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VOL. XXI. NO. 3G.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 1889.
Sl.50 PER ANNUM.
ron4t will M Ultra of ftAonjmoui
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)
i The European rowers have come to
a agreement to exterminate the African
elave-trado.
In the not very remote future all vexa
tions Indian question may disappear for
lack of Indians.
Mr. flondiKn, English Chancellor of
tlio Exchequer, ha decided to abandon
tlie proposed wheat tux,
.. t . ' .
Tl-o ranches and large farms of South
' em California are slowly but sloadily
oi ing cut up into small farm.
The Farmer? 7J.ri thinks there is no
longer reason to doubt that the potato
crop of the present season is the largest
ever grown In the United States.
A society lias been formed in Ger-."s-!r,under
the rrc.43sBCj of rrofosoi
Cnoi'-t, to introduce sauitary improve
incuts i u small dwelling la Berlin.
Acr.ordingto tin judicial statistics of
England $ut issed, fifty murders are
aiinually ommiltod in London, the per
puuaters of which e-caps and are novcr
dc'fctcd.
. As an crldvao of tho fact that Ira-
5 uid has quieted down very considerably
of lute the operation of the crimes act
1ms been suspondod in certain portions
of the County of Clare. - -
Fete Olslon, at Los Angolas, Cal.,1Tie
othi-r tried to commit suicide. He
shot himself in the abdomen. The bul
let went Jhrough aud struck byitandcr
named Gillespie, killing him mttantly.
Olston will live.
Tha To 'i: to- -wj.i says: "Small
lost would, '.' be if Ainoiicans dls-
curded it. It is r absolutely without
meaning in its current use, and does
nothing to compensate for the time it
takes to write it.-'
Tho'new cniitilever bridge at Mem-jihit,-Tn.,-Vill
be immense. It will
ronsisttif a channel span 770 feet in
leneth. There will be two other spans,
a Ir 020 feet in length. The bridgo
v ill le thirty-two feet in width. The
i-ot will be $ J, 2 50,000.
A Brooklyn man Intends to start goat
farm, which he thinks will bring him
so a day. lie will stock it with
revenfy-five goats, and as the ordinary
;'"Rt will give three pints of mil a day
1 o calculates upon ninety quarts per day
.,: twelve to fifteen ceuts quart.
The announcement of the death ol
' Schlpycry'tue Inventor of "VcHapuk,"
coutiadicted by Mr. Schcyler himself
his papor, the I' lupfi ka'Ud tnodik.
s iva he has been dangerously ill, and
i received the last sacraments of the
I., but he has been cured by 'the
! of Baden.
leading minds of France have
to the conclusion that the natiouat
l of education is defective on its
i side, and efforts are now bo'nsr
"acclimatize cricket, football,
American baseball in French
Minister of Education has
favor of athletio ex
's recalls
, in
that
ar days,
, . oi a sail he
.trinutes at Kiltery,
i was the only time that his
. touched the soil of the Fine
f election incidents runioi
nia, where one (har.os
fouyh tuit against he au
ifi rofiised his vote. Ho was
a buliy In a cabbage field,
p as "vabbnge" till he called
ills and the election folk
va h i ballot because they
VtJuid could not know his
-
there, are now 18,000
'O.O'lO pupils, 17,
emu lA igb schools,
fshjppcrs in the
-ty normal schools,
Vimiveritios, and
l seijiiiiuries. They
LOOO.UUU worth of
Southera fitates,
'Northern States,
if valuation.
t'y and
nud
vha
ed
if
J 'unctuui y v
it muki??
irds in his king
n at the Duuioh
vereiga is not
ttis. second,
to follow his
i f. for auv
iiiu. The
m e rather an
M him, hulf iu
nuuyuuce,
ti:u.)e has
V
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TIS BETTER TO FORGET.
I've seen the household dark and lone
' Where once the friendly aatrala shone,
And to the haunts of hirpand hymn
There earn no tone.
Oh, vanished forms of bowor and hall,
That Memory's fadeless lamps recall,
The myrtle twine around your graves,
And snowllakes fall I
Bo near the doors of Ood we live,
Bo near theearth, ah, who would give
A single word to draw a tear,
Or one receive!
Bo near the earth where graves lie wet,
Too near for heartache and regret;
'Tis better to forget each wrong,
And all forges.
Trust on and wait, whate'et befall,
Iet Memory's lamps but love recall;
Live thou thy better self thy wrongs,
Forget thorn all.
So near to earth, so near to heaven,
Forgive them all, and be forgiven
And other hearts shall nobly strive,
Where thou hast striven.
Time tolls the truth, and pleas.intly
The winters change, aud o'er the sea
The purple swal ows singing come,
' Unloosed and free.
