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VOL. XXI. NO. 20. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1888. S1.50 TER ANNUM.
There aro 4l,000 donf mutes in this
country who arc votcri.
Morton is older than Harrison by nlno
years; and Thiirmun U twenty-three
years older thnu Cleveland.
It Is predicted Hint tlr? iron product
of Washington Territory will soon ex
ceed t hut of Pennsylvania.
Admiral Luce, iua public speech, has
railed atlcution to the pleasing, net that
lempernnce princinles rulu in the Ameri
can Navy now as novor before
After a wnrm contest, Miss Klin I.eben
has been elected Superintendent of City
Schools In Portland, Oregon, and will
roeoivo $3000 just like a man.
Sunday-schools aro increasing rapidly
in this country. I nst year the American
unday-school I'nion organized 1.102,
with GI)2;i teachers and 51, 12:) scholar.
Jtoccnt statistics show a total of nbotit
five hundred church members within the
walls of Peking, China, connected with
the Avo Protestant missions in that city.
Tho Gniftlnr for lSS, just Is-
-mcd gives California a population at tho
present time of over 1,10,000, nearly
vico tho population of 1-80, according
the official census.
Congressman Cox figures up our popu
ion In 131)0 at til,? I'i.Ol) ), while .Mr.
kiuson sots it at C4,"iO.,ooo. Tho
st ambitious American ought to ba
! ircly willing to split tho dilTerenco.
Three public spirited citizens of
rcago have aireed to purchase old
t Dearborn, tho ancient relic of the
, ami proo;it it to tho city if tho
Mpal authorities will vcmovo it to
rk and have it properly cared for.
I.o papor money of Peru, fays tho
i ionati Emnirer, is valueless, and at
time $2000 a yard was charged for
CO in theso depreciated bills. You
100 a day for board at tho hotel.
1 tho Govorument tries to keep tho
y in circulation.
,0 ancestial homo of tho Washing
family in Northamptonshire, Eng
I, is to be so'.d. The estate contain
i acres, and was granted to Lawrence
a hington in till. His son, Law
uc.e, emigrated to Virginia, and was
cueral George Washington's ancestor.
'! isallogcd that recently in Nagpiro,
'ia, a boy of sixteen was offered a
i liico to tho gols, in accordance with
superstition that human sacrifice)
sed a bountiful harvest. The head
is severe! from tho b d , and offered
goddess, wh'lo tho body was ton
' I to a god.
Aflor natural gas natural glass rannol
much of a surprise, and a vein of it if
i orted from Butler, Ca., at a depth
817 feet. The pieces aro round,
How, very rough in the mid l'e, liavoa
-ileii appearance, and aro supposed to
:n from the fusing of tho saudy soil
. some intense heat.
Tho New York Miil on I I'r r:m says
.nit "tho prison statistics recently given
how that the proportion of tho foreign
... bora who become prisoners is nearly
' double that of thu native born; but that
the disregard of thn foreign born for
law is far more in tho direction of im
morality ami disorder thau in dishonesty
or violence."
Pasteur, tho hydrophobia specialist,
lis known as "Cauicido the Fiist" in
Paris just now, bee msu his roc miuiondv
tions inspired tho Prefect i f the Police
to mnke strict regulations about dogs.
All the animals must be held by n string
while on tho street, and wandering
canines are promptly impounded and
suffocated with coal gas.
The cherry crop has beou a failure his
year in England, except in Kent, where
they have been abundant and delirious
ever since tho time whoa Itichard liar
reys, fruiterer to to Henry VIII., sent to
Flauders for fresh graft of a specia
kind, the old stock of English cherries
seeming to be dying out, and planted
101 acres of tho uew fruit around Tayn
bain. Hail road men say that lightning occa
sionally strikes locomotives when they
run through thunder storms, but it has
never been known to harm them or thu
men in thoir cabs. The electrl ity thins
out and spreads all over tho engine, run
ping off tho wheels and along the tracks
.when its leaves tho machinery. The
impression is that tho locomotives are
lightning catchers and attra t the bolts
that otherwise might hit the cars.
' The Queen of Sweden, who is allicted
with nerves, has been ordo ed by her
physicians to ri-o early, make liar own
bed and sweep and dust her room. The
Swedish medical profession may be luck
ing in science, observes the Chicago
Herald, but it is certainly nut deficient
In good sense. ' The w oman who gets up
nud makui the fire, hustles ground and
gets breakfast is seldom ucivous, while
his sweet and uninterrupted clumber
duriug her matutinal activity tondi to
preserve the nerves of her hu-sbaul.
A BRIDAL. SONQ.
i) Son,
From out whoso gracious rays
Cams forth the day of (lays,
IVhen my dear love was born,
Shine out!
And with your brightest ray
Bring gift divine to mark her wedding
day.
A Rift, a golden gleam,
A prophecy of good in every b"am.
Rojohw with so much of yourself that in her
lives,
Which shu with loving joy to others freely
gives.
