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VOL. XXI. NO. 32.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1888, Sl.50 PER ANNUM.
An English naval ofllcor cstlmntcs
hut there aro $200, 000,000 In gold ami
ivTr undor tho sea which could lo
eiiohcd by good luck.
A South American traveler claims thnt
, ing in tho I'nitod States is an unknown
el, when it is compared with the whole
5 everyday deception resorted to in
. ui tenia I a.
V Mississippi pnper say the South'
!est songsters, tho mocking birds,
tHXioraing fewer, and tho change
liibtitcd to tho ndvent of tho Kng
"parrows. Tho question of woman sufTrago in
' hington Territory enmo up beforo
J Nam at Spokano Kalis, and the
i decided tho net of tho Legislature
iing tho franchise to woman un
"ttitional. iiopean nations have already nppro-
cu alio.it (1,000,000 of tho 1 1,000,009
!V miles of Africa, and ns tlio Croat
- it occupies 2,:ti)0,00i) square miles,
v about 2,500,000 Bquorc miles remain
1 scrambled for.
. new forage plant, called tho nspcr
from Germany, wh'ch is raid to
v oon the dry, snndy locations, where
littlo rain falls, and which is highly
lied by all classes of stock, is ox
.1 to bo introduced into this conn-
'.at a brenking of shackles from
u I'mbs has laken plncc in tlio last
y sevon years, exclaims tlio Ihtcoit
J 're it. In that timo llusun has
1M, 000,000; r.iland, 5,000,000,
: Stales, 4,000,000, and Brazil,
'ins almost incred ble, but Mr.
Kennon, tho Russian traveler,
i uiio of h!s ai tides in tho Century
: territory of Siberia would iu-
.o United States, Alaska, with all
States of Kurnpj except Russia,
uro would still be i!00,0t)0 square
i spare.
l-.vny syndicate has been formed
imrposo of constructing railways
nurnging colonization in Brazil,
.i capital of $IO:,()00,000, aud
. s to build lines of railroad pene
; to regions hitherto inneeessiblo,
Ltimoice,' but rich in diamonds,
i 'US
'CS.
metals and agricultural rc-
ii-ral I?ou!auger, the French mill
: UI, recently declared at a diuuer,
iio Now York Grahi; that in case
r hcjhould conquer the Germans
'i.f'i' V'"d that ho had becu indi
foYG work by the linger of God.
it case," said one of tho clerical
, ' you must boa masculino .Teanno
" "Exactly," replied llouliingor,
rent solemnity, 'that is Just wJiat
fcrring to an invitation for Chi
i take part in an Exposition at
m, Italy, the 7Vt'iof that city
it significant that tho acknowl
I hum and pure-lard emporium of
orid should have this evidence of
feeling shown to it by the people
city whoso far-famed sausages en
' the world with a chain of pungent,
itious yet mysterious and unfathom
links. no five t tones erected to mark
siK-son nnd 1 ixon's lino" between
Maryland and Pennsylvania, have had
iheir annual visitation by commissioners,
who report ono iu good condition, one
lost, one broken, ono dislodged by
mining operations, and tho fifth, which
beaia on one side tho arms of Penn
sylvania, on tlio other thoso of Lord
Hnltimore, badly damaged by vandil
relic hunters.
.Prince Alcxander.so it is stated by tho
Chicago y. nA, has been informed Benii-
V:cia!!y that ho can resume his courtship
uilitially with tho Princess Victoria, with
tlio approval of tho German Court, just
iu soon as he furnishes the latter with
satisfactory proofs that ho rcuouncos the
Bulgarian throne forovcr. Otherwise
liisiuarck will continue to regret that
Victoria can never be anything more
than a sister to him.
The proposed bridge across the channe'
between Kng and and Franco is tho big
gest engineering scheme of tho age, says
the Atlanta C'uiu it'll iua. It is a little
singular that tho idea of a bridge should
lio received with favor in England when
tho tunnel was so bitterly opposed. The
plan contemplates an jrnu bridge twenty
miles, long and KiO feet above tho level
of the sea. Tho whole cost will not be
more than iflOO,OUO,000.
A. G. Armstrong, a merchant of Mex
ico, Mo., has just had to pay $500 for
fenipting to collect n alleged debt of
r i from a poor widow, who holds a
jiositiou in a dry goods stoie iu St.
Louis. Armstrong was charged with
havirjg employed a collecting agency of
Chicago, which, iu order to gain their
ends, resulted to the practice of sending
ua envelope to tho widow bearing the
inscription in large black letters, "Bid
IJobt." The jury which tried the case,
ays.the St. Louis papers, was a very in-
clligout one.
TWILIGHT.
Through silent air, o'er miles on mllos of
gray,
No round is heard.
Where to the qulot plain tha waning day
Whispers her latest word.
