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VOL. XXII. NO. 14. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1889. S1.50 PER ANNUM.
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- r, x The flow of Northern nnd foreign capi-
" lal lno the South nnd Southwestern sec-
tions is. increasing.
Tho effort to innko tobacco a staple
r0ya Florida is being continund on a
larfr acreage nnd with nppnrcnt success.
,' Herbert Spencer estimates the parlia
mentary or "lobbying" expenses of En-
glish railway companies nt $200,000 per
annum.
A private soldier says that desertions
from tho army nre lnrgely duo to the.
tyranny of tho younger officers aud tho
drunkenness of tho older ones.
During tho last ten years Americans
have contributed $20,000,000 to relieve
suffering caused by disasters nnd epi
demics. Not such a very bad record,
observes the New York Tribune.
"For every five girls you put into busi
ness olliees," snys a New Yorker, "you
will mnlp three old nriids. They will
be appreciated for their work just as boys
ore, but they will lose the influence of
' their sex over men."
1 : More than 15,000,000 railroad cross-ties
are used annually in the United States,
,to furnish which requires the destruction
of nearly 200,000 acres of forest. This
fact illustrates the necessity of tree plant-
Aig and vbe preservation of our forests
"froir&vnnton destruction.
. The most versatile American has been
discovered at Mosherdale, Hillsdale Coun
ty, Mich. Ho is a regularly ordnined
preacher, but also practices medicine aud
surgery, .has proved his ability to gaiu a
living as n cabinet-maker, and is a skill
ful draughtsman, surveyor and fruit gar
dener. ' .
United States Consul Mason, of Mar
seilles, writes to tho State Department
that tl'.o effects of general and unre
strained absinthe-drinking in France nrs
ntnyLfocgiibxil as forming a basis of ono
of fflw gravest danger which threaten
tb physical and moral welfare of tho
jidjpple of France.
We nre constructing some very big
guns for our new navy. Two have just
. been turned out with a muzzle velocity
of 2000 feet per second aud a rango of
ten miles each. These, says the Kew Or
ients Timtj-lXmorrnt, would assist ma
terially in keeping tho flics off any for
eign mau-of-war that dared to approach
our coast with hostile intent.
Professor Richards, of Yale College,
lias made a study of the records of 2425
students in order to determine, if possible,
ho relation's of athletics in Yale to
' solarship. The general result is that
the uthletcs fall slightly behind the uon-
athletes in scholarship, but not so much
as to demand a suppression of those
exercises. In some branches of nthletic
exercises the. students who engage in the
sports are above, the average of nou
athletcs in scholarship.
. Five Indians recently appeared ns wit
nesses in a hind case at Los Angeles, Cat.,
one of whom, Juan Snbera, claimed to bo
one hundred and twenty years old, and
said he was twelve years of ago when tho
S;in Gabriel Mission was founded. An
other ono of tho quintet was Juan Cal
mila, whose years numbered one hundred
and fifteen. The other members of tho
. group were Francisco Apache, ono hun
, drod and five; Ramon Largo, one huu
dred and four, nnd Itarnhisjo Cabojon,
"who was a mere boy of eighty.
Said a lieutenant on board the British
warship Buzzard: "Were I in charge of
a battery when eugaged with either the
B;wton or the Atlanta, I would make a
target out of the aftcrdeck and destroy
the steering gear. Tho ship losing this
would theu be unmanageable and at tho
mercy of her antagonist." It is said
that tiarontidcntial photograph books
of nearly every British cruiser contain
plates of every ship in tho United States
servi. Many of these photographs
wcrcn.ikcn by tho instantaneous process
while the ships were under way.
An Englishman contributes to a recent
issue of the tit. James GazMe an extraor
dinary article on the lack of lighting
'm qualities of tho American. He declares
' that there, was no real fighting in our
. s Civil War, und that at tiny time during
the first two years a well equipped divis
ion of 10,000 disciplined troops could
have cleaned out either side within three
mouths. But when he gets down to tho
probable results of a War between the
United States and a F.uropean power,
says the San Francisco Chronicle, he is
niijft amazing. "He figures out thut if a
war did not result in tho South seiziug
the opportunity to secede again, then the
cow boys aud Indians of the West, both
of wlnmi 'hate the grangers' and detest
tho Government, would unite aud devas
ecountry. Tho picture of tho
'hni ,U11 "ie l'ow,)y i" hit of
' ,,7'yll'it',u "ul"0'' which throws
."V-Ida kt vffurta cf tho
"th wiu."
j THE RAIN SPIRIT.
