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VOL. XXIL NO. 7.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1889. Sl.50 PER ANNUM.
Fores
The rush to Oklahoma has ended ; tho
rush from Oklahoma bus begun.
Tho railroad business is increasing at
mi iilimH increditublo rale of speed.
' . Tho grndo crossing boasts a far moro
nppalling record ns a. life-destroyer than
dynamite.
I'osbnnvfcr-Generul Wanamaker is said
to fuvor tho reduction of letter postage,
from two to one cent.
'. Tho Legislature of New Jersey reduced
tho legal rata of interest in that Stuto
from six to five, per cent.
Thero bus been a marked decrease in
tli6 Boulunger excitement at Paris since
the General's exit from tho scene.
'' Tho Chincso Minister nt Washington
lias great odniirution for Atuericuu wo
men. IIo says they nru tho most beauti
ful iu tho world.
' ' Tho once fighting Modoc Indians havo
becomo industrious fanners in tho past
twulvo years, and half of them have pro
fessed Cimstinuity.
I According to Dr. Tliny Karie, the euro
of insanity is becoming more and moro
difficulty. It is said that less than thirty
per cent, of tho patients recover.
1 Tho New York Commercial Atlertiter
asserts that it is noted in Massachusetts
that thu prohibition amendment is tho
fust ruv .!'.''. : ! p.-Txy'mrnt ever re
jected in the State.
'l'heLnud Commissioner says there will
be an interminable lot of land contests
in Oklahoma, and that it wilt probably
take many years to clear up tho titles to
much of tho laud which will bo in dis
pute. j Tho Toronto (Canada) Mail says that
wing to the prosperous condition of af
fairs in Kuglatid nt present, Sir George.
Stephen docs uot think thero will bo a
Jurgo emigration from that cnuntry this
season.
It was a strange coincidence that forest
fiii-s were raging in many localities at a
time when most of the States were about
to celebrate Arbor Day. History points
tho moral of tree planting better than n
hundred sermons.
' A Minnesota man has set up n bear
ranch, where ho feeds corumeal to tho
bears ho traps just ns he would do hogs
till they uro in primu condition, when
lio slaughters them, and, besides selling
th meat nt high figures, gets a good
( ' " .ninny dollars for each of the pelts.
An interesting case is pending in the
New York Supremo Court which involves
$C0O,000. Two little boys, who were
heirs to a considerable fortune, wero
drowned whilo skating. The relatives
are now trying to prove which one died
" first, and upon this depends tho settle
ment of tho money.
' Major Burke, tho ianagcr of ilullalo
Dili's WJJd West Show, says a seasick
- Indian is the drollest thing afloat. First
he gets on his knees and sings n death
chant. Then ho dances a war dance.
Snd finally lays himself down content to
dio in .his nine-- ins, a thing every re
spectable, scalp-loving Indian abhors.
It is not often that such a little matter
us Unix) minutes stand between a man
and tho penitentiary. Yet that was tho
case in Toledo, Ohio, tho other day,
when it was shown that a theft was com
mitted just that period of time before
sunset, and hence was petty larceny not
a burglary. Great is the ingenuity of tho
lawyer.
A $100,000 mill, for the uiauufacturo
of sugar, salt and pepper, is now being
built nt Arkalou, Kan. For three months
it will make sugar from sorghum, then
work up the cano chips into paper, ntid
tho rest of the timo turn out bushels and
bushels of suit. To encourage sorghum
tmgur-uuikiug the Kansas Legislature bus
exempted ull sugar plants from taxation
until 1S!5.
t ... .
The military authorities at Bcrliu nre
beginning to practically utili.o tho bid
loon for war purposes. At Tenipelhof,
where the balloons are made, rope-makers
. uro hard at work, and a tailor shop has
been erected, where tho balloous are cut
und.sewu. Iu another shop they uro
made waterproof and dried, ami on a fine
day a number of soldiers sit iu front of
the tents occupied ill making ucU.
The courts of Boston decided a day or
two ago that the law could nut permit a
local collecting bureau to persecute deliu
' qucut debtors by sending utter them
ugcuts gotleu up us corpses iu burlesijuo
grave clothes. Tho iiotiou was not only
ingenious, but humorous as well, couvey
i"ga cheerful suggestion of pursuing the
Ibeut even to the tomb, liut some of
Urns did uot enjoy being followed
"."'luitution cadavers, and so the
vt was put a stou to.
THE SETTLING UP IS CERTAIN.
You may take tho world as it comos and
ROCS,
And you will be sure to find
That fato will square the account she owes,
Whoever comes out behind ;
And all things bad that a mnu has dono,
By whosoever Induced,
Return at last to nun, one by one,
As the etarkons conio homo to roost.
