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VOL. XXII. NO. 15. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1889. Sl.50 TER ANNUM.
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Wntcr power is'lnrgely relied upon in
Mniuo, New "nJ n'" Wisconsin. J
V The English language is taught in alt
miiiinc!- scnoois iy orcicr oi mo uovcrn-
nicnt.
C2r
Dr. Munhnll, tho Kiinsua rcvivnlist,
wys it is cheaper to convert a mnn thnn
to hung him
Tt is estirnatedthat forty per cent, of
; the member of tho last two Congresses
were college men.
' According to the World, there nre 500
men in New York, each of whom could
cheek $1,000,000 from bank.
Tho Johnstown sufferers have received
rnougb clothing In the shape of contribu
tions to Inst tho people twenty years.
Up to tho present time nearly $500,
000,000 have been spent in supplying
drinking water to tho people of tho
United States.
This has Ueen a year for horrors.
While not yet half gone, 1880 witnessed
the Samonnaidnl wave, the Coneinnugh
Ubod mid the Seattle fire.
. ." Wyoming is proud of one of its quali
. r -fications for. Statehood, says the New
York Telegram. Of its adult population
xonly 2 fi-10 percent, are illiterates.
. .-
Millionaire C. P Huntington, of New
York, lias lieeu solicited by King Leo
pold, of Belgium, to secure mi American
interest in tho Congo (Africn) Railroad.
Judge Prcndcrgnst, of Chicago, in a
lengthy decision regarding tho Cook
Couuty (III.) insane asylum, recommends
that the institution be removed from
political influence.
Tho Kinpuror of China desires to re
organize the police and. tiro department
of that country, and he has directed a
, representative of his minister at Wash
ington to go to Chicago and get point
ers. A wur cloud is rising in Brazil. A
contest is imminent between. Bolivia and
Paraguay, nnd Brazil is so bound up by
treaty obligations with Paraguay that she
will" almost certainly bo drawn into the
strife.
Idaho aud Wyoming havo gone to
work in a way that indicates a belief in
Iheir early admission as Suites. In both
territories constitutional conventions have
been called, and the necessary machinery
et in mptiono placo them in a position
to apply to Congress next winter for ad
' na incorporation (it Chicago of the
'"American Executing Company, organized
to execute criminals who are sentenced to
death, is either a huge joke, thinks the
Detroit Free l'ress, or one of the grim
mest of commentaries upon the capacity
of the American to turn everything to
business advantage.
American breweries have only whetted
the British appetite, and the English in
vestor now wants more. What shall it
. "be? queries the New York J'ost. Penn
sylvania steel or Minnesota flour? Both
are on the bill of fare, nnd both exceed
ingly attractive, and tho hungry Briton,
jjjf uikin hand, ponders the question.
'' A pntient English gentleman, who col-
lccta statistics, brings out some figures to
help the cause of peace. It seems that
from 1SS2 to 1877 war killed VJ-18,000,
people, and what is still moro wonderful
tho killing of each man cost "marc than
$10,000. The total cost was $ 12,O5,OO0,
000; so that peace has its good points
from nu economical side.
. The review of the acreage and condi
tion of the cotton crop for the year, us
published by the New York .Financial
Chronicle, shows that au increase of acre
age ofy'otton in the whole South of 2
84-100 er cent., the increase in Texas
being 7' per cent. The acreage of the
whole South in cotton this year is 20,
acres, beiiig au increase of 461,
O00 res.
The London JVeira tells this interesting
anecdote in a sketch of the lute Laura
Bridgmiin: When Carlyle impertinently
aked, "What great or noble thing has
America ever done?'' somebody replied:
""She has produced a girl, deaf, dumb
Bird blind from infancy, who, from her
own earnings, has sent a barrel of flour
to the otarviug subjects of Great Britain
in Ireland
A Belgian murderer named Hoyos will
livo in the annals of crime. Fourteen
years ago ho insured his wife's life for
t'.i0,00i. A few weeks afterward she
was killed by a horse's kic k, Hoyos said,
but it was proved that ho had just prc
ijusly bought a horseshoe and fastenod
(' end of a inallet. He was a man
jTTu"V''iy',''al strength, and there
-., ' doubt that he killed the
',',. btrauj-e weapon. But
'vNtd in tho absence of
LOST LtOMT.
