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THE TOREST REPUBLICAN
li nkJl.neo' Trj Wdnsdy, by
J. E. WENK.
OU!o in Smexubaugu & Co.' Building
ELM ITRXET, TIONK8TA, Pa.
I. BO per Year.
No nhMrlpllort received for
t shorter prriiid
thn Him monuii.
CMrrwiioiiflwnce fOilcHM from nil mi
munir. No nolle will b Uka of t
rt of the
anonymous
"wmtiDunKftttoiul.
Mo Edison, llio great Inventor, lias
hirncil hisnttcntion to tlio construction
f a practical flying machine.
Tlio American Pence Society, of which
Edward B. Tohey 1ms been ro elected
President, 1ms a fund of if 7, 800, nnd ita
.ii nibtTship is Incroadng.
Ten Presidents have been renominated
. .r ofilce, and of theso threo were dc
drd, the unlucky onc being the two
;uumc nnd Martin YunJiurcn.
A slatue of John P. Ilnle, who wns
uted ns a spy by tho British during
devolution, in to bo erected in the
"J of the State House at Coucrd,
-'. II. "
'tis proposed in the City, of Mexico
it tUero be an exposition for handsome
! next winter. Tho prize suggested
i bo a good husband and a "dot'' ol
0,000.
.More cut flowcri mo now used in this
;!ritry than in any other, nnd there are
ilably mora (lowers u-cd in New Yo;k
ui in London, with a population four
lies as grout.
I ho population of Canada is loss than
nit of tho State of New York; nnd jot
ii!o New York has a debt of only
-ut J7,OU0,0U, Canada has q debt ol
:rly $J40,0U0,0'J0.
youthful applicant for graduation
Lexington, Ky., being asked tho other
: "What (Vei history teach?" an
red: "That tho I'nited States no .el
been whipped nnd neicrwill be."
a Kcv. Father Tolten, of Quincy,
is tlio only co'ored Catholic priest in
Suited Stutoi. IIj was born in
y. ' 1 Io speaks sevcial languages
highly regarded by tlio clergy.
O'itcll, tho French satirist, on
back to England, declared that
ui higher cla.ses of Amerieau fo
U'oio U moic culturennd amiability
in any other country in tho world.-'
i French aro acknowledged to have
. jst guns and projectiles in Europe.
Fcrminy shell has been shot
;1 nn anno.- plate twenty inches
, end coins out with its steel poiut
ii urcd.
.S n experimental cattlo farm is to bo
a ti;d in Franco by the French Uovcr.i-
it. A commission, consisting of the
rtors of agriculture, horse breeding
1 other experts, has secured oUO acres
ic operated on.
. ., a
( ho C hicngo Ncirl h is c-tablished a
d of f 10,(100, tlio incoiuo of which is
e given yearly (in medals) to the
-.Is in tho evciul publ.c schools ol
i own writing thj best composition
T.itriotim."
i v. Edward
Jmls.in, pastor of the
in linMist
lib!! iuf
bur. h, New Yor'.t City,
) ru'so funds for the
irial church in that
mirniu Judson, first
and founder ol
jr
v!iit:ai
as iu
in iMrniiH. 1 lie Bum re-
trcd
000.
Tho rabbit pest in New Zealand is
I to bo constantly increasing in sc
ii'ucss in spite of thepersistent efforts
i io by tho (iovernineut and tho farm
i to eradicate it. They reduce, it is
li.-Thc Reding capacity of tho land
Vno third, while tho fleeces of tho sin en
have decreased from 110 to 10 per cent.
Jt is hoped that the increase in the pop
ulation and the cu tivation of the coun
try will drive out the pests in time.
Tho gradual destruction of our forest
leads l'rafcssor Foster to mnko the pre
diction that in ."O'J years this country
will be a desert, and iuimonso sand
storms will be playing ovor the region
where abundant crops are now produced.
Tho Atliiitt Ci'HtUntion thinks tho Pro
fessor may bo mistaken. Tho growing
interest in forestry miikcM it probable
that iu tho future a tree will bo planted
to take tlio place of every one that is cut
down.
Speaking of the rudeness and incon
venience to which pusscngcra, and
especially ladies, are subjected iu
crowded street cars, tho New York 1'rcxi
suggests tlio construction of street can
without auy seats nt all. The passengers
would then bo oil nn equality of dis
comfort. No complaints would be made
about tho refusal of men to give up theii
seats to ladies. All would have to stand,
and the accommodations would be
equally shared.
Trades Unions iu China are very con.
scrvutive, declares .lames Pnyu in tho
IikIcch le.it, und those who break their
unwritten laws are treated wi'.h greatci
severity thau even with us. Iustead of
being boycotted, or blown up with gun
powder, tho offenders, it seems, are
bitten to death. At Soochow, I read,
this punishment was inflicted the other
day on a member of tho gold-leaf craft,
for taking more thau one apprentice at a
time. Ono hundred and twenty-three
members had a bito nt him. These
institutions boast, not without reason,
that none of the "brethren" ever comu it
a sscoud offense; from which c rcum
stance it is supposed the proverb las
arisen; '0uce bit, twice shy."
