THE IOREST REPUBLICAN b published ttj Wkdneaday, by J. E. WENK. Offloe In Smeaibaugh A Ca.'a Building XUt STREET, TI ON EST A, Pa, Term), tl.BO per Year. No tnbaerlptton received for a (hortt pnrft ihnn thre months. Oorreapondtnc ollelted from all part of the eonntry. N node will bo taka of anonjmout Anvmualeotlono. RATES OF APVtmTlHO. Ob M"", mo Inch, m lertliw..rr.?..4 1 On Bqaara, on lack, CM montk M Oa Square, on Inch, thro moatks. ........ On Sqiur., on lava, on 701 It Two Bqnsm, on jer. ...... 1 Quartet Colnma, on year...... - M Ot Half Column, on Jr On Ooluna. on you .....lot o Ural tdrortlooBOntt In ntl tr urUon. Manias aeatl ntk gratta. A Ha for 1T oollotto tartf. Tmnpormrf advrueM nil k U aavaae. Jok work-cuk m ooUrorr. OREST REPUBLICAN. VOL. XXI. NO. 19. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5, 1888. S1.50 PER ANNUM. Chicago is tho fifth Scandinavian city in tho world, and Minneapolis tli sixth. - Ban Francisco declares sho has been thaken 417 times by earthquakes in tho last eighty years. Eighty public buildings, costing tho Government 22,000,000, aro now in couiso of orcction. Tho total vote of Ihcso United States A tho Presidential election of 1834 was ,0.-l,851. This year it should reach loso to 12,000,000. Bolva Lock wood, tho Presidential candidate of tho Equal Nights party, is -oing to stump tho States, and will Hurgo an admission fee to her meet "'K. In Brazil some of tho Senators hold l.oir term for life. Ono of them has ot shown himself in tho Sonato for . orty years, anil thero is now duo him a lick salary of $000,000. A splendid mine of molybdenum, a r-atal moro precious lhan silver, has en found in tho Cascado Mountains, 1 oar Tacoma, Washinirton Territory. It is worth ."(0,000 per ton. Twenty-six members of tho Unltod "abyterian Church at Hcllcvuc, Pa., "O favor tho uso of unfermcnted winu 'he sacrament, haro withdrawn and anized a church of their own. rlie body of n Parisian dude was .ml in tho Hivor Koine a few days Tho youug fellow was dragged in latest fashion, and round his heart !ittd tattooed those words: "Tout Janne Grimier" All for Jeanne let. telephone has boon fitted up bet ween Hospice on tho Great St. IScriinrd ' c Swiss Alps and tho valley below, 1 Ha monks aro now informed when clprs start to ascend tho pass. If do not appear within a proper tinio ints are sent to meet them. tisties show that about T!)0, 000, 000 ivostod In tho hotel business in New State; that tho hotels employ over ty-fue thousand iiersonj, and that entertain eighty-seven thousand i daily, at an averago expense of 000 day for supplies alone. Thore aro," says tho New York Tri , "about twice as many women as . in Yucatan, notwithstanding which the whole social system of tho coun- i-oems to be constructed for the espe ! benefit of the masculine third of tho uminity. N. U. Tho men niado it." is unquestionable that the straw or huts worn by American men during Mimmcr is an insullcient protection .inst extreme heat. Sunstroke is al--t unknown among tho natives of tern countries. Tho coiled turban 11 the he id and the general use of brcllaiare protection which people live in American cities do not For quickness in raising money for ibiuess enterprises Hutchinson, Kan., ins to outrank so no of the large -ties. They called a meeting out thero lor such a purpose, aud, nfter tho hall was filled, looked tho door. A local jper tells that .work then began, and in 'just one hour and fifteen minute the urn of 3I,010 wai subscribed. Sable Island, on the coast of Nova Scotia, is gndually disappearing, and in a few years more will be totally sub merged. During ono galo in 1SS1 a strip-of land seventy feat wido and quarter of a mllo long was washed away. In 1?7 j the island was forty miles long and two and a half miles wide. It is now only- nineteen and a half ruilc; long and less than a mile wide. It is now possible to travel from Lon don to Samarcand, in Central Assia, by rail and steamboat in eight days and twenty-two hours" It was not very long ago that a European was unable to visit Sumarcand at all without iucurring grea risk of being ki led, and until the build iug of the Trans-Caspian llailroad the 4 best time that could bo made between St. Petersburg and Samarcaud was one month. On April 20th, when off the Westman ' Islands, Iceland, the captaiu of the Danish mail steamer Laura threw overboard a let ter written in Danish. On May Gth the let ter was found in the stomach of a cod caught by a French fisherman o'T Keyk jauics, about 120 miles distant. Tho man showed it to the French Consul at lloykjavik, who submitted it to the cap tain of the Laura. It was much decom posed, but still readable. The danger of somnambulism is well known. A writer in th 1 Century tells of a piece of good fortune coming from the habit. A young lady, troubled and anxious about a prize for which she was to compete, involving the writing of an essay, arose from her bed in sleep and Wrote a paper upon a subject upon which she bad not intended to write whet awake, and this essay