I cannot make her smile come back
That sunshine of her face
That used to make tills worn earth seem,
At times, so gay a place.
The same dear eyes look ouUat me;
Tho features ara the same;
Hilt, oh I the sniiln is outof them,
And I must bo to blame.
Sometime I see it still; I went
With her tho other day,
To meet a long-missed friend, and whtlo
Wc still were on the way,
Here confidence in waiting love
Brought back, fur me to see,
That old-limo love-light to her eyes
That will not shine for me.
Thiy tell me money waits for mo;
They aay I might have fame.
I like those gewgaws quite as well
A. others lilo tho same.
But I cure not for what I have,
Nor lust for what 1 lack
One tithe as much as my heart long3
To call that lost light back.
Comeback! doar Imnlshcd smile, como back I
And into exile drive
Ail thoughts, and aims, and jealous holies
Thai in thy ftUvd would thrive.
Who wants the earth without tho sun?
And what has life forme
That's worth a thought, if, as it's price,
It leaves me robbed of thee I
Kihrnrd 6'. Martin, in Seribncr,
FOUND GUILTY.
The man who ils down to deliberately
plan a crime works every point njiu de
tail to one common centre an alibi. Tho
law has common srn.-e enough in this one
particular to presume that a man who is
in Boston, for instance, when a murder
is committed in Cincinnati could not
have fired the shot or struck the blow
1 uerelore, let one accused of crime
prove to the jury that he was at some
other point at a certain critical hour, and
he must be declared innocent. This
knowledge makes the alibi a favorite dc
fence. If not dearly proved, it always
raises doubts nnd affonls opportunity for
argument. On the other hand, however,
when an alibi is fairly beaten by the
prosecution, then circumstantial evidence
becomes tho death-trap of hc accused,
and he has no show.
One of the best laid nlibis I ever ran
up against in mv career us a detective,
and one of the easiest to work out nfter
I got the end of the t hie. id in hand, was
put forward in a case in Iowa about twen
ty yeurs ago. The situation wus this:
In a small village in tho western part of
the r-tnte lived a Miss Clariuda Moore,
a spinster about fortv-five years of uge.
She was worth $50,000, und she hud
adopted a boy named Byron Fergus. At
the date of which I am Writing this boy
was no longer a boy, but a young man of
twenty-three. He was cmploveu as a
clerk in a dry goods house, and boarded
and lodged at home. He was adopted at
tuc ago or twelve, anil on the day ho
reached Ins majority .Miss Moore mude
will leaving him everything. This fact
was known to all in the village. Fergus
was a model young man. No one could
point out a single bad habit. He was
tru-ted aud respected by all, and had he
been accused of the slightest dishonesty,
no one would have believed tho charge.
In a smaller village six miles nwav
Fergus had an aunt who was a widow.
and lived nloue, with the exception of
ntiving ine company ot a servant girl.
lie was in the habit of goiug over there
aooux once in iwo monins and remaining
over Sundny. On these trips he drove a
norse and bugiry belonging to the vil
lage cooper. The horse had a peculiar
Habit wlileli will lie described later on
One Saturday evening of a July day,
ergus drove away ou one of these trips
lucre were two or three wotneu at the
gate iu company with Miss Moore when ho
drove away. The only thing out of
the usual run was tho remark that Bvron
looked rather pale and seemed a bit nerv
ous, but probably this never would have
bceu thought of but for what came to
pa3.
At 11 o'clock that night there was a
thunder storm nud an insurance agent
who was on the road between the two vil
lages with horse und buggy, drove into a
fence corner and sheltered "himself ns well
as possible with the water proofs. In the
midst of the stoira a horse aud butr'-v
came along. The driver was so enveloped
by waterproofs that the ageut could not
tell whether lie was old or young, large
or smau, wiutc or hlacK. At that spot
the road had been lately graded up aud
was very soft. Tho stranger was urging
the horse to trot, but tho beast found the
mud too deej) and could only proceed at
a walk. As tho strange horse came op
posite, there was a long, vivid Hash of
lightning, and the agent saw that the
animal had his head turned to the right
and his tongue out. This was the peculiar
habit of the cooper's horse when ou a
wulk. When trotting he held up his head
and kept his tongue buck. The agent
ideutilied tho horse to his perfect satis
faction and called out to the driver, nsk
iug who he was. Instead of hulting or
replying the man struck the horse sharp
ly with tho whip and wus out of sight in
a moment.
