RATES OF APVtWTIa
Oat Eqiua, n. loch, oo taeertlom--, 4 1
On. fkpir, owl loch, eee Bonta.
One Sqosre, one Inoh, three monUs. ........
Or.e 8qoare, one InoU, one Tr.. IS
Two Bqnsrre, eoe year. 1
Quarter Column, one year. M0
Half Colore, OM year..t...........-.
One Colama. ens lew.-.. ....lot
Lw-el effrertl mtt tea oerte per lle sack ta
Mrtiou. Marriage u4 seats notices fnBs.
All Wile for jnrtj silTertlwimentj eoneetei
Itrij. T.mpormrT adveniemesU M Se peU IS
draaee.
Joe work cash M teuvery.
rfflS FOREST REPUBLICAN
U soWliined every Wtdndf , ky
J. E. WENK.
Offloe la Bmearbaugh & Co.'a Building
XUI BTRKET, TIONESTA, Fa.
PUBLICAN
Terms, ' l. BO per Year.
w i(ih.-.rlrtimn received for a shorter period
. liiitT ollfltea' from H prti of tto
tra r. f--ce wUl be Ukea of uoajmous
VOL. XXI. NO. 32.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5, 1888.
SI. 50 PER ANNUM.
JKJh
The convict lcnse system provails In
ten Southern States.
Forests are springing up on the aban
doned mines and ruining towm in Cali
fonua."J The Mexican Government Is preparing
to introduce the postal money order sys
t!m into the country.
It has been shown that the. ratio of
prUoncrs in cities is two and o-e-fourth
Union fts "great as in the country at largo.
The first petroleum spring In England
ha jut been discovered near North,
nick. A brewor's well hn ceased giv
ing water, and yield a copious supply
m1 oil.
The Italian brigands prefer to capture
i.ii Knglishman if possible, and their
'.. coud choice Is an American. They aro "
nltout the - only ono any considerable
mm of money can bo sqacezed out of.
The Chinese Government has refused
in English firm permission to sot up
--.lioa cleaning machinery in that coun-
y. The decision is made, that foreigners
ivo no right to start manufactories on
liinese soil.
The Czar, as a memorial to his lato
.rents, bai dovoted $750,000 and an
into .worth $200,0J0 a year to the
"nidation and maintenance of an In
. itulion for the blind at St I'etersburg,
j be called the Alexandor-Marien In-
ituto.
.V few years ago the Argentine Ito
!ie did not raise wheat enough for
. consumption. Last year it im
.d T.nnn.noo bushels. Immciiso
.. is of j ustuiu a.c being converted Into
m land, and the country Is becoming
;--cnt grain-growing region.
i hey havo just tal.cn a census in the
j'si Capital of St. Petersburg,
re are nearly a million of pcoplo
0 ; but abovo the ago of sixteen years
1 aro four males to every three
Vs. The Cincinnati Emjuirer layt
M to be a good place to marry
irR
congress of the advocates of
.i), recently held in Vienna, the
ut was brought out that there
t present throughout the world
leinutories, most of which are in
nited States, twenty in Italy, and
ich in Germany, (Gotha,) England,
a and Switzerland.
h as been assorted that tho human
e has been heard across (ho Strait of
; altar, a distance of ten miles. At a
iticnl meeting held near Portland,
recently, scnteuccs of tho speech
ado by one of the gent,!eenrpeukiug
i the open air are said to havo been
uu'y heard a mile away,
' he news that the Mikado of Japan
i become addicted to alcohol, wbihs-
llmpororof China is devoting most
. his time to opium smoking, in not sat
factory. Kalakaua is still playing
ukur with disastrous results to his Na
tional Treasury. Really, observes the
(ir,tj,fiif, those remote potentates seem to
need the services of an all-round re
former. '
The recent docrce in Franco requiring
all resident foreigners to givo an ac
count of themselves to the Prefect of
Police, is aimed at the vast influx of the
lowest strata of society from ail nations,
who aro gradually making France an
asylum for the thieves, vagabonds aud
outcasts of othor countries. Moreover,
most of these for' 1 tramps come from
two nations wK? c'rauce most hutus
Germany and ls
The famous toad which was dug out
alive in Englaud from a stratum of clay
belonging to the glacial period died at
the end of three days. A local surgeon
cut a slit across the membrane which
closed the toad's mouth in order to food
it, and the poor butrachian had not
enough vitality to bear the operation.
Much interest is manifested in the toad,
which has been presorved in alcohol in
t'.:e Greeuoc'x Museum.
An article In the North China Ileridd
upon Chinese benevolenco shows that it
is very generally prau4ed. 'Whenever
great floods or famines occur great soup
kitchens are established. There are so
cieties to provide colfins for tho e who
cannot buy them, for gathering human
bones which have become exposed and
giving them suitable burial, for distrib
uting plasters and drugs, and for pre
senting "virtue books."
