THE FOREST REPUBLICAN I pnbllihed every Wednesday, y J. E. WENK. Offloein Braearbaugh & Co.'sj Building WJI BTRKBT, TIONKSTA, ra, RATES OF ADVKWTUlWe. (IM M"! nt tacB t""-" Or. sjar, dm tacn, om. Ml One Sanare, one Iteh, throe moatta. ........ On Square, one Is en, one rear.... Two Bqnsro, ono rev. 11 00 Quarter Colnmn, one year. M But Column, one jeer... One Colnmn. one year -10 Iel utrertlMMnU tra otmt. per tine k to sertloa. XnrrUco mt desta netleee fmt. AS bite far yeuiy advertleeawnts oolleeted triT. Temporary dvertimet suut ke paid II 'advance. J.k work cash ra iAltrnj. r ORE PUBLICAN Term. I.BO prYear. No tltiMHntlAna mm1wI .w . . . Innw thrr month. 0ffrpondence ollclted from ftO pirti of fh VOL. XXL NO. 41. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEU. 0, 1889. SI. 50 FER ANNUM. Tho leavoti of annotation li no: King In Canada. The United States is rnptdly forging abend ns a fir.st-class maritime powor. . ' Gormany is said to bo very mad be cause Francois londing money to ssia. Philadelphia hns just consecrated a church for deaf mules tho only one in the world. Iu tho North eloquent stump speak on .are now known as i'spell binders," after an organization recently started in Kew York. Hop growing is on the docline in Eng land, the area devoted to that crop in 18.HH b.ing oitcht por cent, less than dur ing issr. After all tho sanitary engineers lmvo done, tlio average mortality of tho cities is twcntyi livo per cent, greater thnu that of tho country. Thoro has bocu no timo in tho history of this country, asserts the Omaha -' Jltrahl, when assassination was more rampant than now. AccouVng to clh'cinl iniormntion the Snudnn trade le.foia the troubles with tho Mahdi's- Arab., followers began was woith $10,000,01)0 a year to Kngland. The proiont ticornin Legislature con. tains moro farmers than nny of its recent predecessors. Theie oie sixty-nine farmers in the House, against forty-six lawyers. In Mexico tho word God does not np poar in tho Constitution or laws. Con FCij'.ie .liy ii ioui..u.: protest which is equivalent to the oath of oTice is used at an installation of officials. A Chinamau who, after several years' residence in this country, returned to China, has been telling his countrymen that tho Amoiicans worship a mysteri ous being who is called All Mi-T Dol I.ar. Tho highest drath rnto among white S.n..i. : 41.:. .... ......... o-i n. ... 1..-.., 'Ul'IB III HUB lUUllll J .o ..ft I'Wi mull and in Now York, whore thoro aro 111.:!? . peoplo to a dwelling. At Newark, X. J., with 7.20 p.-oplo lo the dwelling, tho mortality is 10.41). Pays a "No w York expert in sporting matters: "There isn't a light,, wrestle, rowing' match, running match, horse trot or sword contest -on the square these days. "Everything is 'cooked' bc'ore bund, and 'cooked' to make money." ' fjiys tho . Now Yo.rk II rail: "It wm railways that contributed so largely to Gorman success in lSO and to some of Ot A" ..".rf.4 i.lllfui'.f tt. ll.A flvil Wnf . iiiu iiiuk i.ii.uu. igu' ... ..... . .... ..i. " 4. . .. . ... .enr Amorirn nnii t rm nminn inikt cntiniic . "utilw.o her railways for military purposes ,' is bcynd tht! sphere of effective warlike .combinations." As electricity will undoubtedly be : substituted in executions for tho rope, tho Cnicago Time suggest that a now branch of study is opened for yonutr Anarchists. "They Fhould be instructed Hn electric volts, and taught to compute tho number of ohms which constitute their power of resistance" Western hunters comp'aiu that wild duck aro becoming very scarco, and at tribute their scarcity to tho use of duck cgg- in making a new gluo that is manu factured in Canada. Thoir eggs having - become valuable. Cnnadinn hunters (1n- Tpoil ttieir nets and thus materially rc duco the supply of young ducks. The phonograph has reached such a degree of perfection that gaps and fg-awns are produced by it with great dis tinctness. At a recent trial given at Mr. KdisDii's laboratory a meeting between two lovers was recorded, and persons of experience say that the kisses were re produced with tantalizing accuracy and fervor. Two Tittsburg tube workers have been hire'd at $5 a lay to go to England and instruct worlimen there how to man- ufacture tubing. One cttho proprietors kpf a great English manuRctory, who em ployed, tho men, has discovered that American workmen "are much more rapid und .have a better system of doing rtiu work than their EnglUh brothers." ' iThe Empress Erederick and her daughters are sombre figures at Windsor, sys a London cable. Tho Empress wears a wittnw's cap, with long strings reaching nearly to her feet, and her daughters, in addition to their crape robes, wear what would be termed here . widow's caps. The Empress has de cided to return to Berlin when she loaves "England, instead of proceeding to Italy, as waser original intention. 