0 Moon,
From out whose peaceful life,
A portion ramo to guard her own from
ttrlfe,
Shine out I
And with your softest light,
Mnko hnppy I'enco to rule her wedding
night;
Let nil your rays In silvery sheen,
Whisper of coming nights serene,
Rejoice with to much of yourself that in her
lives.
Which ho with loving joy to others freely
gives.
O Stars,
From out whoso twinkling beams
Caino radiant gleams
To dwell, ami And within her soul an
Billed glow,
A sunnier warmth thnn ever stars do
know,
Catch from unsetting suns to-night
A rmld'er tint a hint of Heavenly light,
lirflset her eyos
At d make new beauty In the skies.
Bcjolce wiih so much of yourselves that in
her I v ,
Which she w til loving joy to others freely
gives.
O Flowers,
AVhose censers swinging slow,
Exhaled rare erfume drenched in morn
ing dew
To touch the breath that first she drew,
Lift loyally votir heads and gayly smile
With Jov the while
Her bridal blossoms bloom.
Cull swoet perfection from her face,
And then give hack your borrowed grace,
Rejoice w ith so much of yourselves that in
in her lives,
Which sho with loving joy to others freely
gives.
O Music,
Born upon celestial lyres.
And thrilling 'mid angelic choirs,
Come nearer earth to-day,
Whisper in my lay;
Repeat tho melody you sent,
Whon to the world her voice you lent.
Swell in the air that tells
The echoes of the bells;
He like her Lover's heart,
(if her own part
Rejoice with so much of yourself that in her
liv.s.
Which she with loving joy toothers freely
gives.
O Love,
From out whose very heart she came,
Horn from thy glowing flame,
Look down
And in thy glorious way
Crown thou her wedding day.
Oh, nearer come make thou her bridal bed.
Close by her side all future pathways tread,
Help her to see thy face
In every clime and place;
Rejoice w ith so much rf thyself that in her
lives,
Which she with loving joy toothers freely
gives.
And ye,
O favored ones and blest,
Whose hearts have been her rest
Since life bogan,
Ve listen now and hear, with all Love's
pain,
Her marriage vow;
Giving, where most ye long to keep,
Smiling, where most ye long to weep;
Repress your tean,
Banish your fears,
Rejoice with so much of yourselves that in
her lives,
Which she with loving joy to others freely
gives.
Mrs. Mary M. Burnt, in Independent.
A MISSIXd COIN.
"I beg your pardon, but could you
give mo a glass of milki"
Ellio Tier jumped up with a little in
voluntary scream. She had been so in
tent on the letter sho was writing, with
the back of the tea tray for a desk, aud
the queer cone nhaped ink bottle bal
anced on the window sill ut her side, that,
she had ijuitu forgotten the existence of
anything else in tho woild.
"A glass of milk f" she repeated, tim
idly glancing at the tall, brown com
ple.ioued stranger, who stood between
the rows of yellow African marigold aud
purple phlox in the narrow garden path,
and deciding in her inmost mind that ho
was neither tho bank burglar of whom
she had read in the local newspaper, nor
the evil minded tramp who had set fire
to Mr. 1 ogau's haystack last week.
"Yes, certainly, if you will wuit a min
ute." She put down the ten tray and tho
pen, bestowing the cone shaped ink
staud in a place of safety, and ran into
the cool, sweet smelling milk room, for
a tumbler of cream ladeu milk.
"Aunt liessy said I was to let uo one
in tho bouse while she was gone," rea
soned this young chatelaine, w ithin her
self; "but 1 ha-ven'l let him in, and one
would bo a barbarian indeed to refuse a
drink of milk to anybody this warm
morning.''
When she came ba k thu brown faced
stranger was gathering mulberries from
the drooping boughs of the trees that
overhung the garden wall.
"Am 1 a thief ;" said he, noting the
look of amazement on El lie's innocent,
dimpled fuce. I hope not, but to tell
you the truth, 1 have traveled a long way
since breakfast time, and am very
hungry."
Ellie's heart melted at onco. Hie for
got Aunt liessy's charges and exhorta
tions. "Hutigry, are you." said she. "Wait
a minute aud 1 will get you a piece of
blackbeiry pie and some cheese."
She tied back into the house, aud pres
ently returned with a triangular wedge
of crimson-bleeding p;e, enough to
nipt any ones appetite, and comply-
ccntly watched her guest while lie ate it.
"Is it nicot" snid she, rndiantly.
"The nicest thing 1 hnve eaten in a
month," enthusiastically answered the
young man. "And this cheese Is like
solidified cream."
Little I Hie stood watching him.
"Aro you the tin peddleri" she asked,
suddenly. ' Did you leave your pack
out in tho road f liecauso our old tin
dipper is rusted nearly through, and
there is ipiitc a bag of rags and clippings
on the pegs back of tho door, if "
"Uli, l am not the tin pcuuier." saiu
he.
Ellio turned very red, feeling con
scious of having made A faux pas in her
impulsiveness.