Mrs. Borrenson, of , Michigan, declares
the New York World, is a woman of
resources. She refused to allow the
laying of a railroad track past her house
at Munisteo and sought to drive the work
men off at the muzzle of a revolver. As
the men proved to be proof against feai
of a bullet, Mrs. Sorrenson brought out
a rocking-chair, placed it across the ties,
took her knitting aud held the fort for s
whole uight and day. Of course, there
was no chance of tiring out a Michigan
woman supplied with a rocking chuii
and knitting needles. So, after forty
'eigut hours' delay, the fair obstructionist
was curried to prison, and the rails were
laid.
REUBEN JAMES.
Three ships of war had Preblo when he loft
the Naples the ra,
(ml the mighty king of Naples lent him
seven galleys more;
And never since the Argo floated in the mid
dle 9uch noble mon and valiant have sailed in
company
As the men who wont with Problo to tho
siege of Tripoli.
Stewart, Bninbrldge, Hull, Decatur, how
their names ring out like gold!
Lawrence, Porter, Trippo, Macdonough, and
a score as true and hold;
Every star that lights tboir banner tells the
glory that they won;
Out one common sailor's glory is the splendor
of the sua
Reuben Jamoe was first to follow when De
catur laid aboard
Of the lofty Turkish galley and in battle
broke his sword. .
Then tho pirn to Captain smote him, till his
blood was running fast,
And they grappled, and they struggled, and
thoy foil lieside the mast.
Close behind them Reuben battled, with a
dozen, undismayed.
Till a bullet broke bis sword arm, and he
dropped the useless blade. '
Then a swinging Turkish sabre clove his loft
and brought him low,
Like a gallant bark, dismasted, at the mercy
of the foe.
Little mercy knows the corsair; high his
blade was raised to slay.
When a richer prize allured hint where De
catur struggling lay. .
"Help!" the Turkish leader shouted, and his
trusty comrado sprung,
And his clmnar like lightning o'er the
V ankee Captain swung.
Reuben James, disabled, armless, saw tne
sabre flash on high,
paw Decatur shrink be tore it, heard the
pirate's tauntin; cry,
Saw, In half the time I tell it, how a sailor
brave and true
Still might Bhow a blooty plrteto vrSat n dying
man can do.
Quick he struggled, stumbling, sliding in the
blood around his feet,
As the Turk a moment waited to make ven
geance doubly sweet.
6wift the sabre fell, but swifter bent the
sailor's head below,
And uiwn his fenceless forehead Reuben
James received the blow)
Bo was saved our brave Decatur; so the
common sailor died;
Bo the love that moves the lowly lifts the
great to fama and prido.
Yet we grudge him not his honors, for whom
love like this had birth.
For God never ranks His sailors by the
register of earth I
Jawt J. Hoche, in Boston Post.
MURIEL
"Muriel, Muiicl."
Tho tone was sham and authoritatlvn.
Find Madam Thome's smooth, white brow
contractcu into a half frown as she
lonned out of tho window and repeated
her imperative summons.
A foam bubble sparkling on the break
er's brim a buttnrily poising in midair
a thistledown careening on the breeze
how shall I descr ble the airy lightuess,
tho perfect grace of Muriel's motion as
sho came dancing, lloating up tho broad
lawn and stood before the open window 1
"Well, auntioi"
"Como in, Muriel; I wish (o hsve a
little riouLoonvcrsation with you."
Thelinipid gray eyes shot one re
bellious tihsli from under their silken
lashes, and the rich led mouth took un
uumistakablo pout.
"Js it about Lawyer Grant:"
'Vcs, Muriel. That worthy gentlo
man has magnanimously overlooked your
scornful recofitiou of his avowal of love
and renews his oiler of hand, heart and
foitune."
"And if I refuse."
"Then tho mortgage which he holds
on liuckdule will be foreclosed immedi
ately and you aud I will be homeless out
casts." "Aud so you propose to sell mo to
Lawyer Grant i"
Kven madam's well-bred composure
was not quite proof nguiust the bitter
scorn in the question, aud sho llushcd a
little as she replied:
"Uon't bo vulgar, child. Mr. Grant
offers you a home, riches and an honor
ablo name."
'Au oiler that I despise and reject."
Madame Thome's snowy eyelids wont
down, and her guowy bauds went up, in
token of her horror.
"lugrate! Traitor 1 Isheltcrel and
cared for you in your infancy, kept you
from the almshouse; aud now you will
not make this trilling sacrifice to save
my old age from want."
'.'Not to save your life, or mine I" The
gray eyes glittered now, and Uie quick
blood bin nod like a crimson stniu in
eithor girlish cheek. 'Wot for your
sake, Aunt Murynor to save the wholo
world, would I' Tis degrade myself."
Mrs. Thorm 'old blue eyes fastened
themsehes oi;.l Uriel's glowing face
with pitiless scum.
"Will you tell me, Muriel Vance, how
you propose to support yourself! You
have no money, no accomplishments
and no special aptitude, that 1 have yet
discovered, for inuking yourself useful
iu any way whatever."
Muriel gave a little sigh.
"I am a sud scapegrace, aunty I
acknowledge it. But it is said that
there is a special I'rovidenco that
watches over fools. Ou that I place my
reliance. Tut there, 1 see that you aro
angry, so I will say no more."