"That's old Shepperd (the cooper), and
he's afraid I am a highwayman 1" laughed
tho agent, aud the rain now beginning to
cease, he made ready to resume his jour
ney. Miss Moore was an early riser, nr.d
moreover never missed church services
As the day wus tine, and she was not seen
at church, two or three of her friends
called nt the house ou their way to ascer
tain her excuse. They found the cur
tains down and the doors locked. As
they knew of young Fergus going to his
aunt's the evening previous, they reasoned
it out that he must have returned during
the night for Miss Moore, she perhaps be
ins wanted for uu emergency. This
theory satisfied them unlil about 4 o'clock
in the afieruoon, when one of them re
turned to gather a bouquet of flowers.
She then noticed bloody linger marks ou
the back door, siui, trying the door,
found it unlocked. She daied not enter
the houe, but two or three men were
summoned to wake aa Investigation, aud
in a few minutes it was discovered thnt a
murder had been committed. The dead
body of Miss Moore was found in the sit
ting room, at the door of lier bedroom.
She had been struck three terrible blows
with a club or other blunt weapon, each
one breaking the skull.
I was visiting the Sheriff at this time,
and we were driving through the village
when the first alarm was sounded. I was,
therefore, at tho house among the flint,
and being placed in charge by the Sheriff,
I kept .the people out until I could make
an investigation. Tho murderer had not
obtained forcible entry to tho house.
Not a single article of value had been re
moved, nor had any ransacking been
done. The woman had been struck
down where the body lay, but her hands
were clenched as if she had grasped the
weapon of death nnd it hnd been pulled
away from her. The palm of one hand
was torn and bleeding. I did not know
cither the dead woman or Fergus, but I
wanted authority to nrrest the latter.
When this fact became known I was re
garded as an idiot or a lunatic. A gen
eral cry went up that Fergus could no
moro be suspected than an angel in
heaven, but while tho Sheriff was left to
secure the necessary papers, I drove out
to interview the young man and break
the news to him. If Fergus wns guilty,
his defence would he an alibi, and he had
carefully arranged the details. He would
be expecting the news, nnd ho would be
braced up to play a part.
I found him making ready to hitch up
to drive back. He had never seen me
before, and he did not know my profes
sion. As I entered the barn ho looked
startled and turned pale, but recovered
himself after a minute, nnd asked the
nature of my business.
"You know, of course, that Miss
JJtoqrc is dead?" I carelessly replied.
"How how should 1 know it!" he
exclaimed, turning very white.
"Well, she is dead, poor thing."
"And do they charge me with it?"
"With what?"
"Hermurdor?"
"I hadn't said she was murdered. I
told you simply thnt she was dead. How
.did you know she had been murdered?"
lie saw the trap he had fallen into, und
he gasped and stammered and did his
best to smooth it over. I pretended not
to lay it ui ns a point against him, and
speedily arranged that he should return in
my vehicle nnd leave the cooper's rig
where it was. After the first shock he
braced up wonderfully, and his demeanor
on the way homo was entirely that of nn
innocent mun. He expressed great will
ingness to givo us all possible informa
tion, but at the same time advanced and
clung to the theory that no one but a
tramp could havo been guilty of tho
crime. Upon reaching home he displayed
considerable grief aud emotion. Iu fact,
ho rather overdid it. It was more like
acting out a part. The people were in
dignaut that he should be suspected, and
he was not put under restraint. Indeed,
no warrant had been issued for him.
Early the next morning, satisfied in my
own mind that Fergus was the murderer,
I drove out to his aunt's. I found thnt
he arrived there at 7 o'clock Saturday
night. Half an hour later he complained
of headache and went to bed, saying he
would be down again by 9 o'clock. As
he did not keep his promise, tho hired
girl knocked ou his door at that hour,
but receiving no reply, was told not tcr
disturb him. He was not seen by the in
mates of tho house until 7 o'clock Sun-
clay morning. 1 he girl was up nt 0, and
as she crossed the yard she saw that his
window was up, and some of his clothing
was hanging iu the sun. At the barn I
found the cooper's buggy washed clean.
