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EPUBLICAN
VOL. XXIT. NO. 2.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1889.
S1.50 PER ANNUM.
ST
In Chicago Almost every form of crirno
is rapidly advancing.
Three Slates now havo 1'nlloi lioform
nets Massachusetts, Khodc Island and
Indiana.
Montana has signalized her approach
ing Statehood by the discovery of new
gold mlnos.
A French soldier lias been sentenced
lo be shot for throwing a quid of tobacco
iii tho face of his Colonel.
The Fcinntirte American asserts that
,, etlne-tenths of the material prosperity ol
. thli American I nion is duo to inventors
and their patents.
.'Tho first experiment with tho Aus
tralian ballot system in tho Vnited States
will be thut which will be tried in
.1 .Montana in October.
Tho old men are on top in Japan.
I'uder the now constitution of that
country a man must be thirty years old
to bo eligiblo for ollico.
' Funuy, isn't it, queries tho New York
, Iltialtly. that this great country with
f ' millions of acres of unoccupied laud,
'mint buy eggs from Germany and onions
. '". from Spain!
,
Tho mitroitds are not making as much
money ns formerly, according to (lood
tih'i f un. On lt0.U(Vinilc.s.pi,rpad last
year the loss as against 1 837 was nearly
JJI.i'OO.OOJ.
Admind pcirl T, .of tin Vnited States
Navy, says thit with .iO,uiu,000 at his
command ho could, in sixty days, put
an improvise! fleet in motion which
would make short work of nny foreign
nation's commerce.
Says tho Washington War: "Tastes
differ. Most people would prefer a Polo
to a Chinauriu. In tho eastern provinces
of Prussia, however, they are driviug
"out the Poles, while talking seriously of
Importing Chinamen."
New Orleans has tot tho poculiar ex
ample of making her police secure in
their calling for life. Tho experiment,
remarks the Wushiujjton W n; will draw
attention from a dozen cities where tho
prolixin of getting a good police force
iiauol been solved.
Tho Cubans are greatly excited over
the rumor that thcro is a plnu in this
country to buy their island. Tho Span
ish Minister of tho Interior, however,
declares that Spain will never consent to
part with Cuba or nny other colony for
nny consideration whatever.
A Canadian paper wants to know why
Wive 'pillion Canadians should pay more
lo be.;overncd than sixty million
S Americans Day. Tho thirteen Cabinet
o Veers at Ottawa receive $10.1,01)0 a year,
whjo tho eight Cabinet oiliccrs of tho
Kilted Mates recoivo ij-lt-l, 000.
The casting of plato glass is said to
exceed in spltnr ami marvelous dis
play all other pieces of work in tho in-
.dustrial world. Thcro is about it such
nervous rapidity of movement, such play
of color, that the beholder is inspired
.ith tho greatest enthusiasm and ex
' claims, tdoud with delight.
President Ilarrispn wasfifty-fivo years,
seven months and fourteen days old
. when he was inaugurated. His grand
father was the oldest mnu ever selectod
President, being in his sixty-eighth
year. General Grant wus tho youngest,
in his forty-seventh year. The average
ago of I residents at tho time of their
inauguration is fifty-six years. General
1 unison is but little under tho average
President, in years at least.
A fow days ago a man got permission
to experiment with an Egyptiau em
balming process on aeadavnr at tho New
York Morgue. The body was placed in
a zinc lined box. A plato with a
' powder thut looked liko common clay
was set on fire and placed inside tho box.
The cover was screwed on the 1 ox and
the body was subjected to tho process
for six hours. Tho Morgue pcoplo pro
.uounce it a success. Tho cost is fifty
cents.
In tho largest jewelry shops in New
York, where :s."0u0 worth of t'old is used
in a day, the gold is not weighed out to
tho workmen, and nothing but the hon
esty ot tho employes prevents loss, lint
"lo tho gold is allowed to be exposed,
- tea tho Atlanta Giwititutiuit, tobacco
to locked up liecauso it has been
id thut tho uiau who would not
I a grain of his employer's gold,
(Id not hesitate to appropriate his
hbor's tobutco.
t an entertainment given by a inis
i band at Toronto, Cauailu, ouo ol
rhaiurtors, "lirituunia," stood on
' American lfug while introducing
representatives of the various nations
The audience. Professor Marshal, ol
Jen's I uivcrsity, who acted as chair.
iu.li, remarked thut thu flag was pluced
tluu to show Gieat Brituiu's relations
(Vo I'nitcd Males. This do laratiot
vj into tho local journals, caused
tndiijualion and protest aud the
(ty authorities have been asked
! uiitud. the professor.
SONG OF THE SEA,
The song; ot the sea was an ancient song
In the days when tho earth was young:
The waves were gossiping loud and long
Ere mortals bad found a tongue;
Tho heart of tho waves with wrath was
wrung
Or sooted to a siren strain,
As they tossed the primitive isles among,
Or slept in the o:xn main.
Such was the song and its changos froe,
Such was the song of the sea.