You may scrape aud toil and pinch mid save
While your hoarded wenltli expands,
Till the cold, dark shallow of tho grave
Is nenrlng your life's last sands;
You will havo your balances struck some
night,
And you'll find your hoard reduced.
You'll view your life In another light.
When tho chickens come homo to roost.
You can stint you soul and starve you heart
With tho husks of a !nrren creed,
But God will know if you play a part,
Will know iu your hour of need;
And then an you wait for denth to coma
What hope can there I deduced
From a creed alone? You will lio there
dumb.
Whilu your chickens como homo to roost.
Sow as you will, there's a time to reap,
For the good and tho Iwd as well,
And conscience, whether w o wake or fclocp,
Is either a heavon or hell.
And every wrong will llnd its place,
And every pnspion loosed
Drifts back and moots you face to ineo,
When tho chickens come homo to roost.
Whether you're over or under tho sod,
The result will be the same:
You cannot escape the hand of God;
Ynu must boar your sin or shame.
No matter what's carved on a marble slab,
When the ittuns are oil produced,
You'll find that St Peter was keeping tali,
And that chiekejia cume homo to rot.""""'
Ernest McOaffey, in Inter-Ocean.
THE THREE TASSENGEUS.
A STOllY OF THE SEA.
I entered the service of the United Com
pany wheu only fourteen years of ngo.
Tho United Company was au organization
of Kuglish and Chinese capitalists nt
Sbunghai which exported teas aud other
commodities. It had at one timo eleven
vessels, eight of which were small schoon
ers ami brigs, which wero cmpoyed in
visiting ports along the coast nnd various
islands iu tho China Sea and Facilio
Ocean. It is of my first trip I am going
to tell you about.
I had run uway to sea on a vessel bound
from Liverpool to Shanghai, nnd had left
her on nrrivul. I found that tho Captain
of tho Silver Crown, ono of the com
pany's traders, was an old friend of my
father's, and so it came about that I took
service iu tho company under him with
the rating of cabin boy. The Crown was
a tiuo new fore-aud-nft sehoouer, carrying
a crew of eight men, nil told. She had a
native cook, but all tho others wero for
eigners. The Captain, mate, and myself
were Knglish, two of the men Americans,
aud tho other two were Swedes. While
I rated us cabin boy, 1 had to assist iu
sailing the vessel, aud was a sort of clerk
to tho Captain. Tho schooner carried a
dozen muskets, a lot jf boarding pikes,
and half n dozen cutlasses as an arma
ment, but everything was boxed up nnd
stored away, if not forgotten. Captain
Wharton had been in the service for six
years, and had never met with any trouble.
When wo got away it was with order
for tho Philippine Islands, among which
tho company had many resident ugeuts
who collected products. Our course was
to tho southeast, to pass between For
mosWnnd tho Loo-Choo Islands, and we
had Hindu the run thus far without inci
dent, when one day about noon a junk
rigged native craft, w hich doubtless came
from souio port in Formosa, intercepted
us to tho eastward of that island. We
wero about thirty miles oil shore when
she hailed us. She claimed to be short
of water, owing to au accident; but this,
as wo afterward camo to know, was only
an excuse. When she found that wo were
bouud to tho Philippines she had three
passengers to transfer. They wero three
natives of Formosa, who wero going
down there to form a colouy, and would
pay liberally for a passage by the schoon
er. They claimed to havo .contracted
with the junk for the round trip, but she
bad sprung a leak und must return to
port.
I am only giving you the gist of what
was otlered iu excuse. Wo lay to for a
couple of hours, and I heard only a part
of what was said. It did not seem to
strike Captain Wharton or Mate Will
iams as queer or suspicious, aud afar
haggling over terms for a while tho three
natives wero transferred to our decks and
the vessels separated. Then I had timo
to look tho strangers over, and I was not
long iu couchiding that. I did not wish for
an intimate acquaintance. They wero a
tough looking trio, and tho cook had
scarcely set eyes on them before ho de
clared that we hail made a great mistake
iu taking them abourd. We had no ac
commodations for them nft, and as the
schooner was in ballast they had agreed
to occupy tho hold. This wasn't such a
bad place with the hatches oil', and they
looked like fellows used to ruughiug it
ashore and nlloat.
I took an early opportunity of com
municating my suspicions to the Captuiu,
but ho laughed at ine iu u good-natured
way. 1 tried the mate, but he saw noth
ing to arouse distrust. It was singular,
however, that every man of the crew out
side of the two officers was satisfied that
there was something wrong with ihe trio.