And to Mrs. Thome's iulinito disgust
she bcgr.a caroling a wild, rythmic
melody, her little slippered feet keeping
time, as the whirled down the long
piazza iu n perfect mUe of whirls, pir
ouettes and impromptu "j.a tie jcucina
t'on," till at last, with a grand flourish,
she stood before her uuut, flushed, pant
ing aud smiling. .
"I danced away all my ill humor, dear
auntie -''
"hncore! encore." cried a wheezy,
cracked voice behind her, aud Muriel
turned to seethe wrinkled fuce and leer
ing ejes of I awyer iirant.
"A light heart makes light feet," ho
said, chuckling aud rubbing his withered
Lauds ia testacy;" ' eh, Miss Muriel!"
Jli.t Murirl had fled to her room, a
secluded little retreat in a remote wing
of the great rainbliug fui mhouse.
Wher,, after au hour's patieut watch
ing from her window sho had seen her
antiquated lover disappear down the
shaded path that led to the highway,she
prepared to go down to the parlor to
practice some new sonirs. But to her
dismay sho found the door fast locked
and herself a prisoner.
That night, while sho slept, ft plate
containing food was placed iu her room,
iiuu wuu li wuy Blip ui jmpur, ijuunug
these words :
You shall never leave this room until you
yield to my wishes. Mem K.I, Thornr.
To which she returned this character
istic answor:
Without wishlnn to be impertinent, I may
say that there is a fair prnaimct of my outliv
ing rjotn or you. 1 dory you, uniu your
death shall release me. MiniKL Vami.
For four days she bore her captivity
admirably, hhe leaned from her win
dow and sang snatches of gay songs
when sho was sure that her aunt was
where the could hear her, and affected
the utmost nonchalance when she saw
Mrs. Thornc and I awyer Grant watch
ing her from the lawn. Iiut on the after
noon of the fifth sho began tq give way,,
and longed with all the intensity of her
Dhture for freedom.
Mio saw tho shining river, free and
unfettered, ..winding between the feath
ery willows that lined its banks, and
could almost hear it as it gurgled over
its pebbly bed whore tho cool woodland
shadows lay thickest; and the' words of
the bravura sho was singing died in an
inarticulato sob, though her aunt was in
full view, strolling among tho flower
beds on tho lawn. ; ;
At last she wiped away her tears and
clinched hor teeth firmlv together.
"All's fair in lovo and war," sho said
resolutely; "and a masterly strategy
must accomplish what resistance would
fail to do, even if it does involve some
deception."
clio watched long and anxiously for
Lawyer Grant that night.
Finally, when tho shadows of tho
gloaming lay thickly among tho tr?es,
sho saw a tall form coming up the path
toward too front door.
bile leaned from the window and cnlroa
to him in a suppressed voice:
"Go to tho kitchen porch and get the
long ladder you will find there. Climb
to the balcony undor tho window at the
back of this room ; I wish to speak ' to
you." .....
A few moments elapsed and Muriel
heard cautious footstor on iho balcony,
aud then a light tap jn the w.'ndow.
Hie gently opened it apd stepped out.
Without raising her Ces 'he began
a faltering voice:
"Lawyer Grant, when 1- rcqufsted
your presence here I intended to propose
an elopement, trusting that an oppor
tunity of regaining my freedom might
occur. But I cannot do it. Not even to
regain my liberty will I sully my lips
with a lie. But, oh, sir, think of my
cruel punishment and pity mo. Think
of one who has always been free and un
trameled as the very birds condemned to
this captivity, and if you have a human
heart intercede with my nunt. Think "
but sobs and tears finished the prayer she
would have uttered, as she threw herself
at his feet.
The tall form came out of tho shadows,
aud as the light from tho room beyond
fell full upou him Muriel startod to her
feet in mute surprise.
It was a stranger's face she gazed
upon a face which invited eonfldonco,
nevertheless. There was something about
the mischiovous gray eyes, clouded just
now with a slight shade of seriousness
an expression about tho finely-cut mouth,
which, though parted at that moment
with a smile of blended amusement and
pity, soeuicd to bo irresistibly at
tractive. "Do not distress yourself, I beg," said
he, as ho gazod upon her agitated
countenance, "and believe me when I
say that I will willingly afford you all
the assisUiuco in my power. But before
you accept my assistance let mo explain
my pre ence in this hou e. My name is
Kenner Kosmore and I came here to
night to see Lawyer Grant, relative to
ceitain uucluimed estates in Connaught,
Ireland. If ono Michael Vance, who
enme to this country twenty years ago,
since deceased, died without hoirs, the
Iiroperty reverts to me, as next of kin.
have written to Giaut repeatedly, but
failing to get a satisfactory reply, camo
over to see if I could not find more
definite information regarding the heirs
of this Michael Vance, who had the
honor of being sixteenth cousin to my
step mother God ro-t hor soul 1"
"Michael Vance!" cried Muriel, her
embarrassment lost in surprise. "Why,
that was my father's name.!'
"And his birthplace ("
"Killaroy, Ireland.