' Bo hnppler days await tby trust;
Though others wrong thee, yet be just,
Bo near the doors of Ood is life,
, Bo near the dust
Live oa-hy toroti.of life must fade,
Love on fy,th'will fall the shade,
Trust on, till each withholds hand
In thine he laid.
Bo shall Hji4rtTtiar no regret,
, Be tore thy lapses will forget,
And violets kiss thy grave at last,
' " . With tear drops wet
'-tttftkiah' fridttricoi th, in Youth's Com
panion. .
..STELLA'S; ENGAGEMENT.
.
"It's too bad ; . .
Pretty Mrs. Marth.sittlng on the edge
of the bed in her hundsomely-furnished
room, gave vent to the warmth of her
supposed feelings in this time-hnnorod
decimation of displeased people. She
said it with excitedly flushed cheeks,
and with tears in her fine, black eyes.
-What's too bad." Philip March de
manded, striding in from tho hall, with
his hat in his hand and overcoat on his
arm.
This," aaid his wife, in a voice that
trembled touchingly.
She indicated tho album lying "tm her
lap-.
'Well, what's tho matter with that';"
said her husband, patting a sympathetic
arm about her.
They had been married only four
years, and he was still guilty of An oc
casional act of the aort.
"Look atMlmt:" was the" tragic re
spoure. "
Mrs. March's finger touched, with
shrinklug repulsion, the photograph of
a gentleman.
It was a gentleman of apparent middle
age, with an astonishingly broad fuce,
above which a forest of hair stood in
perpendicular stiffness. The chins
there were two distinct chins were orna
mented by an ungraceful tuft of scraggy
beard. The eyes were so light in color
that they had made no particular impres
sion on the fdiolographer's pUto. The
note was broad and fiat, and the ears
prominent.
Trolly tough customer. Odd he
didn't break the camera," Philip ob
served. "Well, what about him?"
"What? Btella'a engaged to him:"
Mrs. Match burst forth.
Iter bust and stared at her in silent
consternation.
The notes of a piano and the sound of
two voices, in talk and laughter and
snatches of aduet, floated up from below.
'Oh, I do wish I hadn't invited her
bere!" cried Mrs. March, tremulously.
"Hear her down there with Avery Wil
son! Howranshet It's perfectly plain
that he's awfully in love with her, and
she's been deliberately encouraging him
and leading him on over since she's been
bere. It will iut break his heart, and
be the ruin of him I I'm perfectly sure
he'll either take to drink, or shoot him
selfand he's $o nic and all for that
heartless gH. I don't care if she u my
cousiu, she's a heartless ereature. And
he's seemed so sweet aud lovely all this
t:;ue."
"Well, but you don't mean 'it?" tatd
Philip, slowly, gazing down incredu
lously at the photograph.
"C h, there s no mistake!" said Mrs.
March, with the hardness of despair,
"She was showing me her album just be
fore Avery came, and when she got to
tbia this thing! (she's got her own op
posite It see '.) she stopped artd said:
'Oh, I haven't told you about dear ofcl
HliimeaberKcr, have I?' JJlumentwger,
Philip! .And alio said that he's tho
orginist of the fhoir of which she's
soprano, and that he got her the position
in the first place, and how perfectly
lovely he h yes, she called him lovely,
Philip, and fairly raved about him, aud
declared she thought everything
of himl Hut I hope she doesn't
think I believe that. And she
went on to say it made me almost
faint, Philip thas-they're engaged, and
are going to be for a year longer. I
should want to be engaged fifty year
bcf. 1 1 married him. 'Engaged, Stella
II ik ?ey?' 1 sa d, just gasping. 'Why,
yet.' she sa'd, ju t as sweet! 'You
don't . think I'd have rofused an offer
like that, do you, dear? Pro . a. great
deal to'V mercenary.' Those are her
very words. Aud she looked so aweet
-ud iutiocent! How I wanted to shake
her! Oh, of course it's his money I
You'd know that when you'd seen his
dreadful photograph, if sue hadn't said
so. l isten to them down there in .the
parlor. I juit don't know how I'm go
ing to stand it !"
"Well, I'm up a stump," said her hus-i-and,
with foiceful inelegance, looking
in dazed astonishment fiom the elderly
and strikingly ugly countenance of Mr.
blumenberger to the round,' fretb,
charming fuce opposite.
"It iau't Ste'U I'm concerned about
horrid girl I" said Mrs. .March, severely,
snapping the album together, "it's
poor Aiory ."