Whilo their excuse was reasonable enough,
the looks anil actions of the men were
auspicious, and it was plain to all that
they were sailors. Tin y let us ull severely
alone except tho Captuiu and the cook,
and I culled it to mind afterward that
while one interested the former the other
two wero occupied with the latter. I
could 'chiu-chiu" a bit and the cook
could speak a little Knglish, and so wo
niunagcd to understand each other pretty
well. Three days alter tho men came
aboard "Slop-Slip," as we called the
cook, assured me with very serious face
that the straugeis were evil-minded men,
who bud planned to capt ure the schooner.
They bad asked blm to join them, and ha
bad refused. I posted off to tho Captain
with the news, and he greeted it with
confempti
"If you ond the cook havo nothing
better to do, I'll put you to rubbing the
rust off the anchor chain," bo grullly re
plied. Tho mntc also laughed at me, but when
1 went quietly among the men every one
of them was ready to believe. Each one
had noticed something to arouso his
suspicions, but in tho hbsence of orders
we could do nothing but wait for what
might turn up. ,
We were getting well down toward the
northernmost ishmd of the group, when
something happened which should havo
opened the Captain's eyes. Tho leader
of the three borrowed the glasses and went
up to the crosstrces of tho mainmast ami
took n long look around. We saw the
sailor in his every move, nnd he had not
been down nn hour when a native craft
came creeping up from the south, bows
on to us, Blio had a free wind, wliilo wo
bad been beating down nil the forenoon.
We were at this time forty or fifty miles
to the northward of the group, with a
beautiful afternoon find a smooth sea.
Half an hour after tho native craft had
been sighted, one of the natives and the
Captain retired to the cabin. Five
minutes later tho native showed bis
head abovo the dock and called to the
mate, who had just cotno on watch. He
disappeared down the compnnionwny,and
at tho same timo I entered the forecastlo
to look for something wanted. I was
down thero about five minutes. I heard
no particular row on deck, but when I
reappeared I was struck dumb by the
spectacle. One of tho natives was at the
wheel, aud was bringing tho schooner
into the wind to lio to. Tho decapituted
bodies of the two Americans and tho
Cook wero lying amidships, while tho
two Swedes wero at tho foremast cross
trees. Not a shout had been raised nor
a cry uttered. The work had been done
with terrible rapidity and in silence.
As I reached the deck ono of tho na
tives ennie forward with a bloody creese
in his hand and called mo "good boy,"
nnd said I should not be hurt. IIo left
me silting on the windlass so scared and
weak that I could not stand, and then as
sisted his companions to lower the sails.
When this had been accomplished they
called to the Swedes to come down. Tho
poor fellows began crying and lamenting,
and refused to descend. The natives
picked up the bodies from the deck and
tossed them overboard, and then de
scended to the cabin and brought tip tho
bodies of Captain and mate nnd served
them the same wny. Both hud been killed
by the one native who enticed them down.
About the time tho last body was flung
over the rail the native craft drew along
side. She bad thirty men on board, nil
of whom seemed to know our three pas
sengers and their plans. There was great
rejoicing over the capture of the schooner,
and for a quarter of an hour no ono paid
me any attention. Then thero was a hot
discussion, a part of the gang seeming
anxious for my life, but the result was that I
was conducted to the cook's galley nnd
given to understand that I was to do the
cooking. Althoughourcook wasaChinesc,
they did not spare him. ' What saved me
was my youth, or they might have planned
to cut "my throat after I had served their
turn.
When my fato bad been fettled (be
Swedes were again ordered down. One
of them descended, begging nnd plead
ing, but ho was cut down the moment
his feet touched the deck. Tho other re
fused to como down, and half a dozen
natives run up the foremast shrouds with
knives in their hands. liefore they could
reach him the sailor made his way hand
over hand along tho triantic stay to the
mainmast. His feat was greeted with
applause, but others ascended, and thero
was no longer any bopo for him. Tho
poor fellow mado tho best defence
possible, but they cut nnd hucV'd him
until he lost bis hold nnd fell to the deck.
His body was thrown, overboard, deck
and cabins cleansed of blood stains, nnd
about sundown the schooner, with twenty
five men, was headed for the Philippines.
The rest of the gang, numbering seven or
eight, followed with the native craft. I
boiled a. large quantity of meat and got
the best supper possible, nnd was glad to
find that no ono gave me any attention.
Wo had a brisk wind all night aud
during the next forenoon, and at about
2 o'clock wa reached an anchorage on the
cast side of the main island and within a
quarter of a milo of tho beach. The
native craft passed us and entered the
mouth of a river. From what I could
gather she was going to bring out men
and cannon to the schooner. A hunt was
made through tho schooner for gun car
riages, and tho discovery of tho small
arms seemed to put the fellows in good
humor. Thero was about $2300 iu gold
abourd in the cabin, nnd this was counted
out and divided pro rata, or in some other
satisfactory manner as we lay nt anchor.