"Accept my congratulation," said
Bossmore; "for you are not only the
1 most beautiful young lady iu America,
, but tho richest heiress in Ireland. And
j I hope," hecont nued, as he saw the rosy
flush upon her check, "that siuco you
havo deprived me of my inheritance, you
, will at least grant me the liberty of a
kinsman's kiss. By my faith, it would
be cheap as the price of the Hossmore es-
tates even, I assure you it is a national
; custom."
j Muriel's refusal was accompanied with
a laugh of mirthful incredulity that was
so irresistibly contagious that the
1 blended tones of merriment reached the
, two plotters below.
i We pass over madame's incredulous
scorn and until belief, Lawyer Urant s
gratitude at escaping the cowhiding he
so richly deserved aud the details of the
courtship between liossmore aud Muriel.
But when the sumachs burned like
fiery torches in the woodland glades sht
loved so well, and hickories aud maples
shone golden in the uplands, Muriel, hei
claim to the Hossmore estates duly rec
ognized, became Mrs. Fenner Hossmore.
And I am bound as a veracious chroni
cler to record the fact that neither party
ever regretted iu
A Sarcastic Host.- .
A hotel i l Nantucket has some original
rules for warning guests in "ca-e ol
tire". "Notify the clerk at once he will
be asleep in room No. 7'.', just back ol
the o'.lice. Notify the proprietor. Notifj
the uight watchman. He will be asleep,
us usual, somewheie on the premises.
I'etnru to .your room and throw you!
trash and stuff out of the wiudow; you
cun repack them on the piazza or in tht
back yard. Now try and discover whert
the fire is. In Dinety-nino times out ol
a hundred it will be iu some neighbor
in;', ouilding, not ours. Dou't forget to
sl'jiek all the time. It will be very
to.':S4.ingi nervous peoplo. JVVi York
l'ott.
THE FRENCH EXECUTIONER
AN INTERESTING CHAT WITH THH
HEADSMAN OF FBANCB.
Living In Strict Retirement Tb
Ghastly Implements of III Pro
fession How He Dons His Work.
Few peoplo have ever seen the public
executioner of France, soys a 1'aris let
ter to the New York 1VWW, and it is no
easy matter to find him, for tho police
refuso to givo his address, and his name
is carefully omitted from the d' 'iry.
Tho dreaded "Monsieur do Pari he
is called by tho lower classes, i v
evcr, M. Dicbler, and he rents a at
No. I) Hue Vic d'Azur, a squalid littlo
street half an hour's walk away from
lioquette Prison. This man, who con
ducts tho ceremonies in which the
gullotine plays tho most prominent part,
is a very quiet person of a retiring dis
position, who dreads notoriety aud avoids
contact with his neighbors as much as
possible. There is nothing in tho
headsman's nppearance nor in his home
to donote his ghastly office.
After some diiliculty tho World cor
respondent secured tho address of M.
Deibler and found that the headsman
was not indisposed to tell tho details of
his unenviable profession. - lie could
riot, however, le induced to exhibit even
privately the guillotiue, which he re
ferred to as "the machine." Ho said:
"Tho machine is ready mounted for
U90, and , I may bo summoned off at any
momcut. I usually get twenty-four
hours' notice in Taria and moro than
double that time for the departments,
but I hold myself constantly in readiness
to start off at a moment's notice. As ft
rule I have to spend at La lioquette the
whole night preceding tho execution. A
great deal has to bo done in a very Bhort
time. Soon as the two black vans arrivo
one containing the 'woods of ju-tice'
and the other destined to convey the
body of tho culprit to Ivry Ccmetory
I have to superintend the installation of
the machiue, which takes upward of an
hour. The fixingof the knife and of
tho apparatus itself is an intricate job.
There must be no bitch at tho last. Tho
instrument is invariably placed on five
stones just outside the central door of
the Koquctte Prison.
"While I am fixing the machine,"
continued the headsman, "The Abbe
Fa n re arrives. The Abbo Fauro enters
Boquctte and gives spiritual comfort
io tho doomed man. After being left
alone with the chaplain for a short timo
tho culprit is handed over to my assist
ant, who brings him from his coil down
the stono stairway which lends to tho
Depot the prisoner's last station on
earth before reaching the machine
where ho is seated on a wooden stool,
and his toilet begins. This doesn't tako
much time, for his nair and beard were
clipped on entering the prison. Tho
man is pinioned, his shirt stripped of its
collar, and he then goes iorth to his
death by the central door, whon ho is
strapped to tho fatal plank which, top
pling over, brings his neck into the half
circular p.irtion of a ring thnt I secure be
fore springing the knife. Soon as 1 touch
a button in one of tho upright posts the
knifefallsand the head is received in atin
vessel containing sawdust. Tho body is
unstrapped, put inlo a coffin, with tho
culprit's heait between his legs, and the
remains aro then driven off to Ivry Ceme
tery, whero they are buried."