Poor A very stayed to lunch; he very
commonly did biuce Siella Harvey bad
been iu the house. Ua wa nice a
bloudeyouug man, lather stout aud ex
$tediuiy jo"- He " "
mood to day ; he joked and laughed un
ceasingly. Mrs. Marsh look t him pityingly
from behind the i pot. Mr.
Marsh distributee a ciiops with a
grave face.
Stella, silting calm and pretty in a
red, lace-trimmed morning-dress, laughed
and chatted with all her usual gaiety.
The stern regard of Mrs. March, and the
awed and bewildered glances of her
husband, passed over her graceful, fluffy
head with utter lightness.
Her chief attention, indeed, was cen
tered upon them. She was listening to
Avery Wilson; laughing at his witti
cisms, which were copious, and rospon'ff
ing to his badinairo with prompt and
appreciative brIgtMiess; behaving, in
short, as a chnrmiiijjlk girl inevitably be
haves with a charming young man Who
openly admires her.
"Delightful day for sleighing,"
Avery observed, with his eyes on Stella.
"Isn't it." she murmured, without
looking through the window.
"What do you say to a turn up the
road, March 'V A very pu.sued, as he
folded up his nljjWdu. "I'll get a double
sleigh, and we'll take a spin up, stop at
the Half-way House for something hot,
and be back by rive. Glad I thought of
it!" he said, aa he rose, with an unblush
ing attempt to imply that he had not
been thinking of it all the morning,
"I'll be round by the time you've got
your things on. Bundle up, Miss
Hitrvey."
The hall door slammed behind him a
moment later.
"How nice !" cried Stella, clasping her
annus in impulsive joy. "is n t ne ue
lightful?" She floated to the door with a waltz
ing step, looking back, sparkingly, over
her shoulder, and Hew up stairs.
Mrs. March stood in stony horror.
"How can Bhe?" she cried, in poignant
despair. "How can she bo so unprin
cipled, so conscienceless? She isn't dull;
she knows perfectly that Avery's in love
with her, and that she's leading him on.
i can t understand it; she seemed so
sweet. And I am sure Aunt Clara is
strictly religious. She couldn't have
brought her up so to be merceuary,and
shallow, and a heartless rlirt. I'm
ashamed to think that shc a relative of
mine, Philip I"
It was a delightful "spiu" to the
Half-way House; but the Half-way
House was at a distance of some five
miles, and they were all chilly when
tlioy entered its spacious, many-tabled
dining-room atthreo o'clock.
Chilly; but, so far as Avery and Stella
were concerned, extremely lively. They
had had a standing joke all the way up
about the blueness pf the letter's nose,
which Avery had insisted upon, and
which Stella had aa strenuously denied.
They had bowed to parties they
didn't know, and laughed with puerile
gaiety at the effect of the performance.
They had eaten a marsh-mallow philo
poua, the bet being a polka-dotted calico
neck-tie agalnBt a bottle of bandoline,
and bad conducted themselves generally
in the senseless, mirthful manner which,
regretably enough, is so deeply enjoyable
during the period of youth.
Mrs. March sat in cold silence, while
they drank their hot lemoLade and
ginger; and while Avery Wilson and her
pretty cousin continued to "carry on"
with subdued hilarity.
Philip looked pained and puzzled and
deprecating. The two were relieved
whon the glasses were finished, and they
had sent something comforting to the
driver, aud sauntered into' the parlor for
a Inst five minutes by the stove.
Mrs. March grasped her husband's arm
determinedly as they entered' its door.
"I ahull not endure it, Philip," she
whispered. "1 can t see her going on
so; and poor Avery I am going to tell
him. There now! And I hope he will
have the good souse to be glad of his
escape"
And while Fhilip stared in apprehen
sive alarm, and Stella straightened her
boa and twisted her veil into a yet more
coquettish combination before themirror,
Mrs. March talked in low and earnest
tones to a white-faced young man in the
corner. ' . . t
Whether it was the Wg, cold ride,
and the succeeding hot drinks, or the
wearing strength of her painful emotions,
or a mixture of both, is a subject for
speculation; but certain it is that Mrs.
March doed all the way home.
She was conscious unpleasantly and
yet proudly conscious of Avery's pale
and stern-set face opposite her, and of
Stella's soft eyes raised to him in fright
eued appeal ; and she was conscious of
nothing further.
She was cozy and comfortable, and the
aoap-stoubs were hot; aud she sauk into
a peaceful sleep, witn ner lieau on ber
husband's arm.
She was awakened by the clash of the
bells as the sleigh came to a standstill at
bur own door. It was almost dark, but
Mrs. March could make out Avery's well
enveloped form in the act of lifting Stella
to the ground ; and she heaved a sigh of
relief. . .
