THE FOREST REPUBLICAN . U pnbllabed orory Wednesday, bT J. E. WENK. Offloe In Smearbaugh & Co.' Building ' KM ITRBET, TIONK8TA, n. Terms, - - tl. BO per Year. RATES OP APVEWTWWO. Ob. Sqaaro, ... lach, oe iBaerttasw.......! 1 Ono Squara, OM Inch, oas ajontfa........... I Ono Sqoare, one tnca, thtoe moaUa ..... One Square, one Id ah, ono year..-. Two Sqnarrs, one jear. 1 Qnarter Colomn, one rear. Dalf Colomn, ono year . o Ono Column, ono year ..hmM IaaortloeaMaMMnomtiaoTBM sack k aartloa. ltarrla ad death noUoao fratta. AD M(K for rnr adiaiUe. 1 oanoetad oy terlr. Temporary (dnnlmaaH auat eM l adTmnoa. Jo work cask am tUTory. H OR EPUBLICAJN No tntiscrlpfioTis received for a shorter period thnitthrc month!. OorrfWKndfnct aolletted from an nartj of the nlrr. No noric will b lakes of anonjmoiu n&Qtflcatloiis. VOL. XXI. NO. 38. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1G, 1889. $1.50 PER ANNUM. R JLV EST i Plouro-pucumonia is tnid to have brcn effectually stamped out of New Jersey. Tlie Southern papers claim that cxecu tire delay caused tho yollow fever cpi- A revival of tho spelling match mania, which raged in 1874-75, threatens tho rhiladulphians. 'Canada cackles ovct the fact that sho laid down 11,000,000 eggs in tho United "States lust year. . Aaln hns an outcry for Queen Victo ri.YWdication In Tiivor of tho 1'riuoc of Wales arisen in England. Senator Ingalls,of Kansas, prophesiscs tho peaceful acquisition of Canada and Mexico by tho L'nitod States. Professor Henry estimates that Iho loss ,rom smutty corn average?, in an ordi ' nary year, half a btishoJ per ncro. It is ucliovcd, f rom present indications, that there will be a fine display of tho industries of this country at tho coming World's Fair in Paris. European ftiaps suffer considerably from cheap Japanese competition, and it is stated that tho Japanese have com menced to Mako cheap imitations of German toilot soa)s. The postal authorities siy that tho amount Of postal matter received under the frank of Congressmen is so m ill as to bo of no importance in connection with the work of the ollice. The canal four miles long through tho I-t'nn-.'i of Co. b "i. f'reeri', i) jtt ap proaching completion. History tells us that tho work was begun umicr Emperor Ncro over 1700 years ngo. Tho Pennsylvania Central lin'tlroad trains kill 100 Jersey City (X. J.) people it year, and dou't york very hard at that. Tho avorago settlement is tjt.'O'iO each, which is callod a very liberal figuio. General James Crnlg. who died re cently at St. Joseph, Mo., was one of the few mou whom history records as having boon defeated by a singlo voto; This happened when ho ran for Congress " in 1880. Tho Black II1I1 country is making a name fojr ibsclf a's a horse-growing re gion, and it Is predicted that within ten year It will be as famous for its horses as the Eluo Grass district. It already boasts many One horses of the test breeds known in the world. It-has hitherto been tbouglii'Mharz Buenos A.T res was ono of the most ex pensive cities to livo in, a medium-sized house renting there for f loot) a voir.' 1'f is learned, though, that an eight-room houso on the outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales, brings $170 a year. The pupils in tho city schools of Des Moines, Iowa, express thuiralTcction for their teachers by bringing them preseuts of fruit. As the amount of fruit brought indicates the intensity of the affection, soiiwi ' of tho teachers are talking of emitting tlieir present occupation and of -fSijlg into the wholesale fruit business. Several of tho scholats, to show their originality, contribute pumpkins, red peppers aud potatoes. Littlo Pave Keller,: ng'd seven, of Marshall, 111., has been sent to the insane .asylum. Dave was a very bright boy, ,aud mado such wonderful progress in his .studies that Ids parents and teachers de cided to push him forward, llo was ul . lowed no time for play or exercise, but was kept at his books. At last his eyes glared with a meaningless stare, his tongue babbled idiotic nonsense, and his overtasked brain was wrecked. Odo may get an idea of tho careless.' ness prevailing aiioug people by consid ering the figures of tho Dead Letter Of fice in Washington. During the past year nearly six million and a quarter let ters and packages were received there, cjthor wrongly addressed or unclaimed. This is at the rato of over seventeen thousand for every day in the jcar. The amount of money contained in them whs over 1 10,0 )0, and the checks aud drafts footed up $l,33;i,000. A great many queer things are found in New York, but one of the queerest is tho following funeral advertisement, which we copy from a recent issue of the 'World: MANJIONE. -"Evelina, infant daughter of Prof, and Klcn Man jione, 1) months. Funeral from their residence, No. U Crosby St., yesterday at 'J V. II. It was accompanied to the ferry by '?) pieces of ' musio and '4! carriages, lut i nietit In Calvary CenitLwiy. . ,The gossips SHy that Mr. and Mrs. ' Cleveland will come to New York to livefter next March. Mr. Cleveland is pstimatedo be worth a quarter of a jailliou, having invested his savings ad vantageous! v One who professes to m 'JTli-ts that !r. Cleveland r ft . Km h Inw tii-m i-wialist in in New t.