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VOL. XXIT. NO. 12. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1889. S1.50 PEll ANNUM.
Republi
The practice of flopping prisonors alii
ejlitnlns in English jails.
T,i..l.t TT... Ul..t... .1 .
the work of 500,0(10,000 men.
The English pnpers cnll attention lo
the remarkable revival of t ratio shown
during the past yes?.
The millions of various find suudry
English syndicates nru going rapidly into
the purchase of Southern hind.
npnin collects a lainy large revenue,
but at a ruinous cost. It in doubtful
whether half roaches tho Treasury
Tho population of tho United States
grows 100,01)0 each mouth from births,
and about 500,000 n year by immigrants.
Unless all signs fail, says the Kan Fran
cisco Cltronirlr, this ill going ' ',0 B
nza year for tho California fanners and
lit growers.
Minnesota has passed a law provfiling
for executions before sunrise, and allow
ing the condemned to invite three persons
to witness their execution.
English was tho langmigc used at tho
Samonn conference, for flic first time on
rueh diplomatic occasions, owing to
Americans coming into European politics.
Attempts at suicide, moro or loss suc
tfessful, according to the nerve and skill
of the would be ; lf -murderer, are getting
tp be as common items of news, observes
the Chicago Herald, as small Hies.
A new law in Madagascar give a bus
band the power to chastise his wife with
a regulation whip only, and does away
with clubs and drayslakes entirely. Tho
Whole world is progressing, even if slow-
iy- . ;
Ex-Mayor Abram Hewitt, of New York
city, startled tho guests at a recent ban
quet in Loudon "by assuring them that the
Southern StatVs would ultimately bo the
centre of tho hardware tradu of the
world.
There are twenty-two luissionnry socie
ties iu the United States managed by wo
incu. These societies supported 7a 1 mis
sionaries hist year, and raised jl,0,'!S,23X
Silica .their organization they have cou-
tributect.TlO.TOS.m.
A land of milk and honey was tho
Mecca of tho ancients. In these days,
exclaims the Detroit Free only one
person in nine rau eat honey without
rumng ruins, ami only one in ten can
drink milk withortt being made bilious.
s a prophecy by the Allmny (N.
V.) Timet: It is probably not too ex
travagant to say that at the next centen
nial of Washington's inaugural we shall
travel ly air mat nines; that wo shall run
over to London or Home, as now we ruu
down to New York, iu a few hours.
The Captain of the English bark Home
ward, just returned to Liverpool from
Australia, says that ho was followed 1550
inilej on the voyage by a shark thirty-fivo
feet long, which probably expected a
sailor to fall overboard. The creature
finally accepted a pair of old boots and
quit.
A memorial to Congress was introduced
iu tho Florida llouso of Representatives,
aking that the United States propose to
Spain a guarantee of $100,000,000, to be
paid in twenty annual instalments of
5,000,000 nuh, for the purchase of
Cuba, the United States to assume a pro
tectorate over the island until the eutiro
Wim is paid.
New York city is growing so fust that
its school system cannot keep up. Hun
dreds of children are running wild iu
every street iu the Vast district between
Eighty-seventh and One Hundred and
Sixth streets, because there are no school
houses. The Commissioners of Educa
tion are tryiug to provido temporary
school uccomniodaliou in manufactories
and private houses so as to comply with
the law.
w - " "
The recent death of the young Emperor
ufAuuain, fit Touquiu, is now looked
uwith suspicion. According to Dr.
Liigange, of Bordeaux, who was former
ly enrployed iu tho Court of Hue, when
the Regency Council resolve to get rid of
an unsatisfactory Emperor they present
him with three dishes, on one of which
there is a dagger, on the other a silken
cord, and on tho third poison. His Im
perial Majesty has only to take his choice.
A uewspaper syndicate recently offered
William E. Gladstone the sum of $'-5,-000
fur a series of twenty-five articles on
subjects of current interest. The follow
ing reply to this proposition has just been
received: "At my age the stock of brain
.i i... i i
vyjLT ut)ia not. itia, uui mines, auu
V'ublic calls upon my time leave me
Yi,irl'un residue to dispose of.
fr"a" series of efforts is, there-
ffliavo finally decided, wholly bc-
AS WE VIEW IT.
Yonder lanilsearjp, regal in Its splendor,
Smiling with a look half proud, half tender,
Seems a shrouded corpse when dense fogs
roll.
Life is glorious when the rays of duty
Milnoupon it from a loving soul;
But it hills anil glades are roblied of beauty
. If a selfish mist hangs o'er the whole.
Scorning this frrt fai t, the base man loses
Truth's best diamond, priceless If he knew
it;
Life is good or bad, as each one chooses,
Life is as we view it.