"I beg your pardon," said Bho. "I
didn't know "
"I am very much obliged for your
kindness," said he, rising from the door
sill, which had done temporary duty for
a scat; and then he went on his way.
Kllio looked after him with solemn,
long-lashed eyes.
"Ho is very handsome," said sho to
herself. "I think he must be liko Don
Alono Mcndozo, in the 'I'nll of Castig
1 in, ' or liko Guy Livingstone. I hope he
wasn't offended at my asking him if he
was the tin peddler; but in a placo liko
this one never knows who is who."
Ellio Tier was a teacher of the primary
department of a city school, and she had
como to spend two weeks of her vaca
tion with her Aunt licssie Parsons, who
was married to a farmer. And this was
the lirst day that tho had been left to
"keep house" all alone by herself.
Of course, it was nn honor, but. all the
same, there was a certain responsibility
attached to it, and Ellio secretly felt that
she would be very glad when Aunt Bessy
camo buck from town.
"JuMThenn footstep sounded on tho
threshold of the bafik kitchendoor,whi h
opened into tho shndy luxuriance of tho
orchard. It was licr I nele Benjamin.
"Ellio," stvd he,
I wish you would
stir up a pitcher of cold ginger and
water, with a little molasses in it, for
the haymakers. I just remembered that
I had left my coat hanging up hero by
the window, with Eh hallo! where
is itl"
"Whero is what, uncle?'' said Ellie,
Iiatising with tho can of ginger in her
land.
"There was a ten-dollar gold-picco in
a leather purse in tho pocket of this ala
packy coat!" said Uncle lienjamin, look
ing aghast. "I forgot to take it out
when I came from town yesterday, aud
now it is gone !"
Ho turned every pocket of the thin
summer coat inside out; he shook it as
if expecting that the missing coin won d
drop out, like a ripe nut. Hut all to no
avail; nothing was there.
"It's the strangest thing in the world !"
said L'nclo Hcnjamiu. 1 kcow I left it
hero. Has any one been in the house
since morning, Ellief"
".'-no." faltered Ellie, salving her
consienco with the rejection that the
brown-romplexioned stranger certainly
had come no nearer than the door-sill.
"Then what has become of my gold
piece?" said l'nclo Henjamin.
"I am sure I cannot tell," fluttered
Ellie, her heart giving a sudden throb as
she recollected the two intervals of her
absence, onco for tho glass of milk, and
once for the piece of blackberry pie.
During those intervals what m'ght not
have happenc 1 !
"I'll go upstairs and look in the bureau
drawers," said l'nclo Henjamin. "1 am
perfectly certain that tho moucy was
hero in my coat-pocket ; but still "'
Ho hastened up the nnrrow, wooden
stairway, und Edie, spurred on by a new
inspirat on. caught her muslin-wreathed
hat from the tablo, and darted down a
lano that led across tho brook, and
through a patch of woods to tho high
road beyond.
"if I take the short cut over Denni
son's Hill," she thought, "I can catch
him c cn yet. The thief! the ungrate
ful poltroon 1 To drink the milk and
cat the blackberry-pio, and then to serve
me so."
Sho coursed through the fragrant
masses of awectfern, ncross thickets of
low-growing huckleberry bushes, all
purpled over with fruit, under the
shade of solemn, old pine trees, and past
herds of gracing cattle, who lifted their
heads to look at her as she passed.
But when at last, breathless and pant
ing, t-he reached the low stone wall that
separated I'ncle Benjamin's farm from
the mam road, she reaped tier reward.
There, only a few paces away, tho tall,
brown-skinned stranger sat on a stone,
funning himself with the wide brim of
his straw hot, and reading from tho
pages of a tiny duodecimo volume.
Liko a young deer, Ellie Tier shipped
over the wall and sciz.cd his arm.
"Oh, you wicked, wicked man !" she
cried, gaspiug f r breath,. "Aren't you
ashamed of yourself .' Give mo back the
money that you sto e this instant! Oil,
don't hta'e at me as if you didn't under
stand what I say! Y'ou do understand!
You are a thief! Y'ou have returned my
kindness with the basest ingratitude!"
The man looked at Ellie as if he
believed her to havo gone sucdenly
mad.
"ltoally," said he, "all this is per
fectly incomprehensible to me."
Ellio uttered a scornful laugh.
"You will please be so good as to
come back to the house with me '."said
she," v gorotisly, retaining her hold of
his t-heve, "and l'nclo lienjamin will
search you ."
"Search me! For what I''
"As if you didn't know!" retorted
Ellio, curling her pretty upper lip.
The brown-complexioned stranger
was tall and broad-shouldered, with
thews and siuews like those of a
gladiator.
.Miss Tier was something under five
feet in height, and a resolute turkey
gobbler could have put her to flight at
ten seconds' warning. liut, neverthe
less he followed her as meekly as if he
had been a feeble prisoner in the grasp
of a giant constable.
"1 don't know what it li 11 about,"
said he, "but if you say go with you, go
it is."
