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VOL. XXI. NO. 16. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1888. S1.50 PEH ANNUM.
Alining operations in mcial nnd conl
novo begun with great eucrgy in China.
The lumber used in John Brown's gal
v low is still preserved In Harper's Ferry,
and tho owner wants $1")00 for it.
Alines of mica, said to bemoro profita
ble than gold, are now in rourso of largo
development near Moscow, Idaho.
Tho terms of twenty-six I'd i ted States
Brnators thirteen Democrats and thir
teen He-publicans will cxpiro next
March.
n is statcMl that thero are 000,000 men
: Slnois between the ages of sixteen
ud forty, of whom .Vm, OOi) arc not mem
bers of tho Evangelical churches.
Tho announcement is mado that the
I'.ltish Empire is about to annex a largo
"ction of Central Africa containing a
pulation of 1-', 00 J, 000 and great tiado
ossibilitics.
Two dogs have been decorate! for
iravory and fidelity by tho Society for
im Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in
i'aris. - Ono saved its mistress from a
lirglar, end tho other its mister's child
ivoin drowning.
-
John Johnson, of New Hampshire,
ive $11,00) in cash out of his pocket
vrt yoars ago for a Fourth of July celo
i utiou at Concord. It was a big one
d a grand ono, and he has been at
irk on a farm for $18 per mouth ever
iCC.
Georgia's Commissioner of Agrioul
Henderson, thinks that the Span
peanut will revolutionize the State's
l aadry, ns by moans of it the farmers
raise cheaply moro tin i all the meat
He, and for which they now se.id
ins to the Northwest.
'.lis is Presidential year in several
. icm republics besides tho I'nitcd
s. Mexico will soon have its Presi-
, ,d election, nnd Ceuernl Diaz will
looted for a third term. Ecuador.
had its elect'on; sj has Venezuela.
via also c'c.Mcd a president recently,
supposed to have done so.
. Alphonso I onomaiid, a French en
r residing in Cri aba, Mexico, has
cded In making of g.irapo, the
ieutod cane juice, u red wiuo in imi-
")U of Bordeaux", a white wino resem-
ing Sautcrne, and a species of cognac,
lichif developed promises an impor
t industry in tho future for the :tatc.
it appears that besides having ships
h no guns, England has cavalrymen
'i no horses. Fr example, tho Third
intent of Household Cavalry has but
horses for t ::' men, nnd 17,00)
rooii8 and hussars havo but 10,
liorscs. In the German army tho
1 proportion is 1000 horses to TO)
new Stato is abmt to bo admitted
(he sisterhood of nations. Letters
lit have been granted t "The Brit
Must Africau Company," giving them
i power to erect and maintain a gov
oieiit, with taxes ami army. It lies
of tho (ierman East Africau Soci
,. , near Zanzibar, nnil iucludcs come of
fiuost land in Central Africa.
"Greece is lamenting tlu sad fato of
famous briguud chief, Nico," says the
ow.York S'in, "who, with nine of his
aUjitt,- has ju-t been killed in a tight with
soldiers. Nico's boit known exploit was
tho capture, a few years ago, of Colonel
Stager, iot whom ho obtained a ransom
of fS0,0o0. Wnco then tourists havo
lucn shy, and civilization has advanced
in Greece, so that Xico's life of Uto has
not bceu all beer and skittles."
Tiic railways cf tho United States, if
placed continuously, would reach 'more
than half-way to . tho moon, Thomas
Curtis Clarke declares in S-rioiur't
.Vaji;ine. Tho'r bridges aloao would
reach from New York to Liverpool.
"Notwithstanding tho number cf neci,
dents, we reatl cf in the da ly papers,
statistics sh w that less persons are
killed annually on railways than arc
killed annually by fatliu out of wiu
dows. Tho commercial "travelers of th's
country now number over 2j0,O00, and
leaeh in their j.mrneyiiigs every town
nnd hamlet in this count y ; they uro the
greatest distributers cf goods, shipping
about :i00,000,coo tons out of 400,000,
000 tons now carried yearly I y tho rail
roads, aud they spend over f l,?."i0,000
per day, or ablut ")8-J,l'0?,O0t per
ttavcliug year of nino months, which is
distributed among tho carriers, hotels,
shop keepers and producers.
Iudian slavery is said by the New
rk JSmi, to have rrjdaccd African
slavery in Bia.il. Mr. Wells, a great
Ilraz'diaa traveler, says that "in tho
wildest regions of the tributariis of the
Aua.ons bands of India-rubber gather
ers carry on an iniquitous tratlic with
many Judiati tribes, from whom they
acquire captives from other tribes. The
lawlessness of their proceedings is fully
admitted by tho Dra.ilinu Government,
but over the va- t areas in the dUt.iut
regions through which they roam it is
absolutely impossible to maiutaiu any
check over them,"
THE OLD RAIL FENCE.
tiet others In tlielr songs reliearsa
Th beauties thoy may see,
Anil build a monument in versjj
Ho that it fitting- be.
But I will raise ray voles to sing
A fact without pretenee.
That much despised old fashioned thing,
The homely old rail fence.