Want nig wealt h of heart, the miser's treasure,
Now too small to purchase lofty pleasure.
Soon will lie adiathl'd ang or worso.
Love, contentment, goodness, hopes ethereal,
Make the peasant, slender though his purse,
Vastly richer than the whole material,
Starr-illumed, unconscious universe.
Mental wealth, whose very touch entrances,
Houndleslies for all whoso minds pursue it;
Man is rich or Kor, just as ho fancies:
Wealth is as w e view it
Life's flume, flickering feebly in the strong
est, Oft blown out, is soon burnt at thelotigest;
Frail we live; wo're nothing in our graves.
Almost awful now, yet daily heightening,
Is our power, that ridis tho foaming waves,
Weighs the planets, grasps the leaping light
ning, Changes lire and air to docile slaves.
Man can humble Nature if she dares him,
... Sot her some hard tusk and maka her do ft;
Man la weaker than the steed that boars him :
Power is as wo view it.
Knowing not whore Truth's first step com
menccs, Since the sages say our very senses
Teach but fictions, dark we live mid die.
Priceless thoughts that tuno in IrrlothfTvAv
els Through past ages gathered, ojwn lie;
Sciopco shows the cipher that unravels
Nature's set-rets, w rit on earth and sky,
But tho wouditfus volume spread before us
Needs eternity to read right through it.
All U darkness! Floods of light float o'er us!
Truth Is us wo view it.
One faint gasp, and then tho low death rat
tle! Thus we end it, beaten iu the battle,
Losing all things with our parting breath.
Life has glories but intensely brighter
Is t he glory of a noble dent h,
When the soul, its bud each moment lighter,
lte.vllcss now ot what the vain world suith,
Seeing visions, pain sublimely scorning,
Keels the icy hand, yet dares to woo it:
Death is starless uight, or radiant moruhirr,
Death is as wo view it.
J. V. Chapman, in the Academy.
. A NOBLE REVENGE.
During tho siege of Sebastopol almost
every step of earth round this mighty
fortress in the Crimea was steeped with
human blood. Thousands of Frenchmen,
Englishmen, Italians and Turks bad
falteu by Knssiau bullets or been carried
off by cholera or other disvascs. Still,
tho fortress defied the united exertions
6f the allied armies On June IS, 1855,
the French had, indeed, with wonderful
bravery, attempted to storm the Malakoif
Tower, considered to be the key of
Sebastopol; but they were repulsed, wilh
Ininiensu losses, by the Russians. On
Jaafftcmhcr 8 a second attack was to be
made on the Malakoff, and on the pre
ceding day the zouaves gave themselves
up to the few amusements w hich the camp
afforded them.
The zouave is always a merry soldier;
lie laughs at everything at many things
at which he ought not laugh at life, at
death, of the cholera, ut poverty, at guns
and camion. On that eveuing the mer
riest among the zouaves were the two
brothers, Charles and Victor Carabine, so
called because they knew no other father
than their musket. They were not even
certain they Were brothers; tho chief
proof of their relationship was their
mutual affection. They were as like.too,
in face, as they were in heart. Victor
was to-day telling nil sorts of funny
stories; they seemed to think lilt k- about
tho terrible day which wus to dawn on
the morrow.
All the bells of Sebastopol and all the
trumpets and drums of the French camp,
too, announced noon on KcptcmlitT S,
1S55. A signal sounded from the hill
where General l'elissier had posted him
self with his staff, and wilh sharp eye he
was following all the movement of the
army, lleforo this signal General Mac
Slahou, who commanded the First Di
vision, threw three battalions of zouaves
against the left side of the Mulukuff.
Charles and Victor Carabine had the
honor to stand in the vanguard. With
their comrades they crossed the enemy's
treuch, climbed up the breastwork, aud
were soon inside. C jlonel Collincau led
them. He received a shot in the head as
he fell Uum the Russians, but he quickly
bound up his wound w ith his handker
chief, waved his sword anil rushed into
the fray.
Charles Carabine had a young Russian
olliccr opposed to him, who hail already
cut dowu five or bix zouaves with his
sword. Charles rushed upon him, in order
to avenge his comrades, and disarmed the
officer with the lirst blow of his sivord.
Hut tho Russiau hud already seized a
heavy fmgme.it of a shell, which he was
in the act of hurling ut his foe. Victor,
who was fighting about fifteen paces off
from his brother, saw the danger iu which
he was, and filed at the Russian. The
ball struck upon the eagle of his helmet,
without cveu causing the officer w ho wore
it to wince. Meanwhile tho great piece
of iron had smitten Charles to the ground.
In a moment Victor is at his side; but lie
comes too late the huge piece of iron
had crushed Charles's head.