Ellio deigned him no answer. Argu
ment, she felt, could only injure the
diguity which formed her chief strength.
Aud so they proceeded in silence
across the green piisturo-lot, aud through
the sylvan woods opto I'ncle Benjamin's
back door.
That worthy soul was d awing a
bucket of clear, cold water from the well
to moisten his parched throat.
H i hair wo rumpled; great beads of
perspiration stood on. his forehead.
Evidently up to tAi time his search had
been fruitless.
And at the sami moment thero was a
rattling of wheels, and Mrs. parsons, El
lie's aunt, drove her littlo red pony
around to the rear, and jumped out of
the low wagon.
".Mother," bawled tho farmer, who
had not yet taught sight of tho ill
assorted pair toiling up the ascent bo
hind the gnarly apple trees, "havo you
seen that ten-dol ar gold picco that
Ehcnezcr Parley paid me yesterday I I
left it in the pocket of my nlnpacky coat
when I took it oil and "
"Yes, I know you did;" said Mrs.
Parsons, briskly. "And an awful place
it wns to leave it in. 1 saw it there my
self when I brushed tho dust off your
nlnpacky coat, and I took it out and
put it in the top, left-hand drawer of the
piuo desk in the spare chamber. I
meant to havo told you of it before 1
went, but somehow it slipped my mind."
"Je rusalem 1' grunted Mr. Parsons.
"I never was so glad of anything in ail
mv life!"
I Ellio, from behind the orchard wall,
i had overheard every word of this col
i loquy. Hie let go the sleeve of her cap
tive.
"Oh, I am so sorry I" faltered she.
"Pleaso forgive mcl I I thought "
"You thought I had stolen this miss
ing treasuio," sail her companion, his
lips relaxing into an involuntary suiilo.
"Well, under tho citcumstnnces it was
not such a very unnatural conclusion,
i Only, young lady, let this be a lesson to
i yon not to judge too hastily hereafter."
Ho" bowed, raised his hat from his
head nnd vanished under the leafy canopy
of the old apple trees.
And the next Tuesday evening, when
Ellie went to tho second of the Course
of Lyceum lectures in the village with
her uncle and aunt, she recognized in
tho speaker of the evening her anony
mous friend who hnd appreciated tho
blackberry p'e so thoroughly.
Sho could feel herself color to the roots
of her hair as she sat there.
" First I took him for a tin-peddler,"
she said tohrso'f, "and then for a thief.
What muil he think of me? "
But when sho was formally introduced
to Edgur Williams at the close of the
lecture, and tried to stammer out her
upologies, he only laughed.
"Pray do not vex yourself nbont it!"
said ho. "As for me, I havo forgotten
all the disagreeables of the day, and ro
member only the delicious taste of that
piece of blackberry pie that you gave
me, and I have thought more than onco
sines that I should like to become better
aciiuaiutcd with the lovely giver."
Ellio blushed prettily, and the ac
quaintance thus oddly begun ended some
months Inter in a quiet wedding in thu
city, inwhich the little school teacher
and the brown-faced lecturer took rather
prominent parts Saturday A'yi'.
WISE W0KDS.
Praise undeserved is satire in disguise,
Wit is follv, unless a wise man has the
keeping of it.
, Tho reward of ono duty is the power
to lullill another.
Do not talk of your private, personal
or family matters.
Fidelity in tril'cs is the ladder which
leads to greatness.
Cultivate forbearance till your heart
yields a tine crop of it.
Men love to hear of their power, but
have an extreme disrelish to be told of
their duty.
Knowledge without discretion is like
force without direction never useful but
by accident.
Pncrifice being tho essential basis of
virtue, the most meritorio is virtues are
those which aro ac paired with the great
est effort.
It is tho cultivation of the moral side
of our natures that has given to our
people as a nation their great strength
aud grand strides.
Do not fret. It only adds to your
burden. To work hard is very well; but
to work hard and worry, too, is more
than human nature can bear.
Life is history, not poetry. It consists
mainly of littlo things, rarely illuminated
by flashes of groat heroism, rarely broken
by great dauger or demanding great ex
ertion:. A nobleness and elevation of mind,
together with hrmness of constitution,
gives lustro and dignity to the aspect,
and mokes the soul, as it were, shine
through the body.
If, in spito of wars and fevers aud
accidents, and the strokes of chance,
this world be as rich and fair and grceu
as we have found it, what must the com
ing world be like?
The true way to be htunblo is cot to
stoop till you Are smaller than yourself,
but to stand at your real height against
some higher nature that shall show you
what the real suiallncss of your greatest
greatness is.
Alaskan Mesuierizois.
