The Forest Republican. (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, March 06, 1889, Image 2

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    THE FOREST REPUBLICAN
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J. E. WENK.
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ELM STREET, TIONESTA, Ft,
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VOL. XXI. NO. 45. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH G, 1889. Sl.50 PER ANNUM.
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Tlio yent 18P9 will be long memorable
for its list of distinguished dciul.
Bishop Hurst, of the Methodist Epii-'
copal Church, says that in Mexico P.000,
000 peoplo have never soon a copy of tho
Bible.
During tho Inst year Canada's publio
debt i suld to have increased 1,000,
000, making the grand total Dot far from
284,51.1,841. .
All tho wnyi of New -York city are
magnificent. Hot net debt is more than
('.11,000,000, and her government costs
her $10,000,000 a year.
A chair of painting and wood carving
haa beon established in Pe Fauw I'ni-
voraity, Greencastlc, Ind., and Miss
I.ouio Fisher, of Cincinnati, has been
appointed to it.
In the year 1887 wo received from Eu-
ropo $32,000,000 more gold thin we ex
ported. In tlie jear less we exported
nearly $30,000,000 more than wo re-
reived. Hut we have a good deal of the
yellow metal left.
' The Houston rnt aa that South
Fonts Is dcsliucd to twiirao the great
V itock breeding conter for tho Panhandle
country. Tho fact is, South Texua is
attracting more attention now than any
Mhcr section of the State.
Sloyd i tho new word which looks
like slang, but is not. Sloyditcs, accord
ing to ths Toronto (Canada) Qtohe, are
- persons interested in introducing manual
(raining into the public schools. Don't
be discourage! by the name.
V. C. 'Wines, In a recent number of tho
liittrn ilioua', Ilecortl of Char ti s and Cor-
r-e i"i, fays that in 1M0 tho ratio of
prisoners to population was 203 to tho
million. Ten years afterward it was GOT,
a delude Inter, and eight yours ago
lit)!) to tho million.
Tho North invested lastyearin South,
crn industries". $10?, 000, 000. Nearly
$30,000,000 of this was invoked in Aln
1 amn, which leads in mining and manu
facturing enterprises in that section.
Kentucky got $2(J,O00,000, Texas Sflf,-
000,000 oud Georgia $14,000,01)0. Tho
least amount invested was $2,000,000,
.which went to Mississippi.
. ' . . ' .
The Pennsylvania Hall road Company
. has to make out 40,000 checks for every
pay day. To do this work a force of
. clerks is kept busy throughout tho year.
Recently tho employes of the company
requested to bo paid every two weeks in-
tfatcud'of every month as is now done,
but the company found that in order to
accedo to the request the force of clerks
.would havo to be doubled.
Tho Xorthtces'ern Lumlierman says that
tho lumbor industry is in danger oi
busiuoss troubles from ovor-pyAiliietion.
Tho competition bctwocn fWyellow
' pi rie of the Northwest Is increasing, and
" whilo the former will, in tho opinion of
tho Linu'uriimH, undersell the luttor
. right along, at it has done in the pa-t,
-. yet there is, it tays, not enough demand
to keep yollow pino stock from accu
mulating. Jndja is so far away that its vastness
fa scarcely appreciable from Amer'ca.
' 'Its -dovelopiuunt iu wealth is marked
by the erection of tho most costly rail-
. way station jn the world, whi h has been
erected at Bombay at a cost of $l?,t0'J,
- 000.. ,The structure was ten years in
process of construction. The building
ia in Vcnet'an Gothic style.with Oriental
ornamentation, aud returning travelers
speak of it as gorgeously magnificent.
Thii experts who were to have exain
, i noil , the brnin of the dead elephant
. Chief, now in tho possession of tire
University of l ennsyhrania, at Phildel
phla, have de idod that the organ is too
.soft to give satisfactory results. Tho
examination was to have been made, as
' has been stated, to determine, if possi
ble, the iiaturo of tho disease "must,"
which is prevalent among the elephants
of India, and which Is supposed to be
idoutical with human insanity.
Within late years the demand for
hemp has increased enormously, owing,
slates tTimtt-Democr.it, to its use by
farmers for binding graiu by machine.
Borne jilts of the increased use of hemp
twine for this purpose may be found
when it is shown that the total amount
of hemp manufactured into binding
' yarns in 1880 was only lflO tons, while
in 188 the consumption was 43.00(1
tons. ' What U' lanown as the "Kup
Trust" have advanced the prico since
lust. August of .Manilla and Sisal hemp
from four to five cents a pound.