'The heavy expenses of a college course have . heretofore deterred all but tho daughters if wealthy parents from en- i i" pnviicges or acuaeinie. ea- ucatio'n. This exclusiveness is being very perceptibly broken into now, how ever, b" yrnir, wojeu who euru their 0 "PTIf V1 Rt..vihore"ehundred i--,0Lou fvtv" aa intelligent ye. Kxai,t c c0terewitull to t'O e .,..,. " willing 10 THE SONG OF SONGS. 1 'm a man thet ' fond o' muslo, An' w'en folks are not eroinul, I kin mako our old accorjnn Bquenk a mighty tikin' soiinJ; An' tht banjor hanKln' yander, With Its Knllo plink, plank, plink, Tyoai s to git plumb at the bottom Of the deppps' thoughts I think. Do me hraps o' Eood on Sundays 'For the prny'rnt church Is said, Jos to stand an' hyonr "Old Hundred'' Boarin' fur up overhead) An' I most kin spy tho angels Leantn' 'crost the (into up tliar, When Old A brum Illnckburn's dnrtor Leads us in "Sweet Your o' rrny'r." But ef you sli'u'd want to see me W'en I hcv my liroudes' sinilo, You must ketrh me In the kitchen, W'en the kittle 's on the bilol Fer I claim thar ain't no warblin' Ever riz on rod-birds' wings Thet kin holt a taller candle To the song the kittle sings. Seoms ee of my soul gits meller In the kittle s first sweet note, Till I fancy weddln' music Bcreakin' t'om the iron th'oat. Boch times, ef I s pient my eyes up, I kin fnhly 'pye ar to sco Old man Ahrunf Itlackburn's darter Bmilin' thoo tho steam at mel Km W. MeQlatton, in Cenlurg. THE DOCTOR'S NEPHEW. BY EMMA A. OPrEBi Cora alighted from I'hilo Wilson's higlLJind nyow and somewhat rattly buggy, and nit down on a log with a sigh of Tclicf, whilo I'hilo hitched his horse to a tree. It was not an enticing thing nt best to go to a picnic with I'hilo Wilson; but tho picnic itself was preferable to the drive thither. Thoro wero distractions at lcat, and, with good luck, a chance for a brief escnpo. liut driving six miles with him, making spasmodic at tempts nt conversation whi'lo ho sat in his iiual open-mouthed but tongue-tied silence, tall and lank, uninspired and uninspiring driving with I'hilo had no alleviating points. Fairly at tho grounds, then, Cora shook out her white dress and straight ened her chip bonnet arid even smiled a little with tho buoyancy of youth. The picnic was large, he noted, gaily. There wero tho older peoplo gathered sedately together among a group of birches. Cora's father and mother wore among them, in black broadclcth and alpaca, and. they looked over at their pretty daughter and I'hilo with placid smiles. They approved of Thilo; he was "steady," und their practical concern went no further. Coi a smiled back at them. Aud grouped nbout the long board platform, where there would bo dancing later, were all "the girls." , Coi a deserted tho log. "I'll go over where the rest are," sho aid. And though TTulo, who was a bit of a de-pot under his phlegmatism, did not look pleased, she hurried awav. "Tho girls'' wero gushintrly ?lv clad to eo nur, auer ine manner ol girls. "You look lovely!" said hute Miller. "What d.d you bring;" said Margy Fuller. "I've got an angel cake.but it's perfectly horrid 1 It isn't white a bit, and tho frosting" "Yon know it's splcndid.Margy," said Cora, laughing; "yours always are. Isn't that Dr. baui orn's nephew?" "Tho girls" did not look around it wasn't iiceesfary. They had him already well lixod ou their mental retinas, by rcinou of sundry furtive glances the handsomo young fcllo.w, blue-eyed and black haired, in a loose jncket aud sand shoes and a soft cap, who snt talking to Budio unborn aud t-ndic's beau at the other end of the platform. They burst into n subdued inq lisitoriSl chorus. ... ... "Oh, do you know him;" Wo thought, of course, ho's a relative, bo cause he's with Sadio." "Isn't he lovely, anyhow.'" "Ho Is very nice looking," said Cora, faintly tinted ns to her round cheeks. "Vcs, he's tho doctor's nephew. He was here last summer, but only for a week or so; and the doctor was in to see father one evening, uud brought Mr. Hill with him, and we got pretty well acquainted, llo'd run over and play croquet real often, and one day we weut " liut a little excited murmor inter rupted her: "lie's looking at you!" "Ho's bow ing ;" "Ho's coming straight over here, Cora!" ' ho he was, with the eager smile with which young men have greeted piotty ma ds sinco the world bewail, and with an impatient, outstretched hand. Cora's tiugors tunartcd, in truth, under the prcsure it gave them. ".Miss Gihuan," he said, finding a scat boiide her (and "the girls" edited awav, i . ' o awed by the nearer presence of the ' doctor's nephew), "I have been looking for you, do you know.' I came only! jestcrdny, or you'd have seen me before. How are you, Miss (iilmau? You look well! Aud thu croquet t: round is it there t" "Yes, it's there," she said, smiling up at him. (I'hilo had been buttonholed by Hank l ee, at a safe distance.) "I've improve!, Mr. Hill. Will you believe It!" "Youi" ho cried, in humorous alarm. "Why, you usod to 'whitewash mo every timo as it was. We'll plav some thing else this year, Miss