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VOL. XXI. NO. 22.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2G, 1888. S1.50 PER ANNUM.
communications.
The Astorshave made 1230,000,000 In
forty years by real ostnto speculations.
The mucked fishery is nlmod a dosd
industry in tlio State of Maine this
season.
Except lust year tliero lias been moro
railroad track laid to far in this country
than during any previous yenr.
Good judges c-timalo that the Cali
fornia wine rrop this year will roach 110,
OilO.OOO gallons, which is double that of
last year.
Three thousand million pounds of
sugar are consumed annually in tho
United States, one ten' h of which is
grown in Louisiana nlono.
Btilson Ilutchins, tho Washington
nowspapor proprietor, proposes to buy a
place nt Amherst, where Horace Greeley
was born, and present it to tho Slate of
New Hampshire.
Tho Comptroller of Tennesson esti
mates that tho increase of valuation in
taxable properly over the entire State
tinco 13S7 will bo between 7 ,00,00 J
and $100,000,00 ).
A few yo.irs ngj it was n common
thiny lora novel to conlniu four or live
hundred thousand words. Later it be
came tho fashion to uso about 2"i0,0()0
words. To d ly a publishing house will
hardly touch a novol with over 7",000
word. .
Tho (Ail Colony M mori d has figued
t up, and asserts tint tho Old Colony
lailroad Company dispatches daily from
U various tormiui in Maks i hmetts tho
nrmoi.s number of 1 171 trains. This
asincss is probably . exceeded by 110
mpany in the world.
Tho latest metropolitan wi inkle is a
nrkl-h I nth for horses, in which they
') pwt tliioiigh ihj snmo sweating and
"ling processes as human beings,
ich a bath is run in connection with a
cw York stable, nnd its patronage has
tsbcco.no largo and profitable.
There woie 4', '157,000 pounds of tea
pped from ,'npan last year to orth
nerioan ports. The Canadian l'ueilic
:imcrt carried forty cr cent, of the
alignments, and the tamo lino con
yed nearly tweuty-livc per c?nt. of the
mount tent tj icw York uud ( hicugo.
Tho fastest trains in this country are
vo tlyurt on tho Baltimore uud Ohio
ad that nro scheduled to iuii tho fo:ty
dies between I'altinioru and Washing
'mi iu foity-tl' 0 minutes. Tiio slowest
r iiu is a Noitii Caroiinn "e i cs,"
h'ch consumes uino hours in running
:t'0 miles.
Tho catch of Canadian fisheries last
ar, accord Off to un estimate just pub
i.hcd, was valued at I , 200, 0U0 ugninst
?lsi,S;U,0J0 the year pre Tiling. 'I he
lobster catch declined f-04,000, and the
od catch ?:!4,00i. Tho exports to the
' 'iil:ed States were valued nt $'.?, 7 K,000,
ny per cent, of tho to'al export.
Tho number of rabbits killed for the
bouuty last year in one Australian (olouy
was l", W,5 It', and (ho bounties paid
in (hat year hue been estimated at
$,100,000. In addition millions ol
dollars h ivo been p tid for hundreds of
miles of rabbit-proof fence. And still
the ra' bits seem to be as numerous as
evor.
A New York woman, Mrs. Pchuffno-,
lias bevn Riving bad for 8) many people
at tho Tombs that the other day the Re
corder refused to accept her as secuiiiy.
lie said; "I think Mis. Schaffncr hat a
mania for going bail, t he will go all to
piecei someday and won't have a cent left
in the world. I icfuso to accept bail
Jroiu her
Russia imports annually !)!i0,0i(),0:)0
pounds of cotton, 1 hie ly from America
aud Egypt, but it is bilieved that recent
acijuisit ons of tho Car in Central Asia
ato excellently adapted for cotton ra's
iiig. Some has already been grown at
Khivaatnd liokhaia, uud an extensive
sys'em ol l;rigttliou is being created
develop other laud for this crop.
to
Walter Taring, liritish a'cut at Cut
tiu'c, Montenegro, reports th.t thcro is
only one road lit for a wagon iu die whole
country, and that there is practically no
industry, ' Montenegrins scorning any
pursuit but that of arms. All the tai
lors, painters, carpenters, masons, and
other aiti-ans aiu foreigners, and all
goods except those which aro tho direct
product of agriculture' aro imported, and
are of the connnoneit description, except
the green and white cloth used for men's
.iats.
.Vi'3. Ada H. ICuplcy, who edits at Kf
1 l.g'.i.im, 111., a temperance paper called
I'ri iil 0 the II 'nu!, is enjaged remarks
the Chicago Ti iita, in a novel piece of
temperance peisuasiou. t he publishes
each mouth a list of the men seen drunk
in the streets of the towu. A citizen
whose name appears in the latest array
given out claims that he was not drunk,
and had the editor arrested. A Justice
of the I'eace flued the lady $T, uud she
promptly appealed. The trial in the
hi.ch'jr courts may throw liyht on tha
righ t of a drunken tnaa to keep hit
rjuihC out of the trailers.
THE OLD LEATHER L VTCH-STRINO.
