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- OtrJoa is Bmaatbaugh A Co.'a Building
, " KLM STREET, TIONK8TA, Pa,
Term, II.BO perTtar,
RATES OF APVKWT18IHO.
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arUoa.
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All bin for yearly sdverttMatcaU ooUaeto rw
tarty. Tmprarj advarUMSMau auat ka paid I
advanoa.
Job work eaah ra dalhrary.
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CAN.
Ha inhuHplioni received for 1 shortar "period
thM Ctirf months. .
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VOL. XXI. NO. 37. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9, 1889. Sl.SOyPER ANNUM.
I '
The Feminole Indiana In Florida seom
to bo increning in number.
Tlio European crop Of sugar beets (
many thousand . tons greator this year
than usuaj, and this willroost of it be
mado imto sugar.- "''
It i rumored in European court circles
(hut tho Kinfr of Greece will abdicate
his throne early next summer. V nM
purchased a rcsidcnno in Donmnrk.
A Tondon author, has writto'n thfrty
novels in throe years. This beats the-
moid xit any living mnn, but tho writer's
cucmu'ous labor has brought him. only
fiuoo.
Vnder the laws of France a person who
is reported doad by a legal oftlciiil must
lemaia dead, no matter how-much he
comes to life. If ho. wants to livo he
must tiiko gome other nnmo. ,
Thejotpf Gloucaster (Mass.) fjtiher-
y njjii cannoj, ko a happy "ono. Iourtcou
of the Coats and sixty-three of tlie crews
. who wt 'out of1hat port this season
wHi never come back to the town."
A uian at Laramie, Wyoming, laughed
V .Indian who fell do.wn on thoatr
t) r .years ago, and the other day the red
man -got around to stab him in tho back
" itTifovYard. Tlie Imliau is no jokor.
"1 ha iow York natfts4.tlTfet'
. jmivi jtu ..nut. .,iu AMii.-iii.itii imv ui real
precrlj enables the Govornmont to tako
harge of land in which tho copper is
found... This is the doctrine of
eminent
iloma n. , '
. v..-. )
TiiaMhitinj J!criew takes up the news
paper alnrrhirt's favorite bugaboo, the
y 1.1-1 tiii.l irf'Ktij i'ijjn WorM's fuel
supplies, and kuoclv?t intVin a cocked
li-u so iar as mo npxt lew million, years
;, concerned.
Marriage must be a failure among
' :ho I.ussian peasantry. Upon a "con
vict ship conveying women only to
,. Sn'anen tcH-cnty-tive per cent, of the
i.eisoh(jrs had been convicted of killing
. iheir husbands.
i'rV.V-"- .
4 rlip potato cjoji is larger Uian over bo
'ire known, it be'iif yearly -SljOOO, 000
Wiiftii. With au avenige of over thrco
bushels fo each individual in .this coun
li f. there U no inxuediatu danger at any
. body starving
. " '
The QueenslaJdors pro"oEo using
heroic methods for tho discouragement
cf '.' Chlnoso fmmigrafion.- Slongollnns
i iitcrlng tle colony 'illegally are to. bo
nnprisonei for life, if -the Queen gi.es
consent to ihVUw'.' ;
' -I, l''! . . . '
n, an frrriclon immigation the Chil-.
iua TUiut eirffifcs ye .opinion that it is
inexpedient for-ky more i:uro 4JjtTiu
. P'?ats to settle jiu Chili at present oi
e gronnd thutifo cbnlcra will ro-ap
r I'-at in Umt cpuutry in tho spring.
-V : j .
lo offsettue Ctiilttn'i article; onfi
- tberia, sonro faigii'.inb'will duubtlcss in
V vcsligatc the French penal-system. She
i 5s trading thousands to New Caledonia
'''3f v'J-ca' ani' '. "-sid flint their suffer
'"ovum mucn worso than me liussians
are-obliged to emhtfu.
f ' L. . '
On account cf the gieat magnetic iu-
.' fiuorce of the,va-t (piantitics of iron and
,, steel in the Pittsburg mills, the magnetic
; "VeedTo is of nQ practical use in that city.
'. CuHeujliiucrs, when surveying land in
'ttlhu-c.tj, arolliged tdj abandon the use
, ,iEfJh,l.ordiuary compass.
-! .Tberurtfest artificial basin for docking
tnrld repairing the hulls of ships in the
'nircd Mates i beingTompleted at Ke w
. ' fort i'ews, X..It is 000 feet long, i;!0
fecitiifcbv, with a depth of i't feet, over
. U.ctlrft hih tide. It is furnished' with
A 'jAimps tliat can empty it in two and a
i S half hours.
' - ! : ?
Yankee inventive genius, reports the'
- Kew York Tdnjram, has made the Cape
Cod fisherman independent of our Cana
dian neighbors. The great bait question
has beenjiettled and Now Kngland fac-
tories wiiTnow turn out the squid in
. quantities which tho Kuuuck fishermen
, found it so prolitablo to catch for sale
i. toother flsliermcn. .
J : i .'
