THE FOREST REPUBLICAN Is pnbllihed .very Wednesday, bf J. E. WENK. OIHoe la Bmearbaugh 4 Co.' Building ILH STREET, TIONESTA, T Term. . .". ci.eo par Year. No tnhfrirtlon received for a ihortor Mrlod tnsn Ihrr. months. r 0.irrK)nlf nc tollelted from M parts of ti eo.intry No nolle, will b. uk.o of kaoarmoiii Fores RATES OF APVeWTiaiWO. On Sqr lack, laoertloa-. 1 1 On. Sqosrt, on. Inch, on. aontk Ont 8qu.ro, ono Inca, thre. bobU. Od. Sqosre. on loch, on. year Two Bqnsrrs, on. year. 1 Quarter Column, one year. " Hlf Colnmn, on. year On. Colama, on. yew M Ljr utrvtlMnnu Ua P a mtUoh. Harriot eth notice, ftatta. AR bin for 7r1r wttaM-ts elMt4 m. " tarty . Temporary drtlml MM b. paid U .dnaes. Job work cMb on dUrT. ICAN. VOL. XXI. NO. 44. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEI3. 27, 1880. 91. 50 PER ANNUM. IPttiptttji 1 During tho year nearly 700 per sons disappeared in Philadelphia, ft large fc percentage of whom wore novcr heard ' of. . .1 her. cro a greater number of lynch ,ings in this country lust year than there had been in any previous year since 1SS0, except 1 "Hi. The New York Herald doubts if it is good policy for any American tourist to n lulu, as lawlessness is rifo and Americans aro bated. The City of Mexico Is full of tramns. and tho anti-American papers satirically refer to tlu m as "promitiont Americans visiting the Capital." The Cleveland Wn 1) at, r is prepared ti teo spectacle, makers grow rich out of the nct generation, ns so many school children are obliged to wear glasses, ja The I egii'ature of Ohio will bo asked t pass a law proh'biting any minister of Hie Gospel from being present nt n exe cution ai tlJoiritual adviser of tho con demned. . Boston's January dividends amounted t to I. ',r, t.i.oiii), a in llionand a half moro than tlmso distributed In Philadelphia, an oven distribution this would give rtvery Bostnni.m .VS, and every I hiladcl- -phla-i j 1 1. ' Puvda built a railway especially to so. euro tlla ta.lo of Per -in, and is now ox restively angry with that country for opening i' river Knrut to trale, by means of which other foreign nations will he enabled to competa with tho Pnssia .j. The I'crmd. Li I lan I . a.o at last to be co uicctcd by telegraph wiih tho re mainder of ciil.l ation. A i:ne from tlicio io Hal fat, " Vi miles in length, will bo b gun -in the sp'ing, and tho liritisli ( V, crime it wi I pay a subsidy of f Wind per j car. The Cliincso Immigration Bureau of ran I inuc.scn, which lias for a long timo bcun doing laigo bu-lnrsi oa.ling tho )-law and. Iie'ping Mongolians to land in '.this country. Ins finally shut up shop. It would .colli.. infers the ( hicago Y , although theihiuks in the leuco had fiua'ly been (topped up. It has been note ! in the ( hieago Timf' a a strange coincidence that I His , rhelnu1.nB ox-C'o:if dumtu ioldier, was clo.ted Judge .of Probato in Wiitorbury, V.ttn u lau ....1 .1.. iin day u I niou veteran was chosen a inember -of, tho Al.ibaia l egislature in - rue muisc-ui-inci waure 1'iieian lorinerly lived. . t ; A recent jud cial ruling upon tho (juestion, Wliun is a mail drunk, is: 'When conc'o ine-s bee. hum modified in uny degieo whatever through tho inliuei.ee of alcohol, and when, or as long i, no. cxeuis'i' of ' independent nervous furcj U adequate to rcst.e it to a i.oimal ttiite, tho niun so affected is drunk.'': AVi h tho tir-t of this year Ccrmnny nl andoued tho old pound weight and adopted the nrHr?!: nytem in itscntirety. Amci i oa, wli i h U't the example of the metric eyti'm In her decimal co'.nauo. niill lingeis behind, fays tho New York I'.l-ir.i.u, in a 'opting this convenient and logical piogressiou of weiyhts and meaiuics. Cremation wietles aro being aug Ynented in this cnuutry by womeu of tho letter class, h lire joining them rapidly. In New York, llrooklyn and Ilton particularly there aro a great many well knowu women enrolled among crLinatiiini- ts, and the movement U emlorSed by a sti I greater nuuilicr who huvo not taken pains to become mem ben' 0 The Michigan cattlo breeders propose to h-k thu I egislature to enact that all Ijictl supplied to Nuto institntioiu shall be from auiinals fatteued and killed in Michigan. 'J'Lcy also ask fur a meat in spection law. whiih .lull provide that all caitlo killed for consumption within towns of more than .tOuil inhabitants shall first have been inspected alive and on foo Puring lsvs tlio lumber of failure! ia tho I'nitell Slates was in, "on, against ft: -ID in tfs:. Put the aggregate liabili ties of tho .arties failing in Ki-.f, wheie about ten per cent, le-s than in lv7, while tho aggregate asets of the falliug traders aro-ouly four per cent, (.mailer. This gain in the ratio of assets certainly "indicates increased healthfulnes in commercial i oiidltions," as a bailing au thority on thu .nit jee 14,111 it. The livv of the coachman rf ('mint d'Arco Valley, the Ccimuu Minister at Washington, iscieating a .ensatiun iu "that city, (io'.d and line seem to be tho principal jmrt of it. A doulde iw of silk buttons runs down the front, whil.j row oi gin com am swung across the. 1 rA..wt mi. I f ,.-t..in..'l .n . .w.