It is a terrible sight that meets his eyes ;
to the right, Charles dead at his feet, and
his foe, lighting fiercely us ever; to the
left, on tho top of tho parapet, he sees
Corporal Lihaut, the bravo boy of Paris,
unfurling the standard of tie: zouuws,
and close to him MacMahou pl.uitiiig his
s.vord ou the ground they had takeu.
Urged ou by the madness of victory
and thirst for revenge, Victor cries:
"This way, comrades," and like a torrent
bis companions rush down upon the
Russians. The Captain who had slaiu
Chnrles is cut down, together with his
soldiers, and hurled into the trench. Is
he dead or alive? The xouaves don't
know, but at 5 o'clock they arc masters
of Sebnstopol.
Victor was made Sergeant for his
brnvory during tho attack, lie marched
with his comrades through the suburb of
Karnbeluaia as sword in hnnd they drove
the Russians to the bridge, which was
their last refuge. Tim city was on fire
in several places. Victor came at last
before n house whose appearance showed
that it belonged to people of high rank.
It was the dwelling of a rich inhabitant
of Sebastopol ; perhaps one of the leaders
of the defense, whose military skill had
cost the French so much blood. Venge
ance again awoke in Victor's brea.it.
The house did not seem io be altogether
deserted. If he could only find a brother
here to butcher as they had butchered his
brother hearts that ho could rend as his
had been rent. Such was the revengeful
feelings of his heart.
He will avenge himself by plunder, if
he cannot by murder, lie will take gold,
if there is no blood to shed. He now
stands on the threshold of the rich house,
lie now strides through a porch filled
with flowers. Flowers in the midst of
this bloody massacre 1 But whence comes
it that the zouave hesitates? Close to the
flowers somo children's playthings are
lying tin soldiers, a sword nnd a copper
cannon, tlie uniform of a little four-year-old
artilleryman. Little children have
here been rehearsing the tragedy which
their father has been playing! Victor
goes ou; ho penetrates into the drawiug
rotnn, which had been abandoned iu
terror and dismay. The zouave easts a
triumphant glance ou the treasures which
the owners could not take with them a
rich booty for the soldier, if they had not
murdered hi brother I
lie was ou the point "of calling iu his
comrades to plunder, when he heard n
henrtrending cry above him. A shell
had fallen into the upper story of the
house. Tho zuiiavo hastened up and
saw in a room, in the midst of the ruins
caused by the explosion, a young mother,
apparently dead, nnd a child in her arms.
"The poor boy!" cried Victor,horrified
ut the 'sight, and ho forgot everything
his dead brother, hfswvenge, the victory,
Sebastopol aud the rich booty. lie
hastens to the help of the mother he,
who never remembers to have had a
mother himself he seeks to restore her
to life. I!ut nil his efforts to restore her
to life are vain.
"Come," he says to hifitself, "it, is no
good; nothing will help her. Now, let
me see to saving the child," and he looks
at tho little boy, who has fallen to the
ground and stares with terror at his dead
mother nnd his unknown enemy.
The zouave sought for- the victor's re
ward. There it is before him 1 To pro
tect an innocent life I to give a father to
an orphan. He who had himself been an
orphan from his birth. lint what does
he discover as he takes up the child, nnd
whence conies his confusion? Ho hnil
seen on tije table a gilded helmet, and on
the helmet the black eagle and the crest
which he had seen on tho officer who
slew his brother.
This, then, is his w ife whom he lias be
fore his eyes this is his son whom he is
about to save 1 Victor, who has over
come tho cholera and faced death in a
thousand forms, sinks down upon a chair.
He straggles in a terrible conflict with
himself, his sword seems to move nt his
side nnd his musket seems to cry "Fire!"
Rut another figuro stood between him and
his slain brother that of the dead mother
of the child, who seemed to be kneeling
before him with clasped bauds.
"Oh! I am sufficiently avenged! No
cruelty!" the zouave exclaims, springing
up, and then theso words come into his
mind: "Whatsoever ye do unto one of
these little oues ye do it unto me."
Aud with gentle hands he took up the
little child, whose father had killed
Charles Carabine, and bearing him close
to his heart he passed with iuditference
by the silver plate without heeding the
jewels aud rich dresses.
On the evening of that day the zouave
returned with the little Russiau in his
arms to his tent, aud prepared for him as
good a supper as he could, and his rough
comrades vied with each other iu provid
ing for "the little eagle," and preparing
him a nest us soft as that of his mother.
Several months had passed sirrne these
events. Pence was signed at Paris, and
Victor Carabine, with his comrades, had
returned to tho capital, taking the
"young black eagle" with them.