Tho necessity of a compulsory school
law is bejnning to. bsvfelt in Indiaua,
and Mr.i.'a l'ollctte, rstate Superin
tendent of t cho'H, in his annual report
to tho Governor recommends the enact
ment of such a la. Indiana has in
round numbers $15,000,000 invested in
school proporty, and expends $5,000,000
auniuilly in keepitTg up the schools; but
t' e uveiai;e daily attendance is not over
futy-nve per ceut. of the enumeration
lii'ty per tent, of the enrollment,
i the enrollment is not over fifty
'.t. of the enumeration.
THE PUNCTUAL TIDES.
The punctual tides, with Snll.n roar,
Wash on th aeacoast's pebbly floor;
Park drift and floating; wrecks they strew,
Grinding the old and building new
And building new.
So the long years, with muffled aound.
Bring tribute from the far profound;
Hoarse winds and stooping clouds go by,
And man fares hence wa know not why
We know not why.
The tides of time, they rise or fall
With that white wast that circle all;
Our year in vaster periods move.
As our poor love lo lasting Love
In lasting Love.
Dora Head Qoodale.
MISS TAPA.
Every morning when the miners em
ployed in the mines at IScrard assembled
around tho shaft to answer the roll-call,
there could bo seen arriving last of all a
tall, sturdy-looking fellow, who led by
the hand a little girl seven or eight years
old. They were Michel Picrron ana his
daughter.
Boforo setting foot on the platform of
the car to descend the man took the
child In his arms and kissed her, aud
then replaced her on the ground. Tho
littlo one cried : "Good-by, papa."
When the signal for tho descent was
given sho clasped her hands and kept re
peating the einirle word "nana" until
she was sure that pnna could no longer
hear her. Then sho' went on to the
school houso close by, where she spent
the day.
Wt
hen the evening came she was al
ways the first at the opening of the
shaft, aad Michel Piorron was always
the first who came np. As aUiia depart
ure, he lifted tho child in his arms, and
she threw her arms around his neck,
crying "papa."
The miners hnd heard her repeat these
two syllables so often, and had been so
struck by the strange passion which she
put into them, that they gave her tho
name of Miss l aps.
And certainly no namo was more ap
plicable, Her father was everything to
her. Her mother had beon dead a long,
time; she had scarcely known hor; sho
had only him. All her memories of
childhood were filled with him, To her
his great rough hands had been as gentle
as a woman's. For her, his hard grimy
face had always worn a tender smile.
For her, this man had become a woman
and a child at the same time.
Ah I how she loved her father, and
how terrified she was every morning
when she raw him descend into the great
black hole to which no one could see the
bottom.
One day a miner held her over the
mouth of the shaft, and she had gazed
down into the dark depths. I'ttering a
cry of terrr.r she drew tack.
"Papa goes down there," she thought.
"Oh, if he should never come up."
And that day, when Michel took her
in his arms as usual and kissed her, she
clunx more tightly than ever to his neck,
and said to him :
"Vou will come up, won't you?
"Of course, my littlo one."
"Is there any danger, tell me, papa?"
"Why, no, littlo coward."
"Docs anyone an anyone die down
there?'
"Have no fear," replied Michel,
laughing; "I will not die without let
ting you know."
"Ah! liood-bye, papa."
All that her father said was gosptl
truth to her, and she went to school com
pletely reassured.
But the memory of that black gulf into
which her eyes had plungod could not
be cM'aced, and from that time sho was
afraid every morning and trembled every
evening; fcho feared her lather would
never return from tlioso mysterious
depths info which sho had seen him
descend.
as it presentiment! Who knows?
One day the report suddenly spread
that an explosion had occurred iu the
mine. In a moment's timo a crowd had
gathered at the shaft. Pioin all direc
tions people, wild with terror, came
flocking to the spot, of those buried
far below there how many would ever see
the light agaiat
Michel's daughter was at school. She
knew nothing of it, and besides if any
one had spoken of it before her would
she have comprehended?
Could she know, poor little one, what
an ev plosion wast No. But at her ago
one knows already what death is; one
understands at her ago when one sees in
animate, niultilated bodios extended
upon the ground, and the approaches to
the shaft were strewn with them when
she arrived that evening to meet her fa
ther. bhe was stupefied for a moment, and
then the truth suddenly fahed upon
her; she had seen those men go down
living, those men whom she knew so
well, who had kissed her many a time;
and now they wore brought up dead.
Would they bring up her father like
them !
This thought distracted her. She be
gan to run wildly among tho debris,
which they had brought up from the
mine, crying: ",'apa! Papa! Papa!"
There were, it is true, many others
who cried snd called "Papal" but not
one in such despairing a cents. The
others they drove back, but no one could
be found to push her away. They let her
run, poor child, from ono body to anoth
er, sometimes stopping before a dis
figured face, heitatinsf for a moment, as
if she feared she might recognize her
father. j
No, he was not among the dead. She
grew calmer, and sought among the liv
ing. He was not there. She questioned
every one, but oue had teen him.