What would our dreams of childhood lie
H ithotit its ftiKtag path
And there what Honors we used to see
I'eforo the aftermath!
The fields are there; like grass ablaze
Tho 11rewel flaunt from thenee, t
But almost gone from out our gaze
Wo find the old rail fence.
Th rapid march of progress has
Kriisi d the landmarks old;
It is to day a thing that was,
A story that is told
The pruning knife of Time has cui, '
With energy intensa,
Willi other childhood relics, out
The honored old rail fence.
It w as the squirrel's safe retreat;
The chipmunk's chattering oft -.
Hade us advaii"e with hurrying foot
Where he was ercliil aloft.
Thero Nature stored hor wtmlth away,
And oft we carried thenoe
A thousand jewels in a day,
Found by tho old rail fence.
Arbutus, mullein, goldnn rod,
Kelt its projecting care,
And though with hands full homo we trod,
We hail a world to sparo.
Lifu gives, I kno.v, so much to-day
Tho pait to recompense,
But with swewt niemorlos laid away
I keep tho old rail fence.
.4mfn'ca.
".MISSUS."
BY KATE A. IIKADI.KT.
"I say, Missus, d'ye want onythin'
from tho storcf I'm goin' to town to git
th' mare shod agin the phnvin' tcmoncr."
".Missus" looked scornfully over tho
waBhtub at tho shifty, uneasy ligure in
the doorway.
'The mare! Mic's gono with only ono
shoe a good three mouths, nu' no she
must lie shod agin the plowin'! liut
thet's only nn excuse to git with ycr low
cronies iu town, nn' ye mought as well
take thct asanuthi?r, fer ye wilTgo, spito
of nil thct I kin say. Yes," she snapped
as an after-thought, "you kin bring mo
a yard of eight cent ottou unbleached,
mind. Now git out, an' spend the rest
o' ycr moruin' loaliu' round some bar
room." Mrs. Loud, or, as she was more generally
called by her husband and few scattered
neighbors, "Missus," watched him drive
slowly o.T down tho road behind tho
patient mare without takiug her arms
from the suds.
"I'oor, shiftlo-screcturi'tdie muttered ;
"nuthin' but a nuisance ennj way. Ain't
do moro use than a last year's bird's nest.
Whatever I kuni to marry him fori don't
see."
tdie wiped the suds off cither arm with
her thumb and forc limjer.
"Sum Loudi" she called, opening tho
door kharply, "cf you ain't back fer yer
dinner you don't git cutiy here, that's
all."
"Thar!." she exclaimed tifter a few
moments of steady rub-rubbing up and
down over tho board, the rhythmic mo
tion keeping timo to "tin .Ionian's
r'termy Hanks I Maud," which was ruu
uing through htr mind, "Thut lazy
mortal's dean forgot the pail o' wa'er I
told fiim to git half an hour ago. Ef he
never kum back 'twould be a 'tarnal
marcy !"
Sam did not turn Irs head as Missus
launched after liim her parting threat,
'"jt Jefo1''' "lowly O", niusiug to him
self. "Ef Missus 'ud only give a feller a
(banco! rui tin tho mare needs shociu'
bad; an' a man's got to see how things
is in town sometimes though I can't
never make her see it tb.it way, komo
how. "A yard o' eight-cent cotto '," ho ro
pcated aloud, to lix it more tirmly in his
unstable memory. "An' mebbe I kin
find some little thing to sort o' pa 'fy
lcr, cf so be't as how 1 can git tho mare
shod afore noon. An' I declar' for t ef
I didu't furgit thet pail o' water!"
A man, a stran-er to Ham, -was xvalk
ing along the road a littlo way ahead.
At this point he stopped and looked in
tently up and down tho broad, straight
highway, stretching iu sight for miles
either way.
"tiood d iy, my man," ho said, as Sam
rmnu up to him; "canyon give ma a
lift, as we both seem to be going tho
same xviiyP
"Hcckon I kin.ifyou ain't tew hefty,"
returned ram, cheerfully, pulling up his
horse; "fur a spell, 'sfur 's 1 go.''
The man, from his clothes and man
ner evidently a gentleman, climbed to a
place beside Sam ami listened silently to
that worthy's garrulous conversation.
"Thct little red buildiu' on yer lcf,
stranger." he was just saying, "was
whar I fust lamed ter stic k pins in tho
scliooliuarstor's cheer, and ter "Here
tho man broke in suddenly. "Tell inc.
isn't that a waon on the road a mile or
two back?"
"Thct speck 'way back by Tim Bio
emu's place? It's a xvagin, suro 'uuH,
but it's a good live miles away. You
kin seo it so plain kusu thecr's a hill
thar "
"Isn't this branch road we are just
coming to tho road to Kiugslow?" the
Btianyer asked.
"Sped it be," drawled Sam, regard
ing him xvith slow surprise.
"My man," said his compauion, hur
riedly, "if you will drive with all your
might to Kingslow, I'll give you twenty
dollars if you get me there iulime."
Sam made no reply.
"If twenty isn't enough, I'll make it
forty," said tho inau, watching t-am'.s
tu c an xiously.
