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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1G, 1889.
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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
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who
know tho
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1 indeed believe that
jthe iiracticeof
)ract
law,
e pursuit.
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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.
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