About the middle of January, 1850, an
old mau and a yoMng lady iu deep mourn
ing still very pale from the effects of ill
ness from which she had scarcely recov
ered arrived at a hotel in Paris from St.
Petersburg. The first thing they did was
to drive to the barracks iu the rue de la
Pcpiniere and inquire for Sergeant Victor
Carabiue. "You mean the Lieuteuunt,"
uuswerud a groom ; "he lives a few steps
from here," and he told them the street
and number. The young lady did not
even get into the carriage again, but led
the old mau to the house which had beeu
pointed out to them.
Lieutenant Victor was at home. The
two strangers went up one story, rang at
the bell of a small door, and stood before
the Lieutenant. He started when he saw
them, und led them to his modest room.
A writing table, four chaius, a camp bed,
a stand of arms, formed the whole of his
furniture. No we have forgotten some
thing a cradle stood iu the room, which,
by its comfort and elegance, contrasted
very much w'lth the rest of the furniture.
Ou .the officer's table, among bis books,
papers and segars, stood till solders, ar
ranged in order of battle, which were
commanded by a child with fair hair,
whose clothes were worth six months of
a zouave's pay. The young lady had
scarcely glanced at the child before six.
uttered a loud cry, rushed up him to em
brace him und thtu fell faiuting into the
old gentleman's arms. Victor ut once
recognized the mother of the "little
black eagel," tho wife of his brother's
murderer, whom he had left for dd iu
her room ut Sebastopol. She it wus, in
deed, aecoinpauied by her father. After
her recovery she hud passed three months
iu searching for the Sergeant, and hail
been led to him nt last, ns wc have jusl
seen.
"I understand it nil," snid Victor, ai
he wiped a tear from his eye, as he be
held the mother embracing her child:
"but if I know your story, madam, yoi,
do not yet know mine." And he told
her in a whisper, so that the child should
not hear it, about the attitck on the Main
kolT and the death of Charles. Tin
young lady turned away her eyes and thf
old man was silent. "You see how 1
have avenged myself," concluded the
zouave.
'I shall never forget it!" exclaimed
the mother, as with eyes full of tears she
looked now at the rosy cheeks, now at
the silken cradle. Ask of me all my
fortune nnd I will give it to you for my
son."
"One moment," snid Victor, planing
his hand on the fair head; "the child is
mine aud I can only give him up to his
father, while I leave to him the choice of
the weapons," he added gloomily, with a
fierce look.
"Re Bileut, unhappy man!" groaned
the old gentleman; "his father is no
longer living. Do you not sec tho mourn
ing dress of tho widow? His body was
found on September 9 nt the Malakoff."
"Good I" said Charles's brother in a low
voice, so that the young lady should not
hear. "May God forgive him, as my
brother doubtless has forgiven him !
Madam," he continued, ns he turned away
his head in order to conceal his emotion,
"let rhere be peace between us, as there
is between France and Ruun. Take
your child bnck, nnd never tell him the
story of his father I"
"I promise it, sir; but I shnll tell him
yours," replied the mother, ns she gave
the Lieutenant her hand. Victor pressed
it, nnd then gazed for a long time into
the eyes of the "little eagle."
"You must leave me, my child," he
said in a choked voice; "you won't see
Papa Carabiue again." The child sprang
up on the zouave's knees.
"He shall come and sec you every day,
if you will allow it," exclaimed tho
mother. "I have settled with my father
in Paris."
Victor passed his hand over his eyes,
drew a deep sigh, took the child once
more in his arms, filled his arms with
playthings, and carried him down to the
carriage.
"Get in, lieutenant, " snid tho lady, ns
she made room for him. "We must ac
custom Alexander to the separation, and
I want to show you the way to my hotel."
Victor hesitated, but the child's tears
decided him.
"Ah! your name is Alexander, like your
Emperor," his said, smiling. "Well he
has made peace, and peace is a beautiful
thing after war!"
He got into the carriage and led his
adopted, son into the hotel, where ho
f ouud the same treasures that he had trod
den under foot at Sebastopol.
And afterward there was often to bo
seen in the drives of Paris a Russian car
riage, in which sat an old gentleirmn
with white beard, a lady dressed in black,
a child of six or seven years old, nnd a
Captain of zouaves, decorated with the
cross of tho Legion of Honor. It is tho
Countess C , who vowed to wecr
mourning nil her life lor her husbnnd,
nnd for Chnrles Carabine, her father
Prince Alexis K , her son Alexander,
and Captain Victor Carabine, wbo won
his promotion to the cross during the
war against the Kabyles. Chicago
IlaalJ.
Uncanny Plants.