&ariiinu i who know tho Ct' 1 indeed believe that jthe iiracticeof )ract law, e pursuit. A THE OLD flOCKINO CHAIR. My grandmother sat in the old rocking chair (But sho was not mv grandmother tbent, And her pert littlo face was bewitchingly fair As she laughed a defiance to men! Hor smibrmnet fluttor'd like bird on Its string, Her hair wandered free on the breeze; And gayly 1 ween did my grandmother sing Underneath those old gnarl'd apple trees. My grandfather rodo through the white orchard gate, And tethered his roan to a tree; He'd a well powder'd wig on his silly young pato. And high-tnssol'd boots to his kneel From tho pink apple blossoms that over him nunc, He brush'd off the dew with his hat; Till ho came to tho place whew4he forking chair swung, And my merry young grandmother sat. The kingcup and daisy bloomed round in tlieir pride, And bers of their sweetness did sip; But my grandfather blush'd and my grand father sigh',!, As ho flick'd off thoir heads with his whip; My granny she hummed her a cunning old song "Faint heart never won ladya fair!'' So he wooed aud ho prayed, and befoifl very long There sat two in that old rocking chair! .'oi Ceroid Bi tnan. A SOLDIERS VALOR. In a little town in rS1i8srviinll call it MoT'jBi. nllhnnirh tl.ut un. ,,'Af' it name, lived a littlo'fat round faced fel- wn ; a mau in comiorrnuio circumstances and who followed law as an occupation, though he rarely had a case, and .rarely won one. Ho was neat in his attire to an exact ness that approached foppery. lie had one ruling passion. '" lie imagined he resembled the great Napoleon. To make the rcTfhttfk iu..h.is presence thnt you noticed in his featurcV a resemhlnnce to that of this wonderful man of destiny would entitle 3011 to a good dinner, a good cigar, champagne and a myriad of dry uninteresting stories with neither point nor merit. So great had this idea of Nnpoleonicre semblance grown in his mind that ho even had pictures of all kinds of that great warrior p aced around his room. Above tho bed, tho lire -places and in every avuiianic place was tlie immovable, I quiet and thoughtful .face of France's! greatest ruler; and besides each face wa i that of our friend tLkeS," Hrtnhnrrtine, (who, by the way, we forgot to intro duce.) lTe even bought uniforms sim- liar to tho ones in the pictures of l!ona- I parte, and inclined his head in the samo ! manner to make tho resemblance moie j complete, lie even at one timeborrowed : a white horso from his friend I e.frere, 1 the livery man, which he mounted and ! with drawn sword pointed toward tho 1 heavens, stood for three mortal hours in order to allow the village sign painter to mako n pictme, which for all the world" looked like David's great paint ing of Naooleon n-ossinrr 1)im Altu t in 'iwhiirttcoaahi ho purchased K ' eray 1 Arnrnl n. I I.!..! . . w . lining nu j,, lisi Weill 10 a 1 niglJtorTr'hHl,' whej he .stood wiiH ' Ids legs spraddled out and Hands behind t him, representing Napoleon nt Wagrara. j All the pi( tures were framed and dis- ! played to his visitors. Aud his conversation! When not tell ing a pointless story or a tale of warfare, ' went oiiiethiiig like this: , "I take pride in my resemblance, for you kuow that the most learned physio- logists and physiogomi.sts say that a man : who rescmhles a great man in person to an extreme, p irtakes of his qualities. ; Now. 1 am very warlike in my nature, i just like Napoleon'1 (And -by th waym though called colonel, ho hud never wit nessed tho shedding of blood he had never seen a sheep slaughtered, much less the dosti uetion of a human be-; iug on a b.ittlo tieid.) "I feel that, j like him, 1 could conquer nations w ith a handnd of men.'' j He would become excited, his veins swell and he would g iisp from a musty 1 casj in tho wall, an ancient sword and slash around with such fury and vehem- 1 ence that his visitor would torm the opinion that no man on earth equaled in ! courage tho bravery of our hero Hoi- j hommo. Now we must tell you that our Napo- ' Iconic hero loved a village luss: one wilh beautiful hair and rapturous eyes that 1 the whole village loved, of course, named Marie Chirin. He told her, as he did his intimate friends, that he thirsted for ' war for glory for fame that hn mk'ht place her along with himself on the throne with tho tri-color and lieur-de-lis triumphantly above them, l et me tell you again, that this same rapturous eyed modeii was not impressed with tho nu- I merous charms of our hero, aud although aavised by her father, a scarred veteran ' of olden wars, to marry Honhomme, sho pers'stently refused. The truth was sho loved a curly headed, mischievious ft 1- , low, named Maurice Kockfort, whom 1 everybody saii would come to a bud