"Ooos life endure any time after tho
head is severed i"
"No, 1 -think not," the execution re
plied, reflectively. "The grcut loss of
blood produce syncope. Besides "
Here M. Peibier went out of the room
and brought in a large black leather
box, which ho p'accd on tho table, On
raising the lid tlicro appeared tho bright
steel knife of oblique shape which is
fixed to the erosa beam of. tho guillotino
at each execution, and which M. Deibler
carefully watches over arid cleans at
home. He took it out of its soft red
lining the other nfternoon, stroked it
with bis hand as if to brush the dust off
its highly-polished surface, and, turning
itoversuid:
"There; look at the back of this
knife. It is heavily weighted, you see,
to make it fall swiftly aud with tremen
dous force when 1 touch tho spring.
Now, this is the reason why I think that
all consciousness departs from the brain
of a man after tho fall of the head. At
tho same instant that tho neck is sovered
by the blade, tho weighty portion strikes
so fcurful a blow on the occiput that the
cheek is often bruised from the fall of
the head into the tin vessel containing
tho sawdust. Yet tho head is only
raised a few iuclies abovo the tin vessel
which receives it. Such a blow is, in
my opinion, sulicient to drive out any
ray of memory, reflection or real seusi
bility that may linger, ufter the decapi
tution.iu the bralu of the most obdurate,
bull-headed criminal."
The Gull SI renin.
Tho main Gulf Stream is said to end
on the south side of tho Banks of New
foundland; at all events, the stream di
vides there, tho larger branch crossing
the Atlantic northward to the coast of
Northern Kurope, passing the North
Cape and becoming uudstinguihablo
near Nova Zcmbla. The smaller branch
crosses eastwnrd, curves southward be
tween the Azores aud Portugal, sending
out smaller branches into tho Irish and
Mediterranean sea's, and joins the north
equutorial current', with which it returns
to the Gulf of Mexico, aud so completes
the circuit. Thus tho most northern
pyint leached is near Nova Zcmbla, the
most southern near the equator. It
toiuhes the I'uitcd States, jsewfound
lund, the British Isles, Norway, Port
ugal aud Morocco. The equatoriul cur
rents touch the eastern coast of South
America ad the western coast of Africa.
The Japan stream touches Jupau and
Corca, Kainschatka and Alaska, and the
western corst of North America aud the
Mexican const, flowing almost as far
south as the equator. t'liiludeltihU Call.
Petroleum for Harbor Defence.
A Philadelphia corporation thinks it
is smart enough to set the river on lire.
It is prepaiing to make experiment ut
Fort Miiilin, near Philadelphia, with a
new method of setting the river ou lire.
It is proposed to siuk perforated iron
pipes in the river bed aud approaches to
the harbor, through which petroleum
can be forced to the surface of the water
by machinery. In this manner blu.iug
petroleum caa ba eut into the enemy's
fleet and uiako it uncomfortably hot for
the proud invader.
HOL'SKHOLl) AFFAIRS.
Good Way to Cook Tomatoes.
A good and unusual way to cook to
matoes is tho following: Peel and slice
eight tomatoes. Put them in a coarso
cloth and press most of the juice into a
bowl. Save the julco. Chop the toma
taes and mix in two tablcspoonfuls of
melted butter. Stir up well, put in a
buttered mold, fit on the top, set in a
pot of boiling water, and keep at a fast
boil for ono hour. When done turn out
on a flat dish and pour over it the fol
lowing source: Heat the tomato juice,
stir in a tablcspoonful of butter rolled in
flour, season with popper, sugar and salt,
and boil one minute.
Sanitary Bedrooms.
"Woolen carpets aro filthy," says Dr.
John Crowell in Popular ti-ience Neirt,
"and it the good housewife does not be
liove it, let her look across tho room
when tin sun is shining through it, aud
see the dust constantly rising. This process
noes on night and day, and is unavo li
able when tho floor is encumbered with
the woolen covering." Hard floors,
without cracks or scams for dust and
vermin, painted walls, simple furnish
ings, because of dust and "germs," an
open flroplace, sunshine for disinfecting
nnd drying, no draporics to catch ami
hold dust, the iron or bra-s bedstead and
hair mattress those constitute tho es
sentials of a sanitary sleeping-room. The
old-fashioned wash-stand is recom
mended as far more desirable than set
bowls with hot and cold water, as these
are rarely trapped properly, and so be
come sources of pollution to the bed
room. Laic$ of Ly e.
A Suggestion lor Old Boxes.
Do mothers and nurses know how
much enjoyment and fun can be had out
of different styles of boxes that we so
ruthlessly destroy? If all the members
of the family will save tho boxes they
will find, some stormy day when children
are forced to remain indoors, that a trip
to tho attic (whero the boxes can be
kept) will afford a creat deal of amuso
mcnt. The little girls of the family will
select ft good-sized box for a new kind ol
doll's house, aud mamma or nurse can
easily teach them how to cut cardboard
furniture to furnish this little house. If
it is summer time, make a tiny house out
of an old cardboard box, and paste on
to it dried moss, then set it on a shingle
and have a little gravel path leading up
to the door, un ono side have a bit of
looking-glass for a pond, and somo
branches of evergreen boughs for trees.