Beyond the dim wide Innd serene, tlio sea
Kisses the shore,
Whore tired waves hut now made fretful
r'ea,
Tossing tho pohhlrn o'er.
Ah, sweet the calm when back into tho blue
Wild clouds sink home,
Nor longer mar the pure undying hue
Deep'ning o'er heaven's dome.
Like dusky phantoms bred of earth's dark
breast,
The cattla He
Where once they wandered, now content to
rest,
fstill as tho earth and sky.
So great tho silence is, it seems to grow
Into a Bound.
Ah, surely now our reverent hearts shall
know
The secret earth has found?
More eloquent tho hurtbened stillness cries
Than sounds at noon.
And depp'ning brown of land and blue of
skim,
Soft wit h tho rising moon,
Reveal at last the tender bond that binds
Great Nature's whole,
As patient tbrouuh life's eager day lovo finds
Soul bound at lo.se to soul.
Thou dost not speak, who standest at my
sido
At waning of tho day.
Whore wo have often watched tho eventido
Steal into mystic gray.
But yet, though thou art dumb, I hear thy
speech,
Thy heart I hear.
That scarcely iu tho troublous day could
reach
Unto my deafened ear;
And swootor words than all the words I
know
Thy silence brings,
So let tho silence to thoo murmur low
The song my spirit sings.
Mrs. ComyiiB fair, in Harper's Weekly.
THE MAN IN BLACK.
Major Dalton was in trouble. He had
been detailed and sent to one of the
largo t inland cities in the Confederacy
to superintend tho manufacture of bombs
anil torpedoes.
Kverythii'C moved alone satisfactorily
until tho chemist connected with tho
works made n reckless experiment ono
day, nnd blew himself up. The force of
the explosion was so great that not a
piece oi ino unioriunuto man could be
found.
'I wouldn't have minded it so much,"
Mid the .Major to his friend, the provost
marshal, '-if the fellow hadn't carried
oil a lot of valuable papers with him.
I.e knew lots of chemical secrets, and he
had his formulas written out, and they
were in his pocket when lie left."
"Vou might advertise," suggested tho
provost marshal.
"Good idea," replied tho Mayor; "I'll
doit."
The next morning the city papers con
tained a hhort advertisement, stating
thatn tiist-class chemist could secure em
ployment, with a good salary, at the
Government works.
At that timo there were very few idle
chemists in tho Confederal)', and after
waiting several days tho Slajor began to
think that ho would have to send to
liichmond for n man.
One night, when ho was alone in h's
ollicc, ho commenced a letter to tho Sec
retary of War. lie had just penned a
ieiuet for tho immediate detail of nu
experienced expert, when he becunie
conscious of the presence of another per
son in tho room.
''I didn't sec him, and I didn't hear
hear h'.m," said tho .Ma ;or afterwards,
"but I could feel my llcsh crawl, and I
knew that something was up."
The .Major wheeled around in his chair
and saw a man standing just inside tho
door. Tho stronger was tall and thin
nnd his black suit contrasted strangely
with his pule face and w hite hands.
Major Dullon noted these points. In
addition to his black attiro tho man's
hair aud eyes were of the same sombro
shade. lio even wore a black watch
t ha n, a pair of black rimmed eyeglasses
and a black seal ring.
The otKcer gave a sharp look at his
visitor's face, but its dead whiteness was
as expressionless at a mask.
"Ahem !" ejaculated the .Major.
"I must introduce myself," said the
stranger stepping forward. ".My name
is i'ellico. I am a chemist, and I nm
familiar with tho nianulactuie of ex
plosives. I saw youY advertisement and
decided to otrcrmy services."
lio spoke rapidly, in a musical voice,
with a slight foreign accent.
"Vou are not an American," said tho
Major.
"lta'ian,'1 briefly responded tho other;
"I belong to a family of famous chem
ists, and we have served nearly every
government in Europe.'
Ju t then tho Major remembered that
he had a sentry stationed iu front of the
cilice.
' But, sir!" ho broke out, angrily;
"how did you get in("
"1 beg your pardon," answered I'elli
co, courteously. "When your ottice was
pointed out to me I walked in."
' But the sentry, tho guards"
"Oh, tho soldier I simply passed him
by."
"Vou ran tho risk of getting Bhot,"
growled tho Slajor.
"Not at all; there was no danger,"
was the quiet leply.
Pellico's manner impressed tho officer,
and ho asked his visitor for his creden
tials. The man in black produced a letter of
recommendation from a Spanish ollicer
of high rank in Cuba.
"So you have not been long in this
country f" remarked the Confederate.
"Ten days. I slipped through the
blockaders, landed iu Florida and then
came here."
Further conversation did not cause
him to say anything that was iiiconist
cnt with his first account of himself.
In the course of half an hour Major
Pulton was ready to admit he was in the
presence of a man of superior intellect,
and ono who doubtless was master of his
profession.