The Catholic Church iu Tireat Britaiu
is keeping pace with the increase iu pop
ulation. There are now 5,041,000 com
municants in tho I'nited Kingdom. Of
these Englaud and Wales-claim l,:i?3,-
OJ0; ScotlanJ, 2tl,000, and Ireland,
J61.000, There are also now in Kngland
nnd Wales ',311 priests,as against 1 in
lSTiyserviug 1!01 churches, chapels and
missionary statious. Iu Scotland there
, j fiie bishops and 3;U priests, serving
'i L'T uhapels, churches and stations.
. . f
The Chinese vote in New York city
, numbers forty-five. Of these thirty
,',iegUtered at the last election, but the
''iiuiribei of votes they influence Is far
I j;reaer than an ordinary oocerver would
Suppose. Tom 1 ee', tho ( hine,e deputy
sheriff,' VfT"i" a German wife, lives in
I :ght-l3rot street now, auH U a power-
ul factor in the allairs of the Twenty
'"'Assembly District. William ring,
t 'fie ri:hot Chiuamaa in America,-
UaMiAUlt Minn lllfl f lin.l 1 j
in fourth W,i:d
IN THE WINDOW SEAT.
One evening iri an autumn old
We in the cushioned window seat
Sat side by sido in convene sweet.
As that old tale our young lips told
We watched the shadows away and greet
Upon the walls. The burning lojrs
Lay crackling on the big brass dogs.
Far bark within the window seat,
Half hidden by. the curtain's fold,
You sat and swung your dainty feet
Our brown eyes tenderly did meet
As low we talked, the story told,
That evening in an autumn old.
Things did not chance as they were told
Within the cushioned window sent
That autumn time Our story sweet
Is like some vague romance of old.
Here In tho after yearn we meet,
When shadows oft from burning logs
Have Iain athwart the grent brasi dogs,
And clung aliout the window seat
Half hidden by the curtnin's fold.
The paths we trod have led our feet,
Apart till now; and years full fleet
Have drifted by. Binoe we are old
We smile at that old tale we told.
But hist! Within the window seat,
H.ilf hidden by the curtain's fold,
Your daughter swings hor dainty feet;
And, madam, bear my boy repeat,
With crjper lips, a s'.ory told ,
One evening la an autumn old.
C. V. Coleman, Jr., fa Lippincolt.
CAPTAIN TREVOJR'S GIHDE
BY JENNIE 8. JUDSOtf.
The bees-watf light in the wounded
flickering low;
(1 nr'o .11 ; , ..i.
sun
i 1'Kt.,..-u i .i
, . :t . . " "S
m iiiu ttujoiuiae apartment could
hoi out near them, whothor she desired
oi not. She tried to resd fis she kept
hor lonely vig 1, but waa that her name
inamaa Dcen mentioned f She lifted
her head in wondering excitement. ' .
"I met her at Inka Springs," said tho
young odiccr, "two years aio. She was
the bedo of tho 6ciison there, and a belie
-wortny tbstitle, I assure ou. 1 never
saw a more beautiful girl. 'Her hair was
as soit and dark as a midnight clond,
her eyes were like flashing jewels, and
her lipi as red as a coral spray. I!ut the
color m her cheeks" reflectively "ah I
thavts something lovely. It reminded
mcWf- tho light in a tiro opal, which
flickers gently lor a time, then breaks
into a name."
t,ri. .. n
ii uy i re voir, .you actually grow
mmriicu my wounaea comrade.
uvcr tiro sit&Vj beauty, Edwin
not over the ubect herself," with
slight bitterness of tone. - . ..
"Mliynottho subject herself? Wai
sue nopaitractivof".
is, a piquant, bright, and spark-
ting as you can imagine. A perfect little
iiuiiiiniug uirn, scintillating her beauty
here and there.- but with aimnt.
heart as one of those tiny creature might
possess. .At first I enjoyed watching her
us one in gut a ..rfely butterfly gathering
:"v"" iverj rower. Biie seemod so
innocent, so joyous, so intoxicated with
ner on( success. Hut I soon saw there
w as a meinou' in all tins 'summer mad
iica. j-ne was alter all," with a slight
sneyr, wii:il is called 'deep.'"
The listen in L'irl clnaii,.,! l,r i,nn,io t
Uu-r heart at th-e words, as if to que!l a
iicn-u anu smuiou pain.
"The wealthy young man of tho set
was oy iar tlie plainer and least inter
esting of them all. I.ea,t inclined too
apparently, to pay Jliss Garrett the hom
age she had crown to consider
At first I thought this seeming indiiicr'.
t-ucu piqueu ner to unusual action in
wiiimng.uis ie.,'aril; but I found uftcr
ward the motiv was a more sordid one.
piie naa aetermiued to marry him for
ins weaun.
How white the n-irl's lorn frlnom riil
the feeble light: How hard and set her
ic&iures!
"I was a semi-invalid at the time, and
as a looker-on could seo all the points in
the game. Consequently it became one
vi unusual interest."
"Of too much interest for his hapni
culTy fri(!nd thouht yupatheti-
"A valued friend nt ...in.
Harry Ycrger, who had just graduated
from the I niversity of Mississippi, was
nriu n I .I,a m..:....: I . i i '
. inutuiai actors, i never saw
young iciiow more mfatuatcd. Happy
as if m heaven when she was kind; in-
icny cast aown if she wcro cold or care
less. I could but remonstrate with him
once or twice, on his complete absorb
tioo, but I might as well havo talked to
younder imago. And when I called
: , f4.0.0 -'arr(ilt heartless coquette, and
tola him of hor design to capture Wbit
t omb and his wealth, he turned upon me
like a tiL'er. r
;Thrce weeks later, Yerger came one
.uuiumg wan wnue lace and anguish
stricken eyes to say good-bye. llu had
been discarded, as 1 had so surely pre
dieted, and was to start directly for the
i.ast.