Then J was ordered to draw a pailful of
wiue from a cask in a sort of lazaretto or
storeroom, readied from the galley. Tho
cook might have known of the presence
of tho wiue there, but I did not. I had
never looked into tho place. There was
a tiu pail, holding about ten quarts, in tho
galley, and this I tilled und carried to the
main hatch, with several glasses, und
everybody proceeded to help himself.
Now that we were at anchor all discipline
had censed, and one man was as good ns
another. They wero prowling all over
the .schooner, aud perfectly nt home.
Tho w ine must have tickled tlier pal
ates mightily, for n secoud pailful was
soon demanded. It .as while I was
drawing it that I noticed the barrel bad
no bung in it, and I wondered why the
wiuo had not soured. I retired to the
galley as soon as I hud tilled tho second
order, and for hulf nu hour thero was a
great deal of loud talk und laughter. All
of a sudden, while I was reflecting on the
situation, and perhaps crying a bit in my
sorrow and anxiety, it struck me that
things were wouderfully quiet. I looked
out of the galley to seo half a dozen fig
ures lying on the deck, aud later on, when
I had summoned courage to walk the
length of tho sehoouer, I found every
man aboard apparently asleep. Their
breathing wa labored, but I supiiysd
this was tho result of too much drink.
The niht had come down dark and gusty,
with the wind directly off shore, and M
tho sleepers continued to lie quiet eomo
strange ideas cam to me. I wns tempted
to take ono of their knives and begin
killing, but doubted my nerve. The
yawl was at the davit, and I planned to
lower it nnd let tho breeze carry me out
to sea. I held to this idea for a few
minutes, and then surrendered it for an
other. I would swim nchoro and hido in
the forest. I had to abandon thnl scheme
ns well, for I saw at a glnnco that the
tido was running out strong. I was
wondering if I should not start a lire in
the forecastle or cabin when I discovered
that the craft was under way. She had
her light anchor out nnd hnd been tug
ging heavily under tho tido and gust.
Tho chnjn had ground off against soma
sharpedged rock or tho pin bad slipped
from a shackle. It was probably tho lat
ter case, as I heard a splash as of tho end
of tho chain falling from the hawo hole.
She drovo off stern first and then, as she
began to swing about, I stepped softly
back to the wheel, put it over to get bci
off, and then extinguished the two Inn
terns on deck nnd the lamp in the cnbin.
I am not boasting of my nerve in stepping
over the sleepers to do this work or oi
my sagacity in getting the idea. I was
working like one in a dream nnd could
hardly have identified myself.
What occurred between the timo I put
out tho lights aud daylight next morning,
I never can clearly remember. The
schooner took care of herself for any ef
fort of mine, and I think I went into tho
galley and crept behind the stove. At
least I crawled out of that contracted
space soon after daylight, in rcsponso to
a call. I suppose I was called to prepare
breakfast for the pirates, but I was no
sooner out of the galley than I saw a largo
ship hove to a quarter of a mile away,
while one of her boats, with five men in
it, was alongside the schooner. I must
Lave looked and acted like a stupid, for
as a couple of men came over the rail ono
of them gave mo o hearty shaking and
growled out:
"You idiot, can't you get your mouth
open?'' ,
There were twenty-five men lying on
tho decks and in the cabin sound asleep.
No I Dead 1 Every one of them dead and
cold, and I the only living thing aboard.
It took some time to explain matters and
get nt aft the particulars, but with what I
could tell them and what they could seo
it finally became plain to all. That bar
rel of wine had been dosed with some
deadly drug. The cook must have done
it previous to the attack, or the bung had
been left out by another, and some poi
sonous reptile had crept iu to die. No
one could tell for certain, but tho drink
ers were nil dead, and nil had died in
sleep. The ship was English, und tho
schooner was over thirty miles oil the
land. Ono of II. M. men-of-war, as
sisted by a civil functionary, attempted au
investigation, but nothing camb -of it.
Our crew had been slaughtered nnd tho
schooner captured, but she had recaptured
herself and brought off twenty-five
corpses. Not a living man could ever bo
found among the islands who would
acknowledge that he had ever seen tho
schooner, much less participated in her
capture. AVio York 'n.
Tile Loving "llemory of Dogs.
The lute Mr. Eyre, n clergyman, left a
dog, which was very much attached to
him, nt the country-bouse of a friend
while he left England for a long sojourn
abroad. After two years Mr. Eyro re
turned, arriving at his friend's house lato
nt night, and retiring without having the
dog called.
Next morning, Mr. Eyre was awakened
by tho dog bursting into his bedroom nnd
leaping upon him w ith the wildest dem
onstrations of delight.
"How on earth did he know I bad ar
rived!" asked the gentleman of the ser
vaut, who brought hot water.
