THE FOREST REFDBLICAN b pabllihsd vary WtdnMday, bf J. E. WENK. Offlot) In Binearbaugh A Co.'t) Building ' MJI iTMtET, TIONK8TA, Pa. Terms, ... t I.BO pr Tear. Np inhwriptlnnt Keslvsa for a shorter period IhnilJhrA. morn In. OirOTnapotHtanc folteltrd from sU nirts of the MkjUiilctlon. TT. no roue wui do Ukon of anoaymout 8ome French' wrilcjj frankly admit lint their race ts losing vigor. Tho subject of lengthening the Prel. dcht:al term to six or eight ycart i again huirg agitated. Tho Prohibitionists claim a gain ol ovejity-nve per cent in 188?, at com pared with 183t. . "In tho oiip" is a new phraso which is having a largo run in tho Kast. Every thing which Is unsuccessful is "'in th , oup. " The n limber of weddings in thia country just ot present shows that out young pooplo are determined to find out whether marriage Is a failure or not. The New York WorUl estimates that during tho past six monthi 150 persons have been swallowed up in the great city, leaving not a trace behind them. Wealth in the South is estimated to have increased fully fifteen, per cent, during tho past eight years, njid great industrial development is now in pio- Porno large orders for steel rails have lately been placed, and tho Manfur. turer't i'cyri ventures tho prediction thnt the demand for rails during 1SS0 will be active. v Australia is deliberately encouraging tho introduction of baseball as a popular sport. "Perhaps," says the Chic ago TV lurv, ";t may assist her to forget her rabbits. " A Vermont legislator has introduced a bill providing for tho furnishing nt pub lic cost of s 1 tili'e cln'hing for children who aie unnblo to attend school for lack thereof. Why, he suggests, not clothing at well as books? The recent ttorm destroyed many lives on the Northern Atlantic coast and aved many lives iu tbo South. It - wrecked scores of good ships, but it , routed tho yellow fever. It it an ill wind that blows nobody good. Cremation i all right in theory, de clare tho Ictroit FrtePrein, but the ifd vocntesgo back on it in practice. There have been several cases lately whro otti cciaof societies have died and left in structions to be buried in the regulat - Francis Murphy, who has been labor ing in the temperance field for twelve years, estimate that 14,00i,000 person have signed tho pledge under his cru sade, and that of tbeso eighty-live pel cent, have remaiued faithful to theii vows. The Cincinnati h'nnirer asserts thai Presidents of the United States do not like extraordinary sessions of Congress nt the opening of their Administrations. v It forces the burden on them too quick ly, before they are fairly seated in the saddle. me uosion jrareiur suggests, as a . roason why an extra cession should be called by the new Administration, pro vided it hua a margin in the Houre, that many of tho Republican Ilepiosentativea urn Tvry oiu auu may cue Del ore Decern "Ho who wi.-hes to keep abreast with tho niHrch of scienco to-day,"' recently observed Professor Elisha dray, '-must leave the college aud go to the workshop auu nuo me dark corners of private laboratories, for investigators raroly have 'lime to write, so that text book aro yiafs-bchind the science itself." Chinamen usually die young, and when one reaches rifty-tive or sixty he is conceded to have reached a (jreat age. It is rarely that they rem h the age of one hundred; but there was a woman named Lung Sing Pan - in China who lived to Fi ono hundred and two years old, dying Kio years ago. She was considered the " oldest woman iu China, The. new law re'ating to Presidential elections fixes tho second Monday in January as the day on which the electors shall meet to cast their ballots for Presi dent Another change requires the Governors ol the States to forward to the StcieUry of State at Washington the vote cakt lor each elector certified to by the State Hoard of Canvassers. Ihimors of war are again cropping up in Europe. The live great powers have 1?,UOO,00'J of armed men ready at a moment's notice to fly at one another'! throats. And there is absolutely nothing to fight for there is no gTeat principle involved. The whole thing would as sume a ludicrous aspect, were it not to very sad and serious, nd th;t, ex claimt the hp d, it nineteenth century civilisation! ' There it much disappointment among Canadian contractors over the award by the Government of .the Gallop Kupids contract, amounting to fSOO.O'.lO, and the raulte tt. MarieCanul Contract, 0)1,550, - - - -1 - ji 000, to a synd'u icomposed largely of r- -' " Ws. It ia .aid a pvialwun KrroiVV in the Canadian Auuricau co.u- vt' XiDS Koveruuieut TT ORE K VOL. XXI. NO. 31). W THE PANSOM WAS PAID. On the holples Flemish village Cruel Alva swooped and foil, And the peace of trade and tillage Turned to martial clunk and yell. In the town-house, tall and handsome, Blood the (treat rlukn, looking down On the burghers proirring ransom For th safety of the town. ,m O'er his brow gray locks were twining For his casque was laid aside. And his good sword carved and shining From his sword-bnlt was untied. Frlnce