Oilman tag, or jackstones, or something I'm proficient in." Thoy laughed delightedly. How nice ho was! sho thought so bright and jolly ! rhe was a little frightened to find how well she remembered all about him. And he she couldn't tell what he was thinking, of course but he was looking at her with very eager eyes and amauner almost excited. Hie dropped her own, her cheeks pinker. "I remember it all, you see. What a good timo we had, Miss Gilman, now didn't we the day wo weut otF black berryiugf You haven't forgotten it? You hud on an old blue dress and a thaker. aud some gloves of your father's." Mr. Hill threw back his head in boyish glee. "Aud we got ten quarts, too." Ho grew suddenly sober. ' I did enjoy hut weeK, .Miss Oilman. I've lived it over in my imagination often enouch since. If it hadn't been for you, Miss Gilman, I shouldn't have come hore this summer!" ho ended, courageously. "But I'm in for a month hero now." Hho looked at him breathlessly, her heart beating hard. Did he mean it? But sho knew he did. And ho hadn't an idea of I hilo's existence. Sho wished that she hod not. The doctor's nephew rose impulsively. "Come, Mips Gilman," said ho; "don't let's sit hero pokily. We never were poky, you know. I ct's have a ramble. Isn't there an ostensible purpose an ob ject of interest, or something f" Sho smiled, with nn inward conflict of gladness and misgiving. "There's tho willow arbor, down by tho marsh; it's pretty there," she fal tered. Hank I.ce had released I'hilo; he was turning this way, with his loose gait,his hands in his pockets. "I lovo willow arbors," cried the doctor's nephew. "It there's anything I've always adored and yearned for it's a willow arbor. You'll go;" "1 don't know," said Cora, wistfully. But Mr. Hill knew. I'hilo Wilson, at any rate, stood the next moment staring after their disappearing figures. It wos not quite eleven by Mr. Hill's handsomo time-piece when they started; but it was fully one when they got back. They had forgotten the picnic, almost, wandering among tho willows in some thing moro than contcntment.and it was a diro necessity to have to como back to it, "But they'll bo having dinner, you say?" said Mr. Hill. "And they'll cat at that long table, all together? Well, I'll get a seat by you, by hook or crook." But dinner was Into. The fiddlers had arrived, aud been pressed into early ser vice. The platform was filled with wattzcrs to get up their appetites, they said, while their ciders waited hungrily for that process to bo completed. "Ah!" said the doctor's nephew, blithely. "Will yott give me tho first, Miss Gilman, and as many more as your card will permit?" They were laughing nt that ns they went toward the plulform. But they did not ascend it. I'hilo stood on the lower stair, like a spider in wait for a fly. "It's about time, seems to mo," he observed, his dull face lighted by a spark of anger. "i've b'en looking round for you for two hours. I guess I'll havo tho first danco, if you just as lief." There was sharp resentment in his pale-lashed eyes. Cora bit her red lips, her face aflame. But she spoke quietly. "Mr. Wilson was my escort, Mr. Hill," she said. "I- I" She could not finish. She tried to smile, but her lips only trembled. Tho doctor's nephew looked Mr. Wilson over from head to foot, and bowed sileutly, a littlo paler than his wont, and turned awny.. "I didn't mf an to mako you mad," said I hilo, better disposed now that he triumphed. "Hut I was kind o' put out. Your folks didn't like it, neither; I told 'em you was off with him. Wal, let's havo a waltz," lie concluded, con scious of extreme magnanimity. "I shall not dance,'1 said Cora. Her pietty eyes lilazed scornfully upon him. Ho had told "her folks." She could have laughed if sho had not been so hotly miserable. What did ho think? "You will find me a scat, if you plcasc" she said. But I hilo cid not hear her. His eyes were fixed on a liureat a littlo distanco a figure which walked unsteadily with swinging arms. "Jem Murray!" he muttered, nraazed- Tho eyes of tho entire picnic wero focused on Jem Murray, and with equal bewilderment. Jem nlouo was uncon cerned. Ho was the chief blot on the town's respectability; a brainless fellow, half shoeuinkor and half vagabond, gen erally idle aud never sober. How Jem Murray had got to the picnic was a startling mystery; but ho was there un questionably, and as unquestionably drunk. His progress .