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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,