O m mm repoblicah b ssrtllshed srsr j Wsdaesdty, by J. E. WENK. MHo la Bmearbaugh & Co.' Building XLM ITRKIT, TIONEBTA, P. RATK8 OF APVEWTHma One Reave, eae tech, taaertlom-. 4 t On. Sqmre, o Inch, one ejonU I One Square, one Inea, three moat..- One Square, one Ineta, one Tew.... It Two Sqnarre, one year. ,f Quarter Colnmn, one rear Half Column, one year - One Column, one year .M Lettl adrertleeaenta tm eaatf per Uae each ta Mrtkm. Uurtaf ea death neUeee iratta. AB bin. for ya1r adrtlwnU oHleeted tarty. Temporary adrerUMnicBU suss e pust U advance J.k work eaal ra deltrery. bORES EPXJB CAN rrmi, I. BO per Year. No inscription! ncclred for a Iborltr period Hj ilirM month 0rrtiiidni wllelted from all part of the "nU. No imMc wkl be taken of anonmom owmaatutloa. VOL. XXT. NO. 27. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31, 1888. $1.50 PER ANNUM. Tho Milwaukee Sentinel estimates tlint lily's Polish population at 20,000. Dante is tho only foreigner who has a Matue in Paris. Shakespeare is to havo one, though. It is raid that 1000 bushels of grain aro killed liy heat. In tho West whero one is injured by frost. A French Ministerial organ confesses Lit the country runs into debt at the te of 10, 000, 000 a year. So many murdorors have escaped ar rest in London of late years tho peoplo i e sa d to be losing laith in tho polico agents of public safety. Somo idea of the substantial progress ' tho working class in America may bo lined from tho fai t that savings bunk 'posits in eight ycais have increased 'nrly fJ.(;0O,O0:'. Tho Cr.nr's lifo Is so often threatened tioly tint it looks, asserts the New Ork Orniile, ns if lie might have to go war to somewhat unito his Subjects .id save his own life. Tho horns crop of rice being short t year, largo quantities of tho Kust In i article havo been imported. Tho t in tho wo: Id is siid to bj grown Java from Carolina seed. It is only sixty years ago that tho fust ;o carrying tho I'nitcd States mail twaid passed over tho Allegheny ntaiir. Tho road taken by thestiigo from Cumberland, Md., to Wheel a distance of l:!0 miles. Congressman recently dictated a h to ihe grnphophono, and alter its very turned tho cylinders over to tho ial reporters, who used the latter in 1 of their notes in importing tHo i ll for the I'ongreuionnl 11 end. iv's Hospital, the richest of tho on 'd charities of Loudon, has bo -u "d to tik for asharonf tho Hospital y Fund. Tho agricultural deprcs 'i tho cause. The endowments of npi'al consist chloily of lauded - 'y- i,v high-toned dogs aro buried in pensive manner in the prominent eriei about New Vork city. Kn isiiig and humane individuals there ne the founding of a cemotery for i mall which shall be linely laid out l.'dicated to the romainsof j ets. now saddle that hail been invented thought worthy of introduction into Cerman army. As a final trial a adron of fifty cavairymen are now nig a four weeks' ride through Prus- utider the personal commaud of a icraL They ride forty-live miles a f. Kcrgovatz, a chemist of Brest, trotypct bodies after death. ' By h's ' ss tho body is eucase.i in a skin of nor, which prevents further chuut.0 "hemn-al action. If desired this may in bo plated with gold or silver, nc rding to the taste or wealth of tho lends of the deceased person. Indians in the t'nited States last year,, cultivated 227,20) ocrcs of land, and raised 721,9.18 bushels of wheit, 034, i) 3 bushels of corn, 512,187 bushels of oats and barley, .121,010 bushels of vege tables, aud 101,828 tons of liay. Thry ul-io owned 8u,-!;'4 horses aud mules, 111,407 head of cattle, 40,471 swiuo, find.l, 117,270 sheep. Profe;sofc Edward A. Freeman rays: 'Anglo-Saxon' is such a very foo'i hi word that I nover use it. I set no rcaso.i why the two branches of the English folk should be called in tho nineteenth, century by an antiquated description used for a particular reason in char ter of the tenth ami eleventh centuries, and hardly anywhere else." A committee appointed to consider he situation of tho unemployed poor in a Western city report that "works started for tho relief of tho unemployed, even though they be iu some degree use ful and beneficial, are in the long run an inju instead of a benefit to the coui inuuity, by discouraging the real spirit of work and thereby diminishing self, reliance aud euterpr so." The Steel Car Company is said to be constructing a fire proof steel tar at Hus ton,, which will coplaiu nothing that can burn except tho upholstery, aud even that is constructed of uninflammable ma teiial. Not only immunity from tire, but an increase in strength, a derrea.se in the liability to telo cope, and diminish dead weight are expected to be some of the good features of the uew car. M. C'hevreul, the aged French scien tist, has just reached his one hundred aud se ond birthday. It is probable that he will not live through the winter, cs his strength is rapidly failing, lie tpends the greater part of his time in bed, though he goes out driving on pliasaut divs. Parisian students who tailed ou him a few days ugo we;e uot aliono 1 to sue him, but we