"(ih, 'tain't the money," said Sam at
last, leisurely, "though I'll allow 'tU
tonic indeuscmciit to a man who's got a
wiio to hum. 'Tain't thet it's why
you're iu secii a 'muziu' hurry all of a
uddint. So, stranger, I don't b'lceve I
kin stand the racket. The boss's only got
une shoe on, au' I prouied Missus ter
be hum fer dinner.''
lo you Sco that speck back there ou
the r.mdr" asked the man, ipiietly.
"Well, that speck is a buggy containing
two coustables. They aro after me for
- pever mind what. Now, my mat), jf
you get mo to Kingdow docks in time
to cntch a boat waiting thero for mo, be
fore those men catch us, I'll givo you
fifty dollnrs. If not "
The alternative was expressed by a
drawn revolver, pointed threateningly at
Sum's blanching face.
He turned the niare'shead into Kings
low road. The minutes and the miles
sped by in silence, the stranger watch
ful, with his fingers closed on the revol
ver, Sam silenly considering his chances
for c-capc from the fato he saw only too
plainly hanging over him; that of arrest
and pcrh i ps imprisonment for helping a
felon e cape the outstretched arm of jus
tice. "And wdiat wouid Missus say!" Sam
groaned.
They were close upon Kingslow when
ho spoke.
"i.ook'co hyar, mister," he said,
"You've gone about fur 'nuff with this
'ere boss an' wagin." And ho began to
draw in tho nearly spent horse. There
was a short struggle, then a pistol ic-
Iiort, and Sam fell backward into the
ody of tho wagon nnd lay motionless.
Slowly nnd gradually tho conscious
ness of earthly things began to return to
Sam's darkened mind. Ho made an ef
fort to turn over and look around him.
"Wha whar bo lr" ho queried
weakly.
"You're two weeks out nt sea, my
henrty, and bound for a six months'
rrubc to China, on the trimmest craft
that sails tho blue,' said a cheery voice
beside him.
"A friend o' yourn shipped you,"
continued the voice, afterward proving
to belong to the kind hearted second
mate, "just after you'd hurt yourself
fooliu' with your revolver. He said
he'd promised you to, 'cause you had a
sick relation or something in China, an'
seeing your nnme was on the books, an'
he furnishiu' plenty o' money for your
nuss n', we had to take you along as
we'd agreed. Now go to sleep, au' you'll
be well before you know it."
Sam had plenty of timo to think out
many knotty problems during the weary
weeks tint followed.
".Mebbe I war a trille shiftin' an' on-casy-likc
for scch a woman as Missus,"
ho said suddenly aloud one day. ' 'F
ever 1 git back, I'm blamed 'f I don't
start a new count thet'll please her. But
won't tho boys open their eyes when they
hear about this!"
When the clock struck one on the day
Mi-sus watched Sam disappear down the
dusty road, she took up her dinner nnd
sat grimly down to her solitary meal.
That finished, true t her word, she
cleared away tho things and went on
with her work.
Evening came, but brought no signs of
the absent ram. When bed time ar
rived ihe rose, shut up the house aud
went wrath ully to bed.
She unlocked the door in the morning,
smiling to herself as she wondered where
Sam hnd spent the night after finding
the house securely fastened nga'nst him.
"He'll be along in plenty time for
breakfast, with another errant ter do in
town shi:llcss crcetur!'' the thought.
About noon a neighbor drove into the
yard behind the old white mare. They
had caught her, h ! said, straying nluno
over Kingslow downs, but Sam was no
where to bo found. The few drops of
blood in the bottom of the wagon, how
ever, hinted at a grave explanation of his
mysterious disappearance, nnd when, a
week later, tho unrecognizable body of a
mnu was discovered a short distance
from where the horso wai found, no room
for doubt was left in any mind, even iu
the most reluctant one of Missus herself.
From tho day that tho fact of Sam's
death became evident to her, she with
drew wholly from the society and sym
pathy of her neighbors, nnd shut herself
up alone with her tiresome aud persis
tent rejections. That one half wish kept
ringing in her aching cars: "Ef lie never
cumrhack; cf he never cjtnback!"
And it was wonderful how great the
number of things she found herself
obliged to do during tho day that Sam,
she remembered now, had unassertingly
done nnd left ready to her hand.
I.'ay after day dragged themselves
slow ly across tho burning blue and dis
appeared in weeks "and months. Tho
nltcrnoon sun lay aslant tho kitchen
floor, where Missus sat knitting sad re
grets iuto her winter's work.
It was easy to see that these months
had mellowed and softened her severe
nature. She was thinking as she had
thought many times before, with, per
haps, a touch moro of self-reproa -h now
in the thought. "Ef I hedu't h.V ben
so ha'sh with him mebbe things would
h i' gone better. A man can't bo tied to
pots au' tubs an' on' one spot a hit
squar', the way u woman kin, au' stay
satisfied, I sposc. Though I never
thought on't thet way then. Ef he could
only kum back now, he,d find things
dillercnl I reckon. An' he might go to
town now an' tbeu in reason."
Footsteps were heard crunching their
way up the xvalk to the kitchen door.