-. ...... .... ... vj iiuh uin lllil nu-, from which depends a sv oa. I lie tali blue hat is d coruiud with a plume and r Vka In of (H imau color.. No oue k "I1S4 til LllOW U'tlllt tlllt KUfiril Id i..m t'v-s it is to "cut behind' at the small , whose republican ii reverence -s thtm to "steal a ride" on the gor - .-quipag-j. ' YESTERDAY. My friond, he spoke of a woman far; It pur.zlei me, nni I paustwt to think, He told of her eyes and mouth, the trace Of prayer on her brow, and quick as wink I said: "Oh yes, but you wrong her years. Hhe's only a child, with faiths and feari That childhood At. I tell thee nay ; She wns a girl Just yesterday." "The years are swift and sure, I trow," (Quoth he). "You speak of the long ago.' Once I strolled In a garden spot, And every (lower upraised a head (So It seemed), for they, I wot, Were mates of mine; each bloom and bed, Their hours for sleep, their mnrry mool, The lives and deaths of the whole sweet brood, Wore known to me; it was my way To visit them but yesterday. Spako one red rose, in a language low. "Wo saw you last ii. tho long ago." Kntei iiiR under the lintel wide, I saw the room; 'twas all the same; The oaken presiand the sliolvos aside, The window email for the sunset flame, The tiook I loved on the table large; I opo'd and Io! in the yellow marge The leaf 1 placed was shrunk and gray, I swear it was green but yesterday. Then a voice stole out of the sunset glow; "You lived here, man, in the long ago." Tis the same old tole, though it comes to me By a hundred paths of pain and glee, Till I guv the truth at lost, and know That yesterday is the long ago. JiiehtirU K BitrtJn, in Harprr't Weekly. DORA'S SISTER, "I do hope yow'll lik.e her, Burton," said Dora, leaning toward her handsome young brother-in-law, with her pretty eyes bright wilh eagerness; "and I don't know how you can help it. Kvcry body does. And I don't think you'll tind her crawkv. I bni enn'r. nl...v. thought mo rather provincial, Purton. dear " ' "No, no," her brothcr iu-law inter posed. On, yes, you have; and I know I am. But l.ucy'. ever so much nicer than I am. She's prettier in the first plnco " 'impossible" said Burton, gallantly. "And then,'' said pretty Mrs. Salkeld, earnestly, "she's awfully bright. Klio's been away nt boarding-school for four years. She hasn't etavol in Cordon icntiens I did, you know, till Alfred camo and took mo away. And she's al ways so stylibh, and . Well, wait till you seo her. I knowvou'll like her. Burton." "1 in certain of it, Dora," Burton de clared, reassuringly. Mis. Salkeld rose lingoringly, in re sponse to a small cry from the nursery. "Sarah never can lind tho pins in that littlo blessing when he cries, and 1 know they're thero. She's coming to-morrow, jou know, Burton. You'll come right around to soe her, Won't you t Ever so many have promised to call." ' I'll come immediately after break fast," Burton re oined. His sister-in-law laughed as sho went thioijLrh tho door, but she looked back at him wilh nmu-ing seriousness. H B'ould not have I cen hard for a keen observer to cuess that the was not with out it timid ambition concerning her brolher-iu-law nnd her Bister l.ucy timid, bocnuso Burion was, in the es timation of his brother's wife, as nearly a perfect being, morally, mentally and physically, as had cvor existed tho one person who enjoyed au e jual distinction being her husband. If it had been nny girl but l.ucy, she was sore such a thiinr would cuteroil her heml Itut I smiled with sisterly fondness ns she rum- maijeu among the baby's tlannela for tho offending pin. "Dora's brother-in-law called nrnmntlv t eleven o'clock tho uet morning. Ho was a goo l-natured and conscientious Toons' L'catlcman. and lin irniil.l hivu disappointed Dora on no account. nui ins moou. as lie rang tlio hell ana pulled (iffag'ove, was not an especnliv eager one. He was too polito to foim ulato his feelings, even to himself; but had ho done so, the fact would have been clear ' that he'didn't einect mneti from I oia's sister. A pretty L'iil sho mi-'ht be: Dora WAS pretty. Hut rirl fresh from Cordon Centre. tllOllirh shn hud hml Innr ..,..a at a couutry boarding school ! Tho young ma:, raiscu uis orows, wun a sliirht smile. N'o h'nr?. however, should nrevunt hi. doinvr his iilmo-t for Dora's sister. Ills L'ooil brceiliiiL' did not even ulln-r 1.1. dubious Hn le to remain. He looked seriously exjectaut when the door opened. "31 rs. Siilkeld is just gone out. Her die-maker's little boy is worse, and sho went dowu to see him," the servant ex plained! ".ill s Trumbull is In?" rinrin- CU'Tied . "Yes, sir; Miss Trumbull cume this morning." Burton pave the rrirl his rani nut Via hat and overcoat on the rack, and took t seat in the tuirlnr. It Was tOllie twenty minutn. hi'tnra Dora's kister came down. Burton wa.4 deen in ttiw lnttt nun.. f ine when the door at last admitted her. Sho camo in with a sweeping rustle of draperies, a beaming smile and a warm l cm injj. ".Mr Salkeld, ain't iti Burton. I come prrtfy n-r saviug. Dor she al ways ni s you lfuriou, and It was jest on tlio end o' mv tonL'iin. W'xll. I'm real glad to tee you. J lor. the's told me all