" 'I do not blame her,' he said loyally;
'the dud not love me.'
"'Aud yet she led you on I replied,
with heat. r '
" 'How hard you are, Trevoirl how
harsh you have always been toward her!
lovea ''cr for what she was, and not
because of any eHort she put forth to
make me.'
" 'Wind to the last,' I muttered.
"He joined tho Egyptian army that
fall, and a month later was killed. lean
but bold Clayton Garrett responsible in
a measure for his death."
A groan es aped from the girl's pallid
lips.
VI w? vcry loncly ne' H"rry left
and feeling my health restored, entered
more fully into the gaycties of the plea
sure seekers than before. Miss Garrett
w phased to be very Kracious to me
and that I did not readily respond to the
witching wiles which told so tremendous
ly on others seemed to cause her some
ei'ut cuiignn.
"Once 1 found her gazing at me ear
nestly, as if she would fathom the reason
why I aione should be so impervious to
berchaims. Heavens!" he added, re
flectively, ' how could she have been so
lovely, yet so devoid of heart? I some
times wonder if it could possibly be that
Harry was right after all. Ou the day
that I received the news of his departure
lor tho .Egyptian army, twayed by
regret at his exile and resentment
at its cause, I uiude a remark in her
heariug which may have seemed a little
harsh. It was to the effect that I fe!t
nothing but contemptuous scoTH-for a
. - -
1 -k
woman who encouraged tho honest love
of a poor man, when she had no thought
all tho while but to sell herself to a rich
one. She turned on me for an instant
with hurt, wounded eyes, and 1 saw that
my shaft had struck home. She was
kinder than ever to Whitcomb after
that, and when we all left a week later
Bhe woro a handsome diamond ring, nnd
it was currently reported that they were
engaged. , -
"No doubt she lives in elegance now
in hor Now Orlaans home, and is able to
gratify every wish of her worldly heart.
A humble home with one she loved and
who loved her would be nothing to a
woman like that," he added, bitterly.
"Such a home and such a love as you
could have offered her," thought his
friend. "And did you never ask whether
they wcro really married or not(" he
asked.
"Why should I r" answered the olieer,
wearily. "It is something I've tried
Aht havn Villi linntll " ha intnrnintnil
1 himself hastily, "that the Waohinctun
Artillery has been ordered to our relief,
and that Whitcomb is in command?
'Hence these tears,' or rather this retro
spect of two years agone."
"Are they needed?"
"Great heavens I Edwin, has no ono
told rou that we are in a desperate
strait; The bridge is burned before us,
tho enemy is at our backs, and unless
we escape by some ford to-night we shall
be attacked in the inorning and com
pletely overcome. At nine o'clock,
which is near, I am to meet atthishouso
'a friend so the noto is signed who
is to show me the way to the ford. It
was a courageous offer too, for much of
the track, it is supposed, lies under tho
enemy's fire. . But it is time for prepara
tion, and I mustsay good-bye. God bo
with you, dear friend; I will write you
in a few days if we aro rescued from this
anaro." And with a hearty hand-shake
he was gone.
A figure on horseback stood at the
gate. "Is this the guide;" asked Cap
tain Trevoir, as he advanced.
"It is," was the reply in a woman's
sweet, low voice.
"There is some mistake, " cried the
young man in surprise.
""JJo, there is no misttke," the lady
replied. "I came for this purpose from
my father's nlantati on. three miles lielnw
hand near tho ford, this afternoon, and
iiuve oniy ueen waiting until the hour
arrived."
"How did you reach here?"
"I made a detour through the woods
on the south side of tho stream, and
crossed to this point in a skiff."
"Did you come alone f"
"Yes, for I could not trust the ser
vants in such a case, and my father and
brothers are in the armv. No one knows
it my intention but yourself and my
mend."
"Then I beg of you, madam, to give
me directions as clearly as you can, and
turn back at once to tho home of your
friend. It is more than possible that the
path lies near the line of tho enemy's
picket. 1 could not think of permitting
you to accompany mc."
"And I," she answered firmly, "could
think of nothing that would induce me
to return."
Ah I that sweet, tantalizing voice,
where had he heard it before?
"We must stnrt," slio said. "Follow
me closely. Should I fall, pish on as
best you lan until you see a largo house
well lighted. The ford is near. Should
you fall," with a breuk in the soft tones.
"I will turn back to the enmn nnd unidn
another." .
What a brave, unselfish spirit this was !
What intrepidity was shrined in this
weak woman's form I
lir, athlcsslv and in silenco thev tr.i.
ersed the threatened path. Tho durk
river rolled at one side of them; on the
other, any bush or tree might hold a
lurking foe. The night was dark and
still. 1 ach sound could be heard with
startling distinctno-s. Suddenly a voice
ouite near cried out: "Who goes there?"
The two urged their horses wduly for
ward, and a bullet whi.cd nast i.i the
air, then another, and another, but now
they wore at last out of rango.