Forest
VOL. XXI. NO. 15.
A COMPARISON,
I'd ntther lay here among the treos,
With the Rlngln' birds nn' tho bura'lnboca,
A-knowin' tliot I can do ns 1 please,
Than to live what folk call a life of easo,
Vp tliar in the city.
For I really don't 'znctly understnn'
Where the com fort is fer any man
In wnlkhf hot bricks nnd usln1 a fnn,
An' enjoy in' himself as ho fays he can,
l'p thar In the city.
It's kinder lonesoino. meblw you'll say
A-livin' out here day after dny,
In this kinder easy, careless way,
Hut an hour out hi re is lietter'n a day
ll thar in the city.
As for thnt, jus' look at the Mowers aroun'
A-ncepin' their heads up allovor the groun',
An' tho fruit auondin' the tree way down,
You don't tlnd such things as these in town,
Or ruther in the city.
A I said nfore, suc h things as theso,
Tho flowers, the birds an' the buiii'lebecs,
An' a liviu' out here among the trees,
Where you can take your ease an' do as you
phaso.
Makes it better'n th; city.
Now, all the talk don't 'mount to snulf,
'Itout this kinder life a belli' rough,
An' I'm sure it's plenty good enough.
An' 'tween you an' me 'taint half as tough
As livin' in the city.
James Wltitcomb Hilcy.
AN EVIL SPIRIT.
IIT C.KOIUIK D. 81'AUKf).
I received one morning, a year or so
ago, nn invitation from an old s hool
mato whom I had not seen since leaving
college, to crime and dine with hiui at
his residence on Statcn Island.
Alfred Macray and I had been good
though not intimate friends at college.
Macray was hardly tho sort of a man
you could make a chiiin of; yet for all
that we enjoyed each other's society.
After the gates of our beloved Alma
Mater had closed behii d us, our paths
had diverged. At first I wauled to try
literature, but tho deiro did not last
long; I gave it up nnd drifted into com
mercial life. In fact I was at present
holding a scat in one of the Exchanges.
As fyr Alfred Macray his course had
been very different. After graduation
lie had been elected to fill a fellowship
in letters in bis Alma Muter; after hold
ing the fellowship a year ho hud gono
abroad to stu ly and hail remained ever
tinco. lie had only published one vol
ume as yet. It was ou some literary
topic, "Studies in tlio lienaissance," I
think it was. I had bought the book,
for the author's name on tho cover.
Whether my yenis spent in commercial
pursuits had dulled my sense of literary
perception 1 do not know, but I remem
ber yawning over the book, although I
made it a point to tell all my friends
that it was beautifully written. While
Macray was abroad 1 had been told that
be hail come into a fortune, but that was
ail I had beard of him for more thau five,
years. 1 took up the letter of invitation
and re-read it :
"We have innvod to Staton Island. I do
not know whether you have liuinl of my
iiiRrriagn or not. I liuvo been marrie 1 now
over a year. I met her first in lloidellierg
two years ago. Hu is a Uiiitonian She whs
a Miss (.'leigh'on. 1 have chosen K'aleu lsl
fiu I liec ill e il is ipiiet mil it is neiir New
York. 1 have brought with me from abroad
a larpe amount of iiiiitei'ial which, when 1
have tuuu, I am goin to w ork into a book,"
etc. , etc.
I made up my mind to go, and sitting
down nt once wrote a letter accepting
tho invitation for tlio following evening,
As I stepped out on the p.ntform ot
tho Statcn Island Kai road tho next
evening, 1 saw a tall figure, which 1 rec
ognized at once as Alacrity. We wero
soon shaking hands warmly; then ho led
tno to his cairiugo and we drove rapidly
to his house.
I found my friend more fascinating
than ever. 1 had always admired him,
but now ficsh from years spent abroad,
nfter having mingled with all sorts and
conditions of men, he was to uie quite
irresistible.
We were a gool half hour in the car
riage before we entered the orive to
Uurnver House.
'We wiro warmly welcomed by Mrs.
Maci ay. I toilless 1 had been anxious
to meet her, for I kucw Macray was very
fastidious.
Hie was slightly nbove tho medium
height with a very pretty figure, dark
h lir and brown eyes. Her manners were
charming, but then no one could reside
g Willi Macray without insensibly ac-
iTuriug that characteristic.
After dinner, Vacray and I lingered
over our cigars, ta king over our old
college days. Finally at Macray' sug
gestion we ad'ourned to tho library. H
had originally bcen.l was told, an artist's
s uilio, the principal light coining from
above; but there were also windows ou
two sides. There was au enormous tiro
place, with logs ready to be lighted, ami
easy t-hiiii were scattered about; several
beautiful paintings hung on the walls,
with here und there a delicate etching;
and as for books, they were everywhere.
A true book lover's paradise! Macray
and 1 were so busy looking at his
"bi autiej," as ho called his books, thut
we did not hear a slight step.
"May I come iu?"
"Ah. Madge, is it you? It is too bad
to have neglected you; but you know
w hen I get among my books 1 generully
forget everything cKc."
"Yes, I am getting decidedly jealous
of them," said his wife.
