our bows, and wo could not truin a gun to bear upon them. I helped reload our gun with a solid shot, aud wo had scarcely finished when tho 1 clucca was upon us. She grappled us just where wo had figured, nud, under t lie little woman's orders, we mado no ctfort to prevent. Mie had foreseen that if driven back tho Felucca could take position on our bow or stern and pound us to pieces with her six-po.inder.s, while we would not be able to return a shot. We were drawn up in line across the deck abaft the foremast, with the spare muskets lying behind us. The captain's wife was at my left, armed with his re volver. Mind you, there wasn't a shout or shot nstho follotys boarded us. They pulled down to us in a grim, determined way, never a man opening Ins lips, and as the giapncls cnught they came swarm ing over the bows like a stream of giant nuts, each man armed with creese nlonc. Thc:e wasn't a yell until they struck tho deck, and then there were a hundred in chorus. Every man was barefooted, nnd every ono was horribly cut. Wo opened tire at the same moment, and down wont tho first gang. The second was wiped out almost nt quickly, nnd then we rushed forward nnd each man went in on his own hook. It wis a picnic for us. A few musket shots wero tired nt us from away aft, but the bullets flew among tho r'ng'nK- Wo rested our guus on tho ra i and fired right down among them, and, in tea minutes from the beginning of .the fight all tho pirates alive sought shelter below. We had fourteen dead on our do kg, and there wero twice that number in sight of the felucca, while not one of us had a scratch. I caving three men to fire away at any head npjicaring above tho hatches, we cast oil the grappling! and pulled tho felucca along our starboard side until tho cannon would bear. Then we tired a shot through her deck and bottom, re loaded and gave her another, nnd then cast hor adrift. Sho rubbed around our stern, drifted off about a hundred feet, and in a quarter of nu hour went to the bottom. Perhaps a dozen living men came to tho surface and swam to tho bark, but not one of them w as allowed to board. You may think it a blood-thirsty act, sir, but we wiped them out to the last man without any twinges of con s ience, nnd l'vo always been glad of it. Had they captured us, our throats would have been cut in no time. We lay nil that day without moving half a mile, but snnset brought a breeze, nnd wo finished our voyage without further adventure. The excitement of tho light mado tho Captain much worse, but ho recovered in a few weeks, aud was ablo to take command again. Afio York .Sun. Valuable Cains and Coin Collec tors. Said a noted coin collector recently, in conversation with a New Y ork .Sm re porter: "i'o you know that, strange as it may seem, the oldest coins aro not tho rarest, and nrc tho least in demand by mimismaticinns;" Th; reporter was not aware of the fact, and inquired why such wns tho case. "The vagaries and caprices of tho col lector caunot bo explained," replied the connoisseur. "Why a man should prefer the scarce American dollar of 101 at fHHI (which is tho market value of a good specimen), to the beautiful ,Egiuu coin, the oldest and most artistic pro duct of tho Greek mint, a tine copy of which may bo had for is as (lilllcult a question to answer as why the haudsoino and talented' Montague li own married the unprepossessing .Mis Dobbs. "There is always a lively demand for the scarcest coins." continued the col lector, "and it seldom concerns tho en thusiast whether they nre beautiful or not. It is well nigh impossible to begin now and make a co up etc collection of our American coins. To doit one would have to posse-s, beside a kuowledgc of American numismatics, the patience of .lob and a purse ns long ns a nnderbilt. The colon al coins alono ure worth a small fortune. Fabulous priics aro paid for g iod specimens of early American coinage. The I iuc Ticj shilling is worth from fill to $'!, und in later times there is iho Washington half dollar, valued to day at :I0. The dollar of IT'.) I has brought as much as if 1 lit) at an auction sale. Tho half cent of 1 7 '.Mi is difficult to get at if 1"), while the half dollar of tho same date readily sells at SO. The rarest, however, of all the small pieces, i. tho half dlmo of ISO'.', which recently sold for iftiO.'' "Where do all the old coins go to?" queried tho reporter. "To the same place that pins nnd but tons do, wherever that may be," replied tho collector. "Of cour-e, nil uuiiUo copies and the finest specimens sooner or later find their way into public or private collections, or tho bauds of the dealers. Thi largest and finest collec tions arc owned by Er. Charles E. West, Alexander Balinatio, It. H. Lawrence, Eobeit Hob, ut Smith, and Cnston L. Feuaideut, of New York. 