"Oh, sir," the mnu replied, "it is tho
most curious thing I As I was cleaning
your boots the dog recognized them and
became excited beyond measure, and I
have not been able to quiet him until hu
saw where I was carrying them, and
rushed up along with mo to your door."
A correspondent of tho same English
paper relates that ho gave way, at a year
old, a dog which he was unablo to keep
in his London home. After eight years
tho dog was returned to its first owner.
"The dog met me," says the correspon
dent, "at first as a stranger, and then,
with little animated snilfs of inquiry, go
ing rouud and round me. I remained
still for a few moments, whilo she grew
more aud more excited. At last I stooped
and patted her, and called her by her
name: 'Dee.'
"On hearing my voice the poor beast
gave what lean ouly describe us a scream
of rapture und jumped into my arms.
From that moment she attached herself
to me us if she had never left me, anil
with the teuderest devotion.?' Zocjjiiliit.
A Family of Age ami -Weight.
Threo brothers wero in New Bruns
wick, N. J., recently, who show a heavy
uggregate in height, age and size. They
are Captain Samuel Ackeu, who is 6 feet
tifr inches in height, seventy-six years of
age, tuid weighs 2H) pounds; William
Acken, of Metuchen.who U 0 feet 3 inches
iu height, eighty-six years of age, aud
weighs 2v!0 pounds, and Henry. Ackeu, of
ltaritau, who measures 15 feet 2 inches,
weighs 200 pounds, und is eighty-four
years of ago. The joint weight of these
Middlesex brothers is, therefore, CGO
pounds, their total height IS feet llj
inches, aud their comhiucd nges amount
to 240 years. What is equally notice
able is the fact that tho Ackeu family is
a family of giants, among tho younger us
well us the older generations. Freeholder
Ackeu is tho biggest official in Middlesex
County and stands bead und shoulders
over the other members of .the Board, und
there uro luuuy young men und boys, ull
of whom uro tall, anil most. of whom are
as remarkable iu weight as in height.
AVio York Tirnn.
The British Government will devote
60,000,000 to tint improvement of the
national defences. '
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIBS.
roLisnixo floors.
A simplo method of cleaning and pol.
ishing floors is to rub them every morn
ing with a largo flannel cloth, -which is
loaked in parartin every fortnight or so.
After wiping well with the cloth, brush
briskly up and down the planks with a
stiff broom, and after a few days of this
treatment the floor will tnku and retain
an admirable polish.
BUFFALO CARPET BEETLE.
It is reported that strips of flannel
dipped in solution of white arsenic and
placed under the edge of a carpet are
sure death to the Bullalo carpet beetle. 1
doubt if any one knows this, says Pro
fessor A. J. Cook in the New York Tri
luiie. In many cases tho flannel would
not bo eaten, nnd unless eaten it would be
harmless to tho beetles. That it -would
bo liable to be eaten, and if eaten would
surely destroy the beetles, there is no
question. It would be easy to try it ; and
if very cautiously done could be safe. All
who handlo white arsenic, however,
should remember that it looks very much
like soda, baking powder, and other arti
cles of the pantry, and is a virulent
poison. I should not fear to try this my
self ; but I do hesitate to recommend it
to others.
ARTICLE FOR A BICK ROOM.
For a sick room, the sand bug is inval
uable. Get some cloauj fine sand, dry it
thoroughly in a kettle on tho stove.
Make a bag, about eight inches square, of
flannel, fill it with tho dry sand; sew the
opening carefully together nnd cover the
bag with cotton or linen. This will pre
vent the sand from sifting out, and will
also enable you to heat the bag quickly by
plnciug it iu the oven, or even on top the
stove. After once using this you will
never nttenqit to wnrm the feet or hands
of a sick person with a bottle of hot wnter
or a brick. Tho sand holds the heat a
long time, nnd the bag can be tucked up
to the back without hurting the invalid.
It is a good plan to make two or three of
the bags and keep them on hand, ready
for use at any time when needed. Tht
J'iM.
HOW TO -WASH SILK STOCKINGS.
Do your silk stockings ever get spoiled
iu tho wash? Have them done nt home
and make tho maid follow these direc
tions, advises an English correspondent;
"No soap must bo rubbed on the articles.
Before commencing have ready two hoi
irons and two pans of water. In one pan
pour hot wnter, nnd in tho other cold,
adding a wineglass of common vincgai
to each. Make tho hot water into a
creamy lather of suitable consistency,
from the recipe given for 'soup jelly.'