The song ot the sea took a human tone,
In the days of the coming of man;
A mournfiiler meaning swellod her moan,
And fiercer her riots rn:
Because thnt her stately volca began
To sjieak of her human woo;
With musie mighty to grasp and span
Life's tale and its passion-throos.
riuch was the song as it grew to bo,
Such was the song of tho sea.
The song of tho sea was a hungry sound
As the human years unrolled;
For the notes wore hoarse with tho doomed
and drowned,
Or choked with a shipwreck's gold:
Till it seemed no dirge above tho mould
So sorry a story sai I
As the midnight cry of the wators old
Calling above their dead
Such is the song ami its threnody,
Buch is the song ot the sea.
The song of the sea Is a wondrous lay,
For it mirrors human lire:
It is grave and great as tho judgement day,
It is torn with the thought of strife:
Yet under the stars it is smooth, and rife
With lore lights everywhere,
When the sky has takon the doop to wife
And their wedding day is fair
buch is the ocean's mystery,
v tJuch is the song of the sea.
Richard E. Burton, in llnrpeii Wkly. ....
IN THE THROAT OF A BOA.
11 Y COT.. Kb W AUD B. TAYLOIt.
"lean never look upon ono of those
writhing, slimy things without a shud-
der," said my friend, Colonel Paul '
Ballantyne, as wo three (his pretty '
South American wife was of tho party) i
stood in front of the bon constrictor' '
cage iu the serpent-house at tho l'bila-
delphia Zoological Garden.
"Aad yet, dear," interposed Mrs.
Ballantyne--and sho laid hand
lovingly upon her husband's aTm, and
looked up into his handsome face with a
wealth of love glowing in her lustrous
brown eyes "if it had not been for tho
serpent you would probably never have
met me. Hut perhaps you regret that!''
she ad Jed, with a pretty pout.
"Ah, that was tho recompense!" said
tho Colonel, anil he eyed her fondly.
"Hut for that, I think I could never have
summoned up fortitude enough to again
lock upon one ot the monsters. As it is
I cannot repress tho shudder, nud in
fancy I feel myself again being sucked
down to death."
"You hud au adventu c. Colonel V I
ventured.
"Adventure!" he echoed. "Well, I
should say so. The most horrible a man
ever experienced. But you dine with us
to-day. nnd then I'll tell" you the story."
Ho did, and gavo mo permission to
print it, which I have done witho it
material alteration, and with tho sub
ttitution of fictitious names for the real
actors, who 'will doubtless read nnd re
cognize this history.
Three years ago my friend was sent to
Yeuc.uela, as tho agent of a firm of ma
hogany importers, who had purchased
some vnluablo forestry concessions in
that country.
The lumber tract lay along the banks
of ono of the bayous of tho Orinoco riv
er, about one hundred and fifty miles
above tho Isle of Barinia.
The Colonel examined thu tract, se
lected a site for a loggiug camp, aud
proceeding to I.a Guuyra, purchased
supplies, and engaged a uutivO Venezue
lan, named Guzman Mcndo a, to super
intend tho logging.
Indian laborers to fell tho trees could
be engaged in any quantity iu the vicin
ity of the mahogany forest.
Mendoa was a slightly-built, surly
faced fellow, with an uugovcruablo tem
per, to which ho gavo way at the slight
est provocation. He was accompauied
by an Indian servant, named Jose, who j fellow's conference with Meudoa, aud
was nmch attached to his master. ho realized that ho had been left to
Colonel Ballantyne had several wordy perish,
quarrels with his forniun, on tli way up At tho terrible thought, ho niado un
tho river, and ho began to regret having ; other ollort to escape,
engaged so uncompanionable an assist-I Tho movement disturbed tho boa, aud
ant, but Mendoza thoroughly understood again it drugged him backward two ot
itis work, and soon convinced his em
ployer thut Iio was worth more than the
liberal Balary (hat was paid him.
The camp was established, a corps of
native ax-nien engaged, and prepara
tions were made to get together tho
material for a big mahogany iaft, which
would bo floated down to the mouth of
tho bayou, where thu precious wood
would be loaded in vessels sent out by
the firm which employed the Colonel.
Accompanied by .'ose, who was
familiar with woodcraft, the Colonel
made daily excursions into the forest
in all directions, to locate and murk the
trees.-
Tho tract proved to bo n rich ono.
Mahogany trees were there by tho thou
sand, aud the forest was intersected by
creeks iu nil directions, along which
timber might readily bo floated to tho
bayou, and thence to the river.
They had been in camp about a week,
and tho work was progressing satis
factorily, w hen Mendoa, who had here
tofore been kept to busy too quarrel, got
into a dispute with his employer, and
had it not been for the interference ot
somo of tho Indian workmen, one would
have shot the other, for both men drew
their pistols.
After they had both hud time to cool
down, the Colonel, who is naturally of
the most foryivim; disposition, anolo
gied to his antagonist, aud requested
that the matter l-o forgolteu.
