o r IK FOREST REPUBLICAN b jnallahed rrf Wsdnaiia j, bj J. E. WENK. In Bmearbaugh A Co.' Building J,'BM ITRXCT, T10NKSTA, r. Term. ... tl.eo porYear. Jukwrtptlmi nmIt for Itaortat period Sm snMlia. tan. piomnm. OamuittnN wltelUd from all parti '-(it. f.oc wMI t Uksn of aao OMUlUIMlOH. of the aooajmoui Savannah It now the largest cotton port in the United States, and Norfolk second. Bclvn Lockwood says that woman is improving intellectually thirteen per ceut. faator thin man. Twonty-two thousand Norwegian, it it estimated, will leave tlicir homes this year to sottlo iu the United Stntoi. There are o'ght mission ships now cruising in tho North Sea, each a com bination of church, chapel, temperauce hall and dispensary. Alaska cost the United States 7,000, 000, and the Fur Seal Company has d ready paid our Government over -, fl, 000,000 for tlie privileges it enjoys of '.aklug souls from tho Territorial waters. The new Duchess of Marlborough has set out to main Illcmhetin Castle spick nnd span, and was astounded tho othir day to find that tho mending of its roof in a trustworthy manner would cost just 1"0,000 of her good American dollars. It it tolerably clear now, rays tho New York iSun, that the English harvest will yield lo.s than 53, 001, 000 bushel. European crops are fifteen per cent, rider the avcrngo, but India, Australia I Africa givj a good surplus. Prices ve advanced one to two cents a .sbol. The Washington correspondent of tho air York Wtrld says: "A movement ou foot among Southern capitalists to lire a good grado of Knglish colon:sts. Southern capitalist told me (hat ho bo god toasyndicato which was offering iccments to Knglish manufacturers imu to iho ivot s! i i"fs of (ho South 'i their entiro plants. - r.spccinl in i ements aro to bo oITcrod to cotton nncrs." This is reported as tbo create it water 'on year the Georgians have had in a ado. A Savannah paper reports tho nber of carloads shipjH'd from the o at ?03 Tho average number of ms per ciirloid is 1100, making t 7,800,000 melons a'.ready shipped, estimate for tha rcmaiudor of tho it U 33,000, making the total crop, at home consumption, 7,83,0(i0 tho total valuo of which is placed !,.)00,000. ;itnln Vangele, iu an interview at els, Belgium, Btatcd that he be 1 that he himself was the mysterious iiite Pasha" reported by tho natives ..itig in the Bahr-cl-Ghazcl Frovinco Africa. The Captain has just re rued from tho Congo country, and ys that at tho beginning of the year : had conflicts with the natives in the ' ghborhood of that province. Captain angelo's description would answer to at of tho "White Pasha." Tho report that two Gorman bankets e about to purchase tho Island of Ilerm .-renting a sensation in Paris. Tho ai red bankers are said to bo German .vol otlicers in disguiso, who.se design i to familiarize theuisolves, by thoulto1 . enl pilots, with certain channels and currents, a knowledge which would be rf immenso value in the event of a war between France and Germany. The .Island of Ilerm lies, two and a half miles from Germany in the English Channel. Tho Electrical Review quotes Professor J Grey as saying that there is ground the belief prevalent in Europe that Vtulng strikoi the I.oinbardy poplur Jr'enje to Other trees. lie says an oued I.oinbardy poplar, by its n' its complete covering of twigs nv small brandies irad by its sappy wood, makes a capital lightning rod and a cheap one. To make it surer the tree should stand in moist ground or near water, for wet ground is a good con ductor and dry a poor one. It is recom mended to plaut a I.oinbardy poplar near the house and another near the barn. A large part of the Dra ilian emp're is ready for republicanism, declares tho American Cultivator. Pom Pedro, the present Emperor, has been a father to his peoplo. lie has been largely in fluential in abolishing slavery, and for the good he has done the cmrire will not be disturbed in his day. But he will have no successor. After his death republicanism will be the natural order of things. Brazil has enormous re sources and a territory that may possibly be subdivided into a number of govern ments. In time South America will be 'gathered under a federative system, like that of the United Status. Pays the Detroit Fr: Prtst: "The Knglith consumption of wheat per year is 200,000,000 bushels. The annual pioduction of wheat in England will average from 73,000,000 to 80,000,000 bushels. This year it wil". not be more :han 50,000,000 bjshelt It is an ill wind that blows no one some good. The American farmers in the Northwest have long suffered the hardships that follow a low price in wheat. Nearly all the mar gin of profit has been consume 1 in ele vi. lor and transportation charges. If the Eoglith wheat crop this year really tub alaa the estimate that have been made it will be a season of ro oking for the American wheat grower." For VOL. XXI. NO. 28. THE HOME-BOUND HOST. The sound of a host advanciug, Tramp! tramp! tramp! Under the windy flicker And flare of tho evening lamp, Under the steady whiteness Of the clear electric lilit, The sound of an army marching