There was a moment's hesitation, then
some one knocked, ami as Missus rote
uncertainly, filled with vague, undefined
expectation, the door was opeued wido
and a man stood iu tho do irway.
"Sam!" was all she said, as sho
stretched out both trembling hands to
ward him, but there was a look of lov
ing joy in her face such si Sam had
never seen before iu ull the davs of his
married lite
".Missus," he stammered, "I I furgot
ter git tho water but I brung the eight
cent cotton!" Detroit Free Vn$a.
Flowers in Icy Prison.
A big bunch of "jacks" and tea rocs
frozen into a cylinder of ice drew the
cyo of many a Broadway rounder to a
suiinv window on the unner rlnltn
Hoses and ico are two good things sel
dom seen iu immediate onjuuetiou.
! The symmetrical ice block was about
I eighteen by ten inches and round as a
mathematician could have wished. It
had evidently been iu a mold which in
! turn had beeu in a patent refrigerator,
and the perfection of the process was
sueli that the (lowers immersed iu the
mold full of water had been frozen solid
before they had a (banco to xvilt. Along
the delicate greet of thestems the ice
needless formed a beautiful fringe, each
ietal had a waxy immobility, and thu
hearts of the buds looked as solid as
marble. AVu York W'urUl.
When you come right down to the
fueU iu the case, it's the loose-tittiug
straw hat that shows which v tho wind
I blows! At.' r it fcc'u.
SELECT SIFTIXGS.
A league is throe miles.
The Astors own 8000 buildings in New
York city.
A day's journey is thirty-three and
one-eighth miles.
A baby has been born In Chicago
weighing jti9t ono pound avoirdupois.
A pound of pennies Is worth A
pounit of five cent pieces is worth
1 15.1.30.
A Now York coroner recently narrow
ly escaped death from sniffing at a bottle
from which a suicide had taken prussh:
acid.
Snow is imitated for theatrical pur
poses by spreading out white cotton,
ever which pulvcii.ed mica has been
strewn.
Baltimore is crowing over her three
carrier pigeons, which flew 300 miles in
a littlo over six hours, and so broko the
record for that distance.
A monster frog swallowed a chicken
at Oconee, Ga , the other day, Bud
seemed to be relishing the bite immense
ly when the owner killed him.
Mr. Dye, of Jcssup, Ga.. has a cow
that is "perfectly hairless throughout
Spring and Summer, and only puts ou her
coat at the beginning of tho Fall.
Among tho descendants of Thomas
I'lantagenct. Duke of Gloucester, fifth
ion of Edward III., was Stephen J.
Penny, who xvas not many years ngo
sexton at St. George, Hanover S puare,
London.
During tho drill of sailors nboard tho
steamer Forest City at Iloston recently,
they ran from a point between decks,
unfastened tho lifeboats and lowered
them into tho water in tho remarkably
quick time of ono miuute and fourteen
seconds.
A novel letter was received by a guest
at a Cleveland hotel the other day from
New York. It was written on a gentle
man's linen cuff, witli the address on
the reverse side. A l-cnt stamp was
attached, and it arrived at its destina
tion the same ns an ordinary pistal card
"Tho name "Jo-Jo," at present
degraded to tho use or theuog-facert boy
of the dime museums, was originally
coined by the popular Swedish ppet,
.lohnnn Jolin (1S18-041, and u?ed by
him as a pseudonym, under which he
composed dramas and conudies for tho
New llieatre of ctockuolm.
Charley Lee, better known as "Whist
line Charlcv." who died in Cincinnati
the other dav, xvas one of the odd char
acters of that city. Although eighty-six
vous old.ho pushed his handcart around
almost to the day of his death, nnd his
shrill xvhiBtle could be heard for a block.
He had a mania for rings and his lingers
were covered xvilli them.
The pretty daughter of a Columbus,
Ohio, preacher is in a bail fix. She l as
eaten pickles until she has dwindled
from two hundred to sixty pounds, fcdio
can no longer eat. Her tong 10 is as
dry nnd hard as a piece ( f leather, nnd
her physic'ans say that tho interior of
her stomach is as hard and smooth as
the surface of polished glass. The young
lady is only sixteen years old.
A lover of tho "curious in numbers"
has arrived at some interesting facts
about Berlin. Tho city has 210 miles
of streets, so that a person might walk
ten days in the capital without retrac
ing his steps. If the 1,400,000 inhabit
ants should inarch in double file they
would form a line nearly 150 milet in
length. If the citizens should determine
to Btart upon a journey at the same time,
all the cars of Germany xvou Id accommo
date but two-thirds of the number.
A resident of Corey, Ohio, owns a
rare curiosity. It is a 1 bill, conti
nental, currency. On it is xvhat is
known as the wild hog seal a crude
cut of a wild hog; while to its left is
tho following: "This bill entitles the
bearer to receive four Spanish-milled
dollars, or the value thereof iu gold or
silver, according to a resolution of Con
gress passed at Philadelphia, February
17, 177ti. Signed, John Howard."
Another signature appears, but it is too
much defaced to bo made out.
Abolishiug Slavery in ttrazil.
