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VOL. XXI. NO. 41.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1889.
SI. 50 PER ANNUM.
Tho 1 on von of annexation It working
In Canada.
The United States is rapidly forging
ahead as a first-class' maritime power.
Germany ia said to bo very mad bo
causo Francois lending money to Russia,
Philadelphia has just consecrated a
church for tlcuf mutes tho only one ia
the wnr'.d.
In tho North eloquent stump speakers
nro now known as i'spcll bindem," after
au organization recently started in New
York. "
Hop growing Is on the decline in Eng
land, the area devoted to that crop in
being eight per cent less than dur
ing 1837. "
After all the sanitary engineers have
done, tho avcrago mortality of tho titles
la twenty-five per cent, greater than that
of tho country.
Thoro has bocn no time in the history
of this country, asserts tho Omaha
litnthl, when assassination was more
rampant than now.
According to official information the
Soudan trade lefo: the troubles with
the Mahili'..Araiiv followers began was
woith $!0,COO,000 a year to England.
The i)ru.'ut Georgia Legislature con
tains moro farmers than any of its recent
predecessors. There are sixty-nine
farmers in the House, against forty-six
lawyors.
In Mexico tho word Go A does not ap
pear in thn Constitution or laws. Con
tcquc.tiy a iuul..u.:-.i! protest which
is equivalent to the oath of office is used
at an installation of oflicials.
A Chinaman who, after several years'
residence in this country, returnod to
China, has been telling his countrymen
that tho Americans worship a mysteri
ous being who Is called All Mi-T Dol Lar.
' The highest death rate among white
people In this couotry is 2'. Si per thou
sand In New York, whore there aro ltl.37
peoplo to a dwolling. At Newark, N.
J., with 7.20ptoplo to the dwolling, the
mortality ii 10.40."
Says a Now York expert in sporting
matters: "There isn't a fight, wrostle,
rowing match, running match, horse
. trot or sword contest on the square these
days. Everything is 'cooked' be'ore
band, and cooked' to make money."
fays tho . New York JlrnH: "It was
railways that contributed so largely to
German success in .H"0 and to soma of
the most brilliaut feats in the civil war
of America, and the nation that cannot
utilize her railways for military purposes
is beyond tho sphere of effective warlike
combinations."
As electricity will undoubtedly bo
substituted In executions for tho rope,
tho Cuicago Timet suggest that a now
branch of study is opened for young
Anarchists. "They should be instructed
in electric volts,' and taught to compute
tho number of ohms which constitute
their power of resistance."
Western hunters comp'ain that wild
duck are becoming very scarco, and at
tribute their scarcity to tho use of duck
eggs in making a new glue that is manu
factured in Canada, Thoir eggs having
become valuable, Canadian hunters do
spoil their rieits and thus materially re
duce the supply of young ducks.
The phonograph has reached such a
degree of perfection that gaps and
yawns are produced by it ith great dis
tinctness. At a recent trial given nt Mr.
Edison's laboratotjr a meoting between
two lovers was recorded, and persons of
experience say that the kisses were re
produced with tantalizing accuracy and
fervor.
Two Pittsburg tube-workers have
been hired at $5 a day to go to England
and instruct workmen there how to man
ufacture tubing. One of the proprietors
pf a great English manufactory, who em
ployed, the men, has discovered that
American workmen "are much more
rap'.d and have a better system of doing
the work thau their English brothers."
The Empress Frederick and her
daughters are sombre figures at Windsor,
says a London calsFhe Empress
wears a widow's cnpwith long strings
reaching iiearJvVrt her feet, and her
daughters, iu 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 leaves
England, instead of proceeding to Italy,
wat her original intention.
The heavy expenses of a college course
have heretofore deterred all but tho
daughters f wealthy parents from en
joying the privileges of academic ed
ucation. This exclusiveness is being
very perceptibly broken into now, how
ever, b." vi- ir, worsen who earn their
' O nPWft'here are a hundred
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THE BONO OF SONGS.