AVash each stocking separately in tin
hot water, nnd rub carefully, commenc
ing nt tho toe. Squeeze it out, place it
iu tho rinse-water, nnd leave it until tin
next one is finished. Now squeeze then
out of the rinse-water, but on no account
wring them. Uoll separately iu a dry
cloth. Now take the stockings, iron
thein, each on tho wrong side aud finish
them on the right, taking care to leave no
creases. If these instructions ure prop
erly carried out, you may wash with safety
tho most brilliant colors. For the 'soar,
jelly,' take half a pound of yellow soap
und shave it finely into a saucepan with
one quart of water. Stand it by tho fire
until it simmers, and let it remain until
cold, when it will hnve the appegrnucc ol
a still jelly. l'ltUuilcljiltia I'icos.
STR.VW11E11 ItlF.S.
Strawberries are not only delicious,
served fresh with sugar aud cream, but
can be prepared iu a variety of ways thai
will make them acceptable every day dur
ing tho season. Tho following ways foi
serving them, recommended by the
Courier-Journtil, will bo found excellent
und sufficiently varied to suit the tustei
of ull:
Croquunte of Strawberries Cover s
tablespoouful of gelatine with cold watei
and let souk half an hour, then add to it
half a cup of boiling water and stir until
it dissolves. Stone a quart of struwber
ries.dip each ono iu thegelatiuo and press
them against the sides of n mold. Fill
the center with charlotte russo und set
aside to harden.
Strawberry Sponge Cover half a box
of gelatine with a little cold water, lei
soak nnd pour in a pint of boiling water;
add a cup of sugar und stir until it thick
ens; add a pint of strawberry juice ami
strain iu a tiu pan; set iu ice until thick,
lli at tho whites of four eggs to a still
froth, and add; put iu a fancy mold tc
harden. Serve with vanilla tauce.
Strawberry Bavarian Cream Covei
half u box of gelatine with half a cup ol
cold water and souk half au hour; mash a
quart of strawberries and pour through a
sieve; add a cup of sugar aud stir until
dissolved ; stand the gelatine over boiling
water and strain it Into the strawberry
juice; mix, pour iu a tin pun, set on ice
to cool, let thicken, and stir iu u pint ol
whipped cream; mix carefully, pour iu a
mold and set iu a cold place to harden.
Strawberry Tapioca Wash a cup ol
tapioca through several waters, then covei
with cold water and souk over night. Iu
the morning put it on the fire with a
pint of boiling water, and simmer until
ihe tapioca is perfectly clear. Steuiu a
quart of strawberries und stir them into
the boiling tapioca; sweeten to taste.
Take from the iiiv, pour in u deep dish,
and set aside to cool. Serve cold with
sugar and whipped cream.
Strawberry Short Cake Steam a quart
of ripe struwU-rrii s, sweeten und mash.
Hub two ounces of butter into a quart ol
Hour, udd a tta-poon of salt, two teas
poousful of baking powder and suHicieut
milk to make a soft dough; mix quickly,
roll out about au inch aud a half thick,
put iu large square pan well greased,
bake iu a quick ovcu for twenty minutes.
When done, take from the oven, split in
halves ami spread each lightly with but
ter. Pluco-oue-hnlf on a largo dish, cover
with half the berries, put the other hulf
of the uike on top, spread tho remaining
berries. over this; pour whipped trctuu
uround uud serve.
A REMARKABLE CONTRAST.
CROSSING" FROM THE RUSSIAK TO
THE CHINESE EidFIRE.
Start ling Change Resulting From n
Moment's Walk Visiting a Chi
nese Governor Tltnlil Celestials.
The following is from George Kcnnan's
articlo in the Century :
On Friday, October E, Mr. Frost nnd I
again visited Kiakhta and went with the
Boundary Commissioner, Mr. Sulkofski,
to call upon tho Chinese Governor of
Mnimachin. Tho Mongolian town of
Maimachin is separated from Kinkhta by
a hundred and fifty or two hundred yards
of neutral ground, tjjjough the middle of
which is supposed to run the boundary
lino between the two great Empires.