Y'ou can add whatever clso you like to
make it look like un old fashioned farm
house. This simplo toy has kept little
girls nappy for whole summers.
The bovs can use tho boxei for thea
tres, Punch and Judy and many different
tunas ot shows.
The baby will be amused with an old
tin box, some beans or pebbles put iusiilo,
and the outside covered with some bright
colored flannel after the cover is firmly
fastened. This will make a good rattle,
and if a string be tied to the box
it can be drawn on the floor, or be bus
pended from the chandelier aud swung
u tne baby is too younp; to walk.
All these simple things have been
ho'ps to many mothers and nurses ou
rainy days, when the expensive toys of
the nursery have crown old and the lit
tle children aro longing for something
now.
When you go ftway from home for tho
summer put some boxes and bricht col
orcd papers and cloths into your trunk ;
you will find them useful aud very ao
ccptable when tho children cannot have
tneir own nursery or the toys it contains
Arett York Qrajihie.
Things Worth Knowing.
1. That fish may be scaled much easier
by dipping into boiling water about a
minuto.
& That fish may as well bo scaled if
desired before packing down in salt,
though in that case do not scald them.
8. Salt fish aro quickest and best
freshened by soaking iu sour milk.
4. That milk which is turned or changed
may be sweetened or rondored tit for use
again by stirring in a little soda.
5. That salt will curdle now milk,
hence in preparing milk porridge,
gravies, etc., the salt should not bo added
until the dish is prepared.
tl. That fresh meat, after beginning to
sour, will sweeten if placed out of doors
in the cool of night.
7. That clear boiliug water will re
move tea staius aud many fruit stains.
Pour the water through the stain and
thus prevent it spreading over the fabric.
H. That ripe tomatoes will remove ink
and other stains from white cloth; also
from tho bauds.
1). That a tublcspoonful of turpentine
boilod with your white clothes will uld
in the whitening process.
lu. That boiled starch is much im
proved by the addition of a little sperm
or a littlo salt, or a littlo gum arable
dissolved. .
11. Thnt beeswax and suit will make
your rusty flat irons as clean and smooth
as gloss. Tie a lump of wax in a bag
and keep it for thut purpose. When
the irons aro hot, rub them fust with tho
wax rag, then scour with a paper or
cloth spriukled with suit.
XvHiut blue ointment and kcroscno
mijsj qual proportions and applied
to theloteads is uu unfailing bedbug
remedy, und thut a coat of whitewash is
ditto fur the walls of a log house.
U. That kerosene will softeu boots or
shoes that have been hardened by water
and render them as pliable as now.
It. That kerosene will make tin tea
kettles as bright as new. Saturate a
woolen rng aud rub with it. It will also
remove stains from the clean arnished
furniture.
15. Thut cool raiuwater and soda will
remove machine grease from washable
fabrics.
Lucky A inly, Bob, Billy and Harry.'
Among the messenger boys in the ser
vice of the first telegiaph o lice opened
in Pittsburg, Penu , years ago weie four
kuown respectively as Andy, Bub, Billy
uud Hurry. This quartet has wou both
fume und fortune. "Andy" Carnegie is
one of the richest men iu the L uittd
Sta'es, "Bob'1 Pitcairn is General Auent
uud Superintendent of the Westeru Di
vision of the Pennsylvania liuilroail,
"billy" Morclund is City Attorney of
Pittsburg, aud "Harry" Oliver has uiude
a fortune iu steel, and narrowly missed
a heut in the United States Senate.
Picayune. -,
IN AN OLD RUSSIAN FORT.
HOW THE MUSCOVITE FORTIFIED
IN ALASKA.
At Tresent a Military Post In Naino
Only Mode of Defense C urtos
for Salo by Natives.
Names of places in this Territory which
have military designations, says a letter
from Sitka, Alaska, to tho icw l orK
Timet, may inspire a sene of security to
outsiders unacqunintcd with the country.
i ; t T.-
for instance, upon Hearing ui run.
Wranuell ono would naturally concludo
that such a post would furnish ample
socusity for a reasonable scope of coun
try, i et the nearest troops uro at rori
Townscnd, nearly ono thousand miles
distant by water, if we except ft small
company of marines at Sitka. Fort
Wrangell is a military post ouly in name.
It is about 150 miles southeast of Sitka
by the waters of tho inlets but by tho
bi-monthly steamers in a nori neast course
its distance is more than five hundred
miles.