How dear to my heart Is the home of my
eliildliooft,
A clap board roofed cabin half hidden from
view
Where I grew llka weed springing up In the
wild wood,
And clunp; to t'io homo which had sprung
up there too;
Tlio old lean to kitchen, tho smoke-housi be
tide it,
Tho straw-stuck with shelter of UiAtch
covered o'er
The ash hopper near, where the wood shed
could hlilo it,
And a'en the rude latch-string which hung
011 tho door;
The old fashioned latch-strlng,
Tho brown-faded latch string,
Tho long leather latch string
Which hung on tho door!
Tho latch-string! howoftm when hungry and
jadod
I Rrasx-d it quite carefully lest it should
caMi;
For I knew it wai rotten at well as quite
faded,
So I pulled It down gently, to lift up the
latch:
The noon meal was reudy how quickly I
soizeil it
A bowl full of mush with sweet milk brim
ming o'or.
Not a full lilu hing goblet could tempt mo to
leave it,
AVhen I pulled the old latch-string which
hung on the door;
The old fashioned latch-strlng,
Tho brown faded latch-string,
Thn long leather latch-string
Which hung on the door!
The shot pouch I carried (methinks I still see
it)
And tho same frisky spnrrel that pestered
my soul,
As I shouldered my flint lock and hastened to
tree it,
Hut alas, It lied from me and hid In a hole.
Tho old weedy l onyard still fondly I view it,
And iho path, with tall horse-nettles thick
ly K-rown o'er,
How I scratched my bare feet every time I
run through it.
To reach the old lateh string which hung
on the door;
Tho old-fashioned latch-string,
The brown fndod letch -string,
Tho long leather latch-strlng
. Which hung on the door I
And
when far nwny I strayed from that
dwelling,
lloturiiing, 1 hailed it with many a shout,
For
1 know ut a glance 'twas a sienal un
failing
That the folks werent homo when the laten
string was out.
Cut the dreams have all faded, which
fondly I cherished,
When bcrefoot I romped on the old
puncheon floor;
And U10 elep board roofed cabin itself has
nigh perished,
As well as the latch-strlng which hung on
the door:
Tiio old-fashioned latch-string,
Tho brown faded latch string,
Tne ton,; leather laVh-string
Wblih hung on the door!
Tho spring branch still runs at the foot of
tho meadow
Who; e wj cut tli j tall clover an I pasture 1
ojr Hooks,
But tho harvBHt-tiine held o'er my life a dark
shadow
For I hated to "cradle," and pile up tha
shocks;
And now, when removed from that loved
situation,
The tears of re.;r.t will intrusively pour
As fancy revert t i the old habitation,
And sighs for tho latch-itriug which hung
on the door;
The oM.fashiono 1 latch-strlng,
Tho brown failed latch-string,
Thn long Iuthr latch string
Which hunj 0.1 the door!
IleU n II'. Clark, i at. L-Aiit Mmjatine.
AT THE DRAWBRIDGE,
Tolly Cardncr had beeu spending her
vacation with her aunt .Mary in tha
country, r ho would have been "per
fectly happy," but that her father aud
mother were obliged to remain in the
city. It wus live weeks since she had
seen them, and it seemed to i'olly like
as many months.
One Ioelv nllernnnn I'nllv t..i nn i,
horse-blncK idiy kicking one foot back-
... r.l .. .. .1 I I ... . ,
um uuu lui-wMrii, waicning aunt Alary
as shu drove oir ou a visit to a sick
ueghbor,
lust as a.int Murv wnt liiilln.r fV,..
fight by a bend in the road shu"hcard
tile crunching of wheels, and on look
10'' un. found it was tl
man f ro n Willow Grove. He checked
h.s horse nt the gate, and fumbling
slowly in his coat, drew out a white en
velope und read iu n loud voice:
".diss I'olly Gardner, in ca o of Mrs.
Mary Wist, Willow Grove, in haste.
Then he iieekeil ovi-r lii tr),i.,a .......
ly at I'olly, and asked sharply: "Who's
Miss I'olly Gurdncrf I'o you know
little girl:"
"Oh, that's mo!" cried Tolly, iunin-
ing from tho ho: so block, "aud Mrs.
Mary West is nuntv. l'leas iv .
my letter. It's from mamma, i am so
glad :
"Can you read;"
"Yes, of course." said I'olly, iudig
nantly. "I'm nine next week."
Th s wus tho letter:
Iikakest l'oi.i.v-1'apa finds he can leave
b s biiboiesi for a short tune, so thst wo hiivo
concludtid to sm n,e remainder of our va
cation witti you and aunt Murv. V s-bull
tuk the tram thai reaches Willow Grove at
irHif.n. on th --4th. Tell aunt Mary to
meet us if fhe hue t inn.
Love to ail, and u thousand kisses from
Mamma and PaI'A.
As aunt Mary would not return before
five o't lock, Tolly dr'ermiucd to walk
down to the slutionl meet her futher
and mother. !-hc haiToftcn I een there
with aunt Mary to watch the trains come
aud go. It was a small station aud very
few people stopped theie.