Maimuchin is further separated from
Kiakhta by a high plnnk wall and by
screens, or pngodn-shnped buildings, that
mask the entrances to the streets so that
outside barbarian cannot look into the
place without actually entering it, and
cannot sec anything beyond its wooden
walls after he has entered it. It would
be hard to imagine a more sudden and start
ling change than that brought about by a
walk of two hundred yards from Kiakhta
to Maimachin. One moment you are in
a Hussion provincial village with it3
characteristic shops, log-houses, golden
domed churches, droshkics (drosh-kces),
loldiers and familiar peasant faces; the
next moment you pass behind the high
screen that conceals the entrance to the
Mongolian town and find yoursclfjap
parently in the middle of the Chinese
Empire. You cau hardly believe that
you have not been suddenly transported
on tho magical carpet of the "Arabiun
Nights" over n distance of a thou
sand miles. The town in which
you find yourself is no moro like
the town that you have just
left than a Zuni pueblo is like a village iu
New England, nnd for nil thnt appears to
the contrary you might suppose yourself
to be separated from the Kussinn Empire
by the width of a whole continent. The
narrow, unpaved streets lire shut in by
gray, one-story houses, whose wiudowless
walls arc made of clay mixed with chopped
straw, aud whose roofs, ornamented with
claborato carving, show a tendency to
turn up at the corners; clumsy two
wheeled ox-carts, loaded w ith boxes of
tea and guided by swarthy Mongol driv
ers, have taken the place of the Kussiiin
horses nnd telegas; Cliiuese traders iu
skull-caps, loose flapping gowns and white
soled shoes appear ut the door, instead ol
tho Russian merchants in top-boots, loose
waistcoats, und shirts worn outside their
trousers whom you have long been accus
tomed to see; and wild-looking, sun
burned horsemen in deep orange gowns
and dishpau-shaped hnts, ride iu now
and thn from some remote encampment
in the great desert of Gobi, followed,
perhaps, by a poor Mongol from the im
mediate neighborhood, mounted upon a
slow-pacing ox. Wherever you go, aud
in whatever direction you look, China
has taken the place jf Russia, and the
scenes thnt confront you uro full of
strange, unfamiliar details.
We drove with a Russo-C'hincse inter
preter to the residence of the "surguhce"
(soor-goo-chay), or Chinese Governor
which was distinguished from all other
houses by having two high poles tipped
with gilded balls erected iu front of it
and after being introduced to his Ex
cellency by Mr. Sulkofski wese invited
to partake of tea, sweetmeats and
"maigalo" (my-gu-lo), or Chinese rice
braniiy. We exchanged with the Gov
ernor a number of ceremonious and not
at all exciting inquiries and replies rela
tive to his und our health, affairs aud
general well-being, drank three or foui
saki-cups of maigalo, nibbled at some
candied fruits, aud then, as the hour foi
his devotions had arrived, went with him
by invitation to the temple and saw him
say his prayers beforo a large wooden
idol to an accompaniment made by the
slow tolling of a big deep-toned bell.
The object of the bell-ringing seemed to
be to notify the whole- population of the
town that his Excellency tho Governor
was communing with his Joss. When we
returned to his house Mr. Frost drew a
portrait of him as w ith un umusing uirof
conscious majesty he sat upou ntigcrsum
in his chair of state, and then, ns we had
no excuso for lingering longer, we took
our leave, each of us receiving a neatly
tied package in which were tho nuts,
sweetmeats and candied fruits that had
been set before us but had not been
eaten.
We wasted the rest of the afternoon in
trying to get photographs of some of the
strunge types and groups that were to be
Seen iu the Maimachin streets. Again
und uguiu wo were surrounded by forty
or fifty Mongols, Uuriats, und nonde
script natives from the great southern
steppes, and again und again we set up
the camera aud trained it upon a part of
the picturesque throng. Every time Mr.
Frost covered his head w ith the black
cloth nud took it olf the brass cap that
concealed the instrument's Cyclopean eye,
the apprehensive Celestials vanished with
as much celerity us if the artists were
manipulating a Gatling gun. We could
clear a whole street from one end to the
other by merely setting up the camera
ou its ripod and getting out the black
cloth, und I seriously thought of advising
the Chinese Governor to scud to America
for a photographic out lit to be used in
quelling riots. He could disperse a mob
with it more quickly und certainly than
with a battery of mountain how itzers. If
I remember rightly, Mr. Frost did not
succeed in getting pictures of any ani
mated objects that day except a few
Mongol ox-teams and two or three blind
or crippled beggars who could not move
rapidly enough to make their escape.
Nearly 200,0011 sheep have been
guaranteed to a frozen meat company of
New Zealand, for shipment to Loudon
luring the seasou of lhMI-'.HJ.
A Wisconsin s hool teacher who has
lone twenty-one years' service is granted
t pension by the Mate.
Pigskin is now used for 'r
tti'dreu's shoes.
THE GREATER WORLD.
When you forget the beauty of the seen
Where you draw breath and sleep,
Leave city walls for gleams of sky that loan
To hills where forests creep.
The heights, the fields, the wide-winged air
Make the embracing day;
Not city streets. That little lifo of care
Steals our groat Jye mirny. -
Livo with the spaces, wako with bird and
cloud,
Spread sentiment with the elm;
Our home is nature, even to the proud
Arcs of the sunset's realm.
Then say tho scene God made is glorious!
Breath deep aud smile again.
The glow and noble dusks, victorious,
"Jisjicrso regrets and pain.
Hose H. Lathrop, in Scribncr.
U13I0R OF THE DAY.
Fish arc not weighed in their own
scales.
A stock operation "Milking tho cows.
Merchant Traveler.