about you.sdit hearing about folks ain't lit. ......',. ,, She Shook hands virmlr rollil .n ottoman in front of the lire-t chair with a .trong pu-h. sat down with her feet on the stool, and smiled vet mora broadly. "rt i II. I'm awful L'isd to rel here I've been cumin, for 1 don't know how ion if, but I hain't seemed to eet round to i: ; and so l.i,t week I ai s to pa; 'If 1 in J-'oing up to Dora's, I'm jest going loiio." . ud pa says all right,' to li up and y,o, then; and ma and 1 est went ri.ht luund and put things together what I needed, uud pa took me down to the tan .Mniid.iv m iming, and here I be. I ain't a b t unc i u, neither; uis, .he said I would U." She liiUL'bed iU:te heartily, tupping the kjm ot her chair and linut-riu tL t orn .bboa on top of hef hss i. Burton murmured something In ro ponso he did not know whnt. He sat stiffened in the attitude of polite defer ence which he had assumed, quite motionless. Ho felt no desire to smile; ho was too much shocked and appalled for that, (food heavens 1 this was far worse than anything he had imagined. His head fairly bu.zed; he sat staring at Dora's sister in utter blankncss. "Pretty big place you've got here, hain't you?" Miss Trumbull proceeded, her cordiality unaffected by his silence. "Considerable bigger'n Gordon Centre, I guess. I hain't never b'en in cities much, and I get kind o' turned round jn 'cm. I don't know as I should like it living hero. It's so kind o' lonesome, meeting so many peoplo you ain't acquainted with. Why, in Gordon Centre there ain't anybody in town you don't know ; and if you do seo a stranger, it ain't very liar 1 to lind out who 'tis." Burton gasped. Was it possiblo that Dora could have believed what she hod said about her sisier Yes: he reflected that Dora had not seen her before for some time, and her fondness for her, and her good tempered admiiation of every body, had done the rest. Burton gaed at her. Her clothes did not tit : she had a siring of beads on, and a blue bow and a breast-pin at her neck, and red ribbons on her hair. , Prettyf Yes, she was undeniably pretty; that he admitted ftcely. But stylish, and not provincial? What could Dora have been thinking of? The young man passed his hand across his forehead weakly. "I s'poso I'd have be'n hero long ngo," Dora's sister wcut on, sercnoly, "if I hadn't bd'n off to school. Dora, she's told you I've be'n to boarding-school for four years, I s'pose? '.Most all the Gor don Centre girls get along with what learning they can get to home, and I think myself it's plenty. But pa, ho thought different, and ma joined in with him. Sho 'most generally does. I don't know as 1 learnt much. 'I he Past Pow ville Semiuary don't amount to so terri ble much. Past Powville ain't so big as Gordon Centre: but na's satisfied. I s'pose. Ever be'n out our way:" "I have never had that pleasuro," Burton contrived to say. "Well, it's a real likely place, Gordon Centre is, if it ain't so big as some. There's considerable going on 'most all the year. Thero'd be'n two soriablcs the week before I come away, and there was going to I e a warm-sugar party that night, I hated to miss it. Do you have much going on here?'' Burton took out his watch and dazedly consulted it. "We have no sociables uor warm sugar parties," ho icsponded, grimly. And then he rose. "I am sorry to be obliged to go; but I hnve an engagement at twolve," he said, bowing. Ho would hnve retired without further ceremony, but Dora's sister intercepted him with outstretched hand. "Goodne s! you hain't be'n here above fifteen minutes," she said, regretfully. "Well, come in aga n drop in anytime. I don' know jest how long I'll 1 e hero long as Dora'U keep me, 1 s'pose." Sho talked on with friendly confi denco, accompanying him to tho door, and standing by while ho put on his hat and overcoat. He was aware, as ho went ranidlv dowa the street, that she was standing in the doorway aud watching his de parture lie spent the rest of tho day in trying ; to forget Dora's sister, but he fouud it j not altogether possible; he had been too ! deeply astonished and horrified. Ho had no", expected much, he reflected ' somewhat wrathfully over a cigar in his j ot.ee; but whit ho had found. And Doras description! Suiely lovo-nnd sisterly love particularly was blind. Ho was L'lud it was the niuht of tho Gills's reception. If anything was calcu- latcd to remove unpleasant impressions, children will plnv wilh cats nnd pet it was ono of the Gills's lecoptions. Ho ! them if they appear sick. When in that wondered, with a qualm, whether Alfred condition a cat or other ot animal is anil Dora would go and take Miss : more inclined than at other times to Trumbull. Cf course they had cards, crawl up on peoplo to get symputhv.nnd Well, nt least he could keep a safe dis- I this makes the danger all the greater. aucc- A remarkable case of this kind occurred Almost the first person lie saw, as he I my own house a fow years ago. A entered tho Gills's spacious but crowded i little girl residiug in tho house con rooms, was his sister-in-law. Sho ! traded scailet fever nnd died. Diirinu greeted him eagerly. I her illnoss a pet