e received by Lis bou, a charming youth of ccieuty , .iue, GOOD CHEER. "What's the good word to day, my frk-nll What's the good word to-day?" A Mower blooms in a poor man's cot; A poet breathes a golden thought; These inaka the old world gay, my friend, Thio make the. old world gay. A batw laughs a thenngelsmay) A toarful sinner kneels to pray; ThoRe make good cheer, to day, my friend, These make good cheer to-day. Lucy A. 7(tie., in Youlh'a Companion. DORA'S ROMANCE. I had rea hed the mature ago of 20 years without achieving any other dis tinction in lifo than a place as proof reader in a publishing houo. That may seem a small honor to the uninitiated, but my woik was intellectual and very comprehensive. I'ow I secured my place I need not relate. It was after a hard and long light for it, which I began at 10 ye irs. Ti.l then I lind been a ward of char ity, wearing iu my baby days tho blue check npiou of tho Foundlings' Homo. I was educated at tho expense of the church, and when I lir-t tried my small strength ngaiust tho world it was us copy holder in a great publishing house. 1 was able to earn t.) per week after seven jears. 1 inn little of a pessimist, and my life lias not been given over to melancholy, but to work. I gave ten houis of each day to my task. That ab sorbed my energy, broke my spirit aud will and left mo tired nod depressed. I climbed live (lights of stairs to my work iu the morning, taking my way through rooms fu'l of human beings struggling for daily lucid against greater odds than I, nnd who even envied me. Five years of this life will render the hopeful woman strong minde land cyn ical, blicwdl need the unlovely strength he develops iu a city that harbors and gives subs stenco to 40,000 bachelors. I orty thousand strong men, who smoko nnd ca', sleep and pursue their solitary lives, spending yearly means enough to keep up homes. And where every morn ing 4i',00t) women trainp hurriedly through our streets, a terrible army, each with her fneefet t nvaru some t ore, oiice or workshop. These women do not seek health nor strength nor womanliness they must lose theso better elements. 'Iliey will not win wag s eno gh to keep them through chauccsickncss nor certain old age--not ono in a thousand does tint. They will net be made better, mentally or morally, by cease'ess toil. They w.ll otdy clothe and feed tliem bcI c, that I hey may come on the mor row and again, till their faces are pinched and bloodless and tho grace of youth has loTt them; till they are uot tit for wives and mothers,' for they aro old and sad, and encliol tho 10,01)0 bachelors wants a wife who-e temper is sunny aud sweet and who d o not know the world as well as these woikingwomen do. There was a time i i my lifo when I tiied the nuu like lifo of a Young Wom in s Home, a home reared nnd up held by ex)od women for those who, like me, weie homeless, and oh 1 no soul could havo been moro deso'ate than mine wilhiu its walls. I ato aud drunk and slept and went my daily round, made moro wretched at tho sight t.f my struggling tillers who were uot to well equipped for the battle of lifo as I, and then 1 lle.d from the ''home'' into tho Ch cago hoarding house. I found ono on Michigan aeiuc, kent by Mrs. Mc (Jillieuddy. My home life was at least independent. Mrs. .Mc'Jillio d ly's heart was honest and kiud, her little parlors were tidy, her table bore wholesome fare. There was only her daughter, .losie, who owned tho piano, aud Jack, the Mctiillicuddy sou and heir, who troubled or annoyed me, and from the son and daughter and piano I could always retreat to my room. It was new to me to take a holiday, but one morn ii"? I slept till long after the whistles had teased to blow. I could not hive ruaehe 1 my proof room even at eight, so I wandered out lazily into the .lune sun, over tho city ami toward the north side. I rendu d the bridge at Stato street and stepped upon it as it swung to givo pas-ago t: a panting little steamboat. Tiioro was o ily one person on the bridge, a gentleman. lie stood qulto near tne as we swung slowly out over the river. Ho might have been iii or so. He was broad shouldered and jolly-locking and a little sun-browned. He looked at me earnestly, and I noticed that ho had keen, honest, hucl eye's. But, t my amaemcnt. he pronounced my name and held out his hand. "I am iVullace Adam," he explained: "you were a schoolmate of my sister Ida at We-ittield I met you there. I was sure I could not be mistaken." "That was ten years ago," I stam mered, feeling my years suddonly rise up befoie me. "Von are not much changed, Miss Hunter you are very pale and thin, but I have always remembered you." The bridge swung slowly round, re leasing us, but my new found friend did not leave me. We walked Mowly home, talking of those wo ha I known, of Ida Adams, who was deal, of eaeh other, and Mr. Adams told me he had just come from Oregon. "For the Convention perhai I shall slay a while after it." He left me with 'permission to call that evening, and that began a new life for me. He called, and we talked a while, and then, to my