secured tur her tho prize. DEATH AND JUSTICE. Death doth not claim us with the parsing breath ; Before our Lady Justicj oa'm be stands To hear her grave, immutnb'e commands; "Wait, I shall toll you presently," shesaith, "Wait but a moment's space, my brother, Death, While Time, our kinsman, shakos his silent sands." She hold tho balance true, with steady hands And strong, the little while it wavercth. Hatred and Envy must lie still and wait, So, now, must Love and Sorrow stand aside In breatliloss silence, pnlo and eager eyed, Till, through the lips of Justice, speaketb Fate "Penth.in thy keeping must the msn abide;" Or,"Ho shall live for aye his work is great" Graham It. Tomaon, in Scribner. TWO SHIPS, Two girls in tho kitchen of a plain, old-fashioned house were buy sewing, tho older rapidly running a machine, the younger trimming a straw hat with odds and ends of ribbons, which sho tried in vain to coax into somo appearance of freshness. "How does it look, Mnttic?" sho askod anxiously, holding it off a little, and slowly turning it around. Mattie looked up from her machino without stopping its quick motion, turned ono comprehensive glnnco upon tho hat nnd snid, Jimpulsively : "Like a last year's bird's nest." )"Uh, dear," said Dolly, flushing all over her pretty, worried face, and toss ing tho poor little hat into a corner. "What is tho use, any way? We may as well give up and go to tho poor house first as last." "I'll never give up, first or last," sai 1 Mattio. " Somewhere and somehow I know thore must bo something better for 11s, and wo are sure to find it sooner or later; but in tho meantime 1 can't afford to waste any of my stiength in protend ing, tlur clothes are old and shabby and dingy, and it's of no uso trying to make thorn look anything cbe." Dolly gave a sigh that touched Mat tie's heart. "Poor little Dol'y! It's too bad for you; your'e so sweet and pretty and pa tient. Just wait till my ship comes in, "An" you shall hae siller. And wear a goold ring." Dolly fmiled. "That was what father always said when we wanted anything. I used to bolievo in that ship as much as I believed in next year, and sometimes I indulge myself in dreaming about it now aud faucy what it will bring in." Mattio sot the lnt stitches with lips compressed, and began tolding thecoarso shirts on which she working into a com- inct puu. "Aro they finished J' asked Dolly. "Mo: I'll sew on the buttons to-ni 8"; I'm going out to look for our shin." Mattio put on a hat older and more openly ugly than Dolly's and walked down tho street with her firm, rapid tread. Once alio turned to look back at tho small brown house that was the only inheritance her father had left to his wife and girls a fortuno that seemed indefinitely smaller, now that the mother had gono also, after a protracted sick ness that had cousumod the last dollar from the sale of the orchard and garden. Tho coarse icwing, with which the girls managed to keep soul and body together, was ccrtaiuly better than nothing, nnd was considered a respectablo resource, but at best it was working with starva tion swinging a merciless lash over their heads. Hie went whore nntiy a poor soul had gone with perplexities that seemed no body's business to tho minister. No dcubtin that penurious, poverty-stricken community the good man had perplexi ties of his own, but that only helped him to sympathize with other people, and few households hold any secrets from. The old housekeeper, knitting on the porch, welcomed Mattio kindly. The minister was away; "gono to South Adams to 'tend a funeral," but she was looking for hi in every minute. .Matt e went to tho study, and turned wear ly from the rows of tolcmn obi books to find refreshment in the iiuncr. upon the table that seemed so much more modern aud human. Thore w.is a story that looked tempting with its spicy bits ol conver.-ation, but this was Chap ter XX. l Then there was a sermon, letters from a traveler, answers to miscellaneous queries, household hints and economics, at which Slattio smiled grimly, w.th tho feeling that sho could open some depths of experience in that line herself, aud at last a letter from a woman addressed to tho editor, complaining that tho world was out of joint and in need of regulat ing. "So it is," thought Mattio. nodding assent as heartily as if the writer had boon sitting thero in the leather-covered chair opposite her. As she read her dark face Hushed, and her breath came moro rapidly. hy, here was a woman in desperate need of hel, and hero was she, asking only the chance to help hor, and they were but twenty miles apart. liut then, perhaps, the letter was just made up and put lu tho paper; perhaps thero was no .Mrs. M. L. Howe, aud ut the thought Matt 0 threw down the paper and went to meet tho minister who was coming in at the gate. He smiled at her impatience and seated himself very aimably to read tho letter, which would never have attracted bis notice. He smiled again when he look up at her and quite agreed with her that the writei was probably a