1 Vn a man thnt 'a fond o' musio,
An' w'en folks are not err
I kin make our old aecorj
Squeak a mighty tskin' 1;
An' thet banjor hangln' yancli r,
With its gentle plink, plank, plink,
'Pyears to git plumb at tho bottom
Of the doepes' thoughts I think.
Doe mo heaps o' good on Sundays
'For the pmy'r at church is said,
Jes to stand an' hyoar "Old Hundred"
Boarin' fur up overhead)
An' I most kin spy the angels
Lean In' 'crost tho gata up thar,
When Old Abrum Blackburn's darter
Leads us in "Bweet Yonr o' Fray'r."
But ef you sh'u'd want to see me
W'en I hev rar broades' smilo,
Ton must ketch me in the kitchen,
W'en the kittle ' on tho bile I
For 1 claim thar ain't no warblin'
Everris on red-birds' wings
Tbet kin holt a taller candle
To the song the kittle sings.
Beoms et ef my soul gits meller
In the kittlo's first sweet note,
Till I fancy weddln' musio
Bcreakin' Torn tho iron th'oat.
Bech times, ef I s )uent my eyes np,
I kin fahly 'pyear to see
Old man Abrunf Blackburn's darter
Bmilin' thoo the steam at mat
Eva IK. McQlauon, in Centurg.
THE DOCTOR'S NEPHEW.
BY EMMA. . OPPEHi
Cora alighted from rhilo Wilson's
higlwn4 nyow and somewhat rattly
bugy, and nit don-' on a log with a
sigh of relief, while Thilo hitcbtd his
norse to a tree,
It was not an enticing thing nt best to
go to a picnic with 1'hilo Wilson; but
the picnic itself was preferable to' the
drive thither. There wero distractions
at leait, and, with good luck, a chance
for a brief escape Hut driving six
miles with him, making spasmodic at
tempts at conversation whiio he sat in
his uaual open-mouthed but tongue-tied
silence, tall and lank, uninspired and
uninspiring driving with l'hilo had no
alleviating points.
Fairly at the grounds, then, Cora
hook out hor white dress and straight
ened her chip bonnet arid even smiled a
little with the buoyancy of youth. The
picnic was large, tdie noted, g.iily.
There wcro the older people gathered
sedately together among a group of
birches. Cora's father and mother were
among them, in black broadcloth and
alpaca, nod, they looked over at their
protty daughter and Fhilo with placid
smiles.
They approved of Philbj he was
4 'steady,'' and their practical concern
went no further. Cora smiled back at
them. Aad grouped about the long
board platform, where thcro would be
dancing later, were all "the girls."
. Cora deserted the log.
"I'll go over whpre the rest are,' sho
aid.
And though Phllo, who was a bit of a
despot under his phlegmatism, did not
look pleased, she hurried away.
"The girls'' were gushingly glad to
ee her, after the man nor of girls.
"You look lovely!" said hule Miller.
"What did you bring;" said Margy
Fuller. "I've got an angel cake.but it's
perfectly horrid I It isn't white a bit,
and the frosting"
"You know it's splendid, Margy," said
Cora, laughing; "rours always are. Isn't
thnt Ur. bam urn's nephew!"
"Tho girls" did not look around it
wasn't Docessary. They had him already
well fixed on their mental retinas, by
reason of sundry furtive glances the
handsomo young fellow, blue-eyed and
black-haired, in a loose jacket and sand
shoos and a soft cap, who sat talking to
Eadio Sanborn and r-adie's beau at the
other end of-the platform. They burst
into a subdued incj tisitoriSl chorus, ..
"Oh, do you know himf" We
thought, of course, he's a relative, be
cause he's wilh Sadie." "Isn't he lovely.
anyhow.1'
"He ia very nice-looking," said Cora,
faintly tinted as to her round cheeks,
"i'es, he's tho doctor's nephew. lie
was here last summer, but only for a
woek or so; and the doctor was in to see'
father one evening, and brought Mr.
Hill with him, and we got pretty well
acquainted, lle'd run over and play
croquet real often, and one day we
went"
lint a little excited murmor inter
rupted her:
"He's looking at you I" "He's bow
ing : "He's coming straight over here.