surprise, Wallace Adams asked mo to marry him. Women who sit in high places in society w ill shudder at my boldne s and want of delicacy, at Mr. Adams's vulgar. ty, at the disregard of ad orthodox rules of courtship. I'.ut I looked bacl upon five lost and unhappy years, forward to a lifetime of blind groping after money that somehow slipped away from the hands that so hardly won it from the world. An 1 there was hope and cheer for mo in looking into the man's ha el eyes. I had neither father, mother, nor frieud?, aud though I had never known it, home would bo to dear to mo. I he-ita'cd and half promised. But I d d not lose caution. I asked for time, a little longer acquaintance, a little longer at my po t. I was like a slave that has grown to love the clauking of his chains. "If in a few weeks more I can feel that I am doing right 1 will be your wife." That was our I etrnthal, for the half promise was accepted. Mr. Adams took in v bauds in his aud looked at me with pity iu h;s hael eyes. "God grant you may, Dora, and food night!" I went back to my work, but my heart was not in it. I taw Mr. Adams twice each week and a now world opened be fore me. 1 had wanted to love him nt lirst, but so in my lifo grew into a prayer that ho should really care for mo. I saw every day some evidence of his kindncs", his wise friuidship, but I trembled nt the thought that it might only be friend ship, for life ho d so much more. It was nt this lime tho Mci.illicinldys began to devc'op a warm interest in me. Jack came lo the six o'clock dinner ono night with some exciting information. I was invited to take dinner nt the McWilli cuddys' special table nnd there he di vulged it. "I was to tho races, Miss Hunter," ho says, "nnd that Adams man bought a pair of California horses." I made no reply, .lack had forgotten how many people are wearing the namo of Adams. His news was nothing to me. "He paid $10,000 for 'cm," went on Jack. "Your Adams, Miss Hunter. Don't you catch on i" "Ho must bo rich, Mi-sl)nrft," chimed in tho mother. "I want you to give Josie an introduction." " You must take me out riding," lisped Josie, with her blond head on ono side. 1 looked d wn at my plate in amaze ment. Either Wallacu Adams was bet ter situated than I had known, or he hud gone wildly to speculating in race horses. I remembered Ida Adams nt WestFicld, a ward like myself. Her lather had been a clergyman. "I am niiio to tako caro of a wife, Dora," he had told me, "and to havo a comfortable homo." 1 had thought him able to mnko his way with other men; to give me a neat home with a few comforts in it a piano, books, and ono or two geod pic tures. "Didn't yon know it?" broke out my landlady, glibly. "Where did you get acquainted with him?" 1 e-caped from the McGillicuddys and went awny to my roomi I had promised anew to bo his wifo, or now I might be supposed to want his money. "Is this true!" I asked him when he enmo again, and I told him about the California horses. "Now, Dora." said tho manly voice, "I must refuse to auswer you. To be rich in the worlds way would require a good deal more money th in I can com mand. I will be very poor if my wife doesn't love me. Aro you going to re duce me to beggary I" For the first t.mo in my life I put my a ins about his neck an 1 kissed him. Something awakened mo to his true worth. What had he seen in me to put so much in my hands? I had not bet ity nor good looks, even, I wiio was only one of the 40,00.) who live and work in Chicago. 1 never introduced .losio McGilliouddy and .Mr. Ada us. That young woman took to dre-s'ng after m3,and gained a sudden impetus iu music. Shu played "Floweis of St. Petersburg'' walu till the boarders deserted the parlor for a walk. She switched them gently in on ".Monastery Hells'', or "Silvery Waves," or, worse, she sang with Jack till bed time. Hut to all these things I gave no heed. I was for the first time in love, and tho world was not the same. I allowed Mr. Adams to hasten our wedding day, and I gave up my position. I was very happy, nnd only ono thing marred my sunsh ne. Wallace would be absent a week at St. Louis. It was a long week. Jack Mcjillieuddy was my shadow all through it, which I allowed, sinco .lack was only 21, nnd not in love w th mi. Oddly enough, I cjid not receive n letter from St. l.ouis, aud the day before Wallace was to return Jack propo-ed a ramble down town. " i ou' ve been toocloso, Miss Hunter,'' said ho. "Let's go and call on ono of Josie's friends." I went out into the Ju'y uight with them and we had ico cream. Then we went to a hotel on Monroe street, where Jove's friond was stopping. Who d.t!s not know the Egypt an 'parlor with its hangings) I stood behind a curtain talk ing and laughing with .la-tk an 1 Josie, when 1 s iw coming down to ono of the ground pirlors Wallace Adam , with a lady on his arm. 1 looked until I felt myself growing rig'd. She was d irk and very beautiful i nd they were talking in iow tones. Tbey approached sotuo one near us. Jack McUillicuddy followed tho direction of my eyes, thea da ted away to learn more. "He introduced her