end. Maurice was no hero, but ho loved Marie. ; ; "What! War! War, did you say i" ! was echoed through the little town of Morges I y hurrying aud excited people, j War! I The guns of Germany were leveled at ' France, and in return the war drums throbbed and vibrated, battle flags were unfurled aud the nation caught its breath it ga.ed at the overhanging j clouds. j In Slorges the lame town crier with a j drum, a stalwurt youth with fife, an old ' veteran with a tattered flag of Napoleon's j days and a horde of youngsters troopins; in the dust, called the people of Morges to arms. I.'ut two days past, and the littlo town had furnished her quota of men for the army. They were ordered to the front. ' Do you know the excitement war causes? , If you have seen the falling tears aud kuow the heartaches, and have witnessed th pariiugs, aud felt the deep grief of ! those that kissed and even felt, as the warmth died ou tlieir lips that it iniyht : be the last loving remembrance of life you would then know what war is your life behind, the fields uutilled and bur- j vests ungaiueied and women made men I by your absence. I The streets were dusty in Morges as tho long troop filed along. Cheer upon cheer rent tho air, and aged men and brave women shed tears as thoy watched tho long column, composed of sons ami husbands and brothers march toward tho Held of battle. There was one girl Marie Clarin who stood on a little porch which was clothed in roses, her eyes made brighter by the wet of tears and watched for some one who marched with the dusty soldiery down tho street. Who was it, you say? Ilonhomme is our hero in this ta!o of truth but her dnmp eyes watched for that rascal, Muurice Kockfort. Of courso Ilonhomme was there. He was a Colonel. He resembled Nnpole n, and should have been a Marshal, but with my friend, ho would have preferred to have been a sutler, as we term it. He would rather icrve vnlorously in cutting salt pork ami weighing beans. Hut his war-like remarks, his frenzy for blood, uttered on innumerable occasions, in truth, before every itiry he ever talked to for he alwnys talked of his talent for war caused him, above all others, to bo made Colonel of the regiment. .Maurice Itockfort was a private under him. They marchod from town, our valiant Bonhommo in gilt and lace and Maurice in heavy shoes and plain uniform. The rattle of drums, the shrill tifo, the cheers and noise brought all the people bf Morges to the streets. Every house was tcnantless. The flag of France floated high in tho w nd. Tears, smiles and cheers greeted it. Onward they went out of town. Tho brown curls of dust swept over nnd around them. The flag could scarcely bo discerned. The people cheered, and with each .cheer tlieir hearts went. Their sons and husbnndi went forth when would they return r Here is our hero. He watches the vine-clad porch. Marie is there. "I will make her the tjucen of France," he says audibly. She waves her hand. But she still watches. The regiment is almost past. A figure Maurice- a kiss from her finger tips a doe:r. .He rushes from the trampling ranks - n kiss, a rose pinned on his soldier coat -dump eyes then back auin to his ranks. She watches. Tho du-t and distance cover them. The music grows faint they are gone. War, war has commenced. Morges is now surrounded by the troops of the enemy. But a gallant division, that of our hero Bonhomine, has been hastily sent to check the foe. Eves brighten and tho hearts of Morges beat strong and bold, even if the enemy arc at tho door. Can they hold tho Germans for two days, whose progress now points to Paris? Bouhomme the valorous! Bonhommo tho brav.f! Bonhommo was thero in laco and gaudy epaulets of war. The v.llago knew that he was a hero, for he had told them so a hundred times. Let a million Ccrraans besiege tlie town, what cared they. Bouhomme was with them. In truth Bonhomme since his enter ing service had spent his timo in port and garrison duty, and as yet his nostrils were unused to cannon's smoko and his ears to the rattle of musketry. He was of the opinion which, by tho way, is held by numbers of heroic men that, "he who lives and runs away, may live to fight another day." He was waiting for some gicat battle, a decisive content wherein he could, with one fell sweep, shatter regiment, cavairy and cannon at a blow. This is the sort of a battle gallant Bonhomne wanted. Ho did not wish to expose his person, so laden with destiny for tho good of France, to the cruel tire of little insignificant battles. But Morges was surrounded. Bonhomnic. even with orders to push the alien weak lines of tho enemy, hesi tated. What was Morgas a village. Ah, had it been Taris, then our heroic, gilt laced hero would have made a sortie that would cause the world to pause in amazement. He hesitated. Tho environment grew stronger, and at night time tho winds wafted the strains of the "Watch on the Ilh'uie'' to the excited and patriotic people of Morges. At last the day came. Would Morges