Ho held out his hand iu token of
amity, but Meudoza, with a shrug of his
shoulders, and a contortion of his dark
face, turned on his heel nnd walked
away.
That night he ami Jose held a long
conversation, which was i arried ou in a
low touo of voice, but although they
looked fro Ueutly toward the 'Colonel
aud exchanged siguilirant shrugs, he did
not dream that they were plotting
treachery.
The next morning thu Colonel ami .lose
started, as usual, for a
in the forest,
short expedition
It was a feast day with the Indians,
and they wcro making merry in the
camp.
Joso carried a small hatchet for mark
ing the trees, aud over his shoulder was
slung a haversack, containing lunch.
The Colonel walked in advance, armed
only wilh a small rillo.
By noon they were ten miles from the
camp, and further down tho bayou than
they had ever been before
When they stopped for luncheon near
a small spring, ..'ose informed his patron
that they were only a fow miles distant
iroin tno extensive conco and indigo
plantation of General Antonio Do Silva,
who controlcd leagues of forest land in
tho vicinity, and from whom the Ameri
can mahogany merchants had purchased
tho logging right.
After lunch tho Colonel lighted his
pipe, and leaned his back against a
great tree-trunk to enjoy no after-dinner
smoke.
Near by was a clump of low bushes,
bearing a yellowish berry, and ho asked
Joso if they were good to eat.
Jose examined them, and immediately
declared that they were excellent.
"I have often eaten them down to
ward the coast, senor," ho said, "but I
have never seen any before so far in the
interior.
Ho tasted tho berries, pronounced
them delicious, but somewhat different
in flavor from them growing near tho
tho coast, aud picked some for the Col
onel, of which tho latter ato liberally,
without any suspicion of evil effects,
finding them, as Jose had declared, of a
most delicious flavor, and in tiste some
thing like the raspberry.
Ho did notice that Joso ato only a
couple, nor did ho see tho look of cun
ning exultation on tho Indian's face.
Ten minutes after eating the first
berry, the Colonel felt strangely exhilcr
a'.ed, and burst out into a rollickly col
luge song with the boisterous hilarity of
one intoxicated with absinthe.
His whole nervous system, even to his
finger-tips, tingled with pleasing excite
mcut. Ho had a vaguo recollection of
making a resolve to check his ludricous
outburst: of seeinir Jose elide awnv into
the forest with his ritlo over his shoulder,
and a look of malignant hatred on his
swarthy face; of struggling to his feet
and calling to tho Indian to come back;
and then he rolled upon tho crround and
all became blank.-
Not until the following day did con
sciousness begin to slowly assert itself.
Ho then awoke, with a horrible sensation
of helplessness.
The' lower half of his body was
numbed and paralyzed by a terrible
gradually constricting power from all
directions.
His limbs appeared dead, aud all the
blood forced out of them into tho upper
part of his body. His eyes seemed start
ing from their sockets; there was a sing
ing in his cars, aud ho breathed with
great diiliculty.
His throat was hot and dry, and he
was CisSVaraed with a raging thirst.
HowSs lying face downward, and hay
ing determined to throw off tho stupor,
he raised his hands to his head.
Instautly ho was dragged ba kward
several feet along thu ground.
Horrified and bewildered, he made a
frantic effort, raised himself on his el
bows and looked about him.
He was half engulfed iu tho throat of
a monster bos-constrictor!
The reptile had begun to swallow him
without lirst crushing him within its
coil?, as is usually the case.
When the serpeut moved, an indescrib
ably sickening odor arose, and almost
stupelied the imprisoned man.
Maddened at the loathsome prospect,
tho Colonel gave a horrified scream of
agony, and clutching frantically at tho
ground, struggled to release himself from
tho deadly embrace of tho serpent's
throat.
But the teeth of his dovourcr wcro
fastened in his buckskin coat, aud held
him like a pair of hungry nippers, while
tho horrible suction pump below was
worked with renewed energy.
Tho Colonel ceased his struggles, an1'
looked about anxiously for Joso.
"What has beeomo of himf Was he,
too, being devoured, or was he already
destroyed !''
While ho was puzzling over these
speculations, he suddenly remembered
that just before consciousness left him,
the Indian had disappeared in the forest.
and then, like a Hash, he recollected tho
three feet, and again tha constricting
suction from below began.
o long as ho kept perfectly uuict tho
Serpent seoined content to let matters;!
take their ourse, aud to
semi-comatose condition.
remain iu a,
Hours passed, that the horror of his
position .-eemed to lengthen into days.
He put down his left baud, to fuel tho
taut rim of the boa constructor's jaws.
They were three inches higher up his
body thin wnea lie nrst rcgaiued con-
sciousness.
I The excitement thro igh which ho had
I passed had exhausted his emotion-, but
i this dire discovery awakened them,
i He tried to form some plan of putting
! au cud to his existence, but his brain was
: no longer 0 iml to the concentration of a
1 definite i lea. Ho was beyond all power
of action.