Of the sixty miners who had went
down in the morning forty rive hud come
up alive; fourteen wore dead. There
remained but one to be accounted for;
that cne was Michel.
She bad made them explain all that
to her, and she understood. She clapped
her hands joyously, as if they had said
to her: "Ho is all right You will see
him again." Ah! how she hoped to see
him. Then she suddenly recollected the
morning on which her father had said to
her :
"I will not die without letting you
know."
It only needed thut to give her the cer
tainty that he was living.
A child's faith is strong. It is not
easy to drive out an idea which has once
taken root in its mind. So, when the
next morning she had remained there
all night they tried to make her under
stand that there was no hope, that she
would never again see her father, that
they had explored all tho galleries,
searched every corner and had not found
him, she shook her head and began to
weep, saying: "8cek for papa!"
They paid littlo attention to her. For
forty hours had they not exhausted
every means? There was, doubtless,
something strange in this disappearance
Living or dead Michel ought to havo
been found, and they had not found
him.
The chief engineer had himself di
rected the search, but all in vain. In tho
opinion of all nothing more could be
done, and it was possible that, by the
force of the explosion, tho unfortunate
man had been buried by the falling de
bris, and it was impossible to tell her
when and hovr.
For forty-eight hours littlo Miss Papa
waited anxiously, but without manifct
ng the slightest uneasiness. At every
human form which appeared at tho
opening she started forward, and, not
rocogni.ing him for whom she waited,
she sank back upon the ground with a
deep sigh. They tried to take her away,
and she uttered such piercing cries that
they considered it best to leave her
there. They thought that she saust
soon yield to fatiguo.
Whence comes to the wenk and feeblo
such strength in tho great crises in life?
Ask God ; it is His secret.
The third day tho child was still at
the shaft.
"I must put an end to this," said the
engineer, approaching her. "Come, my
little one, bo reasonable!"
"Papal scok for papa!"
"Alas! ho is dead."
"No."
She uttered this "no" with such
energy that the engineer was struck by
it.
"Why do you say no." he asked.
"Ho would have told me."
"Poor little one," murmured the
engineer.
And he made a s'gn to the men to take
her away. But she clung desperately to
him, crying:
"Papa is not dead. I want to go down.
I will find him."
They bore her away and left her with
the school teacher. An hour later she
was back at the shaft, and, clinging to
the engineer's knees, she kept repeat
ing: "I want to go down ! I will find him!"
He was a tender-hearted man, that
engineer, and he took pity on her.
"After all," he said to'himself, "that
will, perhaps, be tho bet thing. When
she hns seen with her own eyes, she will
believe. This excitement, if it lasts
much longer, will kill her."
And, taking her in his arms, he bore
her to tho car and gave the signal to de
scend. Bhe shuddered when sho folt beneath
her the yawning pit, from which arose a
foul air which almost sulfocated her.
The engineer felt her little arms enclose
his neck, and her curly head was pressed
against his own.
When they reachod the bottom she dis
engaged herself, sprang to the ground
and rushed forward, calling:
"Papa! papa!"
The engiueer, who could hardly keep
up with her, was tired of explaining tp
her twenty times what he hud already
explained how the explosion had oc
curred and what they had done to find
the victims, and the child kept ques
tioning him, and repeated:
"He is living! heck for him!"
She would havo remained down there
in tho mine three days, as she had already
done at the surfneo, if they had uot
taken her by force and carried her up.
Tho engineer gave orders that she
should be taken back to tho school
teacher, and also orders that if she reap
penred at the shaft ihe should bo pre
vented from going into the mine.
All his measures had been carefully
taken, and the next day.no longer think
ing of hor, he was inspecting one of the
galleries, when he felt himself seized by
the arm of his coat. It was Miss Papa.
She had escaped from the school a
second timo. itcpulscd at the shaft, she
had slipped into an empty coal car and
hnd thus descended into the mine.
She told all this to the engiueer and
obtained his pardon. Five minutes later
sho again began her search, still full of
undiminished faith. The miners followed
her with pitying cyos, shrugging their
shoulders, saying:
"Poor little Papa!"
Little Papa kept on seeking with una
bated courage. Suddenly they saw her
ruuning toward them, palo and excited.
"Down there!" she gasped. "Down
thero ! Papa!"
"What.' Down there?" said the
miner.
"His blouse!"
"Hah! Where.'"
"Down there!"
In a moment every one had heard tho
new, and the mine was in a tumult.
The child declared that she had teen a
piece of blue cloth in tho hole, which she
could not ruise because it was held down
by an enormous block of coil.
"Where?" they asked hr againi
She turned, followed by the crowd of
miners. Then she stopped and hesi
tated. Sho could not find the spot. All the
blocks of coal resembled each other; all
tho cavities were aliko, alt the galleries
were the same. And yet she was sure
she had seen that piece of blue cloth.