as Mrs. Adams," he announced,coming back soon. "Let's get homo." I d d not faint or cry out, I believed it, aud re vli ed how cruelly I had beca deceived. The thought of the Califo.nta horses floated into my mind. "He rives for p'eas.irc," I said to my self, "lie thought iuoso poor and m an that ho could buy my silence when h ; had duped me." Then, through the midnight watches I thought wildly and midly. How should I endure my lifo hereafter? How tako up the duties 1 hate i so when 1 had known a little time of mppincis? Tin discipline of live ycirs gave me strength. Work! It would be welcome now if only I could for jt tlo past, tha pro cm. Thousands live and strive where there is nj ob ect in lifo. 1 thou ,'h; o.' death, of suicide. Th y ware n t fo. me, though I wo dd have been sogl id to d e 1 laughed aloud as I though', "tha water in the Chicago river is si du ty and in the l ike they would never lind me." I would live, but I wo ild gi away where no one knew mo an t biin life anew. I'e haps iu time I would forget it, but now, Go l pity ms! I pac'icl my things together with trembling lingers and feverish haste, though it was hours till morning. 1 did not shed a tear, even over my pretty wedding dress and bonnet, wh'ch mocked mi now like silent witnesses of myhumiliation. I sent a little note to Mr. Adams: I return your rin an 1 yo ir press's I know how butt vou btva bsju, and 1 ho w we will never in iet a jam ' D.IRA Hl'ntek. In the morning I was away, leaving nonidress. I could not face tho Mc- iiliicuddy curiosity, and I had but a little money. My work I had given up and must seek it again. 1 must have tbauge or I felt that I should go mad. 1 went to a boardicg house on the Wet side. After a day or two 1 fo mil work iu a dressmaker's establishment. I was meutally unfit for a sitimtio.i es poofrcidcr. I succeoded after a few days, an I, ull me, how faithful I was. I no longer dreaded work, but feared a cessation of it when I should havo time to think and remember. I cared for noth ing nnd trusted no living being. My life was over nnd dono. It was hero one (lav that a woman floated into my presenco to have htr 1 (Impend fastened. It was the same I had seen on his nrm that fatal niglit, but now I could look at her calmly. Was I growing stronger? I even addressed her. "Vou nre Mrs. Adams,"' I sa'd, while I did my lowly work. "Yes," sho f m i I cel. "Mrs. Wallace ' Adnms." Some old author has said that there is a peace that comes, not of hopes icali cd, but of hopes re'inquished ; u peace that is not born at the tranquil fireside, but is the peace of solitude. It was this I hoped for now. After weeks I had ceased to feel I wanted to lead proof once more. I would lool for my work whete no ono would know me. Fcr a whilo I sought in vain, tint I was not discouraged, and in a week I found it. The past wns do id nnd I w as uloue. I went down to the biilgo again aud again. The bridge bell rang out sharp ly. I hnrrhd on just in tune to swing out over the river. Now I knew that 1 had ceased to care, but looking out over the water I did not heed the approaching footsteps. "i-'oru, Dora," some one cried. "Will you speak to me." For nt the sound of his voice I had strit hed out my arms to the muddy Chicago liiver; 1 who was strong mind ed and did not enrc. "We've looked in nil the printing o.Tices in Chicago," said .Inck McUilli cuddy when they had brought mo out of a little faitit. "That was Adams's cou siu's wife, Miss Hunter." "Dora," sai l the manly voice once more, "has it been so hard in your lile that you couldn't ' believe mc nnd trust mo again;" I hud passed almod into tho darkness of be.ief that lo e and truth nro not on earth; that nothing remains but treach ery and the wrangling of human pas sions; but in the light of my husband's ho:i o I find my fnltii restored, and love and truth on ea.th. Chi agi Uentd. Siottx City's Cam I'ulaca. The famous corn palace, at Sioux City, Iowa, was honored by a visit from ; President Cleveland, and it is stated i that tl',00) p rsons were entertained I within it during the time that Moudam n I kept open house. In order to convey to i our readers somo idea of the magnitude I of tho labor and wealth expended thcro , ou, the followiug figures n e given: Thore wns . 00,00 i feet of lumber con sumed, 1),0 0 bushels of yellow corn and j 500) buOiels of variegate 1 varieties; I 00 J pounds of carpet tacKs; ;.00tl pounds ! of nails; 150 1 pounds of small brads; 2 iOO feet of rope. oO I pounds of small . w re, and JI.VIO yards of cloth. It took I forty-six men days to erect the palace, nnd nearly :i00 men and women lo place the tlccoiations in form. Ten teams ' were employed fifteen days haul ng corn nnd grains. Two steam saws were en : gaged constantly eight days cutting ; corn ears into small pieces for decorative ; signs and ornamental work. Besides this labor was nil that was done by ! farmers iu delivering grnius from their I own stacks. The total cost of the palaco wns lib tut $)S,(I0H. Tho building was 1210 r ct long, and tho general ontour Moorish. Such being the success