John I'o'd, of Victoria, British Colum'
bia, said to a Chicago Sera interviewer:
"1 took a trip last cummer up to Sitka,
in Alaska, and near that pi. ice saw the
Iudians give a very close imitation of the
same sort of work that our mesmeriz.ers
do. A lot of sealskins had been stolen
from the village, and the Indians were
tryini; to find the thief. A young Indian
girl was scatuil in the middle of a crowd
of old men, and a bright bit of quarts
was held jut in front of her eyes, at
which she looked steadily for some time
say fifteen minutes; then her eyes
began to close, and an old Indian camo
forward aud covered her forehead with
his hands. Hie seemed soon to be in a
genuine mesmeric trance. The old muu
spoke to her, and siie answered him.
Then they brought in another piece of
sealskin from the rifled store, aud some
eaitn from one of the footprints sus
pect 1, aud questioned the girl again.
As I was informed, the girl located the
tto'.'.n property in another village sonic
ten miles away. I ufortuuately for tin
romance of tho story, the stolen skins
were not found whero she said they
were, although the Indians believed they
had been very recently removed. The
whole experiment, however, is so much
like the mechanism of modern uicsiikt
isin which 1 have seeu here aud in the
old country that I was im-utly impressed
wilb it. The Indians declared tint this
' method of Ending lust articles was in
J use among the far northern tribes since
long before the white men. appeared
i among them."
HOME OF THE DIAMONDS.
THE QUE AT MINES RTJNNIKO IN
SOUTH AFRICA.
A Description of the Ho Iloera Mine,
llio Kooiio of a Itccont Terrible
lllsnsler.
Tho Do Peers Mine difaslcr in the
South African diamond fields, by which
twenty-four whites and two hundred
natives perished, has awakened frosh in
terest nmong those who ileal in the most
valuable of precious stones. By far tho
greatest portion of the diamouds now
obtained come from the mines of South
Africa, which were discovered near
Hopetown in lstt? by somo Hutch chil
dren. The nvnes are situated in Griqua-
land West, no,v a pnrt of Cape Colony,
about six hundred nnd forty miles north
east of Capo Town and tio hundred
miles from the sea coast. Although they
nre nt nn elevation of nearly 4000 feet
above tho sea level, the heat is excessive
during the smr ner months when the
work is principally arricd on.
According to the tint report of the
terrible calamity it was that "tho De
Beers Coal Mine nt Kimberley" had
caught fire. The manifest error in re
gard to the character of the mine was
not corrected in subsequent dispatihcs,
but the cause of the latal lire was ex
plained in this way: "While the shafts
were being changed tho hauling wire
broke and tho skip rushed down the
shaft with frightful rapidity. Tho oil
lamps were broken, and tho blasting
fluid quickly ignited the wooden casing
of the shaft. Flames in great volumes
shot up the shaft, completely preventing
egress. The mine was soon tilled with
smoke, nnd the lights carried by the
miners wore rendered useless. The panic
stricken natives and whites, in their
efforts to escape, became massed together
in tho galleries and were suffocated to
death,
Tho Superintendent of the Do Beers
Mine is Gardener F. Williams, of Oak
land, Cnl. Ho went to South Africa on
his second tup in the latter part of 180.
He is a regular correspondent of George
F. Kunz, Tiffany & Co.'s gem expert
and mineralogist. A Tim reporter
talked with Mr. Kunz and obtained from
him somo interesting facts about tho
De Beers Mines.
Tho mine covers 13J acres or CIO
claims, each SI fest squaro w ith a road
way of 1.1 feet between each claim. The
mines were originally worked in indi
vidually claims, yi43 in number, each 31
feot square with a roadway 71 feet wide
between each pi ir of claims. These small
claims aro now consolidated into about
HO large companies and privato firms,
having a gross cnpital of nearly $10,000,
000. There are four largo mines, nil
within a radius of a milcand a half. The
celebrated KinibeiL'y covers 7J ncres.
Thirty-three million carats (over 0J tons)
of 'dinmnnds have nlrca ly been task en
out, vn'ucd in tho rough at 1.1,000,00'),
and, alter cutting, at tlio.000,000. Tho
absorptiou of the t-maller by the larger
companies is constantly goir.g on, and it
is proposed to consolidate all the com
panics into ono. Ten thousand natives,
each receiving i'l a week, are oniploycd
in the mines under the supervision of
1200 European overseers. The enormous
sum of over I'l, 000,000 is annually ex
pemled for labor.
This mammoth investment of European
capital would have been more iirntitable
to the shaicholders were it not for the
thievishness of the nntlvo diggers, who,
instigated by tho vicious whites that
congregate on the field, at one time stole
and disposed of lrom onc-nitu to one
fourth uf thu entire Held. .More un
proved methods of surveillance, recently
introduced, have diminished this
loss. None but authorized a 'ents are
permitted to purchase or possess rough
diamonds, and a large detective force is
on the alert to prevent any infringement
of the rules. A record is now kept of
every diamond found. The thieves have
been caught making chickens swallow
diamonds in the mine, and a post-mor
tem held on one of the natives who died
suddenly revealed the fact that his death
was caused by a iiO-carat diamond which
be had swallowed.