Is in the ccl to night. Not to the clamor of bugles, Nor the stormy bent of drums, Hot to the l.altlu's tocsin, The juliilnnt army coinos. A sweeter music summons And thrills nlonjj the line, Though each for himself may hear it, And make to tho next no sign. Tho patter of tiny footfalls That run to nil o)eii door, Tho mother's tomler Kinging. Her stop on the nursery floor, Tho boyiali shout of welcome, Tho girtiali ripple of gleo, At the click in the guarded ortTl Of the home-bo n ill father's key. This is the army's music: Cheerily culls good night The merry voice of the comrade As ho pnases out of sight Into tho heart of the household M hen tho day', long work is dona. And wire ami Uurns ai d naitui With a kiss for tho dearest one. Undor the windy flicker And ilaro of the evening lamp I hear a host advancing , With steady and resoluto tramp A host of tho strong and gentle, A throng of tho brave and true, Dear little wives and mothors, Hastening home to you! Maryitret K. Sangstrr, in B tzzr. THE ENCHANTED VIOLIN. TIIANHI.ATKK FROM TUB FKF.NCir. Vlasin Poroscheiika had tins peculi arity, that he went always with his giuc bent upon tho earth, though he liad really no other motive for lowering his eyes than because it was his custom to do so. lie was poor, it is true, but poverty is not an infamous thing, in every knows. Perhaps it was because tho young girls did not love him as much as possible, for wheu have you ever seen niudi nps act otherwiso than thought lessly ( Vlasin Doroschcnka wai a handsome boy, yes, even tho handsomest boy in Sotwinko, his features energetic and grave, his complexion of brown amber, his hair thick und blnck, cut short upon the brow, forming a whole to which two ryes, profound nnd dreamy, gave some thing that was singularly geutlo and sympathetic. The young girls, those pretty mockers, seeing him always remain silent aud pensive instead of singing and duncing like the others, the younx girls, I suy, having formed their own opinion of lasin, did not willingly follow the same road as ho. ' Nevertheless, if ho showed himself so littlo communicAtive and lowered his gue with euch persistency, it wiis to a nd a mure attentive ear, not to thai which was being mid to him, but to that which was passing within him, and the melody which ho heard there, veiled and mysterious, was au enigma to which he as yet was uniib e to Hud the key. Ho did not comprehend it any moro than be comprehended the c induct of Iind'esh, the daughter of tho rich liutzor, who seemed to detest him if anything more than her companions, aud lifted her lip with a littlo disdainful move ment whenever the cncountcied the poor boy. Was it to study and penetrato this charming sphinx that Vlasin concealed himself so frequently behind a tree stump to see her pass, and never took hU eyes from her whenever tho was in seeing distance . Cno evening Doreschenka wastraven ins the village; the moon was up and striping with shadows the road that she whitened with her rays, tipping with silver the ccrallas of the sleeping llowers and the margins of the well. All at once ho perceived a human figure, tall, 4 nil nt, and which seemed to be striving to hide itself in tho prickly hedge. At the same time ho heard a trembling voire that stammered out prayers and supplications. Vlasin approached and recognized the old A bitch, a man much re-perted and loved in the couutry-sido because of his double tulent of violinist and chiromancer. They said, cvon, ho was something of a sorcerer, but a sor cerer only iu the amiable acceptance of the ord. 'What is the matter with you, Abisch:"the youna man demanded. "What is the matter? What is the matter with mef" cried the unhappy art ist in a despairing voice; "do you not see for yourself that ferocious dog with my cap in his teeth, und who wishes to tear me to pieces!" And looking closely Vlasin did indeed discover a tiny littlo pnor dog which had stopped lieforo Abisch aud played with his property as gayly as any other young und inexpe rienced animal would have done, llo chased him away, however, simply to re assure the old man, who decided then, but not till then, to quit his refuge all white witn blossoms and sweet with perfumes. "I owe you my life, Vlasin 1" cried the good mau with elTusion: "I shall never forget it, I swear it!" and he walked away rapidly. roma time alter this he came upon Doroscheuka alone upon the steppe, seated upon a hillock dreaming. "What is the matter with you. Vlasin?" demanded the violinist in turn. "What is the matter with me?" re- Seatcd lloroschenka, "God knows it, oubtless, but I am ignorant of it. All the same, little important as it is, I should like to know why every one dis likes mo, and why the young girls turn away from me as if 1 bud the evil eye:" "Is it so;" replied Abisch, "eh bien! then I am go ng to give you a confidant for your troubles, a friend to whom you ........ U.,n.