The events of the past week in connec
tion with the passage of tho abolition
act have been unusually exciting in
character. There was almost no op
position nnd very little oratoiy, nnd
every vole was attended by the abolition
societies and large numbers of spectators.
Tho Senate decided upon a Sunday
session to pass tho bill, which was at
tended by hundreds of excided, enthus
astic people. The Princess Pegent also
arranged to come .lown from I'etropolis
on the same day to sign thu bill. The
streets of the city were gay xvith bunting,
nnd the news nper o licet of ltua do
Ouvidor were elegantly decorated with
flags and flower. Processions carrying
banners nnd preceded by bauds of music
paraded tho streets, cheering our col
leagues of tho press and giving vivas for
liberty, the imperial family and the
abolition leaders. At II o'clock : M. the
Princess llegent arrived nt tho city
palace, where nn immense crowd had
congregated to sui t tho final act iu the
abolition of Brazilian slavery. 'Ihe
engrossed copy of the law xvas signed at
;!. 1 i i-. M., the princess usiug a pen
richly set xvith diamonds, which xvas
provided fov the occasion by a popular
subscription, lleuewed vivas were giveu
ou the announcement that the act had
become law, und the crowd slowly dis-
iersed. Tho streets, however, remained
nil of people uutil a Into hour of the
night, torchlight processions were organ
ised, and m any ollices and private resid
ences were illuminated. The whole alfair
passed oir xvith perfect order aud good
temper. Ilia ile Jiiif iro JVt'ry.
Chaining a Buy to a I. iom.
Instructions have beeu giveu from
Dublin to tho police to makes inquiries
as to the cases of alleged cruelty against
hand-loom weavers iu the neighborhood
of i.urgau. In the o llcuil report of the
Hand Loom Weavers' Association it was
alleged that a child was chained to tho
loom by his father, .'times Douglass.
Douglass replied to the allegations made
by thu committee, and says: "Having
t.ied every legitimate lueius of restrain
ing Irm without cifect, 1 at last resorted
to tho plau of putting a chain round
each ankle over woolen socks uud fast
ening them by means of a hanging lock
to each oue, so that be could not run be
yond my reach, but 'hey were not
chained together, nor were they fastened
to a loom or anything else lumfoii
FISHING FOR MACKEREL
CUNNINO APPLIANCES FOR EH-
6NARINO THIS WARY FISH.
A Large Proportion of the Food of
Humanity Furnished by this
Rpecles of tbe Tinny Tribe.
The mackerel fishing business of the
American coast cmolovs some two
hundred vessels and 2'(K) men. The an
nual catch ranges from 80,000 to 40(1,000
barrels, and the estimated value of the
fishisfrom $1,00,000to$t,0(H,ii00. Tho
vessels neaily all are built and owned in
New England, and their cruising ground
extends-from thecapesof Virginia to the
gulf of St. Lawrence.
J he usli, winch range in weight from
three pounds downward, make their np
pearance during April, swimming north
ward always in schools and by the third
week In .MBy they make their entrance
into their favorite feeding-grounds in
Massachusetts bay. The more adventur
ous grsdua'ly work their way farther
north, until midsummer finds them in
the cool waters of Mount Desert, the bay
of Fundy, and the St. Lawrence gulf
and not inf reqtiently the cod fishermen on
the banks of Newfoundland see them
breaking the water in their airy, grace
ful fashion. Then begins tho southward
movement and by October the last s hool
has passed Cape Cod, and the fishery is
over for tho winter.
When a school of mackerel is descried
by a vessel's crew tho great seine-boat,
which is invariably iu tow, is hauled
alongside nnd nil on board but two get
into it. One of tho two boards the
unall flat-botto.iie I boat, the dory,
and the other, who is the cook, remainf
in charge of the schooner. The large
boat, manned by eight or ten stalwart
men, and laden with the seine, rows away
with all speed in the dire t ion in which
the fish aro traveling in order to head
them oil. When in the proper place the
end of the seiue is p issed to tbe man in
the dory, who remains ns nearly station
ary as possiblo while the larger boat de
scrioes a circle "paying out'' the seine
as it goes. The seine, which is a bngol
network, is weighted wi;h lead on the
bottom, so that it sinks ns it is dropped,
forming a perpendicular fence, ns it
wore, around the fish. Tho upj cr edgt
of the seine is buoyed at the surface by
cork floats. When the larger boat rejoins
the dory tbe purse line which bound!
the bottom of the seine is quickly reeved
through ihe thimbles around the top,
nnd nil bauds begin hauling it in. Thl
ieult is (unless the school has taken
alarm and escaped) that the thousaudi
of fish which were but just now sporting
nt freedom are inclosed in a bag frouc
which there is no possiblo egress, hlowlj
out without fail the pursing goes on,
and soon the fishermen arc nblo to set
the value of their prize. Thero are th
fi-h-- large and small mixed in a strug
gling mass, their beautiful sides spark
ling iu the sun as they leap sometime!