of the corn ; fe tival week of IHSi, Sioux City will I repeat the torn palaco enterprise iu lKistt ! on a larger and grauder scale. DAroil Fret l'ret, II w Sheridan's Life Has Once Saved. I Accoiding to Colonel Archer Mason, . of San Francisco, Oil., i cncral rhcridau ' once had hia life saved in au odd way. I Colonel Mason's regiment was once giv ing tho General a re eption at the ( all- fornia Theatie. Shendan was standing ' in tho wings, peeping out be-ido the curtain at the audicuec, when lie tud ' denly po'ntcd to one of the musicians, nnd nsked Masoa : ! "Isn't that man named Blyth;" On being told that he was, ho asked to have him brought u; on the stage at once. After a cordial gieeting. which almost wru"g the m isiciaii's h ind o !, ; bheridan said : i "I have good reasons to remember Mr. Blyth, for he snved my l.fe. for mo once. 1 It was when I was a young cavalry o ti I cer, 'lighting the Indians. One day we ' were having a hand-to hand set-to with th) Initia'is, and one of ti e redde.is I had just shot at me with his revolve '. I had my saber clo-e to his uo. k w hen an other Indian threw h i lasso around my neek. and in another instant I would have been trample 1 under the feet of tne horses. But Blyth, who was i lose be side mc, cut the rope with his saber and saved my life." (Jiiiwji Tune'. ! Tlia Jat k on Ball." A local conlcctioncr was asked the ' other day by a Brooklyn Cii en man if that haul, spherical brand of confection I known a tho "Jackson ball" was t-t ill I iu the market. Ho replied thit it was, , but that it had very little sale now iu tho larger cities. Who'ev.ilo confec i tiouers here manufactured Jackson balls j in large q amities nnd sbijipe I them in ! barrels through the Wet nnd Noith w est. Any uun whose seho il days ended ten years a j ) or more wdl reca 1 with vivid pleas ;re, tho Jacks. m bail, a species of nhuorra il lemon drop marked j with striped parallels of littude, and convenient to be slyly inserted iu the mouth at the opening of a moinlng -cs-sion, gradually to dis-olve its sweetness j until itie noou hour. The school chil ' dreu of to-day may boast of super or ' advantages in the way of the text books, talfy.tolu, slate cleaners, prize packages, ' straps, etc., but the pupil of a decade ago cau shake his head knowingly and le.ly: "Ah, b t you have not the ' ackson ball,' while ihe reeking salivury ! glands respond even to the thought oi ; the sweet and flinty spheres, whose ; essence cure tickled his pala e through I the then tedious school hours." Tito Owl mill th.) Hit. Dr. G. W. Mnssauioie, while gunning ou Thursday iu the Green spring alley, saw a large booby owl in a tree, but did notdistur.j it, ih nking the b rd d d not see h in. He was about to rai-e his gnu wheu the owl swojped down upon him, drove its ugly lookiug talons through his hat aud l.e ( away, "carrying the l.at. Br. Mas amoie shot th bud, wh et, measured over four feet ir.;u?i ht winr. Baltimore Fun, HOUSEHOLD A F FA IKS. Renovating Clothing. Cleanse men's dark-colored clothing with a quart of coffee, to which a tea spoonful of ammonia has been added. Very strong rodce may be diluted with half its quantity of water. I se a sponge, fir-t cleaning spots, then going over the whole garment, which should afterward be hung on the back of a chair and dried in the shade. Paint spots are removed with ammonia and turpentine, c pial parts. Old spots may need saturating two or three times. Wash in soap-iuds. To Make Cottage Cheese. Cottage c'.iocse is l est when made ng -own as the milk is thick and firm, be fore it becomes disagreeably acid. Heat the milk by placing the pan overboiling water, or by pouring boiling water slowly Into the ni'lk, stirring constantly in both ra-cs. Heating to ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit, or, if you have no ther mometer, nbout ns warm as new milk, will coagulate the a bumen sufficiently to separate it from the whey. Pour in u doth to drnin. To each pint of tho drained curd, add butter onc-hn'f the sizo of an egg, and one half pint of sweet cieam; then aid salt or not as suits your taste. Place in molds or bowl -, which should be previously dipped in cold water, nnd, when wunte 1, turn out ind serve. Made in this way, it is as touch superior to that wh'ch has been acated till the albumen is tough, as n biccly boiled egg is to a hard-boiled jne. Tho principlo is the same with both theso articles of food. Too great heat renders the albumen tough, in lolublc, unpleasant to tho taste and di.licult of digestion. -1'rairis t'armtr. Good Bread a Family Necessity. The health and happiness of a family depend, to a certain extent, on good, well-baked bread. At all events, our enjoyment would bo greater if bread were only belter prepared. The best bread is made from a mixture of flour such as is generally sold iu our markets water, salt and yeast; nothing else. To mako good yeast, take ns many dry hops as you can grasp iu your hand, boil in two quarts of water for twenty min utes; peel and grato four good-si ed raw potatoes; strain the hip water whilo boiling