alligator was around, "Wo were so afraid you wouldn't be ' an'l 80on "fter the child's death tho ani here. I do want Pu y to have a good : '""l took sick and also died. A couple time, aud it will be so much nicer to t medical students who were stopping nave somebody sho knows, l ou'll tnko her out for the first set, won't you? un tess sues engaged. ".Miss Trumbull is here!" said Burton, wretchedly. "Why, ye., of course," Dora rejoined, briskly. There she is. Doesn't she look lovely I Aud she s taking so well ! .Mr, Sanfoid has been with her ever since wo cume, nnd ho never looks at a girl. But I don't wuut him to get the first ser, Burton dear. Do hurry!" Sho took his arm, led hiin over to the group sue Had been watch ng, and t rmtijiil a n-iiv I '.j J xne Araicnns. now mucn we aro iu- 1 he group was composed of oneyoung debted to them, for the (res of Divine ady aud six gentlemen; aud tho young ; truth they caused to be infused into Puro lady was Doras sister. I pean literature in the seventh century. She smiled on Burton graciously, and Much we may vet learn from their strict went on talking to Mr. Sanford, who ' system of hvuione. Probably they aro looked radiant, bestowing an occasional tho hest looking race on earth. If not smile upon one of the other five young j descendants of Og. King of ancient lias, men, who in turn looked happy. j ao said by historians to ha ve meas- She woie a charmingly-fashioned, ured eleven fuet six inches in hei-ht, pcrfectly-httiug, aud wonderfully pretty I and whose bedstead of iron was nine gown, and she looked dazzlicgly p eity cubits and a span e .ual to thirteen feet uersen. iicr soie ornament was a bunch of roses at her corsage. She waited her black gauze fan, and sparkled across it in all the glory of black eyes, white teeth and pink cheeks. "Oh, I don't know that lam prepared to admit that, Mr. Sanford," she was saying, with a light laugh. "I'm aware ot thu vanity and shallowness of society in general; but I den't admit that every individual composing society is vain or shallow. I believe that a good share ot the pleasure-seekers those who seem mere pleasure seekers are as serious at heart as the cynics and pedants who hold aloof. I believe that a certain amount of social gaiety is necessary to one's happiness yes, and welfare. Emerson own its value. Don't you remember taut passage in bis 'Culture " The orchestra in tho next room struck I up at the net moment. .Miss Trumbull lookid t her oppouent brightly. "Now. Mr. caufoid. you will dance this qu idrille as gaily as any of us. aud it won't prove your unworlhiness either. We shall see your theories confuted in practice." She laughed mischievously. Mr. Sanford, with an enraptured smile, eagerly offered his arm; so did the other live young men, frantically. Hut Burton quietly intercepted them all. He placed Miss Trumbull's hand within his elbow, with a firmness which was not to be ignored, and bore bet away. He did not take her to the dnnc ing-room; he led her to a sofa in a dim corner of the dccrted hall, and snt down beside her. "Well:" he said, simply. Miss Trumbull put her fan to her lips. Thero was silence for a space. "I I don't know what made mo do it," Dora's sister murmured, with a queer mixture of apology and defiance iu her soft voice, and wilh her eyes cast down, "(inly Dora had told mo all about you" "So you rcmaikcd this morning,"Bur ton intcrposod, with an attempt at stern ness. Dora's sister laughed guiltily. "And I got the Idea I don't know how; shedidn't say so, and I don't think now that it is so that you were - well, 'proud ami haughty,' as tho novels say; and when she begged me to bo just as nico as I could, because you were so particular and talked so much about how how nice you aro." said Miss Trumbull, with a blush, "why, it made me foci contrary right away, "and that ridiculous idea occurred to mo, and and I did it." The corner was dim; but he saw quite plainly the pretty repentance and plead ing in her eyes; and Dora's sister saw a full forgiveness in his. They laughed together, somewhat shyly. "Where did you get tho tho things?" ho queried, ga.ing at her perfect altirc. "Oh, the dress was Dora's she's so much stouter.you know and the beads aro the baby's, and I hunted alt through my boxes for the ribbons I That's what took me so long." "And tho Past I.owville Seminary you fibbed about that?'' Burton ques tioned, moving nearer to her. "Yes. Madame Bcauce 'finished me. And you fibbed about jour engagement at twelve?" "tes," Burton confessed, inwardly wondering how he could have done it. How pretty she was! "Then we're even!" said Dora's sister, laughing with sweet gaiety, as sho took his arm for a quiet promenade. Dora's doubts and anxious question ings were speedily calmed. Her irre proachable brother in law not only liked iicr pretty sister exceedingly, but her pretty sister liked him so much so that a gay wedding at Gordon Centre that fall produced another Mrs. Salkcld, Saturday Xiy.'it. Tet Anlmnlsi Spread Dlsensp. "The spread of diphtheria which bus been so great lately," remarked a West Side physician, "is'largely attiibuted to b carelessness that