Juat before leaching the station the
railroad crosses a drawbridge. Tolly
liked to watch the man open and shut the
draw as the boats on the river pusse 1
through. There w.is a footpath over this
bridge, and I'olly bud ouce crossed it
with mint Mary. They had stopped to
speak tothetlaguian who was plcaaaut
and good uatuied. He told Tolly where
she could lind some beautiful white lilies
in a pond not far away. That was moro
than a week ago, and the flowers were,
not open then, and now, as Tolly ran
down the road, alio thoiirdit she would
have time to gather some for hor parents
before the train arrived.
w ncn roiiy rcacnea tne station sue
found no one there, and on looking at tho
clock.shesawit was ten minutes past four
so she had twenty minutes to wnit. Then
she ran on quickly.
Tho flagman stood by tho draw, nnd
Polly saw some distance down tho river
a small vessel coming towaid thebridgo.
Sho ran along rapidly, and as she passed
tho flagman ho called out:
"Going for tho lilies The pond was
all whito with them when I went by this
morning."
"Vcs, bit ; I want to pick some for
mamma and papa. They wrote mo a
letter and said they were coining on the
next train."
"You don't sny sol Well, I guess
you'ro glad. l ook out for the looomo-
tive, nnd don't tnko too long picking
your flowers, nnd you'll have plenty of
time to get back before tho tram comei
Tolly thanked him nnd ran 0.1. In
about five minutes she reached tho
pond. How lovely the Hi lies looked
with thoir snowy cupj resting upon tho
dark waters. Uut their stems were long
nnd tough, nnd most of them grew be
yond her reach. Tolly was sorry to
leave so many behind, but was afraid if
sho lingered too long she would miss tho
train. 80, gathering up tho blossoms.
she pinned them into her belt, audi
scampered back toward tho bridge. '
Tho boat bad just sailed through tho ;
draw, and tho man stood ready to closo '
the.bridge when Tolly came up. Ho
looked over at her from the center of the.
bridge, and called out with a smile: 1
"Couldn't you get uny moro flower' !
than those? If I had time to go to the
pond you should have as many as you !
could carry." I
Tolly smiled back at him and thon be- j
gan to watch him- ns he made ready to
turn the great bridge back into place for
tho train to pass over. His hand was on ,
the crank, when a rope dangling over
tho railing of the bridge attracted his
attention. As ho tried to pull it in it
seemed to be caught underneath. Tolly ;
watched him lean over to get a better
hold, when tohor great horror, the pieco
of railing to which he held gave wny.
Jhero was a sudden scream and a
great spiasu in 1110 water. jjut beloro
the waves of tho swiftly flowing river ,
closed over him Polly heard the cry: j
"llio train tue Hag I"
Poor little Polly 1 bhe was so alarmed
for tho poor man's safety that for some
moments she could think of nothing
tlso, and ran backward aud forward
ringing her hands in despair. As he ro?o
to the surface she saw that ho made
franctic gestures to her and pointed up
the road from which thn train - 10
como. Ho seemed to bo nblo to keep him-
self above the water with very little ef
fort, nnd 'oily saw with joy that the
accident had been observed by the crew
of tho vessel. Tho man in the water 1
struck out toward the boat, and Po ly '
could hear shouts and cheers from tho
men on board. 1
All at once she was startled by the
far-oil whistlu of tho approaching loo- I
motive In a moment sho understood
the meaning of tho flagman's gestures. !
She looked at the open space and then nt !
the bridge. In live minutes or less tlws
train wo ild eome rushing into that awful ,
chasm. Polly's hair almost rose on her
head with horror. It was as much as she
could do to keep her sentcs.
There must be somo wny to avert the
awful calamity. Sho ran swiftly along
townrd the rapidly approaching train. !
i.ying ou 1110 ground, just by the small
wooden houso where tho flagman gener-
ally sat, l olly saw a red flag. She re-
mcnibei-cd bavins heard that this flair
1 1 j , . ,
wus usca in case 01 uauger or wnen tucru
was any reason for stopping the cars. Sho
did not know wheiher there was yet
time, but sho sci.od the flag and fluw
wildly up the track.
"Oh my papa! Oh my mamma:" sho
cried. "Tlicy will fall into the river aud
be drowned! What ah ill I do?" and
Tolly waved tho flag backward aud for
ward as sho ran.
Then caino tho train around the curve.
She could see tho while steam purling
from the pipe, nud could hear tho pant
ing of the engine.
"1 know they'll run over me, but if
papa and mamma are killed I don't care
to the," she said to herself, ns she np- consideration, makes his decision, and
proacbed the great, black, noi-y eu- I t,lon t,lu factotum tills up thu ntarest
gine. j cav ty with soup, turns oil his heel, and
When it was about three hundred feet ! washes his hands of all further consider
away from her she saw a head thrust out ' 1,liou- 1 did not gain the impression
of the littlo window by the locomotive, rom a casual inspection that tho waiter
and then, with a great pulling, snortin" ! n"1' ever washed his bauds in nny other
and whistling, it begin to move slower
and slower, until at last, when it was
al no t upou Poll v. it stooned en.
tirely.