hot over tho potatoes, stirring until well cooked or the mix ture thickens like starch; aid one-half cup of sugar.onc fourth cup of salt, and, when cool, one cup of good yeast. Stir iu oue quart und n half of Indian meal, set to rise (about six or sjvcu hours is surlicient) in a warm p ace, and when light mix in more meal, press into cakes, put in the sun to dry. Dry as quickly as possiblo. When perfectly dry put up in air-tight pails. This yeast is much more handy and quite as reliable, ai tho liquid yeast. To make the bread take three quarts of (lour, a teaspoonful of salt and one cup of yeast dissolved in a quart of water; mix into a dough. Knead this until it is peifcctly smooth. Set in a warm place to riso at night. In the morning divide into loaves aud put into the pans; let it rise light, nbout an hour. Bake ono tiour iu a steady oven. To tell when bread is perfectly baked break off one loaf after it has been baking one hour aud press with the linger; if it t-prings back quickly it is done; if it retains the impression like putty it is not. To keep bread from running o cr, pin a narrow strip of brown paper round tho pan, letting it come an iuch abovo the edge. Tho bread should be coed when put in the bread box, otherwise it will mould. jYt'.' York Vor!l. Household Hint. Powdered borax sprinkled on shelves will drive away ants. Soda crackers are much nicer heated in the oven be o o using. Lye made of wood ashes will soften hard putty in a few minutes. Put a pail of water into tho tubs directly after using, and they will not leak when wanted for use. To clean nickel on stoves use soda wet with ammonia. Apply with an old tooth brush and rub with a woolen i loth. Knife handles should never iio iu water. A handsome knife, or one u ed for cooking, is soon spoiled in this way. A speedier and cleaner way to remove the skin of uew potatoes, than tho coin mou practice of scraping with a kuiie, is to "uto a scrubbing brush." Milk and butter should be kept en tirely away from other articles of foo 1, as they absorb odors aud flavors so rapidly they soon become unfit for u-c. A little turpentine added us they boil will whiten and sweeten clothes without injuring the most debcato fabric For garments very much soiled, u;e a spoou f ul of kerosette. Turpentine mixed with carbolic acid and kept in optm vessels about the room will, it is said, greatly lessen the risk of contagion in scarlet fever, diphlhcriaaiid kindred diseases. If a new broom be immersed iu boiling water until it is quite cold, and the.i thoioughly dried iu the air, it will be far mo e plea-ant to use and w II last mil h longer. Frequent moi-tening of the broom is coudue ve to its usefulness and also saves the carpo'. New stove or rar.ge furniture is some times so much rusted as to make tin use of it very inconvenient. Put into a rusty kettle as much hay as it will hold, till it with water and boil many hums. At night set it ns'dc, and the next day boil it again. If it is not entiiely tit for use, repeat the process. It w.ll cer uinly be cllectual. The expeiieu.cd cLcT w raps h's fish in a sheet of paper before boiling it. Square uapkius of th ese cloih ure b;tle.'. A sheet of paper may be placed iuside tho napkin, which fchould be pinned in place. In th 8 way the tish may be lifted out of the pot with danger of breaking apart, and bo serve I without being mangled w ith the fork. (rowing a Tree iu His Windpipe. Alvey Clnbuugh, a youth of about twelve years, residing with his father in Frederick, Md., ub .ut four years ago swallowed persimmon ?eed. which was tuppuse I to have lodged iu his throat, aud which at times caused h m consid erable iucom cuience. Several days ago it bee sine quite puiuf.il and a dot tor w as jllediu, who stated thut the seed was sprouting where, it had lodged iu uli windpipe, J'hiluiK'ffiia Time. SUPERSTITIOUS SAILORS. ODD FANCIES OF THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE OCEAN. Curious Sea Animals and Their Characteristic Why the Bleam sliip Oregon Was Lost. The sailor on lnnd and on sea, writes Joseph W. Gnvan in tho New Vork l're, are two distinct characters, each pos sessing their own singular attributes. On land no other being has a more utter disregard of premature dangers nnd ir-is haps, as his daily actions aud nocturnal orgies demonstrate, so when once on sea he blossoms out again into smiles of ex cessive obsequiousness. There when danger dogs his footsteps nt every track superstition is his idol, to it he sacrifices every selfish sentiment, and in it he trusts for those happy presentiments which may afterward save him from destruction. Lven while partaking of their meals sailors rarely lose an opportunity ot dis cussing nnd rehearsing stories which the average man would regard as the product of n maniac's brain. The day's happen ings arc interpreted by each and notes exchanged. The most gifted romancer is then looked upon with feelings of reverence ami respect. A visit to their sleeping quarters will revcnl a miscel laneous collection of horse-hoes, nails, palmliko leaves nnd numerous other