Where the blouse was, the man must be,
living, no doubt, and that man was her
father, and she could not Hod him!
One by one.tired of the useless search,
persuaded that the poor girl was crazed
by grief.thc meu withdrew and returned
to their work. But they had hardly
taken up their pickaxes, when a loud
cry recalled them to the child..
"I have found it ! I have found it !"
Thoy piuhed her aside and looked.
Yes, it was a piece of blue flannel! It
was a blouse! There was a man there!
They set to work with a will, and in
a tn iuklingof an eye the wall was beaten
down, and in a deep excavation they saw
a mnu extended; it was Michel Pierron.
He had been there three days and four
nights.
Loud cries arose on all sides, and,
ringing loud above the other, a cry
escaped from the lips of a child. She
thiew herself upon the body aud
clasped it iu her a run, half mad, weep
ing and crying : -
"tapa! papa!"
He was neaily dead, poor Michel!
Exhausted by lack of air and nourish
ment he recovered consciousness only
to sink back fainting; but he was
alive.
Miss Tapa had told the truth. The
man would not die without telling hit
child, nnd tho thought of her had sus
tained him and given him the strength
to conquer death.
A week later he was out and ready to
recommence his work.
On tho evening of the day beforo that
on which he was to return to tho mind
a great banquet was given by ail the
miners to Miss Papa. The place of
honor was reserved for her. A loud
hurrah and wild applause greeted he
when she entered, holding on to Michel's
hand. Thero were kisses given, shouts!
of "Bravo!" and wild huzzas in honor1
of the little queen.
And do you know what she replied to
all this, smiling and clapping her littlo
hands?
Sho replied: "Papa."
It would be dillicult to describo how
and in what tone she uttered that word.
But all the biave fellows, whose eyes
had hardly ever known a tear, will tell
yon that they wept that night.
How Men Act Under Fire.
Exposure to fire, writes Colonel Floyd
Clarkson in the Mud and fii-jireit, brings
oat tho different characteristics of men.
Tho?e who are naturally stubborn and
combative become more so and make
the best fighters. The way men behave
when exposed to tho enemy's tire de
pends on whether they expect to be hit
or not. Some men, especially those
new to the work, go into a charge firm
ly convinced that they aro going to be
shot. Of course they are frightened
when they look at in that way. io man
is willing to go deliberately to meet
death, and the idea of being hit, even
slightly, Is not plerteant. l ooking at it
in this way, tho men become extremely
nervous, and in some cases it makes
them actually sick. When compelled to
go forward, they are so excited that
thoy hardly know what they are about.
Olher men look at it differently, and
do not expect to be hit. These aro men
who have seen service. They consider
their chanco of being killed so slight in
ordinary engagements that they Act as
though they were indilTcrent to lire. It
makes all the difference in the world in
their behavior, and it is the duty of tho
officers to convince tho men that they
will not bo hit. They should even ex
pose themselves to severe fire if necessary
to assure the men.
When I was in tho Sixth Cavalry
down in North Carolina we had a lot of
new men. A charge was ordered and
the first company advanced. They were
in an open road close by a piece of
woods. At the first volley from tho
enemy they took to tho woods. Then I
ordered up the second company. The
men were white as ghosts, but they rode
through the tire, 'the cavalry charge is
with relvolvers pointed in the air, and at
tho word "fire" the barrel is dropped and
the volley fired. In this charge tho men
were eo excited that most of their shots
went straight up in the air or over the
heads of the enemy. A couplo of months
later the same men would ride and fire
as steadily and drop their bullets close to
the object aimed at.
It requires more nerve for men to stand
and receive than to ride forward and re
turn it. Tho excitement of firing helps
keep tho men's courage up. Only vet
erans will go steadily forward when men
are dropping on all sides. I remember
one charge when I expected to get hit.
I had to lead a cavalry charge right in
the face of the enemy's fire. It seemed
like sure death to attempt I destroyed
all of my papers and we went out with a
rush. The enemy was so astonished
that they dropped their guns and ran,
leaving us to gather in come prisoners
and leave tho ground clear for the in
fantry. I remember an incident at Chnpulto
pec that tried tho nerve of the meu. A
forlorn hope was ordered and every tenth
man was told off. One of the men who
was detailed was so badly frightened
that ho became very sick, He was con
vinced that ho would be' shot, but he
went through tho charge, received a ball
on his belt plate and came out all right.
He was Afterward a Captain in the civil
war and btood fire without flinching.
He died a natural death after tho war
rhotoirraphin? Itlfle Bullets.