is criminal when tho virulent nature of tlio distemper is con sidered. It is tho experienco of most physicians that almost all sickness conies from the ignorance or willful careless ness of tho people, but in no case is this so bad ns iu that of diphtheria, because of its extremely infectious character. Once dipMheria is known to exist tho greatest precaution should be taken to prevent its spread, but instead of that nothing is done until all the children in a whole tenement house, or iu fact in a whole block, are infected, or at least en dangered, as was the case down on Tenth avenue lately. Pet animals are a common and con stant source of tho spread of this distom. per. Cats and dogs are permitted to bo around and even to drink the milk left by a child suffering from diphtheria, These animals tnko the disease and then go out and spread it amon" thair fellow animals, which iu turn carry t into the houses where thev hnlomr. lhavnknnirn sovcral cases where a cat caught it in this manner and infected all tho cats in the neighborhood, and was the cause of mimhpra nf llpfttll. nf hllmnn l,.ifni.a fit 1,1 uie nouso mane a post .-mortem eami nation of the alligator and found all tho symptoms of death from scarlet fever. I made an examination myself, and there was no doubt whatever that the creature had caught tho fever from the child, and had died of it. I know of no more pro. lilic agency in the spread of diseases of "''8 kind than tho household pets the dogs and cats of which soma nconle are so fond." Yti0 Yir Mtreury. Wonderful Are the Arabians. A wonderful peoplo aud uvchty aro i .. . . J iv mclm. t hv e nine very close neigh bors to his proportions. Broad shouldered, tan, six, six ami a nail, sevua aud seven feet two inches -tlio averaga height being from five feet six ami one half in lies to five feet nine and one -half inches tall. Dwarfs are unknown in Arabia. The life of that eople is one of plainness and simplicity. Their food is mostly vegetable, often only one meal a day, takeu at sundown. Washing the body in cold water is a specialty for health, winter and summer. They have no poor, noinsano asylums or hospitals, nud prisons aro so few that thousands don't kuow of them. They are united as one man. and their tuifoit itie I couu try is unconquerable as u result. They are said to be iu posses-ion of the spot wnere ine amen oi i dea once stood, where hurbi of a life giving nature grow ana rare iiaisams tor in'ernat aud exter nal use are fouud l ettuce with them is highly prred, and if our people should eat more of it we should need less drugs. Everything is done in tho iiuma of Allah 'Jod tho Most High and .Merciful Lord, aud for a suun-bai barij i a e I doubt not their happiness is to be coveted. D troll i'rte I'rut. MAKING POSTAGE STAMPS. ALL THE STAMPS MANUFAO TURED Iti NEW YORK. Grrnt Precautions, to I'revent. Any Going Astrny-llow Stamps are Sent to I'ostinnsters. Tho millions of people who dampen the baek of a postage Btiunp and stick it on the coi ner of an envelope have but little idea of the precaution adopted and Constant vigilnnco practiced by I nolo Sam's o I'ciais to prevent any of them going astray until the Government lias bceu pioperly lccompensed for them. All postage stamps used in this country are manufactured in cw York and pass through the registry department of tho General i'osto lice in beiug sent to their destination. The requisitions from pust maBtcr.s thioughout the country vary in value from -tl to if i(Hl,t)0i'. 'Ihe latter figure is tho highest that has ever been reached at any ono time, nnd was made by tho Postmaster ot this city. As superintendent of tho registry depart ment of the New York l'ostoil'ce, tho work of handling the stamps conies un der the supcrvis.on of Mr. .1. .1. Phillips. "Thero aro iiito a few million stamps used daily,'' he mid to n .Vr reporter. "1 he general public Ins but little idea of the metlijil iu which stamps are or dered and delivered. When tho post master of Jaytown, in Montana, wants a hundred doliais' worth of stamps ho for wards his order to tho Third .Assistant Postmaster of Washington and it is re corded alphabetically. Whcntweuty-oi o orders have been recorded under tho letter '.i' tho sheet containing the orders is duplicated aud one copy scut here to the American liatilt Xote Company, who print the stumps ns per tho order. Tho work is performed under tho su ervision of agents of the Government, l or in stance, say the order calls for tiOdO sheets of paper. That number of sheets a e taken from the vault ar.d counted. A receipt is given for them. If one sheet is spoiled in any manner it is tiiken charge of by tho agents, who forward it to Washington, with tluir statements sworn to before a notary publ c, nnd an other sheet of blank paper is returned in its pia e. "When tho printing of the stamps is complete we arc notilled by the com pany, and an hour or two later, they come over to this department in iron safes. A duplicate of tho original order accom panies them, nnd wa check each indi vidual order aud furnish tho company with a receipt. Its future course, until arriving at its destination, is