Cora!" '
l?o he was, with the eager smile with
which young men have greeted protty
ma ds since the world bean, and with
an impatient, outstretched hand.
Cora's n'ugers smarted, in truth, under
the prosure it gave (hem.
".Miss Uilman," he said, finding a scat
beiide her (and "the girls" edyed away,
awed by the nearer presence of the
doctor's nephew), "I have been looking
for you, do you know? I came only
jesterday, or you'd have seen me before,
llow are you, Miss liilmanl Y'ou look
well! And the croquet ground is it
there f"
. "Yes, it's there," she said, smiling up
at him. (l'hilo had been buttonholed
by Hank l ee, at a safe distance.) "I've
improve!, Mr. Hill. Will you believe
Hi"
"Youi" he cried, in humorous alarm.
"Why, you used to 'whitewash' me
every time as it was. We'll play some
thing else this year, Miss Oilman tatr,
or iackstones,orsomothin? I'm proficient
in."
Thoy laughed delightedly.
How, nice he wa! she thought to
bright and jolly !
he 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 hXwas looking
at her with very eager eyes and a maimer
almost excited, biie dropped her own,
her cheeks pinker.
"I remember it all, you see. What a
good tnuo we had, Alias Uiliuan, now
didn't we the day we went otf black
berrying You haven't forgotten it?
You had on an old blue dress and a
thsker.and some glovesof your father's."
Mr. Hill threw back his head in boyish
glee. "And we got ten quarts, too."
Ho grew suddenly sober. "I did en joy
that week, .Miss Oilman. I've lived H
over in my imagination often enough'
Ince. ' If it hadn't been for you, Miss
Oilman, I shouldn't have come here this
summer 1" he ended, courageously. "But
I'm in for a month here now."
Hho looked at him breathlessly, her
heart beating hard.
Did he mean it? But sho knew he
did. And he hadn't an idea of I hilo's
existence, hho wished that she had not.
Tho doctor's nephew rose impulsively.
"Come, Miss Oilman," said he; "don't
let's sit here pokily. We never wcro
f oky, you know. J ct's have a ramble,
sn't there an ostensible purpose an ob
ject of interest, or sometningt"
8ho smiled, with nn inward conflict
of gladness and misgiving.
"There's tho willow arbor, down by
the marsh; it's pretty there," she fal
tered. Hank I.ee had released l'hilo; he was
turning this way, with his loose gait, his
hands iu his pockets.
"I love willow arbors," cried the
doctor's nephew. "It there's anything
I've always adored and yearned for it's
a willow arbor. . Y'ou'll gof"
"I don't know," said Cora, wistfully.
But Mr. Hill knew. l'hilo Wilson, at
any rate, stood the next moment staring
after their disappearing figures.
It was not quite eleven by Mr. Hill's
handsome time-piece when they started;
but it was fully one when they got back.
They had forgotten the picnic, almost,
wandering among the willows in some
thing moro than contcntment,aud it was
a diro necessity to have to come back to
it.
. "But they'll be having dinner, you
say ?" said Mr. Hill. "And they'll eat
at that long table, all together? Well,
I'll get a seat by you, by hook or crook."
But dinner was late. The fiddlers had
arrived, and been pressed into early ser
vice. The platform was filled with
waltzers to get up their appetites, they
said, while their elders waited hungrily
for that process to be completed.
"Ah. said the doctor's nephew,
blithely. ."Will yoti give me tho first,
Miss Oilman, and as many more as your
card will permit?"
They were laughing nt that as they
went toward the platform. But they
did not ascend it. l'hilo stood on the
lower stair, liko a spider in wait for a
fly.
"It's about time, seems to me," he
observed, his dull face lighted by a spark
of anger. "i've b'en looking round for
you for two hour. I guess I'll havo
the first dance, if you just aa 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.
nil!," she said. "I- I"
She could not finish. She tried to
smile, but her lips only trembled.
Thodoctor's nephew looked Mr. Wilson
over from head to foot, and bowed
silently, a littlo paler than his wont, and
turned away
"I didn't rqpan to make you mad,"
snid l'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 have a waltz," "he concluded, con
scious of extreme magnanimity.
"I shall not dance," said Cora.