The interview resulted in tho engage
mcnt of Pollico, and on tho following
morning ho went to work.
From tho very outset tho man in black
gave perfect satisfaction, but he made no
friends. Tho men called him "Mr. Mid
night," nnd tho officers quietly agreed
among themselves that ho was a mystery,
very useful, no doubt, but a disagreeable
companion.
It did not take long to mako tho dis
covery that tlio Italian's bombs nnd tor
pedoes wore the best that had ever been
in ado.
One night Pcllico paid another visit to
tho office of Major IJalton.
".Major," said ho, after somo talk about
powder, gun cotton, Greek fire and other
matters, "the main object of our ex'
plosives is to destroy the enemy J"
"I'm, well, ye, to a certain extent,"
replied the gallant Confederate.
"What do you think, then, of obomb
that is capable of ding a hundredfold
more damage than any now in use?"
"It would be a big thing."
"Well," continued Pcllico, "I have
invented it. I have a chemical com
pound that can bo projected into tho
enemy's lines through the medium of a
shell, nnd when tho shell bursts a deadly
vapor spreads over an nrea of 100 yards,
killing every living thing. Ono shell is
capable of killing nn entire regiment."
".Man al.vc," exclaimed tlio Major,
"that would be murder!"
".'ind what is war;" asked rdlico in
his low, soft voice.
The subject did not drop there. Tho
man in black had so much to say about
his invention that tho Major found him
self deeply interested.
"Tnis little thing," said Pcllico, ex
hibiting something that looked like a pill
covered with tin foil, "would kill a house
full of people."
"It is hard to believe."
"Let mu convince you," urged the
chemist. "If you will walk a square
with me I will show you something."
The Major ob ccted, but the Italian
assured him that his intended victims
wore several hogs in tho rear of tho edifice.
When they reached tho placo thev
found tho hogs quietly suoo.iug.in a
ionce corner.
Then they retired fifty yards or so,
and I'ellico blew his little pill through a
hollow cane.
"Wait thieo minutes," he said.
At the expiration of that timo the two
nppronched the fence corner.
Four largo hogs lay stretched out on
the ground. It required only a glance
to see that they were all dead.
".Now," said tho chemist, ns they
walked away, "this experiment is on a
very small scale, but you can form nn
idea from what you have seen."
"It is astonishing," commented tho
Major.
"Nothing to what I have done," said
the man in black. "In Cuba 1 took n
sling and threw a ball of that stuff as big
as my list into a village. Tho next
morning it was found that nil tho in
habitants, some 300 i r 400, were dead.
People outside supposed it was somo
mysterious epidemic, but it was not. "
Major Dalton drew himself aloof from
his companion.
"Au 1 you killed those innocent
people for nothing?" he asked indig
nantly. "In tho interests of science, my dear
Major. Besides they were native Cubans.
I wou'd not have treated genuine Span
iards that way."
The .Major pulled his moustache nnd
walked on in silence for a few minutes.
"What do you propose?" he asked,
after somo reflection.
"My scheme is a big one," replied Pcl
lico. "A few little pellets thrown into
Liliby, Salisbury and Andersonville will
rid us of all tho Yaukco prisoners and
save our Government no end of expense
Then they must use my invention in the
tie d. The armies of Sherman and Grant
will melt away beforo it, and a few hun
dred projectiles ffrcd from long range
guus into New Vork will turn that me
tropolis into a city of the dead. What
do you ei y 1"
"Hallo, Corporal, come here!" yelled
the Ma or.
Several soldiers ran to the spot in a
hurry.
"Seize him!" shouted tho officer," and
take him to the guard house. He is an
enemy, a murderer, Satan himself, I be
lieve. But, hold on search him."
"Only somo papers and these pills,"
said tho Corporal.
'I'll take them, "said the Major. "Now
hustle him o:l to tho guard house,"
Tho -Major walked with rapid strides
to the office of tho commander of the
post. Tho provost marshal was sum
moned as a party to the conference, and
other officers were also called in.
The council lasted until a very late
hour. Never in their whole military ex
perience hud the officers been confronted
with so serious a pioblem.
When tliey dispersed tho sentinel out
side heard one of them say:
"lie is a monster, an enemy to tho
whole human race. We cannot accept
his aid, and if we let him go, ho may at
any time turn against us and against our
people."
"There is but ono thing to do," said
tho Major.
Tlio next day tho mm in black was
found dead in tho guard house. By his
sido lay a shred of tin foil.
"I searched him," said the Corporal,
"and took all those shiny pilts away
from him. How did thut get there I
wonder, and what in tho mischief is it
anyhow?"
The commander of tho post, tho Provost-Marshal
and Ma'or Dalton showed
little surprise when they heard of Pelli
co's death. The Corporal, however,
heard the Provost-Marshal speaking iu
au undertone to the Major.