articles, each of which lias a history of its own. When birds are swept aboard in a storm they are invariably left un touched, ns sailors eye them with de light nnd satisfaction ns tho spir.ts of some dear departed Mend metamor phosed. The birds of the sea, notably the petrel, immortalized by Proctor, and the sea gull, nre held sacred in con se Uencc of the latter apparently resting on the surface of the sea after the man ner of the Saviour on the Lake of Genes ureth Whenever this occurs in the immedi ate vicinity of a ship a calm is predicted, and the jolly tars lose little or no t mo in notifying the captain of tho r glo ious vision. In sailors' eyes the porpoises t o never pleasant objects to contemplate. When they suddenly appear du ing a calm the sailors look for another wind from the same quarter as thnt which was flown out, nnd if they tkiji about it menus that a gale is coming. The common bnrnaclo which adheres to a sh'p's side becomes, ac. ordiug to their belief, later on in life a goose But among nil those signs nothing is so w ell calculated to lill them with awe as tho appearance of a shark. When this mou sterof the deep is seen to follow a ship for several days a death is to occur on board, and whilo clambering up the rigging extra pains nro adapted iu mak ing their journey a safo aud successful one. The ship is then evidently haunted, aud tho faces of her crew, but recently smiling, are now decorated with exprcs sions nt once thoughtful and lugu brious. The common mirago fills sailors with dread, and betokens an early death to some of its observers. Carrying n corpso on board appears to them to be in viting disaster, and cases aro ou rcord whero tho crew havo become mutinous and re fractory until the d;8tas'eful freight was lowered into the sea. Peter Scannell. a sa lor, who was rescued from the ill-fated Oregon, a fow years ago, iu speaking a terward of the disaster, said. "I knew we'l that some th ng bad was to happen to us. After leaving ljueenstown the boatswa'n un fortunately for us all, killed a cat. Whether it was knowingly or otherwise, he forgot to dump it into the sea, nud, a it was his duty nud no ono else's to do so, we took no pains in doir.g his work, but you bet it occasioned many a hard and acrimonious dispute. The dead cat wns finally thrown aide by some pas senger into somo remote comer of tho vessel, and wns never nflerwaid discov ered until one of Merritt's sli p rescuers found it in a secluded corner, decom posed.'' "But do you ttttributo tho Oregon dis aster lo that incident 1" was asked. "I do, and I believe that had such uot occurred that vessel would havo never sunk, nt least not on that occasion." Norwegian sudors lire inveterate slaves to a form of superstition exclusively their own. They believe in the existence of a heck or merman, a sea animal repre sented as having a tish body with the head of a man und the flowing ringlets of a boy. The merman sits upon tho waves, plays the harp, and, lollowingjthe example of ihe Norse, fisherman, wears a le i cap. It is never seen moie than once in seven years, and uo matter how many vessels appear in its sight they ull must luevitably perish. The crew, according to their bel'cf, aro then transplanted iu the merman's legions, where, after a brief stay, they go to swell the shoal of hecks, und are then in themselves as di-ustrous as the originnls. Tho kraken, u sea minister whoso existence has been so often at tested by the evi leni cs of alleged eye w itnesses that one is ut u Iu s lo know whether it is real or lias a being only in the minds of biiperstitiinus sailors, is a constant source of alaim to them. The buck or upper part of tho kraken is believed to b ) u mile in circ;:tufei erne and looks like a number of small i-lands surround, d w ith something l hat t o ns and fluctuates like seaweed. On this back several bright points appear, which grow thicker und thicker the higher they rise above the surfa e, and sometimes as high as masts of ships. 1 hese are sa'd to be the creature's arms, which if bound around tho largest man-of-war would pull it to the bottom. Many assertions which have been made ut times regard ing the existence of this leviathan, which occasions so much dread iu the miu ls of the Norse tisheruieu, have been re ected as mere superstition. Still some authentic grounds for a belief iu its existence are ou record. Laughter Onre a Misdemeanor. Because a man is the only animal that cuu luugh we would naturally coucludo thut he has always laughed, but su h is not the case At lea-t luughter, as our expression of merriment or pleasure, has only been iu vogue for a short time as compared with the ugo of the raee. The Puritans und Quakers who came to this country a couple of hundred ytuis ago, held it to be a mi-demca:ior to laugh boisterously or heartily, and even to this day theii descendants icgardja.iguiug us being indecorous, if not ai tualiy unbe coming a Christian. J'.rJtaiy C'u mtrciil (iir.ette. A JAR OF HOSE LEAVES. Myriad roses fade unheeded, 1 . Vet no note of grief Is needed; i When the ruder breezes tear