I Ouco ho lanced that ho heard the cry
! of some animul or human being near by,
but ho was too far goue to pay much at
tention. j At last all seemed to be over with him.
' It was us though tho darkness of night
; had gradually closed over him, the roar
iug noise in his cars continued for awhile
1 aud thru all was silent.
lie had sunk into tho unconsciousness
of complete exhaustion,
i remembered uo more,
said tho
Colonel, "until I came to my souses
again, ana found myself lying cu a luxu
rious bed, iu a cool, pleasant room."
"The first face thut I guts a I opened
my eyes, was that of the lady who after
ward became my wife. At thu time I
thought her an augel from heaven, aud
well, she is as near ouo as a mortal cau
bo.
"I was very weak, and it was several
days befure I fully recovered. Then she
tohl mo thu story of my rescue.
Sho is extremely fond of scientific pur
suits, and was botanizing iu the forest,
Hccompanied by her maid and two irusty
servant-, when she suddeulv beheld the
head and Bhoulders of a man protruding
1 from the mouth of a monster boa, whose
scaly body lay in serpentine lengths
along tho ground.
"Taking it for granted that I was
dead, and chilled with terror, she ut
tered tho horrified cry that I had dimly
heard.
"It brought to her side the sorvants,
who were armed with sharp axes, to cut
a path when necessary through tho tang
led undergrowth of tho forest.
"They boldly attacked tho serpent
and suceeoded in chopping him com
pletely in two pist below tho bulge in
his body caused by my feet and legs. It
was necessary, however, to slit opon the
severed head and neck before I could be
relcasod.
"At first they thought mo dead, but
wcro soon rejoiced at discovering a ling
ering sjiar: of life."
Under Miss Oe Silva'l directions the
Colonel was taken to her father's house,
and thore sho nursed him back to hfo
and health.
A tender passion, each for tho other,
was developed during his convalescence,
and when ho was able to return to the
logging camp, sho had promised to be
his wife.
Ho then learned from one of tho In
dian wood-choppers of tho cowardly
plot against his lifo.
Jose had seen the gigantic serpent
crawling slowly toward the Colonel whilo
tho latter lay smoking under the tree,
nnd had determined to assist his master,
Mendoza, to a terrib'o revenge.
Knowing the stupefying effect of the
yellow berries, the Indian had induced
his companion to partake of them, and
then had left him to his horrible fate.
When he returned to camp, he reported
that the Colonel had been killed and de
voured by an enormous serpent; but
when news reached tho camp that the
supposed dead man was sate at General
Do Silva's plantation, he and his unscru
pulous master, Guzman Mendoza, de
serted, and were never seen nor heard of
after ward. Sa'.urda y A'ifflit.
Prussian Horseflesh S.iiisngeg.
The n mount ot animal food disposed
of in the German capit d is such that,
divided up equally among the popula
tion of that city, it yields an allowance
of two and a half pounds of meat a week
to every man, woman and child in tho
Elace, iucludiug infants in arms, mem
crs of the Legislature nnd paupers. In
other words, says tho London 'leleyraph,
each and every Berliner, irrespective of
age, sex and political opinions, is offici
ally credited with the consumption of
141 pounds weight of beef, mutton,
veal, pork, lamb and horsetlesh per an
num. No fewer than 7000 horses are
slaughtered yearly for the Berlin meat
market, their flesh being partly sold as
"butcher's meat-' iu shops specially
alle::ted to retail trade in "Pferdenesch,"
and partly "worked up" into sausages,
a popular variety of which is hawked
"all hot" about the streets late in the
evening and during tho smaller hours of
the early morn.
Poor Prussians are much addicted to
horse flesh, stowed in a savory sauce;
nor do the well-to-do disdain it as an
occasional viand served under its own
tame. In Germany, Italy, and even
Prance, the flesh of horses and asses is
unquestionably "coverted into sassang
crs," like unto the aged hero of one of
Mr. Samuel Wcllcr's most grewsomo
anecdotes in vast quantities aud im
parts to them close texture, rich color
and aromatic l'avor, iu particular to
Brunswick "Wurst," "Mertndella of
Bologna," and "Sail issou do Lyon."
Tho bulk of the substance to which
these da ntics owe their being, however,
is pork, fresh or salted; and iu all
probability tho 4700 pigs that annually
pay the debt of nature iu tributo to
Perlinese nppctities find their way to
the table in tho shape of either sausage
or hum; for Prussians rarely eat roast
pork or fried bacon, whereas they are
never weary of smoked aud cured prepa
rations of pig. Beside devouring this
porcine host, Berlin stands accountant
yearly for the violent -death of PiTiOO
head of cattfe, l.'jl.SOO calves, 31(1,000
heep, beside a niultitudo of minor ani
mals, all of which vauish in due course
clown her capacious maw.
American Game Preserves.
Tho famous Adirondack region of New
York is being invaded by tho timber
cutter, and hunter and tourist are filled
with sorrow at tho prospect of the event
ful denudation of mountain aud glen.