'Iho finest collect on iu tho world is that of the British Museum in Loudon. Last year 41,85'i cars were turned out at car simps. Thirty thousand more are needed, and tho car works have orders for mouths to come. THE RUSSIAN FAIR-CITY. TIIB Ef-HEMERAIi COMMERCIAL MAET OF NIZHNI NOVGOROD. A Temporary Caravansary Whore BOO.OOO Merchants Assemble Once a Year. To a traveler visiting Nizhni Novgo rod for the first timo there is something surprising, and almost startling, in the appearance of what lie supposes to be tho city, and in tho scene i resented to him as he emerges from tho railway sta tion nnd walks away from the low bank of tho Oka ltiver in the direction of the Vol til. Tho clean, well-paved streets; tho long rows of substantial buildings; tho spacious boulevard, shaded by leafy birdies and poplars ; the canal, spanned nt intervals by grace ful bridges; the pictures ue tower of tho water-works; the enormous cntncilrnl oi Alexander Nevski; the Bourse; the thnlrcs; tho hotels; the market places all seem to lnilunto a great pop nlous centre of life and commercial activity; but of living inhabitants there is not a sign. Grass and weeds arc grow ing in tho middle of the empty streets and in tho chinks of Iho travel-worn sidewalks; birds aro singing fearlessly in tho trees that shade the lonely and deserted boulevard; the countloss shops and warehouses arc nil closed, barred and padlocked; the bells are silent in the gilded belfries of tho churches; nnd tho astonished stranger may perhaps wander for a mile between the solid blocks of buildings without seeing nn open door, a vehicle or a single human being. Tho city seems to have been Btritken bv a pestilence nnd descried. If the new comer remembers for what Ni.'hni Novgorod is eelebrnted, he is not long, of course, in coming to the conclusion that ho is on the site of the famous fair; but the first realization of tho fact that the fair is iu itself a gopa rate nnd independent city, nnd a city which during nine months or every year gtands empty nnd deserted, comes to him with the shock of a great gur prise. Tho fair city of Nizhni Novgorod is situated on a low peninsula between the rivers Oka and Volga, just above their junction, very much as New Y'ork City is situated on Manhattan Island between East Fiver and the Hudson. In geo graphical position it bears the same re lation to the old town of Nizhni Nov gorod that New Y'ork would bear to Jersey City if the latter were clevnted on a steep terraced blull four hundred feet above the level of tho Hudson. Tho Russian fair city, however, differs from New Y'ork City in that t is a mere tem porary market a huge commercial cara vansary where 300,000 traders assemble every venr to buy nnd to sell commodi ties. In September it hni frequently population ol moro than l;.0,0i)0 s nils, nnd contains merchandise valued nt 4-7 ", - 000,010; while in January, February and March nil of its inhabitants might be fed and sheltered in the smullcst of its hotels, and all of its goods might be put into a Binglo ono of its innumerable shops. Its lite, tlieielore, is asort ol in termittent commercial fever, in which ait annual paroxysm of intense and un nutuial activity is followed by nlong in terval of torpor and stagnation. It seems almost incredible lit first that a city of such magnitude a cily which contains churches, inosoiies, theatres, markets, hanks, hole's, a merchant's ex change, and neany seven thousand shops and inhabitable buildings, should have go ephemeral a life, and shou'd bo so completely abandoned every year after it has served the purpose for which it wag created. When 1 saw this unique city for the first time, OA's Vleur. Irostv night in January, 1H0S, it pre tented an c traordinary picture of lone liness and . desolation. The moonlight streamed down into its long empty streets whore the unbroken suow lay tw o feet deep upon tlio sidewalks; it touc hed with silver tho white walls and swelling domes of tho o'd fair-cathedral, from whoso towers there came no clangor of bells; it sparkled on great snowdrifts neaped up ngunst the doors ot the empty house