'Are yon hurt?" asked Captain Tre
voir, with trembling anxietv. n then
slai kened a moment their pace.
"No; but that was very close, was it
noti"
Vou should never have subjected
yourself to such terrible possibiti ties,"
no uuswcreu, almost angrily.
"I was not tliinkhi! of ir
myself," she
said.
ilore than a mile of the winding. '
danger-beset path had been passed, and
the worst would soon bo over. 15utj
scarcely had Captain Trevoir nml li-:1
guide started on the second mile when !
again the command "Halt!" was heard'
and so near that they could dimly dis- j
cern the figure of a man but six feet i
away. Again they urged their hor.-cs :
forward. Again cvno the singing bul- j
let, but this time it found a mark, nnd j
its course was followed by a groan. I
"iou are nurt: cnou tlie young ofli- I
iu gruvesi souciiuue.
"Jly nirht arm is slit?htlv wound,.,!
I will guide the horse with mv left,"
the lady replied. "But for heaven's
sake let us push on !"
ti, tue airouy of the next few inn.
incuts for the wounded guide! How
hard to throw oil the deadly faintuess
which threatened each moment to over
whelm her I She heard ns in a dream tho
words. "We are safe at lust." when ih
lighted house came into view; then
knew no more until she awoke to rind
her head, with its mass of soft, loosened
hair, pillowed on the young olliccr's
breast. Ho held her tenderlv. and
guided his horse as best he miijbt.
"Iou can turn back now." she said.
rousing herself; "the ford is near, and
though the way has been tortuous, vou
can surely find it again. I will keep tho
tires iu the house blazing, and when you
arrive with your troops, a guide will con
duct you to the ford."
I will never leave you, madam, ex
cept within your father's door. You
have been wounded, and for us. No
matter what the urgency of our cao, I
W'll see you where you can be cared for."
"This is nothing," she auswered
quietly; "Ihave suffered from far deeper
wouuds."
The pained significance of her tone
sharply touched him.
"Will you tell me your name?" he
asked earnestly. "Your voice is like that
of a former frieud. Beside, I must know
to whom we are ao immeasurably in
debted." ".My name is lot unknown to you,
Cuptaia Trevoir; I have even heard you
mention it this very night."
A quick and fatal rcvcalation stunned
him.
"Is it Clayton Garrett or Clayton
Whitcomb?" ho asked huskily, after a
moment's pause, while his heart stood
still for the answer.
"Clayton Garrett." coldly. "Arnold
Whitcomb was for years engaged to my
cousin, who is now his wife. I was never
influenced by tho motives which two
years ago, and again to-night, you so
freely attributed to me. You labored
under a mictake."
"Good God I Clayton, do you ppcak
tho truth? Havo I iu thought and deed
so cruelly wronged you? If so" after a
pauso filled by tierce mental conflict
"my suffering for the pist two years
will be but slight indemnity for the in
justice I have done."
"I did not love your friend," she con
tinued, in quiet vindication. "If I had,
rich or poor, I should have married him;
and heaven is my witness," earnestly,
"that I did not Mead him on.' I was too
absorbed, perhaps too thoughtless as to
results; but, oh: I was not a 'heartless
coquette.'"
"Say no more," he answered, with
a groan; "every word you utter
enters my heart liko a two-edged blade.
My own weapons have been turned
against me. How harsh, how unjust 1
have been I How cruel to the oue who,
despite all the unkind thoughts I hav
endeavored to foster against her, has
been dearest of nil the world to me fot
more than two years I My punishment
will bo bitter, but, Miss Garrett, you
wilj have tho sweet satisfaction of know
ing that you have been and yet will bo
avenged."
"ho not speak to me so," she cried;
"we have come through great danger
together. You have yet to go and come
again. l et us be at peace iu the short
tune lofu"
"At peace!" bitterly, "when my whole
heart is filled to breaking with love foi
you, and yours holds nothing but resent
ment for inc."
They were riding now up the avenus
to the lighted house. For an instant
she lifted her eyes to his, but in tho
half-light he conld not read their ex
pression.
"Please set me down near this rustic
bench," slio sa d; ".twill least alarm
my mother if I enter alone."
Ho lifted her gently from the horse.
"And is this good-bye?'' ho asked with
whitening lips.
"It is," fhe answered coldly, "foryou
must hasten on. There is need for great
dipatch "
"Then good-byo, Clnyton,"in broken
tones. ".Slay God bless and restore you,
darling, and may He see lit to reward you
nobly for this night's brave work." JSo
other word of tho sorrow gnawing so
cruelly at his heart, and he was gone.
ilo had mounted his horse.
"Arthur," she cried wildly, "come
back."
In nn instant he was at her side.
"I may never see you again," she
panted; "there must be truth between
us now. It wasforyoursakethati acted
as guide to-night. Vou have vouchsafed
; mo nothing but pain from tho first, but,
oh! my lo.e, I have always loved you."
"Clayton, dearest, can this be true? 1
j do not deserve such happiness. But, if
! I am spare I, a whole lifetimo of love nnd
: devotion si; 'I atone. This is our be
trothal as v 1 ns good-bye," he whisp-cred,-as
he cla-ped her close to his pas
sionately throbbiug hcart.und left a kisa
i ou tho tender, upturned lips.