fiction of somebody's brain, created to make forcible tho undoubted truth that there were scores of women with beautiful homes whose wealth brought them nothing but bondage, be cause of the impossibility of obtaining the help of intelligent, dependable caro taking servant, while there was a great multitude of women in need of homes and driven to all mauner of makeshifts for a mere livelihood, who might, if they would, supply just this service, with mutual satisfaction aud benefit. The problem was to bring them together. "l!ut if the letter were geuuine, my child," asked the minister, "what thour" "Tl.en," said Maltio, promptly, "I would write to the womau and ask her to let me try. I should like nothing better than to be her housekeeper. I de light in housekeeping; I'm a born ook, and Dolly would be perfectly hnppy with two babies to cuddle and sew for." The minister looked at her doubtfully. "1 suspect it is only the rosy side of hor work that ths letter writer describes; there must be a good many disagreeable things about the position of cook or nursery maid." "Thero arc many unpleasant things about our present position," began Mat tio, but stopped abruptly. Not even to tho minister would sho have owned that thoy were actually pinched sometimes for suitable food. "Do you think," she asked, hesitating ly, "there would bo nny impropriety in my writing to this lady to inquire?" "Not in tho least; I will forward your letter with a lino to the editor. Why not write bore:" he continued. And with tho promptness of despera tion Mattio seized the venerable goose- quill with which alone the minister thought it possible to write his sermons. and penned upon a g;eat squaro sheet a brief, ladyliko lotb r. Tho minister's endorsement wns also brief, to tho effect that tho writer was a sensible, practical girl, tolerably well educated, and would, in his estimation, bo a benediction in a family such as tbat described in tue communication sicned Mrs. E. L. Howe. The joint letter found its way in due time to t lie sanctum or a puzzled and amused editor, who frowned and laughed alternately over its contents, half dis posed to toss it into tho waste basket, but finally put it in his pocket with a dozen other documents. It might have remained there indefinitely, for the ed itor was a young man, and had no per sonal interest iu the domestic problem, but, dining that day with his sister, his scieno enjoyment was suddenly disturbed by a scries of dull thumps apon the stairs, followed by piercing screams. "There!" said Mrs. Lattimcr, rushing away, "she s let the baby fall down stairs; I always said she'd kill itl I shall dismiss her tho minute Fred gets back!" she panted, returning with the baby. "I never draw an easy breath except when the children are asleep. "Oh, by the way, Florence," replied her brother, "I've got hold of a solution for all your domestic dillicultics. Never say I'm not practical again. Here are two servants for you made to order a cook and a nursery maid natives, sis ters capable, educated, warranted by the minister; what moro could you ask" "llaymond, what on earth aro you talking about!" "It's all here, you can see for yourself. The fact is, I've been thinking a good deal about this labor question ; and one evening I.wroto a letter for tho Journal purporting to have come from Mrs. E. L. Howe, setting forth her troubles with servants, and appealing to tho host of respectable, unemployed women for help." "You miserable humbug! I read it with a sympathizing heart, aud meant to write to her myself our cases are so much aliko only I forgot it." "Well, hero comes a letter from a rus tic maiden, who speaks for her sister and herself, and proposes to undertake the job. Sho s in serious earnest, too, and I'm quite impressed by hor letter. Just read it." Mrs. Lattimcr read with a critical not to say skeptical air. "I'd sooner have Ilridget with all her peppery temper. Deliver mo from supe rior, I'm as-good -as-you-aro servants. I intend to bo mistress in my house, and I want servauts and not companions and friends." "All right, you havo my approval there; but I thought the trouble was you wcro not mistre s. They obey just far enough to enable them to keep their places aud draw the r wages, and they havo no conception of any other kind of service. Now, if I were a housekeeper I should try these girls; certainly you couldn't bo worse oil." "If you were a housekeeper you would do ju'.t as tho rest of us do bear the ills wo know rather than tempt the un known." "Perhaps so; I'm profoundly thankful I'm not a woman, to go on doing a thing to all eternity because my grand mother did it before me, nnd my neigh bors would th uk it 'so queer' of me to try any new way." "What are you going to do about tho letter) You really ought to answer it." "So I shall. I shall tell tho minister I have forwarded the letter to Mrs. K. L. Howe, who will correspond with him if she decides to pursue the matter." If the editor's letter, proving that Mrs. E. L. Howe was no myth, created deep and profound