Her pretty eyes blazed scornfully upon
him. lie bad told "her folks." She
could have laughed if she had not been
so hotly miserable. - What did he think?
"You will rind me a seat, if you
please," she said.
But I hilo did not hear her. His eyes
were fixed on a ti 'Mire at a little distance
a figure which walked unsteadily with
swinging arms.
"Jem Murray 1" he muttered, amazed-
The eyes of tho entire picnic wero
focused on Jem Murray, and with equal
bewildermeut. Jem alono was uncon
cerned. He was the chief blot on the
town's respectability; a brainless fellow,
half shoemaker and half vagabond, gen
erally idle and 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 ' h-as not barred; there
was some hesitation about barring it.
He swaggered on marking his course
with amiable comments.
"Nishe day, nishe plashe, nishe lot o'
girls. Keep right 'long" for the tiddlers
had irresolutely Btourod "keep right
tang; goin' to have a danshe m'sclf."
He was grinning with the pleasure of
this vague notion. It took clearer form
in his muddled head.
"Goin' to have a danshe," he repeated.
"Here here'sh girl uow."
He was standing before Cora, his
blinking eyes on her blauchod face and
his shaking arm extended.
She caught at her companion des
peratedly ; but l'hilo backed o!f, his face
as pale as her own. He had never
"tackled" Jem Murray, and he did not
care to do it now.
'See here, now," he began, weakly.
.But .'em was oblivious.
"Wal, 'm waitin'," he observed.
He touched Cora's sleeve; but ho did
no more. He was laid on his back the
next minute by a sharp blow on the
face, and the doctor's nephew stood
threateningly above him. There wore
half a dozen others meditating the same
act, but the doctor's nephew had dis
tanced them.
l'hi'.o stocd open-mouthod. Cora was
nervously crying, but Mr. Hill's arm was
through her'a 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 the number. ' .
- "You did that mighty neat," was the
general verdict.
"I could not see a lady Insulted," the
young mui responded- a little stiffly,
with an eye ,on 1'hilo'and Philo grew
red under it. ,
Cora's tremulous fingers faintly pressed
her companion's arm .
"Come here, my giiV'sald her father.
"You're all upset. M Hill, you've got
my 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 ht throat. "I don't
know as I car's about your lraving much
more to do with that young Wilson. I've
always been in favo of him, but I guess
he aiu't atl I reckoned he waa. Coming
to me, nito, complaining of your being
oir with that young fellow wal, I used
to fight my ownWttles. And standing
there like a calf just now when he ouebt
to be stirring, Wal, I don't just admire
a coward."
Cora laughed gaspingly.
"Nor 1 1 she 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 he's the right kind.
Showed some spunk, ho did showed
the proper spirit I Fine young man!
Wonder if he's making much of a stay
to the doctor's?" he speculated, with a
show of indifference he did not fcol.
How could he? The fine young man
had not seemed indifferent to his
daughter, and he had some paternal
wonderings.
"I think he is," raid Cora.
She wiped away the last of her tears
and smiled, for the doctor's nephew was
coming toward hor through the trees.
And her mother was getting out the
lunch-basket.
Philo Wilson did not appear at tho
well-spread dinner; nor was it very
strange that ho did not escort Cora to
tio next picnic, for before that annual
gathering again took place, she was
generally known as "the doctor's niece."
Saturday Right.
WISE WORDS.
Cultivate charity.
True eyes discover truth.
There is nothing as royal as truth.
Without hearts there is no home.
The most effective coquetry Is innocence.
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 are formed in this
world without suffering and self-denial.
The existence of life 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 rise again,
Vu( ihn 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
knowlodge.
You cannot drenm 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 "U. S" On Deserters.
Under the old system in the t'nited
States Army a man caught and convicted
of the crime of desertion was branded
by tattooing the letter I) 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 dir.icult and often impossible
, for the recruiting ollicers to tell old de
serters when they turn up again for en
listment at different stations. I have
heard my men speak of others who had
deserted and re-enlisted over ton times.
They had told of one man who had been
in and out the service eleven times, and
of another who had a record of thirteen
enlistments. These are no doubt extreme
cases.