-as not barred; there was some hesitation nbout barring it. He - swaggered on, marking his course with amiable comments. ".Nishe day, nishe plasho, nishe lot o' girls. Keep right 'long" for the tiddlers had irresolutel y stop; ed "keep right long; goin to nave a uanslie m self. ilo was grinning with the pleasure of this vaguo notion. It took clearer form in his muddled head. "Goiu' to have a dansho," he repeated. "Here here's-h girl now." Ho was stundini; before Cora, bis blinking eyes on her blanched face and his shaking arm extended. Sho caught at her companion des peratcdly; b:it I'hilo backed olf, his faco as palo us her own. He had novcr "tackled" Jem Murray, and ho did not care to do it now. "See here, now," ho began, weakly. But .'cm was oblivious. "Wal, 'm waitiu'," ho observed. Ilo touched Cora's sleeve; but ho did no more. He wus laid on his back the nest minute by a sharp blow ou the faco, and the doctor's nephew stood threateningly above him. Thoro were half a do.eu others meditating the same act, but tho doctor's nephew had dis tanced them. I'hilo stocd open-mouthed. Cora was nervously crying, but Mr. Hill's arm was through her's protectingly. Jem Murray was got on his feel and hurried away by a score of hacds, and the hero of the occasion had an approv ing group around him, and Cora's father was of tlm number. "You did that mighty neat," was the general verdict. "I could not see a lady insulted," the young man responded, a little stiffly, with an eye on I'hilo, and I'hilo grew red under it. Cora's tremulous fingers faintly pressed her companion's arm. "Come here, my girl," said her father. "You're all upset. Mr. Hill, you've got iny gratitude," he declared, courteously. But there was something in his voice which made his daughter look up at him as he led her away. "You saw it." she said, anxiously. "Yes, I saw it. So did your mother." Her father cleared his throat. "I don't know us I care about your Iruving much more to do with that young Wilson. I've al wa3s been in favor of him, but I guess he aiu't all I reckoned he was. Coming to me, now, complaining of your being olf with that young fellow wal, I used to fight ray own buttles. And standing there like a calf just now when he oucht to be stirring, Wal, I don't just admire a coward." Cora laughed gaspingly. "Nor II'7 sho cried. "But that young Hill, now," said her father, emphatically "he was here last summer, recollect?" "Yes," said Cora, guiltily blushing. "Wid, seems to me ho's the right kind. Showed some spunk, he did showed tho proper spiritl Fino young man! Wonder if he's making much of a stay to the doctor's?" ho speculated, with a show of indifference ho did not feel. II ow could he? Tho fine young man had not seemed indifferont to his daughter, and he had some paternal wonderings. "I think he is," raid Cora. She wipod away tho last of her tears and smiled, for the doctor's nephew was coming toward her through the trees. And her mother wns getting out the lunch-basket. I'hilo Wilson did not appear at tho well-spread dinner; nor was it very strange that ho did not escort Cora to the next picnic, for before that annual gathering again took place, sho was generally known as "the doctor's niece." Saturday fiiyht. WISE WORDS. Cultivate charity. True cyos discover truth. There is nothing as royal as truth. Without hearts there is no homo. The most effective coquetry Is inno cence. Simplicity and luxury are equally en joyable Life is too short to crowd it with re sentments. Knowledge is dearly bought, if we sacrifice to its moral qualities. It is easier to vanquish a man in an argument than it is to convince him. We find self-made men very often, but self-unmade ones a good deal oftener. Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy and can make them wretched. No great characters aro formed in this world without suffering and self-denial. The existence of lifo is sometimes measured by the memory of its burdens. He who reforms himself has done some thing toward tho reformation of the crowd. A merely fallen enemy may rio again, but the reconciled one is truly van quished. If we did but half we are able to do we would be surprised at the sum of our diligence. When a man learns how ignorant he is he is in possession of a valuable piece of knowledge. You cannot dream yourself into character ; you must hammer and forge yourself one. Men will wranglo for religion, write for it, fight for it, dio for it; anything but live for it. Branding "T. S" On Deserters. Vnder tho old system in tho United States Army a man caught and convicted of the crime of desertion was branded by tattooiug the letter 1) on his left hip. He was at once recognized by that mark on presenting himself at a recruiting of fice for examination. The branding sys tem was abolished by law, and sin e then it is always dil.'icult und often impossible for the recruiting ollicers to tell old de serters when they turn up a?aiu for en listment at different stations. I have heard my men speak of others who had deserted and re-enlistcd over ten times. They had told of one man who had been in and out tho service eleven times, and of nnothcr who had a record of thirteen enlistments. These are no doubt extreme cases. Branding was nbolished because it was considered dograding. The old system of flogging perished for a similar reason many years ago. I am in favor of brand ing, and would make it an honor instead of a stigma by having the letters 1. S., or some distinctive mark tattooed ou every sold