"Well, Madge, we'll join you in just
two minutes. 1 must show Jack thut
Cruikshank I picked up in London."
"Only thnt one, remember," ami she
left us.
Macray had taken down a small port
folio and was showing me a sketch by
that illimitable caricaturist in his best
manner. It was that of a parish beadle.
he must have been the original of .Mr.
liumble looking at somu small boys
who had unfortunately dropped a marble
during service iu church. I remember
laughing heartily ut tlio wonderful ex-pie-siun
iu the eyes of the beadle; the
artist had thrown into them a whole
world of comicality. Not hearing Mac
ray speak for a few moments I looked at
him und was surprised and shocked to
tea that his fine was blanched and with
the hardest look of despair on it that I
ever inw. He had withdrawn a foot or
so from mo und bad the appeal auce of
listening. I was on the poiut of uskiug
him if lie was ill, when I heard steps in
the outer hull and an odd whee.ing
sound us it somebody had tho asthui.
TIONESTA, TA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1888. S1.50 PER ANNUM.
Tlio door was presently pushed open and
an old settler crawiou into mo room.
Tlio noiso was now explained it was
the old (log. I agaiolouked at Macray ;
the look of despair had faded out of his
countenance and he was onco more him
self. "That is a capital illustration of
Cruikshank's genius, is it not'f" he said,
coming hastily to mo.
"it is so," 1 replied.
Just then wo heard music, and tuch
music.
" It is Madge, playing. Come," and
his faro was aglow with emotion. 'Ye
will inin her." AVo did so.
' If there is one thin , Mrs. Macray, I
shall insist upon, it is that my wi c shall
bo ablo to play on tho piano," I said,
when she had finished a pieco by Rubin
stein. " You nre right, old boy," said Mac
ray. "I uo not tliuiK l count exist
without music; ono need it almost as
much as meat and drink."
Wo talked bite into the night; but all
gatherings must break up sometime,
and at half-past twelve I followed Mac
ray to my room. It was on the second
story only a short distance from the
one occupied by himself.
Feeling very tired, I hastily undressed
nnd went to b.d. It did not take long
for roe to pass into the land of dreams.
I was nwakened by a heavy weight
pressing on my chest. Half awake, I
tried to push tho something away, when
my hand was seized and bitten. Housed
into full consciousness by tho pain, I
put forth all my trei;gth, and threw tho
something off the bed and scrambled to
tho l oor. Uy the aid of the moonlight
1 saw that my unknown assailant was
not souiii gigantic moukcy, as 1 had sus
pected, but a small, undersized man.
"Who are vou?" I said, "nnd what
devil's game nro yon playing with me?"
There was no answer; but a hissing as
of a kettle boiling over came from be
tween his teeth. I had but lately feen
"Dr. Jckyllnnd Mr. Hyde," and visions
of the latter came vividly to my mind.
I managed to reach the table and to
light a audio. At this tho man, with
some incoherent gibberish, rushed at mo.
I had thought I was strong, but,
whether owing to the terror of the situa
tion or what, this tiend incarnate
had mo by tho throat, and was
oh, help! killing niel I remember
struggling and writhing, but all to no
purpose; and then a choking, burning
sensation, and then all was a blank.
When I came to I found I was once
more in bed. The candle wns still
lighted, and I saw Macray sitting on a
chair near mo with his head buried in his
hands. A slight movement on my part
caused him to start.
"Are you better, old fellow?''
"Yes," I answered; "it is gone?"
He seemed to understand, for ho (aid
imply, "Yes."
"What or who was it?" "
"I will tell you everything to-morrow;
hnd you not better wait?" replied Mac
ray.
"No; tell mo now. I am all right. I
think, though I had a pretty tight
squeeze."
"It was my brother Charles who
attacked you. II is a strange story, and
I will not nsk you to believe it. Some
livo years ago Chnrley was iu business
nnd had a ho ne of his own. One dny
hu told his wife ho had to go to Cin
cinnati. The nature of his business re
quired him to go qu'te often on short
t ips to the neighboring cities.
I This time
no was abdcut aonuc
W hen ho got back
a week.
he hud not the slightest idea where he
had been, nor could he give nny account
of his movements siuco leaving New
York. Ho said he could only remember
traveling a good deal on tho. cars. To
me and his wife he admitted (although
he could not at all explain it) that he felt
he hsd suffered some harm; but of what
nature he could not say. This went on
for a year, when in tho same week pre
cisely, as a year before, he had an attack
of insanity, which lasted just a week and
lefthiiu perfectly sensible; yet very much
exhausted. Fortunately this first attack
0 curred wdicn ho was alone with me ou
a tishicg excursion in the mountain.
What I had to endure that week no one
can imagine, and no ono will ever know.
Well, this has gono ou for scveial years.