surrender in two hours! If not, an assault would be made. The feeble town was indignant. Sur render, uover! i.et them make a charge. Bonhomme was with them. Again came the order to Bonhomme: "Cut through the surrounding enemy and by rapid marches join McMuhon !" But an hour now remained. No answer came from gallant Bonhomme, who was closeted with himself and a number of bottles of wine devising plans for futuro cam na:gns. Toe hour elapsed. On came the Ger mans. Bouhomme suddenly became ill and turned tho command to the next o ni cer in rank. Tho Germans moved toward tho city, but were met with a brave and deter mined resistance. Have you ever wit nessed a battle where men with glaring eyes aud set mouths, and dust begrimed faces were struggling in a whirl of smoke, intent upon the shedding of hu man blood ? The passions of the people were aroused. They resisted the Germans with a wild and daring impetuosity that made them blind to everything resist ance, death to the Germans, aud defense of Morges was the only thought. Clouds of mioke, rattlo of musketry, groans of the dying, rilled the air; wo men with babes in their arms hurried ex citedly back and forth. People who were quiet a week before were trans formed to tigers. Even the. women poured to the front. The Getuian column swayed back and forth under the re peated furious charges of the French. But the ill star of misfortune shone over the tri-colored fag. Bordes, who succeeded our hero, Bonhomme, was killed! The soldiers driven even into the town! Women even cursed and wept, as they urged the soldiers for ward. "Tho middle giveaway! tho middle gives way !" the people thiieked as they saw the German troops force throuuh the center. What to do! Ulanched faces looked with horror at the inevitable entry of the enemy. Vn- trmcd, a figure dashed from the ranks, bearing nothing but tho flag of Franco. On, ou lie went, even to tho bayonet point, nnd with ono terrific thrust stuck the sta'T in the ground. "Will you desert it!" he shrieked, and pointed his powder-blackened fintrers at tho ling. Ho remembered the story of Napoleon at l.odi. Tho words scarcely died on his lips, when he fell, torn to pieces by a hundred bullets. This was Maurice Kockfort. The soldiers caught tho inspiration. Like a swift moving nvalnnchn thev hnrlnd tbpmselvrn ii'rainst I the sturdy Germans. They drove them back, or- hack, far to the outskirts. The Ger 'hen rallied, and onward they cani' furious impetuosity. Onward ey were within a hundred yards of the entering street. No man dared lead another charge A figure in white rushed like a phintom from between the French ranks. With hair disheveled and wild eyes she seemed swelled into an awful majesty a god dess of war. .Midway between the hiss ing bullets sho stopped. She raised her hand, then turned to the defenders of Morges nnd above the din nnd confusion she sang the first strains of the Mar seilla so, her voice clear and distinct rang out: "Nous enfant dela patric " Tho soldiers heard each word; tho Germans paused, awed by such strango spectacle. Again the fire, and her bleeding corpse fell, her rid blood dampening the soil. Energy, hope and heroic courage was instilled with electric quickness in the blood of tho French. They charged ! They fought with n desperation that knew no fear and cured for no result. They won. Succor from Marshal McMnhon a detached regiment arrived. Morges was saved. Before the detachment arrived our hero Bonhommo mounted the same whito horse he hnd hired a year before as an accessory in his portrait of Napoleon crossing the Alps and had left town. In removing the dead it was found that Marie had stopped by the corpse of Maurice and her dead body lay by his. The good people place immortelles upon their graves and their memory is cherished and loved. Our hero Bon homme left Morges, nnd went to a villuge miles and miles away. He still, however, cherishes his resemblanco to Napoleon and tells of his feats of arms in war how, if ho had been Bnaine, he would never have surrendered Met, and how, if he were at Sedan, he would have soundly thrashed tho Germans. So much for Bonhomme. So much for tho love of Marie Clarin. God never created a nobler thing than a woman's love. Allanta Const i'.ution. WISE tVOUDS. Humility is a noble trait. The blind cannot lead the blind. He that is down need fear no full. Woman is a flower that exhales her per fume only in the shade. Harmony of life is of far more import ance than harmony of speech.. Women are too imaginative and too sensitivo to have much logic. Politics is a game of brng: statesman ship a conscientious performing. The great di.ierence in labor is, not in whnt is done, but in how it is done. Take the first advice of a woman; under no circumstances tho second. You can force facts into another's brain, but he must use them himself. A nice speech from a perfect fool may happen, but it is no indication of worth. The man who feels superior to others, feels pity for those who