er, officer, and private. Tho mark could bo placed on the a m as well as the hip for the purpose. I think if I appeared before my men with tho brand exposed to thoir view the idea of degra dation would quickly vanish. Then, if a man deserted and presented himself again for ro-enlislmcnt or was captured, his discovery would be a very simple matter. A large proportion of the de serters get caught sooner or later, but in the meantime they cost tho country a large sum or money. My remedy, I think, would not only be an economical measure, but absolutely certain as a means of detection. A" e York Times. A Cunning Restaurateur. "Why do you keep it so blazing hot?" inquired a patron of the proprietor ns ho entered a restaurant. "Because it is cold outside," replied tho proprietor. After the patron had loft the premises the restaurant proprietor coufidingly made the following confession to a newspaper man: "You see, I've been in tho busi ness for a quarter of a century, and my experience has taught mo that under ordinary circumstances men devour more food at a single meal in piercing cold weather than when tho outside temperature is moderaio. When I first embarked in thu eating house business 1 was green enough to economize in wood for heating the premises, imagining I was thereby saving money, but 1 soon discovered my mistake as tho patrons of my restaurant devoured such inordinate quantities of food in winter that bank ruptcy stared me in the face. It was here 1 learned a lesson from a cook, and through which I have sinco acquired a snug fortune. My cook ate barely enough to sustain life iu a canary bird, and 1 inquired the cause of his lack of appetite. He replied that it was due to his being constautly employed about a hot tiie, and remarked that if I would keep my restaurant red-hot iu winter my boarders would not consume one-half the amount of food. I tried the experi ment and soon found that whereas 1 had heretofore saved probably sf JiJ a month in fuel by half-freezing my boarders, that I was saving at least twenty cents a meal in the decrease iu the amount of food each one consumed whilo tho premises were kept red-hot." Yirjiniii (See.) Chronicle. The Sultan of Turkey is considering a scheme to establish a State bank in Con stantinople, with a German as manager, the idea being to diminish the exclusive privileges of tho Ottoman bank. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. A PrcMjr I'lnral Decoration. A very pretty foliage decoration for rooms or conservatories can be made of a white sponge. Fill the sponge full of rice, ennary, hemp, grass or other seeds. Then place it iu a shallow fancy glass dish. The prettier the dish is, of course, the prettier tho decoration will bo. Four water in the dish; the spongo will absorb this. Keep enough water to always havo tho spongo moist. In a short time tho feeds will sprout and make the spongo look very pretty. Tho dh-h can thou be placed on a table, or tho sponge can be suspended without the dish in some posi tion where it is exposed to tho sunlight. It must bo well watered, so that the sponge is always moist, and it will then exhibit a mass of delicate green foliage. Mail an I Krjms. A Rrpertolro of Cheap Dishes. Most housekeepers, says a writer on economical living, get into a "rut" and buy the same steaks, , chops and roast each week, having no repertoire of cheaper dishes. A beef's heart or a braised calf's liver make an excellent and economical change. Broiled sheep's kidneys with bacon make a fine break fast, and only cost about ten cents. Beef olives (small pieces of round steak spread with stu:tingand stewed) are ap petizing and do not cost one-half as much as a tenderloin steak, and bo we nvght continue naming delightful dishes made from the so-called inferior pieces of meat. A great deal also depends upon the manner in which the market ing is put away and cared for after it comes homo. All vegetables keep fresh longer if put in a cool, damp place. Fruits keep best in a cool, dark, dry place. Bread must be kept without wrapping in a closo box. Fish, to be kept over night, should bo cleaned, sprinkled with salt and put on a platter, skin side down ; then stortd in a cold place, away from all meats or delicate articles. DUroit Fret I'ret. How to Mako Soft Soap. In almost all families there is more or less use for soft soap. Nothing is better for dish towels, white tables aud flocrs, sinks, etc., than good Soft soap. There is much in knowing how to make it with ease and without filling tho house with a disagreeable odor. If tho work is prop erly done there will bo no troub'e. The fats to savo for soap grease are mutton, goose, turkey, and the skimmings from the water ia which ham has been boiled. The solid bits of fat should be rendered while they nro sweet. When ever there arc any trimmings of fat from mutton or other kinds of ment that are suitable only for soap grease, cut them in I its and place them in a frying-pan on the back