Branding was abolished because it was
considered degrading. 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 I'. S.,
or some distinctive mark tattoood on
every sold er, officer, and private. The
mark could be placed on the arm as well
as the hip for the purpose. I think if I
appeared before my men with the 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 the country a
large sum of moucy. My remedy, I
thiuk, would not only be an economical
measure", but absolutely certain as a
means of detection. JV r York Timet.
A Cunning Restaurateur.
4Wby do you keep it so blazing hot?"
inquired a patron of the proprietor as he
entered a restauraut "Because it is cold
outside," replied tbo proprietor. After
the patron had loft the premises the
restaurant proprietor confidingly made
the following confession to a newspaper
man: "You see, I've been in the busi
ness for a quarter of a century, and my
experience has taught me that under
ordinary circumstances men devour
more food at a single meal in piercing
cold weatuBr than when tho outside
temperature ia moderate. When I first
embarked in the eating house business
I was green enough to economizo in
wood for heating the premises,imagining
I was thereby saving money, but 1 soon
discovered my mistake as the 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 rook, and
through which I have since acquired a
snug fortune. , My cck 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 in winter my
boarders would not consume one-half
the amount of food. I tried the experi
ment and soon fouud that whereas 1 had
heretofore saved probably $0) a month
in fuel by half-freezing my boarders,
that I was saving at least twenty cents
a meal in the decrease in the amount of
food each one consumed while the
premises were kept red hot." irjiiiUi
(Xeo.) Chronicle.
The Sultan of Turkey is considering a
scheta to eotabliuh a State bank in Con
stant ilople, with a German as manager,
the idea being to diminish the exclusive
privilege of tits Ottoman b&uk.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A Protty Floral Decoration.
A very pretty foliage decoration for
rooms or conservatories can be made of a
white spongo. Fill the sponge full of
rico, canary, hemp, grass or other seeds.
Then place it iu a shallow fancy glass
dish. The prettier the dish is, of course,
the prettier the decoration will bo. Four
water in the dish ; the spongo will absorb
this. Keep enough water to always have
the spongo moist. In a short time the
seeds will sprout and make the sponge
look very pretty. The dith can then be
placed on a tablo, or the sponge can be
suspended without the dish in some posi
tion where it is exposed to the sunlight.
It must be well watered, so that the
sponge is always moist, and it will then
exhibit a mass of delicate green foliage.
Mai! ani Evprest.
A Repertoire 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 wiih bacon make a fine break
fast, and only cost about ten cents.
Beef olives (small pieces of round steak
spread with stultingand stewed) are ap
petizing and do not cost one-half as
much as a tenderloin steak, and so we
might continue naming delightful dishes
made from the so-called inferior piece
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, damn place.
Fruits keep best in a cool, dark, dry
place. Bread must be kept without
wrapping in a close box. Fish, to be
kept over night, should bo cleaned,
sprinkled with salt and put on a platter,
skin side down ; then stood in a cold
place, away from all meats or delicate
articles. OUroit 2Vee I'rctt.
How to Make Soft Soap.
In almost all families there is more or
less use for soft soap. Nothing is bettor
for dish towels, white tables and floors,
sinks, etc., than good Soft soap. There
is much in knowing how to make it with
ease and without filling tho bouse with
a disagreeable odor. If the work is prop
erly done there will be no troub'e.
The fats to save for soap grease are
mutton, goose, turkey, and the skimmings
from the water in which ham has beeu
boiled. The solid bits of fat should be
rendered while they are sweet. When
ever there are any trimmings of fat from
mutton or other kinds of meat that are
t -
Bunaoie oniy lor soap grease, cut luein
intita and nlace them in a frvins-nan
on the back part of the stove, where they
will cook slowly until all the liquid fat
has been extracted. Strain this into a
pot kept for the purpose. Throw the
solid piece into the garbage barrel.
