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'
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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.
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