them, Sung or songless, we can spare them. Hut the choicest petals are Shrined In some deep orient jar, Itich without and swest within, AV here we cast the rose leaves in. Life has jars of costlier price Framed to hokl our memories. There we treasure baby smiles, Boyish exploits, girlish wiles, All that made our childish days Sweeter than these trodden ways Where the fatis our fortunes spin, Memory, toss the rose leaves in! What the jar holJs, that shall stay; Time steals alt the rest away. Cast in love's first stolnn word: Bliss when littered, bliss when heard; Maiden's looks of shy surprise; Glances from a hero's eyes; Palms we risked our souls to win; Memory, fling the rose leaves iu! Now more sombre and more slow 1-et the incantation growl Cast in shreds of rupture brief, Subtle links 'twixt hope and grief; Vagraut fancy's dangerous toys; Covert dreams, narcotic joys Flavored with the taste of sin; Memory, pour the rose leaves int Quit that borderland of pain! Cast in thoughts ot nobler vein, Magic gifts of human breath, Mysteries of birth and death. What if all this web ot change But prepare for scenes more strange; If to die be to begin Memory, heap the rose leaves in '. Thomas Went u orlh llijcinysoiu HUMOR OF THE HAY. A largo snowdrop An avalaucc. In the human taco the butcher holds the steaks. rtrango to say, a cross road is often very pleasant. The best way to put down rents is to put up house 9. Working like a horse A lawyer draw ing a conveyance. A touching sight A small boy invest igating a newly painted door. A great waste of effort The child that cries for an hour never gets it. The man who dooi everything "on his own hook" is likely to get caught one of these days. The railroad with tho narrowest gange most frequently has the largest mort gage. Jliirper't Ihv.ur. "One good turn deserves another," re marked t he cook as bIio gave the griddle cake a flip over. Hold Mtil. An Irishman recently spoke of a man who had tried in every way, but couldn't commit suicide to save his lifo. Tho man who brings suit is always somewhat tad. There is something plainti.f ubout liim. I'i'U'uig Vtronicle. " 'No loss without a gain,' you say Philosopher, thou art too wise; I'e lost my credit; who gains,! pray!'' "Your creditor," he replies. And now there is tulk about a Hice Trust. Won't the capitalists interested have a regular puddiug lichestei' J'os'. ' This is a nico box to be in," us the fellow said when he found himself locked up in the refrigerator. Vainvilla lireeze. When a man and a woman discuss tho subject of mntrimony, ono seldom gets the better of the other. It usually re sults in a tie. The man wdiose legs have been ampu tated may bo the worst sort of u desper ado, but ho will uevcr die with his bocts on. J.incotn Jo innt. There is only the dillerenceof a letter. Before marriage man yearns for woman, and after marriage he earns for her. Uinjhiimt m Jttjiuliliatii. "What is your business?" "A glass worker." "A glass-blower, th :" "N no ; well, yes, 1 do blow the foam off a glass before I drink it." The remarks of the stump orator who wants to please, labor, capital and every body, are liko the stovepipe when it fulls very much disjointed. ' Fire has a very bad temper," re marked the Judge. ' "Ah!" replied the Major, tentatively. "Yes, it is fre quently put out." PittJiury ChroiiUle. A man, Muuim by mime, has chris tened his twius .Minnie aud .Maximilian. As an example of minimum und maxi mum this cannot be beaten. Xrio York Sun. "Matrimony," said a modern Bene dict, the other day, "produces remark able revolutions. Here am I, for in stance, chauged from a s:ghing lover to a loving sire." A traveler, liuding himself und his , dog in u wild country aud destitute of ; provisions, cut oil his dog's I nil und boiled it lor his own supper, giving tho dog ihe bone. I hicugo boHSls of the most economic young lady iu tht West. When she washes her face she always laughs so as not to have to much face to wash. CW mer id AUci rtier. MHANOE SKSHTS. 1 m a cow-slip through the fence, A hon-1 fly In a store: 1 saw a wimhI chuck up the road, An l a stoud-pick ou the floor. CUvtlnnd tfrraltl. First Deaf and l iimli Man (talking with liandsi "What did you givo thut man money for? Vou can't heur his music." Secotid Deaf and Dumb Man "That is tlu reason 1 gave it to him.'' Tt-tii SiJ'm i . "Julia, pci haps I am staying to3 lute. Is uot thut your father tapping on the floor overhead f" "Yes, Arthur, but don't go yet. He isu't dangerously mad uuiil he goes tearing along the hall beat ing the gong." lim: That was a contradictory sort of au etlusiou written by a discharged clrrk to his former employers: "September 1, Lss1. Boo A: Doe: Ucullemeu. You are no gentlemen. Pespucltully yours, John Smith." Iltrjcr ' J.'u ur. Farmer (to hired man) "Seems to me you spend a goodshure of your time bit ting on the feme." Hired Mau "Yes; I have done something iu the literary line, aud 1 uiu lollccting uiateiial for a book to be entitled : 'Lite ou the Bail.' " glOit 'Vest Pi c:; . !
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