According to tin latest official reports
there were employed in the De Beers
Mine !HI4 whites nnd 2MS natives. Of
the latter UnO were hired from the Govern
ment at a cost of i.18 per annum. For
merly the natives were allowed to leave
the mines, but owing to I he fraudulent
traffic carried on 2: 00 of them were last
year compounded. They practically lived
in tho mines, an t were better olt than
those who had their freedom. The old
system ef open workings has been to a
great extent almndonca lor the shalt and
undcrrronnU plan. I niter mo origin a
method the excavations wero t arried on
to a depth of ,1(10 feet. There were many
accidents owing to the fulling shale or
reef. A rock shaft is cjmpleled to
depth of IS II feet and taps low levels.
Luring last year over 'JL'i'.M feet of main
tunnel were driven. 1 hero is ouo shaft
of Tul feet, another of 477 feet, and
third of 121 feel. As many as 18 tribes
of natives have been represented m tho
mines. Some of the natives have been
known to tramp a thousand miles to "Ct
work.
Last year 8!0,000 loads of "blue stuff"
wore hauled out ol the mines, and K ill,: O
loads yielded 07'.', i;l21 units of ilia
mouth, for which the compauy received
i'lih-1,081 Us. l.tl. 1 he u tual e
peuditure was i'l 11, 18, leaving a profit
of tliix.MiT. The l'e Beers .Mine is capi
talized at 12, -100,020 in leu pou ml shares.
lrom September 1, I to Dccemhe
III, 181;, the De Beers Mine yieldei
1144,01.1 t arats, valued at 1,1. 4 ill. ', au
average of I'l 'd. per carat. This in
duties everything taken Lorn the mine.
lu the beginning of the enterprise the
mine produced 4-10 carat per load, but
hist year the yield was 8 10 carat per
load, a signilicant increase.
Water l ows from the mine at the rate
of .IMii) gallons per hour and at the rate
ot l'-OU callous lrom the rocK shalt,
There are nine big w ashing machines in
use, wh ch are more reliable than the
hand or eye. It is so act-male that
diamond the size of a pin head cannot
ascapc. .Yen l urk Timet.
The wool product of California has
averaged ntaily 40, 0 10,001) pounds pel
year since I'smi, bringing to the State
T. ono iiui! a year, l itis is ubout ono
seventh of the entire wool piuduct o
the co .nlry.
Witty Shcridiu's toast at Stafford
(town of Bhoemukers : "M iy the wh
yiorld trample on the trade of stufford,"
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIKS. j
Rea-Wcetl Decorations.
Various decorative uses for the sea
weeds which the coming months afford
an opportunity to visitors to the seaside
to collect aro suggested by VtmrnUir a ml
FurnLihrr. They may bo used on the
lids and sides of glass caskets, borders
ami even foregrounds to water and color
painting, nnd on picture and even mir
ror frames, meanwhile, until visitors re
turn home, being kept in a scrap-book.
When collected they are dried between
blotting paper and then washed with
mastic gum dissol. ed in turpentine,
which gives them a fresh appearance.
Thnv aro a'lixed to tho leaves of a scrap
book, which should have a flexible back,
by means of gum, and may ens ly oe de
tached by dampening the reverse side of
tho leaves. Very charming monograms
nd various fano ful designs may be
brnicd with sca-wecds. They make ex-
client borders for the outside surface of
the glass aquariums.
To Clean White or Very Light Silk.
Take a quart of lukewarm wnter and
mix with it four oun cs of soft soap.
four ounces of honey, and a good-sized
wineglass of gin. I npicK the siltc ana
lay in widths on the kilchen table. Then
take a perfectly new common scrubbing
brush, dip it in the mixture, and rub the
nlk hrmly up nnd down on uotn sitics,
io as to firmly saturate it. Rinse it in
;old water twice, until free from soap,
ind hang it on a clothes-horse to drain
until half dry; then iron it with a piece
of thin mu
isnu uetwceti it, twin mo uu,
i , .. . i . i. .. :
"jr It. Will UB IllUIftCU Oil UlU liuin-n oi-tu.
in ,. i 1 .!. a:.i..
i- ., -,u nt. .l.rt
KI!l, Lilt, H 1 IV lllllLU fl I1UU1I1 nUUl V. VI. u '
table, so that every part
so that every part may como .
under the brush. White) silk requires a
little blue in tho water. "Silk stockings
iho.ild be carefully washed in water that
is neither hot nor cold. Any pure white
wan will do, and tho stockings should
I e-dricd on wooden frames made for tho
purpose. White silk handkerchiefs i
must l,e quickly washed in a lather of I
pure white soap, to which a squeeze of
blue, with a spoonful of salt, has been ,
Killed, to provent the color lrom run
ning. Family HeraUl.
C.annlns I-V tilts
The process of canning tho different
kinds of fruit covers but little, except in
tho time required for cooking them end I
the quantity of sugar used. I
Tsone but perlectiy sound, weuripencu
fresh fruits should be put up. They may
be canned with or without sugar, but wo
think the uso of a little sugar adds
greatly to tho Uavor.