All tho windows were alive with
beads and hands. Ihe
passengers
screamed and waved her olf
She stepped o!f and ran close up to the
i ii . , . 1 w
the track,
side of the engine and crasned out
' . hu bridge is open und the muu has
fallen into iho river. Please stop tho
train or you'll be drowned."
Tho engineer stared iu amazement, as
well he might, to see a small girl with u
tliidied fuco, hair blown wildly about,
and four lilies pinned to her belt, wav
ing the red flag as though she had been
ied to flagging the traius all her
life.
At that moment another remarkable
figure prescuted itself to the astonished
eyes of the passengers. A man dripping
wet, bruised and scrat hed as though he
hud been drawn through briers, came
tearing toward the cars, stumbliug nnd
almost falling ut every sten. As he
reached little Polly he snatched her up I
una covered tier lace witn kisses. I Indignantly denied having it, und re-
"You little durliug," he cried 'do you fused to bo searched. The detective I
know what you've done? You've saved have mentioned, by a forcible search,
the life of more than a hundred people" found tho coin upou him a id was about
Folly, nervous and excited, began to to take him to prison when, as thu at
cry. One after another the passengers teud.iat wis about to replace the coiu in
camo hurrying out of the traiu and the case, he discovered tho one belong
crowded around her and kissed her ! ing to the museum, just where it hud
uutil she was quite ashamed, and hid slipped out ol sight wheu the gentlcinuu
her head upon the kind flagmau's shoul- restored it. It seems there was another
der, whispering, "please take mo away of the coins, and tin" the gcutleinan had
to find papa and mamma." purchased it and had been anxious to
Almost the lust to alight were Polly's I compare it with the oue in the mu-cuin
parents. "Why, it's our Tolly I" they
both exclaimed at once.
The draw was now closed nnd the
conductor cried "All aboard !" The pus
seugcrs scrambled back to their seuts
ugaiu. Tolly's father took her into the
seat with him, and now she looked
calmly ut thu people as they gathered
round, and answered politely all rjues.
tlons put to Iter, but rcfusol tho rings,
chains, brncclets and watches that the
grntoful passengers pressed her to no-
......1- a t 41. ; H.,il..,ln r,..
favinc their lives,
I At last Tolly grew tired of so much
praise ana spoKe out:
ilcally, I don't deserve your thanks,
I for I never once thought of any ono but
papa nnd mamma. So keep your prci
cnts for your own little girls. Thank
! you all tho same."
j Those that heard her laughed, seeing
I they could do nothing better for her than
1 to let her remain unnoticed for tho short
j distance she had to go.
When Tolly was lifted out of the car
and stood unon the steps of the station
j while her father looked nfter the lug-
gage, tho passengers threw kisses and
waived their handkerchiefs to her until
they were out of sight.
j A few days afterward Polly was aston-
ished at receiving a beautiful ivory box,
containing an exquisitely cnnincled
medal, with these words engraved upon
it:
' "Presented to Tolly Gntdner, whose
courage and presence of nun I saved a
hundred lives." Yank is Mai:.
WISE HOKI S.
Least said is soonest mended.
Those who excel will succeed.
Lnughter is the daylight of the soul.
Three things to do Think, live and
act.
The most effective coquetry is inno
cence. Whenever the speech is corrupted so is
the mind.
Tho world itself is too small for the
covetous.
Laziness travels so slow th it poverty
soon overtakes him.
Three things to halo Ciuclty, arro
gance and ingiatitude.
Topularity like a warm south wind ia
very pleasant, but like the wind, when it
changes may bring a storm.
Powerful organizations en sh out op
ponents often, by stilling their virtues
and appropriating their failirgs.
When two persons nro too modest to
fiienk of their own irieutncss. it may be
accomplished by fluttering oath other,
The reason a man is surpiiscd at the
mrrAo of nnnihcr i imi. ii ,,,nr,i
comprehend beyond his own standpoint.
He who is positive without real con
victions is a tyrant, he w ho has real con
victions without being positive is a
craven.
Wo cannot overcHiinnto tho fervent
love of liberty, the intelligent courage,
and tha saving common senso with
which our fathers mailo the great experi
ment of self-Government.
Tho greatest of fools is ho who imposes
' on himseif, aud in his greatest concern
thinks certainly ho knows that which
he has least studied, and of which he is
most profoundly ignorant.
Friends must bo torn nsunder, and
swept along iu the current of events, to
see each other seldom, aud penchant c no
more. Forever and ever, in the eddies ol
time and r.ccidcnt, wo w hirl away.
A Primitive Ilorlin Care.
I visited an eating houso in Berlin
which for primitivencss, says Klakely
Hall in the .'ev York Sin, is rather
ahead of anything else I have seen in tho
world. Thediuing table consisted of a
log iu which eighteen cavit ei nppo red
at regular intervals. hitch cavity was
of about the size of a largo soup bowl,
nnd fastened near every one was a big
iron Biiooa attached to tho lor b an
iron chain. I'he method of dining was
neither complicated nor prolonged. A
11,018 u "0I dinner consisting ot one
course, which, by tho way, was the only
dinner served in tho house, cost live
pfennigs about one cent and a quarter
of our coiu. The diner enters and planks
j down his money before taking his sent.