What, forsooth, is a fungus? A wily
iuvader which, having by some ungarded
entrance gained access, may do nil sorts
of mischief; may fill our cellar, for in
stance, and turn us out' of house aud
home, as one is reputed to have filled the
cellar of tho wine merchant, barring the
door from within and threatening sum
mary eviction and what not? Is it not a
fearful parasite which, having found
lodging in the tissues of its unwilling
host, swells to proportions vast, a hidden
tumor, sending its human victim nil too
soon forth from his tenement of clay?
Even when not thus associated with
the destruction of nobler forms, fungi are
nevertheless held suspect. At best nnd
largest they are odd, peculiar, hiding in
out-of-the way places, far from ' the
wurru precincts of the cheerful day;" "off
color," as men say, mid" owing little or no
allegieuce to our sovereign sun; pale,
ghastly thfngs whose homes are with the
dead.
It remained for modern science to dig
nify the world ; nothing shall be stranger
to her touch benign. Even the fungi
come into prominence as they come into
light. Odd as they may appearand mys
terious too, they, like some odd and pecu
liar people, do greatly improve upon ac
quaintance. Certainly no one can look iu
upon a basket of ISoleti fresh from August
woods and not greatly admire their deli
cate tints, their yellows, purples, browns
und grays. Fungi, once for all, ate plants,
for the most part very simple outs too;
in their larger forms more commonly use
ful than noxious, and positively sources
of serious injury anil detriment in those
species only which to mankind at largu
are unseen, unknown aud unsuspected.
Popular Science Monthly.
Hedgehogs ns Fruit Oalhcivr.
(iathering fruit can scarcely be called
trapping, and yet there is a stratagem
attributed to that "walking bunch of
toothpicks" called the hedgehog which
may properly have a place in that cate
gory. R seems that fruit is frequently
found in the hedgehog's sleeping apart
ment, and its presence there is explained
in this remarkable way. It is known that
hedgehogs often climb walls und ruu off
upou low boughs, aud, instead of scramb
ling down iu the same manner, they
boldly make the leap from tho top to the
ground, sometimes ten or twelve feet.
They coil into a ball in the air, strike upou
their armor of spines, and bound away
unhuriued. In taking this jump they
have beeu seen to strike upon fallen fruit,
which, thus impaled uin their spines,
was carried uwuy by theiu, und this has
given rise to the opinion that in some
such way they may have stored their
winter homes. 6'f . LoninMit-Vt inverat.
GROW IN DARK PLACES,
THE CULTIVATION OF THE TOOTH
SOME MUSHROOM.
Conditions Under Which This Pcli
cacy Is Produced A Chicago Com
pany's Cave "Cellar Plantations."
"The Chicngonn is fast becoming quite
a gourmet, an expert in gastronomy,"
said Mr. Kinsley, tho well known restau
rateur. "Chicago is bet off in the
matter of mushrooms than Paris. We
have finer and moro choicely flavored
mushrooms here all the year round than
the Parisians can bonst of. With that
we have a practically nevcr-failing supply
of those delicacies. True, in Paris they
have three varieties of mushrooms, while
we have only one. But ours is of a su
perior kind firm, not soggy or spongy,
und they cook like meat. There is sub
stance to thorn. The best aro those of
medium size, about as large on the surface
ns a silver dollar. Since our home supply
has been composed entirely of fresh and
home grown mushrooms tho consumption
has risen enormously. I use about fifty
pounds a day on an average. It was quite
different a year or two ngo, when mush
rooms were eaten very sparingly in Chi
cago, when many thousands who now de
light in this gastronomic luxury had a
very solid prejudice against it. Those
were the days when the Chicago restau
rateur was obliged to use the canned arti
cle except for a few weeks each year,
when men and women went nround gath
ering mushrooms that grew wild in the
meadows nnd fields nround Chicago. But
those were of a very poor quality and
lacked flavor nnd consistency."
For this great change, it seems, n com
pany whose headquarters are in Chicago,
and whose organizers are Chicago men, is
mainly responsible. This company owns
a big cave at Utica, a little town near
Peru, 111., Bixty miles out. This large
cave, covering an area of twenty acres,
was partially produced by nature. The
company, however, improved it by dig
ging out mnny thousands of loads of sand,
until the cave assumed its present aspect.
To-day its bottom is level with the
ground. There are arches overhead, nnd
it is laid out so well that wagons can
penetrate through its avenues winding nil
nround, nnd the excellent mushrooms
there grown arc londcd on these wagons,
ready for traufer by rail. From this cave
mushrooms are sent nil over the Union,
especially to Chicago, New York and nil
the larger cities. This cave virtuallysup
plies the continent with fresh, delicious
mushrooms, growing there all the year
round, nnd in quantities to satisfy eveu
the rapidly growing demand. The
natural temperature iu the cave is fifty-six
degrees. This has been found, though,
to be a little too cool. The mushrooms
did not grow ns fust nor ns luxuriantly
as was desirable, and thus the company,
some timo ago, put in steam pipes, and
by that means is now in a position to
regulate the temperature and always keep
it at that point most conducive to mush
room culture about sixty-five,
j The company shis its mushrooms in
neat baskets of about the same appear
ance ns peach baskets and with a securely
fastened perforated cover. Tho prices
of these mushrooms have beeu brought
down in this city until there is almost no
difference between Paris and Chicago.