excitement in the little circle of three, what can be said of the elfect produced by a letter addressed to Miss .Mattio Harper, offering to her and her sister service in tho household of the writer, with wages nnd conditions very carefully specified? To be sure, it was signed Airs. Frederic Lattimcr, but of course one would use a fictitious name in a paper. Tho letter was written in very plain terms; it said servants, and not ''hired girls," which was supposed in llinghum to be a title of greater lespect, and stipulated that the engagement was only for a month of trial, at tho end of which time, if Mrs. Lattimcr be not ploascd, she would pay their expenses home. "it'll come pretty tough on you, Marthy Harper, being looked down on as a servant," said tho kind old house keeper. "Von won't havo any 'sociation with tho fam'ly." "I don't caie to associate with the family : we dou't associate with tho men we make shirts for," said Mattie. "I shall have Dolly, and Dolly will have me, and wo shall both have tho babies. I dou't think wo shall care for much more." It was ouly at Mattie's earnest entreaty that tho minister forbore to accompany them to their new home. "It would look as if we expected to be received as something more thun we are, " she said to Dolly. "And I want her to understand that all wo ask is fair wages for fair work." So they went alone. A smart looking maid answered their ring at the door bell calculated their social standing at a glance, and left them in tho hall while she went for her mistieas. Presently the girl came back and conducted them to the kitchen. Mattie's eyes noticed that the floor was uuswept, the range greasy, and a pile of unwholesome looking tow els lay 011 the table; for ISridgct had been goue a week, and a procession of supplies, each one worse than the last, had held brief possession of her king dom. "I am so glad it isn't a basement kitchen, aud see what a large nice yard," sho said to Dolly, whose eyes were ready to overflow. Something came clattering along the hall, and the door was pushed open to admit a beautiful boy of four, drawing a tin horse after him. "Oh, you darling! exclaimed Dolly, rapturously. liut the boy drew back a little., say ing: "Where's Bridget?" And in a minute the nurse pounced upon him and dragged him off, calling him "a little torment, and a bad, naughty boy." Mattie's first bread, rashly undertaken with Bridget's homo made yeast, was an utter failure, and tho baby clung obsti nately to Johanna in spite of Dolly's blandishments, while Mrs. Lnttimer, knowing nothing of housekeeping her self, had not a particle of.paticnco with ignorance in others, nnd clung to her deep persuasion that nothing but tho most vigorous putting down could ever keep those girls from disagreeable as sumption. But long before the end of the month Dolly reigned sweet nnd se rene in the nursery, wore her nurse's cap without an uncomfortable thought, and drank in delight from the shaded park, with its flowers and birds and fountains, as unconscious of bitter servi tude as the children she loved and guarded. "As for Mattie," Mrs. Lattimer con fessed to her brother, "she's invaluable. and I shall never be able to endure an ordinary servant again, but if she hadn't known her mind better than I did mine we would have parted the very first wccK. lhat a one blessed thing your old journal has done for the labor ques tion, and if my ship ever comes in I'll endow the paper out of gratitude." "Ah, I always felt that I was born to bo a benefactor," said the editor. "Your ship would have come iu long ago if you had called me for a pilot." "And which ouo did he marry?" asks the saucy girl at my elbow. Neither ef them, my dear. Pretty Dolly, in tho course of time, went back to Hiiighamand married a farmer's boy, who had worked his way through col lege, and was not ashamed of his wife for having made her way in the same fashion; nnd Mattie, for aught I know, is a middle-aged and respectable old maid, living on her savings, and edu cating heathen in Africa. For this story has nothing to do with marrying or giving in marriage, but with the fact that a good many ships that are con tiuually at sea might come prosperously in, 11 tunr would join comany with each other, without regarding the lavt that one might bo a merchant vessel, and tho other simply a lugger. Vongregatioiv aliat. Implements of 1 lie National Game. The national game of baicball has taken so deep a hold upon the youth of this generation asserts tho New York Tritium; that to keep pace with the de mand for balls and bats bit; factories havo sprung up in many localities, and hundreds of working men nnd women gain a livelihood turning the bats over their lathes or sewing the covers by hand over tho inner core ot the sphoie. which is now made by machinery. Bats aro shipped to this city by tho carload from Michigan nnd West Virginia, nnd it is estimated that 50,0 JO cords of ash and willow wood were thus used last winter for this summer's trade. Tho bulk of tho bats are used by amateur