Put all the skimmings of fat that are to
bo used for soap grease in the 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 make the soap
the work will not be great. It is best
to miko the soap a few weeks before you
will wish to use it, as it is rather hard op
the hands when new. Here is a good
rule for making the soap without heat
ingthe grease:
Put fourteen pounds of crude not
concentrated potash in a wooden pail
ana pour over it enough boiling water
to cover it, btir well, ana let the mix
ture stand over night. In the morninf
pour this mixture into a large kettle anc
place on the fire. Now add anothoi
pail of boiling water and stir frequently
with a stick until all the potash is dis
solved. Next put ten 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
another pailful three hours later. Aftci
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 be ready for use.
Be sure the potash is pure. Uoxut
uife. IXeclpes.
Rice Cakef. To one and one-ball
cups boiled rice, add three eggs and
Hour and milk enough to make a batter,
adding a liwte salt. Fry a light brown.
Cii.u kKH P DDiNit. Split, a dozen
crackers in halves, lay the surface ovei
with raisins, placing the halves togethei
again; tie up closely iu a cloth, and boil
about twenty minutes in milk and water;
serve with a rich sauce.
G mil a xi Oems. One egg, well beat
en, one cup of cold water, one cup oi
sweet milk, a little salt. Stir into these
enough graham Hour to make a stiff bat
ter. Put in gem pans and bake from
twenty to thirty minutes in a very hot
oven.
WiNTKit HonoE-PonoK. Cut into
slices four onions, four carrots, three
large turnip3, six mealy potatoes, and
one stick of celery; add two tablespoon
fuls of rie; season with pepper and
salt. Cut a pound and a half of lean
beefsteak into small slices, and lay all
together iu a jar wiih a over. Bake for
six hours.
Pi-.ACii Ci'sTAiin. Soak one-half cup
ful of gelatine with a cup of sugar and
a dozen halves of peaches for cue hour,
then pour on a cup of boiling water and
pass all through a strainer. ISo sure to
jfr it all over the fire until the gelatine
is dissolved. Set it aside to cool, and
when ready to congeal have ready a cup
of rich cream; whip the cream until
light, add a pinch of soda, and stir it
into the gelatine quickly, ono spoonful
at a time. Turn iuto a mold wet with
cold water, and set in a cool place to
harden.
It'H. led Pancake. Here is a dainty
variutiou of the pancake, desirable for
the lunch table or for a busty dinner:
Make a thin batter with a quart of rich
milk that is, milk with a little cream
aided a piutof Hour in which a piuch
of salt aud a teaspoouful of baking
powder have been well mixed, and two
or threo well beaten cgs. Bake some
largo puncukes, spread each one, when
taken iroru the griddle, with fresh but
ter and any nice jam or marmalade ; roll
them up and armuge side by side on a
email putter, rerve hot and eat with a
bard caure or cream and sugar.
ORIENTAL THIEF-TAKERS.
HOW CRIME IS DETECTED IN THIS
CHINESE EMPIRE.
Modern Solomons Whose Wisdom
Is Shown by Results Curious
Convictions.
Tho Chinese possess no organized
ietcctive forco, though the oflicials
lometimcs visit in disguise tho scene of
l 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 crime usually takes place at night,
says Ciamlm't Journal. The judgment
hall is a lofty building of wood, un
ceiled, and bare of furniture save for the
raised dais at the north ond, where is
seated the presiding magistrate, attended
by his secretaries, clerks and lictors.
The only light comes from paper lan
terns or cotton wicks in oil-cups, which
but serve to bring into prominent e the
weird shadows flitting about the corners
and lurking among the woodwork of tho
roof. Silence prevails, the few specta
tors watching the proceedings standing
like statues.
The accused, dragged from the dark
ness and filth of a Chinese prison, is
forced to kneel before tho judgment-scat
throughout the trial. Weakened by ill
treatment and 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 allirnm-
tion is demanded; the breaking of a
saucer and other forms for administering
an oath to a (.hienmnn lata down in
English law books being quite unknown
in Chinese courts.
Any hesitation or refu al to answer
tho magistrate's questions for he is
judge, jury and crown prosecutor all in
one, and no counsel for the defence is
allowed is punished by slaps on tho
cheek or the application of the bamboo
to the limbs, and similar penalties moro
severely administered check the giving
of false testimony.