Then he chooses oue of the broad cavi
ties, seizes the iron spoon, aud waits for
the waiter. That functionary is usually
a sort of Too-Uab, combining in himself
j the duties of cashier, proprietor, head
I waiter, and bouiK er-iu-ehiel'. Alter the
guest is scaled tho waiter walks up to
him bearing two steaming cans and asks
j shortly. "Thick or clear soup:" Tho
diner usually, after smiting tho fumes of
l'le cl,us ""J giving the matter weighty
than a figurative sense. The diner
scoops the soup out of tho hole in tho
log with his iron spoon, and, having
thus diued wisely and well, is promptly
ordered out by the bouncer-in-chief.
There is uo lingering over an a ter din
ner cigar, nuts, raisins, fruit, or coffee,
?Jl,e(,;t,on .of. t.ho ",c"1 18 "'most
filrikllor fhuructni-ictlo pvi'Ph norlm t-.a
striking characteristic, except, perhaps,
its simplicity.
H.'lecliv.i Fallacies.
A prom uent Kngii-h deto tive, who
rcceutiy visited this country t work up
a case iu the interest of the Tank of
Knglaud, told me t hut ho was called to
the South Kensington Museum, iu Lon
don, a few years ago to arrest a gentle
man on suspicion of having stolen a very
valuable old Human coiu, believed to be
the only one of tho kind oxiant. Tpon
presenting an otliciul order be had been
pel milted to take the coin from the case, to
which he had seemingly returned it after
examining it for some time, lint when
tho attendant was about to lock the case
the coiu was missing. Tho gentleman
to establish its genuineness. Thus vou
see now uiuck circumstances may some
times appear against the most innocent
persons. t'niiJe'pii t Xdtct.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes is to fur
nish the chapter ou the .Massachusetts
dialect in a forthcoming book on Auieri.
cauisui.
ABOUT PAPER CURRENCY
DIVERSIFIED FORMS OF MOKE'S
IN FOREIGN LANDS.
A Itnnk of England Nolo Itusslri's
Many Colored Clrcnlntlnjr Med
in in I' lilted States Bill.
It is surprising, says the (Ihhe-Demo-trat:
"How many different kinds of
pnper are used for currency in the various
foreign countries. Kach nation seems to
have its own particular kind or brand of
paper. A Dank of L'nglnnd note is
printed on Irish linen water lined paper,
Jdain w hite, with rough edges. You will
notice in ashort time after handling how
the paper lacks the smooth, oily feeling of
our own bank notes. Then, again, there
is an absence of nny coloring except
black and white. The smallest notes is
sued by the linnk of Knglaud aro of the
value of ta or Vt. Tho old fashion of
sending these notes from one country to
another was to cut the note into two
parts and send the pieces in separate en
velopes, but that is largely done away
with. All such notes linnlly find their
way back to the Bank of England, where
they are retired for good. They are
never reissued, ns the bank only sends
out new, clean notes. The average life
of a Hank of Knglaud note is about three
weeks. A Bank of Ireland note docs
not differ much fiom n Bank of P.ngland
note, except that it has a more elaborate
scroll work.
The note with blue nnd black letter
ing, together with numerous symbolical
pictures, is a Bnuquc do France note. It
n made of plain whito paper, nud could
be easily imitated. The smallest note
issued by the bauque is for 0 francs or
i while the largest is the 1000 franc.
"Now, the German bills are printed
in green upon paper a good deal lighter
than our gold certiticates. The Aus
trian currency is printed much the same
Tho German bills ran go in denomina
tion from tive marks, or LUM, to lo,oou
marks, or about ifilo of oTir money. Very
few notice at first glance that the Aus
trian bills are printed in German on one
Side and in Hungarian on tlio other.
This is done to accommodate the two
predominant classei of Francis Joseph's
subjects. The paper of an Austrian bill
is very light colored, but quite thick and
tough. It has none of the fine lines nor
the silk fibre murks which are tho char
acteristics of our Treasury notes. The
smallest Austrian note is of the value of
1000 florins, or $:$t in our money.
Tho Italian 1000 lire noto is nu elabor
Tato affair Tho paper is plain white,
but the printing is done in pink, blue
nnd carmine. A finely engraved vig
nette of King Humbert and scroll work,
which will compare favorably with tho
be-jt of nny country, appears iu it.
The smaller Italian bills are about the
siime size of our old fractional currency.
They vary in denomination from one
lire, or 20 cents, to 10 lire, or about f'J
in our money.
"Perhaps, the most gorgeously colored
bank noto of any European country is a
l'ussian 100 rouble note. It has almost
every coior of tho rainbow, bnrrod lroiu
top to bottom, as though it had been
thrown through a prism. The 101 rouble
bill is quite large, being four by ten
inches in size. In tho centre isa portrait
of Catherine I. The paper is not of an
especially line character, whilo the let
tering is done with dark light brown
ink. The and 10 rouble notes are
much smaller nnd almost free from any
elaborate display of colors. Tho note
mostly ued is the !i rouble, or about
$i3.23 in our money."