he seemed ot bom csmmanders, Pride and power each gesturo told, As he cried: "Ye men of Flanders, firing me twenty 'casks of gold!" Then upon them full a sadness, And a shadow like a pall ! While they murmured, "Tis rank madness Kuoh a sum from us to call." And the spokesman of the village Murmured feebly: "Sure you jest." Answered Alva: "Uold or pillage Choose whiche'er may suit you bust," Faint and stunned, they turned despairing. When arose a laugh of Joy And before their startled t-arinj In there pranced a little boy. On his curls the duke's helm rested, As his noisy glee he roared, And his good stood mailed and crested Was great Alva's mighty sword! Round about the room he gamboled Peeping through the helmet bars: Now he leaped and now he ambled Like a Cupid mocking Wars. . Then heataved his merry prancing And of Alva's knees caught hold, Where a ray of sunlight glancing Turned his sunny curls to gold. Swift the mother, sorely frightened, Htrove to take the cherub wild, """ But the Duke's stern features lightened As he kept her from the child. And he drank the pretty prattle i For the haby know no fear, - Till his eye, so fierce in battle, ' Softens I with a pearly tear. For a baby rose before hi n In fa r Spain, ere war's alarms 1 tain his father's sword upbore him Alva caught the boy in arms. And, the pretty forehead baring. Cried "A kiss!" the child obeyed. Then unto those men despairing Alvasaid: "Your ransom's paid"" '. a. Hot. THE OPAL RLG. If Vou ptcvo. sir. Mrs. Mft'rinn la antra she can't come to wash windows to-day i 'it,le CRskct and slipped it upon the doc because she is sick, 'and wants to know tor "'uallest finger, would you be kind enough to come and What was there about the act that see her, and please keep the job till she i ca,",cfl the mnn's face to change to a gets well." I pallid hue and his firm hands" to tremble The little figure standing in tho door- 'ike lcaves in tho winds of October? way of Dr. Howard's office, gazing wistfully into the doctor's face, .wat a stud'. the was clad in a somewhat uncouth dress, oriuinallv of inmn n-ravich rial, but pieced, darned and patched witn various kinds of goods, until it ' trcmul" voice, "take this bank note resembled ".lo-eph's cont of many I yur mother, and leave mo tho colors." A red handkerchief was pinned I I under her chin, which heightened tho "Haven't you mado a mistake, sir? brilliancy of a pair of sparkling black i This bill has fifty (Ai it." eyes, and a mass of jet black, langled "No mistake, Margaret. Tho ring is curls were pushed back from a pale face worth much .more; indeed, it is price that, under any circumstances, would bo 1 less," and he turned away hishead that prouounced one of rare beauty, llcr , the wondering eyes of the child might atockinglcss feet were encased in a pair ; not witness his emotion, of old rubbers which sho confessed to j "Fifty 'dollars ! oh, what will .poor having picked from a scavenger barrel. mamma say! I must hurry now, for Dr. Howard gazed at the wan little ob- , she will be anxious about me. Good jeet, and wondered if lifo could be worth ni"ht." a great aeal to such as she. . "imiun-'iu ue vour name " in in. quired. "Well, they call mo 'Odds-and-F.nds' mostly, but my right namo it Margaret, i ...UUS-ana i-.mls! Well. 1 declare! But upon my word, Odds-and-Knds. vou ; aro a queer looking genius. Where do ! Doctor Howard, on entering the abode, y" llvo ; . . was struck with amazement, for used as Down there in Crazy alley.rear of No. I he was to seeing poverty in all its forms, P, second door, up four flights, through I be had seldom witnessed so cheerless an a long entry, turn to the left" I apartment in winter as this, where lie "There, there! That will do, Min ' now, by a train of unexpected circum-Odds-aiid-Knds! But now tc.l me, stances, found himself, litllo one," he aked kindly, "aro you I "h, mamma, I have been almost impervious to tho cold, or do you prefer killed, I have; but this kind doctor, the to go w.thout ttock ugs in December f same ono you henid me tell about, you Do you know that you aro inviting Know, saved mo, nnd he has brought mo croup, diphtheria, pneumonia, rhciuua- home, mamma, and see see tho bank tism, cramps and what not, by drcssin" note and " in that fashiou:" "Hush," said the doctor, imperatively. "I don't know, sir; but this is all I I "Your majnma has tainted. Bring a have. I-was no er sick in all my life, j gla-" ot water, quick!" only onco, when I had the mumps, and j Tho restoratives the doctor always once .anain, when 1 had the measles, j carried with him were applied, and bin or I guess the measles had moMKuiJy the dark eyes opened, and tho Everybody thought I'd die, I was pale Hps whispered a name. to yery sick but I didn't," bhe aaueu, arctily. "We did not live in Crazy alley then," sho continued, "but we were boarding in a large hotel where theie were ever so many servants." "What do you mean by we?" "Why. papa, mamma and I. But papa died, and mamma says since then we do not livo at all, we only st av. " "How old aro