a thousand barrels of them, nnd not
often less thin a hundred. ' The cook
his, by this time, brought tho vessel
alongside the boat and the freighted
seine is made fast to tho rail. A xvhip it
made and the lUh are scooped from tin
seine by tho barrelfull and thrown upon
the vessel's deck; which, as may be
easily guessed, soon becomes nlive with
the leaping, panting, frightcucd prison
ers. ' . . . S '
if the vessel be engaged iu market
fishing, sail is at once made fur the
nearest p it nnd the fsh arc disposed o:
to tho wholesale dealers; if, however,
she is what is technically termed i
"snlter," all hands i.t once go about
packing the fish. Tho barrels are hoist d
up from below and emptied of their salt
The men take their statious along the
sides nnd tho xvork begins. There is no
xvaiting for tho fish to die. With oni
cut ot the knife each one is split length
wise (tho entrails are thrown overboard;
and are thrown' iuto a cask filled wilt
sea water. After soaking nnd losing
their blood the lish aro barreled a layci
of snlt nnd a layer of fish the barreli
are headed up and stowed below, aud,
provided the vessel's capacity is not ex
l.austcd, search is begju for nnothei
school. Tho look-out is kept up bj
night as well as by day, for tlio phos
phoresccnt gleam of the fish is discern
i'.ilc to tho practiced eye though a mile
away. The dressing of fish is also car
ried on at uight, and the writer mucin
bus, one night last summer, seeing
twelve vessels' crews o f Capo Ann cu
gaged in this work by the light of lun
tcrn hung in tho rigging.
The marketing of tho freshly-caught
mackerel is often attended by lively
scenes. When tho supply on shoro it
light the incoming vessel is watched
xvith eager eyes by the dealers on th(
wharves. Mr. "Skipper" knows tlu
situation outside, lliey know the condi
tion of tho market, and the play ol
shrewdness which attends tho meeting
of these sharp tradois is full of amuse
mcnt to the spectator. The skipper tan,
of course, only guess at the state of the
trade on shore, but ho knows what luck
other vessels nre having with the list
nnd how soon tli' y make their appear
ance iu port. The dealers base theii
p:iccou the market; he bases his ou the
data at command, nnd often "standi
oil"' until cxtraordiuary otfers arc made
for Lis fish. The crews of all the ve s-eb
being paid a share of the season's pro 'its,
tlu ir efforts aro at all times unabated,
and it ut unfrequently happens that I
crew is fortunate enough to divide if'iul
or 101 as tho result of twinty-foui
hours' work. On the other baud, wliou
the market is glutted, thellsli fie juentlj
bring littlo mure than the cost of the
ice iu which ll.ey are packed. One ol
tho best "streaks of lortuuc" which
crew ever struck was a couple of jean
ago when a small craft, iu a season ol
scarcity, landed a fare in llostou, obtain
ing a first class price and then, setting
saii for h me, ran across a barrel
school i.i the lower harbor (where thest
fish very rarely coiuci and, capturing
them all, put about and sold them be
foie sundown at a similarly high ligure,
thus earning f loon between kuurise and
sunset. CUi'ii'jo Timet.
I'hasrsius (at greenhouse) "What
aro you going to do with tho cutting,
Dingall.yf" Dingolby "l'ako it home
to Mrs. D., my boy." I has.c sius "Ah,
1 see. You intend to give your wife the
slip, as it were.' Detroit free I'ras.
It has been estimated that during
growth Indian coin draws thirty-six
times its weight of water from the soil,
HOtSEHOLl) AFFAIRS;
Iltlincmade Hlott'
Birch bark, or the pilpo nl
tates it so admirably, makes u iildome
surface for decoration. Covers for blot
ters are also made pf mounted photog
raphed 10X13 inches in size. The back
cover may be of plain, still cardboard,
and the leaves of blotting paper laid be
tween tho covers arc an inch or two
smaller, nnd held in place by ribbon
bows. At any obliging bookseller's the
holes through which to slip the conne t
ing ribbon will be punched by an ordi
narily obliging dealer much more satis
factorily than with the scissors. A
pretty blotter his the gray-blue covers
decorated with a group of natural
autumn leaves carefully gummed in place
witli a knot of narrow ribbon tacked
upon the stents. Ihtro'l Frtt l'Tt$.
rtlll.lng Pea Pods.
Dr. .Tacobscn is authority for a ready
method of utili.ingthe delicious mnrroxv
that lies among tho fibers of tho pea
pod, and which is sweeter and bcttet
than the peas themselves, which, when
of the best sorts and at their best, arc
the first of nil vegetables for fine flavor,
tenderness, succulence and nutritious
ncss. So save for uss all the tender
sweet pulp of the shells, separated from
the troublesome liber which prevents
their use with tho seeds in most sorts ol
peas. Dr. .Incobscn directs to boil the
shells well in water, to which has been
added a little carbonate of soda; then
strain through a cloth, and, after adding
some sugar to tho liquid, boil it down
till thick. The extract thus obtained
will keep for any length of time without
becoming mouldy, and a tcaspoonful of it
added to a bowl of soup gives to it the
flavor of fresh green peas, besides add
ing to its material quality. JVtco York
Mar.
Housekeeping In Oltlcn Times.