And on the morrow thu enemy heard
i that a part of 1 orrest's troop, w hom they
: had considered as snared and hemmed in.
h id been guided to a ford, and had thus
escaped in the night. Mjird't Maja
zine. '
The Madeira Arcliipelngo.
Though Madeira is tho chief of the
Madeiras, it ought not to make one
qnite oblivious of the rest of tho little
uri'h pelago Away to the East of it are
j some islets rising steeply from the water
so steeply, indeed, that except on the
i calmest days it is impossible to laud ou
! them. These are tho Dcsertas. The
largest of them is sk mi'cs aud a half in
i length. Not a soul li.es upon them,
i This is rather odd when one remembers
how the tiny, infertile rocks of tho
j Faroes iu ihe stormy North are peopled
j with hardy and happy men and women,
i Tho De-ertas, however, aro devoted to
j wild goats and rabbits, who are rarely
' disturbed even by an adventurous
geologist, or naturalist, or the crew of a
! smack Irom tho island bent upon picking
; the orchil weed from its rocks. North
east of .Madeira is I'oito Santo, about as
long as the largest of the Dcsertas, and
three miles wide. Its hills re bold and
jagged, lismg to about 1 "Midfeet. But
where tlie land falls to a level by the
sandy shore is a group of houses which
goes by the name of the Villa. Hero a
lieutenant-governor holds proud rule
over the 1 (0 inhabitants of the island,
who earn a living by the grapes and
grain they coax from the ruddy and olive
hillside, nude of trees, l'orto Santo
received its name, as a mark of their
sanation, iroin certain Portuguese mann
ers who in II I'J were driven out to sea
as far us the Madeiras. In I l.'O the
1'iinceof I'ortugal sent au expedition to
investigate ihee island, new to man
kind They were then coio.ii.ed, and
I y annexed to the crown of i'ortu-
, . It is i-uiious that the Madeiras
should have been found completely
destitute of hum in inhabitants at a nine
when tho Canaries their near neighbors
were all peopled by so called barbarians
of aveiy le.narkable type. Cummtrciid
Aicertiser.
Tho Pulse of Domesticated Animals.
The puhe iu all animals varies some
what even wheu in lull health and at
rest. A full stomach may iucrejse the
number of beats and so will high tem
perature, but, as a rule, we must say that
the pulse oi a healthy horse w hen at rest
should rauge between thirty-six and
forty-six about forty beats may be con
sidered normal. Iu the ox and cow
abmit forty to forty-five, but after a full
meal it m iy increa-e ten beats or even
more without indicating disease. In
sheep, goats, and p if the pulse is from
sever. ty to eighty beats, and in the dog
1 ..I. . . I .1 .. ,1 ,r
eighty to one nuuureu. 1 he puhe may
be leu wneiever a large artery crosses a
bone, nnd iu the horse it is geuerully ex
amined ou the (ord which crosses over
the bone of thu lower aw iu front of its
curved position, or on the bone ridge
over the eye. A rapid, hard, and full
pulse is an indication of h.'.i fever oi
iutiumiuation. hfl irregular puUa indi
cates heart disease. A'-w Y-ik iu.i.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Home-Made Lamp Rhade.
Lamp shades are made now in all sorts
of designs and variety of color. Some'
of the prettif'st are home male. They
aro made of a plainly colored slindo, those
of a dark back groundbeing the better.
On this arynasted figures cut from vari
ous engravings. Human figures have tho
tJtaaslfcct. Met , women, horses, dogs,
or anything in various positions neatly
cut out, look very pretty when shown up
with a light underneath them. They
remind ono very much tfJlie old shadow
pantomfcakc. After they TTuve been se
curely pasted on the shade the figures may
be colored or not, according to the tasto
of the designer, but they must be covered
with shellac or some "line varnish. An
old lamp stand that has grown shabby
may bo made to look very pretty, ami
old work boxes, or acrcens, on which
larger figures can be used, "will look ar
tistic. Mail a id Exire t,
' Mock Turtle Soup.
Put a well-seasoned calf's head in a
soup kettle with two quarts of cold water
and some salt to three pounds of head,
and set it on a good liio. At the end of
half an hour, the scum will ha-o risen to
the surfnee and the water will begin to
boil. Set the kettle back: add a gill of
cold water and take oil all the scum.
Now add one carrot, half as much tur
nip, o"e onion, with two cloves, one leek,
one stalk of celery, one of parsley, ono
bay leaf and two cloves of gnrlic. Sim
mer until the head is cooked, but is not
toosoft; strain the broth and set the
calf's head aside to cool. When cool cut
four ounces of the skin into dice. Put
two ounces of butter into a saucepan and
set it ou Ihe fire. When melted add one
tablespoonful of flour, stir, and, when
turning brown, add three pints of broth
and boil for five minutes; add the fout
ounces of calf's head dice, four ounces
of tru lles or mushrooms cut into dice,
or two ounces of each, and boil five
minutes. While boiling cut two hnrd
boiled eggs and half a lemon into dice
nnd put them iu the soup tureen, pour
tho boiling broth over them and serve.
Brooklyn Citi.en.
How to Use Stale Bread.