Speaking of book-binding, dictionaries
ought to be spell-bound.
Tho blacksmith ought to be nble to
give a shoer tip on horses.
Tho polecat has ouly one life, but the
other eight are not missed.
Charged with electricity Tho sub
scribers to tho Bell telephone.
Wisps of straw by the hay scales arc
bits that have fallen by tho weigh side.
It lakes a good man? strikes tow make
a base-bull match go off well. Sifting.
Tho fidelity of adversity is exemplified
by tho manner iu which poverty sticks to
the poet.
Tho young idea may sometimes be best
taught to shoot by putting it through a
course of sprouts.
An "octave"' dinner is the latest fash
ionable craze. Tho guests arrive after
everything is ate up.
Down on the Rio Grande a horse thief
stole a runaway mule that nobody elso
could catch. Sifting.
Lit tie drops of water,
Little lumps of chalk,
Take their occupation
From the bovine stock.
Merchant Traveler.
Some people nre called weak-minded
because it takes them at least seven days
to make up their minds. Somcrrille Jour
mi. Ordinarily tho ministers create tho
Benedicts, but at tho White House tho
Ben-edicts create tho ministers. Hotel
Mail.
When a young man proposes and is ac
cepted he rings tho girl's hand. If he is
refused he wrings his own handSj
Statesman.
Berlin is a bad place to choose for on
important confcreuce,!for it is a notorious
fact that its inhabitants nre always on the
Spree. Baltimore American.
The doctor sits in his ofliee chair,
A paradox, strange to se,
For though he Is patient iu waiting a call,
Yet, out of patients is he.
GoodaWsSun.
Jings "Chops is nil broke up. The
sheriff has just seized his incut market."
Jungs "Is that so? I saw him this
morning, nnd I thought bo looked us if
he'd lost flesh." Loicill Citizen.
A ship nml a baker are much alike;
Would you know the reason why?
The rli-st you see has n pilot on board,
And the last bus a lot of pie.
tlouilall's Sun.
Sir Rotten Rowc "I thought you
didu't havo bishops sitting iu tho Ameri
can Senate"" Mr. Madison Squcer
"We don't." Sir Rotten Rowe "Then
who does tho continuations the papers
speak of" I'ucl:
HOW SHE DROVE THE NAIL.
She hit tho nail a fearful whack
I mean to say, she lived;
She bathed her thumb with arnica,
Aud tlieu sat down and cried.
The Kpoch.
She (at a party) "Did that rich
bachelor, Captain Rudder, get his title in
tho army?" He "Guess not. A few
moments ago I saw him duck his head
when the servant nnuoimced Mr. Low
bridge." l'hiiulelphia Hccurd.
Angling for Pie. Mrs. Sulstonstall
(of Boston) Tommy, will you have a
piece of mince pie?" Tommy Beacon
street (who is taking dinner out)
"Yes'm, nud 1 trust that your apportion
ment will be commensurate with my
esteem for yourself." Burlington Free
l'n us.
Young Mr. llrokaw (who believes in
doing everything iu u busincss-liko way)
"Miss Southuiuyd, I am matriiuouiully
iucliued. You ure my choice ubovo ull
women. I desire to marry you. Is it it
go.'" .Miss Southmayd (freeziugly)
"Yes, sir. There is the door." Burling
ton h'i'ic t'nsj.
"I think that urinchuir is n beauty,"
said the old mail, who was in tho parlor
with his daughter and her young man;
"it looks almost largo enough to bold
two." "O, yes, sir," spoke up the young
man, "it is plenty large enough." Aud
then be relapsed into a state of innocu
ous desuetude, uliile his blushes turned
the ice water on the table into a bright
cochineal red. Lawn-nee American.
Guinea Cows.
Lowndes County, (la., produces a lit
tle cow which is indeed u curiosity, it
is the same di.-fuuee in height, length and
width, aud is supported by legs not more
than twelve inches iu length. It bears
the name of the guinea cow. The first
were brought here from Spain by au old
Spaniard who came to this country be
fore the war. Tho cow is very small aud
chunky, but it ki ps rolling fat ou al
most nothing, and is a splendid milker, f
ihe aver.iye giving from three to three j
and a half gallons of milk per day. Mr.
It. I,. Stapler has a herd of fifty perfect
little beauties. lie disposes of young
cows for iJlOii melt, which almost equals
the price paid for Jerseys. While tl".iLK.
milk is not so rich as tho Jersey. HtQffista.
plu tlierc prefer the guinea. Chemists, H. T.
ltlt"tivlt. jrufa,4. EtMttone. tto op.
buuu ut iratDla rfol.y. Thuu.tuiiH curtHl. 'uf
' ,. circular, Pr. J. B. SUyar, Ml Arch kl , 1 bil. At
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