you." inquired tho doctor, with a strango- aud sudden in terest. "Ten, air." By th;t time Odds-and-cnds. or littln Margnrot, was seated in the doctor't comfortablo ollico and paying her re spects to a handsome apple that the good man had put into her hands. At thia lUncture, Mrs. Badger, the doctor't housekeeper, came bustling in. "Well, if I shan't L'ive it unl Here is that strange child, aud sittincr here as co.ily as you please. Are you sick, you little rag tag and bob tail?" "Now Mra. Badger." internoFed the doctor, "do not cull too many nafls. The little one lias brought me a message from .Mrs. Maginnis, who is not very well to day and requires 'my services, liuu on now. Odds-and-Knds, and say that I will be there directly." ies, sir." "A strange child like that, Mrs. Bad- gcr, truly. How long have you known her?" Oh, for niarlv a vear. off and on. She baa been in the habit of inmintr here for cold pieces every now and then, iier moiner. i Deneve, lias Known better ' circumstauces, but became reduced, like many others iu cites, and is now, I think, very poor indeed. The mother is sickly too, 1 believe." W btu she comes again. Mrs. Badger. it is my desire that vou see sho is pioo- erly clothed. It is simply preposterous to read a child out no thinly clad on such a raw, iuclcment day as this," and the doctor buttoned hit great coat about TIONESTA, him and stepped into his carriage, to make his daily round of calls; but first of all ho drove to the squalid abode of Mrs. Maginnis, for Dr. Howard was never known to neglect the humblest child of earth, when such were sick and suffer ing. But all that day.and many subsequent days the good doctor was haunted by tho wistful eyes of tho strange child whoso way in life seemed to him so hard and unnatural. lie inquire! of Mrs. Hadger many times to know if Bhe had seen or learned any more of quaint little Odds-and-Knds; but Mrs. B. declared she had not seen hide nor hair of her si-ce the morning she brought tho mcs sngo from Mrs. Maginnis.nnd that hard werkingwoman had lost the run of her entirely. it was a whole year from that time when one evening Dr. Howard was hur rying along a crowded thoroughfare. Ho was startled by a sudden cry and a con fusion of voices, us a runaway horse dragging the remnant of a carriage came leaping and plunging ulong the street. Ono glance (-bowed the excessive danger of a child who was midway upon the crossing, and directly in tho path of the furious animal. Another instant and pn. Howard and tho child were both down in the mud of the street, and the dangerous creature was at ba . Tho doctor had snatched the child from beneath the very hoofs of the horso, and with the other hand seized the bridlo of tho foaming, wild eyed animal, and the next moment, as assistance came, fell with the rescued ono prone in tho street. Kecovering him self in a second, he looked into the face of the burden that lay quite, unconscious on his arm and beheld the countenance of Odds-nnd-Knds! A carriage bore him and the new found wanderer quickly to his ofiice, where, in a. short time, Odds-and-Ends was. restored to consciousness, and. her delight knew no bounds when sho recog nized her preserver. , "Where were you going when tho accidl-nt happened." asked tho doctor. Odds-and-Ends was silent. . "You need not tell mo unless you wish," aid the doctor. "I may as well tell you," she said, after a pause. " "I was going to a pawn shop mamma sent mo with this ring; it is an opal, and a dear friend gave it to her before ever she saw my father. She has kept it all this time becauscshe liked the one who cave it to her verv much. and tho did not want to part with tho ring. But, you sec, wo got very poor, and mamma was sick, aud this ring was tho last we had to part with, except mamma's wedding ring." Saviner which. I Odds-and-Knds took the ring from its ,n ne ttach any superstition to the bri,liant "d changeful colors of tho opal, or was some old memory of the I Pn9t ,onS latent, istence now asserting its ex- "Margaret! Margaret!" he said in a "Wait, Margaret, I am going with 1 vou." In a few minutes, little Marraret. or Odds-and-Knds, with her porserver, was being whirled rapidly in tho Doctor's carriage to the poor dwelling she called homo. lioland!" "Julln!" To end the ttory quickly and without circumlocution, I will say that fifteen years beforo thee two were engaged lovers, and the opal ring was tho si"n out wurd of their engagement. A misunderstanding, a tit of jealous anger, recriminating words, a lover's quarrel aud a parting from each other, left one to marry in haste her next suitor, while the other journeyed to a distant city to practice the profession of his choice. I'pon the Inner circle of tho ring were these words: "Wh'lo lifo shall last H. II." t, wa mo reeuiuiiuu oi me sentence ana tne ring, as wen as tue great resem- blaim e of the child to her mother, that awakened the memory of other days and and other scenes. When it had been too late, aud Julia was married to an other, he had seen that he was in the wrong. But after ali