part of the stove, whore they will cook slowly until all the liquid fat has been extracted. Strain this into a pot kept for tho purpose. Throw the solid pieces into the garbage barrel. Put all the skimmings of fat that are to bo used for soap grease in tho frying-pan while they are still sweet and let them simmer on the back part of tho range until all the water has been cooked out of them. Put this fat with the other. If you do this work regularly, and keep the fat covered and in a cool place, it will remain sweet for months. When you are ready to mako tho soap the work will not be great. It is best to miko the soap a few weoks beforo you will wish to use it, as it is rather hard on the hands when new. Here is a good rule for making tho soap without heat ing the grease: Put fourteen pounds of crude not concentrated potnsh in a wooden pail and pour over it enough boiling water to cover it. Stir well, and let the mix ture stand over night. In tho morning pour this mixture into a lnrgo kettle nnd place on the fire. Now add unothci pail of boiling water and stir frequently with a stick until all tho potash is dis solved. Next put teu quarts of soap grease in a water-tight barrel and grad ually pour in the hot potash. Let this stand for three hours, and then add a pailful of hot water and stir well. Add anothor pailful three hours later. Aftei this add a pailful a day for the next six days, stirring well with a long stick each time. The soap should be stirred every day for the next three weeks, when it will bo ready for use. Bosurothe potash is pure. lloute uire. Koclpov. TIicf. Cake?. To one nnd one-hall cups boiled rice, add three egjrs and flour aud milk enough to mako a batter, adding a little salt. Fry u light brown. Cit.M'KKK Pi tiding. Split a dozen crackers in halves, lay the surface ovei with raisins, placing the halves togcthel agaiu; tie ep closely iu n cloth, and boil about twenty minutes in milk and water; serve with a rich sauce. Git uiam Gums. One egg, well beat en, one cup of cold water, one cup ol swec milk, n littlo salt. Stir into these enough graham Hour to make a still bat ter. Put in gem pans aud bako from twenty to thirty minutes iu a very hot oven. Wintkk IIoixiK-PoixiK. Cut into slices four onions, four carrots, three luigo turnips, six mealy potatoes, and oncstick of celery; add two tablespoon fills of ri e ; tcuson with pepper uud suit. Cut a pound and a half of lean beefsteak into small slices, uud lay all together iu u jar with a cover. Bake foi six hours. Pi vi ii t'l STAiin. Soak ono half cup ful of gclutiue with a cup of suur uud a dozen halves of peaches for one hour, then pour on u cup of boiling water and pass ad through a stiainer. Be dure to stir it all over the tire until thu gelatine is diss lved. Set it aside to cool, and w hen lendy to congeal have ready a cup of r ch cream; whip tho c renin until light, add a pinch of soda, and stir it into tho gelatine quickly, one spiouful at a time. Turn into a mold wet with cold water, aud set in a t ool place to harden. li ii i.i.D Panvakks. Here is a dainty variation of the pancake, desirable for the lunch table or fur a hasty diuner : .Make a thin batter with a quart of rich milk that is, milk with u little cream aided a pint of flour in which a pim h of salt aud a teuspoouful of baking powder have been well mixed, aud two or three well beaten eggs. Bake some lar'O pancakes, spread each one, when taken iroiu tho griddle, with fresh but ter aud any uice jam or marmalade; roll them up uud armugu side by side on a small platter, rerve hot aud eat with a hard sauce, or cream and sugar. ORIENTAL THIEF-TAKERS. HOW CRIME 18 DETECTED IN TIIE CHINESE EMPIRE. Modern Solomons Whoso Wisdom Is Shown ty Kesults Curious Convictions. Tho Chinese possess no organized ietcctive force, though the oliicials lometimes visit in disguise tho sc cno of t notable crime for the purpose of mak ing inquiries, and police spies are often locked up with remanded prisoners to try to worm out their secrets. The lower classes being intensely superstitious, tho judicial investigation of crimo usually takes place at night, says (Jliamlirrx't .hinrnnl. The judgment hall is a lofty building of wood, un ceiled, nnd bare of furniture save for the raised duis at the north end, whero is seated the presiding magistrate, attended by his secretaries, clerks and lictors. Tho only light comes from paper lan terns or cotton wicks in oil-cups, which but serve to bring into prominent o tho weird shadows flitting about tho corners and lurking anions the woodwork of tho roof. Silence prevails, tho few specta tors watching tho proceedings stnndiug liko statues. The accused, dragged from tho dark ness and filth of a Chinese prison, is forced to kneel before the judgment-scat throughout the trial. Weakened by ill treatment nnd appalled by his own su perstitious imaginings, ho often only re quires a little judicious terrorizing to elicit a full confession of his