Efforts have been made in the New
Y'ork Legislature to have the Adiron
dack region set asido as a park, but as
yet no' safeguard has been erected by tho
law-makers, and tho harvesting of
timber goes on with undiminished
vigor, if the sporting dubs of New
York would combine and purchase or
leaso largo tructs iu the Adirondack
regiou, iu the suctions most frequented
1V L'amo auimuls. tliev would lu-comu.
iiau wjiat got;ms t0 ba im,)OJ3iui0 of ut.
taiumeut in any other way.
Tho establishment of gurao preserves
iu this country has evoked opposition
because tho movement savors somewhat
of tho privilege of nobility in the old
World ; but it would seem that if fav
orite haunts of game aro to be guarded
for tho benefit ot posterity tho sportiug
societies of tho l uited Stutes must do it.
Tho time will come in thu I'nitcd
States when tho owum of good gamo
preserves will be ablo to i hurgo a baud
some prico for the privilege of bunting
iu forets where iho pot-huutcr cannot
roam iu his campaigns of extermination.
Mil icaukce Wincumiii.
Literary Piirtncrships.
Iu modern days tho partnerships of
Lice aud Besant has been considered one
of thn most remarkable as well ns one of
tho most cougeuiul iu literary history,
and it was ouly sundered by the death
of Air. Uicc. Tho dozen or uioro novels
they wrote together lmvo ull proved suc
cessful, and uru entitled to ut least a
place in tho second rank of modern Kng
ligh fiction. Moro wholesome or more
delightful stories havo not been written.
Itiso and Besant weru the Knglisb coun
terparts of a still more famous twin pail
of trench novelists, Krckmauu und
Chutraiu, who are Alsatians by birth,
but who reside iu Purls. Their noveU
have thu samu wholesome, moral and du
lightfut touu which churucieruo iiu-e
und Besuut's, though otteu moro melo
dramatic und trugicul. Whoever has
seeu Henry Irving iu "Tho Hells" ha;
seeu one of Krckinuuu-Chatruiu's most
powerful stories portrayed by ouo of the
best dramatic companies. It is trans
lated lroiu the drama of "Lo Julf
Palouais" "The Polish Jew." t'hieagu
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
To Clean Kubber Canvas.
Take ten ounces of borax, thirty of
coarsely pulverized shellac, and two hun
dred ounces of water. Dissolve by plac
ing over a steam bath for a few hours, or
by using a tin pail placed in a kettle of
hot water. When the shellac and borax
are dissolved, set off to cool, after which
add a half ounce ot glycerine to make the
varnish moro flexible. If you want a
black varnish, add soluble nigrosino or
very pure lampblack, but the nigrosine
is the best. This is a very cheap var
nish, and may be used on leather as well
as canvas. ATeie York Han.
Decorating a Bedspread.
Coarse linen sheeting makes an elec
tive bedspread, with a bold design of
large lilies and leaves applied on it in
gold-colored sateen, worked with knit
ting silk of two shades of gold deeper
than the sateen. The design is traced on
the sateen, tacked on tho sheeting and
chain-stitched around the outlines; then,
when the edges are cut away, the design
stands out on tho surface and is finished
off with long, ".spiky" stitches. The
veining of the leaves, etc., is done in
long stitch. A broad band of gold
colored sateen is added as a border all
around. A heavy counterpane may be
made of serge, with very largo poppies
and leaves or sunflowers or some largo
design worked in worsteds. The work
is easy and pleasant.
Delightful Cheese Cakes.
There aro various recipes for the de
lightful little cheese cakes which would
certainly be very nice for an informal
lunch. Try the following: , The Neuf
chatel cheeses may be bought done up
in silver paper at the grocers in cities.
One Neufchatel or cream cheese. Ono
teacupful sugar, one lemon, grate the
rind and use half of the juice; half tea
cupful currants, half tencupful rolled
cracker crumbs (the finer aud more deli
cate the cracker the better); four eegs
well beaten; one spoonful melted butter;
half teacupful cream or rich milk; half
a nutmeg; one saltspoonful salt. Mix
tho cracker crumbs dry with the cheese,
first removing tho wrapper and taking
off the thin film or skin on the outside
of the cheese; crumble the crumbs and
cheese well together; add the eggs,
which have been fiist well beaten up
with the sugar. Then the butter and
cream may be added. If the cream is
very rich the butter may be omitted.
Lastly add the lemon, currants and nut
meg. Tho currants must have been
washed, dried and then well dusted
with cracker dust or flour. Mix well and
put directly in well-buttered patty-pans
that have been lined with puff-paste.
iiaKe m teen or twenty minutes in a quick
oven. They will puff up, but must not
be too Brown. New Tori M'orlJ.
Don't Toss the Baby.
The throwing a baby into the air and
catching him again is always a risky
trractice, certain though the tosscr may
)0 of his quickness of eye and sureness
of hand. A sudden and unexpected
movement of the child in his mid-air
flight may result in a cruel fall.