For tanning fresh fruits, they should
never be cooked sufficiently long to de- '
stroy the natural flavor, thoroughly heat
ing being an mat is necessary. Air-tigni.
glass jars should be tilled with the fruit !
while they are hot, und then quickly
sealed. Tho jars should be well heated
before filling. Alter filling tho jnrs and
screwing on the tops, they should be set
in a warm place, where the air will not
strike them, until morning, when tho
tops maybe screwed tighter. Tho jars
may th-u be wiped and put in a cool,
dark closet. They should be examined
from time to time, and if any signs of
fermentatiou nre visible, the fruit should
be opened and recorked.
Large fruits, its soon ns pared, should
bo tin own in cold wnter to provent dis
coloring, and then boiled in clear water,
to which may be added a littlo alum.
When teudortako up and boil five min
utes in syrup. It is best to cook only
enough to till two or threo jars at a time.
The jars should bo heated and every
thing in readiness ns soon as the fruit
has boiled. The work should bo done as
quickly ns possible. Small fruits aro
improved by being sugared an hour or
two before cooking. If a little alum is
added to the syrup, they will be clear and
keep their shape.
H too much juice is in tho kettle for
the quantity of fruit to bo canned, it
maybe used for jolly. If these directions
are followed, success in canning will be
sure. Couritr-Jvurna'.
Hecipes.
Potato Scallops. Boil and mash the
potatoes soft with a little milk or cream.
Bent up light w ith melted butter a des
sertspoonful for every pint of thu potato
fait and pepper to taste. Fill some
patty-pans or buttered scallop shells with
the mixture and brow,, In the oven when
you have stamped a pattern upon the top
of each. Glaze while hot with buttei
und servo in the shells.
Nkwmaiikkt PrnbiNc. Ono pint ol
grated bread, one quart of milk, one cup
of sugar, ono tabl -spoonful of butter,
ami the yolks of four eggs. Soak the
bread crumbs one hot r in the m Ik, I lieu
atld the other ingretlicuts and bake.
When it is done spread a layer of jelly
over the top, then cover with a meringue
made with thu whites of tho egns ami
half a cup of sugar. Browu slightly.
Li:mon I'rn'.-. Powder una sift n
pound and a quarter of loaf sugar und
mix with it the grated rind of two fresh
lemons. Whi-k the whites of three
CL'gs to a stiff froth, anil udd to it grad
ually the sugar ami gratetl lemon. Make
a thick paste, whisking thoroughly. Cut
into pieces of the desired shape, hand
ling the paste as little as possible. Place
on oiled white paper, aiitl bake on tint
in a moderate oven for tight or ten min
utes. CiiKiiitv Cakk. Beat up one quartet
of a pound of castor sugar with the yolks
of ten eggs for quite twenty minutes,
ail 1 one quarter pound of blanched aud
cut-up it I molt tie, then one and a halt
ounces bread crumbs and well whisked
whites of live egys; when well beaten to
gether put in a shallow cako tin; take
about half a piut of cherries, fresh oi
bottled (if the latter lay them first ou a
s:cT! till quite dry) drop them iulo tho
cuke and put the tin ut once iuto the
oven and bake for three quarters of an
hour.
The Briefest of Wills.
Ono of the shortest wills on record is
that of John F. Do Hart, which is anion
the testaments on file iu the iiegister'i
office, and reads as follows:
Inn. auki. phi, February
Everything 1 own Igivo to my wife, Liza :
John K. Ik Haul
The instrument was executed on Feb.
ruury 22, 18.1, by Mr. De Hart, who
died three days later. It is written on a
scrap of paper, evidently torn from
well-used mc iiiuruudmu booh, tliesigna
ture of the decedent being written
twice, the first oue being rather iudis
tinct. The value of the estate left by
Mr. De Hart was $750.-Tdladclj.hit
li iW,
THE HAPPY FARMER.
At last, at last, tho evening shadow's fall.
And wearily but happily I hlo me home,
While in my henrt I hear the welcome call
That bids me from the hillside to the
hearthside come.
O parting day, that brings the parted near!
O tlusky sha le, when higher lights appear!
I welcome thee, with heart and carol free,
t welcome thee, blest hour, when fond heart
welcome mo!
How loitsrHngly the burrin? day goes by.
How heavily the hours impose thtr meeA
'it pain!
But comes at length the lonient evening skv,
To bend with vast and coolness o'er ttn
throbbing brain.
O tender eve, that bring'st from toil re
lease! O holy night, with broo ling wings of peace!
I hail thy sha le, that homeward beckons me,
welcomo thee, blest hour, when fond hearts
welcome me!
E. C. L. Ilrowne, in Botton Trantaript.
Hl'MOR OF THE DAT.
A boy's sphere A baseball.
A summer resort The drug store.
Candid people seldom giveaway taffy.
Tho pilot of a ship ought to wear a
helm ct.
All the wards of a latch-key should be
home-wards.