The interesting process of photograph
ing rifle bullets iu motion, by means ol
the electric light, presents some remark
able phenomena, judging from the ex
periments madu by Much, the Austrian
chemist. In this operation his plan is
to illumine, tho bullet by lotting it break
an electric current formed, but the
velocity of the bullet must exceed that
of soud, in order that the conditions of
the air before and behind the projectile
can be shown. After vnrious experi
ments he succeded in his efforts to
photograph projectiles fired by Wornal
and Jurdo guns, having respectively an
iuitial velocity of 4:j-t nnd 5U0 meters
per second. Tho photographs obtained
in this manner showed an air formation
in front of the bullet having the form of
i an hybeihole, whilo behind it almost s
vacuum was formed, in which, when ths
1 initial velocity was very great, there
were some curious spiral motions, from
the description given, there appeared
from these photographs to bo a great
similarity between the motion of a body
through the water and that of a pro
jectile through the air. JNVw York Hun.
Grotesque Sacred Nuts.
Japanese sacred nuts are the latest fad
in the market, and are having a large
sale as curiositius.
Their intrinsic value is small, but in
former times the uneducated Japanese
used to worship them. They are to be
seen at most fashionable purveying
stores that aim to keep up with the pro
cession.
In shape they aro exactly like a pair
of mounted ox-horns. They are two
inches from tip to tip aud are black in
color, looking uot unlike a black butter
fly. The taste is very similar to that ol
a Brazil nui. They retail at from teu tc
twenty five cents apiece, according tc
sie.
The remarkable quality about them if
thai they will keep sweet and palatable
for twenty ycais from tho time they ure
gathered. These nuts grow in th
mar.-hes of Japan.
tjou cracking the shell a heart-shaped
kernel is revealed, and this nhape is wnal
gave rise to the superstition us to the
celestial character of the nut. lVmc Yvrl
HOI SEU0L1 AFFAIRS.
How to Dleanne Chamois) Leather.
! Make a solution of weak aoda and
warm water, rub plenty of soft soap into
the leather, and allow it to remain in
soak for two hours; then rub it well in
until it is quite clean. Afterward rins
it well in a weak solution composed ol
warm water, soda and yellow soap. It
must not be rinsed in water only, for
then it would bo so hard when dry as to
bo unfit for use. It is the small quantity
of soap left in the leather that allows the
finer particles of the leather to separate
nnd become soft like silk. After rinsing
wring it well in a rough towel nnd dry
quickly, then pull it about and brush it
well, and it will become softer and better
than most new leather. Detroit Fre
I'ntt.
How to Wash Blanket.
I utilized some of the bright, sunny
weather of a recent week to wash my
blankets. I used, to me, a new method,
with very satisfactory results. For three
blankets I used ono pint of soft soap and
two tablespoonfuls of powdered borax,
dissolved in boiling, water. Then I
added this solution to a half-filled tub of
cold water, large enough to contain the
blankets, nnd left them stand twelvo
hours entirely covered with the solution.
I then squeezed nnd rubbed them
thoroughly, but did not wring them.
I put them in a basket over another tub
to drain, rinsed in clean cold water, and
drained again. I put a little blue in a
final rinse, drained again and hung out
to dry. By using cold water and not
wringing, my blankets did not shrink,
but when dry were smooth and white.
Prairie Farmer.
Gamp for Invalids.
A way that is highly recommended for
preparing game fur invalids is as follows:
After being properly prepared boil a fine
young bird until it is three parts cooked,
then remove the skin, pick all the flesh
from the bones and pound it in a mor
tar with a little of tho liquid in which
it was boiled, threo tablcspoonsful of
finely sifted bread crumbs, n teaspoonful
of grated lemon rind, a sufficient season
ing of salt nnd a grating of nutmeg.
When pounded to a perfectly smooth
paste, put tho mixture into a saucepan
with a little more of the liquid, and let
it simmer gently for ten minutes. When
finished the pomnda should be slightly
thicker than good cream. It will keep
quite fresh aud sweet for three or four
days, and can be heated a fow spoonsful
at a time and served poured over n slice
of nice, crisp, hot toast, or in a very
tiny dish with sippets of toast inserted
round about. Nothing mora quiGkly
destroys the capricious appetite of an in
valid than having a largo dish of any
th ng, no matter how daintily set before
them; they requiro to eat often but only
a littlo at a time. lsmoUjn Udr.en.
How to Cook a Potato.
The cooking of a potato is a test of
ttie cook sskiii. cne, or lie, niaj make
pastry that will melt in the mouth.
salads that inspire verse, and brown
gravies that arc the envy of all, but if
the potato comes to the table a heavy,
sodden ball, or a nasty, discolored mass.
wo know that the education of that cook
is not complete.