A gay young father snatched up his
baby boy one morning nud tossed him
to the coiling. Twice tho little fellow
went flying through the air and crime
down safely into the waiting arras. Tho
thipd time tho excited child gavo a
spring of delight as his father's hands
released him; plunged forward, and,
pitching over tho father's shoulder, tell,
head downward, to tho floor. Wheu
tho poor baby came out of the stupor in
which ho lay for hours, it was found
that, although no bonci had been
broken, tho brain had sustained an iu
jury that would, in all probability,
render tho child an imbecile,
Another baby snatched lrom the floor
nnd tossed into the air received n fatal
wound in tho top of the head from tho
pointed ornament of a chandelier. Still
another child slipped between her
father's hands as ho caught at iier iu
her downward flight, and although his
frenzied grasp on the ws arm saved
her from falling to tho ground, it
wrenched muscles and sinews so
cruelly that tho girl's arm was shrunken
and practically useless to her all her life.
These are extreme cases, but the fact of
their occurring at all should be enough
to warn one from tho habit of relin
quishing one's hold on a child when
tossing it. Jlitrp -r's Uaur.
Salad IEeclpes.
Fresh Pish Salad - Take tho remains
of cold fish, pick out tho bones aud
mince; season with pepper, salt, bulter
and vinegar; mix well with tho lish. Put
in a small baking pan aud set in thu
stove live minutes. tot on ico to cool,
and servo with Worcestershire sauce.
Mackerel Salad Tako ouo ouuco of
mackerel and cut up three stalks of
celery, cream, half a teacup ol butter,
one tablespoon of mustard aud the yolks
of four hard boiled egirs; storm with
pepper, salt, aud a teaspoonful of sugar;
thin with vinegar and pour over thu
froth.
Herring Salad Soak three small Hol
land herring for six hours and cut iu
small pieces; cook and peel six pota
toes, chopped with two small cooked
beets, two onions, ono tour unple and
four hard "boiled e'gs; mix with a dress
ing of oil, vinegar, pepper and mustard ;
add a tablespoon! ul of sour cream, and
let stand ou ice over night.
Salmon Salad Put tho yolk of a raw
egg iu a bowl, with a tcuspoouful of
sugar, a pinch of suit and cayenne, pep
per. Open a can of salad und turn oil
tho liquor. I.uy the salmon ou a dish.
Mix tho oil with the yolks of thno hard
boiled eggs, and add a tablespoonful of
vinegar. Break somo teuder lettucu
leaves and mix gently wiih thu lish.
Stir half tho dressing iu; beat tho whitu
of ouo egg and adit to tl.o remainder;
pour over tho salmon and gutnish witli
nasturtium.
Oyster Salad -Take half u luIIoii of
fresh oysters, thu ) oiks of six hard-boiled
eggs, one raw egg well beaten, two table
spoonfuls of iiic-Med butter, a tablespoon
ful of mustard, with pepper und salt, a
teacup of viutgar and four bunches of
celery. Iiiaiu the liquid from the oysters
and put some hot vinegar over them; set
ou thu lire live minutes ; let cool ; mash
the yolks of the eggs and mix all the
seasonings together und puur over tho
oysters and celery. Couricr-Jurittt!.
The American aborigines did not
know anything about thu luoukey
wreuch, but they were familiar with thu
Judian tile.
AN ODD PHILANTHROPIST.
INCONGRUOUS LIFE OF I8AIAH
V. "WILLIAMSON.
Par Injr, Plvo Ofnti for Ills Iinncli.
hut Giving Thnmanfls to Char
ity Stories of III Peculiarities.
The lato Isaiah V. Williamson was one
of tho most remarkable characters in the
history of Philadelphia. Thcro was an
incongruity in his nature which mado it
at once surprising and cstimablo, whilo
in his eccentricities, his habits and his
tenacious pursuit of woalth made up
just such a personage as Dickens would
have delighted in portraying. His life
properly consisted of two eras, ono cov
ering the first thirty-live years, when he
came a country-bred young man, and cut
out by hard work a fortuuo of if 200, 000
an era when ho was eligible in society
circles around whom the fair moths flut
tered, when his liberality and his young
aspirations carried him through n tour of
Europe, nnd when it was believed he
would settle down into the comfort of
domestic lifo and enjoy tho charming
existence of unhampered bachelorhood.
The second and the longest era, now
closed by death, was that of a money
spinner.under whose magic touch every
thing turned into gold until his estate
ran into a doen of millions. All the
traits of prodigality, all the attention
nnd adornment, all the ambition to
shine in the social arena disappeared,
and by a grand transformation the man
became a recluse, imposing upom him
self the simplest fare, adjuriug all his
former haunts and concentrating all his
energies upon tho single work of aug
menting his already vast lortunc. as
an instance of -the queer blending of tho
penurious and the human traits of his
character, it may be mentioned that once
when ho had made his dinner upon a
glass of beer and two crackers, and at a
cost of five cents, he went directly to his
office and wrpte out a check for $"1000
to aid a struggling charity. In ten
years his gifts to public institutions
and each made to meet some pressing
need amounted to 150,000. It is a
further indication of his self-reliance,
and tho simplicity of all his business
operations, tliat ho never had a lawyer
and never was involved, individually, in
a law case.