" What did you do with the other
pellets?'' he said.
"I rode nut to the river and thewthem
in," answered the .Major.
"All right," responded the marshal.
"This has been a strango piece of busi
ness from first to last, but I don't think
that our consciences will ever hurt us for
our part in it."
Long years afterwards a gray-haired
Confederate veteran mentioned somo of
the facts of the cose to a circle of inter
ested listeners.
'And who was I'ellico:" some one
nsked.
" 1 have always thought he was Satan,"
replied the vetera i.
"Did the Major really kill him?" in
quired a lady.
Tho veteran 6hut one eye aud twisted
his moustache.
" We had better not talk about that,"
ho said, "but you may rest ussurod that
if ho did kill tho wretch ho has never
regretted it." Atlanta Corutitvtion.
Cuban Kail n ays.
Bailway traveling in Cuba has some
very curious aspects. For instance, when
trains arrive at and depart from cities
or villages it is rather a queer thing to
sec, between tho depots and limits of all
municipalities, a man on horseback pre
ceding tho cngiiio. Nd train may arrive'
or depart more rapidly than tho speed of
this courier, who announces his own and
the train's coining by tremendous bellow
Ings and hallooings. Sometiines he Is
provided with a sort of trumpet, which
lie sounds lugubriously. The railroads
are nearly all of narrow gunge, and
freight and passenger cars are little and
low. Not long sgo Cuban engineers
were nearly all Americans and received
fabulous wages. This was nlso true of
the engineers on the sugar plantations.
But Cubans are bright and imitative,
and they are alote now in chnrge. The
machinery attests that. It is dingy,
rusty, half-ruined.
The Cuban engineer handles his engine
in a hesitant, hysterical sort of way. He
is no mechanic. If a breakdown occurs
ho calls upon everybody within reach
nnd, in complete desperation, "talks it
all over," runs away altogether or com
mits suicide from sheer fright.
Tho railway stations are nil walled
about ns high as a fortress, nnd freight
is handled in tho yards and transferred
much as a lower Mississippi Hivcr steam
boat is "wooded" by negro roustabouts
who "shanty" with dismal songs, or by
the unwieldy bull-carts with their pic
turcsciue carretoneros, so common to the
streets of Havana.
There aro also some odd regulations
about Cuban railway travel. Ticket
offices are closed five minutes before de
parture of trains; nnd if one thus fails
of securing a ticket, one-third addition
al to regular fare is exacted for the first
division ovor which your route may lie.
You are allowed to carry free only a hat
box or a mcdium-sizo valise; but if your
train does not make schedule time you
can stop anywhere along the routo and
get your entire faro refunded. No "per
sons of color" are allowed iu first-class
car, though gamecocks in baskets are;
nnd if you attempted to ride upon the
platform or to occupy more than ono
scat, you would immediately be turned
over to the guardia civil, whose members
ride on trains between stations to flirt
with fair senoritas, nnd to constantly en
force the fact that Spain owns Cuba.
As in most European countries, there
aro three grades of passenger coaches,
and all aie modeled on the American
plan. Tho third-grado cars have only
solid wood seats; the seconri are very
plain, but the seats nro of "enno;" the
first are very pleasant nnd convenient,
and iu niot cases prettily cuough deco
rated, the woven cano seats takins the
place of our plush cu-hions on account
oi tne difference in climate. The con
ductor is uniformed ns with us, nnd is
tho busiest man on earth for tho amount
of business lie transacts. He is at every
body every live minutes for re-examination
of tickets, and pompous guardia
civil, a soldier of one of tho three classes
of military in the island, is forever at
his heels, glaring impudently into faces,
demanding with maddening frequency
your passport, if you happcu to be a for
eigner, and especially so if nn American,
whom tho Spaniard loathes, and search
ing your pcison, or even a lady's reti
cule, if tho whim sic.es him.
How Mere the Pyramids Built t
The answer to this question is beyond
modern conjecture, so imperfect is our
understanding of the extent of tho
mechanical knowledge of tho ancients.
Their npplianccs are believed to have
been of the simplest order, and the im
plements exceedingly crude, and yet
they were ublo to convey theo enormous
blocks of stone for vast distances over
routes most difficult; and, having ac
complished this, to raise them to a great
height, and fit them in placo without
the aid of either cement or mortar to
cover up tho errors of the stonecutter.
How all this was done is one of tho
enigmas of modern science. It has been
generally believed that inclined planes
of earth were ued to enable tho work
men to raise the huge stones to their
places, tho earth being cleared-away
afterward. But it is possiblo that the
ancients had a more extended knowledge
of mochanical powers than we usually
givo them credit for, nnd that they made
uso of tho machinery very like that
employed by modems for lifting great
weights. Large cavities aro found in
some of the stones in the Pyramids which
may have been worn by tho foot of a
derrick turning iu them. That there
were enormous numbers oi' men employed
in the building of these ancient structures
is well known. These results of their
j great aggregated strength we see, but
iney leu no record id the means by which
this strength was focussed and brought
most effectually to bear on tticir mighty
tasks. Tnule Supply Xcu.