i, and poured a flood of pale light over thousands ot suow-cov- crcu rools; but it it u not reveal any where a sign of n human being. The city seemed to bo not ouly uninhabited, but wholly abandoned to the arctic spirits of solitude ami frost. lien 1 saw it next, at height of tho annual fair iu tho autumn of 1S70, it was so changed ns to lo nl most unrecognizable. It was then sur rounded by a great forest of shipping; its hot, dusty atmosphere thrilled with the incessant whistling of steamers; nier chnndiso to the value of 1 jo, 1)00, 000 rubles lay on its shores or was pack into its OOOSI.'hops; every building within it j limits was crowded ; till. 000 pcoplo were crossing every clay tho pontoon bridge which connected it with the old town; a military bund was playing airs from Offenbach s operas on the gieat boulevard in front cf tho Governor's house; and through all the streets of the reanimated and reawakened city poured ngnat tumultuous tloocl ot human hie (Jiunje h'ntiifin, in Vtn'ttry. Lo u s-1) i s t a n "i Tc t e i t;i ph y. "How long would it take to send a word around the globe?" uske i a Chicago Mud representative of a Weste.u I iiiuu superintendent. "Well, just about the tenth 1 art of second. Tho most nccura'c measurement of the fight of a telegraph tick is about aso.imo milis per second. "The longest distance message sent by relays was probibly that transmitted to the lull M II (imil.'f in London from its traveling representative. He sat iu the operator's room iu the olice at Vic toiia, British Columbia, and talked with his chief in the o'hee in London. Gicet ings were exchanged, and no sooner had the editor of the great London daily uttered u word than it was in the clutches of tho operator at luecnstow n, who wafted it to Newfoundland, w h -re it was sent to New York. From there it fiaslud to San Fraueisco via Chicago, ultcrwiird tiaveled northward to Us final destination, with the golden rays of the setting sun shining on tho wires strung along the snowy fitrras while in London the clock struck -i for the morn nig of the next dav, '1 1 e wordi spoken iu Loudon were received ninety teeoiids after ward ia ictoria, a di-lu ce of )l)0 miles." When you have learned to lUtcu, you have ae,iiiie 1 tl.c I' .d ini nti i f a good tdui ation. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIR!. Science In the Household. There is heat enough wasted around nn ordinary kitchen range to say nothing of the furnace to furnish nil the power needed to run the sewing machine, pump water for an elevator, nnd liiht the dwelling by electricity. The same wasto ' of heat of the cooking apparatus might be made to cool the house in summer and to dispense with tho ice bill. When nitrate of ammonia, for example, is dis solved in water it absorbs nn enormous amount of heat and the principle is readily applied in the construction of re frigerating chambers. Properly elabo rated nnd locnted these could be so ar ranged as to keep meats, etc., better than tho ordinary ice box, to cool water for drinking moio who'esomely than the average ice supply, and to send volumes ol cold nir down through shafts to regu lators in the ceilings of r mins so that the heat of summer might bo tempered as certainly as the cold of winter. The same gupplv of the ammonia salt may be used repeatedly by cvapirating the wat r, lor which purpose tho waste limit above apoken of could be utilized. The p ssi- lulilies of applied science in the House hold have not been even nibbled at. Tarts. Well made tarts are very dainty, nnd form nn acceptable change from p es. Tho English tart, so famous in that country, is baked in a deep dish, cov ered with an upper crust otily.while ours is the reverse; nn under crust is used, and the fruit is stewed with snga- be fore being put in the crust. Tho best puff paste should be U'cd for tarts, rolled very thin, baked in small pans, then filled with jnm, jelly or cream. Cream Tarts. Make thin pufT paste, cut small, bako and fill with whipped cream, on wh'ch drop a sptonful of acid jelly. I herrv Tarts. Lino patty pans with putt paste, stone the cherries, slew with sugar; add a t nspoonful of Hour to n pint of chc rles; fill the she'll and bake in a quick oven; remove from tho ovo:i, dust with powdered sugar. Applo Tarts. Boil ten large tnrt ap ples, beat smooth, and add the yolks ol six eggs, and the juic e nnd rind of twe leinonsf.Vif-tup of butter, one and n hnlf cups of sugar; heat all