guilt. If he prove obdurate, witnesses are called. From these no cath or alterna tion is demanded; the breaking of a saucer and other forms for administering an oath to a Chicnmnn laid down iu English law books being quite unknown in Chinese, courts. Any hesitation or refusal to answe, tho magistrate's questions for ho is judge, jury nnd crown prosecutor all iu one, and no counsel for tho defence is allowed is punished by slnps on tho check or the application of the bamboo to the limbs, aud similar penalties more severely administered check the giving of false testimony. Should tho prisoner, in the face of strong evidence, persist in denying his guilt, various persuasive measures aro resorted to, such as forcing him to kneel on chains, hanging him up by the thumbs or suspending him by the neck in a woidcn frame so that his toes just touch the ground. All Buch tortures are illegal, but a confession has to be obtained somehow beforo sentence can be passed, and the cases are many aud tho timo allowed lor settling them short. Two instances of extra-judicial meth ods for ascertaining the culprit among many equally under suspicion deservo to bo recorded for thoir cleverness. Some balls of opium taken from a piratical junk by a revenue cruiser mysteriously disappeared while being tiausferred to the latter vessel. Opium is very precious in China, and a ball is easily split up and secreted iu the wide sleeves or the voluminous waistband of a Chinese sailor. The commander of the vc-sel was loath to institute a search of the thip and crew, knowing well tho craftiness of his men, and that, even if found, the opiujn would most probably bo iu tho bundle of sdtne inuo.eut man. He therefore resorted to a plan as simple ns it proved effective. in his cabin was, as is usual, a shrine of the Goddess of Mercy and of tho Chinese Neptune. Before these deities ho instituted a solemn service, which was prolonged till evening. When night fell he mustered tho crew 0.11 d called them one by ono into the dimly-lighted cabin. Hero each mini had to make solemn declaration of his innocence, kneeling beforo the. imaces, and, dipping his finger iu a saucer of wa ter, to smear his faco all over, being warned that if ho wero guilty, the di vinities would make his face appear streaked with black. When tho thief's turn enmeiho tried to outwit the gods by rubbing 'lis finger on the bottom of the saucer; but to his horror, when ho reached tho light, his faco was all over black marks, tho wily commander having held the saucer over a lamp beforo commencing (he experi ment. In another case, where several servants were suspected of theft, each man was given a bamboo of tho same length, marked with his name, which had to be deposited in an urn before a sinull shrine in the outer prison where they were con fined. The officer announced that tho cul prit's rod would grow, by interposition of Providence, ono inch during the night. Tho prisoners were thou locked up, no watch being kept on tho urn. On tho reassembling of the court one rod was found to bo an inch shorter thau the rest, as the thief had, uuder cover ol darkness, endeavored to circumvont the supposed divine power by biting a bit oil his rod. 1111. if 1 a iieu any article uisnppears Ironi a private hou-o and ono of the inmates is suspected of purloining it, it is usual, beforo having recourse to the magistrate, whoso underlings exact huge lees for doing anything, or nothing, to call in a priest, and hold a commutation service. This consists in invoking the evil spirits and bribing them by ollerings and music to hound tho culprit lo death within tho year. It continues fur three days und nights if tho terrified thief does not confess und make restitution beforo that time, a result very frequently achieved. Europeans living in China have tried this method, but not with much success, as the gongings and other discoidant sounds which constitute tho "music"' so effectually drive uway sleep that the neighboring foreigners insist on its being intermitted duriug the nij:ht, and so, say the Chinese, spoil the charm. A IU ii tr Skipper Stops the (outtln?. An Old Bucksport (Mo.) sea capta'n thus describes thu way iu w hich he dis missed an uudcsir.ible suitor for the hand of his duuyhter the other night: "I just showed him up the companion way aud out ou the gang plunk leading from my house, und gently remarked that the w ind wan off shore aud the soonur he got uuder way the better oiling he would get bcloro morning. He paid olf uud bore a ay down the stieet." A German chemi-t has found that chloroform may be detected in the lungs of animals four weeks after death. THE WAY OF THE WOPLtt There are beautiful songs that we never sing And names that are never spoken, There are treasures guarded with jealous care And kept as a secret token, There aro faded flowers and letters dim With the tears that have rained above them, For the fickle words and faithless hearts That taught us how to