Fergus hud done this Sunday forenoon.
He had not made a good job on the
horse, however, nnd 1 found plenty of
mud on his fetlocks. As it was dusty
Saturday night when he wag driven over,
this mud must have been picked up after
the storm. 1 found the harness stiff mid
damp from being wet, and the cloth
cushiou of the buggy was still damp.
Hunting further, I found the fresh tracks
of horso and buggy turning into the
uaruvaru niter the rain, me window oi
the room occupied bv Fergus opened on
tlie roof ol the shed. At the lower edge
of the roof stood a leach. On the edges j
of this leach and ou the roof I found j
mud. On the carpet in Fergus's room I
found more of it. He hnd scraped and '
cleaned his boots nnd Hung the dirt into ,
a stove, wheuco I got half a pound.
All this I got without the aunt suspect
ing that I vt as after proofs. I then re
turned to the scene of the murder, und
after nu hour's search discovered tho
place where a horse had been hitched for
sonio timo. It was in the rear of the
House, on nu open space, and under a
tree, and the horso had pawed up the
ground and gnawed the bark of the tree.
The footprints of a man could be faintly
traced across the garden, and I had no
doubt that Fergus came and went this
way. On tho fourth day ufter the funeral
I learned from the insurance man what he
had seen during the storm, and then a
warrant was issued and Fergus wus taken
into custody. By this time the towns
people had beguu to think it a queer case.
Fergus had gone over the houiu and de
clared that nothing had been taken. No
suspicious character had been noticed
iu the neighborhood. Jewelrvand money
had been left lying on the bureau, show
ing that the object could not have been
plunder. Did tho woman have unv
enemy? No, not one, as far as we could
learn. ho could profit by her death?
No one but Fergus, and yet "this was ono
of the strong points he brought forward.
It was known to a score of people that
she had made her will in his favor.
Would iiot everything be hisat her death?
To clinch our case and make circum-
stantial eidence good we must show a larity for twenty-live years as it has dur
motivc. This seemed hopeless, but I ing the p;ist two years", it will bo a ver
went at tho task, hoping evidence might itable kingdom in itself. There are now
aid me if ergus was guilty. lex-
Hinuiru ins jiersouai luccis over aucl over
aud over aguin in search of a hint, but
for two weeks after he had been sent to
jail I discovered nothing. Then I cot tho
, T 1 i i
u-j,. v, reruicu ii. ue-
fore. In a drawer in his desk I found
several advertisements plaiidy in the in-
terest of swindlers. One of them read:
"X steady jrouns man with tiaOOO caafe 1
capital can double It In one year In a legiti
mate enterprise. For particulars address
Box 891," etc.
Another read t
If you have nerve and 5000 in cash wo
will make you a millionaire in one year. We
permit the fullest investigation before invest
ment. Write for particulars.
A third just hit his case:
Are you a young and ambitious man, feel
ing that you could get ahead if properly
backed and encouraged? Have you any money?
Can you get from one thousand to three thou
sand? If so, we will positively guarantee you
$100 in return for every dollar, and Inside of
a year.
I felt sure ho had written some of these
parties, but as I could not find any let
ters from them I set out to hunt them up
in person. They were bold-faced swind
lers, nnd they bothered me some, but in
the end I got five letters written by
Fergus. In one of them he stated that
he would soon havo money to invest,
and expressed his satisfaction nt the par
ticulars of the speculation as far as given
him. The greed of gain, then was his
incentive. The woman, who had been
mother and sister to him enmo of a long
lived race, and was in good health, nnd a
month before her death was told by a
doctor in tho hearing of Fergus that she
was likely to live to be ninety or one
hundred years old. Until her death the
young man could hope for little or noth
ing, as she was obliged to make the in
terest of her capital support her.