-a .11 can open vour Heart ana wlio will re pond like an angel when you ask hiin questions." "And it is? ' "This, Doroscheuka, this;" aud open ing his tains the good Abisch drew forth from its folds a violin far from appear ing new, aud at the same time pressed into his bauds the bow. "Ah, thank you," said Vlasin, disap pointed, "I am unable to make it serve me." "Puidon me, it is unnecessary thut you should know how to play it." -11 V yJr -JL TIONESTA, "Unnecessary! then is tho violin en chanted?" said the young man, still un decided. Tho old musician shriigeed his shoulders, smiled and, turningaway, disappeared under cover of the herbage of the steppe, like a bird that regains in haste tho shelter of its leafy covert. Doroscheuka remained alone with his pain and his violin, in the plain Immense and solitary, contemplating with the strangest and most inexplicable senti ments tho mysterious present of his old friend. At last ho took courago and lifted it to his shoulder. "Why should I not," ho said to him self; "nobody can hear me nobody but (!od and perhaps it is not a crimo to render upon tho wood that ho has created harmonious sounds that will chant Hig praises. The steppe, green and undulating, un rolled beforo him ns far as the cyo could reach, the spirit of the Spring whs in his soul, the bees liu.ed by hundreds in a sort of pious murmuring, while abovo him sounded the clenrsong of tho birds, losing itself in tho bluo air; the light warm and go!dcn. Vlasin rose up and, throwing a glance about him, drew the chords across the bow, and listened. It seemed to him a if tho who'o world had hushed itself to pay attention. Soon the notes, undecided nnd hes itating at first, camo fast nnd pressing; it was liko the vanishing of nn evil charm under which he, PoroscheiiKn, until then had been bound nnd fastened, lie perceived it himself, this wealth of dormant melody that was in him, and which he made to pass into tho sonorous, echoing body of tho instrument in his his hands, lie comprehended nothing of th's miracle that had happened to him -he who had received lessons from no one. No matter; he remarked there' In -tin midst of that nature so suddenly rcbdrnf in uim playing, singing, in tho full ioy of the liberty that possessed him the liberty of tho cag e, kin of tho air; of the Cossack, king of the desert. Iu the village or at work it was with the solicitude of a miser that hd hid his treasure from the eyes of all, bnt. when he found himself alone asjaiu in the shad ows of tho forest or in tho immensity of the plain, when no eye saw him, no ear heard him, ho opened his long overcoat of thick cloth, took tnu instrument that he carried upon his heart and played. . It was thus that upright one eveninc. under a heaven pure and studded with stars, ho drew from the harmonious chords notes of inexpressible sweetness and melancholy. All noises were hu-hed ubouthim; the inserts that wavered nl ways abovo that emerald sea troubled not even by tho whirring of a wing the silence impressive and sublime. Vlasin dreamed as he played, and, dreaming, saw before him the shades of heroes whose corpses had once lain thick as leaves upon th s soil in thoso deadly struggles between tho Tartars and tho Ottomans. Then the steppo began to talk to him, and tho wind that passed across the long grasses to bring him the echo of n plaintive voice, nnd soon the words nf au old song (a nearly forgotteii song by llmieliiiki, the Cossack i, that floated in the air all sweet with perfume. Tho voice approached always, aud suddenly a charming head emerged from the green waves. A fairy of tho steppe, perhaps, her eyes, dark and soft, expressing pro found astonishment; her face of ravish ing beauty; her breast covered with strings of coral and sequins of gold. A fairy of the steppo.' By no means, for tho hair that was imprisoned under tho silken kerchief was brown not blonde, like ripening wheat and she carried upon her g ly-co'ored robe a souk man na of cloth blue as tho heavens. The heart of Y lasin bounded in his breast, while Dodena, motionless three steps from him, plucked a flower, then another, then still a third, striving to conceal her trouble. "It is thou, then, who playest so well," tho snid at last. But Vlasin, without replying a single word, recom menced his melodies, diiecting his steps toward the depths of the steppe, the enchanted violin, showing itself truly worthy of it namo; tho young girl, fasciuatcd by those ardent and passionate strains, following by his side with a lingering, hesitating a'ep, then with one more assured, until presently she placet her hand upon the arm of Doroschenlcn, and when he raised his voice and sang she sang also und with him a duo, you would have said, of tho bvacn bourdon and the silver bell. They walked for a long time, happy fig a pair of birds up in a bough, and thereafter returned to meet again every evening, but without ever giving each other a rendezvous. las m now con ducted himself very differently from in the past He carried h s head high, no longer lowered his eyes in traversing tho streets, and-when he played the voung girls, cnarmeu as Modem luut been, clustered at his heel, ile noticed them not, however, but went with no other thought than to ro oin her who awaited him under tho humid