A Canine Arithmetician.
Among tho dogs mtcrcd at the
Washington (D. C.i Kennel Club's an
nual bench show is Jack, n litllo black-nnd-tan
dog owned by H. A. McMurry.
The dog is aj adept in figures and can do
anything in arithmetic this side of frac
tions. -Mack," said his muster, "get up
in that chair and put your paws on the
back und count three." The dog did us
he was told, barking three little short
barks. "How much are two aud three?''
was asked, and he repeated five barks in
like manner. Ho performed several
sums in subtraction, multiplication and
division, with never a single mistake.
Lutter Uuy Philosophy.
Sweet are the uses of Adver.-ityf
rVrhups;
Hut some folks can t U Christians on
Pork si-raps.
Blessed are they who also stand
And w-aiU
'Twill pay to wait till tippiiig's out
Of date.
Though Modesty's a jewel of
lt-eat worth,
'Tis not the meek, but cheek, now gets
The earth.
Let patience have her ixTfect work,
Ynu say I
Wolf, sho'll find work till you are old
And gray.
All is not gold thut Kliltorsf No.
There's brass,
In any crowd, most every day
'Twill .-ass.
Yet virtue is its own uxcueding great
ftuwurdl
Mayhap, mayhap, it may be, with
Tlie Lord;
Boston Globe,
THE INLAND OF JAMAICA.
DOMESTIC ECONOMY IN THE CAPI
TAL ISLE OF THE WEST INDIES.
Dwellings Without Chimney or
1'lreplacefi-UltHcultti'S of llomo
keelnjj Polished Floors.
Tho climate of Jamaica surprised m,
says ft writer in tlio New Yofk OlnffcfTf
for though very hot in tlio sun, it is so
tempered by tho land and sea breeze
that in the houses the thermometer rare
ly rises above ninety-live dcgiCcs; some
times in the Winter season Binking ns ldW
ns sixty-live. It much resembles the
summer climate of Virginia, though
much damper, to which fact is due n
great deal of the malaria ond terrible rheu
matic fever which prevails. In the
rainy season the dampness pours in
through tho "jalousies," of which the
sides of the roonn are principally built,
and which rarely close tightly. The
books on the tablo mould, one's shoes
become covered with mildew, and kid
gloves nro Soon too spotted to wear, un
less kept in a closely stoppered bottle.
The houses are without menns of being
warmed in any way, ns they are built
without chimneys, "or fireplaces. This is
a general rule, though I believe in tho
parish of St. Anne's on tho north side of
tho Island, where there is a good deal of
rainfall, some few houses aro built with
a chimney, and one room has a fireplace.
The kitchen, which is always nn out
side cabin, isalso minus n diimney; an
elevated sort of range or hob is built out
into tho floor, on which the cooking is
done, sometimes by means of charcoal,
but oftencr with brushwood and smaller
sticks, tho smoke escaping through a
hole iu the roof.
There is generally nn old fashioned
brick oven outside for baking bread,but
it is seldom used, ns few families now
bake their own bread. They buy it if
near or in a village from a baker's cart
which makes its rounds in the country
from the nearest store where it can be
procured fresh twice a week. Many
households do without the article alto
cethcr, or only get enough to servo with
"early morning coilce," n small bit of
toast being put with each cup. They
use in its place some of tho substitutes
which are classed under the ono generic
term "bread kind." These consist of
boiled or baked yam, roasted breadfruit,
potatoes, rice, cooked unripe plantains,
"bummce"nnd "cassava cukes," both of
which ure breads mado from the grated
manioc root from which tapioca is nlso
prepared.
Wheat is not raised in Jamaica, and
the price of tho imported Hour ot a very
ordinary grade is fourteen dollars per
barrel. Owing to the ravages of ineocts
nnd mould it keeps badly. The meals
arc arranged as in France, early coffee
iu your bedroom at six; at eleven A. M.
"second breakfast," and at which there
is no tea or coffee, consisting principally
of "curries" nnd "devils," with fruit,
vegetables and bread kind. Dinnea is
the next meal, at six o clock, llus is a
meal of several course, usually begin
ning with the inevitable Jamaica "pep
per-pot," or turtle roup, and winding
up with delicious pineapples, oranges or
mangoes. After dinner, coffee is terved
in the drawing room, and some few Kng
lish families keep up the custom of nf
ternoon tea.
One of the difficulties of housekeeping
here lies in tho dairy, for it is hard to
procure good milk aud butter. The
cows usually go dry in the droughts,
which are sure to come with the return
of the dry season, and they then have
resourco to goat's or condensed milk.