Boel The night without Is very lonely,
Moon and stars and all their luminous train
have fled;
Darkness rules the earth, anil darkness only;
Rain-drops fall like tears above the dead;
Yet In innny voice
Comes a sweot refrain,
The utterance of a spirit sad but tender
The Spirit of the Rain.
Weary seems the Spirit; his accents falling
Well might be the language grief and pain
employ;
Yet with voice of wailing he is ever calling
On the distant future for benisonsof Joy;
Though its tones are mournful,
Sweet mny bo the Rtrain;
Wondrous are his tidings, though the tones
breathe sadness
The Spirit of the Rnln.
Oentlo is his mission; through tho brown
earth stealing,
Seeking there the tiny seeds that grow to
erfeet flowers;
To their dreary prison the Spirit goes revenl-
,n
The glorious resurrection that comes with
sun-fed hours
Kids them wnlt in patience
Summer's royal reign;
Of a world transfigured, low the Spirit w his
pers The Spirit of the Rain.
Drawn are all tho curtains; close and warm
our dwelling;
From the glowing fireside no restless foot
steps roam;
For the Spirit's accents to our cold hearts are
telling
The secret of the fireside, the wondrous
charm of home;
Listen to the story
Told upon the pane,
Told like sweetest music by a heaven-born
spirit
The Spirit of the Rain.
Mary E. Vandijkt, in. Harper's Bazar.
THE TIPTON CELEBRATION,
BY EMMA A. OrrKR.
-There was a good deal of head-shaking
indulged in when Philip Bruce and
Mehitabel Hale were married.
Old Mrs. Pierce, who lived next to the
Bruco homestead (it was Philip's now
ho was tho last surviving Bruce), stated
the cause for disapproval with much im
pressiveness to little Miss Gardner, the
dressmaker.
"They're middling young, for one
thing Hitty, she nin't above nineteen,
and Phil nin't morc'n twenty-three or
four but that ain't the most oti't. They
won't git along peaceable, nor nothing
like it mnrk my wortls. When you see
red hair like his'n, and black eyes like
her'u, you can be pretty certain there's a
temper behind Yin."
"Sho!" said Miss Gardner, pacifically.
"Phil's ns good-natured a feller as ever
breathed, arid I never seed a pleasanter
Bpokcn gal than Hitty."
"Well," Mrs. Pierce admitted, "I
don't know ns I ever heerd anything
against 'em, either of 'em, but them
signs nin't apt to fail. They'll bo falling
out before their honeymoon's over with,
I'll warrant !"
If Phil Bruce nnd his pretty young
wife could have heard the prophecy, no
doubt there would have been some ex
hibition of the "temper"' whose existence
she argued. Certainly there would have
been a great deal of righteous indigna
tion; for if ever there was a couple who
had married purely from love, aud be
tween whom nothing could possibly
come, and the harmony of whose devoted
affection nothing could in tho remotest
degree disturb, Phil aud Hitty Bruce
were convinced that they were thnt
couple.
And certainly there was everything iu
favor of tho theory. They were very
much iulove; each considered the other
the most perfect being, on the whole,
that the world contained. Quarrel They
would have smiled nt the mere idea of
anything so obviously impossible.
Aud if the next town had uot conceived
the idea, some three weeks after their
marriagp, of celebrating Independence
Day, Mrs. Pierce's prediction would never
liiivo been fulfilled.
"We'll go, of course?" said Hitty.
She had run out to the barn where Phil
was husking corn, in her blue gingham
dish.uprun nnd barehead, with a copy of
the country paper in her hand.
"Where?"' said Phil, smiling up at her.
"To Tipton, of course," siid Hitty,
eagerly "to the celebration to-morrow.
It tells all about it here. There's going
to be speeches, and the militia's going to
march, and a dinner at the the town hall.
Of course we'll go?"
She dropped her dark eyes persuasively
upon him as he sat husking industriously,
with his hat pushed back' on his head,
disclosing hair that was rather warm iu
hue.
"Well," said Phil, slowly he did not
like to disappoint his pretty wife I
don't see how I can, Hitty. There's a
good deal that's waiting to" be done, anil
nobody but me to do it. I can't put off
gathering the apples iu the cast orchard
they'll rot on the trees; and tho pota
toes hadn't ought to be left in the ground
any longer. I guess I'll have to'stay to
home, Hitty."
"Stay to home!" screeched Hitty.
"Why, Phil Bruce, you don't know what
you're saying ! Thcro won't bo another
chance liko this nobody knows when.
Tho idea of your wanting to miss it!
Why, Phil Bruce !"
"I dou't want to miss it !" said Phil,
rather impatiently. "I'd be glad enough
to take you, Hitty. But what'll become
of the apples aud potatoes if I do?"