The mysterious attack always comes ou
in that particular week of tho year. The
doctors declare it is not insanity ; in fact
1 can get no definite answer as to w hat
is the matter with my brother. Charley
has always had n morbid fear of an in
sane asylum, so I promised him always to
take cure of him (luring that paiticulur
week in tho year. So secretly has the
mutter been kept from tho public that
not even his own wifo knows of it. You,
and one or two doctors to whom
I have introduced my brother
us a stranger, aie tho only ones that have
seen Charley in one of his tits, or what
ever you like to cull them. I have al
ways had a taste for carpentering and I
have titted up tho room directly above
yours for hiui. Last night he managed
to escape out of the window, and thus
got into your room. It was most fortu
nate thnt 1 arrived when I did, for in an
other moment he would have strangled
you. However, there is no need of
further alurm. I saw him safely into his
strong room, with no possibility of an
other csc ipo. If you like it, we will go
and see him. 1 think thut would be the
best means to settle your nerves."
1 thought so myself, so we went. Al
though tho room was directly above
mine, we had to walk quite a distance
through an upper hall before we came to
it. Mopping at a heavily-barred door,
Macruy after unlocking an uppi'r and
lewer lock, drew out a long ttiin key,
with which he finally opened the door.
"Are you not nfruid to go iui" I
asked.
"oh, no, he always seems to know
me."
Holding a lighted candle, we entered.
At first I saw nothing of my late in
truder; but heavy stertorous breathing
led us to where he lay in front of a
thickly-burred window. We lifted him
up and carried him to a small iron bed
stead. The (audio light full on his face,
which was u repulsivo ono with a savage
scowl still lingering ou it. His hair was
thickly matted.
After standing a moment, Macray said:
"Oomc, we will have a glass of some-
th'ng. I see your nerves are shaken a
b t. Look out or you will drop thut
candle."
Of course, Jack," continued Macray,
when we werg downstairs, "you wilj
REPURLI
never mention what you have seen
to any one. I!y the way, old I'ompcy
gave me a big fright to-night: I
thought it was Charley.' 1
"Yes, I noticed it, I thought you were
ill," I answered.
"Do you know what I think the matter
with Charley is? It is this; that ho is
tormented by nn evil spirit that nt certain
times nnd seasons enters into his body
and takes possession of it. You mny
have noticed the large number of books
I have in my library devoted to the sub
ject. We read thnt there were many in
tho old days possessed witu uevus ana
unclean spirits. Why could not thnt be
the ense to day? Nothing else to my
mind will satisfactorily explain my
brother's trouble."
After tho exciting scenes I had just
witnessed, I could but nmiwcr: "I think
so too."
Some two or thrco weeks later, I was
again nsked to visit Staten Island.
Among those whom I met wns Charles
Mncrnv, and his clever wife. I could
hardly bring mysolf to acknowledge that
the man who sat opposite to me at dinner,
and who by his brilliant conversation
held the entire table, was the same who
had attacked me in the dead of night
only a few weeks before. And yet It
was tho same, nnd as I continued to
look, I recognized some of the character
istics of the first face.
A half amused smilo was playing about
my host's face. His eyes met mine and
they seemed to sny: "Have I not spoken
the truth about my brother! Is it not
as 1 saui I"
Tho next morning in the city, before
wo finally separated. Macray turned to
me and said :
"Ja V.do vou realize now that Shake
speare was right when ho said that there
nre more things in neuven anu eariu,
than are dreamt of in our philosophy?
"ood-bye," and ho was gone. The
hiioch.
The Met linn Um or the Heart.
In tho human subject the average
rapidity of the cardioc pulsation of an
adult male is about seventy beats pel
minute. These beats are more frequent
as a rule in young children and in
women, and there are variations within
certain limits in particular persons,
owing to peculiarities of organization.
It would not necessarily bo an abnormal
sign to find iu somo particular individ
uals the habitual frequency of the
heart's action from sixty to sixty-five ot
seventy five ta eighty per minute. A a
rule the heart's action is slower and
moro powerful in fully developed and
muscular organi'.ntious,. nnd more rap:d
and feebler in those of slighter form. In
animals the range is from twenty five to
forty-five in tho cold blooded and fifty
upward in the warm-blooded animals,
except in the case of a horse, which has
a very slow heart beat only forty strokes
a minute.
The pulsations of men and animals
differ with the sea level also. The work
of a healthy human heart has been
shown to equal the teat of raising tons
4 hundred weight 1 foot per hour, or 133
tons in twenty four hours. Tho excesi
of this work under alcohol in varying
qu.tutities is of ten very great. Acuriou
calculation has been made by Dr. Hich
ardson, giving the work of the heart in
mileage. Presuming that the blood wai
throw'n out of the heart at ench pulsation
irt the proportion of (ill strokes a minute,
and at the assumed force of 0 feet, the
mileage of tho blood through the body
might be taken nt 207 yards per minute,
7 miles nn hour, 1G8 miles per day, 01,
320 miles per year, or 5,150,ist)t) miles in
a lifetime of eighty-fours years. The
number of beats of the heart in the same
long life would reach the grand total ol
2,800,770,000. Meilb-a', World.
Music Keciiuciled Them.
The Spanish and Indian Californians
were passionately fond of music. All
the men could make shoes and play the
guitar and every woman could jog
Spanish songs to her own accompani
ment. Bancroft, in his "California
Pastoral," tells how the people, after the
conquest of the country by tho I nited
States, were reconciled to the new rule
by music.