Should tho prisoner, in the face of
strong evidonce, persist in denying his
guilt, various persuasive measures are
resorted to, such as forcing him to kneel
on chains, hanging him up ly the thumbs
or suspending him by the neck in a
woducu frame so that his toes just touch
the ground.
Ail such tortures are illegal, but a
confession has to be obtained somehow
before sentence can be parsed, and the
cases are many and the time allowed for
settling them short.
Two instances of extra-judicial meth
ods for ascertaining the culprit among
many equally under suspicion deserve to
be recorded lor their cleverness. Some
balls of opium taken from a piratical
junk by a revenue cruiser mysteriously
disappeared while being transferred 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 vessel was
loath to institute a search of the chip
and crew, knowing well the craftiness
of his men, and that, even if lound. the
opium would most probably bo in the
bundle 01 some innocent man. He
therefore resorted to a plan as simple as
it proved effective.
in his cabiu was, as is usual, a shrine
of the Ooddess of Mercy aud of the
Chinese Neptuue. Before these deities
he instituted a solemn service, which
was prolonged till evemng.
When night fell he mustered tho crew
a.nd called them one by one into the
dimly-lighted cabin. Hero each man
had to make- solemn declaration of his
innocence, kneeling before the images,
and, dipping his finger in a saucer of wa
tcr, to smear his face all over, being
warned that if he were gulltv. the tli
vinities would make his face appear
streaked with black.
When the thief's turn cnme he tried
to outwit tho gods by rubbing lais finger
on the bottom of the saucer; but to bis
horror, when ho reached the light, his
faco was all over black marks, tho wily
commander having held the saucer over
a lamp before commencing . the experi
ment. In another case, where several servants
were suspected of theft, each man was
given a bamboo of the same length,
marked with his name, which had to be
deposited in an urn before a small shrine
in the outer prison where they wore con
fined. The officer announced that the cul
prit's rod would grow, by interposition
of Providence, one inch during the
night. The prisoners were then locked
up, no watch being kept on the urn.
On the reassembling of the court one
rod was found to be an inch shorter than
the rest, as the thief had, uuder cover ol
darkness endeavored to circumvent the
supposed divine power by biting a bit otl
his rod.
When any article disappears from a
privato house and one of the inmates is
suspected of purloining it, it is usual,
before having recourse to the magistrate,
whose underlings exact huge lees for
doing anything, or nothing, to call in a
priest and hold a commination service.
This consists in invoking the evil
spirits and bribing them by oircrings and
music to hound the culprit to death
within the year. It continues for three
days and .nights if the terrified thief
does not confess and make restitution
before that time, a result very frequently
achieved.
Kuropeans living in China have tried
this method, but not with much success,
as the gongings and other discordant
sounds which constitute the "music'1 so
effectually drive away sleep thut the
neighboring foreigners insist on its being
intermitted during the night, and so,
say the Chinese, spoil the charm.
A Bluff Skipper Mops the Court Inj.
An Old Bucksport (Me.) sea capta'n
thus describes the way in which he dis
missed an undesirable suitor for the hand
of his daughter the other night: "I just
showed him up the companion-way and
out on the gang plank leading from mi
house, and gently remarked that the
wind waa off shore and the sooner he got
under way the better ulhiig he would get
beforo morning. He paid off and bore
away down the stieet."
AOermuu chemist has fouud that
chloroform may be detected iu the lunja
of animals four weeks after death.
THE WAY OF THE WORLD.
There are beautiful songs that ws never sins;
And names that are naver spoken,
There are treasures guarded with jealous can
And kept as a secret token,
There are faded flowers and letters dim
With tho tears that havo rained above thorn,
For tho fickle words and faithless hearts
That taught us how to love them.
There aro sighs that come In our joyous hours
To chasten our dreams of gladness,
And tears that spring to our aching eyes
In hours of thoughtful sadness.
For, the blithest birds that ting 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 tho lilies rest
In white hands still forever,
Tho roses of Juno 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.
Summer 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 tho seal of death.
And the fitful dream is over.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
"Bound in calf' Veal.
Caught on the fly Trout.
Two physicians are a paradox.