these years how strangely were they brought together once more. Is there indeed "a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them as we may." The once estranged lovers sat hand In hand and recounted the histories of the past. "Julia, now I have found you, I can cot lose you again ; you must go home with me, aud now. Mrs. Badger will make you both comfortable. Come !" lluppy toars fell from eyes used to tears of sorrow R,.H,t.. ; iii...., n thiugs as the three crossed the threshold of that miserable room, never a-ain to cuter it as a homo. Just as they drew up before the dor tor's beautiful house, the city hull clock rang out thu hours of twelve. "King out the old, ring in tho new," tuid Dr. Howard, softly. Mrs. Cadger was made acquainted with the facts, and, liftiug her h.4ods, JL v. PA., WEDNESDAY, laid: "Well, I never I However, I wish you all a happy new year. Odds-and Ends, you're a treasure!" "So sho is," quietly said her mother, and she kissed her fondly. The next morning, New Year's Dav. there was a wedding in the doctor's parlor, "What a strange mystery life is," said tne noctors who that evcninir. "It is mado up of 1 odds and ends' " laughed the doctor, as ho drew little Margaret to his side "How long will you love us?" she inquired, as sho turned tho opal ring upon nis unger. "While lifo shall last!" was the grave rcI. Story of a lfon?li-llewn Millionaire, A tall, ruddy faced Dutchess County boy, so shapely, so bright eyed and free oi umD mat no attracted many a passing glance, wns seen walking down Broad way with Norvin (Jrcen, President of the Western Union Telegraph Company. The Dutches Countyboy had the brone of the frontier in his face and the muscle of the miner in his back and legs. Ho came by them fairly, too. Nineteen years ago ne ictt An-.enia, a pretty little vil lage up in Dutchess, and ran away to be a cowboy and light Indians. Ho wns just lourieen wncn ne got to UoloraUo, and he hain't a penny. He's just thirty-three now, ann ne scot tince millions of dol lurs, the constitution of an ox and the spirits of a schoolboy. Ilis name is John D. Morrissey, and he lost ?ii(10,0 10 on tho American turf last year. But ho lias mines and real estate tha: he's mado out West since ho used to carry tools for the prospectors worth many times that sum. mt oi the Crown l'oint mine in Colorado, Morrissey and "Diamond Joe" Reynolds took thne millions thiee years ago ryid divided equally. Morrissey couldn't read and write then. Now he is the head of many Colorado enterprises, has been educated, has found another rich mine, the Btlvcrnitc, in Gunnison County.and is developing it with the nid of Xorvin (ircen, the President of tho Silvcrnito Company. The story of the millionaire's education is a remancc. When he and "Diamond Jo" made $1,500,0 )0 each out of the Crown Point, hp resolved that he would have to lea- n to sign checks, and that quickly, too. He got a pretty giil who'd come out from the tast to be a "school marm" to teach him, too. By the time he'd learned read ing and writing his heart had learned iloving, and ho married his pretty school teacher. Siv weeks ago his tirst child was born, and to-day there isn't a hap pier man in town than John I). Morrissey, if he did lose half a million and more on his racing stable. AVhile he kept on get ting richer and richer he thought he ought to have "a string of flyers." He bought them, brought them Kast, backed them and lost a pot of money. Then he sold t ht m, and now ho fays ho's done with tho turf, lie has a clear brogue that trills like tho tong. of tho Irish thrush nnu a Home in I'envcr tnat mnnv a poor King might envy. Not far from the homo in Denver, Mr. .Morrissey hns (tHOO.OOO woith of real estate. But ho isn't a bit I proud. There hasu't been a more popu I tar man about the uptown cafes this fall. His manners are as suave, ns hearty and ns unaffected as if he'd had-a bag of gold in his pocket all his life, and hadn't I bad to work fourteen years in the mines in big boots aud a re.d shirt. Xcc lork World. j A Partridge's Language and Reason. j Ing Power. I A Bangor (Mc.) correspondent of the 1 I.cwistoo Journal says: There is not a ! schoolboy of fifteen yenrs of age, who ! lives in a rural district, but knows that a hen partridge not only has a language, i but has great reasoning power, too. In ! tho first place she builds her net, lays and hat' he her eggs upon the ground. ! Foxes, shunks, weasels, black cats and i other four-footed animals, roam about her, seeking just such food as the old j hen herself and herfggs, yet she so cun ! ningly ( onceals her habitation as ofti n I to raise her entire brood. Alter a few I day's shojnkea the chicks for the first I time into some traveled road, and while there along comes a human being. In the autumn this would send her whirring through tho woods, but now she stands hor ground, nnd in clear tones tells the chickens just what to do, and they do it. ! Every ono of them, alter listening to ! tho mother, ducks its head and skurries j away, dividing aud hiding. Then