players, oi course. Willow is the favorite material for tho popular bat, as its lightness is combined with a sufficient amount of strenth for youthful players, and West Virginia turns out tho best grade of this variety. Tho superior toughness of ash makes it indispensable for the great strain which a professional player subjects it to. and Michigan's forests furnish an inexhausti ble supply of this tough wood. Tho manufacture of balls demands more care. The better class of balls, those of regu lation size and weight, as prescribed by tho professional rules, are covered with horse hide, stretched with double linen thread, well waxed and smoothed by machinery. The inner core is of rubber carefully wound aboub with yarn by hand until the correct size is obtained. The practice ball, or boys' ball, is cov ered with sheepskin, and is more cheaply and roughly made. The core is usually composed 01 leather scraps, which are pressed into a spherical shape bv ma chinery and havo no more yarn wound nround them than is necessary to hold the scraps together until the cover is nut on. The design of cover now in uni versal uso d lifers widely from the old "star" pattern. It consists ot two strips of leather cut something like tho figure eight, or even like the hcclless sole of a baby's shoo. These, when laid over the sphere, exactly cover it and are more easily sewu together than any other pat tern, and 11 the man who invented it had ouly patented his idea ho might have b?ca reaping a fortune for hi pains. The City or (Julto. If it were not for tho climate. Quito would be in the midst of a perpetual pes tilence; but notwithstanding the pre vailing lilthiness, there is very little sick ness, and pulmonary diseases are un known. .Mountain fever, produced by cold and a torpid liver, is the commonest type of disease. The population of the city, however, is gradually decreasing. aud is suid to be now about sixty thou sand. There wore five hundred thou sand people at 0,uito when the Spaniards came, aud a hundred years ago the pop ulation wasrecKoncu at douiile what it is now. Half the houses in the town are empty, and to see a new family moving iu would bo a sensation. Most of the finest residences aro locked and barred. and have remained so for years. The owners are usually political exiles who are living elsewhere, and can neither sell nor rent their properly. Politicul revolutions are so common, and their re sults are slways so disastrous to the un successful, that thero is a constant strain of fugitives lea ving tho State. Amcriiin Slu$iiine. Author (to Editor) " Have you ex amined my last story, Mr. Suippit!'' Editor " Yes. It seems all right with one exceptiou." Author " What is thut?" Lditor "In ouo place you lost sight of the eternal fitness of things aud made quite a blunder." Author "In deed I " Editor "Yes, sir. The seen is laid in Kentucky, as you lemember, and yet in one incident you make the Uoiq's mouth water," lU,t. FOX HUNTING IN ENGLAND. OUTDOOR BPORTS OP LORDLY SaUIRE3 AND NOBLE DAMES. Those Who Follow tho ilonnds Tte qnire a Trusty Steed and a Good rieat Reynard's Cunning. Coursing with tho greyhound and hunt ing the hare with harriers is a kindred enjoyment to fox hunting, but of a more selfish nature, as they lack the first named altogether the presence of that necessary and charming clement, the ladies. It may not be out of place, says W. Fen wick in tho lMroil t'rtt l'raa, to give some minor particulars in connection with tho sport in question, as conducted in England, not generally known. To begin then, the pedigree of each hound it is exceedingly improyer to say "dog" is kept as carefully as a race horse, and although to an un practiced eye all the pack looks as much alike as pe is, yet the huntsman and "whips" if not the master knows each by name and sight, and could, perhaps, tell the pedigree of either without reference. bile talking once with n huntsman in his house ad joining the kennels, I was surprised that ho could instantly detect a qunrrclsome member by bis growl, which would be quickly silenced by naming and threaten ing the offender! Hounds after thehunt ing season are fed but once a day, when they have a "lively gorge" from troughs, the only meat being boiled up with bis cuits, of which the meal lurgely con sists. They answer quickly to the call of their names at feeding time by the huntsman at tho kennel door, and when they appear, in his judgment, to have had sufficient, they are named to retire from the banquet, but often withalet-me-stay a-bit-longcr look. The pack, too, is exercised several times daily, and is not dangerous to strangers iu the open, but should you appear in an enclosure the "spotted beauties" immediately give tongue, whereupon a wise person would make himself conspicuous by his absence. A good hunter requires nerve, a good "seal" and a trusty steed. If the ap pointed meet is at" tho residence of the master or some other member of the hunt, a breakfast profuse with cham pagne only increases the telling 01 eager ness for the