In the first place the potatoes should
bo carefully peeled, and the shape that
nature gave them preserved, instead of
chipping olt the outside until they loos:
like ob ccts with which to illustrate
some geometrical problem. Those that
must bo cut I era use of imperfections
can hi cooked and laid aside for warm
ing up. After they are peeled they
should lie for a whilo in cold water, and
when put to boil, which thould bo just
bait an Hour betoi e they are to be served,
should be put into boiling water; after
boilinsr about fifteen or twenty minutes
a handful of salt should be sprinkled
over them. There should not be too
n uch water, just enough to cover them,
ana should not boil too rapidly, as tho
outside will rake oft. 1 he dish in which
they are to be served should be well
warmed snd a napkin laid in the bottom.
As soon ns the potatoes aro done, care
fully lift thorn from tho boiling water
into the dish by placing a kitchen fork
under them, and at onco put a warm
napkin ovor them and let them stand
two or tbreo or live minutes, then re
move tho top napkin nnd serve them,
and you have a delicious, white, mealy
ball that is an ornament to any dinner
table, aud a guest will be sure to ask :
"Where do you buy such delicious po
tatoes !" Stiiinfffiet I IteptMUan.
lteclpe.
Sweet Himtit. Two cups sugar, two
cups butter, the whites of tto eggs well
beaten, one-half cup sour milk, oue-half
teaspoon of soda, and tlour enough to
roll; spruiKlo witli sugar.
Ciir.AM Pie. Beat one egg with one-
half cup of sugar, stir in nearly a pint of
boiling milk, iu which dissolve oue and
a half tablespoons of cornstarch; let cool
and add lemun essence Bake with one
crust.
Sai atoiia Omr.. Thinly peel and
slice; let stand in salted water twenty
minutes; takeout, drain aud dry on a
napkin ; separate tho slices and drop a
handful at a time in boiliug lurd; stir
with a fork uutil a light brown or crisp,
as desired; skim out, drain well aud
serve. I so solid potutoes.
GiNdFit Nir.. Oue cup of brown
sugar, one of molasses, ono of boiling
water in whicu a heaping teaspoon of
soda has been dis-oivud, tho bulk of an
euu in beef drippings or butter, a table
spoonful of ginger and nutmeg, yolks
of two vaa. and Hour to make a stilt
batter, which may be dropped with a
spoon on to a tin.
CWiUAUK SW.AP. TWO C''g8 well
beaten, one tablespoonful mustard, one
teaspoouful iiepiicr, two teaspoonfulssalt.
four tablespoonfuls melted butter, six
tablespoonfuls sweet milk, oue teacupful
vinegur. Stir uil on tho stove until it
thickens like custurd. hen cold mix
with finely chopped cabbugo. Extract
of celery or a little celery suit is an im
provement to those who like celery.
I'icli.eu Heets. Pickled beets are a
delicious relish to keep conveniently on
hand. Boil tender half a peck of beetR.
They should cook at b ust two hours
slowly. When thoroughly done allow
a slice of raw onion to every beet. Slice
them into a Jar, put in a teaspoonful it
'horse radish, six cloves aud a table
spoonful of whole peppeis to every hall
dozen beets. Pour boiliug vinegar ovet
them aud set them away. When cold
cqv?r.
HINTS FOR EMERGENCIES,
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF SUDDEN
HEMORRHAGES.
Valuable fjnggeetlons as to the
Treatment of Persona Hlcedlnff
From Cuts or Other Injur le.
Mayor W. II. Gardner, port surgeon
at the .hington (D. O.) barracks, re
cently delivered a lecture on hemor
rhages and their treatment. It should be
known in the first place, he said in the
the Star's report, and always remem
bered, that the arteries are the tubes
which carry the blood from the heart to
all parts of the body, while the veins
conduct the blood from the extremities
back to the heart. The wounding of
these blood vessels are the most common
injuries to which mankind is liable, and
when the rupture pertains to the arteries
the result is speedily fatal if not sub
jected to immediate and proper treat
ment. Suppose that one should be cut in the
arm, which is so often the case when, in
a difficulty, one is warding otl the blow
of an assailant. If a blood vessel is
severed the victim turns pule, sickens at
the stomach, a cold, clammy sweat col
lects on tho brow, and the pulse weak
ens and runs up from reventy to eighty
to 120. What should be done. Avoid
excitement, crowding the patient or
giving a stimulant. In nine cases out of
ten mistaken kindness administers
liquor, which of all things is the worst,
as it excites the heart to vigorous action
and increases the flow of blood. Bear
this in mind always, he said. If the
blood is bright red and comes from the
wound in interrupted spurts it is from
the artery, and a compress, or tourni
quet, should bo placed above or between
the wound and heart. A compress can
be easily made by twisting a handker
chief and tying a heavy knot in tho
center and then tying the handkerchief
loosely around the arm, placing the knot
first tied directly over the artery, which,
it will be found, runs down the inside of
the arm. A cane or Bhort stick, or in
the army, a bayonet, will answer, should
be run through the bight or loop on the
outer side of the arm, and the handker
chief drawn so tightly by twisting the
stick that the pressure of the knot will
stop the flow of blood until the arrival
of a physician. Should tho blood be
dark scarlet, or pour from the wound in
a steady stream, it is from a vein, and
the compress should be placed below the
wound and on Jho outside of the arm.