and vague light of the stars in tho midst of the steppo which undulated black and murmuring as the sea. Before long, as wns to bo expected, the rumor began to circulate that Doroschenk had a magic violiu wih which he bewitched the hearts of the beauties young and old. But one Sun day, as the girls and boys were united at the steps of the church after the benedictions weie over, and the parent grouped about them, amusing them selves with their diversions, lasin came from the temple his instrument in his hand. Hardly had he placed his foot upon tho threshold wheu a dozen voices began to cry in threatening tones: "To tho water with the sorcerer! To the water, ani in with him!" and the hot heads threw themselves toward him to do as they wcr ? bid. Vlasin did not ktir, but tranquilly raised his bow aud played. They stopped to listeu, aud as tho sounds grew marked, tho cadence louder and more enuaniujr, boys aud I ir.rls began todauce, aud soon the parents I, ,, .. . . themselves, unable to resist that delicious music, joined their children and even rivaled them in the ardor and zeal with which they whirled and pirouetted. Doroschenkn had nothing more to fear fiom his fellow-citizens, and one duy, not long after this, when the old Betzkor betook himself to tho house of a priest and implored divine assistance to da- ! liver his daughter Dodena from tho ; spell laid uupii her by that rascally' j Doroschcnka. the priest only smiled aud I ; shook his head. j "Thou art fooHh, Betikor," said he; ! PA., WEDNESDAY, "for my part, I seo not the slightest sorcery'in tho whole nlTair, nud if there in it is very nnturul sorcery, which you Cerhnna aro now too old to comprehend, ut which is nevertheless no ollcnse to God." "But what shall I do? What shall I do:" still cried tho old Bct.kor. "Do? A very simple thing give him Dodena to wife. Is ho not tho bravest nud handsomest boy in Sotwinka? And if I say this to you, you will be able to believe it with closed eyes, for after iod, if there is any one upon the face of tne earth ablo to sound tbo hearts of men nnd women, it is truly, it seems to mo, the minister of God." Tho old Bet.kor was by no means con vinced, but as in the end his sighs and lamentations brought about no change in tho situation hu w ns forced to give up tho argument and yield the game. Now Dodena is the wife of Vlasin, and when they take themselves to the steppe, and when the enchanted violin vibrates, harmonious nnd penetrating, and the voices of tho married lovers mount unitedly toward the heavens bluo and pure, there is not in tho world a couple whose felicity is deeper or moro complete. item York Mercury. Primitive ATrlcaii Telephone System. A part of Heclus's map showing the tribes who live in tho Cameroon district, West Africa, is shaded to show exactly what portion of the country is the home of tho four or five littlo tribes who have perfected nn ingenious and practical telephone system that distinguishes them from all tho other natives of Africa. Everywhere among tho blacks of Africa the big drum or tam-tam is usod in war and on festive occasions, but it is only these Cameroon natives who have dis covered how useful the tam-tam may be made as a rapid promulgator of news ovuy mountain nnd plain. Of course, tho news is telephoned by drumming on tho tam-tum, 1 ut tho sounds produced aro not signals. Ac cording to the New Vork Hun they repre sent syllables nnd words, and so grow into sentences like the ticks of a tele grnph instrument. It is a very ingenious invention, and deserves to rank with any of our own devices for tho rupid trans mission of news that : were in voguo before tho electric telegraph superseded them. The force and rapidity with which tho instrument is beuten are ele ments in the interpretation of the idea to bo expressed, and syllables and words aro aiso formed by combinations of strokes, something like the Horse alpha bet, it is a complicated system, and speaks highly for the intelligence of the people wlio ilcvlscu it. The system is a secret that is confided to ouly about atio of tho natives. Though five or six of tho white residents and ex plorers in that region have told all they know about the tam-tam telephone, its language is as yet wholly unintelligible to them, ns tho secret is carefully guarded. Only a few women have been instructed in the art,a:id no slave is per mitted to acquire it. It is tho duty of every operator to be ready, if need bo, when ho hears tho tam-tam to repeat the message, which is taken up iu turn by oporators further iu la.id. In this way any news may bo com municated for a distance of forty or fifty miles in a few hours. Thus the chiefs correspond with ono another, nnd no important news happens that is not promptly telephoned ill over the dis trict. When a ship arrives at tho mouth of tho Cameroon Hiver tho tam tam may be heard beating far up the side of tho neighboring mountains, and the news is repeated from drummer to drummer until it reaches tho furthest conlines of the district. If n white party proposes to visit some chief in the mtorior tho tam-tam carries