Tho California!! wero invited to re
turn to their homes and resume their
usual occupations. Proclamations. which
promised protection of their persons and
property wero placarded in the towns,
but they would not tome out of their
hiding places.
Tho commodore, whose naval force
had helped to comiucr tho country, was
at Los Angeles, and, meeting Captain
Phelps, an old trader on the coast, re
quested his help.
"Commodore," replied the captain,
"you have a Hue baud on your ship, and
such a thing wns never before iu this
county. Let it play one hour in the
pi iiza each day at sunset, nnd I assure
you it will do more towurd reconciling
the people than all your proclamations,
which few of them can read."
Tho captain's suggestion was adopted.
At first tho children camo forth and
peeped round tho corners of the houses.
A few lively tunes brought out the vivas
of the older ones, nnd before the band
ceased playing they wero surrounded by
delighted natives.
Tho next afternoon the plaza was
thronged with the people of tho town
nnd with ranchmen from a distance, w ho,
having heard of tho wonderful band, had
riddeu in. The old priest of the mission
of t au Gabriel, as he sat by the church
door opposite the plaza, listening to tho
musi ', was Introduced to several of the
noval ollicers.
"1 have not heard a bund," aid the
old man, "siuce I left Spain over fifty
years ago. Ah! that music will do
more service iu the conquest of Cali
fornia than a thousand bayonets."
Yviith'i t'om;ianion.
k Teapot Monomaniac.
Thcro was at Palatka, Florida, re
cently a man of about forty wiuters,
who was an object of pity, and yet with
all thut was somewhat amusing. He
was sane on all subjects but ono, at
times imagining himself a teapot. H
could put himselt into tho shape of a
teapot by rounding ono arm to represent
the spout and the other to represent tho
haudlo. While in that shape he becamt
very uneasy if anyone camo near, fearing
they would break off the ban lie or spout.
He would not speak, but would make s
danger signal with his mouth to re pro
sent the escaping steam. Theu he would
walk around, sway to and fro among
those about him, fully satisfied that ha
was a teapot. A'ttt jfurk O'rajhic,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Moro lloom.
When every nook and corner seems
full, consider the walls. A great manyi
things may bo hung on a strip of wood
runiiingacross your ned room or kucucu
wall, covered from dust by a cnlico cur
lain. Envclopo bags straightened by
ropes or lath strips, may hang anywhere
to hold nprons, collars, hats, newspa
pers, everything. Packing boxes mny
lie placed ono nbove another nnd shelved
nnd curtained, or small ones may bo
padded like ottomans and used for scat
and enscs to hold bed linen or under
clothing. A few yards of bright chintz.
adorns a room wonderfully in the way
of curtains, (hair covers and scrap bags.
Acu Oruaui 1'wayune,
Inexpensive Cream Puff.
Cream puffs, made by the gencrnl re
cipes found in the cook books, nre ex
pensive luxuries. A recipe is here given
which thoe who have used very highly
endorse: Take one cup of cold water and
one half cup of butter and set it on the
stove. When this comes to the boiling
point stir in one cup of flour dry. The
mixture will clenvo from the bottom of
the pan when sufficiently stirred. Then
take from the stove ancTwTren a little cool
so the eggs will not cook, stir in three
eggs, one nt a time, without beating.
Lust of all, add a pieco of salerntus tho
size of a pea, dissolved in a toaspoonful
of milk. Drop on well buttered tins
with a largo spoon, and bake twenty-live
minutes iu a a very hot oven. This rule
makes one dozen very large onc3, or
about fifteen of the usual bakery size.
Do not open the oven door to look at
them in less than twenty minutes. When
the puffs are cool cut a slit in ono side
with the scissors and fill with cream. As
to tho cream filling, almost every cook
has her own favorite way of making it,
somo using flour in its preparation, and
others, com starch, but for tho benefit
of those who are minus any particular
modus operandi the following is very
good: Beat together one egg. one half
cup of su'ar, and thrco tablespnonfuls
of corn starch or flour, stir into it a pint
of boiling milk, stir uutil thick enough;
when cold add tho flavoring. Open the
puffs on the side and put in a spoonful
of the cream. St. Loan Huyings.
How Water Bhoulil Be Cooked,
"Water is ono of the secret of cook
in"." tcntentiously said a well-known
Ne w York chef to a Mail an I .jipren re
porter. "I suppose you mean all food in its
raw state should be washed l"
"Nothing of the kind,'' replied the
artist. "A few cooks understand the
many effects produced by hard and soft
water in cooking vegetables and meat.