Even with a good dairy the absence of
ice or any facilities for keeping it creates
another trouble. For cooking purposes
they use butter from America, which
only costs twenty-five cents per pound,
and comci in five pound tins, but
it is strong and somewhat rancid.
For the tablo butter is imported
from Holland, prepnred expressly
for the tropical market. This has
superior keeping qualities and costs
seventy-five cents per pound; it is put
up in small packages holding from half
a pound to a pound, und us it is so oily
it is usually helped from the can with a
spoon. On entering a house one is im
mediately struck by tho beauty of tho
Moors; they are made of the handsome
hard woads of the island, are waxed und
rubbod to a state of polish which ren
ders it difficult to walk across them with
out slipping. As thero aro no carpets
tho lady of the house takes great prido
in keeping thenj in good order, und in
each establishment thero is a "floor
woinun,"a domestic whose sole duty it is
to tak'j care '6? 4hcm. Fault floor is
washed daily with water, into which is
squeezed the juice of tlio bitter or Se
ville orange, nnd then waxed with a
woolen cloth. The juice of the orange
nnswers two purposes, darkening the
color and preventing the inroads of in
sects. One of these pests is the well
known "chegoe" or "jigger." It is a
small black insect which burrows into
tlio llcsh of the foot, depositing a tiny
bag of eggs; these soon hatch out, and
cash young one, in its turn, lays more
until tho surrounding flesh is infested,
with the result that inortilicatinii sets in
niul the unfortunato victim loses a por
tion of hand or foot. It is therefore of
importance to extract it as soon ns possi
ble. Triplets Spreiity-Onu Year Old.
"There stopped with mo last week.
said .Mr. Tom Daino yesterday, "an oi I
gentleman named Luwieuro Hammond
of Jones County. I le is 71 years old und
is yet strong and hale. ilis presence
hero reminded me of the remarkable his
tory of a portion of his family. Ho lias
three brothers who uru triplets. They
were born iu Jones County, and about
tho timo they reached manhood they
wandered apart; ono went to Monroe
County, where he still lives, und two
went to .Mississippi. Klevcu years ago
the three brothers met nnd celebrated
their sixtieth birthday. 1 was present,
and, as you may imagine, it w as a re
markaMo and interesting occasion. On
the d of last February they were 71
years old, and n'.l of them are stout,
hnilthymen. They were iu Macou at
the last stale Fair and stopp.-d with me,
and if wo live they will bo hero at the
next State Fair. The two iu Mississippi
uro Jesse and Thiuuas and the one liviug
iu .Monroe County is Ben. It isn't often
you striko up with such cases, is it r
.Mr. Luwrence Hammond w as iu the city
yesterday, and one would hardly suppose
that he is 74 years of age. Macon (Ua.)
'f'cUt rapt.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A PcIicioiH gf'tfnp Cake.
A delicious sponge cake, whicll fmvdo
with due care never fails, is worth know
ing how to make. If these directions
ore followed tho result will be as near
perfection as is possible for anything in
a tcrrcstial state of existence to bo. Four
eggs, with the whites of two reserved
lor frosting, are beaten until light; then
two cups of pulverised sugar, which has
been twice sifted, Is added, nnd is beaten
with the eggs; two small teniipoonfuls
ol baking-powder with two cups of
flour nrc sifted twice, nnd added, a little
at a timfi; to the eggs nnd sugar, stirring
well; lastly, add a Cup Of hot water, but
a little below the boiling point for ex
ample; let the water boil, then set tho
kcttlo back on the tank for two or three
minutes; do not put all the water into
tho dough at once, but A third nt a time;
flavor with lemon. Bake in ft sheet-iron
dripping-pan, carefully lined with pa
per. The oven should bo what is known
to cooks ns a moderate oven. The cake
will bake in from twenty to thirty min
utes. Tie Huwtitife.
Bottles nnd Their Contents.
I find It a good plan, writes a lady
correspondent to the Detrlt Free J'rein,
to save a few of the wide-mouthed bot
tles like tlio larger ones in which pre
pared horseradish is bought, or small
picklo bottles, or fruit jars will do. In
one of these bottles I keep paste, mado
of flour and water and boiled a little,
and before taking from the stove I add a
teaspoouful of powdered alum, and a
few drops of oil of cloves or sassafras.
This will keep without moulding. Near
it I keep a long handled paste brush. I
find this convenient when I wish to
fasten a bit of loose wall paper, put a
newpaper clipping' into my scrap book,
and sometimes for sealing packages or
papers for mailing.
In another bottle I keep plaster of
paris. This is useful for many purposes.