"They can wait," said Hetty with
some defiance.
"They can't wait!" Phil responded.
"You've got to use a little reason,
Hitty."
Ho had always credited Hitty with a
good amount of common seuae, and this
seeming lack of it annoyed him.
Hitty's bright eyes widened indig
nantly. Keason, indeed, it was h whg w ua-rcuoutiblol"
sharpness equaling
his own.
"Well," said Phil, bendinrr over b(
husks again, "all I know is that I hain't
any tune to spend traipsing over to Tip
ton or anywhere else. I can't to that's
nil!" . b
"It don't make nny difference, my
wanting to go!" cried Hitty. "You
don't care for me."
Hho pressed a corner of her apron to
her eyes, sobbingly, and ran into the
house.
Old Mrs. Pierce witnessed the proceed
ing from behind her blinds, nnd re
counted it to Miss Gardner next day. .
"I thought to myself thnt something
was wrong," she declared. "So last
night I just stepped in a minute with my
mending; and, sure enough, it was jest ns
plain ns day that there 'd be'n some sort
of a fuss between 'em. Hitty didn't say
two words to Phil the hull time; nnd
Phil he took his lantern, 'lontr about
eight o'clock, nnd went off to the barn,
nnd he hadn't come in when I come
home. I told you how 'twould be,
didn't I?"
"Well, well!" said Miss Gardner,
sadly convinced.
"You hain't changed your mind about
going to Tipton, I s'pose?" said Hitty,
"topping Phil somewhat timidly, ns he
was leaving the breakfast-table the next
morning.
"Xo, I hain't," said Phil, rather shortly
ho had not expected a revival of the
subject. "If you're so set on it, you can
go; but you'll have to leave me to home!"
Hitty frowned. She had intended to
give it nil up pencenbly she hnd meant
to tell him so; but his sharpness scattered
her good resolves to the winds.
"I was thinking," she said, with equal
cotdness she had thought of it only that
instant "that I might go with the
Patchins if you ain't going. I guess they'd
take me along."
She wns sorry the moment she hnd
said it; for Phil looked hurt nnd nstou
uhed. But he recovered himself promptly
and angrily.
"I presume they would," he said, turn
ing toward the door. "Ihnin't the least
doubt of it."
He strode away rapidly.
"I'll leave your dinner right in the
cupboard," Hitty called after him, "and
I'll be horns before supper!"
Half an hour later sho was closing the
front gate behind her, and hurrying down
tho road toward the Pntchius's, looking
very pretty in her new brown silk her
wedding dress,
Sho was trying to -make lierself believe
that she was iu extremely good spirits;
but tho task was rather difficult. It
seemed strange to be going on aud leav
ing Phil in that way. But then he mi'dit
have cone. Apples and potatoes! as
though he couldn't hnve left them for n
day. Certainly he couldn't have expected
her to stay nt homo on account of them ;
she had been quite right not to.
The Patchins s sleek white horse, har
nessed to their big, dusty old carriage,
was nibbling the grass at the gate. The
Patchins themselves, a pleasant -fnced old
couple, were just coming out of the house
m their Sunday clothes. I hey looked
inquiringly at Hitty.
"I'm going to beg a ride to Tipton,"
said the girl, smiling.
J hey were old friends, and she was
sure of a welcome.
The old couple looked puzzled. Mrs.
Patchins frankly expressed her wonder.
"Why, where's Phil?" she said.
"Ho ain't going," Hitty responded,
hesitatingly. "He he said he had too
much to do."
"Well, well, git right iu," said the old
man, pleasantly. "We'll be glad to have
you along."
His wife echoed the invitation, nnd
Hitty climbed iu. But if each had said
m so many wonts, "Why are you going
She said so with
there? their thought could hardly have
beeu plainer, and her heart sank a
little.
Nor did the pretty drive serve to
lighten it. She tried to shake off her
discomfort she wns sure it was unreason
able; but she was feeling rather doleful
nt the end of the fourth mile.
"Guess there'll bo considerable many
there," said Mr. Patchins, as they rattled
along.
Indeed, they wore in the midst of a
long lino of vehicles, all bouud for Tipton.
Everybody had a word for them as they
jKissed or were overtaken.
"Why, Hitty Bruce !" cried Amanda
Black one of Hitty's best friends turn
ing to shake a iiuger at her. "A pretty
state of affairs! Where's Phil?"
Hitty reddened painfully. Everybody
was saying the sasu,e thing. Had she beeu
wrong to come ?