It is often necessary to place a compress
on both the inner side and outer side of
tho arm
A stab in the back is nearly always
fatal if a blood vessel is cut, owing to
the dilliculty of getting at the vessel to
stop the fow of blood. In such cases
the work of a surgeon is all that can
avail anything, and too often even that
is unsuccessful.
Thigh, leg, or feet wounds, when
blood vessels are severed, are treated
much in tho same way as thewrm. Cuts
on the inside of the thigh or leg are most
dangerous, as there tho femoral, or main
artery, lies exposed, and unless com
pressed at once a man would be dead in
ten minutes. The position of tho fem
oral artery can be ascertained by feel
ing with the hand, ns its pulsations are
in unison with the throbbings of the
heart. General Packenham, who com
manded the Knglish forces at the battle
of New Orleans, January 181., was
wounded through this artery and bled
to death before a surgeon could arrive.
The artery of the leg divides just be
fore the knee-joint into three smaller
vessels, and in case of hemorrhage from
cuts or otherwise it is best, he said, to
apply the compress directly and firmly
over the wound. The same rule obtains
in wounds of the hands and fcot. Hemor
rhages of t lie head, chest and abdomen
are almost universally fatal, for the rea
son that it is dillicult to get at the severed
vessels to stop the How or to ligature
them, or from the laceration of some vis
cous whose integrity is necessary to life,
or from inflammation from tho passage
of a projectile or weapon. At the same
time, however, ministrations to the af
flicted should not cease until tho victim
is inevitably dead, for iu many instances
injuries which at first sight seem to be
necessarily fatal have been recovered
from.
Dr. Gardner cited as an example his
personal observation of the body of the
lato General Fainsworth, on which he
counted thirty lwo scars received in
battle from shell, shot, swords, and bay
onets, many of them seemingly fatal,
though he recovered and lived to die
quietly in his bed as a Christian. He
also personally knew General Schuyler
Hamilton, who, when aide to General
Scott during the Mexican war, was,
whilo carrying an order, pierced through
the body by a Mexican lance, the weapon
entering the back just below the right
kidney aud tmcrgiug from the front of
tho abdomen. He recovered and served
in the lute war.
Perhaps the most wonderful instance
of recovery was that of a man working
on a railroad in Massachusetts. Whilo
ramming a blast in a rock the powcier
was ignited and a premature explosion
ensued, blowing the steel rammer, about
two feet longaud oue inch thick, through
bis head, entering below tho lei (eye and
coming out at the top of his head. He
recovered, went to California and was in
business there many ycurs. When he
died he willed his skull to Dr. Henry
Bigclow.theutteuding physician, aud it is
now in the med cal museum at Harvard.
Tim Texas Pony.
T he most inexperienced horseman will
not have to walk around the animal
twice iu order to tell a Texas pony; that
is, one whi h is full bred, with no ad
mixture. He has tine deer-like legs, a
very long bods, with a pronounced roach
just forward of the coupling, and pos
sibly a "glass eye" and a pinto hide.
Auy old cowboy will point him out as
the only creature suitable for his pur
pines. Hard to break, because he has
any amount of latent devil in his dis
position, ho di ei not break his legs or
fall over backward iu the "pitching''
process as does tho "eayue of the
.Northwest. 1 think he is small and
shriveled up like a Mexican because ef
hi dry, hot li. ibilat, over which he has to
walk many mi e to (let bis dinner. But,
in compensation, he can cover leagues
of his native plains, bearing a tveri
ingly dispropoitiouutuly large ruun, with
an ease both to himself and to his rider
which is little short of miraculous.
Cin'ury.
ONE MURE.
When man and time ltaelf were peers,
In the far days before the flood,
And living souls had flesh and blood,
Five hundred or a thousand years,
Till birthdays grew a misty guess,
What signified one mora or lessi
Ah me! no thought may now contemn
That unit of the lives of men,
Whose dwindled years are one to ten
Of Adam and Methusnlem,
And one hath all the cares that grew
In twenty when the world was new.
A yearl 'tis nature's morn and night,
The lifetime of a plant, with dower
Of seed and sprout and leaf and flower;
And yet before its snows are white
We claim the next, and plan to run
Another journey round the sun.