A writer has collected some facts about
ve olden time housekeeping, who asks:
How does the housekeeping nt this hJut
f lull
Ol writing compare wuu uiuv vi ivu
years ngof Mrs. Papcndiek, in bet
"Journal of Court Life in the time ol
George III. and queen Charlotte,"
whic h I have before me, men' ions many
curious facts ns to domestic conomy of
lT8t. Tho dinner hour was 2 v. ii., oi
for company at :) r. m. Tho dishes and
cooking were very much the same a
those iu middle-class houses now. Malt
liquor, cider and perry were the ordinary
drinks at dinner, port nnd Madeira be
ing put on the table along with the slight
dessert. "If tho gentlemen wished tn
make a drinking bout, which was often
the case, it began after supper." l ew
families had more than two female
servants. Poonis were very plainly
furnished, and ornaments were kept in
closets or chests, to be brought out only
on state occasions. Little silver xvas in
daily use. Silver foiks were only seen
in the hou-es of nobles and foreign em
bassadors. Forks bal three prongs.
Knives had broad ends for eating peal
or catching up gravy, as dessert spoons
were unknown. Yet thero xvas a much
refinement in feeling as now, modern
fashion in comfort and luxury having
gradually changed. The price of mut
ton or beef in 17MH wus 10 cents f
pound; bread 8 cents or 10 cents E
ciuarter loaf; eggs in spring, 0 cents t
elozcn; foxvls, HO cents n pair; loaf sugar.
11 cents a pound. Wages of house
maids were to $10, or 8 guineas,
with '3 for tea or beer. Washing xvas
always done at home. .S L utii H iyi'n .
Itcclpcs.
BrTTERXin.K Pik. Ono pint of butter
milk, ono nnd one half cups of sugar,
ono table-spoonful of butter, three ol
flour, four eggs; flavor with lemon unci
nutmeg; bako with lower cru-t.
Tj Dukss Citi miiirs. (Jather ol
buy from market early, peel, and put o-j
ice until dinner; then slice as thin a
possible aud put with sliced onions o i a
dish. Salt and pepper freely, pour a cur;
of vinegar over them, and lay ice on
top.
Piiuxk Pik. First make a nice rru t
line a pie-plate xvith crust, till in w th i
lnycr of pitted prunes, ono tablespoon
ful of vinegar, enough of tho juice tc
just cover Ihe prunes, a few bits of but
ter, n littlo flour, nnd sugar to tastu
top crust.
Aiti.k Jei.i.y C.xkf. Ono cnlTee cur
of sugar, ono half cup of butler, two
eggs beaten separately, one cup of indk,
threeciips of liour and two teaspoons ol
baking powder; beat well; bake in three
layers; while hot spread tho apple jelly
between and sprinkle powdvrc I sugai
over the top.
Potato S ri. Cook as many potntoc
as nre needed in salt and water, drain
them and wash flue, thiuthciu wiihbn I
ing xvatcr, and pass the mixture through
a sieve, boil a leek and add it to the
soup, as xvell as some flower browned
slightly in butter, and cook for liv.' oi
ten minutes, .lust b.'furo serving add
the yolk cf an egg.
OisTi.u 1'i.axt Fin n i ns. Make n
batter of two eggs, a half i up of milk
nnd a little salt, pepper and Hour enough
for a thin batter; scrape the roots and
throxv nt once into cold xvatcr. When
all aro scraped, grute with a coarsi
grate r; chop the grated root at onc e iuto
tbe batter. Drop by the spoonful iuto
hut fat; fry brown and drain iu a
colander. . .
Yki.i.hxv C vim vi K Pic k i.i:. One
peck cabbage, quartered : put a layer cd
catibage, then'one of .suit ; let it ieina:u
all night, thi n squeeze and put on the
fire, cover xvith vinegar and boil one
hour; then, ns tho xinegar is apt to be
salty, take fre-h; aid four chopped
onions, one ounce of tumeric, one gill
blac k pe pper, onegili celery seed, a few
cloves, one table-spoonful allspice, a few
pieces of ginger, one-half ounce mace,
two pounds of sugar, four tablespooni
made mustard: boil one hour longer.
When it is cold it is ready tor the table.
Spider Versus Hectic.
A big spider was placed on a nek in
the centre of au aquarium in a recent ex
periment, und a larva of a water beetle
put near. The beetle promptly seized
tbe spider and pulled it into the water, but
after a sharp struggle tho spider broke
away and escaped. The beetle eooi
afterward renewed th'! attack, and fast
filed itself on tho spider by its pine -ri.
The spider also got a good hold, and the
duel resulted iu the death of both. It ii
saiU that if two of tbe larva- aro placed
in tho same aqariuut they will fight until
ono or the others is dead, and the vict ji
will decapitate tho dead one,
. THE MAID ON THE BEACH.
Chiming a dream by the way
With ocean's rapture and roar,
I met a maiden to-dny t
Walking alono on the shore; "
Walking in maiden' wise,'
Modest and kiwi and fair, 1
The freshness of spring in her eves
And the fullness of spring in her hair
Cloud-shadow and scudding sunburst
Went swift on the floor of the sea,
And a mad wind was romping its worst,
But what was their magie to me!
What the charm of the midsummer sklesf
I only saw she was theM,
A dream of the sea In her eyes
And the kiss of the sea in her hair.