the old hen Hies olf in an opposite direction, ' drawing, as best she can, all attention to i herself. Why, I have seen a hen wait until a dog was within six fect of her, I and then Hotter ..ust over his head, and ull the time telling thechickens to "hurry i ulong," nnd then she alighted upon a tree where the dog could see her, thus draw- ing him away from the young brood, ! which could not fly. Later ou sue gently ! culled, und one by one, they gathered auin, and nt this family reunion every one of them talked at the same t mo, and I have no doubt but what they were each telling the other of their feather breadth escape. By the wav, Mr. rhilosophers. how is it, that when the huntiug season comes on, these samo chicks will fly directly un t into a tree when starred by a dog, and there gaze down into his open and nohy ountenance, but when startled by a mun i will tly far into the woods, and if coui j in if to the ground, will run and skulk : nl.,i,.. .....I... tl.o rloa.l I......1... leaves? Deposits of Soda. Along the Peruvian coast, stretching for hundreds of miles, are the famous beds of nitrate of soda, which purified is tnltpefTe. These deposit, more profitable than silver or guano, were dis covered accidentally by a vagrant named George Smith, but were not operated to any extent until recent years. .Now, nitrute, having been found a valuable component of a hundred chemical forms, is iu demand the world over, and millions' of dollars worth is shipped from the ports along the coast annually Before its value was fully known, a number of far-sighted men located "claims" aftor the fashion in vogue in mining camps everywhere, aud theu the I government stepped iu aud forbade any : lurtber preemption. But tbo original I loc itions cover enough of the deposit to supply the market a century or two, , and to keep up the prices they formed a pool, a monopoly combined, under i which they charge from $-J to f;i per hundredweight for what costs them ' about liltetu ecu's. There is appaicutly no limit to the stuff, thu bed stretching; up and down the coast for oOO or 400 miles. Current. EPXJBLXCAl JAN. 23, 1889. A FOX HUM JN ENGLAND VIVID ACCOUNT OF THE OUT DOOR SPORT OF THE RICH. Training a Pack of IIounda-Tlio Party at. a "Meet" A Headlong C baoo Itoyiiard u Doom. At Badminton, Gloucestershire, on the summit of the Costwold Hills, tho Duke of Pcaufort lias a beautiful coun try peat with a park of 20uo acres filled with deer. Tho Duke's eldest son, the Marquis of Worcester, is the master of three or four lino packs of hounds. The keeping of thco pucks entails the neces sity of having a large stable of horses, approaching close to 100 for riding alone, ns each rider employed as hunts man nnd whipper-in will use two during a run ana no horse is used more than twice a week ; the employment of a small army of hostlers, one man to two horses being considered about nil he can attend to: it coach to take the hounds to the meet, which is often eight to ten miles di-tant; a tally-ho to ride there in so that the hunting horses can be sent ahead to insure their being fre-h, nnd a few extra horses for guests. Each hound is named and a correct pedigree kept, in some cases running uacK a uo. en generations. Wlieu pup pics, they are farmed out to farmers and others living within a six or seven mile radius, wheio they are kept till a year old. They are then returned to tho ken nels and are put through a severe course ol training, principally by taking them in the early morning cub hunting, w hich is quite good sport. A copse or ucck of woods is drawn, ana usually it is an easy matter to make n linn. L'nder the guidance of a couple of old hounds, the young ones soon learn what is expected of them and become nrolic.ent, when nil that "is necessary to finish their education is to develop their power of endurance, which is something woniierful. One thing thnt makes it comparatively easy to und a iox is tun'; everyone wna sends in a bill to the mas'.er ol hounds is paid for any depredations that may have been committed on their hen coops. The regular season opens in October. when a postul from the kcnncli notifies all subscribers to the pack whetc the meets will occur for one week ahead. It was a bright morning when the writer attended a meet at tho (.'rom Hands, n large, rambling old hostelry that iujho tiiuo of stage couches wns a bustling hotel, situated as it is at the in tersection of four old I. oman cio-sroad. By the time the hounds arrived a brilliant party was in waiting. Ladies in their flowing habits (although under their outer garment they dre-s almost like the men, even to wearingtop boots i, gentlemen dressed in blue- coats and yellow-topped thoes, with here and there a bright red coat, a mark of distinction- only allowed to tlb regular patrons. Immediately on the arrival of the hounds the place was turned into a sccno of bustling uctivity, as each rider pcisonally inspected the girths of his caddie, tightening them up, lengthening or shortening the stirrup straps, otc. In a few minutes all were