tho news to him that white visitors are coming almost before they havestaitcd on thoir journey. Thus our benighted African brother has taught himself a way to annihilate space and to transmit his thoughts on the wings of the wind. American mid European llerons. North America has a lino array ol herons. Not less than a round do.cn of species make up the list, while in Europe only two are at till common, tho lew other species mentioned being only visit ors, more or less rare. The heron ol Northern Europe the bird embalmed in song and story ns tho noble, t quarry at which king or niiuce could lly his falcons the bird which it wore death, in mcdi i vnl times, for villnius to harm is still caiofully protected in England. It is closely related to our "great bluo'1 hcrou but is not so large nor so hand some, and, presumably, less courageous than the hitler. The largo herons are everywhere shy nnd wury birds. The great bulk and imposing carriage mak them a conspicuous targut lor irunners. and their hereditary suspicion is intensi fied by personal experience of the treach ery of man until they show an eagerness to vacate the neighborhood at his ap proach that eilectually precludes all at attempts at close observation. The smaller kinds, on tho contrary, manifest but little timidity, an 1 were they not persecuted would soon famiiiurie them selves with the doings of civilization. American M'tja:in?, Electricily ns nn Anesthetic. Mayor Hcwilt, of New York, says the Mi'it an I J:'.rt , was not far astray in his assertions uiade before the Electric Convention the other day at tho Hotel Brunswick, when he said that electricity was only iu its infancy. A ludy who went through the trying ordeal is re sponsible for saying that a demist in this city has successfully introduced cle tricity as a mbstilutn for gas. M:e went to him the other day to hiv o a tooth imlicd, and as she feared to take L'us Bli ticipated martyrdom. The dentist utkud her if sho would not try dectiicity, and his explanation satisfied her of its pain lessness and safety. Tho dentist had a small battery with which ho charged her, and when he placed tho forceps to the tootu to be pulled, the instrument acted as a conductor of the electric fluid, which lil 1 C .1... .1. ll'l 1.. tl J ' flowed from the tooth. When he pulled suo lclt m pam. the electricity sccmiug I ,0 neutralize it, and tha operation was performed as easily us if gas hud been j admiui-tered. The patient beside felt , exhilarated and strengthened by ihe opeiation. There teems to be no lon;e ai,y 'eason why the tilling and pulling of i teeth should be aecoinpauied with such fearful diead aud subse jueut ago.iy. Beriah Wilkins will coutiuuo to liv iu Washington after his career iu Con- grcsi is ended, PUBLICAN NOV. 7, 1888. S1.50 PEK ANNUM. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. A Plnranpte Pudding. Cut a fine ripe pineapple in slices and boil it lor ten minutes in a pint of white sugar syrup, then rcmovo the fruit and press it through a sieve. Add to tho syrup in which the pineapple was boiled an ounce of gelatine which has been soaked in cold water for twenty minutes, nnd stir over tho lire until tho gelatine is entirely dissolved, then strain tho syrup through a piece of muslin, and when rather cool stir it Into the fruit pulp. You can decorate tho inside of a mold with fruit if you desire. Tho fruit used for decoration should bo dit",f,d into melted gelatine, then it will n firmly to the mold. Pour in tho i apple, etc., nnd imbed tho mold in until required, if tho decorating . done tastefully the pudding will form an elegant-looking dish. Vhen more convenient, canned pineapple may I e used instead of fresh, and will answer the purpose very nicely. .Vo Yorh Aetti. Bauer Kraut. If ourreaders, says the I'r-iirie Farmer, will follow these dire tiong they will have excellent kraut: Select good solid heads, trim olt the outside leaves, get a sharp cutter, with tho knives set line. Cut, und fill a washtub, sprinkle over the rnbbnge just enough salt to season for cooking; with the hands work the salt through the mass, until all is salted. Have a barrel ready and when a tul full is salted, turn in; with a flat pounder, pound carefully until the juice rises over tho top. Mnke a depression in tho center and with a cup dip out nil tho juice. It is this juice that emits the odor so offensive to many pcrs.ns: Proceed in this way until the barrel is full. Cover the top with large cabbage leaves and set in the cellar. It will be necessnry to put a light stone weight on top of the leuves. In a week it will fcr mcut, then remove tho leaves, spread a cloth over the cabbage under the weight, which should bo removed once a week, washed aud replaced. I'his will keep mould from collecting. The brine must always cover tho cabbage; if at any timo it docs not, water mu t be added. The Perils of Damp Iteils. A respectable proportion of the denths that occur during the wiutcr season are either directly or indirectly due to sleeping in damp beds. As a mutter of fact, this peril is of thegreatest, nnd it is ever