Murderer or not, the boy was the legal
heir, and he employed the best legal
talent in the West to defend him. The
lawyers might take every dollar if they
could but clear him. It was a veritable
fight for life with all the money nnd most
of the talent on one side, but that web
of circumstantial evidence kept drawing
closer nnd closer, nud it could neither be
broken nor explained away. Had Fergus
been innocent a frank reply to each ques
tion would have explained it. Being
guilty, his evasions only made mat
ters worse. The jury were out fourteen
hours before finding a verdict of guilty,
but within nn hour he had made a full
confession. Ho told me thnt he had
been planning for two months, and that
he believed he had r.rranged details until
his case could withstand the most minute
investigation of tho highest detective
talent. Aew York Hun.
The Girl and the Dude.
If men get fighting mad with one
another over women they sometimes be
come more furious still when women in
cite the cholor7 because in such cases,
gays a New York letter to the Cincinnati
Enquirer, there is nobody to be whipped
unless tho highly illogical act of a cer
tain Fifth avenue chappie be emulated.
Tho first part of the occurrence was in
my presence. A pretty und rich girl en
tered a restaurant and took one of the
least prominent tables in tho room. I
had often seen her there with her parents,
nnd I know they are excellent people.
No sooner had she become seated than a
young dandy came in and gaz.ed about to
see where ho should most enjoy his
luncheon. Seeing the young lady by her
self, he sat down nt the very next table,
so that he could look right into her face.
Ho then proceeded to watch her and to
try to attract her regard. Finally she
was forced to look nt him; hut she only
did so iu order that he should sec how
annoyed she was nnd how his attentions
disgusted her. Nothing daunted, the
dandy kept on staring. Soon the girl
asked her waiter for paper, pencil ind en
velope. She began what 1 thought was
a note, raising her eves to the voung man
, every now and then. I was a good deal
surprised at this, but when she called the
waiter and directed him to hand the note
to the young man, I lost my faith in
woman entirely. Tho young man was
smiling in a very conceited and happy
way as he tore open the envelope. When
he spread out the paper withiu, I saw his
countenance change like a flash. I looked
over his shoulder, and what I saw nearly
made me burst out laughing. Ou the
paper was a drawing of the young man,
looking as like him us photograph, but
the head was put on the body of a don
key, and the great flap ears hung down
over his cheeks, making him very
foolish even for a donkey.
w ell, the way that dandy got out
was a caution. He looked as though ho
would have liked to insult the girl at first
for revenge, but he thought bettor of it,
und walked out as siiil and indifferent as
he could. That ended the scene. But
the next day the dandy, nn athletic sort
of fellow sought out the brother of the
girl and give hiiu a vicarious thrashing.
He couldn't whip the offender, but he
bestowed a whipping on the male portion
of the family and doubtless felt better for
it.
Ico M'ater Shortens Life.
Water for drinking purposes, savs Dr.
William A. Hammond, should never be
below fifty degrees. We ran almost nl-
wavs get it even iu the hottest weather
as cool as this by letting it run n minute
or two from any household faucet, or
drawing it from any country well. If
not, there is no objection to cooling it to
the (Miiut mentioned. The East India
"monkey," which can now be had utmost
anywhere iu this country, nud by means
of which the contained water is cooled
by its ow n evaporation, answers the pur
pose admirably. I am epiite sure that, if
lee water should be generally discarded
as a drink, the average duration of life
would be lengthened and existence ren
dered more tolerable.
Tuxedo Park.
The entire uroiiertv of Tuxedo Park.
the f.c-liiouable country resort for wealthy
New Yorkers hnd liei n le, ill in imti
to Mr. Lorilbtrd's grandchildren, and if
it keens ou iucreasimr iu value and noiiu-
more than fifty cottage owners and nearly
iour iiuuiirea emu inemiiers, giving u
net income of more than 40,000 per
auuum. The village at the station is also
. 1 . . . A
increa.ing in due ruiio. and us the chillis
..' .
sow scir-supporiuig, Mr. Lorillarcl s guar-
antee against loss for live years is being
entirely devoted to improvements, which
ara vialble ir vrv direction avm T-h
Cwweiul AiiirtUr,
A WONDERFUL EXPLOSIVE.
IT SEEMS NOTHING BUT WATER,
BUT IS VERT POWERFUL.
Few Drops of the Mysterious Stuff
Make tho Karth Shake Like an
Karthquako.
At about 3 o'clock an a recent after
noon people in the streets of Norwich,
Conn., felt the earth shudder slightly
and heard a far-away detonation that
seemed to come from below, and was
like a phantom sound heard in a dream.