Sho hud been roused from a dreadful
dream that Avery had poisoned him
self in her kitchen closet and that Stella
had laughed immoderately at the in
cident. Indeed, Stella was laughing; so was
Avery ; so was Philip. Mrs. Jiurch stared
at them all in the licht of the front
parlor. Moreover, they were all look In if
at her with peculiar brightness. Mis.
51 arch, s latent ana certainly much-tired
temper rose.
"What ia the jokei", she queried,
severely.
"1 tie. jokes on you, my love," her
husband responded, unsteadily, drawing
her down btusido him on the sofa
"Decidedly on you," said Avery,glee
fully. Mrs. March noted that his hand rested
on the further side of Stella's wa st.
"Stop, both of you 1" cried Stella..
She looked at ber cousin with her eyes
shining with a sweet sympathy, and sud
denly broke- away from the detaining
arm, and threw herself down beside her,
graining her bunds in her own.
"We've hud an explanation, Mrs.
March," Avery observed, nonchalantly.
"We'io engaged."
Mrs. Mar.h drew her hands away.
"Stella." she cried, "what are you do
ing what have you doue? It won't
make up for the wickedness of tri)ho'
with that poor old wretch to g ve in to
Avery now. un, tut
now. Oil, what as.; yuii coiuin ;
iud I believed bo fldly in you ''
joor Mrs. March. iu ai.
tot A
cried po
But .-tella atopptd he yub a lath
protesting cry. if
!Vou'rWroo drea (Sally w r
she gasped. "I never was engaged to
dear old Mlumenberger. How could you
think it? You mistook me horribly I"
she panted. "He's the organist, you
know, and I'm the soprano, and we're
both engaged for another year; not to
each other oh, dear I but to play and
to sing. How could you but I won't
say that; of course yon didn't know
but I would. Aud poor old Blumen
berger why, he's poor as a church
mouso, or organist, and ho's married,
anyhow, and got eight children I"
Avery Wilson burst into a roar at the
climax, and Philip guiltily joined him.
rather pale,
nut Mrs. March looked grave and
"I'm so clad!" she murmured faintly.
"But, oh, I never shall forgive myself!"
"But I forgive you'." cried tell a,
sweetly and gaily.
"Me, tool" said Avery, graciously,
joining the three on the sofa with a
blissful laugh '."Saturday Ni'jht,
A Romance of the War.
A gentleman from' Missouri, who is
now in Washington, tells the Baltimore
Ameri-an correspondent of a romantic
incident that fell under his observation
in Western Missouri during the war.
About forty miles east of Kansas City,
and near the little village of Kingsville,
in Johnson County, there lived a man
named Harris, who had two daughters.
The elder of tho two was called Miza.
Those ware rough times, and very few"
people were permitted to live in that
part of Missouri. Quantrell recruited
most of his celebrated guerrilla hand
from that section. One of his men was
Si Porter, a tall, straight, athletic
young man, pf quiet demeanor, but
great courage. Quantrell counted him
one of his best men. He and Eliza
Harris met and fell in love. She was
a bold, determined girl, of strong
physique, and she resolved to marry
Porter and share his fortunes in the
saddle. She did so, and was a sort-of
daughter of tho regiment to Quantroll's
command during one entire summer of
their lighting and raiding on the Mis
souri and Kansas borders. She endured
all the privations and dangers of one of
the most reckless forms of guerrilla war
fare ever known, and escaped with her
husband unharmed. When the war wai
over they wont to California,- where
Porter fell into a profitable business and
made a fortune, and to-day that same
Eliza Harris and Si Porter are in IV :
looking after the education pf tin r
children. -
This ia one of the romances of the
Quantrell command that has never been
published. '
Wolf-Nursed Children.
In "An Account Sf Wolves Nurturing
Children in their Hens," published in
1853 by Colonol Slccman, an experienced
officer of the Indian army, are recorded
a number of such cases as are indicated
in the title. In one instance, near Sul
tanpoor, in 1847, a wolf was seen to
leave her den, followed by three wholpa
and a l.ttle boy. The boy went on all
fours,aud run as fast as the whelps could.
Ho was caught with dilliculty, and had
to be tied to keep him from rushing into
holes and dens. He was alarmed when
grown-up persons came near him, and
tried to steal away. But if it was a
child, he would rush at it with a fierce
snarl, like a dog's, and try to bite it.
He rejected cooked meat, but seized
raw m at greed dv, put it on the ground
under his hands, like a doz, and ate it
with evident pleasure. He would not
let any one come near hijn while he was
eating, but made no objection to a dog
coming and sharing his food with him.
He died in August, 18 10, and after his
death it was remembered that bo had
never been known to laugh or smile. He
used signs when he wanted anything,
but very few of them except when
hungry, and then pointed to his mouth.