present with us. The experienced tra'. eli r rarely hazards the risk of sleep, ing between sheets which n:e nearly tine to he damp, until they have been aired undor his personal supervision nt a fire in his bedroom. If.this be impracti cable, ho wraps his cloak around him or pulls out the sheets nnd sleeps between the blankets, a disagreeable, but often prudent, expedient. The direct mis th ef m a v result from tho contnet of an imperfectly heated body with sheets which retain moi9turc. The body heat is not sullicicnt to raise the temperature of the sheets to a safe point, and the result must be disastrous in the extreme, if, ns is sure to happen, the skin is cooled by contact with a surface colder than itself, and steadily abstracting heat nil the night through. Country people in particular are specially culpable iu this matter. A "spare'' room is reserved for guests. For weeks it may remain un occupied, unaired and unwnrmed. A visi tor arrives. Unconscious of the fate that awaits him he calmly passes tho evening in social enjoyment. Eater he is shown to the "spare" room for tho night. Tho atmosphere of the npartnient has the chill and damp of the tomb, aud the sheets of the bod aro veritnblo winding sheets shrouds, in fact. He is fortunate if he escapes with nothing more than a "cold." There is no excuse for the neglect of proper precaution to insure dry beds. Cullicator. Recipes. MrFFiNS. One egg, one cup of sugar, one-third cup butter, one hilf cup milk, salt, spices, one teaspoouful baking powder and flour to make batter. Bake in a hot oven. Bhkad Pcdpixg. -Take ono pint ol bread crumbs soaked in ono quart of sweet milk, one-half cup white Bugar, two eggs beaten thoroughly, one cup of raisins, heaping tcaspoonful of butter, suit to suit the taste; stir well together and bake. Indus Pixm Pcnnixo. Three quar. ters of a pound of bread crumbs, six puuees of India i meal, three or four ipplcs (chopped small), halt pound of raisins, quarter pound of sugar, three ounces of candied peel, a littlo nutmeg (grated i, and finely shred lemon pool; mix with just enough water to keep it together. Boil three or four hours. Coiikisu w ith Eiicis. l ut one cup of I licked ti-h into one quart of cold water, icat slowly, when hot (not boiling) pour oil water, reuio e fish to another dish, put into skillet one pint of rich milk, thicken with ono tablespoonful of Hour, add fish, piece of butter size of a walnut, when gravy uguin boils add one or two eggs, stir briskly, and serve at once. Sfii r.D Bkkf. For a round weighing twenty pouuds rub with a dessertspoon ful of saltpeter on both sides and let it remain oier night. Tneu take a sou i plateful of salt, a tablespoonful of ground cloves, one of allspice aud one of cayenne pepper. Hub tho beef every il ly with e tablcspooufiil of it until it is u-ed, unit turn it each day. Boil in nearly enough water to cover it. Pausnip Fm l i f: us. Three largo pars nips, boiled till soft, which will require about two hours: scrape and mush line, picking out all striugs and lumps; add two beateu eggs two tablespoonful ot new milk and two of sifted Hour, nn even tcaspoonful ofsalt and q muter of a teaspoouful of pepper; mix thoroughly ; iniiko into small cakes, Hour them and fry brown in butter or od ; eat with butter. Potato Gkms A good way to make potato gems is to work one cup of cold mashed potato smooth iuto ouc cupful ot sweet milk. Stir in one cupful of corn meal, oreuough to make a batter which will drop easily from a spoon, with a pinch of salt, and add ouo well beaten egg. Beat briskly three or lour miuutes, then put into well buttered ucin puns and bake twenty minutes to hilf un hour with a steady but not too hot tiro. Miue. 1". Gerui d, the author, is a ficotcU won;. in boru of Prcuch parent, aud 1 married to un Austrian oriiirr. A CELEBRATED CALF CASE AN ANIMAL WHICH HAS BEEN IN COURTS FOURTEEN YEARS. Bitter Legal Controversy Over Five AlleifPd Stolen Calves Farmers Itulnrd by the Cont rovprsy. A recent letter from Des .Moines, Iowa, to tho New York Sin, says that the cele brated Jones county calf case is before Judge l.inchan nt Waterloo. The writer continues. It is a case with n history. It hud its origin four teen years ngo, has been tried in several district courts, been heard in the Su pieme Court two or three time, and now comes up for adjudication on: e more. In is, 4 tho case mas started in Jones couuty by a farmers' society. A man named I otter, of Greene county, travel -d through that section buying youngstock. Among the rest fivo cnl es were bought of one Johnson, who bus been the prom inent figure in the litigation which hi consumed so much tune. Tho c dves which were sold witj afterward identi fied ns belonging to In mers in tho vicinity. At n meeting of tho Jones County Anti-llorse-Thief Society held soon afterward, it was determined to charge Johnson with tho theft of the animals, nnd suit was accordingly en tered. In December of 1M he was in dicted by the Grand .'ury in session in Jones county, but tho I'ourt set lho in dictment aside. In February of the fol lowing