If peas and beans, for instance, are
cooked in hard water, containing lime
and gymp-uin, they will not boil tender,
because those substances have a tendency
to harden vegetable caseine. Now,
many vegetables, as onions, boil nearly
tasteless in soft water, bscauso nil the
flavor is boiled out. The addition of
salt o ten checks this, as in tho case of
onions, causing the vegetables to retain
their peculiar flavoring, principles, be
sides such nutritious matter as might be
lost in tho soft water. Somo of the
finest dishes in the world are ruined by
the use of hard water w hen soft is re
quired. It is n scienco that can best be
learned by actual experience in the ca
pacity of assistant chef. It requires a
long apprenticeship nnd a natural apti
tude to become a great cook and to un
derstand water. Now, to extract the
juice of meat to make a broth or soup
soft water, uusaltcd nnd cold nt first, is
the best, for it much moro readily pene
trates the tissue. But for boiling, where
the juices should be retained, bind water
or soft water salted is prcferablo and the
meat should be put in while the wnter is
boiling, so as to close up the pore nt
once. I have two assistants and once a
week I lecture them on the proper use of
hard nnd soft water in cooking certain
dishes. In answer to your facetious ques
tion above 1 will state that not only raw
food should be clean, but that water
goes a long way in keeping a tirat-claa
cuisine iu a healthy sanitary con iitiou.
Ilcclps.
Imitation Ovstkhs. Cut tender veal
in pieces the size of an oyster; then sea
sou well with salt, pepper, and thymo or
mace, and d p in egg, then in cornmeui
or cracker crumbs nud fry.
Fkikd Eon Plant. After peeling
the egg plant cut in slices one-half inch
thick, pepper and salt them, and lay one
slice upon the other, leaving them to
Btuud ten or twelve hours. Drain oil
the liquor, dip in flour und fry brown.
White Winuh Cakk. neat ono nnd
a hnlf cups sugar and two tablespoons
butter to a cream, theu add a cup of
sweet milk, iu which dissolve a teaspoon
of soda, oncegg well beaten, threo cups
sifted flour with two teaspoons of cream
tartar, and a tcaspoou of lemon essence.
Bake in one large or small puns in a
quick oven.
Acid Diunks. Tn warm weather acids
aro not only palatable, but healthful.
The abundance and cheapness of lemons
makes their free uso possible, and much
of tho spring sickness is duo to tho
neglect to use freely such fruit as nature
has provided at that season. J.einonado
makes a better drink for young and old
than tea or coffee too freely used.
Khiihiiii Jam. An English cook
gives the following recipe for it: Peel
und cut up tho rhubarb, boil tiil redu ed
to a pulp with a very little water; allow
one pound of sugar, ono ounce of sweet
almonds, blumiied and chopped, and
half a lemon, cut in slices, to every pound
of pulp; boil lor three-quarter of au
hour or an hour, remove the lemon peel
and put into pots.
PiK-Pi...vr Pi k. Ono cup of stewed
pie plant, ono cup of sugar, yolks of
three eggs, white of one egg, one spoon
ful of butter, melted; lemon to flavor.
Bake in a bottom crust, make a meringue
of the whites of two eggs, put over the
top of the pic and brown lightly iu the
oven. Somo peisons bake the crust
separately, and, ufter cooking the other
ingredients, till the crust.
Ohamib Comi'otk. Orange compoto
is a delicious dessert und is thus made:
Cut orunges and bananas in small pieces,
und to four of each, use thrco fourths of
a cop of w hite sugar, and the grated
riud and juice of one lemon. Arrungo
iu layers iu a glass di-h uud pour over a
sniad quuntity of currant jelly melted.
Serve ice cold with ake, aud regulate
the quantity of sugar by the acidity of
the o: auge.
CAN.
SrOXGlXGINTHE BAHAMAS
AN INDUSTRY OF GREAT IMPORT
ANCE TO THE LAZY ISLANDERS.
How the Protozoans are Canjjht,
Prepared for the Market and
Sold In tlio Nassau Exchange.
Tho marine establishment of tho Ba
hama Islands is almost wholly composed
of "sponging" schooners and sloops.
They are distinguished almost wholly by
the possession of ono or two mnsts. In
size they run as close to each other as the
individual herrings of a school. In in
terior fitting they arc identical. Each
carries a "turtle reservation," a compart
ment in which are housed enough green
turtle to furnish the spongers food for tho
voyage. They come easily for tho catch
ing, and tho rude cooking that is con
sidered sufficient to prcpnre them for tho
tablo would turn the soul of a Hoboken
Turtle Clubito to infinite loathing.
Barring the small 'tween decks thus oc
cupied, the remainder of tho vessel is
devoted to tho storing of sponges and
the tools to get them with.
Take one of these craft when making
its last reach for the port of Nassau,
Now Providence. If she have two mast
strands of sponges nre stretched between
them so thnt they look something like a
nnval vessel en tho general wash day
Sponges nre everywhere. Down under
the bunks in the cabin and piled up on
its floor. On deck forward of tho fore
mast are several dozen. In the yawl and
port bow nre several moro. Sponges of
all sorts are there from the rough grnss
duality to the fine clove nnd wool sponge.
Ttiere aro the Key Yestcrs (the original
sponger must have been a Philadelphinn
judging irom toe suppression oi rue it ),
hedge hogs, vellow sponges, wine
sponges, bouquet, finger, mullet and
even the rare and much sought cup
sponges.
Tho craft is tacking through the Hole
in-the-Wall passage, which leads up to
Nassau s harbor, nud its lrcight repre
sents the lazy labor of sixteen men spread
over the last six weeks, i-acli " strand
connects fifteen or eighteen sponges, and
all of them are seeking a market through
tho English Exchange of the City of
Nassau, N. P.