It is one of the old Russian settlements,
and was ono of their most prosperous
trading posts. Tho main part of the vil
lage is on a moderate slope, with a lofty
chain of mountains close behind. There
are not moro than five hundred inhabit
able acres there, and upon them was
crowded all there ever was of Wrangell
in its most prosperous dnys. On the
north side of the village is a higher
knoll, and on this stand tho old de
fences of Fort AVrangcll. A high
wooden palisndo or etockado sur
rounded tho area fet apart for mili
ary purposes; the blockade is gono, but
tho buildings all remain in ft fair state of
preservation. Tho fort proper whero
wero the ollicers' quarters nnd tho bar
racks for the men stands on tho north
sido of tho quadrangle, and is a solid
log building boarded over aud mado im
penetrable to bullets. Tho Government
house stands on tho west si lo of the
square, is built of the same material, and
is now occupied by United States Com
missioner Sheakley, who was a member
of Congress several years ago from Penn
sylvania, and by the Deputy Collector of
the Port, a Mr. Flcmming from Wiscon
sin. This building on the cast side is
adapted for defensive purposes. Cn the
east bide of tho qundruug'.e is ft large
log aud boarded building which was
used in tho old lfussinn days as a store
house, and its outer front was udaptedto
protective and dofenivo purposes. At
the southeast corner of this square stauds
the most peculiar structuie of all, undone
more suggestive of the necessities of do
fense than all the rest It is the block house
or bastion, and upou its safety aud se
curity depended the safety nud sc-urity
of the entire post. It is solidly built of
logs, and is about twelve feet square at
tho ground. It rises in these dimensions
to about twelve feet, the height of the
palisades, where is a second story of
wider dimensions, extending entirely
over tho margin of tho first. Its walls
are not parallel with those of the first,
but it is placed diagonally across tho
first, so that its corners d j not conform
to tho corners of tho first. In thus beiug
wider thau tho first story, and extending
over it on all sides, riflemen could de
fend it, not only by aiming outward,
but downward on tho outside of tho
palisades. Such defenses wero common
in Pennsylvania, New ork, and Chio
100 years ago, but they aie now only h's
toric memories, while tho liussian block
house at Fort Wrangell still exists as a
memento of their occupation, und is
rapidly going to ruin.
There are oulv ft fow Hussions left at
Wrangell, not more than a dozen of pure
bloods. There are quite a number of tho
mixed race, Indiun aud Bussian, still
there, but the bulk of tho denizens of
the pluco aro natives. These rclic3 of
liussian peasantry and tho half-breeds
are, as a rule, more worthless than the
native or Indian. The houses of the old
ltussiaa settlement aro rapidly disap
pearing from luck of care and through
the wot climate, which is destructive of
timber. About 500 Indiaus hivo thoir
Wiutor homo there. During the cun
ning season they go out a long distauce
up the inlets aud take salmon uud other
fish for tho canneries. When that sea
son is over they return to Wrangell,
spending tho Winter months in hunting
the mule deer, sometimes attacking the
great brown bear of the ad.oiuingmouu
tuins, but giving over most of their
leisure timo to gambling. Thoro are
twelve or fifteen Americuus iuthovil
lage.somo in public employment, some in
mission work teaching tho Indiaus, somo
iu suloou keeping, and tho rest in
traders' stores. This is the second point
touched by tho Pucilio steamers on the
wuy up after lcaviug iNuimo, tho lust
e nding station far down on Vumouvcr's
Island. Culy a fow supplies uio tal.eu
off, aud some cases of cauned tuluum
aud peltries taken on.
A remnaut of the old ltussiuu town
stauds below tho fort along v. hat was
onco perhaps a street. A relic of a rouyh
wooden sidewalk und some boarded up
old-fashioned narrow windows suggest
trallic. On this broken nnd dilapidated
walk a scoro or two old squaws und de
crepit men squut nnd expose for snlo the
curios with whiih they hope to tempt
the tourist. The e natives uro adopts ut
construction, nnd offer for sale uicely
formed bracelets und rings in tnutucturcd
from coin silver obta-ucd at the canneries
for fish. They ul-o have wooden spoons
and bowls for snlo made from tho beau
tiful yellow cedar of this coust, orna
mented with carved grillius of curious
design. Iu trading with tho Athabascan
ludiuns of the interior, iu the British
dominions, they procure a white coarse
wool from a sort of mountain goat or
sheep, und this is wo. en into blankets
variously colored, mostly gray and
white, aud ligurcd over with Kiillins und
nodescript figures of a liko uutiiic.
Alaska for a thousand miles uud more
is ouly a stiip of const. about thirty
miles wide ou the mainland. The lu
diuns of tho interior are never permitted
by the const natives to come to tide
water. Tho coast natives have from
timeout of mind constituted themselves
the middlemen, and havo doue all the
t tt'UU',' with the Indians of the Biltieh
domiuions.
Tho wampum beads which were used
by tho lii.huus for coins wero so ueally
Hindu uud so convenient that the first
liuropeuu settlers used them u!o, ut the
rate of four black bead or uight white
beads for a l.euuy. The bells of this
wampum wero used to record ail impor
taut events,
LOVE-LIGHT.
All thro' the house I can hear her voice,
Sunshine, my Sunshine,
Scattering gladness, bidding rejoice,
My fair Sunshine.
In my lady's chamber away up-stairs,
Banshine, my Sunshine,
She is chanting snatches of carolling aim,
My fair 8unshine,
She is laughing now in the children's gleo,
Sunshlno, rny Sunshine,
Blithely the echoes float in to me;
My fair Sunshine.
In white she flashes adown the stair,
Bunshine, my Sunshine;
Her quick, light foot patters there,
My fair Bunshine.