year he was again indicted by the Grand Jury, nnd on this indictment he was twice tried, taking change of venue toadjoiningcountics. In the first trial tho jury disagreed, ono man re maining firm in favor of conviction. But in the second trial, whxh occurred in li!, be was acquitted. Soon after Johnson's acquittal he be gan suit against fanners named Miller and Foreman, and six other prominent members of the society, claiming f H.uot) damages for malicious prosecution. This case was taken upon a chango of venue from Joucs county to Cliiton. There it was twice tried, nnd thi n re moved to Benton county on a change of venue, where it was once moio beiorc the courts. In ench of the e trinls tho jury returned a verdict in rnvor of John son for sums raging from if TiOJ to $7000, nnd each timo the trial Judge set the verdict nside on account of al leged errors. The ciiso was next taken to Illac'c Hawk county in 1S8 !, on another change of venue, nud there tried.' A xerdict of if.iOOl) was rendered by the jury, and judgment entered. 1 rum this, how ever, an appeal win taken to this Supremo Court, tho decision reversed, nud the case was remanded bacs lor trial in lisKI. In lsiSfi the caso was once moro tried in Blnck Haw k county, nnd agn n a de cision wns rendered in favor of ,!(hnon for $(:0t. This was again nppcnlcd to the Supremo Court, nnd onco more the verdict was set aside nnd tin; case sent back tor trial in H-C. And now tho sixth trial of tho case will tako place in Waterloo after fourteen years of litiga tion. This litigation has been under the consideration of thirty Grand Jurors, and eighty-four petit jurors; it has been presented to nine different trial Judges, and has twice beo i before the Supremo Court, five Judges sitting upon tho bench each time. Tho court costs alone amount to more than $50(K, and tho attorneys' fees are much more than that amount. All of the eighty four furors have de cided in favor of Johnson, but the courts have uniformly set the veidicts aside on legal grounds because of the close ques tion ns to wdiethcr there was probable cause on the part of the members of tho lociety for starting prosecution. Tho large part of u lifetime has been spent in u-eloss litigation over a few ani mals, the entire valuo of which was about "!". A number of the fur mors engaged iu tho suits have become hope lessly ruined, but still Johnson comes milingly before tho court, begins his suits, and readily pays for l hem, though ho is fast sinking iuto insolvency, and Is already au elderly man. Children of vnrious ages, who testilicd when tho litigation liist begun, now lead into eourt their own children, who are nearly as old ns were their parents at tho tim. they made their first bows to the courts. Tne farmers are growing old ; their money has leaked away through tho various lenral crevices, nud found its way iuto other hands : homes have been broken up, a FoniiiHiu.ty has been made poorer in every way, and still the case k drugged through tho t dious chiuncls of the law with but little more chauccof a settle ment than there was fourteen years ago. A Mitl B.'pnsited in III uk. Joseph Cannon, tho young man who was imprisoned a lew nfteruo ins n,'o in a vault in the unfinished building of the Keystone National Bank ut Juniper and Chestnut facets, Philadelphia, in conse quence of a friend playfully pu-hing tho spr ng latch door shut w hile Cannon was inside, was liberated nt eight o'clock tho next morning, after having been a iris oner for fifteen hours. The safe was not finished, nud had no handle or knob on the dcor. When Cannon's friend dis covered lho plight in which he hid placed him, he be mill! greatly alarmed and culled for help. A nu.nber of men woikcd with chisels nnd bars for several hours, but only succeeded in opening the door about nu im h, which, however, was sullicicnt to admit air to the pri-ou er aud permit food to be passed to him. The effort to release him was then aban doned for tl.o night. About eight o'clock the next morning nn expert with a pair of tongues reino cd one of thu bolts, nnd thu d or swung oneu. A crowd of people ha 1 gathered and a beany cheer greeted the young mau when h i stepped out of his "ceil,'' not much the woisu for his confinement, fuunou admitted that he was badly frightened when be found tho d or closed on h'.m. but said hi was comfort able after tho door was loosened und fresh air admitted. .V. u 'rk j i. Fate of nu Afliau l.inr. Afghan'stau has been much iigita'ed ocr a report of tbo Ameer's death. The coiuiiittudvr of the Aiu -ei's army, how ever, understands lu.v lo kill a laUj report. He ca l e 1 lho pe.iplu t l assem ble in the miiket pi ne aud then ho wore ou thu Koran that tho .