This alleged Exchange deserves espe
cial mention. AJNew Yorker witn vl
sions of the Wall street and Whitehall
street structures aroused by the name
would probably be sadly disappointed by
personal acquaintance with the greatest
Sponge Exchange on this continent. It
is simply a big shed, destitute of side
walls of any tlescr ption nnd wholly open
to the public. Scattered throughout it
aro piles of sponges strung together in
strands. At nine A. m. tne uroKcrs as
seuiblc. They aro clod in tow linen gar
ments and chip hats. Time is too pleuti
ful to waste much of it on business or
sociability. They merely cast critical
glances over the various piles of sponges.
write down their bids on tabs, carefully
folding the slips nnd depositing them
with the clerk of the Exchange. At
high noon the bids are opened aud com
pared. Tho highest bidder becomes tho
purchaser. This sounds like a rude and
primitive way of doing business, but the
Nassau brokers en joy the reputation of
shrewdness which belongs to men who
cuu bid within two or three cents of each
other ou merchandise worth $100
SiOO.
Off the Neapolitan coast, and in other
seas where the protozoans grow, they are
gathered by diving. The Bahauiaus are
too shrewd or too lazy foruny such nnti
quntcd methods. Possibly it is the clear
water that surrounds tho islands, where
the bottom may be seen nt almost any
depth, that enables them to use the crane
in sponging. J hese are long poles vary
ing from twenty to thirty-eight feet in
leugth, with curved prongs ut ono end.
The prongs detach the sponge from its
coral anchorugo and convey it to the
boat. A water glass a puil with a glass
bottom is used to locate the sponges,
and bv its use the sponge-fisher can (lis
tiuguish his prey from other forms of
marine life at almost any depth. As the
sponges appear on the surface they liuvo
a very unattractive, dirty, purple, livery
sort of a look. They are then washed
rubbed, dried and strung oil strands
which are doused with sea water
three or four times a day.
Every fl.ihiug smack has a "crawl,
which is something like the lish weir
which infests certain fishing grounds in
tho North. Stockades of suplin
bound together with nianila or cocoa
fibre nre submerged, nud in them the
catch is deposited until enough aie col
lected to make a profitable trip to Nas
sau. Sponges aie plentiful down
Nassau at sixty cents u strand.
The trade of the Bahama Islands in
this specialty alone amounts to if ioO, 000,
und beats fruit growing all hollow
Over live r.illion sponges are shipped
thcuco every year. 1 hey servo every
purpose of tho dishcloth iu the Bahama
kitchen, ami the way they are used for
other household purposes would ustouis
the people who arc accustomed to regard
them as a costly luxury. Chair bottoms
nre often cushioned with Key Yestcrs,
and a dainty cup sponge for a ci
holder is nil ever welcome and uuii no
present. A sponge famine in the Ham
uius would be a serious catastrophe.
As long cranes are unwieldy, sponges
more than thirty feet below tho surface aro
generally safe from the efforts of fisher
men. The water in tho Hole-in-the-Wall
passage, a channel dividing the high
ocean plateau of the Bahamas, is deep.
In many places six hundred fathoms of
line have been run out without reaching
bottom. Sponging vessels en route to
Nas.-au aro occasionally wrecked, and
old Abaco salts lire fond of saying that
there are one hundred thou and strands
of sponges "off soundings" iu the pas
sage. ..Y ib York Urtiphic.
A Sculp In the Mail.
The dead letter otlice gets a good
many cuiious articles through the mails,
and the employes who open tho packages
are accustomed to uiauy strange rghis.
The contents of a packago received the
other day, however, takes the lead. It
was the sculp of a w hile woman stretched
out ou u bent willow frame, and frmn
the marks on the puckage tho conclusion
was reai lied thut it was a trophy of some
Indian warrior. The hair was long and
dark, aud the scalp had evidently been
removed hastily, judging from the
jugged edges. It is supposed thut it was
kept as u curiosity. Au effort will le
made to find the owner, uud then,
pro! ably, tho history of the scalp will
to made known. Winhiwjton ifiur.
RATES OF AOVMTIima
On &. ml lack, m lertlo-wJ?.4 1
On Sqnar. on. Inch, on ontk
On 8qnr, on Incn, thrf moBtkl..
On 8qore, on Ineh, on year w "
Two Sqnsro, on year.
Quarter Colnmn, on jmt
Hilf Colnmn, on year W
On Colnmn. on yr
Leeal dTrtlanU U owfcl F h
MrUoa.
M arrUf 4 teat k ntloe tr-
All WD for yearly dTrtlMwBt eolle4
ttrij. Temporary dTrtliMl must iU 1
4TU0.
Job work cask llr ry.
BE BRAVE, MY HEART.
Be brave, my heart, through every ill
That cruel Fete to thee doth send,
To every struggle comes an end,
And so to thine there surely will. ,
Be brave, my heart, remember all
The brave henrts that have lived before
Their hard fought combaU now are o'er
No more thoy start at trumpet call.