"Well, I swan!" said bluff Sam Crosby,
looking backward quizzically over the
grapes on his wife's bonnet. "You
don't mean to say you've left him a 'ready,
Hitty 1 1 declare for't!"
He laughed jovially.
Hitty dropped her eyes to her lap; she
was on the verge of tears. Then she
suddenly laid a hand on the lines, aud the
white horse stopped.
"I'm going back," she said "I never
ought to have come at all, and I'm going
back.".
"Mercy, child!" said the old lady, re
nionstrautly. "Why, we're 'most five
miles from home!"
"I've walked more than five miles
plenty of times," said Hitty, springing
from tho carriage. "No, no! I can't
go on to Tipton I shan't!"
She waved her hand to the astonished
old couple, ahd walked away.
It was surprising how much better she
felt for it. Sho hurried ulong briskly;
she could hardly wait to get home.
How could she have come? she won
dered. How could she have wanted to
come? And she had almost yes, quite
quarreled with him; aud it was only
three weeks since their wedding-day !
Well, it shall never happen again.
She stepped hastily to ouo side, as she
took the resolve, to escape a fast-approaching
team ; aud her foot slipped.
She sat down on the grassy edgo of the
road, the next momeut, wincing with the
sharp paiu iu her aukle.
"It's sprained!" she said to herself, in
dismay.
, Ana wUa ib tried, plueiilj, t walk
on, the growing twinge confirmed hej
fear.
Hitty looked about helplessly. Tliert
was a neat white house near by ; nnd ns
she stood dubiously regarding it, a woman
in a calico dress nnd apron came out of it.
"I seen you from tho window !" she
called out, cheerfully. "Hurt your foot,
hain't you? Jest wait till I git to you."
She gnvc her an arm to lean on, nnd
they got into tho house, rather slowly.
Hitty told her, ns they went, as much of
the story as seemed necessary.
"Well," said the woman, hospitably,
"nil you've got to do is jest to wait here
till somebody comes along back nnd takes
you in that won't be till afternoon,
'tain't likely. We hain't nny tenm, or
I'd take you myself. No, I hain't going
to Tipton. Don't care a cent about their
doings, whatever they be. Oh, I can
keep you jest ns well ns not you needn't
say a word !"
"You're awful good!" snid Hitty,
gratefully.
But she was in the lowest possible
spirits. She wns thinking of Phil Phil,
working nway, ail alone, in the orchard
or the potato-field, firm in the belief that
she wns in Tipton, enjoying herself.
She half forgot her ankle, though it
forced itself upon her sharply now and
then; she worried about Phil.
Nobody could have been kinder than
her impromptu hostess. She pulled the
big rocker close to the fire and put Hitty
into it, nnd bustled about in the kitchen
over the dinner, coming in frequently to
speak a friendly word to her guest.
A lank man in a working-blouse came
in nt dinner-time, and added his powers
of entertainment to those of his wife.
Hitty said yes nnd no, and laughed
when occasion required ; but a vision of
Phil, eating his cold beef nnd potatoes,
lonesomely, from the cupboard shelf,kept
rising before her, dampening her enjoy,
ment nnd spoiling her appetite.
"Well, now," said her hostess, encourag
ingry, ns she put nway the last dinner
dish, nnd brought her chair nnd her
knitting to the fire, "I guess it won't bo
a great while till somebody comes along.
You want to have your foot 'tended to
jest as soon as you git home. I know
what a sprained ankle is; guess you won't
be nble to help your ma much for ono
while. Married? Well, I declare! I
shouldn't ha' thought it a little slip liko
you !"
She talked on pleasantly, turning now
and then to look out of the window for
a home-bound vehicle.
Hitty watched, too, anxiously.
"There !" she cried .it last, interrupting
her entertainer in an account of the Te
markable symptoms aud sudden death of
her husband's sister-in-law by his first
wife.
Sho got up and limped hastily to the
window, and gave a little gasp of aston
ishment and delight.
"Why, it's Phil?" she said. .
The driver, catching sight of her,
stopped his horse nnd stared at her.
"She's sprained her ankle," said her
hostess, speaking loudly, over her shoulder;
"nnd she'd take it ns a great favor if
you'd jest give her a lift home. No, no"
she interrupted Hitty's thanks, good
naturedly "I hain't done nothing to
speak of , child? When you get out this
way, I hope you'll drop in nnd "
She paused abruptly, regarding with
astonishment the young driver, who had
come up the walk with long strides,
seized the girl in his arms ns she started
to limp down the steps, nnd carried her
out to his buggy.
Hitty clung to Phil's arm with tender
closeness, as they drove away, and poured
her unhappy little history into his eager
ears.