About noon it was his invariable rule
to go into a saloon and call foa glass of
beor. Ho would then tako his position
uoar the box of crackers that were set out
for lunch, and would eat several of them.
He never drank up the beer, and it is the
supposition that he f requtntled the saloon
for the lunch, since the crackers con
stituted his dinner nnd cost him five
c ents. He was a man who would de
prive himself of a dinner such as the
lowliest laborer tieats himself to, and
then go out and givo away thousands of
dollars to some deserving charity for the
benefit of mankind. When ho becarao
so feeble that he was obliged to set up a
carriage he ceased drinking beer and
took to spirits, always sending his coach
man into the saloon for a punch about
noon.
For many years Mr. Williamson went
to Mrs. Conant's little establishment, at
the corner of Exchange place and Carter
street, to have his clothes repaired, his
socks darned and his underclothing
patched. Mrs. Conaut has a good many
customers, but none, she says, like the
old millionaire. "Wheu ho would bring
his clothes to bo overhauled," sho says,
"they were ready to drop off of him, aud
just hung together. It was an awful
job to fix them up. His underclothes
he wore until there was no more wear in
them nnd they could bo mended uo
further. When he would bring mo his
socks to be darned ho would always
bring along tho yarn to do it w ith, and
would want that counted in in tho bill.
See here. I've got some of his old yam
yot," and Mrs. Couant, diving into a box,
produced au envelope with Mr. William
son's addiess upon it, aud which con
tained n small quantity of cotton yarn.
Many stories of his frugality aro told.
Several summers Mr. Williamson spent
at Bryn Mawr. When ho first went
there ho was a daily rider in tho coucl
that ran between tho station aud hotel.
Tho faro was live cents, but tho old
irviitlmuu had no idea that fare was
charged. When his bill was presented
lie found this item included: "Coach
fare, $1.20." The next morning it
ruined "great snakes," but Mr. William
son braved the elements and walked to
the station. He never afterward entorcd
tho coach. Kach week whilo at the
hotel he carried his soiled clothes to the
city done up in a newspaper, placing
thu bundlo under his arm. He was en
abled by this arrangement to save t wenty
livo ceuts, thu dilfereuce iu the rates of
the hotel laundry and that of an unpre
tentious concern a few blocks from the
Broad Street Station. Mr. Williamson
was a tobacco chewer all his life his
favorite being the hard kind. It was
really a sight to watch him tako "a
chew." Ho kept thu tobacco in three
envelopes, and while biting off a chew
would holcl tho second envelope open to
catch any dribs that would full from his
mouth, his hand being shaky aud uu
steady. In the third euvulope he would
deposit tho discarded cud, to be subse
quently worked over. -Mr. Williamson
never permitted his tobacco bill to ex
ceed fivo cents a week.
Anothor peculiarity of his was that ho
would never give money to a beggar.
This was his inflexible rule.
In his prime .Mr. Williamson passed
for a hundscmu man. His face was
small, eyes of the black, piercing kind,
and of great intelligence. His ears were
largo aud his mouth compressed, deuot -in
liriuness. Ho stood about five feet
live inches und was as spine as a grey
hound. His features weie rugulur und
clean-cut and his face was hairless. He
always wore a very long coat, which was
ulnuys shabby, greasy und thrcudburu.
Thuie aro luw men living who u. er caw
I. V. Williamson with a new suit ou his
buck, lie was bent with agu and his
command over his step uncertain. Ar
uutiquuted blue cotton umbrella was his
constant companion, although ho was
not a I'uul Try iu thW respect. 1 lo had
uo regard for his persoiiul uppeurauce,
und this arose from his disinclination to
spend a tent moru upon himself than
was absolutely neecs-ury. Ho often
boasted that his personal cxpeuses never
amounted to moiu than ifl'oo per an
num. Hu invariably tuutcd those hav
ing business with him courteously, and
especially so his tenants when they came
to p:iy their rent to him in his Bank
street oltice. - l'.,iUde'ihiu ttltyrak.
Electricity is then tier taa steam.
ROSALIE.
tier smile ii like the sunlight on a rosebud
ere It blows,
Her voice out-sweets the summer wind that
sings amid the grain;
t?he dances like a bonnie brook that ripples
as it flows,
And her footsteps fall as lightly ns tho tiny
drops of rain.
Ho happy are her eyes
They are subjects of surprise;
I know the fairies kissed them full of
glee.
There is nothing can be drear
In this world when she is near.
Such a very merry child is Rosalie.
Whene'er I watch the sunbeams that aro
tangled in her hair,
It calls to mind the cowslips as they blossom
in tbe spring.
'Tis sweeter fur to listen to her feot upon tho
stair
Than all the crystal trillings that the prima
donnas sing.
It fills my heart with woe
Just to think that she must grow,
And some day 1 e a woman fair to
see.