in motion, going in the direction of some furze bushes, which was unsuccessfully drawn. A copse was the next place visited, and almost in stantly .Master lleynnrd broke cover in full view. Then the hounds set up a cry, and were with difficulty beaten back to givo the fox n fair start. At last the horn blew, ami away they went with a rush. The riders follow, and it doesn't take long to pick the amateur from the experienced rider. For the old hand, from the moment the hounds are in full cry, ho (and his horsu) is full of life, every nervo in his body tingling with excitement. At tho start he saves his mount all ho possibly can, knowing that he will be fully repaid if it proves a hard run. But note the exultation with which he or sho cl urs a fivo-barrcd gate, turning in his caddie and looking with disdaiu at tbo poor amateur who has dismounted and is liv ing iu vain to unlock it. As the run progresses, leading through heavy lauds along turnpike roads, an occasional view is caught of the sly old fox, perhaps ruuniug along on top of a stouu wall, trying to ba ho the hounds so they will lose his tccnt. The deep baying of the pack is wafted back telling us that the scent is found ngain, nnd on we go through a moat that surround an old Bomau encampment up to thu high ground, giving us a view of a be.tutilul landscape. .Master Bernard is com mencing to drag his brush now, and the end is not far olf. our horses aie get ting pretty nearly blown, but still lull of life ; but we are a little chary of tuk -ing a hard fence. Tho doctor of tbo hunt -a thorough hunter puts his horse to a hard gallop, and then that teems to be the signal for the tuiull number of riders remaining to follow suit. '1 ho ladies ride with their heads thrown forward, e.es -et on the hounds, which aie in plain view a living picturo of l.fe and animation. The iox runs on now, heedless of where lie is going, in a vain effort to escape. But his fate is sealed, and right in the shadow of an old farmhouse iu Old hod- bury, wliee lyiululo worked on a trans lation of tho Lililc and suffered as a martyr four hundred years ago, he meets his deutb. No one thinks ol old asso ciations athis time, but ull dismount, trembling Tfe an aspen leal from evjjrte ineut, and help keep the hounds ut hav till ttie wlupper-iu cuts otl poor llcp nard's brush and feet and divides the trophies up among the few in at the death. After the puck have ravenously devoured the ieienuuts of tile fox we remount and slowly jo on our way home, tired but happy, with appetite welted to a razor ed j and a topic for our conversation that will lust till we have another hard run. It is an uuwr.tteu law, which is never violated, that if a fox gets away from its pursuers after any kind pf a run, giving the hounds a chance to rest and bout an other cover, and they uniaith the i-ame agaiu, the hounds are beaten off and the fox goes free, having earned bis life by out-footing, or more likely out-witting, his pursuers ll.tiuit 1'ixi J'iw. The total number of European troops in English India in lsiiti was ui.oi.", aud thcav'eragcdeathra'eper lot u wai b).!. in the province of Leugul there were ;iti,nuu meu, and the dca.b rute wjb I .".... Iu the provmeo of .Madras 1 1, Hoc, aud the death raU lii.'i. J'rovince of lioui bar, ll.OJ'.i; deuthruto 12.7. The nuin berof native troop wus luti.tOiJ, and the death rate wns 1,. id per jouf). $1.50 PER ANNUM. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIKS. Itpcipe) for Liquid Shoo Rlnrkins. A recipe for making liquid shoe black ing is: Borax, four ounces; i-hcllac, one and one-half ounces; extract of log wood, six ounces; bichromate of potas-a, three drachms; water, two gnllons. Lissolve the extract in one rallon of warm water; boil the shellac nnd the borax in a gallon of water till they are dissolved; then mix the two solutions together, nnd add the bichromate of potasa. Cleaning 1'iiri. Xow that the season has arrived for wearing fur garments, some of our readers will doubtless be glad to bear how such garments nre cleaned and renovated in liussia, the country of furs. f-ojne rye flour is put into a pot and heated upon a stove, with a constant stirring as long as the hand can bear the heat. The 1'our is then spread over the fur and rubbed into it. After this, the fur is brushed with a very clean brush, or, better, is gently beaten until all tho flour is removed. The fur thus resumes its natural luster and appears absolute y as if new. Li S inci lUmtre. Boston naked Deans. Th's is a favorite and excellent family dish, if carefully prepared. Hot a red earthen jar, glazed on tho inside, it should be fourteen to sixteen inches in height, with a wide top. Ot the beans at a tirst class grocery, lest they should be old or poor of quality; pick, wash and soak them over night in plenty of cold water; scald them tho next day with a teaspoonful of soda; they should not boil unless they have been longstored. Dra n off tho water, nnd to three pints of beans (unsoakedi allow a pound aud a half i f good, sweet salt pork, a rib