"I wns hurrying just ns fast ns T
could," she said, vehemently. "It was a
mean, bnd thing to go nt till, when you
couldn't poor old boy 1 I never will do
such a horrid thing ngaiu."
"There! I ain't going to have you take
all the blame," Phil interrupted. "You
hain't asked how I happened out here?
Well, I got to thinking that ntebbe I'd
be'n crosser'n I needed to be about it. So
I just hitched up and pointed for Tipton;
any when I could'nt find you anywhere,
nor the Patchins either, in nil the rum
pus, I come buck home feeling pretty
blue, I tell you. No, sir; it didn't pay,
that little disagreement didn't. We won't
have no more, Hitty that's all.
Old Mrs. Pierce standing at lier win
dow saw them drive in nt their gate,
laughing and chatting in unrestrained
gaiety.
"I suppose I must ha' been mistaken
about that little tiff o' thcir'n," she said
to Miss Gardner, some time afterward.
"I guess they didu't hev none; I s'poso
my old eyes and ears must ha' be'n play
in' me a trick. They seem to git along
wonderful well together. They're about
the peacefulest couple I ever did see.
Black eye3 and red hair don't seem to
make no difference for once."
Value of the Once-Despised Colton Seed.
There is au astounding statement
printed to the effect that
"Tho hulls of the cotton seed of tht
cotton States will produce mora beef,
butter, milk nnd cheese, more wool and
niuttou than all the clover aud blue grass
of Tennessee, Kentucky aud Ohio."
And yet it appears to be true. An At
lanta firm fattened 5.'!00 beeves last yeai
on cotton seed hulls at a profit of ir',0,
000. Two train loads of these beeves
were shipped from Atlanta to Philadel
phia and sold there in competition with
Chicago beef. This same linn will fat
teu 10,000 steers next winter.
Mr. Joel Chandler Harris, an authority
on fox hounds, bees and Jerseys, is feed
ing hi herd on cotton seed hulls, aud
says the result in milk, butler and beef
is amazing. In the Southern I'arm Sir.
W. M. Towers, of Home, writes of a test
between corn, cotton seed meal ami cot
ton seed bulls, iu which the latter pro
duced vastly better results.
And yet until a year ago cotton seed
hulls W'.tj used as fuel for engines or
cast away as worthless. Of all the plant
that grow cotton is tho miracle, and its
wonders are not yet tried. IU little
black wrinkled seed is us full of meaning
as au old Hebrew tt),AUun(u Cerutitu'
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
CONCERNINO MOTnfl.
"The damage by moths is done when
the millers begin to fly," explains the
Vphohtcry Trade Keriew, "as their very
presence indicates the nbsencc of the
worm." Carpets arc seldom troubled
with moth worms except where hatched
in a dark, unprotected space, and where
it is moderately warm. Nearly all the
trouble from moths emanates from the
furniture,tho burlap inside the outer cov
ering being their best field for work,
where they can be free fiom annoyance
nnd find plenty to cat. Many furnituro
dealers realize their danger, nnd cleanse
the burlap used with naphtha. The au
thority quoted says: "Cleansing carpets
by the naphtha process is regarded as the
surest and most satisfactory where is the
slightest suspicion of moth eggs or worms.
It is especially adapted to pile carpets.
Caution should be exercised as to the
purity nnd clearness of the nnphtha used
and the thorough extraction of the greiuse,
else the dirt adheres more easily than be
fore. Where carpets are to remain iu
storage some time the odor cun be left it
the carpet. A more thorough cleansinj
can be assured by having the carpe
benten first. A surface application o;
naphtha will drive the impurities througl
the article to be absorbed by that whicl
is under it."
SOME PRETTY SCREENS.
The frame for an ordinary three-pane!
screen, five or six feet iu height, can bi
made of pine for about two dollurs. A
smooth covering of gray or ecru batist(
joined and overlapped along the ccntei
of the edges by a row of small tacks with
round brass heads, makes a neat and ser
viceable screen for dining-room or hall.
The panels may hnve n design of nastur
tium vine with crimson and yellow flow
ers trailing from 4he top, painted on the
panels so as to seem a continuous growth
and interlacing. This for one side ; the
other can have a painted border at the
top of the panels, five inches deep, of
mottled ground, nasturtium-leaf green
and crimson, with many lines of gold
touched along, and a line, of gold below
to finish the border. Discs and half
circles in groups of three interlaced can
be powdered over tho panels. Outline
them with gold after the background,
the same ns the border has been painted.