A police miss apprehension Arresting
the wrong girl.
rtfr,rl;n nn nnt-nnd out rcmedv
- -
f t , ,
for the toothache.
. , . , . , . . .
Jiiespiucr ia ita ipicat. wuuu mo
happii
life is
. ...
hanging by n thread.
Tho Czar received King William in his
every day boiler-iron shirt.
Boston inebriates never seo snakes.
They havo ophidian hallucinations.
The man who gets left docsu't bolievs
that "Whatever is, is right." Life.
There ought to be a law passed that
railway restaurant keepers shall date
their apple pies.
We consider this business of making
fun of women who catch sight of a
mouse a holler mockery.
It is perfectly proper to carve out your
own fortune, but you should not chisel
other people in doing it.
"Is you pa building a cottage on the
shore?" "No; I heard him tell ma he
would have to build it on tick."
It is a curious thing that on the rail
roads it is the fricght rather than the
steam that makes tha cargo. Bnar.
Women aro pleased when likened to
birds, but not to all kinds of birds. It
is dangerous to call a woman an old
hen.
There is said to be an affinity between
tho beasts of tho field and the birds of
the nir. It is well known that the play
ful calf is fond of a meadow lark.
Ye gods! would it not be funny
If we should ever see
The bark become visible on a dog,
Autl audible on a tree.
Pucfe.
Barber (purely from force of habit)
"Havo a hair cut. sir?" Bald-headed
customer "Ves; threo or four of them
I guess I've got that many left."
Jiiil'j :
"Things That Never Dio" is the title
of a new poem. And it does not men
tion tho chap who wants to know if it
is hot enough for you, cither. I'Udlurg
Ciro lii lr.
The Cause. C azzam "Hello, Cumso,
you look entirely fagged out. What's
the matter" Cumso "Oh, nothing! A
week's rest will set mo up. Just back
from my vacation." Time.
Whether tall men or short men aro best.
Or bald or moilost and shy men, '
1 can't say; bat this I protest:
All tho fuir sex are in favor ol Hymen. ,
Otnalia B.'e.
Wc notice from a perusal of the papers
that "tho flat In s gouo forth" this year.
We are gla 1 of this. It would be an
awfully lono-omc year in which the fiat
did not go forthiug. Bton Traiucrijit.
The busy housewife now gets up
And jams her black raspberries,
I And jellies all her currants red,
I And cuus red sour cherries.
Itanieillt Brtett.
I City Y'oung Lady (to farmer) "What
kind of a tree is that?" Farmer "That
is a beech tree." "How singular! 1
didn't suppose beech trees grew any-
' whore except at tho seaside." 1'exM
Sitiny.
I Feline Sagacity "Bridget, has John
nie como home from school yet?" "Yis,
sorr." "Have you seen him." "No,
sorr." "Then how do you kmw he's
home?'' " 'Cause the cut's hidin' under
the stove, sorr."--jf'.w.
i She (at a garden party "Isn't that
young Professor Braiufog coming this
way, Mr. He Sappy.'" Ho "Ya'us, Miss
, Maude. Shall 1 present him?" Sho--"Oh,
dear, no. 1 think young men with
brains, Mr. l'e Sappy, uro such a bore."
-in
A young Englishman is said to have
written to his fond undo the following
encouraging letter: "Dear I'ncle You
have often said that you could dio happy
if I could pass the final examination lot
tho liar successfully. You can die
happy. Your dutiful nephew."
i I a Unit, ileur ( hai k-s, 1 told Miss Jones
1 ivully tl.d not likj you
' Perhaps tin iiii-auing ot my words
I Hot It not y.-t fully strike' you.
j So lu-ui mo -.wo ir by all the stars
A twtnkliiu iio,v ubave you,
The reason why 1 like you not
i Is tiiis: boouise 1 love you.
i Hurler's Bainr.
i An English journalist, ou reading in
' tLe paper of the defeat of the Clevelund
; nine by the Cincinnati bays, stopped
I short at the headline: 'l1levclaud Beaten
by tho Beds,'' and ttiblud home an
a .-count of an "Atrocious assault ou tho
President of tho l uiied States by a band
of hostile Iutlians that nfest the District
of Columbia. .Y.i 'u i.
Tramp "I know it. ma'am; I'm
.always out id won,, uui n s my hick.
I . - ...... . .
Tramp "It's this way. iiia'uin. In the
winter I feel like mowing lawns, and in
the summer I just actually t ravo to
shovel snow, and nature continually
balks mo. Have you Mich a thing as a
pio iu the house." '. 'a lla: ir.
Y'outh "I've ot some poetry here I'd
like to have vo i look over." Editor
ai "YtB, sir. Have you got your liceiiM
with you: iiiuiii- -iy incuse:
Editor Ye: your poetic license.'1
Youth "No u-no. I didn't know 1 hJ
to hve one." Editor "We never look
ovt r ny poetry without t'sst seeing th
poet's, license. Good-day." iW,