that of ordinary registered matter, with tho ex ception that tho postmaster receiving the package must acknowledge it to tho departmeut at Washington and also to this oilice. The orders for stamps vnty in number. Philadelphia, Boston and ( hicago frequently order ifTo.OOU worth at a timo, and it is not unusual to get a $'.'o,0UU request from Brooklyn. Tho lurgest demand is, of course, for two cent stamps and the smallest for ninety cent ones." "Does a package of stamps ever go astray:" "Yes, they havo gone astray. Then the 'tracoi' it used. It is a description of the package, containing its number, the number of the pouch it was sent in, the numlicr of the rotary lock, tho hour it left this o lice, the route it was sent by, and all details. Attached to this are du plicate coupons, and it iascnt in the saino manner ns tho package. 'I he first mail agent fills up both coupon-., tears one off and forwards it here, and the rest is sent on to tho next ngent. Each one has rccipted for tho package, so tho spot where it went astray is easily located. Eor instance, say the mail bug was I, uracil in a railway accident. 'i ho identical package is traced down to tho hour tho accident occurs, and then ttie inspector of the division where thu accident hap pened takes tho case, and if he is satis fied tho pack ago was destroyed ho noti fies us and we send thu Punk Note Company 'Blank Ynuilla .".ti.". This is a printed sheet contain ing numerous questions, such as '.Name of clerk who did up package;' 'Xamo of Government agent checking them,' etc. This statement is sworn to and forwarded to tho Third Assistant Postmaster, to whom tho 'tracer' has also reported, and ho issues an order tor the duplication of the requisition. Post masters, us a rule, order once a quarter, and only sufficient stumps are printed to fill thd order. They are not kept iu stock like ordinary goods. 'Ihe flank Note Company are under heavy bonds, and they take every piecautlon to ussi re the safety of tho engiavcd plates. Tho latter are kept in a vault, of which only certnin members nf the company pos sess the combination. They uie taken out only iu the presence of a Govern ment agent and leceipted for ai i hey leave and enter tho vault. The business is conducted under a perfect system, and it would I e almost impossible for impressions to be printed sccietly. "How often lio I'Ostiiia.sicis make a settlement with the department ;" "i'lu-io is no fcet time lor them to do so. 'Iheir accounts are suppo-e.l to bo balanced daily, and us a rule liny are, for they uever know at what moment a stranger may step into their o;l co with credentials ordering any aud every post master to turn over their books to him Country postmasters entci tain tlio idea that inspectors are sent fioiu Wa-tin,'-ton, which is a mistake. The country is sectioned olf into divisions, tin Icr eh u go of certain inspectors, ami a man can iu on the grounds in u very few tonus after being notified by the ilcpaituient at Wishii gton, in addition to which ll.ev are generally pretty well posted oti thy men in their own division. An inj.e tor is au accountant, a sort of genteel if. te . tive, aud is usually a very shrewd loan." Nitro-filycerine in kidney )-eiise. Nitroglycerine bids fair, says the doctors, to become un important remedy for diseases of the kidneys; aud expeii metits are now making iu cases of Blight's di-case. Nitro glyicriue of a pure quaiity,peMiig all Uie epoive powers of tho uK-laiKe, is prepared ill alcohol iwh ch iimoves the explosive quahtyi iu the prquntiou of one part of the nitroglycerine to niui t.v iiine of nicohol, nud is thin pn pared v ith sui:ui' or milk in tablets. A patient hi a Phila delphia hospital Las had the dose in creased until now ho is taking eighty grains a day. 11a has Bright'.' disease, and the ellects ara said to be highly satisfactory. HOUSEHOLD At FAIKS. To Tell the Agn oT Egg. We recommend tho following proces? for finding out the ago of eggs, and dis tinguishing those that are fresh from thoso that uro not. This method is based I upon the decrease in the donsity of eggs ns the grow old : Dissolve two ounces of kitchen salt in a pint of water. When n fresh laid egg is placed in this solution it will descend to the bottom of tho vessel, while ono that has been laid on the day previous will not quite reach the bottom. If tho eug be three days old it will swim in tho liquid, and if it be moro than three days old it will float on the surlace, nnd pro ject above the latter more and moro In proportion as it is older. 