Some or the single crescents need only
bo outlined in gold, as the idea of heavi
ness must be avoided. Small Hues of
gold Japanese sky-lines as they nre
called may be streaked across above the
border nt the bottom. One must try the
effect of their colors nnd combinations
on a bit of the linen or batiste, and in
troduce these sketchy effects with judg
ment nnd discretion. Iloutewife.
TO KNIT A PATCH IXTO A STOCKING.
When the kuees of a child's stocking
beiAinesmuch darned it is almost use
less, as it constantly breaks into holes
ngain, and is always ugly. The follow
ing plnu of mending will be found very
much superior to n darn, nnd is quite
imperceptible. Decide what size patch
will be required. Cut the stocking enre
fully ncross the top nnd bottom of the
patch, taking care to cut along one row
of the knitting. As the stocking is knit
from the top it will be necessary, if
ribbed, to begin at the top of the patch.
Rip a row or two till all the stitches are
clear of broken threads. Do not break off
the threads at each side, but cut them in
the centre. Pick up nil the stitches along
the top of the patch. Now clear the
stitches at the bottom of the patch. You
will have to cut the thread sometimes
to get jt free of the stitches if
tho stocking is ribbed, but al
ways leave threads tit each tit least
nn inch long. Now cut out the patch,
keeping it about one-half au inch narrower
on each side than the piece yon intend
to knit in. liavel out this one-half an
inch ou each side, leaving the ends as
they nre. Be sure to stop ravelling so
that the sides of the patch will bo quite
even. Now knit backward and forward
as many rows as you have taken away.
Turn the stocking wrong side out and
lay the stitches you have just knit beside
tho stitches you picked up at the bottom
of the patch and kuit them together, as
in the heel of a stocking. Sew up each
side of the patch, keeping the rows per
fectly even, and keeping nil the loos
threads ou the wrong side ; take a darn
ing needle and run each thread to the
right or left of the patch. If the stock
ing is knitted plain, you can begin at the
bottom of the patch and kuit up, which
is, of course, neater as tho join is out of
sight, being near the top of the stocking.
l'aiihe Hhuk:
norsKiioi.i) hints.
Lemons will keep best in a jar of cold
water.
Vinegar and sugar mixed will cure hic
coughs. Carriage vamUh is au excellent cement
for china.
Castor oil beans dropped iu mole holes
will drive away the moles.
A marble dropped in a kettle will pre
vent tho contents boiling over.
A bag of sulphur kept in drawers oi
presses w ill exterminate red ants.
A good cement for mending broken
pottery can be made of starch, plaster ol
Paris and glycerine.
Whole cloves sprinkled among woolen
goods and furs will preserve them from
the depredations of moths.
To mi nd small holes in plastering, take
one. part of plaster of Paris itml three
parts of fine sand, and mix with cold
water.
A plaster of common soap ami brown
sugar applied to a wound made by a pin
or other poisuuous articles will draw out
the soreness.
A thick mixture of glycerine, yolk ol
an ei'gaud starch, is uu effectual remedy
for a burn. Common baking soda, spread
on thick, is also good.
Mustard plasters made w ith w hite ol
au egg will uot blister thu skin. If mixed
with molasses, mustard plusturs will rumuiu
uiuut l long tim,
ON AN ELEPHANT'S BACK.
A RIDE ON AN INDIAN POTENTATE'S
BEST STEED.
Monkeys, Apes and AVilil Camels
Along the KoAtlft Hlg Crocodiles
A Camel Driver's Trick.
I visited the Rajah's stables nnd took
a look at his horses, writes Frank O.
Carpenter from Jcypore, in Northwest
India. There wns a court for exercise
which covered, I judge, something liko
ten acres, and around this was built an
arcade of stalls roofed over with a thick
heavy roof to keep off the sun. There
were about a half a mile of these stubs,
and each of them was occupied by a fine
blooded steed. There were horses from
Arabia, from Europe, America nnd In
dia, nnd the tying of each was different
from nnything I have ever seen. There
wns a strap from their halters, which wns
fastened to rings just above their heads,
and each of their four feet had a sepcrnte
rope, which was stretched out towards
the four corners in front nnd behind them
and tied at a distance of perhaps six feel
away to n post. The ropes were loose
enough to permit them to move their legs
up and down, but they could not kick
nor stand on their hind legs.
I next visited the elephant stables aud
took a look at the twelve great ele
phants which the Rajah owns. Some of
them are as big as was Jumbo. They
have great brass chains about their necks.