When his food was placed at some dis
tance from him, he would run to it on
all-fours, but at other times he would
occasionally walk upright. He shunned
human beings, and seemed to care for
nothing but eating. Papular Scienct
MontJdy.
The Icy Sahara or the North, .
The safe arrival of Dr. Nan-en and
his follow explorers at tiodthaab, Green
land, it a cause for rejoicing, but
whether it is an eveut of much scientific
importance is yet to be determined.
When the little band of mountain
climbers set out on tbia expedition, the
plan was to traverse Greenland, the
"Sahara of the North," at its widest
part, for at least as far north as tho
seventieth parallel. That is the region
on the Last coast visited by Koldeway
and Kcoresby. A march across country
would have brought the explorers out on
Haiti n Bay at I i ernavik, or at least at
Godhaven, aud such a trip, of seven or
eight hundred miles, would have laid
open to the eye' of science the very hsart
of tho mysterious Arctic continent. In
stead, the party has appeared at God
thaab, on Davia Strait and near the
northern point of Greenland. If they
struck in at the same latitu le on the
other sido, they have merely tramped for
a couple of hundred miles across the
snow far south of the Arctic Circle, in a
country already pretty well known an
achievement of no especial value or
interest. On Or. Nnnsen'a return to
Bergen we shall know whether his expe
dition hai been merely a snow-scrambling
frolic or a conquest of tho last
Hntraveled continent. Veo Yurk. 2i
bun: A Victim of Quinine.
Marshall Sappington, a police officer
in St. l.ouis, has just died in the insane
Asylum in that city from the excessive
use, it is said, vf quinine, which de
ranged his mind. A number of St. Louis
physicians who were interviewed in this
connectiou g ive it as their opinion that
a large number of people in that city are
sulTering, not only from amaurosis a
bliudness caused by the excessive use of
quinine but also from ciachonisiu or
quinine deafness. One of the physicians
said: "Twenty to forty grains, taken
within say ten hours, aie su'licieut to
cause amaurosis, and the tegular use of
quinine in much smaller quantities dally
for a few weeks is almost sure to produce
deifnes-i, which sometimes is permanent.
I ti.j u'.ry among occulists aud u.ir.Ms ilc-
1 statement that quinine Lhnd
I !i prevail ia St. Louis to
tfW".; diseases h.iv
been he ml of 1 1 r
ivf - n
i i
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
To Make Fire Klndlera.
Take a quart of tar and three pounds of
resin, melt thorn, bring to a cooling tern-
Scrature, mix with as much coarse saw
ust, with a little charcoal added, as can
be worked in ; spread out while hot upon
a board; when cool, break up into lumps
of the size of a large hickory nut, and
you have, at a small expense, kindling
material enough for a household for one
year. They will easily ignite from a
match, and burn with a strong blaze long
enough to start any wood that i lit to
burn. llvuteicifa I
A Noted Chef Coffee Recipe.
A noted French chef makos coffee by
pouring boiling water on the ground
berries; after filtering, the water is again
boiled and again poured on the collee;
and finally a third time. He does not boil
the coffee and water together, nor put
the coffee in cold water and let it come
to a boil. To make good tea, ho says,
you must pour boiling water on it and
throw it out immediately. Then pour
one-third of the boiling water required,
put the pot over a steaming apparatus
and then add another third, and finally
the last third, repcuting the steaming, in
order to let it diaw without boiling.-
Receipt for Corned Ref.
First cover the meat with brine just
jtrong enough to barely float an egg, for
twenty four hours, take it out and wash
it in cold water to take out all the blood,
throw : the bloody brine away, and for
100 pounds of beef, or in the same pro
portion for other quantities, make a new
pickle by dissolving aix pounds of salt,
two pounds of brown sugar and two
ounces of saltpetre in water sufficint to
cover the meat; skim it well before pour
ing it on. and if much scum rises on it
afterwards before the meat is used up,
scald it, skim it and pour it back when
cold. Keep in a cool and well ventilated
place. For summer keeping or for the
Southern States a little more salt should
be used.
. How to Carve.
Poultry requires more careful carving
than anything else brought to the tab o.
A chicken roasted may be tcmoved from
tho dish to the carver's plate; and as
fowls are generally served in couples,
thia docs not disarrange the coonomy of
the table. The fork should be placed on
the centre of the breast, and the knife
be carried down along the a'.de. - Thon,
inserting the knife under the leg, cut
down ward i as far us the tail, and
beparating tho ligature near the point,
when, jerking the leg back, the parts
will give way. Next separate the wing
with the edge of the knifet and carry it
through to the other side, when the
wing is easily detached. Separate the
other wing and leg in the aame way.