Be brave, my heart thy battles fight s
With steady nerve, unfalt ring hand, ,
And hope that thou the promised land
May one day view from some far height.
Be brave, my heart, and shoulds't ttaott know
Thyself defeated done to death
Be brave be brave till thy last breath
And die thy face turned toward the foe.
Edtth Sessions l upper.
HUMOR OF THE DAY. .
Maid to order A servant girl.
The man with twins is deucedly happy.
How to make the most of yourself Pad.
A sonny retreat A boy's orphan asy
lum.
A crown jewel The bump of con
sistency.
In Boston the horse-fiddle is called the
"equine violin."
The topmost crag is a soar spot for tho
American eagle.
A middle man appears to be a centtal
figure in trade circles.
When an aeronaut smokes in hi bal
loon he takes au aerolite.
The greatest hard-ships in the world
are England's ironclads. Ocean.
The Englishman who said thnt hug
ging was "armless " was wrong, av w
armful.
The most successful dentist must ex
pect to run ngainst a snag occasionally.
North icetUru.
A two-vear old boy can be kept quiet
for a minute and a half if you give hiui a
hummer and a miiror.
To write a good story for the public a
man must have a good upper story of his
own. JVcio Orleans IHcayw.
Says the weighing machine to tho
nickel: "Wrhile you'ro round this way
drop in." Detroit Free Press.
A Boston girl attended a cooking school
nnd became so infatuated with the cul
inary art that she married a supe.
Fortunately for the esteem of tho rest
of mankind doctors aro not half as wise,
as they look. ndiunapolis Journal.
Funny, isn't it, that after a man has
once given his word he should try so
hard to keep it. Si. Mans Messenger.
Did it ever occur to you that, although
the bass drum don't make good music, it
drowns a heap of bad? Toledo Jiladt.
The Chicago girl's foot has disappeared
from the paragraph column and there i
a mighty big hole to till. BMon Courier,
Our Congressmen are worthy souls,
With more or less of lustre;
They may not till a long-felt want,
But they can liliouster
Mercury.
History repeats itself over and over.
We often hear of the seaman who is Able
being knocked out by a hurri-Cane.
Ocean.
It is ono of tho peculiarities of things
in general that tho freshest men gener
ally tell the stalest stories. Umjor Com
mercial. Thcro are fow things in lifo more
touching than the umbrella of an aver
age citizen in the art gallery. Barling
ton Free J'res:
Out West a liinburger cheese trust hn
been formed. There' a trust that cer
tainly will be in bad odor with the peo
ple. Toledo Blade.
The ros i is blooming in th glade,
Wherein the lily nods;
And Patrick, with a Bhining spade,
Is whacking down the sods.
Siftings.
If all men knew as much as most mea
think they know, tho encyclopedia peo
ple would be driven out of tho business.
SomercilU Journal.
The two Indianapolis militiamen who
wouldn't pay for their street-car ride
doubtless consider that the brave deserve
the fare. Vox r'ur-Journal,
Wife (dub night) "Will you be homo
eaily to nignt, John?" Husband
"Ye'es, I think so, but don't keep break
fast waiting for mo." Nita York tsun.
A cynic says: "If the ancient be
lieved the earth was square they never
could havo got the idea from tho deal
ings of its inhabitants with each other."
A man can master the free lunch route,
And a man can curry the banner,
But he can't mit the rip iu his Munday coat,
liucauM he isu't built in that manner.
Ai York Mrrcury.
Pbasasius (poking his head in at tha
nursery door) "Hulloa I What's going
on in here, now?" l.nvina (wh) is dress
ing their little one' feet) "Baby's sock,
papa." 1) troit Free Frist.
There is uo Spanish Cabinet, the Min
isters having resigned. This crisis occur
at nn unfortunate period, as the King i
extremely busy teething just now, and
cannot bo interested in State mutters.
Ho lies er W- Enures.
"Don't you wng?" inquired the musical
voung ladv of the now arrival at the
hotel; " why, how stupid of you!" "It
you'd cvor heard me try," said the young
inan, with an accent of conviction, "you d
tliink it was everlasting imuft of me. "
When Arthur was a very small boy hi
mother reprimanded him one day for
some misdemeanor. Not knowing it, hi
father began to talk to him on the sumo
subject. Looking up in his face, Arthur
jiiid solemnly : "'.My mother has 'teuded
to uie."
Together they dined and he bored her with
Mihs,
With bashful advances and dull sheepish
eyes :
They dined upon quail, and shuswears by the
IlllKUl,
She'll not dine again iiKn quail wltha 6poon
"Doctor (who bus been tuking a dis
pensary patient's temperature) "Now,
my good women, how do you leel;"
1 atieut (eyeing tho thermometer with
considerable awe) "Much better, thank
ye. Sure an' that's a wonderful thing
that'll help a body so quick '."Jitdje.
After a peison has a fountain pen
kicked endwise through his chest by the
animal to which ho has awarded tha
prize, and later on has his features
worked up into a gibbet-pie by the owner
of tlio annual to whom he did not award
the prize, he does not ask for further
pulilio recognition at the hand of hi
fellow-farmer. Z'te World.