fray. The busy haunts of man are left and covers drawn till tho welcome "gone away" succeeds the sure tongue or a trusty hound and tho sport begins in earnest. I remember when a boy watch ing a "draw" from a hill, when Keynard, unobserved by anyone but my noble self, broke cover and passed by mo; not realizing tho importance of calling on the pursuers, I stood there with alt the dignity of the boy on tho burning deck, with tho proud satisfaction that sooner or later the whole "hunt" must pass in review before mo. This occurred a few minutes later when the huntsman, being told in reply to an inquiry that I had seen the fox pass, asked why I had not shouted. I was lucky to be out of range of his whip. Imagine tho chagrin that must have filled the hearts ol tho hunt ing fraternity of Ireland when thoy were tu ned back by the ruthless tenants, or of a daring rider listening to the music of the pack as they pass his country domain, and who, Owing to his having had a spill, Is obliged to be absent against his will. I have omitted to mention that the early season is called cub hunting, when. should a son of the master bo making his debut he may have to suffer from the huntsman the "indignity" of having the gore of the first fox killed, smeared over his face, which "initiation" is called "blooding." Of course there is no greater pest of tho poultry yard than the fox, and yet as nn cncourage.nent to small farmers in some parts of England not to destroy this noctural marauder, their claims for lost poultry are paid once a year and a willful destroyer of these auimals is looked upon by the hunt with much contempt and his property seldom, if ever, tried. 80 many excellent stories of Ileynord's cunning have been recorded tho au thenticity of which I do not doubt thai it would bo superfluous to add to them here, but I may say that I have knows instances of a "long brush" after a fox which resulted in no "brush," tho cau dal appendage having been omitted by nature or more probably removed by some hearthlcss opponent of tho chase into whose hands Keynard had some t m fallen much to tho disgust of the first in at the death who would have to be content with some other limb as a "tro phy" of the occasion. The late Kov. Jack Uussell, who bore tho soubriquet of "the hunting parson," was notorious in England for many years for the profound interest he took in the noble sport. Ho was often known to ride to church in hunting costume, change it in the vestry and perform a marriage ceremony aud then appear at the covert side soon after. The l'rinci of Wales took a very friendly interest in him. In conclusion, the topic has s financial savor about it, as it is custom ary to say the hound first finding the quarry gave a welcome note, and that later on the pack received a check from the fox, probably because they were without a scent ! Deceit Till Sponges. Temptingly displayed aloug Four teenth street are baskets of beautiful white sponges, offered at marvelously low rates, it is probably worth the ex- ierieuce to pay the few cents demanded or an attractive looking sponge inas much as ono will find that those sponges aro not tho clean aud airy things they seem to be. After a year's immersion in water, hot or cold, it will bo found that the Bponge still retains tho consistency of a petrified and perforated rock. The clear white color is due to the bleaching elfect of a chemical of such peculiar power mat me uieacli remains long alter the sponge itself has disappeared. A lurk lrdiune. Itobust Mail Curriers. In many of the back districts of Ken tucky the mails are often carried as fat as thirty-five miles by men who walk the whole distance once a day. A locul pu per thus describes one of these sturdy carrier: "Mr. Dougherty is very accommodating to persons living along the line (he ought to be.) He will carry a saddle, bee-hive, pup, or cveu a dog, if he is not too big, aud he is offered enough. He will ride a horse through for any one for a quarter, and carry tnt nail pouches on his shoulder." HOUSEHOLD AFFAlKS. Tho Rose of Order. How can I tell her? I)y hef Cellar. Cleanly shelves and whitened walla I can guess her Hy her dresser. By the back staircase and hall, And with pleasure Take her measure Hy the way she keeps her brooms; I r the peeping At the "keeping" Of her back an I unseen rooms; liy her kitchor's air of nentness, And its general completeness, Wherein in cleanliness and sweetness The Hose ot Order blooms. Builder. Gathering Rose Leaves. The delightful work of gathering rose leaves is best done eariy in the morning or late in the evening. Shake into a wide basket the petals from ro:es that aro about to fall to pieces. The rose leaves shou'd be spread out on a sheet laid down in a dry place where the wind will not disturb them. Hose leaves gathered on dillerent days should not be mixed, but each collection on the sheet should be stirred and turned every duy: when they are all nearly dry they can be heaped together ani finished oil on auother sheet. When quitodry put up in self-scaling