Mix some of it with a little water nnd
you can fasten on lump-tops or door
knobs. I fastened a knob on tho
kitchen door (first digging out tho lead
with a sharp kuife) nearly a year ago and
it is firm yet, If there are any broken
places in the wall made by chairs, mix
some of the plaster with common sand,
using water enough so it will spread
smoothly, fill the places with this and
smooth off with a knife before papering.
Try it for stopping rnt holes, only, have
the sand quite coarse, and it will givo
the rats the teethache. It hardens
quickly so it must not be mixed till just
before using.
In another bottle I keep washing
soda. This is nice for removing grease
spots from wood, and for cleaning lamp
burners. When a burner becomes clogged
and dusty, where you cannot reach with
scissors or rag, put it in an old tin can,
with some water and a lump of the soda,
aud boll for a short time on top of tho
stove; then dry und polish and it will
be all right. This will prevent smoking
nnd tho bad smell arising from it.
Four years ago I doctored tho kitchen
clock in tho same way. It was a com
mon brass clock nnd hud become dusty
and refused to go. So I took off the
hands aud face, removed the bra s
works, and put them carefully in a kcttlo
with somo water and soda and boiled
awhile. Whin clean and bright I took
them out, rinsed in some hot water, put
them in the oven on some sticks of wood
to dry. When dry, I oiled them with
sewing machine oil, nnd replaced in tho
case. It has never troubled mo since
and has kept timo correctly.
Vases can bo made by painting tlio
bottles some pretty color, aud, when dry,
fastening on the same bright-colored
pictures, and then varnishing with trans
parent tarnish. I painted one black,
put a band of gilt paper around tho bot
tom of the bottle, and round the lower
part of the neck. Then I fastened on
bright butterflies nnd a few small sprays
of flowers. Another 1 painted white
nnd put on small black silhouette pic
tures, th,it I cut from a paper, and black
bands, nnd it has quite a Japanese ap
pearance. They can also be gilded, and
if you wish them to look rough, first
sprinkle somo oa'mcal on them.
lteclries.
RickPi'Ddiko. Half cup soaked rico,
one quart fresh milk, half cup raisins,
ono tablespoon suar, half a teaspoon
each of salt and butter, n squeeze or two
of lemon nnd a little grated nutmeg;
serve with saute.
Potato Gkms. Three or four cups of
mashed potatoes; ono cup of milk, in
which dissolve half a teaspnnful of but
ter and the same of salt; stir well with
two beaten eggs; then drop in well
buttered gem pans, with a littlo flour
sprinkled over t lie top, and put iu a hot
oven till nicely browned.
ViNKiiAK IYdhim'. Three pints of
water, one cup- of vinegar (unless very
strong), one cup of sugar, season with
nutmeg or cinnamon. Let it boil, then
add slices of hop yeast bread. Set in
the oven aid let it bake about tin
minutes. To be served as soon as taken
from tho oven, with either sauce or
cream.
Cukamkii Paiisnu'r. Boil tender,
scrape and slice lengthwise. Put over
tho lire with two tablespoons of butter,
pepper nnd .salt, nnd n littlo minced
parsley. Shake until the mixture boils.
Dish the parsnips, add to the sauce three
tublespoons of cream in which has been
stirred a quarter-spoonful of flour. Boil
once, and pour over the parsnips.
Sa.ndwk in:s. Potted meats, rolled
tongue or ham cut very thin and in small
pieces, with a very littlo touch of mus
tard, make excellent tuudwicbes. Tinned
taliuuu sandwiches, if properly luude,
always meet with greut approval, and
have tho charm of novelty. Proem o a
good brand of the salmon, drain otf tlio
liquor, turn the contents of the tin into
a mortar, udd a small lump of butu r, a
little pepper aud salt. Pound it well
und spread it over the buttered bread.
Sauo Suit. Tuko three pounds of
lcau beef, a slice of lean ham, and lay
tliciu in a stewpan with a lump of but
ter, draw tho gravy gently, add two
quarts of watt r und a sliced onion w hich
has been browned by frying iu fresh but
ter; also add a bunch of sweet herbs,
six cloves, a blade of mace, a teaspoon
ill of ullspice, and one of black pepper
whole; stew until the soup is rich and
brown, then remove the meat, and strain
the soup clear, put it into a clean stew
pan, and thicken it to a good consistency
with sugo.
NEVER MORE.
Far a-vay from the world her heart throbs
are stealing
Over field, over mountain, over river and
rill;
She heeds not the charm of their silent ap
pealing,
Sho's wrapped In her musings, and it's
peace to be still.
Where is her lover, and what path does ha
to'low?
Does he ever look back to think of her
pain?
Does he ever look back from mountain or
hollow,
With a sigh that he never shall meet her
again)
Let her dream of him now in the light wind
i hat passes
Over lilao and myrtle, where lingers his
si ad ;
Let he dream of him now in the pain that
hnrasses
The sheen and the Bhadow, which kiss as.
they fade.