The wishbone is easily removed by in
serting the knife under it and bending
it back. Kemovo the nock bones by
putting the fork through them and
wrenching them carcf .illy away so as not
to break them. Tho breast must next
be separated . by cutting through the
ribs. Turn the fowl back upwards on
the plate and cut it up.
Turkey may be served the aarrie way
aa chicken, excepting that as the breast
ia the most delicate part and alfords
many good slices, these should bo cut
lengthwise, and with thin portions of
the dressing hunded rouud first. When
the turkey is largo the whole of the
breast may be served in such slices.
When carving a duck the slices from
tho breast are cut, then the leg is re
moved by cutting, then the wing.
Ducklings are carved in the same way as
pigeons.
Pigeons are usually carved in four
pieces, dividing each piece in ha f.
Many persons cut them through the
middle lengthwise and serve half the
bird to each person. D.trolt Frit Vn.
Recipes.
Corn Bread: One cup of flour, three
cups of cornmeal, three egg's, one table -spoonful
of sugar, one-half cup of butter,
two teaspoons of baking powder, one
pint of milk, a pinch of talt.
Iiaisih Pudding; One half cup of mo
lasses, one cup of milk, one cup of rai
sins, one half cup of butter, two eggs,
two cups of flour, two teaspoons of bak
ing powder. Steam one hour.
Cookios: Two cups sugar, half a cup
each of butter and sweet milk, two tea -spoons
baking powder, four eggs; roll
out, sprinkle with white sugar and roll
again; bake in a moderate oven.
Wheat Gems: Two cups and a half of
sifted l our, one cup and a fourth of
milk, three eggs, sugar to sweeten, ono
tablespoon melted butter, two teaspoons
baking powder; bake in gem pans.
Cocoanut Pie : One cup of white sugar,
two eggs, one cocoanut grated tine, two
cups of sweet milk, three tablespoons of
flour, one tablespoon of butter; favor
with nutmeg. Bake with ono crust.
Bye Fritters: One and one half cups
flour, one egg, one hulf cup rye meul,
one tablespoon sugar, a littlo salt, two
teaspoons cream tartar; mix with milk
and drop from a spoon into hot lard.
Cream Pie: One pint of sweet milk,
white of ono egg and yolks of three; two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, two of corn
starch; beat all together; let it cool and
flavor. Make a rich crust and bake se
parate and till ; beat the whites of two
esgs to a fioth, spread over the top and
set in the oven to brown.
A House Built of Paper.
Theie is a paper house in Atlanta. No
wood, brick, iron or other material is
used about the building. At lot Deca
tur street a neat little store, painted sky
blue, hus attracted consldoiable atten
tion for tho past week. The gaudy color
is not the cause of the littlo bu.lding
being the object of to much atteutiou ;
but the material of which it is con
structed makes it a novelty. It is mads
entirely of paper. The store is owned
by Mr. Augubt Sincova, and wus built
by a Frenchman named Smith (spelled
of course in a French wayi, who is agent
for the paper of which it is constructed.
Tho rafters, the weatherbourdiog, the
roof and the flooring are all made of
thick, compressed paper bourds, imper
vious to wutcr and as durable as wood.
The htu-.o cutiiitit catch on tire as easily
as a woi-.i.-u I-udding, because the .-
i l(-t- ' r 1-- mmo"'! i" I '
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ELECTING A LORD MAYOR.
BOW THE CHIEF MAGIBTHATE OF
LONDON 13 CHOSEN.
Ceremonlns That Are Interetln,
Rnt Have a Mntllncval Flavor
Taking Office In the Gnlldltall.
The Lord Mayor is elected from the
twenty-six Alderman or heads of the
wards into which the city is divided by
the votes of the livery; that is, of the
members of tho several guilds of the
city. He is elected at the Guildhall, on
the feast of St Michael, the Archangel.