'J'ie Hen. Homo Made Brtsml. I make my bread about 0 o'clock r. m. in winter, not so early in summer. I take three pints of Hour in a pan (which I keep lor the purpose), one large table spoon of salt and one small one of lard, nnd then add about three pints of quite warm water, perhaps a littlo more. I then make a smooth batter ond odd one compressed yeast cake (dissolved in a littlo warm water), then knend, but not any more than is necessary. I leave mino real soft, because it is not as light when kneaded too stilf. After kneading, set in a warm place over night. In tho morning put in t ns and let stand about half an hour to rise. Then bake in a moderate oven an hour. If thooven is too hot the bread will burn before it bakes through. Do not knead the dough when you put in tho tins, .lust cut it out of tho pan and make into loaves of the size you wish. Wrap the bread up well when taken from the oven, to keep it from drying. Atio YoH-J'riu. Window Gardening. Hardy bulbs can be relied on for flow ering. Hyacinths are among tho most desiiuble for window culture. They re quite free, dry aud somewhat rich soil, and may be set singly in very small pots, or in groups of three or more in pots of proportionate size. In planting make a cavity in tho earth half the depth of the bulb, bury lightly, then press i.rnilydown till it is ncaiiy covered. Tho Uutch va rieties havo largo flowers, red, white, blue or yellow; the single are larger and richer than the double. Tho easiest grown are the white I oman. Its flowers uro single and somewhat smaller than the Dutch; this is a profuse bloomer ami sweetly fragrant. Tulips in all single varieties are good for house culture, and lavishly repay the little euro they di niHnd. The great variety of coiors, in -tome brilliancy nnd lovely shading make them a delight to all eyes. While narcissus, beuring small cup-shaped clusters of flowers, dclieiously fragrant, is valuable for winter bloomiug, ns also are the double Komau and colored sorts. Aucmono fulgens is the best anemone, bearing a multitude of rich Vermillion blossoms. Tho fcliago of all this class is very ornamental. 6'unly Oa.'.: How to Itoast Meats. Good beef should havo a bright red color, not too dark, dry and teuder to the touch, fat nnd with a smooth open grain. In roasting meats one of tho principal points is to havo it as juicy ns possible. I Yah tho meat in cold water, wipe dry, singe with allot iron, then place in a dripping pun; cover tho top with a layer of suet one-half inch thick; add drippings to the pan until ono inch deep, tho pan should bo at least four inches deep; placo in n hot oven and slightly increaso tho heat until done; ullow thirty minutes for first pound und fifteen minutes for each additional pound. When done remote to a hot plate. Add one cup of hot water to the pan, unor draiuing oft the drippings, let boil two or three minutes; then thicken with ouo tablospoonful of but ter mixed with ono of Hour; ndd white pepper nnd salt to taste. Mushrooms, oysters, chopped pickles or uny favor can be added to this gravy. Another way is to wash, place in dripping pnu, add one cup of hot water anil place at once in a hot oven, turn often until nicely browned on nil sides; lemove to a hot platter, pour the drippings olf, ndd ouo cup of sweet milk, let boil ouo minute, thicken with one tablospoonful of Hour aud one of butter, let boil ouo or two minutes, then add salt, white pepper aud cinnamon. It is then ready to serve. A preach way ox roasting beef is to take a s rloin roast, mix salt, pepper, cinnanom nnd cloves together, then w ith a narrow bladed knife make incisions ubout ono inch deep on all sides of the meat; put a little of tho spicu iu each with a small slice of garlic. Boast uccording to ihe directions given above. De'roU Free J r-m. Itecl ill's. Ml thin I'm-:. Cold mutton, the moro tho better, thin slues of raw potatoes enough to li 1 up tlio baking disli, onions, salt and pepper to suit tho taste; cover with j .as try and bake. Arri.i: Taimhi Pi muxo. Soak over night one cup of tapioca in six cups of water. eu morning add ono cup of sugar, ono e.'g, and beat well together. Then pare, ore and chop line six or moie .pi lis, and stir with the tapioca in a pudding dish, and bake slowly. Avisk Si i-.ii Cam:. To one and a half cups of sugar uud one cup of butter lieuteutoane.ini, add four well-beaten eggs, I lire j cups of llo.sr mixed with two teaspoons of yeast powder, and half a cup of well pi. kled anise seeds. .ld a little milk uud essence, llnko iu small tins. Ci:i:vmi I) I'm v ino. Cut cold boiled potatoes into cubes or thin slice-. I ut them in a shallow pan, cover with milk, ami took ti ii i . 1 t lie potatoes hiveali sorl e.l nearly till the m.U. To one p lit of potatoo udd u tuble-poon of butter, halt a saltspoon of pepper and a little t hopped paisley. li i i s i m h. Take a knuckle of beef and scpaiato tho beef from the bones, cutting it into small pieces: bicak the boiiisal-o, und add s ,uart cf w ater to each p. uud of meat; when it begins to boil n mia e thu scum, being caiel'ul to do thi us often as it rises; set the soup keit le w here it will sunnier for five or six hours, or until the sulistanee of the meat is thoroughly extruded, then a id salt su ill lent to mis.hi it; sk in out tho ineit, .tram out ill'- I quid aud put it n May to cool and fur Ihe futtoriso; when entiiely cold remove the fit und there will n in-iiu a llrui gulmiuoua mass which can be used for soups, giavies. tt". THE MAIDEN. There's a poem in the lily With its lowly-bending head; Them's a poem in the sunset With its brilliant tinge of red; He re's a poom in the forest. In the I' fty mountain wall; but the poem cf the maiden Is the sweotest of them all. She Is tall