The burning question Smoke.
Fireside companion The poker.
A loan iellow The pawnbroker.
Unpopular preserves Jim-jams.
A writ of attachment A love letter.
Old maids know what a mis-spent lifo
means.
The oldest and rrost inveterate smoker
in history is Vesuvius.
It is the astronomer who most fre- '
quently rises to observe.
When a man doubles his fists you can
hardly say he has four hands.
There is a resemblance between books
and real estate. Both have titles.
The man who lives from hand to
mouth should not have far to go for his
dinner.
To make a Russian name imitate tho
"tchug" of a bull frog, give ouo snee o
and say "ski."
Honor and respect the busy bee.
Once full, he makes straight for homo.
New York Neat.
A young New England baby was
named William after his father, who was
bilious, l irper'i Bazar.
The manufacturers of perforated chair
seats have combined. Their object can
be seen through, and will be sat upon.
A barking dog is the most courteous
of all animals. Ho makes his bow to
every passer-by. Binghamton Jienub
lican. Money can slip through a pretty small
hole sometimes. A Brooklyn man lost a
considerable sum lately through a pew
rent
All the street cars havo a sign "no .
smoking," and yet any conductor will
help a woman to a light Nee York
World.
A good many of the cashiers who are
settling in Canada are those who have
neglected to do any settling ovev here.
JV'tia Turk Nti.
Womaa (to tramp) "How's the soup?"
Tramp " 'Tain't quite strong enough.
ma'am. I wish you would w.ash a few
sh a few .
s, eh:71"'
more dishes in it"
Waiter "Y'ou want frogs.
Guest "Not zee whole auimailo, I want
zee, vat you call him zee drumstouks.
Philade'p'iia Record,
Brown "Did you dispose of that last
lyric you wrote?" Young Byrou "O
yes, I got it off on the publishers for a
song. "Yankee Blale.
Duluth peoplo say that that city is
growing te rapidly that, sittisg 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 the politi
cian. "And what are they?" asked a
bystander. "Dollars and senso."
Tramp, picking up a five cunt piece
"A bloody nickel, hum ! Wasn't nothin'
but a Jonah all my life. Anybody elso
but me 'a pick'd up that nickel and it 'a
been a quarter, sure." (Skjhs).
Shakespeare was slightly mixed Iu his
"seven ages." It is the "whining
school boy" whom the maternal cy bos
detected in some flagrant act of dis
obedience that "shifts iuto the slippered A.
pautaloon."
Leader of the Boggsville mole quintet j
to editor of the Uoggsville Herald
"What can we do to intorest the public
in our organization ?" Kditor (without
looking up) "Disband." Burliinj'.ua
i'ree ITest.
A baby girl in Missouri has been named
Rainbow, hsiue.-n ycuis hence, wlieu
she is caught in a summer show er, l.e
should feel very much ut home, although
she would then be a little raiu deor.
Norrit'oun JJrralU.
They say the Carman Emperor
Is spoiling to pitch in;
llBshiirmn8 up his spun and lougs
To make the sawdust spin.
"Who wants to pit a cock a ; nn-.t
Tho bantam of llerliu! 1
iiurlinyton 'i-f tax
Lawyer ;'So that is the ontiro likt of 4
yourdebtsf" Insolvent Manager "Oh,
no; there are many other little items."
Lawyor -Vou't you want me to add
them in detail?" Manager "No; jut
say, for further particulars see small
biljs. " A 'iterica.
An exchange wants the name of the
man who iuvented the wheelbarrow;
but what many more persons crave is the
name of the man who lets his wheel
barrow stand in the middle of the side
walk after dark. The latter is moio
deserving of death. Xi rrtttoum ller.t 'ti.
"Did that lady buy anythiug?"' asked
the jewe'er of his uew boy, us the ludy "
in question left the store, appaietitiy in
a temper, ".-he did not. the atked
me for an old gold breast pin, and I
asked her if she took this store for a juuk
shop. Then she weut out." JecL-r'$ . '
Wcck'i.
Mrs. Amelia Rives-Chauler ia huviug
a $1000 gown constructed by a fashion
able New York dressmaker,
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