Few more interesting ceremonies are tj
be seen in England. A wooden screen
ii erected outside the Guildhall, with
many doorways in it. At each is
stationed the Beadle of a guild, who is
expected to know all the Liverymen of
his company, and so to prevent all un
authorized persons from entering. Tha
floor of the Guildhall is strewn with
sweet herbs, perhaps the" last surviving
instance of the mediirval method of
carpeting a hall. The twenty-six Alder
men come in, all in scarlet gowns. The
Hecorder, or law orlicer of the city,
rise?, bows to the Lord Mayor and the
assembled Liverymen, and makes a little
speech, declaring how from the time of
King John they have had grants of cer
tain rights of election. The Lord
Mayor and Aldermen then go out; an
other law officer, the common Sergeant,
repeats what the Becorder has already
said, and tells tho Liverymen that they
must name two for the office of Lord
Mayor, of whom the Lord Major and
Aldermen will select one. Two names
are then chosen, and are carried to the
Aldermen by the heads of some of the
chief guilds. One is selected, and there
upon the Lord Mnyor and the Aldermen
return to the Guildhall and sit down, the
chosen future lord mayor sitting on the
left of the actual lord mayor. The
recorder again rises and reads tho two
names and the one sele. ted. and asks the
liverymen if it is their free election :
"Yea or No." They ahout "Vea," and
the sword-bearer thereupon takes oil the
fur tippet of the lord mayor to be, and
puts a chain around his neck. On the
tth of November thero is another meet
ing in tho Guildhall. 'I be old lord
mayor rises and gives the new one his
seat. The chamberlain of the city then
approaches with three solemn bows, and
hands to tho new lord mayor a joweled
scepter, the common seal of the city, and
an ancient purse. The iword-bearer
next advances, and, bowing three times,
each time with increasing reverence,
gives the lord mayor elect tho great
two-handed sword of State, which
symbolizes justice and legnl supremacy.
The crier, with bows equal in number
and profoundity to tho.-e of the sword
bearer, next approaches, and presents
the mace. The aldermen and sheriUs
then congratulate their new chief, who
proceeds to sign certain documents,
and among them a receipt for the city
plate. Last of all, he is presented with
the keys of the standard weights and
measures, deposited in his custody.
The meeting then breaks up, and the
old lord mayor goes back to the Mansion
house, his official residence, for the last
time.
The next day, the t th of November,
is known in London as Lord Mayor's
Day, because on thut morning the new
lord mayor takcsollice in the Guildhall,
lie drives thence through the ward of
which he is aldciraan, and proceeds in
gaudy procession to the courts of law
within the bounds of Westminster. Bo
fore his coach are running footmen, and
there is a long procession of tha car
riages of the aldermen and of the heads
of the several guilds, and of the main
body of his own guild, all in thoir best
o:licial gowns. The banners of the
guilds, their beadles and pageants,
which vary according to each lord
mayor's taste, make up a wonderful
show, which, as it winds in and out the
narrow streets of the city, enlivens
them with brilliant color. Though often
dociied becau-o it obstructs business for
one day, should the progress of modern
times abolish the custom, it would be
regretted by all who have witnessed it.
The lord mayor is presented to the
lord chief justice of Knglund, takes an
oatli of fidelity, and calls on the judges
of tho several divisions of tho h'gh
court of justice and invites them to din
ner. The judges always reply somewhat
haughtily that some of them will at
tend, and the lord mayor then returns to
the city, iu which for a year he is to be
the greatest person, obliged to give place
only when the Queen heiself comes.
CtiUunj.
(lathering Lider Down.
Theeldor duck constitutes the wealth,
and may be said to make the prosperity
of the Icelanders. The three islands,
Videy, Lngcy and Ahrey, in front ol the
harbor not fur from Heykjuvik, are the
favorite haunta of tire ducks. Here they
pair and muko their nests evary yeui
ubout the beginning of June.
Whon the female has chosen tho place
where she wishes to lay her eggs, she
plucks from her plumage the feathers
which she uses to line the bottom and
sides of ber nest; then sho generally lays
six eggs, rarely more.
During this time the drake, like tho
good father of a family that he i, cea-ca
not for a moment to keep a watchful eye
on bis consoit and fetches her bi.ck in
stantly if she give) the slightest indica
tion of wishing to take a walk.
The next day (he owner of the land
comes and rxrVies away at the same time
both the down aud eggs.
The unfortunate couple, which some
times make a stout resistance, clinging
to the clothes of the robber with their
beaks, go oif a thort distance, and be
gin ax'uiu; but thebondi (farmer) comei
once more and take the precious de
posit. The indefatigable mother goes to
work anew, and tins time only a part of
the eggs are taken ; for if all were re
moved from the nest the dpielator, in
desiring too much, wouid luse all.
But this resnrve is insde solely as re
gards the eggs, for the duwn is removed
once every week, aud tli poor mother
continues to strip hertc I, until she finds
herself so bare thut tb has no Un:'-r
wherewithal to line tie i;i ,i-,t I .
contains her eggs. - Th male,
near her, theu comes t l 1
aud be, too, etrin; I n.r
IN THE WOODS,
Every hollow full of ferns,
T : nnllAV ( ,h.l.,im.