or she is slender With I Ik lily's fai-eof white; Sho is lovely as the painting Alado bv sunset' rosy light; Sho is nol.ln as the forest, As the lofty mountain wall; Ah, the in .1 h n. of all nature; Is the swi-etest gem of all I Iict the cynic rant on fashion And its catalogue of whims; Let him ted of the flirtations At the church b -tweeu th. hymns; Let him point at coquettes' costumes In the operatic stall, Yet, tho maiden, notwithstanding, Is the sweetest gem of all. H'ii. llora liallou, in Journalist. II I'M OK OF THE Dir. Harmless "White Caps" Xurscs. Pcgular "old timers" Dutch clocks. Well watched A jeweler's window. A bad scinpe An amateur's violin nolo. Schnnpp judgment Deciding a bet of the drinks. Down in a coal mine A young miner's first moustache. When tho flakes begiu to dance, look out for a snowball. Polling stock Cattle on board a steamship iu a storm. The rain of terror Por a lady with no umbrella and a new bonnet. A burglar who was recently prostrated with lock. aw cured him elf by picking the lock. A little girl's view of it: "Minerva" wns the Goddess of Wisdom ; she nover nuiriied." 'Iheclaiion notes of tho rooster ii written, would, no doubt, be divided by crow bars. .V,re.'mnt J'rnre'tr. A parrot will talk on the least provo cation, but a crow seldom opens its mouth without caws. .Yeie IVri W'vr'd. You'.l write it us sure as fate, Hut don't find fault or pine, But scratch with care the ns, And make it s i. Merrhtnt Traveler. Wo somet'mcs say "out of sight out of mind," but we do not necessarily imply that a blind mun is insane. JViia York A. "The crop of young doctors in Xew York is going to be very largo this year." B. "Yes, but what will tho harvest bo;'1 Sij'tinj. Nature uses a great many quills with which to make a goo&e, but a man can make a goose of himself with only one. Urc'ttii tt mid iltiriL ii. "John, you are not listening to a word I am saying!'' "Why, my dear, I am all ears." "1 know you are, and that makes it all tho more provoking." A "deaf muto" church has been dedl-s catcd ia 1 luladelphia. A fellow could snore all through the service and disturb nobody. Dan n-il e JSreeif. A young man who becomes em barrassed when ho calls on a certain youtig lady, says she gives him tho shake every time ho goes to seo her. The stores nra now crowded no longor, The salesgirls get ret aud grow stronger, AVmlo prices ot gilts have so dwindled That some of us feel we've hotm swindled. ioto UuUn t. , A Chicago clergyman who marriect" three couples on tho cars the other day resents the suggestion that he allow, himself to be patented as a car coupler. Clii'-t'Ji J'utt. Miss Purentulatein (age thirty-five) "So you are going to get married at last, PaiilineC Puuline " Ves, dear, I should think it was about time; you know I'm t we u t y f o u r. " l.ie. "What is your fori one, my ancient maid!" ' My weu:th is my fortune, sir," she said. "Can 1 marry you, my pretty maid."' "If you are us wealthy, sir," she said. .Y!fi i uc.V .San. Wife "Shall I put your diumond studs in your shirt, dear:" Husband "What on earth are you thinking of 1 Do you want to ruin me.' 1 have a mect iug with my creditors this morning." Ji-ire.'m' .e'd. Pthel ylo her betrothed) "Do loam to skate, George. I'm sure you would look lovely ou ice." George (a vouug and rising undertaker; "Look lovely on ice, wo Id 1 Thank you. 'o hurry about it." SiitimH, Youthful Innocence: "One or you boys h is been stealing raisins again; I huvo found the seeds on tho floor. Which one of you was it?" Tommy "It wasn't me. I swallowed the seed in niiue. " A' -ran ton Truth. " Is ill iri'iuiio a failure:" he asked of a maid Wlio eluui pretty close to Ins side: " I'm mire I can't tell, s.r," tlio young lady said " I'nlilyou have made mo your bridu!" .Yfie lark H'oWif. Jeweler "The inscription you wi-h to havu engraved on the inside of this ling, if I understand you, is '.Varcellus to Irene.'" 1 oung .Man twilhsomo em barrassment " 1 es, that's right. But cr - don f cut the 'Irene' deep." Cu-eii-j Ti ilm i. The l'mfc-tor having given out ns subject ffl an essay "1 he l sc of Navi gation, 1 J oi. f tho sludunis concluded his product ion .villi the somewhat novel statement: "And thus wo may say: 'Ihn ship is the camel of the sea.'" .' It JI llilt .' Hi A ( o!liu on Her lltt 'U. A very d guitled lady of fifty, looking liko a Ducli s, strode througli I'niou Square, New ork. "1 hut lady," said one who Kn w hcr.carries a collin ou her back, shu is u lierl ner, uud in her youth she h ol two Ioveij. both of whom she encoui.ig-'d. Iicr lit kleness biotiglit oil rivaliy l i 'ween them, and at lasi one sent a challenge to the other. Thev fought a due1, iu which the younger i f them vas killed, and it is the shadow of this coilin i it it she cari .e-. thioiigh the streets of .i w Yoik. Alter a time she niar.i.il tne i:al wboblcw ber lover, but in a short lime he d.ed uudei drumatit: clicum-tai.. es. she stibse.iuently be i auue ihu i..- of yet another uiau w ho bio.igiil her to 'cw York, where they are well l.nou to mauy who do not kuow the rei oid of ber Career."
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