Curiously enough, some people will
not tuke paper money. The French and
Germans almost always usk for coin, and
say that they do not want the pnper bills.
Tlio A list nans nnd Hungarians are just
tho opposite. They geueially prefer the
paper money of their own country to
coin. The Americans usually want coin.
As one traveler said not long ago: "Gold
is good for its face value all over the
world, and I ran get it exchanged if I
wnut bills." The Italians who go l ack
to sunny Italy ure not very particular.
They would just as soon take lire notes
us lire coins.
The United States notes beat the world.
But, about twenty veais ago, tho
Treasury Department adopted a special
paper, tho distinctive feature of which
was a narrow localized line of short bluo
liber running tho entire length of the
sheet of paper in such a maimer as not
to lessen its strength or interfere with
the printing.
"Kxamiiiu tho pnper of a United
States note under a glass and you will
see that these libers have the appearance
of coarse, black hairs, of all lengths and
shapes, scattered promiscuously all over
thu surface of the note. This kind of
paper is known ns the Wilcox patent.
A few years ngo tho government adopted
another feature of thu fiber paper with
i wo silk threads ruiiuim; lengthwise
.hioiighout thu surface. There is now a
law against a person using or adopting
this kind of paper for any obligation or
security, except under tho authority of
'.ho Secretary of the Trcsury.
"Wo iiiu'io more mouey and better
money than any other people iu the
word."
Pnoiigyee Pets.
.Not far from Maudalay, Burundi, about
seventy-live miles up the river Irra
wad ly, is an island upon which stands
an ancient p aongvee kioiing. The
priests belonging to this kioung have
made pets of the large lish that inhabit
the river at that place. These fish are a
species of channel cat, or blue tish ugly
brutes without scales, having wide
mouths und stiff, sharp-pointed spines
ou their heads and backs. They attain
to a great sizo and are from four to live
feet in length. When any of the saffron
colored clothed fraternity go to tho
water's edge aud call out: "Tee-tee''
these tish ru.-h in a shoul to the bunk,
and. opening wide their capacious jaws,
are ready to devour any trillo iu the
food line the Poongyees have to throw
t them. It is most amusing to see
thi.r ugly heads projecting out of the
water, as each tries to get fhe coveted
noiacls. They push, wrangle and tight
uut il all the food is devoured. TJiey
will follow any of tho To mgyees who
may be wulkiug beside the river, on tiio
lookout for uny scrap ha may have to
throw them. They will ullow their
backs to be stroked, but it is dangerous
1 1 put one's h.nd too near their power
I' d jaws, as they have on several occa
sions been kuown to snap olf the lingers
of too rush and incautious visitors who
attempted to stroke them. San Fiji,.
i-ist j (7vftiV(V.
JlOrSEIIOLft AFFA1KH.
To Scald Milk I'roporly.
The Boston Journal of Health says: "It
is recommended that the milk supply of
sities be scalded ns soon as received by
the consumers, to prevent its souring.
To siald milk properly tho following
method is ndvia.d: Take a thin glass
bottle provided with a rubber cork, fill it
with milk nearly up to tho neck, nnd
place it uncorked in a kettle of water,
which should then be gradually brought
to a boil. When steam has commenced
to escape from the bottle, cork it lightly
and coutinvc the boiling for thirty-five
to forty minutes and tho process will bo
complete. A bottle of milk thus pre
pared, it is said, will remain sweet a
month if kept iu n cool place aud
tightly corked."
Delicious Sandwiches.
Boil three thoroughly fresh eggs for
twenty minutes, then let them cool.
Take six anchovies, wash them, wipe
them in a cloth, cut off the bends and
fins aud scrape away the skins. With
the lingers nnd thumb split them open
down the b.ick and tnko the (diets or
sides from tho backbone. Prepare somo
lottuco by tearing it up into tiny bits
and dressing it with mayonnaise. Then
cut six thin slices of German ryo bread
or homemade Graham bread tho ordi
nary baker's brown bread crumbles too
much. Butter them and lay between
each two, one of tho eggs shelled nnd
cut into very thin slices, a lnyer of the
salad and I lie fillets of two anchovies
Press the slues together, with a sharp
knifo divide them into small squares,
nnd arrange them on a di-h covered
with a napkin. Tlio loaves of bread
must, of courso, bo largo to make the
sandwiches of proper sizo, liiwkltn
.fViivfV.
How to Kill nnd Dress a Fowl.
To dress a fowl with the least trouble,
hang it up by tho' feet so that it will
drop a convenient height, and attach n
wire hook to the under beak of the fowl,
to which hang half a brick. Sever the
jugular vein with a sharp knife, and
proceed to pick, holding the wings with
one hand while you pick with the other.