-tatewcut was untrue, and afterward, having cap tured two id lie; disseminator of the , report, had them blown from cauuon in the J rescue V ol liq H 'arnng Hil l ttjl jUudms ciow i. RATES OF AOVIUTIIIHOi Ob Squi. n Inch, om ImMrrtoi 1 1 On. Sqnart, Inch, moot On Square, on tnea, thrse monlki....i.. H On Sqnare, on Inch, on Tsar Two Sqnsrr s, on jer 11 Quarter Column, on Teat. Half Colomn, on. year On Colomn, on jaar ....I ht&i drrtlnu t tntoV anloi. HwrUg d tk nouona ini. At bin ro yearly adertlaBeiit eotlsrUt Utrij. Tmprary a4rUiu am "i adraoc. J.k wrk eh ra dllTry. THE CRAY KATllEj. A tiny girl went singing Among the meadow flowers; Her father watched her bringum Her happy thougutleas hour. She never saw his features. She never knew his face, (If nil unconscious creatures She hail the joy and grace. Wars paused: her father brought her A jewel for lier brow; fshB thought awl while she thought, her Gray father she saw now. But sho was not so mirthful That father now she knew; Of grief she found old earth full, And sho was older too. The father of (hat maiden, He is old Father Time, A parent heavy laden With mors of pros? than rhyme. No more you hear her laughter The flowering fields among; Her words forever after Are rather said than sung. Keningale Cooh, in TemjiU Bar. JII'MOR OF THE DAT. A stowaway The glutton. All for protection Policemen. Our horticultural fathers Poppies. A pointer on pork Tho pig's nose. Oriental calendar gastronomy Eating dates. A call deposit Talking into a phono graph. Man has his ups nnd downs Er, yes hic-ups ! A friendly meeting Gathering of (Junkers. 'iho Lick Observatory Tho postage stamp window. Tho best w ay to get nt tho tongue of a bell is to peal it. Baseball clubs that have a "Jonah" are easily whaled. Eight kind of a girl for a restaurant One that is "tasty." All good swimmers are not belligerent, yet they strike out right and left. A criminal may not believe in his own guilt, but ho is always open to convic tion. Make a mau your traveling compauion and you must put up with him. Pica yunc. Vhcu nn oflice goes out to seek a man, it bus to pick its way through crowds. hjio.h. This Banana Trust will be nothing moro nor less than a skin game. llrhf-ter Post. Some belles captivate with artless heart; others with heartless nrt. Mer c't iiU 'J'r.t e'er. The hen that hutched out a brood of seven roosters wns very proud of her bcauliiul sou-set. Speaking of pim, the mast costly arc the diamond piu and the terrapi i. I'lttibiirij t'ltiniii'l''. People studying the language of Fin land have quite au exciting time at the Finnish. llcehnter l'oat. In Denmark, girls nre trained to ngri- culture, but in this country they time more kiudly to husbandry. A Philadelphia umbrella firm has sus pended, with nothing laid by for the rainy day. l'itts vnj Chronicle. A fisherman will alwnys be found reeling n great deal when the fishing is food. Perhaps it is the bait. liottou 1'ut. When young men and ma:dens go out canoeing' together their thoughts aro sailing to tho port of canoebial fe licity. Photographer "Everything is ready. Pleaso smile." l.cntuekiau "Thank you. I don't caro if I do." Areola lie unl. It hurts a man just about ns much to burn him in elligy ns to have his shadow ou a stone wall butted by a goat. To'i'lu Ii'iui: "Yes," snid Mr. Kuowita 1, "that is Latin for 'deep sea bass.' Basso pro fundo was Julius C esar's favorite fish." - JJ.u itir'i Jlir.ar. " Tho Bee Lino Itailroad has 117 crook in it. A beo which cuu't fly straightcr than thut had bettei invent a compass. Detroit J'V.e J'rm. "Yes," haid Mr. New-pop, "I'm head of tho firm down town, but wheu I'm ut homo nights I'm floor walker most of the timo." They tell us that "wall" is an Indian's most common expression of pleasure. And here we've been thinking that au Indian's wah-whoo i meant bloodshed. Jtinjfmmrton II- pit licn't. Y'oung .Mother (displaying babyl "Isn t he a great uob'.o Icllow, Maori" Major lauuous to ple.iie) --"Yes indeed, madam: why, ho has got hands und feet on him like u hired m m's." -A'eio i'vrt Tommy "You ought ty see how much butter my step-mother puts on my bread." Johnny - "i guess it's some of this bogus butter, aud she just trying it ou you beforu sho cat any of it herself." I'ifji ii'l UUf tier. Will e took tli.? shiny mtiskot I! v Its inu. d.iu.tiiv ; St nt), .J I!... cold steel down his t liro.lt let, Toyed Willi trigger gracefully. lUnvu went hiiiiiutT ou thd e.iplet, "I p went Willie' "did you say! Not u liii '. ior gun not loaded t an not Inn I a boy at pluy. Brown Have you sc in Itobiuson leceutly, Diiinlcyj" "I hear he has been sick." I uuilcy "Yes; I saw him this inuiuiir.:." Brown "How is hei" Dumley ' iiy tUiin lnr, I forgot to usk him. I just sai I How are you, old mauf and passed on.'' 7V..i. Iu tne spi iu; ill young man's fan y lightly tin ns lo iiiouhts ol io.'c: Tlirougli lh summer duys he wooeth like tb liiitsonie till lle-dove; Au 1 wlLtiU summer tide is over, iu thd genial glow of autumn, Homo Hie maiden write to popper, Pearest jiu, nl lust I ve caught bun. La :a r. The citieus of Lexington were much surprised oa Tuesday lUOiuiug last to liiid a pi mud ou the public well which te.id: "Drink no water fiom this well ; it is full of fiogs, by order of the Mayor.'' Mayor W. E. Lester was sought by a icpoiter t ) ascertain w'iy he bad ordered lUc well tilled with frogs Wt he declined to answer. Ac r'-( ;..) A' Ac. 4
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