together and line smad tins with puff paste, fill with tho mixture and bake five minutes. Cover the top with meringue nud bake. ftrawberry Cream Tarts. Line patty pans with paste, bake, fill w'th stewed strawberries; stir half a teaspoouful o! cornstarch into half a teacup of milk with the beaten whiles of two cgs, and two tablespoons of white sugar; set on the stnvcimd stir un'il In c c a wl smooin let cool and add half a teacup of whipped tiVu.i. beat, and nousiv.r the ttt is, 1 aspberrics or other small fruits may bo used instead of straw berries. Lemon Tarts. Lino pans with paste. Squeeze the juice from four lemons, grate the rind of two; add the yolks of six eggs aud the whites of two; add a poun I ot granulated sugar; place in a s nail pan or a kettle of boiling water; stir until a thick paste is formed. Fill Iho slijlls unci bako in a quick oven. Cover with meringue and set in the stove three min utes Almond Tnrti. B'.-at to a cream the yolks of three oggs, nn 1 n quarter of n poind of sugar; add ha'f a piund ot shelled almonds pounded; put in tart tins lined with pull paste; bake leu minutes. Cocoanut Torts. Dissolve half n pound of sugar in a pint of water; ndd a pound of grated cocoanut and boil. Liit .cool; odd the well-btaten yoke of three Tggs ahil the white of one; beat all together and pour in tart t'ni lined with puff paste. Preserve Tarts. Boll very thin tome puff paste, cut in round pieces; lay jam rr 'o'ltf ni-A, tli liflSln- Wll tlm Pilirpf with white of an egg, and close lliein; lay on a baking sheet, ico and bake fif teen minutes. Loiricr-Jvuniat. Household Ilium. Leather chair seats may bo revived by rubbing thein with well-beaten white ol Sweet potatoes require nearly twice the time thnt Irish potatoes do cither to bake or boil. Tepid water with a littlo borax dis solved iu it is good to wash colored tab'e linen in. White and pale shades of tint may be beautifully cleaned by using whiting in the water. Cook oatmeal in a double boiler or in a covered pail set iu a kettle of water. Be sure to salt it. To wash castor bottles, put them one third full of rice, and fill up with water; shake thoroughly. To clean red brick floors, rub them with a brick moi-tened with a little warm milk and water, and wipe dry with a soft cloth. To clean straw matting, boil three quarts of bran in one gallon o;' water, and wash tho matting with tho water, drying it well. I each leaves pounded to a pulp nud applied to a bruise, or a wound from a ru-ty nail, or a simple cut, will give im mediate relief. Pon't allow matches to bo kept loosg or in paper boxes, but only in metal ui cart hern safe-. Those lighting only on the box are safest. If the face seems constantly dry, rub it with a tritlo of olive oil every night for a timo; if too oily, put a little boiax iu tho water used for bathing it. If you wish to keep a sharp knife don't put in hot giea-e; slir your polatoe, while fiying, or turn meat with a fork ui an old case knife kept on purpose. To remove paint from windows, take strong bii arbouatc of soda and dissolve it iu hot water. Wash the gla-s, and iu twenty minutes or halt un hour rub thor oughly with a dry cloth. The carving knife nnd largo kiiivc used in tho kitchen, its well as cooks knives that aro required to be very shui p, should never be used about the lire fm stirrirg hot things. This will quickly dull them. Lemons will keep good for months by simply putting them into a jug of but terinilk, changing the buttermilk a'anil every three weeks. When the lemons are lequired for use they should bo well dried with a cloth. A SONO. ThfTO Is ever a song somewhere, my dear; 1 There is ever a something sings alwoy; There's tho song of the lark when tho skies are clear, And the song of the thrush when tha skies are gray. i The sunshine showers neross the grain, And the bluebird trills in the orchard trns; And in and out, when the eaves drip rain, The swallows are twittering eoaseleasly. There is over a song somewhere, my dear, In the midnight black or the midday blue; The robin pipes when the sun is here. And the cricket chirrups tho whole night through. The buds mny blow and the fruit may grciw, And the autumn leaves drop crisp and sere; But whether the sun, or tho rain, or the snow, There is ever a song somowhere, my dear. James U'hitcomb HHey. HUMOR OF THE HAY. Always comes out on top hair. No thorough-faro An oatmeal dinner. A copper trust getting credit for a cent. Money is an enigma