disagree with him. The laws of nature act alike upon all men impartially, b it men fail to act im partially on this fact. People who live only to fulfil the de crees of fashion might just as well have been born bu'.tcrll'es or peacocks. Some people are so surprised nfter they get a new idea into tlieir head that they wonder everybody did not know it. Seeking popularity is like a mule drawing a louu anxiously trying to reach a corn cobb extended by a stick just be yond the reach of his nose. Mariy men who profess to pass their lives in pursuit of virtue aro apt to take care to keep so far behind thut there is no danger whatever of their overtaking her. The boy who said he could sneeze just when he had a mind to, was told to verify his statemeut, but instead of sneez ing replied that hehadn't got a mind too just then. ( i liuinals H ave Bruins Like Animals. It is interesting to know that at the I present time Professor Beuediki, of tenua, is weighing, measuring and rec cordmg the appearances of tho brains of criminals. In tlie Medical Congress held iu London in 1 s-so he exhibited the brains of forty criminals, murderers and others, nnd he has certainly persuaded him-o'f that the brain of a murderer may resemble that of a lower uni.nul iu cer tain definite ways. There seemed to hiin to bo a stroni; resemblance between the arrangement of the convolutions in the brains of some monkeys and thut in the brains of some criminals. He went even farther and said that murderers' brains had a special likeness to those of bears. At the dis cussion on this subject tho general feel ing was that these beings certainly had lather poor brains, brains wilh large and less developed convolutions, there was no distinct relationship to be de monstrated between them aud the lower an mals. A 40,000 Acre Farm. TheGrandin wheat farm of Dakots consists of more laud than any one mun can cultivate cleverly and feel ut home on. It comprises 4ti,0(iii acres, of which l;t,00u are now uuder cultivation . Forty five double Rncr 11I0A-3 and harrowa nrA used, sixty-tive self binding harvesting ' machines auti six steam lureliers. 1 he threshers, which an; very large ones, will each Knock out 2000 bii.-hels of wheat a day. la the u5e of mule aud steam power machinery every ctfoit is made to economize as much as p ssible in the employment of men. There is 110 poetry or domestic bliss iu uch farming. Itissoiuo ut:factiou to kuow that us regions grow older iu settlement this big scale kind of larminx declines. WOMEN WITH MUSTACHES. BEAUTY THAT IS MARRED BY HIRSUTE BLEMI3L1E3. Ilcmovlna tlie Sn peril nous Hairs with an Eloclrlo Battery la an Operating C hair. As a Chicago Ifem'rf. reporter sat in a cable car the other day ho noticed a pretty woman enter. Pictty, stylish and trim from head to foot only one blem ish, and that a decided, an humiliating one. Stic had a pronounced mustache that a youth of twenty would have en vied her. Everywhere that one goes, in shops, churches, theatres, this disfigure ment is noticed. Is there no remedy ? Sensitive women will resort to any and every method to rid th' mselvcs of super fluous hair. Scis ors, tweezers, yes, even razors ate used, only to find that the blemish will return as fast ns it is re moved, and with additional strength. There are many fortunate cases. A young woman had a few straggling hairs on her face. Mic noticed them much more than any one else, and grew actually morbid on tho subject. One day while having her hair shampooed her hair dresser noticed them and to'd her ho could remove them. Ho produced a Binall stone and by her permission pro ceeded to rub thein oil, leaving her lace smooth and blushing from the friction. Ho assured her that if they returned they would be much finer, scurccly to be observed. Instead, in a few days they nppcared, nnd to her horror she found thoy were very much worse than before. In her despair sho again used tho stone which her hairdresser had persuaded her to buy. This practice she kept up daily, until her face was in a frightful con dition. However, nt last she found a remedy at the hands of a certain well known ludy physician, who guarantees to permanently remove this blemish by electricity. "It is the only way on ca th to effect ually kill this parasite," said the hitter to the Jlcraid reporter. "Any physician of repute will assure you of thut fact. Singeing, cutting, pulling out by tweez ers or dcpilutorics ouly make them coarser, rougher nnd more bristling. The follicle must be killed, then the hair falls out of itself." "Do you have many patientsi" "I am busy every minute," she sn'd. "You would be surprised to see how common an application it K The reason, too, is unknown. It seems to be a modern disea-c. Physicians can not quite understand it. I have actresses, society ladies and women of humble walks ot life come to me. 