fruit jars. These dried leaves alone, packed in as tight as they can bo pressed down, may be used to till a fancy jar which, when left open for a Bhort time, will perfume a room if the rose leaves aro stirred up a little. Aeie York World. A Useful Contrivance. For the benefit of tired mortals who recline in hammocks most of the time during the warm months there is a con trivance from which, if properly made, they will derive much case and comfort. Make a square frame of wood and cover with nny light labric, and place n tuicK fringe of tho same at tho bottom. To the top of tho frame nail three pieces of board, two at the sides a id one in the center, tho three meeting together, ot attach cords in the same manner by which hang to a screw above tho ham mock. in one side of the frame attach cords as for a kite, and have a cord long enough to put through another screw on a post on a lino with the sido of the hammock, which, when swung, will cause the frame to swing and stir a de lightful breeze. A damp towel can be attache 1 to tho bottom, instead of tho fringe, during the intense heat. A string tied to a screw on another post, if pulled, will swing tho hammock. If this is too much exertion let some one else pull it. This frnmo, with more adornment, can bo utilized us a fly fan. De'roit Free Presa. Apples In Many Styles. Lubig says: "Besides contributing large proportion of sugar, niuiil age and other nutritive compounds iu tha form of fo :d, apples contain such a line co n bination of vcgetablo acids, attractive sul stances and automatic principles, with the nutitive matter, as to act powerfully in tho capacity of refriger ants, tonics and antiseptics, and when freely used at the season of ripeness, by rural laborers and others, they prevent debility, strengthen digestion, correct the putrefuctive tendency of uitrogeni- ous food, avert scurvy and probably maintain and strengthon tho power of productive lubor." "of all fruits none are more healthful or afford a greater variety of dishes than. apples. Vie give tho following recipes for preparing them, all of which will bo found to uo excellent: "Stkwkd Aiti.ks. Pnre tart apples, cut them in quarters and remove the cores, put them 111 n porcelain kettle. stew with sugar, add the juice of half a lemon and a lew bits of tho rind, cover with boiling water and simmer gently until tender. Dish very cnrefully with out breaking tho pieces and serve cold. "Bakkd Ari'i.Ks. Wipe sweet apples dry and clean, remove tho cores without paring, put them iu an caithen dish and bake in a mouerato oven uutil tender. Servo cold with sugar and cream. "Codki.kd Am.Ks. Pare tart apples, remove tho cores, stand in a kettle. cover with sugar, pour in a little boiling water, put on tho II I and allow tho ap pies to steam on tho back of the stove unlit very tender. Dish carefully with out breaking, pour the syrup over them and stund away to cool. "Comi-otk ok Ai'i'i.i:s. Quarter, peel, core and cook a dozen apples with a little water aud sugar. Take up the apples, boil down the syrup, ndd a sliced lemon aud a handful ot raisins, let jet y and pour over the apples. "Ari'i.K Snow. Pure and core some large apples without dividing them. Boil some rice for ten minutes, drain and let cool. Spread the rice iu as many portions as there are apples on small cloths, tie tho fruit separately in these and boil for three-quarters of an hour, turn them carefully 011 a dish, spriukte with sifted sugar uud serve with sweet sauce. "Al'IM.HS WITH Wllll'I'KI) ClIKAXt. Taro and core large juicy apples, fill the cavities with sugar ami a littlo lemon juice and a little grated rind, put them in a pan with a little water in the bot tom. Sprinkle the top with sugar, bake them and when done set to cool. Cover entirely with whipped cream, sweetened aud flavored. "Ai'i-i K Mkiunm'i . Boil tart apples; after they aru pared aud cored rub through a colander and sweeten to taste. To a pint of tho pulp stir iu lightly ihe beaten whites of six eggs, flavor, put 111 a pudding dish, sot iu the oven, brown aud serve with custard. "CiiAiu.oi i 1-: nn 1'ommk. Cut ten sout apples into quarters, peel, put them in a kettle with hot water aud two cups of sugar, und stew until they are clear. When they aie done, line a large dish with slices of sponge cake, turn the ap ples iu, make a round hole in the middle and till with the syrup iu which the ap ples wore cooked. Then p it thorn in a stove oven for an hour. Turn it out on a dish, place over the lop slices of sponge cake. Servo with sugar and lemon juice. 