that everybody mu-t give up. A chess tournament is always played on the square. The canned article that goes the quick est is a dog's tuil. A dentist will file your teeth but not for ready reference. When a man claims tho earth it is time to unearth his claim. Something that should bo looked into a pretty girl's eyes. It is unfortunate that a little money doesn't go a long way. If thirty-two is tho freezing point, what is tho squeezing-point? Two iu the shade. A good many women who have mar ried dry goods clerks have got two yards of illusion as a premium, Ho "Do you bcliove in high license, Fannie?" She "What kind of license? Marriage license?" Ho changed tho subject. "Who is thnt mnn?" "He's tho ser vant of old- Smith, tho undertaker." "Ah ? then he'g tho valet of the shadow of death." Town Topict. A Pittsburg man calls his wifo by the beautiful title " Virtue," because she is her own reward. She does all the house work and gets no wages. Graphic. i 1 1 . .i .. .. , ..i .. , uuo BWUUOW UUCS 1IOL n Blllll- I ....... 11 II- ...n '.m. 1 In tluit onc Kms8)10pl,er makes moro than a dozen springs. S'orrittown Herald. I like spring better than the fall, Said Hotiiason to brow n, 1 i Beenuse in fall tho stove's put up ' ill spring it's taken down. ' Hotloii Gazelle. Mr. Agilo to Mr. Stoutmun, who was running after a horse-car "Why, old boy, I thought you were too lazy to run." Mr. S. "Easily explained; laziness runs hi our family." A warrant was recently issued in a North Carolina town for tho nrrcst of a in in for committing nu nssault "with a deadly weapon, to wit, a certain vicious nnd large bull dog." The West Chester Xeirt suggests that a man cnu hardly trust a signal gervico report lhat predicts calm weathor when ho has to hold his hat on with both hands while he rends it. The candidate's boom'.et now bunglingly boometh. And l ashlullv biiu th the beggarly bee: In tho bulge of his bonnet it IniMly hnmnieth A song liko the sob of the sad sounding sea. Chicatjo Tribune. A Congressman, on receiving his hat from tho cloak-room, asked the waiter how lie knew it wus his hat, and was ' promply answered: "I didnjt know it was your hut; I only knows it wuz the hat you gnb to mo." Daughter ".Mamma, wouldn't it be just lovely if we only had nec ks like a giraffe." Mamma "Why, my child? What advantage would it be to usf" Puughter "Wo could tasto our ico cream so much longer." Tid-lU. Mamie "Mamma, can't I go over to Kitty's house und play awhile?" Mamma (.hesitatingly) "1 don't know, dear. I yes, you can go for just a littlo while." Mamie (demurely l "Thank you, mam ma, I've been." Drake' t Magiizine. Which I rise to remark, And my language is plain. That for ways lhat are dark And for tricks that tiro vain, This climate of ours is iioeuliar. Lincoln (.Yiti.) Jiniriiu?. Tramp (piteonsly)- -"Please help a poor old cripple." Kind Old Gent (handing him some money i "Bless me, why, of course. How nre you crippled, my poor fe low;" Tramp (poc ketiug tho money) "Financially crippled, sir." The Hun. You have n very sour look this morn ing," remarked a cucumber to his neighbor.ii dyspeptic straw berry. "Yes," was the tart roi ly; "one is necessarily unpleasantly allec ed when compelled to associate with suc h a seedy party as you are." "Cauliflower by any other ennui 'twill smell as sweet," shouted an onioii near by, with u peel of laughter. AVro York Suit. Use No Sugar On Oatmeal. 'Be careful how you eat oatmeal," said a doctor leccntly to a reporter for tho New York M ill nnd Kijtnu. "Oat meal is a very hcathful food if taken properly. No food Is healthy if im properly used.'' "How should it be eaten l" "If oatmeal is eaten iu excess of tho needs of the body for proper uutiiiion it overloads and taxes thesjstein. It must not bo eaten partially cooked. Flour, corn meal, rice and other uppiovcd arii ch s of w holesome diet are uotieulthy if half cooked. If an excess of sugar or other sweets is used it will di-agreo w ith many people, musing iudigestinn. If eaten with un excess of c earn it will not bo healthy for some jicimius w hoso stomachs uio too delicate lo stand a rich food. Oatmeal is a healthy food when not used for over feeding, when suf ficiently cooked and when not ucd with an excess of cieaui or sweets. Oatmeal should be eaten without any sweets, using a little milk or c ream, a little but ter, and seusotied with salt us the tcotch dg."
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