love them. There are sighs that come in our joyous hours To chasten our dreams of gladness. And toars that spring to our aching eyes In hours of thoughtful sadness. For, the blithest birds that ing in spring Will flit the waning summer, And lips that we kissed In fondest lov Will smile on the first new comer. Over the breast where the lilies rest In white bands still forever. The roses of June will nod and blow, Unheeding the hearts that sever, And lips that quiver In silent grief. All words of hope refusing. Will lightly turn to the fleeting joys That perish with the using. Bummer blossoms and winter snows, Love and its sweet elysian, Hope, like a siren dim and fair, Quickening our fainting vision; Drooping spirit and failing pulse, Where untold memories hover. Eyelids touched with the seal of death, And the fitful dream is over. HUMOR OF THE DAY. "Bound in calf" Veal. Caught on tho fly Trout. Two physicians are a paradox. Tho burning question Smoke. Fireside companion The poker. A loan fellow The pawnbroker. Unpopular preserves Jim-jams. A writ of attachment A lovo letter. ( Id maids know what a mis-spent lifo means. The oldest and irost inveterate smoker in history is Yesuvius. It is the astronomer who most fre quently rises to observe. When a man doubles his fists you can hardly Bay he has four hands. There is a resemblance between books and real estate. Both havo titles. Tho man who lives from hand to mouth should not have far to go for his dinner. To mako a Kussian name imitate tho "tchug" of a bull frog, give ono snee o and say "ski." Honor and respoct tho busy bco. Once full, he makes straight for homo. New York Xeioi. A young New England baby was named William after his father, who was bilious. Jlirier'i liaiar. Tho manufacturers of perforatod chair seats have combined. Their object can be seen through, aud will be sat upon. A barking dog is the most courteous of all animals. Ho makes his bow to every passer-by. liinghamton lieiiub lican. Money can slip through a pretty small hole sometimes. A Brooklyn man lost a considerable sura lately through a pew rent. All the street cars havo a sign "no -smoking," and yet nny conductor will help a woman to a litjht. A.o York World. A good many of the cashiers who are settling in Canada are those who have neglected to do auy settling ovcV hero. Site Turk Ifeim. Woman (to tramp) "How's the soup i" Tramp " 'Tain't quite strong enough, ma'um. I wish you would wash lew moro dishes in it" ' - Waiter "You want frogs, ch?" Gue3t "Not zee whole auimnilo, I want zee. vat you call him zee drumsteeks. I'hilaUe'p'tia Ilecord. Brown "Did you dispose of that last lyric you wrote?" Young Byrou "O yes, I got it off on the publishers for a song. "Yank.e JJade. Duluth peoplo say that that city is growing to rapidly that, sittiag down in the suburbs, with the city against the skyline, you can see it grow. "It requires only two things to run a successful campaign, ' said tho politi cian. "And xv hat are they?" asked a bystander. "Dollars and sense." Tramp, picking up a five ceulpioco "A bloody nickel, hum! Wasn't nothin' but a Jonah all my life. Anybody elsu but mo 'a pick'd up that nickel and it 'a been a quarter, sure." (SLhsj. Shakespeare was slightly mixed iu his "seven ages." It is the "whining school boy" whom the maternal eye has detected in some flagrant uct of dis obedience that "shifts mto tho slipperod pauiuioon." Leader of tho Boggsvillo mule quintet to editor of the liuggsville Herald "What can wo do to interest tho public in our oiganizutiou?" Editor (without looking up) "Disband." I.'urliwj'uu Free J "re . A baby girl in Missouri has been earned Kainbow. Sixteen yeuis hence, wheu she is t aught iu a summer show er, she should feel very much at home, although she would then bo a littlo rain deer. A'orrit'oitn Hi rai l. They say the (itirnian Kmperor Is .-.jioil u pi pitrh in; ilHharpvns up ins spurs and longs '1'u muke the sawdust spin. "Who rati to pit a cock a; lin-t Tho Itautmii of Herlm; 1 lUtrtintjtifn Fret l r.s.s. Lawyer "So that is tho entiro list of yourdubts.'" Insolvent Manager "Oh. no; there are many other little items." Lawyer '.'oii't you want me to add them in detail?" .Manager ".'o; just say, for further particulars see small bills. "--Ann rial. An exchange wants the name of the man xvho iuvcuted the whcelbai nxv ; but what mauy more persons cruve is the name of the man xvho lets his wheel barrow stand in thu mi. bile of the tele walk ufter dark. The latter is mo:o de.serviugof death. A rntnrn llrr.ij. "Did that lady buy anything'" asked the jewe'er of his new boy, us the ludy in question left the store, uppuieul.y in a temper, ".-ho did not. Mm asked me for uu old gold bren-t piu, aud I asked her if she took this store for a iuuk shop. Theu she went out."--Jo rir' Wt.fi. Mrs. Amulie liives-Chanler is having a 1 Oi I J gown constructed by a fashiorj aula. New York dressmaker,
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