They vary between twenty-five and sixty
cenfij per pound, with an average at for-,ty-tivo
cents. After being skinned every
part of the mushroom is utilized in the
ikitchens of our fine restaurants. The
stem is sliced up nnd used for mushroom
sauce, while the more delicately liliored
head is cut up nnd served with steaks,
rousts and nil sorts of game. Many peo
ple don't know yet that rnw mushrooms,
sliced and dished up ns a salad, with
vinegar and olive oil, ir: e n very appe
tizing dish.
! However, this company is not the ouly
source of supply Chicago has for its
mushrooms. A number of other mush
room cultivators though on a smaller
scale u'e domiciled within the precincts
of this town. They are all Frenchmen or
French-Canadians. They raise these
mushrooms, not iu caves, but iu the cel
lars of their homes and in collars rented
for the purpose. A man by the name of
Charles Martell has such a city mushroom
nursery in three continuous cellars on
West Thirteenth street. The area he has
thus secured is enough to raise, during the
favorable part of the season, some 150,
D00 mushrooms about 6000 pounds,
lie sells about $3000 worth of them dur
ing tho year.
It is an interesting sight, once the eye
lias becomo accustomed to the dim light
in this cellar plantation, to inspect a
mushroom field. The soil iu which the
mushrooms nro grown is very rich, but
not deep. The buttonlike heads luib up
everywhere, and much care has to be ex
ercised in keeping the licds properly
weeded, so as to afford the required space
for each plant. The propagation process
is kept a secret.
It would seem that the principal diffi
culty those mushroom growers have to
contend w ith is to secure that degree ot
moisture aud warmth in the utiuusphere
required for the healthy growth of this
fungus. Those conditions are most
difficult to obtaiu just at the time of year
when they ure most desirable that is,
w hen mushrooms are highest iu price ami
scarcest . ( 'h tcotjo Hi mid.
The Auburn (ioat Industry.
Texas is tho home of Angora goat in
dustry iu this country, but these goats
are cmuing more aud more into notice in
other States aud sect ions, and their hardi
ness and fleece-producing value are at
tracting much attention to the breed.
They will endure great vicissitudes of dry
heat and cold and are remarkably useful
in clearing off brush pastures, thriving iu
Mesh and fleece ou the diet of twigs and
shrubs. They are raised principally for
tlie tlecce of mohair, but the flesh of the
young animals has been experimented
with iu the Chicago markets and a favor
able verdict of its value' us mutton hue
been given. Iteto York Obiemer.
By far the larger part of the electric
wire used ill t lie Paris Exposition build
ings comes from the Uuited Stutus.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
BnEAD FKITTKRS.
Soak two cupfuls of stale breafl
crumbled into bits over night in a pint
of milk. In the morning add two beaten
eggs, and as much flour as will make tin
batter drop from a spoon. Sift a litth
baking powder through tho flour. Thes
may bo made thin like pancakes if yoi
prefer, iu which case add a handful ol
cereallnc or Indinn meal. Serve thes
with link sausages that have liccn split
and broiled. This is nn unusual way ol
cooking sausages, but it deserves to b
better known. They arc more digestible,
and quite free from fat. A few drops o:
orange juice sprinkled over them is a de
licious addition. American Agriculturist.
BANASA PUDDING
This is my recipe for banana pudding
Three bananas, if large; four, if small r
four tablespoonsfuls of granulated tapi
oca; three of sugar; a pinch of salt ; a
pint and a halT of wnter. Let it cook un
til it looks clear (like boiled starch).
Have ready your pudding dish. I use a
crystal sauce dish, as the pudding look!
so pretty in it. Wet it in cold water, so
as not to break the dish with tho hot tapi
oca. Put a layer of the tapioca an inch
thick over the bottom of the pudding
dish ; then slice thin a layer of the ba
nanas, then another of tapioca and so on ,
have the tapioca for the top of the dish,oi
last layer; serve with cream, or if ont
likes to be at the trouble' und time, whir,
some of the cream nnd put on the top ol
the pudding. I think any one will say it
is a delicious pudding. I have friends
who never eat bananns4hat are fond ol
them in this form. iVw Yoik Observer.
OMELETS.