'Apple Float. Pare and slice some ripe apples; slowdown ami run through a sictc; beat to evciy quart of apples the whites of twelve eggs aud a pound of sugar. Flavor with extract of lemon.' Portable electric lights, to be hung to a coat button, are the uew invention for the benefit of readers upon cars. Thus each one cun become hi own lightuing bug. THE TWO ARCHERS. Cpon the hills above th heigh U Of life two archers stand ; One like an angel seeming bright, Th other dark and grand. First the bright angel bends his bow Though wounded, still the victim lives; Blinded, his wound he doth not know, But love the pain it gives. Then the dark angel, soon or late, Doth with his strong arm bend his bow Swift speeds his arrow, Ilka to fate, And ends the mortal's woe. V These are the archers high above The tides of mortal life and breath The cruel angel archer, Love, The pitying angel. Death. Philadelphia Netri. HUMOR OF THE DAT. Ilard t3 beat A wet carpet Sic transit Crossing the ocean. The cream of society Ice cream. A stitch in one's sido never seams good. A girl's "yes" generally has the genu ine ring. Toot terrible The blast of the ama teur cornet player. Lack of opportunity to steal is a pro lific case of honesty. No use before broke A horse. No use after broke A man. There is some quiet activity but very little bustle about the dress-reform move ment. Definition of a secret "Something for ono, enough for two, nothing for three." The broker who tries to keep "in the swim" has to water his stock to a large extent. Coffee is going up and down so much in the market it has good grounds for beiDg riled. The cannon is like a fashionable woman, inasmuch as it is accustomed to powder and balls. Single misfortunes seldom come alone, and the greatest is generally accom panied by a still greater. An electric boat was recently launched in New York harbor, presumably off the Battery. JVeie llaotn Jfeu-i. Young physicians are often angry. At least, they are sometimes found out of patients. Xaahcille American. "Did he eject you?" "No. I wouldn't 've minded mild treatment of that tort. He kicked me out." Ait York Sun. A woman may refuse to tell her ago, but she cannot conceal her rage. That speaks for itself. Nurristoien Jlerald. Mother "Come here, child; I'll sew the buttons on myself." Fanny "I'd rather have them sewed on the boot." One swallow does not make a summer of course not; but one rummer makes an immense amount of swallowing. 1'icayune. Suggestion to tho theatrical manager Goto Castle Garden for your Roman soldiers ; a broth of a boy ought to make a good stipe. Talk about the meanness of murder ing a man for $ 0. We know a small boy that struck his mothor for a dime. Aetc York Hun. Y'ou can't always judge of the quality of a city's inhabitants by the "sample men" it sends over tho country. 1'UtS' burq C'tronide. The inventor of the barbed wire fence got his idea from the autograph of a Kussian Prince traveling iu this country. Arte York S n Teacher (to class) "Why is procrasti nation called the thief of time?" Boy (at foot of class) "Because it takes a person so long to say it." Life. The milkmaid kuown in former days, If plain was not unbearable, And of ta won the poet's praise; But the milk made now is terrible! Jacksonville Citizen. "A man can't be everything; his lordship is a man of quality, not of quantity," said a wit of the third Earl of Aberdeen on his making a false quan tity. A grocer over in Bloomington is sup posed to be the honestest man in world, lie chases the flies off the beam of hi scales before he allows them to balance. Mercury. The meanest man so far on record lives in New Haven. His wife asked him to give her a pet, some animal that would stick by her, and the next even ing he brought home a leech. Mrs. Truthseeker "John, dear, I re id of them making such a lot of fish plates for railroad tracks. What kind of fish do thoy use there?" Mr. T. "What kiud of fish? Ciuess it's pike." UrnJite. Jack Hardup (who always forgets to repay) "I say, old fellow, lend 1110 $1, will you? I have nothing but a large bill in my pocket.'' Frieud (who ha been caught before) "Whose is it, youi tailor's? ' Li e. "Deviled crabs?" said the horrified waiter at a Lake Chautauqua eating house. "Oh, dear, no! We couldu'l give you anything of that kind, sir I Won't you have some angel cake in stead?" Ctici'jo Tribune. We are told iu a poem that "the baud that rocks tho cradlo is the hand that rules tho world." This is, no doubt, a pretty sentiment; but tho author ought to kiiow that about t ight women out ol ten rock the cradle with their feet. Mercury. Nothing cNe is so calculated to work on a muu's sympathies as the sight of a young muu's painful eifort at unconceru while he is scratching his brow with the hand with w hich lie would have tipped his hat to a youug lady if she hadn't cut hiiu dead. JuJ'ic " Mamma," said a young lady, "what would be an appropriate present to give Ceorgo. You know wo are nut engaged yet?" " How long has ho heeu calling upon youi" " About two veais." "Thcu I think a pretty plain hint will be the proper thing t give him." AVi York AV ire. KucUan alfal'lo inunl I was glud WD had met, Kur he inuil a short hour mo&t pleasant, HaiKjku at a way 1 shall never forgot tin questions 1 uuceriimts the preweut. His opinions suited my own lo a '1'; 1 rert-lied iliut brief hour's durauc Wbtu my outtt by th button be took, aud h said: " Ar you carrying any Imurance!" Umitha JUro,'.d,
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