I watched her vanish in spaee; Y, '
She came where I walked no more;
But something had pas-Jed of her grace ' r ,
To the spell of the wave and the shore
And now, as the glad stars rise,
She conies to me rosy and rare,
The delizht of the wind in hor eyes
And the hand of the wind in her hair.
London Sptctalor,
' it.
HI JIOK OF THE HAY.
Plane people Tho carpenters.
A bouncing baby A rubber doll.
A shaky business Chucking diet '
A party organ seldom gets out of tuns.
A fast horse The one that is hitched.
. Old maids are not favorable to ad
ages. A well meaning man One who digs
one.
The sphere of the weather prophet
Atmosphere. . p -
The typewriter is the only woman who
takes kindly to dictation.,
A buckwheat cake and n homo run de
pend largely upon the butter. ,
A yacht can stand on a tack without
swearing. Few men can. Button CoUrier.
One would think that mod men had
struck their calling when they hear tho
dinner bell. .
For a man to think he will live for
ever is the mistake of a man's lifetime.
l'icatuic.
When n grocer retires from business
he weighs less than he did before.
Amerinin Ilebreie.
It doesn't bother ft lawyer to see break
ers ahead that is, it they are law-break--crs.
Xurtli tccxteni.
The cat is versatile, and if you give
her a chance she'll become ft lap-a-dairy.
Yotkers Omet'e.
An old whaleman, being asked if ho
admired the harp, said yes, if it was a
harpoon. A'eio York Star.
"Throw a big stone at that cat, moth
er," said tho sick boy, "or, in other
words, 'Hock mo to sleep.'"
A (iypsy Lore Society has been formed
in Louclou. Is there any lower society
than a C5ypy, anylfbw.' aitlimi.
Now that tho Sultan of Muscat is
dead, what will become of the poor lit
tlo Muskittens ? Sue 31r.fc Dispatch.
"Give me a light lunch," said a travel
er in a Kussian railway restaurant. Ancl
they brought him a tallow candle.
UUd Moil.
Mrs. Fpton Flatte "What are you
dusting tho furniture with, Bridget ?"
Bridget "Wiv tl.er dust-pnu, mum,
what else ?"
The war cloud that has been hanging;
over Europe for several years must be
tiicd by this time. It ought to take a
rest. .sijtiitt1. i,
A square meat may be served on a
round tablo without causing a premature
explosion of tho canons of good taste.
AVw York Fun. '
"Shoot folly as it flics" ia good
enough for a winter quotation. The
summer rendition is: "--hoot flics as
they follow." Life.
In his hours of relaxation from work
on the motor Mr Kecly devotes his t.mo
to a patent toboggan that will slido up
hill. -Vtic York Hun.
I saw a cow-slip through the fence, ,
A house-tty in a store;
I saw a woodchuek up the road.
And a stone-pick oj the floor.
C'lVrWctnd Ileraltl
An old man pretending to bo reading
in a car does not mean to look over his
glasses at tho pretty girls opposite. If
he does it is au oversight on his part.
I'irttyune. i
Tho tenor in a fashionable church choir
found to his horror that his voice all at
once became unpleasantly thick. He
I Eiraincii n, out wiiuoui any goou eueei.
Acer lurK J r I'm lie. ,
Dealer "That lint's worth two dollars
nnd a half, but I will let you, as a friend,
have it for two dollars." Brown "All
right; but say, Iho fifty cents goes with
the hat, don't it(" .'.
From His standpoint: llutherfor.l (of
New York) "Ever been Hast before!"
Goldgato (of San Francisco) "Oh, yes!
I passed several days in Salt Luke City
three years ago." J i I-Hit.
"What havo you in the shape of
oranges:" asked a customer at tho Com
posite Store in a rural town. "Base
balls and doughnuts." was tho response.
"Which'll you havef" Ac; c York '.
1 ir. Daniel Wilson, of tho University
of Toionto, bns declined a knighthood.
Ho has no intention of giving some
irieereut students an opportunity to
cull him a ".-ircuss." .Ycie Yuri World.
"It is a pity," said an Irish laborer
the other day, as be mopped his brow;
'it's a pity that we cau't have the cowld
weather iu the summer and the hot
weather iu tho w inter." Hotlvii t'vurUr.
it does uot require anything ex
traordinary in tho way of intellect to shoe
a horse, but thero is a fortune in store
for a man who can shoo a fly so that the
little pest will stay shod. Ilirper't
ll'izitr.
Mabel (a strunger in town ) "Is Maude
Hilly a girl who cares very much for
stylo." Mamie "Myle? 1 should think
o. Why, they say tho alTcctcd thing
eats her very meals olf a fashion plate.
Ai ir linen .V r.
W hen pretty, jiouting lips suy"iio,"
lii n't k"
And blow
Your bruins all out to simply show
How ih' you're pleuigod iu mental woe
An 1 pain.
Hut hi I in Cupid's ambush lie,
Nor cry,
Nor suh,
.Nor mv all jov has passed you by,
And when a ehaucd is olfered, try
Aauc.
Merchant Traveler, i