A moment her face shines In at the door,
Sunshine, my Sunshine,
And the room turns light, it is dark no moro
My fair Bunshine.
With a white hand waved and a kiss air
blown, Bunshine, My Sunshine,
She has passed and vanished, my love, my
own,.
My fair Bunshine.
Archibald MacMechan in Youth'i Com
panion. UlMOlt OF Til K DAT.
In everybody's mouth Teeth.
The glazier generally has ft pane in his
chest.
The dressmaker's draper should bo
quick at figures.
Working like ahorse A lawyer draw
ing a. conversation.
Hearts may bo honest, but thoy are
always on the beat.
The rising generation Folks getting
up in tho morning.
Why is a doctor nover scasicki He ia
used to sco sickness.
Sometimes in a trade a man kicks
when there is nothing to boot,
The woman question which womcu
aro opposed to "How old are you?"
It is not generally known that tho
wheels of a vehicle are tired as tho horso.
A pig was never known to wash, but
ft great many peoplo have soon the pig
iron.
In a question of life and death Ihero
aro two Bides to take This sido anil
that sido.
It is now believed that Venus rose,
from the sea to allow the hired girl to
make the bed of the ocean. Ddtroit Frea
1'fMS.
"Ah," said the fly, as it crawled
around the bottle, "I have passod
through the hatching age, tho creeping
age, and now I am in tho mucilage"
then it stuck.
Customer (to waiter) Some cheeso,
please." Waiter "Beg pardon, sir;
very sorry, sir; cheeso out, sir." Cus
tonicr "That so? When do you expect
it back?" Lire.
The title of a book which lies before
us "Twenty Thousand Leagues Lndcr
the Sea" suggests that the submarine
development of the national game has
assumed the character of craze.
"Dad can tell the time without look
ing at his watch," said littlo Johnnie.
"When I ask him in the morning ho
says it is time to get up, and when 1 ask
him at night ho says it Is time to go to
bed." -Via YorA- tiuii.
"How are you getting aloDg';" nsked
ono cyclone of another. "About ninety
miles an hour. How's yourself ;" "U,
I mannge to keep things moving," an
swered Cy. No. 1, and blew a towu into
tho luko. Jkiroit Free VV.M.
It is said to be dangerous to attend
church when there is a "great guu" in
the pulpit, a "minor canon" in tho
reading desk, when tho bishop "charges
the clergy" and whon the choir "mur
ders au unthcin." Detroit Free Prat.
There was confusion in the faces of
Georgo and Matilda, who sat in iutimute
proximity ou the sofa, as Hurry entered.
Matilda was tho first to recover her self
possession. Sho said "Wo are engaged
in ft little gume ut curds." Hurry
"And a mighty closo game, too, chi"
L'oitoii Transcript.
Bobert J. Burdotlo recently received ft
notification at Livingston, Mou., that u
deud registered letter awaited his orders)
at Washington. He sent the following
reply: "11 the lottor referred to isn't so
dead that it is offensive you might tend
the remains to Burlington, Iowa, whero
I will claim the mummy in about a
month." A'tw York J'ont.
"Miss Maud," ho said, "I havo come
in this evening to usk you a quextion,
and I havo bruughtaring with mc. Now,
beforo yuu try it ou 1 want to lull you
that if you feel inclined to bo a sister to
mu I will have to take it tuck, as my
father objects to my sister wearing such
large diamonds." Aud Muud said tho
would keep the ring. Jacclr'i Wait.
A I ine Compliment. liusbuud : "Pro
fessor Wideheud paid you a very lino
compliment ufter diuuer lust night, my
deur." Wife: "Oh, did he? AN hut did
ho say?" Husband: "Ho said that on
weren't haudsoiuo, but you were ono of
tho most intelligent women he ever met."
AVifo: "Professor AVhat's-hia nuiuo 1ms
received his last invitation from mo.
'Time.
Millionaire Flood's Gold.
Flood's tstuto is valued by good
judges 8115,000,000. At tho height
of 1 1 10 bouuiiu excitement, when shares
on tho Icadiug mines brought If I HO uud
paid $50 a mouth dividend, Flood's
wealth wm rated ut $U',U0i,0(J0, but
theu camo the gieut bhtiukagu in Coui
stock values, whiih cut down the for
tune of all the miuiug millionaires fu ly
one-half, uud Flood's losses by iba
Nevada Bank wheat deul weie fully $".
00 J, 000. The property will probubly be
equally divided lelweeu the wife, soli
and duughtcr. The latter was nlwavs
Flood's favorite, uud ut one timo she
puaM.'Scd iu her own light $t00,c 10
in real estate und Coveiument bonds.
She gave much of this to help her father
out ol his embarrassment a ycarao, but
still owus about ,U'0,l'i,0. Nonug
Flood isshiewd, but hs no stabiiity,uud
the uld man never trusted him iu auy
large deals. IS in l 'rami co ,L.',.
A report comes lrom I.os AugoU.
Cul., of the discovery of an aucicut tem
ple ou Sua C l'-iumto Island, ju.t off tux
couct.