piece, not too fat is best, l et the beans cover nil but the top of the pork, which must be scored; add water enough to cover the beans, in which half a small teaeupful of molasses has been dissolved. They should be put in tho oven at bed time, while there is still a moderate tiro remainiii'. They will be ready in the morning. If the j) rk is not very salty, add some to the water in which the beans arc baked. Farm and t'irenidr. How Flour Can Bo Saved. A more general use of corn meal for the table is a good suggestion in tho way of piecing out the t'.our barrel, especially as many palatable and sustaining prepara tions can be made therefrom. Uoth the South and Aciv England have long utilized the value of Indian corn, and wonderful results have followed the industrious experiment of tho kiU-hcn-i of both parts of the country. Of cot:r-e, considerable culinary skill is require I t ) make a really light batch of puro orn meal bread; but there aro many simpler compounds of the material that- can be cooked successfully after a few experi ments, and the much sought corn mu'Hn of the restaurant or bakery can b? turned out of home ovens while only one-sixth of the wheat flour commonly apportioned for breakfast or ordinary supper purposes need bo used. Hominy, samp, hulled corn nnd oatmeal already do great tu'ilo Bcrviee, but tho baked forms of corn meal are heartier nnd not only, as Mr. Sam Wcller leinarks, "wcrry fillin' ut the price," but nlso "sticks to the ribs, both worthy requisite considerations for the working man. A good standard recipe for corn meat bread is as follows; Two cups of fine yellow meal, one cup of flour, two cups of water, two table spoons of sugar, half teaspoon of salt, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, to be mived thoroughly. Then melt a tnblespoonful of best lard : add it to the previously mado batter and ngain beat into a thorough mixture; pour into shallow tin pans or what aro known in gem moulds and bako twenty minutes iu a steadily hot oven. A variation to make a richer batter is to use one I eaten egg, and substitute similar quantities of milk and butter lor water aud lard. A' o York Tri'iuut. Keel pes. CoRXsTAttcii Cakt.. One cup of sugar, one-fourth cup of butter,, one halt' cup of milk, two-thirds of a cup ol' cornstarch, one cup of Hour, two eggs, ono teaspoon! ul of baking powder. Cimc oi.a i k. Scrnpo or grnto un ounco of chocolate, add to it an equal wcigtit of nigar, throw tuese into a pint of perfectly boil ng water and m Ik, of each one-half, and immediately mix or stir them for two or three minutes, un til tha chocolate and sugar are quite dissolved; it is then ready for tho table. Ai'i'i.E FniTTKiis. Make a'bat'.erof the yolks of three eggs well beaten, one gill of milk, four heaping teaspooufuls of flour and u teuspoonful of aitit, well mixed. The Apples, which have be e i peeled, cored and cut in round slice;, are dipjed iu this baiter aud fr e l u delicate brown in boiling Int. SpriuUlu with powdered sugar nnd serve. Exiii.isii Mi'tton U -to-ill. Cut iut very small pieces one half a pound of cold mutton and nn onion and put ihi ui in a saucepan, adding one hall an oui.cj of butter. When these ingredients be gin to slightly color put in three pints of stock and a carrot und u turnip, cut in smalt even pieces. I t the-e all boil for an hour aud then skim off the gie.isc. Boil two ounces of hurley und add to tho broth, and it will be ready to be served. Boast Ooosk. Obtain a young, lat goo'e, clean and piepnre it for roasting, putting ou top a s i all portion of butter and ami a iittle t-alt, pouring in the pau a claret glass of water, und place the goose iu the oven and let it leniain for iiu hour. 1'laee a saucepan over the lire, pour in one-half a pint of Spanish sauce and mif with it a pinch of pepper und nutmeg aud one tablc-poonlul ca ll of mustard and vinegar. I et bo 1 for u moment and then turn into a s.iucebont to be sent to tbo table with the goose. Tkasi (,'aki. Boil half a pound i f hops iu ouo gallon water until reduced to two quarts'; strain it, mix in uhe.it llour enough to make :f bin Latter, and add hall u pint o! lrc-'i, strong yeast. Wheu fermented, work with lndiau meal to a stiil dough. Cover und set in a warmpla'eto rise. Wheu liyLt, roll into n sheet an inch thick, unci cut into small calces, (hire inches actus, spread them on u platter, und dry in a cool shade. Turn them several times a day, aud when dry, put tbeui iu paper bags, aud tot iu a closely covered box, and keep tool ia a perfectly dry place. I stone cake for four quarts flour. RATES OF APVEWTHIHO. Oat Saaam, aae lack, eae lasertieawm 1 1 M One Square, oao Inch, OM nontk ( M One Sqnare, one Inch, three moatka. ........ at One Sqnare, one Inch, one year 10 to Two Sqnarrt, one year..