Their tusks are cut off about half way up,
and they nre bound with heavy brass
rings. One of them has n sort of tattoo
work on its great ears nnd forehead,
made in the patterns of a cashmere shnwl,
and they nre altogether bigger thnu any
elephants I saw in Siani or Burniah. At
the invitation of tho Rajah's secretary
I took n ride yesterday afternoon upon
one of them. I wanted to visit the ruins
of the old palace and city of Amber,
which is located in the hills nbout
four miles from the city. An elephant
was sent from the palace to the foot of
the hills in the morning, and when I
arrived shortly after noon I found it
waiting for me. It was the biggest of
the Rajah's elephants, the ono which
had great brass-bound tusks nnd the
cnshmere-shawl-pnttern enrs nnd fore
head, aud upon its head there sat a Hin
doo elephant driver iu a bright turban
and gown. He held a prod-like steel
hook in his Hand, nnd his bare, brown
legs clasped the elephant's neck just
back of the cars. Ho made the ele
phant kneel ns our carriage drove up,
and a second servant took a step-ladder
from its side, aud, kfhing this ngainst
the beast, we moulded up the wall-like
side of the kneeling elephant nnd took
our seat on the cushioned saddle upon
its top. Cautioning me to hold on, the
driver then gave the elephant a thrust
with his prod, and the great beast
climbed to his feet nnd Btartcd off in a
swinging walk up the mountain. The
motion was a swaying one, aud we went
along at a round pace, seated as high up
iu the nir ns though we were ou the
roof of a village house. The servants,
who trotted along on the road below,
seemed very far down, ami the motion
nt first was a half seasick one. After a
half mile I got used to it, however, nnd
began to enjoy the strange ride.
From the top of the eiephunt I could
see the walls of the old city of Amber,
climbing the hillsides, and nway up the
mountains stood the deserted ruins of a
fort covering many acres and apparently
iu ns good condition now as when it was
built ages ago. Below this was the
mighty palace of Amber, overlooking a
beautiful lake and surpassing in beauty
any of the ruins of the Rhine or the Dan
ube. All along the road were the wild
country scenes of native India. Here the
monkeys jumped from tree to tree and at
one time a great long-tailed ape hopped
across the road just in front of the ele
phant so that the beast swerved, almost
throwing me from my seat. In some of
the fields nnd woods 1 saw wild peacocks
spreading their gorgeous tails out in the
rays of the sun, and along the slopes of the
inouutaius below the great palace I saw
wild hogs. The road was lined with
hedges of cactus twelve feet high in some
pines nnd at the lake, at the foot of the
hill on which the palace is built, I saw
a hnlf dozen great, black crocodiles
sleeping iu the suu.
The travel along the road was as curi
ous as the wild animals of the country,
and we passed camel after camel, ridden
by men, boys and women. 1 shall not
soon forget the shabby trick which one
camel drtver served us. The flies were
very bad. They swarmed about the
elephant by thousands and persisted iu
attacking my eyes and face when my
hands were both occupied, one in hold
ing on and the other in trying to keep off
the rays of the suu with nil umbrella.
This camel driver was badly tilllicted
with the Hies as 1 was, but upon Hearing
the elephant he whipped up his camel
nnd then pulling his long, while turban
from his head he swept both sides of his
camel as he passed us. The flies left his
camel aud came to I' c elephant, and
his laugh rung out on the air its he trotted
ahead. After a ride of several miles up
the hills we reached the great palace of
Amber, which is one of the most magnifi
cent ruins of India, nnd w hich is now
occupied at times by the Kajah of Jey
pore. It was tit one time the centre of u
great city, but now a village of Hindoo
fakirs is all that is li ft. 1 attended the
sacrifice of n goat within it, aud then re
mounting the elephant rode hack to Jey
pow, British linUiliu Societies.
Hie number ot minding societies in
Eugland and Wales is, according to a re
cent report, about '.) II. having a member
ship of over 32tl,U0O and a share capi
tul of 'Jl,311,t;'.lll. The receipts for one
year were over iJsd.OtlO.IMIil, and the so
cieties held securities valued at $1511,
000.000. In Scotland the societies are
reported to have a membership of over
11,000, with u share ltt valued tit over
$1,0-15,000, while they held securities to
the value of H,a5 1,105. Iu Ireland
such societies have made less progress,
and insmbcrahlp of only la r-
porttJ. A'ih Ttri Swvt
SHE TALKED.
(She talked of Cosmos and of Causa, i,
And wove gTeen elephant in gauze, '
And while she frescoed earthen jugs,
Her tongue would never pause;
On sages wise anil esoteric,
Ami bnrds from Wendell Holmes to Her-'
rick
Thro' time's proud Pantheon she walked, '
And talked and talked and talked and
talked!