'I hey are willing to pay almost anything to bo rid of this constant mortilicutio'i. The hus bands, too, are quite as anxious. They tell their wives to get it done no matter whnt it costs. I have just finished a very delicate piece of wori on the arms and hands of a we 1-known society lady. She had hairs'down even 011 her fingers and now they arc ns smooth as velvet." 'Dot s it ever return :" "Sometimes a few of the hairs come back, but they are nlways black aud ex tremely easy to kill a second time, nnd I always remove them lreeof charge when they return." "Is it a painful operation?" "Well, sometimes. That depends a good deal upon tho sensitivenes i of the skin, and the nerves of tho patient. 1 find, though," she added, laugh ugly, "that even when it hurts pretty bad, the ladies will endure it bravely in fact, a women will suffer any pain if thereby sho is to be made better look ing." "You'd be surprised, too," she con tinued, "if you knew how many miles a woman will go for this work. 1 have a young lady from I tali, another patient from Kansas who is c iiiing specially for this purpose. Ye, I have hud a young lady from Buffalo who was go'ug to be married nnd came all that di-tauce to bo beautified. A queer thing hap pened when I first started 111 busi ness three years ago, I had a patient from Milwaukee. Poor lady! fhe had shaved twice a day for time years. Well, 1. was a tedious task. Her beard was just like a man's. You can fancy tlie enormous amount of labor it was to insert the needle in each fol.icle. Then, too, her skin hnd become so tender that it was almost impossible to work upon it. However, we persevered, and she is now entiiely free from the "blemish, and very happy over it, too. Moles too so many wish them taken out. Then, too, you perhaps will be surprised to know I have some eentlcmeu. lust week 1 had one whose eyebrows met, ami I cleared that hairy bridge away for him. But, of course, most of my patients are 'aiiics." Tho Iter ihl reporter then asked per mission to be allowed to watch an opera tion, which was granted. The patient sits in a reclining chair and holds a bowl cf water 011 her lap, in which is im mersed one of the cords from the bat tery. To the other is attached the finest possible needle. The op.erator gathers up tho llesh about the obnoxious ba r, plunges tho needle 111 deep, the patient dips two or three fingers in the water, says "Oh!" and waits. After a few seconds the necd'e is removed uud iho hair is deftly picked out by the tweezers. The face is left i littlo foro from the opeiatiou, but camphor freely applied will heal it. Ancient Orange Trees, In an article on tho age of tho oraugo tree the l!urit Ctth'Tiiiitit has 1 he follow ing: Thero is still lloiiiishing in the porch of the convent of Santa Sabiua, in borne, an orange tree that is said to hav e been planted A. I), l'.uo. Another, iu the monastery of Toudi, is supposed to have been planted by St. '1 bom is Aquinas in 1 ll. In the Moorish Alcuzar of Seville, Spain, exists one that was planted dur ing the reign of Pedro 1., between 1 100 and 1 ;!:. others known to be iM'l veirs old have a height of fifty feet, w.ih truuks five ftet iu c'ueumference. Age is not, however, indicated by size, as in AudaluMa there aie many younger that are considerably larger than these. Iu Alcaia du Guardaira are two, the trunks of which at four feet abo e the giound, are res ectfully seven and eight feet iu circuiiiK rente. Tho yield of some orung.t tiees iu Malta aud Naples is simplv as tounding, reaching as high as LO.ilnO oianees to a tree, and ou the citato known as the Huerta Grandc.iu Muirena del Alcor, there are two that ure laid to have borne litf,0U0 oranges euch iu season. HOlSEHOLIr AFFAIRS. j How Geese Aro Kaally Picked. To pick dead geese: After killing the goose immerse it in scalding water and then wrap it in a thick cloth for five minutes. All the pin-feathers nnd down will then come oil easily. In marketing the geese, they may be scalded after all the dry, clean feathers have been re moved, but care must be taken not to break tho skin. After removing the feathers immerse the carcass in cold watei for an hour. Horax ai a C'loi hcs-Wlilteiipr. The uses of borax in cleaning not only clothing, but tin-ware, crockery, nnd especially the scalp and the body gener ally, are so general, and tho article ii compaintivcly so cheap, that no family can really afford to be without it. A single teaspoonful of pulverize 1 b irax intlio last rinsing-water of a tub of wa-hed while clothes will greatly c in duce to their whitcncss.and even in buy ing five cents' worth of it, pulverized, of the druggist, it costs less than one cnl per teaspoonful. Buy it in tho lump by the pound, and pulverize it as wanted, and its use is veijr inexpensive. Pick led Ileef. The following we know to be good Cut the beef in convenient pieces and salt down as usual, adding a "pinch" ol saltpetre to each piece. Let it remain in salt three days; then drain off the bloody brine formed by the salt, wipe each piecf with a clean cloth and repack in the tut or othe.' vessel used; a syrup 01 molasses cask