Slices of bread, no matter how stale,
make good toast, if held for an instant
over glowing coals. Pile them neatly
on a plate aud send to thu table hot; or
dip each slice quickly in a dish of boil
ing water to w hich has been ndded u
largo lump of butter and a little snlt
This is called water toast, and should
be served in a heated, covered dish. If
milk toast is preferred, pile these dipped
slices in a deep dish; boil a pint of
milk, stir in a teaspoonfnl of corn
starch moistened with cold milk or
water, a largo lump of butter and a lit
tle salt. Stir all together until it bo
gins to thicken, then pour over tho
toast.
Slices of stale bread are delicious
spread with butter and browned in a
quick oven, with a thin slice of cheese
laid on each, and put back in tho oven
long enough to melt the cheese. They
are nice also dipped in a batter made
of one egg, one cup of milk, ono cup of
flour and one-half teaspoouful of salt;
fried in hot butter or dripping until a
light brown, and used as a bteukfast or
tea di:h, or eaten with molasses or sugar
as dessert
Slices of toast are appetizing with
poached eggs on top, or a spoonful o
Lash, minced fish, Welsh rare-bit, as
paragas, etc. Or they may bo cut in
small 8 juarcs and ndded to the soup as
it goes to table.
Croutons, used with strained soups,
are smull squares of stale bread fried
brown.
Slices of bread spread with butter may
be laid on top of a good custard and
baked in the usual manuer. Or tlioy
may bo laid in a dish alternately with
stewed or preserved fruit, a custard
poured over them, and baked.
Bits aud broken pieces of bread should
be spread on a pie plate or baking-pan,
and browned slowly in an oven, with the
door open; rolled (while still hot) on a
bread-boaid, and put away in tin boxes
or air tight jars. They will be found
far nicer than cracker crumbs for dip
ding oysters, chops, cutlets, small fish
or anything else which is fried in egg
and cracker.
They are also delicious stirred in
browned butter, nnd sprinkled over tho
top of meat dumplings; or used for
potatoes au grutiu, tomato farci, etc.
They a'so make delicate and delicious
puddings. Juu.vtciJi:
1 tec I pes.
Giiaiiam C'aki-. Ono cup of brown
sugar, one cup of sour cream, two eggs,
two cups of i raluiin llour, ono teaspoon
ful of soda, a little salt and cinnamon if
liked. If thu cream is not sour, use les-i
soda. Do not stir toe stilf.
Hickouy-m r Caki-'. One-half cup of
butter, two cups of sugar aud four eggs,
beaten separately; thtee cups of tour,
one half cupof sweet milk, two teaspoon
fills of baking powder, two cups of
hickory-nut meals, minced, one teaspoou
ful of extract of vanilla.
Coki i:i:. Tako one tablespoonful of
oolTec for each person, put in a thin
muslin sack and pour s!o ly over boil
iug water enough to make tho umouut
required; let stand ten minutes, then
take out the sack containing the grounds
and thecoilee is ready for use.
Bnmv.N Bi;i:n. Scald oue cup of
Indian meal, add to this one piut of
sweet milk aud stir tdl the meal is welt
mixed, three fourths cup of molasses,
oue teaspoouful each of suit and soda,
aud giahain meal, enough to make a
batter that will pour with great dif
ficulty. This makes oue laige loaf,
l ake one and one-half lours.
Bl.u k Si'K k Caki:. The yolks of
! four eggs; mix two tea-poonf'uls aud a
half of baking powder in two cups aud a
half of Hour, oue cup of brown sugar,
half cup of syiup, half cup (if milk, half
cup of butter. The butter must be
melted after being measured and stiried
with the sugar ; two teaspoonfuls and a
half of powdered cloves, one teaspoou
ful of cinnamon, the same of allspice; the
spices must be put into the Hour, the
syrup added alter tho sugar and butter
aro stirred together, then the eggs and
milk.
The papers say that "wine is disap
pearing from tlie table." .Mis. Iluisihe,
who keeps a boarding Louse, suys she
has Dot iced ihe mine peculiarity in
bread, butter, beef, potatoe and other
eatables. .V rots'. rtcix JUratd,
INDIA RUBBER HUNTERS.
GATHERING CAOUTCHOUC IN THB
SENSE BRAZILIAN FORESTS.
The Simple rrocesjT of Obtaining
the Valuable Sap The Final Op
eration of Slaying anil Smoking.
The valuable India rubber tree is found
on the.Amay.on, in Bra.il, and on all
rivers nributary to it. It is found in
great abMidance on tho rivers Xinqu,
Peru tfnd Madieras, and is also found on
the islands at the moal'Jtta.the Ama'on,
aud on many islands up the great Ama
zon lliver. The e tall trees are found
isolated from one another in the midst
of other trees of the forests, always in a
swampy soil, generally near the liver
banks, and grow to various hcightlyi and
diameters, with spreading branches and
small, bright, green leaves. The bark
is of a gmiy color.
In theirier rivers the gatherers must
wait untykthe high waters or floods
reach a keijfct of til ty or sixty feet, while
in others much less. The gatherers in
the rivers below must wait until the
floods reach them, and then, as with the
gatherers on the rivers above, they grasp
the opportunity thus afforded every six
months of floating or conveying by boat
the results of their accumulations of
India rubber gathered during the one
half year. This is repeated twice yearly.