Onr course of being hath no goal,
Alone in passing youth or age
The onward step, the further stage,
Is counted by the insatiate soul,
That haunts the Future's open door
And cries for one to-morrow more.
And though the new to-morrows beam
On thankless slight and wilful waste,
And greed of mortals crazed with haste.
Who hope and scheme and wish and dream
Still, added to life's growing sum,
In mercy one by one they come.
One more reprieve from sorrow's stress,
One more delay for duty's stent,
One more probation to repent,
One mora condition of success
We ever crave. The boon is lent;
We take but we are not content
Do New Years rise and set in vain ,
Because uneasy spirits fret!
Not so: the world hath wisdom yet,
And punctual sense of present gain,
And faith, whoso patience waits so long
Its yearning doeth tinn no wrong.
And Heaven, that chides the rash and blind,
Relents when love of life entreata.
And still with granted seasons meets --
The common prayer of all mankind,
And give eternity whose store
Of years forever yields one more.
Tiuron Brown, in Youth's Companion.
IIU.H0K OF THE DAY.
Doing light work Cleaning the
lamps.
Tho shirtmaker's favorite exclamation
A hem.
A clever Flight of hand performer
The coquette
Tho locomotivo levor most always
travels "incog."
It is tho telegraph operator that has
his work at his lingers' ends.
Advice to the dressmaker: "Be sure
you're right then go ahead."
A barber's shears shut up when at
work and so should the barber.
The man with the most accomplish
ments often accomplishes nothing.
There are sand flics when there is calm
and sand flies when the wind blows.
The most unhappy feature about being
a jail-bird is said to bo its inabil ty to
fly. t i
A doctor may kill a man with tho best
of intentions. A murderer kills with tho
worst.
When an Indian catches cold on tho
warpath he has the war-whopping
cough.
"Waiter, this beefsteak is so tough I
can't cut it." "A sharper kuife for the
gen llcman."
Putient "Do you extract teolh with
out pain?'' Dentist "Ves;.-iV-43no
pain to me."
Tho moths have strange fasten. They
frequently appear in overcoats in sum
mer weat her. l'U a urn;
India rubber is being tried as a street
pavement in Germany, it ought to give
every pedestrian an elastic step.
Doctor "I tee little Will has fully
recovered." Mother "Oh, yes, doctor,
little Bill was cured by your big bill."
First Boy "Is your father fond of
fish?" Second Boy "Ve, I guess so.
Ho has C. O. D. printed on his business
cards."
Sorno persons complain of "sudden
changes iu tho weather," but we notice
that it get) both w armor aud colder by
degrees.
The nuisance of tho hotel was in tho
Earlor warbling "Oh, would I were a
ird." "Well, here's a beginning for
you," said the landlord. And he handed
him his bill. Argosy.
Tho littlo girl who wroto on her ex
amination paper "The interior of Afr.utv
Is principally used for purposes of ex
ploration ' war wiser than she thought.
JJidt tutors American.
"Don't you know, Kmily, that it is
not proper for you to turn uround and
look after a gentleman i" "lint, mamma,
I was only looking to see if he was look
ing to see if I was looking." Hirtinj.
Mr. Youugman (after long thought)
"Is there any way to find out what a
woman thinks of you, without j repos
ing f" Mr. I'enedict tubsoiitly) "Ves;
make her mad." AV Ytrlt Wnlly.
There sua onru a young man, a poor dht r,
Who wrute lo hi tailors a ittbtor;
They nsw'i-wl at omu,
And culk-it him h donee,
And then lh poor fui.o.v t.-it bebtor.
irfis'triii'ort d-itic.
It is said that a Minneapolis man who
attempted to commit Buicidc the olher
day by taking poison was saved by iho
active and indefatigable exertions of
four dictionary canvassers. Vhicatjt
Ti ihun :
Miss De Pert I unfeelingly) "This is,
partialis, tho first refusal you have re
ceived, .Mr. Do Tom?" Mr. l o Tom
(sarcastically) "Aud perhaps tho fust
you have ever given, .V.iss Mauve. '
Total 'J'l'i'i '.
Littlo Bobby "Pon't you want to
take me up to tho toboggan slide with
you some day. Mr. Jiuksf" Mr. Jinks
"1 never 1.0 to any toboggan slide.
Bobby; inner even saw a toboggan."
Bobby (a tritle nonplused) "That's
funny; I hcaid pa say sumethiug about
your going dowu hill at a furious rate."
1AHV (LAKE'S OHKAT HEAD.
lie dm a not lme me for my birth, nor fur my
lauds so I iad an4 lull',
Ho rlom nut i l ni I m worth more to him
ibun eartit uud an.
II dots not 1 ike 1110 on his kneo anl kiss hit
eye uint no- und hair,
His isU-r 1 h .vh said I'd be, and that I wull,
kaid Lady- (, lurn.
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