But 'tis proper, I suppose,
That the hud should be a rose,
And time should change my littlo
Kosalie.
When her dainty feot are weary, and the day
has winged its flight.
And the sky is full of laughing stars that
wink at us below,
I rest my littlo darling In her tiny bed of
white
And I watch as sho slumbers like a rosebud
in the snow.
And I dream of years to come
When my lips aro cold and dumb
Ah, who will win tho love she gives
to mo;
May the one that comes to woo
Bring a heart that's strong and
t rue.
Or never win the heart of Rosalie.
Samuel .Uinfurit Peck.
HUMOR (ft THE DAY.
A long tramp The six-foot beggar.
On a schoolship even tho ropes are
taut.
Tho boy who stole tho syrup did so
syrup-titio'isly.
Motto of tho ashmen C'oinu down
with tho dust.
A spark of love Tho diamond in the
engagement ring.
Tho Maid of Orleans was evidently
made of grit too.
Dressmakers are of necessity pcoplo ol
much bias. Merchant Traveler.
rarnell is undoubtedly a long way
ahead of the "Times." Sijtiivjt.
The Salt Trust is the freshest monopoly.
It should bo put into tho brine.
l'hiladeljihla I'ret.
"Pay as you go," is a good rule, but
it you have no buggage the hotel-keeper
insists that you shall pay a: vou arrive.
Peddler "Can I see tho lady of the
house, please:" Bridget "Is it the
misthress you warant or meself." JVeto
York Hun.
"Did they receive you warmly?"
"Did they? 'Well, rather. They made
it so hot I left on the next train, llorc
is a souvenir feather." Hirer1 Baxar.
Housekeeper "I regret to say, sir,
that your son and the cook havo eloped."
Itich old Party "ThuuderationI Then
wo shan't havo any dinner." Loiceli
Citizen.
A Georgia man committed forgery be
cause starvation stared h.n tn the lace,
nnd then starved himself because tho
forgery stared him in tlio face. Ifu'ch-
insu t (ktin.) Acuvt.
"Captain," sho said, looking up at him
nrchly, "why does it look as if you had
been twice married." "Don't know.Miss
Baugs, why?" "Because you've n second
mate on board." Ucenn.
.Miss Belle iwarninglyl "Sally, they
used to tell mo when I was a littlo girl
that if I did not let coffee alouo it would
make me foolish.'' Sally (who owes her;
ouo) "Well, why didn't you?" Life.
'Ta," asked tho small boy, "what is
a heroine?" "Your mother is a heroine,"
replied the parent. "How a heroine?"
"Why, she married your father when his
income was ouly $300 a year, and she
knew it."
"I underdaud," said Cora, "that you
wcro greatly deceived in .Mr. Peutwea
zel?'1 " Vcs, my dear," returned Miss
Snyder. "It seemed I never believed
him except when ho told au untruth."
iltirj er'i Ha nr.
(Question, the meaning of "Nihilist"
Teacher (writing word ou board, and
covering up tho termination) "What
does that lmaii:" Pupil "Nothing.
Oil! It must mean a man who doe--Tt
know anything."
"What, inin, you uiu going to let
your son serve his year iu iho infantry
and not iu tho cavalry!'' "I have ouly
one son, my Isaac. Do you think 1 can
trust his life to uu unreasoning uniniul?"
l-'Htic ale llliilter.
"Excuse mo, Mr. Brown," said the
haberdasher, "but this is a quarter ueck
tie you have selected. Vou ulways weai
a 1 one." "That's all right, old boy,"
ho returned with a w ink. ".My wile has
just sturted makiug a crazy quilt."
There is nothing iu thu world that
succeeds like enemy. For instance, a
Boston man smced so hard the otliei
day that he dislocated his shoulder, and
ho is now drawing if'.'.'i per week acci
dent insurance. Hurl in ilon Free Wt-.i,
Tlio cats, dogs, and poll parrots ol
England having been properly provided
for, a hospital for lish lias been estab
lished, lish aio much exposed to
diiiupiiess,uud pulmouaiy diseases would
naturally bu inot common. -Dttro t
i'VlV Cci'.
Oh. mother, mix tiie buck wheat cakes,
And heal lliu I 'Ubl.l 111 bailer.
Th-Mi lt it l.tll urtloppuijg rluki
To slowly preaii uu.l spaller.
ihititim'l t'oi.'t IIih whoiuurt lies
111 letting euel! cuke run
'fill tinned hkt tuttiiy, st. riu swept, skies
'1 he deep sl shade ot dun.
.eie I oW. .S'tf 11.
Hero is O-cur Wilde's latest. Ho
hauced to t all ou a lady w ho had just
purchased a uiimberof Japanese acieens,
which were a'.uoding iu artistic disorder
in her draw lug -room. "Vou hate Cuius
lust iu tune, .Mr. ilde," she said, "and
cau uiiauue my screens for mo " But
Oscar rcp ied: "Oh, dou't airauje
them ; vt them occur."
A