Work quickly. Get most of the feathers
off the breast side with three or four
hand pulls, nnd chnngo tho wings to the
other hand held across tho breast of the
fowl, and with a few pulls get most ol
tho feathers oil tho back. Grasp one
wing nt a time, and pull out tho long
feathers nt one stroke. Then finish up
the picking entirely before the fowl is
taken down. When done, chop off the
head, take a sharp knife and rut through
tho skin around the vent, being careful
not to sever the intestine. Pull gently,
and us the intestine comes out insert the
forefinger and bring out tho iutcstiuei
rapidly, but clo not break them. Get
them out up to the gi'.ard, and break oil
there by the thumb and forefinger, nnd
your fowl is ready for market. If you
wish to make ready to cook, the hole
must be slijititly enlarged and the triz
zard pulled out, cut open nnd tho inner
lining removed, with nil gravel, food,
etc. A slit must bo made in the breast
and the crop removed, whic h should be
empty when tho fowl is killed. Some
people remove the lungs. It is not neo
essnry. The heart should bo removed
nnd washed, as some clotted blood if
usually uround it. Theoperation of pre
paring a fowl for market can be done by
an expert sometimes in three iuiuutes.
American A'jrl iiUurUt.
Hoc ipes.
Okra Sorr. Put meat iu one ouart
of water and let boil, removing the scum
as it arises; put in sliced okra, tomtitc
und onion, a little rice and se.lt aud pep
per to taste; let boil agaiu and servo.
S ji'Asii I'm:. Cut, stew aud mash
tender Squash; to one pint of squash ndci
oue cup ot sugar, one tablespoon of b it
tor, h ill' a teaspoon of soda and finely
rolled cracker or silted Hour to llucken
sprinkle with cinnamon nnd ginger.
SwfcKT Pu ui.K AiM'i. Take out
teacupful of vinegar and two of su;;ar,
and make n syrup of them, adding cin
namon and cloves. Pare ntd core sweet
apples, drop them in the syrup uud lei
them cook until tender, not soft. Put
them in a jar and pour th'i syrup ovei
them. They are icady to eat as soon tit
cold, aud will keep any length of time.
Piitatoks a i.AMmiK n'Hiiin.
Boil iho potatoes and peel them, cut
them into slices, and then put them into
u stewpan with fresli butter, parsley and
cives chopped up, salt, pepperund adash
of vinegar; warm them up and servo: in
place of butter oil may be used; if the
potatoes are very unali they need not be
sliced in the recipes wh re slicing is di
rectcd.
Pic Kl.r.n Crc ry i:i:i:. Mako choirt
of tho-e which aie small and not tot
old; put them into jars ami pour ovei
them a biine made of two llnrds ol
water and one of vinegar, with salt ir
the proporti' n of a pound to three pints
of liquid. Tin the britio on the I'ue un
til the salt is mc!t d, let it stand to set
tle, and before using pour it oil clear.
When it is wished to use the cucumber
take oil' tho rinds and dress tlicm like
ficsh cucumbers.
l!it r. Ckkam. lioi! a t.ible-ponnful u)
rit e in Hither more than u hall pint ol
milk until qu to soft, turn it into a
uuntar und pound it so thai no wboli
grains ae visible; put it in ala-iii whip
half a pint of c ream, sweeten uud llavoi
With vanilla, add onc uarti r of in
ounc e of isinglass dissolved iu a teacup ol
milk, beat up with the rice and pour nit;
a mold. Some whipped cream slightl)
colored with cochine d an I placed ii
tiny heaps round it when turned oat ol
the mold, makes u pretty d'.sh.
Ti led to Breed Fresh Water Lihsters.
An Fnglish res'dent iu Hu-aia ic latei
the following unhappy issue of un cuter
prise iu whic h oue of his fiicnds en
gaged, upou falling he r to a loituuc
My friend was u gn at gouiui.ind uud had
a passion for sliclt-tish, uud this was lmw
hespeuthis leguey. 1 went to town one
day, and oou found out tliut the prince
wus in his usual impecunious condition
"Where ln your legac y goue to" 1
asked. "Why," he sad, "you kuow
tliut I am very fond of lobsters, am:
having a liver on my estate, I thought '
I would try aud acclimatize that delic u
there; but, unfortunately, I have spent
all the legacy without success. I quite
forgot lhat the water was not salt."
Jennie Jenkins, of Orlando,
105 and Hill chews tobacco.
Fla . i
CONTENT. .
Why should we mourn o'er a sorrowful past
And crave for a peace that will come at last!
Each life hnth woes that aro keen to bear
Its pains and its heartaches and its despair,
It is better t) laugh than to sigh and grieve;
To sorrow In tears is not to live
From pain win gain and be content!
Why should we fear In a halting-place
To peer beyond with an eager facol
Kach life hath gloom and bewildering waste
here fruits grow fair that are bitter to
taste.
It Is better to haste through a thorny way
Than to halt in Its path to wait a new day
Make fair each care and be content!
Why should we sigh for a dear love, dead,
That was lost to our life by faith mislead!
Kach life hath joy, that wins and slays
With its promise of hope and sad delays.
It is batter to watch by a fading gleam
Than to waken to gloom from a vanished
and thou'rt sure to find content!