Among tho mnny omelets made with
eggs, the most economical are those which
gain in bulk from the addition of some
ingredient cheaper than eggs; for in
stance, if a cupful' of cold salt fish is oh
hand, melt together a tablesroonful each
of butter and flour, gradually stir in a
cupful each of milk and water, or use a
pint of wnter; add the cold fish free from
bones, three eggs beaten for a minute,
and a high seasoning of salt nnd pepper;
stir the mixture over the fire until the
eggs uro cooked to the desired degree,
ami serve on toast. Tho delicacy of this
dish may be increased by separating the
yolks nnd whites nnd beating the latter
to a stiff froth, stirring them in lastly.
With cold boiled rice a favorite Southern
omelet can be made : Mix a cup of cold
boiled rice with three eggs, salt and
popper, the yolks mixed with the rice
and the whites beaten to a stiff froth,
mixed lightly in; just as it is finished,
pour the omelet iu a hot pan with table
spoonful of buffer, and bake in a hot oven.
Philadelphia 1'rcst.
nOW TO KEEP THINGS CI.EAK.
A good way to clean nn iron sink ;s to
rub well with a wet cloth in kerosene
oil.
To keep tinwnre nice nnd bright, scour
it every two or three weeks with finely
sifted co.d ashes.
Strong brine may be used tondvantagc
in washing bedsteads. Hot alum water
is also recommended fur this purpose.
If your ilishes must be washed in hard
water, add a little milk to the water und
do without soap. Try this and see if you
don't like it.
Soiled coat collars can be rubbed with
ammonia, and then a woolen cloth laid
over and a hot flat iron held just over the
cloth to steam it without pressing.
Carpets should be thoroughly beaten
on the wrong side first, and then on tlie
right side, so ns to leave it fresh. Spots
may be removed by the use of ox gall oi
ammonia and water.
If your fiat irons trouble you, by drop
ping black specks from the top or sides
v., ; ., j,,! them in u pan of
soapsuds a ,-.t ;. c ..i; .1 :', '. ;- .ft; A'rsh
ing and dry quickly to prevent rusting.
In cleaning oil cloths use no soap, oi
scrubbing brush; but wash off the dirt
with water and flannel. Then go over
with milk, and rub with a soft brush till
dry and shining. Houtevtfe.
AUT OF COOKINO FISH.
Fish must be fresh and thoroughly
cooked. It must bo washed, wrapped in
a salted cloth and put !n a cool place un
til wanted. Never put it iu the ice chest
to impair the milk aud butter. It should
be baked or boiled. Salmon Is the only
ti ill that is uot rendered tasteless by boil
lug, for the reason that it is richer than
all others in oils nnd juices. All kinds
of fish are improved by the addition of
vinegar or lemon juice to the stuffing, or
to the water in which they are boiled, or
they may be simply rubbed over with the
acid before boiling or baking. The acid
counteracts the excess of alkali nlwavs
found in fish. If they are to be broiled
tho broiler must be rubbed with fat, to
prevent sticking, and the fish turned of
ten to prevent burning. If they are to
be baked they can be lifted from the pan
without breaking, lf a strip of cloth is
mt under them, across tlie pan. The
cloth to be of cotton and to bo rubbed
with fat to prevent sticking.
Salted tish, like salted meat, has lost
its nourishment, aud is only serviceable
as a relish. Tho varieties of fish balls,
croquettes, and other similiar prepara
tions, are of value ouly ou account of thu
vegetables, eggs, milk and butter w hich
they contain.
Shell fislj, namely oysters and clams,
ire most easily procured, and the most
healthful of this variety of food, lf
oysters are to be cooked, they must first
be washed and drained. .1 the liquor,
that always accompanies oysters, is to be
used, it must be strained and cooked first,
iiid carefully skimmed before the oysters
ire added. When the edges of the oysters
oegiu to curl they are done. Both oysters
md clams aro most nutritious when
nightly cooked. Jh fruit Free Pnu.
Iu New York city last year thu firemen
were called upon to battle with S'-JlJ'i fires,
which did damage aggregating llifj,
101. '
The largest traffic iu eggs iu thu world
is said to tako place ut Rudolfsheiii, a
luburh of Vienna. A large public egg
aim set w ill be established there.
A LESSON FOR LAGGARDS.
You think of taking a journey someday;
Yoil have talked it over for years and
years;
Yet somehow or other you make delay,
Until further and further away appears
The liea utif ul goal; and I tell you now
To bind yourself by a solemn vow
To cross the Rubicon. Pluck up heart!
For you'll never got there unless you start!
There looms before you from day to day
A task that you dread to undertake;
So it hangs like a cloud upon your way
Through which tho sunshine can never
break.