Btragling brambles fierce anjd )-
Yielding berries to the child ;
Oak ball tumbling from the tneA
Beechnuts dropping silently,
Hosts of leaves come down to die
Leaving oienings to the sky;
Bluebells, foxgloves, gone to se-
Everything to death decreed;
Nothing left of flowers or buds ;
8ucb is autumn in the woods.
And so Is there an autumn knot-
To the heart. It feels alone.
Fearing its bent days are pant;
Bees the future overcast t
Fond acquaintance broken throu
Friends departed; friends untruo. I
Human flowers are cold and dead,
Covered by a grassy bed;
Hopes, late blossoms putting out, j
Withered soon, and flung about
By cruel win Is; doad doubts and feat
Finding vent in sudden tears, j
Yes, there is an autumn known
To soma hearts thus left alone. 4
Yet there's this thought after all, .v
Ferns may fade and leaves may fall,
Hearts may change and prove untrue, '
AU may look as these woods do--Though
sad autumn here is given,
Springtime wait the just in heaved.
Chambers'! Journal.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
An ill-word Sick.
A serioua blow A cyclone. -
Moving wax-work Bee-hive, -
Hair may bo plaited and yet be golden. -The
banjo player picks his way through
life;
The light fantastic tow A blonde
wig.
Hyphen is the god of typographical
marriage.
She stoops to corncure The female
chiropodist.
A circus tumbler should never be full.
Boilon UIo'm.
A domestic broil usually makes a very
unsatisfectory meal.
"Wet we her, " as the sheep said when
it fell into the creek.
What the farmer requires is mower
cultivating facilities.
Passengers musn't expect to hear the
jib boom in culm weather.
Whon he lores his cow' is when an un
dertaker tries to overtak'er.
It is the tillers of the soil who steer
the ship of state. 4rta iy Journal.
The cowboy is like a dramatic star
no is supported by a stock company.
Canoeing is- something a man knows
more about after he has been given a
"tip." '
fait air ia oftentimes trying to the
voice, yet most singers like to go to C
Ocean.
Some men are always willing to stand t
up for the Indies excepting, perhaps,in
a horse-car.
The worst motto a dentist can have it:
"Try, try again" the .worst for the"
other fellow.
Few Indies have the courage to fare an
unsympathizing world with their hair
done up in curl papers.
Lots of old-time theories have been ex
ploded; but eomo of them were so weak
they made no noise. J'tiytiunr.
There's nothing like leather, exj,
ing, of couise, the upper crust of t.
young wife's first pie. Juura-d of Edit
cation. - .
Bustles are going out. Five huutlr
dozen went out from a sing ' Jnctory in -Bridgeport
the other Vrakt't
Mujiuiiie. -
''This is a sad and bitter world," re
marked Sir Boyle Ho. he, "We never
strew (lowers on a man's grave until after
he is dead."
A man who formorly acted as fireman
to a locomotive refeis to his recollections
of that time as tender reminiscences. ''
Merchant Traveler. :
Poor Father Time I What a horrible
o'd inebriate he must be ! that ia if it
be true that time is money and that
money is always tight.
"Are you the brakeinan," asked an old
lady of a seedy-looking individual on a
train. ".Win, I'm the broke-man," he
answered sadly. Not York Sun.
Kow doth the little utehin
With tha trim bUck walnut tight,
And don a ntir of bluck kid gloves
'iliut ha cau take olf at nitchk
ijunvit llrrezr.
"Biches tuke unto themselves wings
and lly iiwuy," said tho teacher. "Wha
kind of rtchos is meant?'' And ''
smart boy at the foot of the class caiu
"reckoned they must be ostriches."
Absolutely Correct "What type i
face should you call that?'' said one por
son to another iu the photograph gal
lery. "That," replied the other, alter
examining tho picture closely, "is a tin
ty po." Jud(jr.
A subscription apor for some re
ligious object wus passed to a zealous
church member in town recently, when
he remarked: "Well, I can give $1 aud
not feel it." "Then," said the solicitor,
"give 10 and feci it." The point was .
seen at oucc, and the "ten spot" was
forthcoming. (,7u? t'er Ailttrlur,
A Loudon Policeman' Way.
In St. Petersburg if a policeman ii
pr ived to have dealt a prisoner a blow
l.eneral Grosser puui hes.him severei
The constables iu St. Petersburg a
armed with revolvers which are unluaied
and swords which aie seldom drawn. ,
In London the constable has neithc
sword nor revolver, -ut he isumicvi with
a truncheon whii h ho uses with a free
dom and an impunity that would make
the Bussiau i'lefect of Police stand
aghast, lieebntly, for instance, it was
proved before the Greeuwich Magistr"
that 1. C. -iWi M. h id threatened to '
a prisoner arm with ii.tfrumi1
I had the" I
1 which '