Why should we fail or falter In strife
'Twixt good and the ill that prevail in life)
In reaching for heights, unblest or blest.
Each soul of us hath somo war with rest;
Crowned or uncrowned at the end of
tho
fight,
Tis better to battle than flee lif affright,
Uetter to lose thiui to lament
He hath enough who hath content!
Harriot Maxwell Converse.
HUMOR OF THE DAI.
A fine place A polico court.
A sugar trust Candy on tick. -"'
The first theft The baby's crib.
Heavy reading A ship's log book.
Misplaced affection A lost love let
ter. Spot cash The price paid for real es
tate. Writers of fiction generally have a
good many novel ideas.
Advice to a dressmaker Bo suro
you'ro right then gore ahead. Lift.
To forgo a successful chain of evidence
requires qualities of the lynx. Siftinyt.
Bachelors and old maids are nnturally
quite self possessed. Oil City Derrick.
Tho left bower the man who isn't
recognized by tho lady to whom he lifts
his hat.
It is quito a paradox for an English
lady to r. quest her pngu to turn over a
new leaf.
"Strango"and "queer" are synonyms,
but "passing strange" aud "passing
queer" nro not.
It is a cm ions thing that on the rail
roads it is the fieirrht rather than the
steam that mikes the cargo. Harper' t
lazar,
A Scotchman said that he did not
leave his country for wai4; he had
enough of that there. Commercial AU
v Titter.
You can't always judge of the quality
of a city's inhabitants by the "sample
men" it semis over tho country. l'itli-
bury Chronicle.
Tho difference between a ripo water
melon aud a tailor made suit Ono is fit
to cut, atd the other is cut to fit. De
troit Free 1'nn:
We have ot lust found out why pretty
things nro called "knobby." it is be
cause they aro something to a door.
Jjurliiiy'on Free I'rcna.
"You don't feem to relish wit much
this morning," said a would-be wag.
"Vou haven't tried mo yet," was the
cruel reply." AVm 1 'uric 2eics.
Mr. oldbeau (meeting un old flamo at
tho Springs) "1 teli you, my dear Mis.
Tnssny, Saratoga isn't what it used to
be." .Mrs. Passny i bluntly) "No, Mr.
Oldbeau, nor we cither." Siftitvj.
To drcum of a ponderous whale,
Erect on tha tip of his tail,
Is the sii-n of u storm
(If tho wc'iilher is warm).
Unless it should hapism to fail.
.Veie York Star.
The rooster would bo a much more
popular bird if it could only be induced
to feel that there is no real vital neces
sity for its reporting its whereabouts be
tween midnight aud three a. m. Artie
York Ural,!.'
Mr. Yeast (in restaurant, after order
ing breakfast) "So you say you aro
passionately fond of dogst" Mr. Bacon
'T just adoro them." Waiter, breaking
iu suddenly "Hero you ure, sir, here's
your sausago sir!"
Full of Interest. Tho "Forty Thieves"
has been played in .Montreal recently,
and a local paper observes the best seats
in the orchestra were filled by former
residents of .New York, who enjoyed it
immcusely. Mnrtir;.
Tender and Juicy. Old lady (to
butcher) "1 want to get a touplo o'
pounds o' meat for a dog." Butcher
tw:appiiig up the meat) "There you
are, inadum; I think you'll find lhat
weiry nic e." X, ie York J)mi itch.
A Portland (Mo.) doc tor carries a cane
in which arc contained some small sur
gical instruments und thread. It is ery
convenient. He can break a man's head
willi the cane and then sew it up whilo
he waits. ll'iil iiyto i ' '.-..
" 'Twenty Years a Whaler,' " said the
old A rkansus schoolmaster, reading with
a conieii'.plu ins pucker of his iips thu
titleof a uew book. ."Twenty years! I
kiu beat that record by moie'n fifteen
ye ars, fi'gosh!" Ciicio 'J'li'um.
Koine womeu will sav 'twas a tell-tale bird
That wliisj'oivd tuber tho scandal or won
der, Hut olt lroiu the size of the tale, it's in-
l.'IIVc
Vutit t ho lard i::.: '.t l e surely a conjor.
i'etroi' Yej yVcs..
Charlie (walking out with his sweet
heart)" sow tliut we ure iu the coun
try, darling, we cati tell our little loe
scciels withuut fear of being ovt ihi ard."
Matiel "llusli, hauic f You must re
member that even i oi n has tars." Jit
troll Free l'i t&.
Summer Visitor tit farmhouse to ol I
lady) "Your sou, 1 uudoistaud, is a
pedagogue iu liostou." Old lady "1
guess cot, unless It Happened lately.
V ben ho writ me last month be was
teac htu' sc hool and doin' riht smart."
Wiuhintjtoll Critic.
Young Mrs. Ptrkius (at market for
the first time) ".Vie you sure this chick
en Isii t an old licur It feels very
tough. Markclm in "I cuu assure you,
inu'uui, that fowl is very young. ( Open
ing bill of tho biped. ) "See, it husu't
u single tooth yet." Mrs. Perkins takes
the hetl. limi t.