And I tell you now that tho better plan
Is to do the work as quick as you can;
Over your fears a victory win.
For you'll never get through if you don't
begin !
With the bravest and busiest keep abreast,
Nor through lovo of indolence lose your
place.
For in each endeavor to do your best
You raise the hoes of the human race.
Be not content to grovel below,
But rise to your duties with faith aglow!
Let your aims be high, and strive to excel;
For he who does better must first do well !
Tho heart that gives way to its doubt and
fears.
That idly dreams when there's work to do,
Will find itself, lief ore many years,
Beggared and bankrupt through and
through.
There aro journeys to tako and tasks to be
done,
From early morning till set of sun.
And triumphs to win, as none can deny,
And you'll never succeed unless you try !
Josephine Pollard, in New York Ledger.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Woodlark A picnic in a grove.
A cool proceeding An ice trust.
In the soup Well, that's the cook's
secret.
It must be very exciting for the insect
world to see an antelope.
The motto of tho Socialist One coun
try, one flag, one pocketbook.
Ships are very polite. They always
meet the ocean's wave with a bow.
Of all sad words by writer penned.
The saddest are these: "No dividend."
.u Vorfc Mercury.
If there is one thing more than another
that "goes against the grain," it is a
reaper.
With the camel, ns with the diner, tlie
desert is frequently the last course.
Harper' Eaiar.
We believe that au Italian who should
start out with a noiseless hand organ
would make money.
A lisping young miss said sho hoped
to be married before sho was ns "old nth
Mith Thuthelah. "liftings.
The woodman's axe is un inconsistent
weapon. First it cuts a tree down and
then cuts it up. Loicell Courier.
Littlecnd "My wife never gives mo
any rest so long ns she is awake." Hcnpect
"Pshaw I my wife even talks iu her
sleep."
Did you ever observe thnt while you
enh see through a glass wjndow, you
can't see through a glass eye? Harper'
Bazfr.
Never give to a young man rn a small
salary a present of a high silk hat. Ho
cannot affor.T to dress up to it Chicago
Tribune.
Mrs. Slimdiet (bonrdiug-house keeper)
"Isn't this coffee just a lectio thin?"
Cook "I uin't made the coffee yet, mum;
that's water." Time.
A man last week camo very near get
ting his wife arrested by leaving $5 in
counterfeit change iu his vest pocket over
night. 'Washington Critic.
Cadillac "Don't you think a full
beard would become me, Miss Ressie?"
M:.s L' '. -'-Ridced I do, Mr. Cadillac;
it would hide your face." Ponton lieacon.
The poet inscribed a dainty rhyme,
His love's charms to rehears;
But no one saw that rhyme sublime
For the editor was a-vnrse.
Homercille Journal.
"All, Malinda, you are indeed one of a
hundred, and " "Thank you, Mr.
Montague, 1 prefer to be considered as
oue of eighteen, us I am. One of a hun
dred!" He who is bashful always tries
To woe with the language of his eyes;
Hut my ill luck all else surpasses
1 mil bashful and 1 weur liluu glasses.
Jlarfier's Bazar.
Jinks "Do you suppose a man with a
family can live ou a dollar a day nnd be a
Christian f" Rinks "Of course Ho
can't afford to be anything else." Boston
Pcacon .
Guide (to American tourist in Venice)
"Yon will want to see the Lion of St.
Mark, of course, sir,'" Tourist "Yes, I
s'poso so. About what time do they
feed hiinf" l.ie.
"If a naughty girl would hurt you,
you would forgivu her, like a good girl,
wouldn't you;" asked a teacher of a
little girl. Yes, ma'am," replied tho
child, "if I couldn't catch her."
Old Cashbox (to applicant for clerk
ship) "Have you any bad habits, young
man;" Applicant (with humility) "I
sometimes think I think too much cold
water with my meals." Huston Jltrald.
"Hast thou ever yet loved, Henrietta?"
I sighed. "1 should rather imagine I
had," she replied. "Oh, did not my
glances my feelings betray wheu you
helped me the third time to pudding to
day .'"
The Court or tho Pope.
The Court of Pope Leo XIII. is said to
comprise lldO persons. There are 20
valets, 120 house prelates, 170 privy
chamberlains, tl chamberlains, K00 extra
honorary chamberlains, i.'Hl superuuiuery
chamberlains, oO officers of the noble
guard, and CO guardsmen, 11 officers of
the Swiss guard aud palace guard, 7 hono
rary chaplains, '.'0 private secretaries, 10
stewards and masters of the horse, fit)
doorkeepers.
The weight of fish landed in Great
Britain and Ireland last year was57i,0OO
tons, of which somewhat less than half
was carried into the interior by railway.
.liower to embrace."
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