The swamps whsre this work is carried
ou are generally haunted by fevers, the
food supply is irregular and tho water is
full ol impurities, so that the rate of
mortality is high. The people are, how
ever, fond of this pursuit, because of the
freedom from restraint, tho regi.lar
hours of work, and the compensation of
very high wages per day.
A gatherer will earn enough in two
days to keep him tho remainder of the
week, hence the industry is a demoraliz
ing one, und it is properly regarded as
the bane of agricultural pursuits in the
valley of tho Amazon. The export of
India rubber is subject to a heavy gen
eral government and provincial tax.
The attempts to form rubber planta
tions on the Amazon have met with suc
cess. The trees require twenty years
from the timo of planting to reach a
size sufficient for tapping, after which
they yield constantly for many yeurs.
The returns arc thus slow, but as there
are no land taxes and plantations re
quire so little care, the investment may
be regarded as a good one.
Whilst tapping may be going on in
one section in others the floods may
prevent it. The trees are being tapped
the year round, but the receipts of rub -bcr
at Para perceptibly diminish in tlie
months of May, June, July and August.
The new crop may be said to commence
arriving at Para about the 1st of tep
tember. The process of tapping is simplo nnd
is accomplished by taking a hatchet es
pecially adapted to this purpose and
striking the bark in such a manner ns to
produce a perpendicular incision two or
three inches in length and one-half inch
in width. Before cutting the bark a
small funnel-shaped cup is stuck to the
tree with the aid of a sticky mud
below where the point of incision is
made. Iinmcd ate y after this incision
is mado a milky white fluid begins to
flow into the t.n funnel, which has a ca-
Eacity of one pint of the fluid. A nuiu
er of incisions may bo made iu each
tree, this depending on the skill of tho
gatherer.
The cups are left to fill, from 8 ..
v. until 4 p. v., when the gatherers col
lect the fluid in a ten-quart iron bucket.
The cups are then replaced and their
collection at the same hour every even
ing goes on for several days. Then the
gatherer passes to another tree and con
tinue the same process. The iron
bucket is carried to the outside of the
huts and the contents thrown into oue
large galvanized iron basin, lioldug
many gallons. Close to this is constrm ted
a large lurnace.made especially for th. ir
purpose iu Knidand. with au inverted
funnel on the top: inside of Ihe oven aro
thrown the steds of palms called ru
cury" and "lraja," whichever may bo
most conveniently lound at baud, but
the "Lrucury" is tho best.
Paddle', with lonu handles and
rounded Hat'enla'gement at the end, are
then taken and dipped into the basin of
fluid continually and held iu the smoke
caused by tlie burning of tlie palm teeds
la process which gives elasticity to the
rubber), and is constantly turned, until
the milk becomes dried on the paddle.aud
is of "n dark black ""color; this ope ntiou
is coiiiimitju iiiiiu a large lump oi r.ib
ber is formed by the constant dipping
and drying in the heat and smoke com
ing from the funnel. 'I his lump weighs
irom ten to uiirty pounds. ' im work
must bo done within two hours, or ti e
fluid in the basin will coagulate and give
an inferior quality called coarse or "ser
nnuiby," this is foand at the bottom of
the basin of coagulated juico, aud is
mixed with that which drops around thu
basin and furnace during the smoking
arid drying process.
This inferior quality is better thau the
be-t qualities brought from Honduras,
Africa, etc. The first grade, called
"Fine," is thu most thoroughly aud uni
formly smoked, and, therefore, has the
most elasticity aud is perfectly smooth.
The second quality, called ".Medium,"
has white spots through it, caused by
uuskillful smoking and slaying, though
the elasticity is the same.
The operation of slaying and smoking
is not a healthy one, owing to the smoke
arising from the palm seed. .Yew (Ji Unni
Tini's-I) Morrn'.
A Talented and Garrulous Crow.
l''ive and forty years ago .Mr. Adams,
of Georgetown, Ky., had a crow that
was next to Henry flay in the alfei tious
of its people. Though wholly ef.
taught, it could talk well enough to
outswear the army iu Flanders, auswered
to the UHme of Pete, went to every race
meeting thereabout and shouted "(io!"
so naturally that the jockeys ofteu took
a false start. In addition, he delighted
equally in musters and bog killings,
would hover over the soldieis or ll:e
porkers in equally e'tish glee, and if
anybody displeased it would scream out.
Pete was al-o u terrible thief and au
inveterate drunkard; yet, withal, such a
merry sprite, that when he was shot by
accident Iij was giveu the largest fuueral
ever seen in Georgetown, lie was buried
in a small, hsndsoino coMiti with tolling
bells and minute guns--uud all the chil
dren, far aad near, wore uiouruiug for
many days. k,'itrtitra , I A'tttrtin-r.
THE SURPRISE.
Joy met Sorrow In a place
Where the branches interlace.
Very secret, still and sweet.
Safe from all profaning fet.
"Why art here!" Joy, startle-!, cried;
"Why art here:" gray Sorrow sighed.
"I cams here to weep," said Joy.
"Tears nre ever my employ,"
Murmured Sorrow. "Yet I see
Tears as grateful were to thee.
Come, young novice, and be taught
How to ease thy heart o'erfraught,'
Joy sat down at Sorrow's feet.
And was taught a lesson sweet.
Fain would he make kind return;
"Sorrow, art too old to learnt
Jsoy: Then tarry yet a while,
Tdl I've taught thee how to smile'."