Ah, proud was the glance that unkindly es
tranged them,
And secret the torture both hearts had to
bear.
Was either to blame that a light word had
changed them,
And pride was the mask weeping love had
to wear?
Love's chain may be severed, and its bloom,
seem declining,
As stepi, full of sorrow, proceed their own
way;
But the links and the bloom will live on re
pining. Till the hearts of both lovers are wrapped
in the clay.
Ibt'jh Farrar McDermott, in A"ew VorH
Sun.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A head scenter the nose.
An ussayer knows how to handlo tho
ores.
Roosters can generally chanticleer
note.
A receiving teller a gossiping wo
man. ,
It is when a boot is new that there is
music in the sole.
Is the soup likely to runout of tho pot
when there is a leek in it?
Rumor says our poultry raisers con
template the formation ot a Cochin club.
The dog who goes without a muzzlo to
save a trilling expense is penny wise and
pound foolish.
Nobody can paint pictures equal to tho
artist whose nora do plume is Jim Jams.
1'cxai Hij 'tings.
Don't tho mnn who commits suicide
by hanging himself die of his own free
will and a cordf
"You can live at home and make
money," declures an advertiser. Keyrect.
A good many young men found that out
long ago. D-troil Free Vrtu.
In Kentucky Runaway couple to
Gretna (ireea magistrate: "Will you
join us;" Magistrate "Thanks; I don't
caro if I do." Washington Critic.
Servant "Tho mistress says, mum,
that sho's not at home. Who shnll I say
culled:" Culler "You may say a lady
culled who didn't bring her name." The
t'poch.
He "Y'our friend, Miss Wabash, is
quito 'chic,' Miss Breezy." Miss Breezy
(a trifle enviously) "Yes; Clara may
bo a trifle 'chic,' but sho's no chicken."
Hiirier'a lSazm;
"I would box your cars," said a young
lady to her stupid and tiresome admirer,
"if " "If what?" ho anxiously
asked. "If I could get a box large
enough for tho purpose."
A man ill with consumption tried to
engage a certain young man as his ser
vant, but failed, because the latter said
he did not want to be valet of tho
shadow of death. Chronicle-Telegraph.
Mrs. Christopher Cross "This is a
firctty time of night for you to come
ionic." Mr. Christopher Cross " 'Sh,
m' dea! Ain't come homo yet. Jcs'
culled I' sliuy y' needn't sit up f me to
night." A fashionable tailor of this city is
making a summer suit from crash towel
ing for one of his customers. One
would imagine that crash would make a
pretty loud suit of clothes. Cvmm rcial
Uu'Utiii.
"How is your husband feeling this
morning, Mrs. Bentley?" "Oh, doctor, I
don't know. Ho quarreled with me and
threw a teaspoon at the baby because it
cried." "Ah, favorable symptoms! Ho
is getting better." Judge.
"An exchange says the intelligence,
"Hats blocked while you wait," fre
quently stares you in tho face on tho
line of tlio elevated railroad. It isn't ns
common as cars blocked whilo you wait,
however. Yonkem Statesman.
Mrs. Delia Creme (wearily) "I know
everything we cut is adulterated, but
what can we do, Reginald I Wo must
trust our grocer." Mr. liegiuuld Cremo
(drearily i "Ah, yes, Delia, very true;
nnd if oh, if our grocer would only
trust unV'TiJ-Jlits.
Meiriman "Did you hear that the
Locks and Canals Company had threat
ened to bring suit for damages against
tlio Vesper Boat Club?'' Craves "No!
Is thut so? What have the boys been
doing;" Merriiuuu "Pulling up the
liver." ore Citizen.
Charles "Mamma, to-day tho teacher
praised me." "Did he? What did he
say to you-'' "Well, ho didn't exactly
say much to me, but ho said to my scat
mate: 'Vou aro the greatest good-for-nothiug
in tho whole class. I even
tl. ink more of Charles than of you.'"
t'lirgemle j'rf r.
"It is a curious thing in public life,"
said Wiggins, as he luid his newspaper
on the tabic, "that a wiudy, loud
mouthed impostor often succeeds, while
men of greut merit are passeil over."
"Not at nl1," replied llobley," "it's the
most natural thing iu the world to put
the blower before the gruto."'
"In co'irt," slid tlia card on tlio lawyer
door;
"Hack in ten minuter," on many mor.-;
'(ioue to til" hospital,'' ua the tttK'tor's slato;
I in unotlier, sit down und wait;''
"lion' to iht baiiU," on the notary's sign;
"Arbitration," Unit young clerk of mine.;
"li.afk soon," on the. broker's Omik;
'Colle 'lin rents," uu my u'eiit hook.
They weia ait too buy, a mutter quite new.
Very sorry wuj I, I bud nothing to do;
Then 1 h'ed me henee to the busebull ground,
Aud every man on the grand ktaud found.