-. It 00 Quarter Column, one year to M Ililf Colnma, one year...... W 00 One Column, one year ..100 00 Letral advertuMBienU tea eeatt per Hae tack t tertloa. Marriage aae. teeth notices gntkb An bttli for yearly timVtimmu oolleetea n tarty. Temporary advaruaeaenla man be atW I advance. Jok work cask ea aalivery. A SONO TO THE NAMELESS. Thsre are singers enough for the lofty, On Ambition's exclusive plain, My lay is for the lowly, For the heroes without a name. For they whose souls are smoldering In Disappointment's fire, Who never may know the swwit and the (law Of the stations to which they aspire. My song is framed for the mother Who movn in a temple of toil, And for the gentle fathr Whosa sinews live in the soil. In the history and lore of a nation The deeds of the brilliant nre wrought With, Haming pen, the food for men Whose les ons are clearly bought. I know in the winilowiess garrets And the sod roofed pioneer "shacks," Are some whose tatles ore scanty. Threadbare the coats on their backs. With ever a b eling respectful, lor the bein who wins the prize. My harp is strung for the nameless, Whose work obscurely dies. The deeds that in life pnssd unnoticed, May Hash when the clay is done, We can never know whose victory Is most deservedly won There are slaves enough to pamper The dwellers in lordly halls. In the path of the sad and lonely The liower of my sentiment falls. H". '. Chamhtrlain.in hctruil Fr.-e ft-css. IIl'MOK OF THE DAY. Modern Grease Lard. I'sunlly dark ns pilch- Tar. A play-thing The piano. Human gimlets Society bores. May Jority is a very popular girl. Stationary pressure Paper weight. A gum drop Decline of the rubber market. Hump themsclvs over the desert Camels." It i, the pianist who always plays at hiswfrk. , An icicle is the veriest eavesdropper you know. What to do when you catch a cold Let go of it. Tavements nnd carpets are things that must be put down. One of the finest naturally causes many citbens to be fined. A woman's will is one that even the lawyers can't break. It is noticeable that every time the coal dealers coaio.-ce there is less coal on the market. When the political caldron boils, the scum quite naturally rises to the top. Blon Ua:ctte. Pulling carpet tacks is a lowly work, yet it may be done with eclnt. LUij Itamti n iitj'iib'ican. The sweetest of sweet girls who will wait for you is worth her wait in gold. Xcie Lrltuni J irayvnr. The decline of American humor is most forcibly illustrated by tho editors wuste baskets. .lAvAa.f J'nictlei: The girl who seeks to marry for the sake of a bank account is quite likely to be check mated. Mtnh .nl TranUr. "X Kever judge by appearances. A counterfeit j gold piece isn't worth as much os a punched nickel. Xew York .Vuh. " aek, please don't! You muss my htir!" But Jack kvpt right on, on the ground tint if he mussed he mut. "Xever allow yourself to got out of anything," says n writer in a- household journal, now about debt; It is one of tho peculiarities of things in general that the freshest men gener ally toll the stalest Btories. lianyvr C'i unmrciiil. Cole "Hello, I'm in a hurry! I was just going to dinner." Mole "I won't detain you, then, I will go with you." Detroit f'rea Pre . Teacher "Willie, what is the capital of Canada:" Willie "The money takeu there by I'nited States financiers and bood ers.'" .' . "Thirteen is a mighty unlucky num ber," tbo ght the jirisoucr, gazing at the Judge and jury as he heard the ver dict 'v.uilty." J.ie. His face was elenn'y shaven '1 hut wns patent ut a giuiiee. Put tho wind .1 hi paiiy whistle 'iliiounh tl.e (i nitio upon Ins p;ints. iUitis'ili.e line.. I'ico is cheap in this country und iu ( hiun, but in France we suppose it is e pensive because the latest notes from luiis say that rice is riz. -Viie Yotk i-.ho i"You are always 'in the soup,' " Henry. Ho "Ao, I'm not, cither.'1 Hie- "Well, how clu they spell soup, lleprv, without u:" JlurHnyton '; When a young miss owns Daisy fr u name she wishes at sixteen to be called .Miss Smith. If she is unmarried at thirty she prefers to bo culled I'aisy. ( 'ili t'ltlt. A ina i in Nebraska is in jail for steal ing a quantity of sausages. The evi dence against him is a d to bo con clusive. .Sot a link is wanting. tVie.i Tri'ii,e. The White Pasha comes smilingly for ward agu ii with a great battlu and. a good iiiany -hiuhtered dervishes, but he neglects, . iisuul.to send iu his name. l'tt ' U 'J I'll i on id'. "due of you" boys has been stealing luisins U1, u. ii : I bine found the steels on the floor. Which one Jf ou was it.'" Tommy "it wasu't me. 1 swallowed the sce.U in mine." Sij,iif.i. "What was the matter with you at dinner, Brownie-; Vou didn't say a I right thing fioni oysters to coffee.' ".No," li l ed the liuinoi isi, sadly. "I never talk shop v lieu I'm invited out." Jlili'ir't Jl'.nr. Young Wife (at a party) "Vou are improving wondeifuly as a dancer. Dou't you remember how you used to .tear my clie-ses." Young Hu-band " e-; 1 wasu't buying 'eni theu." 7.lc7. ; .. il.ru, J. V. S. (iilmore, the band master, gives this tersu autobiography: "I first saw tho li;,'bt i'l the bogs of Coiinemsia, but I was bom In Boston in the nineteenth year oi uiy ago," which is a very oood ;lluitrat:o:i ol an Irish bull. .V V rk S' ICS. V
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