Since that hour the two have leen
Hound as by mysterious kin;
Since that hour they so exchange
7enrs and smiles, 'tis nothing strange
If sometimes n puzzled heart
Scarce can toll the twain apart.
-Kdith Thomas, in Boston Transcript,
Ill'MOR OF THE DAT.
(Jot the stuff in him An effigy.
Babes in tho wood Wooden dolls.
Potomac flats Washington dudes.
All poets have trouble with their feet.
Cuts a good figure An expert sculp
tor. A raco across the Atlantic The Eng
lish. The still alarm An overwound Ameri
can clock. "
Tho Port of London Logwood and
currant wine. '
A matter of some weight Fropos'ng
to a 1 )t'-poutid widow.
A touching sight A small boy ic vesti
gating u newly painted door.
The immediate delivery swtcm Your
money or your life. llo Um (Ja:e'ti:
A woman should bo able to do moro
than a man. She has a slighter hand.
A neighbor had so natural a picture of
a hen that it laid in his drawer for a
week.
The reason why a sailor is called a tar
is because he is constantly pitched about
by the ocean.
No matter how good a man may be,
wheu he ships as a seaman he gets into a
mess. (he in.
At a Montana wedding: Justice
"Arise! Crab hands! Hitched! Six
dollars. Cash up; no trust "
A wave on which many a poor follow
has been carried away is the wave of a
lacc-edged cambric handkerchief.
When ball nnd bnt are put away,
And icy winter's here.
Tlie chilis have plenty lime to braa;
Of what they il do next year.
There is a man iu New York who, it
is said, can cat nine pouuels of steak at a
silting. Hois the greatest steak-hoi U?r
we ever knew.
Kdisou's phonograph has one merit
that is worthy of consideration. It never
talks unless talked to. But, on the other
hand, it talks back. Xew York Xeim.
Do Smithville (at the theatre) "Do
you like tragedy, Miss Butcher." Miss
Butcher "tdi, I dote ou it. I aways
attend papa's s'aughtei-houso twice a
week."
The funeral of a Colorado editor who
charged a State olliciul with being such
n dastardly robber that he would rifle a
cannon, was largely attended. UVu'u
ing'on Critic. . 'O to
One of the saddest sights in thisrV
of ups and downs is to see au "I KnoW
Sly liedeemeth l.ivcth"' motto exposed
for sale iu a pawnbroker's window.
Ace Y-.rk Mer ury.
In Iceland it is tho custsm for every
body to kiss everybody else he meets, it
re quires a good deal of skill in Iceland
to meet only the people you would really
like to see. & mo mile Journal,
A St. I.ouis physician has cured a
woman of chronic nervousness by com
pelling her to spend four weeks in a
boiler factory, where she couldn't hear
herself talk. Detroit Fre' VVc.i.
There is a wealthy man uptown who
doei not hire a pew iu church, becau-o
he believes iu paying ns he goes. Ho
goes twice a year and drops a nickel iu
the box each time. Mi id York ,v.
Hi.sband (severely) "What! mrro
mcney. Suppose I was dead you'd have
to beg for jour cash." Wife (ialmly)
"It wo ddu't be a i though I had never
had any practice, sir." I'liiwjo Mule.
Young TiTcs ifaiut hearted, "Just
think, angel mine, how poor 1 am. Why,
what could 1 iiiaka of you?" Shu
(bravely "Well, you could make Mrs.
Tillies of me if you had any nerve."
Wttslitnytoii t'ritie.
"llull'a'o! Buffalo !" shouted the biake
man, looking iu the car duor as thu
train reached that city. ".' y Jove! 'ex
claimed the excited llnglish tourist,
"my gun is in the luggage room, you
know !" -Mail ait I l:'rj, irm,
A cat sat ou the old tuiek feuee, his eo mades
all hu l lied,
Audttsa natural conse Uciie things t!ew
aiitmt Ins hiad
tlo;tjacks, buttles, stools and bricks, tb,
iteulilmrs wild did lire,'
Hut h Ins i h ifs u.,1 e iliuly lick an I ioidly
yelled .Ma ri a!"
"-see bete, my friend," said a farmer
to a tramp, "you've been lyiu' in ihe
shade of that fence lor over th tteen
hours. Ain't it 'bout time to move on;'1
"If you sny so," replied the tramp.strug
gling to hi feel, "1 s'pose it is. I'm
only 1 1 y in' to make my shut "t as long
ns possible. ' ' .
Asa specimen of the ponderous legal
witticism, Mr. Barou Huddleston's 'atest
obiter dictum is not bad. ".such was the
iutiicacyof the lunacy laws," said his
lo:dship, 'that ibeyhada teudency to
reduce persons who guve au abstruse
study to ihcm into persons for whose
benefit they were intended."
Tore Off Her Buoy's Eyelid.
The thiee-year-old daughter of Mr.
aud Mrs. Pat Carroll, of Kast -Ninth street,
Sprin .tii Id. Ohio, was playing with
a button hook, and iu some way got it
raugbt in an eyelid. The mother did
not know it was hooked iu tlie flesh uud
grabbed the child by the arm to take the
l ook from it. This act caused the
hook to actually tear oi the loer lid of
the eya. Cmrin nat i l.ii.vrer.
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