will answer, but not a whisky barrel, lor the brine, take a' much water as will cover the beef; ndd salt until no more will dissolve; n tea cup of ground saltpetre aud a quart of 1110 Masses, or its equivalent of brown sugar. Boil and skim well. When ihe I r 11c thus prepared is entirely cold pour it over the I eef nnd keep the latter well pressed under the brine Thece pro, or tions are for 'JUO pounds of beef, if the brine should mould in warm weither re boil nnd skim it, adding half pound ol cooking soda, and when cold return tj tho beef. Svitt'ian Vullirnhr. Savory rtrenkfnst. fakes. Tomato Pancakes: Mako a battel samo 11s directed above and stir into it, instead ot the onion, etc., four ripe tomatoes skinned and beaten to a pulp. Fry and servo in the usual manner: or, if preferred, the pancakes may bo fried as in the first recipe. With the onion nnd tlie heibs then when nicely set and turned, a spoonful or two of hot stewed tomatoes may be laid lightly in the cen ter of each pant akc, t';e edges must then be turned over nnd the whole nicely browned. Plain Savory Pancakes: Put s'x tublespoonfuls of flour into a basin with a teaspoonful of salt; form this into n batter of a proper cons stency a little thicker than really good creuin wilh three large Iresli cjrus, well beaten, M'.u a little milk. Beat the mixtuie briskly with a wooden spoon until every tiny knot is bruised out; then stir ill a tatilc; -spoonful of herb powder and a cood dust of pepper. Bet tho baiter stand 11 few hours over night, weather permitting then fry a small tcacupful at a time, in boiling lard. As the pancakes nre mi ished, roll them up boUtor fashion, sprinkle pepper and salt over, and serve as quickly utter being cooked ns pos. i ble. Fried Bread Cakes: These n o ex tremely simple, yet those who have never tried tlicm tiave no idea How exceedingly nice they are, and cer tainly they form a dainty within ihe reach of most of in. ( ut slices ol bread half an inch th ck, from a stale loaf; soak these for half an hour in milk, then sprinkle ihcni tlrckly with a mix ture of mined onion, herb powder, pepper, salt and chopped parsley. Pics? this firmly info tho cakes, on both sides, ami fry them in boiling fat. Serve them us hot as possible, on a hot dish covered with a napkin, and garnished with parsley. If tlie hie I can con veniently be soaked in good white sou;) stock.it 1 en. lets the cakes still mo:e dainty. Potato Cakes: Put two pounds ol boiled potatoes into a basin any re vnain'ng from the previous day will answer the purpose quite as well as fresh cooked ones and bent them to a per fectly suioo'h muss; add two oum es ol warmed butter, a teaspoonful of salt, a good seasoning of pepper, two table spoonfuls of finely-chopped onion, out of minced parsley and two well beaten eggs. .Mix the ingredients thoroughly and form the preparation into small round cakes, about three-quarters of un inch thick. Brush these lightly ovci with beuteu egg, sprinkle them thickly with finely grated cheese and fry iu plenty of boiling fat until sutlicicnily browned. I ruin carefully fiom the lut and serve ciisp and dry, tastefully ar ranged on a napkin. savory Bice Cake;: Biil a break fast cupful of the finest lice in plenty ol milk or w bite stock. When the liquid is absorbed, and the rice swollen out to the full, turn it out into a busiu mid add to it an ounce of butter, two well beaten egns, one tublespoouftil of finely minced boiled onion, and two tublespoouluU of gruted cheese a piece whh li lias be come too hard aud dry lor seiving plain will do very ui ely for this purpose. .Mix these well, and season rather highly with salt and pepper, then allow the mixture to get quite cold. Thus fur the dtsh can be prepaied the previous night. Cut the rice next tiiui ning into small sijuure cakes about three inches each way, and three quarters of un inch iu thickness. Egg and bread crumb them iu the 1 sual 111 in ner, It y them iu I oiling lut, iliaiu care fully and serve veiy hot. Oeiuiuu !eat Cukes: Mix together six ouuees of leau, finely chopped beef or muttou, four ounces of bacon, either fried or boiled, four huge tublespooufuls of buad crumbs soaked iu mil -i or stork and squeezed dry, a tablcspoouful of tinely-uiim ed celuiy, the same of chopped onion, aud salt ami pepper to tat. heu thie iugidicnts a e thoroughly incorporated, form the mixtti'e into u pa-do with two weli beaten eggs; divide this into small portion?, make up into cakes, uii'l fiy in the usual manner. If liked, a small piopoition of well-'-oiied. finely-chopped cabbage, may be added to the ubove ingredients. W'I.eu done enough, dr.iia will, and serve eat !i cake upon a p cc of hot fried bread ol cone suoudiug size and sLape. These luuLe a'very pie ty dish, witUiprigs of arsely inserted here ini there. CNL.Y A WOMAN, Only a woman, shriveled anil oldl The prey of the winds and prey of the cold I Cheeks that are shrunken, Eyes that are sunken, Lips that were never o'er bold. Only a