And while the talked, sho would crochet,
And make all kinds of macrame,
Or paint greon bobolinks upon ,
Her mother's earthen tray;
She'd decorate a Rmelling bottle,
While she conversed on Aristotle;
While fame's proud favorites round her"
flocked,
She talked and talked and talked and
talked: .
She talked and made embroidered rugs.
She talked nnd painted 'lasses jug.
And worked five sea green turtle doves
On papa's shaving mugs;
"With Emerson or Epictetus,
Plato or Kant, she used to greet us;
She talked until we all were shocked.
And talked and talked and talked and
talked! .
She had a lover, and he told
The story that is never old,
While she her father's bootjack worked
A lovely green and gold.
She switched off on Theocritus;
And talked about Deinocritus;
While she his ardent passion balked.
And talked and talked and talked and
talked!
He begged her to become his own)
She talked of ether and ozone.
And painted yellow poodles on
Her brother's razor houe;
Then talked of Noah and Nebuchadnezzar,'
And Timon nnd Tiglath-pileser
While he at her heart portals knocked.
She talked and talked and talked and
talked !
He bent in lova's tempestuous galo.
She talked of strata and of shalo.
And worked magnetic poppies o
Her mother's water pail;
And while he talked of passion's power,
She amplified on Schopenhauer i
A pistol flashed; he's dead; unshocked,
She talked and talked and talked and
talked!
5. IV. Foss, in Tanfcee Blade.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
The finest parlor suite A pretty girl.
An accurate weather report The thun
der clap.
Would it be proper to speak of a hen
nery as au egg plant?"
It is said that mermaids tie up their
hair with a marine band.
There is danger in crossing the equator.
The equator might get mad.
Domestic skeletons u;c usually formed
of the bones ot contention. Bottom.
L'ourur.
It is very natural for nn officer to be a
little peppery when he musters his men.
lialtiuiore Amerirttn.
The Ichthyosaurus livil of yore
I- the region of Timbuetoo,
When tiH 'tor was H2S04
And tho air w; i'Oi.
.sil.i-f)'' Weekly.
Smart Alec k "See hereboyl .. Where
did you catch that big string of iu,U?' r
Small Boy "I ketehed all of these by '
their gills'."
Two lovers nt parting. He "Shall
you remain true to me, my love, till I re
turn?'' She "Yes; but come back
soon!" II Curliito.
Magistrate "I hear you are a pauper."
prisoner (proudly) "No, sir, I am not.
I have three cents in my pocket nnd a
postage stamp." Ejmeh.
If you wish for mournful numbers
fn a gloomy epitaph,
Pr p Home cnrly spring cucumbers
In the guileless phonograph.
i'hiliuMphia Press.
A success. Tim "What do you think
of my little boy, Tnggl" Tagg (wkohas
heard tho little boy's voice) "Oh, I
think he's u roaring success." Yankee
Mlmh:
Tho Salesroom Model "Why shouldn't
I be paid more money than you? My
position is the showiest!" The Fitting
room Model "Yes, but initio is the most
trying."
The best of reasons. Balkley " What's
the matter, deah boy? Why don't j'ou
sit down?'' Calkley Cnwu't, you know,
(iot on a standing collah." Clothier ami
h'tirnisltrr.
"Talk of the scarcity of husbands!" -exclaimed
MNs l.onguate, throwing down
the paper in vexation: "1 rather think
the real trouble is the scarcity of single
gentlemen."
Dude "Why is it that every clowu
has such a stupid face? Is ho obliged to
look stupid.'" Clown "Certainly. If I
had your face my salary would be doubled
lit once." jf't'iw itinija.
Friend "I see you have a broud band
of crape on your hat. For w hom do you
wear it?" Mr. Shabby tleutee! "On
account of the mournful condition of
the hat itself." Texan Silinijs.
'M ike whv here, gentlemen," said the
officious policeman, clubbing tho crowd
right and left. "We've got to have mora
room. There's an Englishman coming
with a pair of new trousers on. " 'Chicago
Tribune.
Had Had All I to Wanted (solicitously)
"tiriinlstone, slop a moment. That'
u fearful cold you have. Are you taking
anything foil it f" (Hurrying on) "Not
in the shape of advice, lviljordan."
ChifiUJO TltblHIC.
Robbie brought hur.o a mud turtle the
other day, and his father jokingly told
him that he could make some turtle soup.
"What, boil him wilh the shell ou'"&&ked
Robbie. "How coul I the ie get
out ?'-.S'n77 Journal.'
Rich Youth (In f'""iTio exeeii
duughter and w it 1 jnieO.
marry her Dccenj'"
right, mv bov,
help) "T1' '
aud hav
your
will
"All
ir to
inie,