women, forsaken and poor. Asking for alms at the bronze church door. Hark to the organ'roll upon roll The waves of its music go over her soul! Silks rustle past her raster and faster The great bell ceases its toll. Fain would she enter, but not for tbo poor, Swingeth wide open the bronze church door. Only a woman, wailing alone, Icy cold on an ice cold stone, What do they care for her! Mumbling a prayer for her Giving n t bread but a stone. Under rich lnces their haughty heirts b?at. Mocking the woes of their kin in the street. Only a woman. In the old days Hope caroled to her the happiest lays; Somebody m'ssed her; (Somebody kissed her; Somebody crowned her with praise: Somebody faced out the batttle of life Strong for h r sake who was mother or wife. Somebody lies with a tress of her hair Light on hii heart, where the death-shadows are. Somebody waits for her Opening tho gato for her. Giving delight for despair; Only a woman nevermore! She is dead in snow at the bronze church door! Christian Intelligencer. HU.MOK OF THE DAY. A private affair A musket. The King of Greace Peto Boleum. A brassworkcr An insurance agent. "A writing pen" An editorial sano tum, A mail-bag-The capture of a hus band. A h'gh-hnnded proceeding Setting a town c ock. It doesn't hurt a missionary to be shot jn his tracts. Heal estate transfers Boys throwing mud at each other. The ups and downs of life are better than being down all the timo. Bnining cats and dogs is surely no worse than hailing strangers. Jfr. What's the matter with a howling mob? It's all riot. Washington Critic. Face powder docs not always help a young woman to go o:f quickly in the matrimonial market. "Your laundress appears to be very old." "Yes; sho belongs to the iron ngc." Dostm Uauttr, A pretty girl don't object to reflections on herself when they come from a look ing glass. Jhtmrilte JJiee.e. Dogs aro said to spenk with their tails. Would it be proper, therefore, to call a short-tailed dog a stump orator? Adnni had one thing in his favor. Eve couldn't asls; him whether ho had loved any other woman before ho met her. Whene'er mine infant lilts his voice in accents far from mellow, His face nnd hniKS suggest a sym phony in rod and yell 0I1! lioston Courier, A. lot of little bootblacks perched on a curbstone may not be India rubber boys, yet they are gutter perchers. Sit't ing. When your last month's bill at your butcher's is still unpaid it won't do to order a roast; it's more dipbmirt'iAtoJ ask for one. "And do you say I am not a good watchmaker f No one ev er left his watch lieic to be repaired thut he didn't come a second time." Little Girl - "I ast Cwistmus I hung up my stockings. What did you hang t.p?" Absent-minded Visitor "ly watch." Sijtiityi. Oeorgie (taking in thediiqe museum "What's that, pop?" Pop "That's a mummy." Gcorgio "Too stiff tospeuk to anybody, ain't he?" "What game do you scholars play the most? ' inquired one of the school trus tees. "Hookey!" cried the boys in unison. Jariri'i Jltiuir. A Berlin scientist asserts that salt is conducive to longevity, but he seems to lose sight of tho fact that it destroys freshness. AVie York Sun. Magistrate (to ( hiniiiiian) "What is your compluint agniust this young man?" Chinaman tunable to colle t a laundry bill) "He too uiuchce by-aud-by." Whene'er I hear the banjo's wild Lugubrious ting a-linxy 1 tluuk 't.s like spring chick: most tough, Aud very, very stringy. Huston Courier. Vntipied Waiter (meaningly, "Haven't you forgotten something, sir?'' Guest (meditatively) "I'm er let me sett. O, yes! I forgot the toothpick. '1 hank you." J'.iia t,ljdiin llxirl. "Well, Mildred," remarked Amy the morning after Ihe election, "the jig' up " "Yes," replied tun High School Girl, ' that variety of dunce is ultitudin ously elevated." inriinjtot Free J'm. AUKIt AS 1MKI1VIKVV WITH A HOOK I.SM. 'I think.' asserted the Itostou maid, l-'or him tlie prOier term is, A horrid ttKin,' but 1 prefer To dub him an epidermis " .rc York Vol. Au American, who has just returned from Spain, says that the infant king of that country has a passiou for bologna sausage. It is uot olteu that a love for the mysterious is developed in a child of such tender years. A'orri tuitn Ilera'd. " o, young man," said the jeweler, "I'm sorry, but 1 can't give you au sd vertisctireut. You see, I'm troubled wilh heart disea-c, aud my physician has or dered me to stop advertising, so that I may enjoy absolute rest and quiet." JitCtkrJ We Hi. Nl-IXIMLX OK A .NO.X&KXSI VERS I". ''Ah! who has ween the mailed lob tar rie, Clap her broad wing, mi J.xjarai.elu- tbo bkll'H.' When did tud owl, descending from per t ower, I'rop '1111 1 the rleery Hocks, the ten tor f owerf Ortrtu young he. tVr plunge. with pliant limb. In tht salt wave auu, lists like, jtnvb 10 sm I1111'' Tin I'roress vf Man. It is estimated that oue hall the drue-v imported into the I i.itcd M. 'es aie consumed in the mauufacture of p real medicine. V
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