Some thought the sound was produced
by a half-grown earthquake, but nobody
knew just what made it. The delicnto
little seismic shudder and detonntion were
oaused, says the New York fnn, by Mr.
William T. Chamberlain, the inventor of
Norwich, who had just touched off in
the rural depths of Preston, four miles
from that city, part of nn ounce of his
new explosive, for which he has not yet
thought up nn appropriate name. It is
made out of water, nnd Mr. Chamberlain
believes that in producing it he has pene
tinted the secret of Keeley's motor.
Mr. Chamberlain has spent the past ten
or fifteen years in inventing powerful ex
plosives, projectiles and guns. He has
been to England twice, nnd his inven
tions were investigated by the British
Government, but in each case they had
been partly forestalled by the products
of English inventors. In one instance in
which ho showed 'the British experts a
safe method for manufacturing and hand
ling chlorine-nitrogen, which is the most
potent explosive known, he wns nearly
successful in his negotiations. His most
ingenious invention was a gun which held
balls loaded with compressed air, which
fired themselves from the weapon as soon
as the gunner pulled a lever that suddenly
released the air.
After the little shock tho other after
noon a resident, suspecting its cause,
called on Mr. Chamberlain, who had come
in from the country, and who said to this
visitor: "Yes, I did it. It was a great
success, too." The inventor continued,
tersely: "I was four miles from the city
down, in a low valley, when I lit it off,
and I guess the shock was unlike any
thing you ever experienced before. Hero
53 a pint bottle. You see it is full of
water. I will pour some of it into a glass
for you to examine. You may drink soma
of it. It won't hurt you. If you did
drink it, it would act mildly as a ca
thartic. I have placed some of it on an
anvil and hit it with a sledge hammer.
Nothing happened. Havo tried it in all
sorts of ways. No trouble with it. De
tonators and concussions fuiled to explode
it. It's nothing but water, you see. Yet
it's not water. You just let me drop a
piece of potassium in it, or apply fire
to it in any way, nnd you wouldn't
think it was water well, you wouldn't
have time to think that it was anything
not here, for both of us and this house
with us would be sponged off the earth
in a fraction of time. Here arc some
minute fragments of a 4-inch, wrought
iron, hollow ball, which I burst with it.
I placed six drops of the water inside it,
applied potassium, aud most of the ball
was ground to powder, all cxecept these
pieces, no bigger than raisins, which you
see. In my opinion this new force is
more powerful thau chlorine-nitrogen,
nnd iu its explosion the force is iu till di
rections. It can be made only from fresh
water, and not from salt or condensed
water, so that if it were to be used on
sh'i) at sea, a supply of fresh -water
would have to bo carried. I have no
name to give to it yet. I call it simply
explosive water. No doubt it is another
application of the same force that has
been applied to the Kccley motor."- No,
I shall not place the discovery before the
United States Government ; there would
be no use of it. I shall make the dis
covery known to various European
powers, and if I cannot do anything
with them, shall let it go."
Mr. Chamberlain says that his explosion
of a teaspoonful or two of the explosive
water made fun iu Preston. The shock
made his teeth chatter, although he was
a long way from the scene; it filing him
on the earth and nearly unjointed his
backbone; the ground reeled, leaves fell
in showers from the trees, and farmers'
families ran out of their dwellings und
gazed nt the ground, evidently thinking
that an earthquake rolled in Rtibterraneau
caverns. Flocks of frightened birds,
crows, nnd partridges, rose out of the
woods and Hew chattering as fa-t as wings
could bear them, pigs grunted and ran,
cows and oxen whisked their tails and
cavorted in distant pastures, and seven
hens and a rooster fell off the edge of a
fowl house one hundred rods away,
picked themselves up, twisted their heads
skyward, and cackled in vague wonder.
Mr. Chamberlain stole into the woods
und hastened home. He w ill try another
town the next time he feels like blowing
the uiuler pinning out of New London
County.
Malarial Mysteries.
Oddly enough, it is only within the
last teu or fifteen years that scientific men
have known that malaria was the result
of living organisms in the blood, and it is
only withiu the last two or three years
that investigators havo obtained any
knowledge of what these organisms ure
like. It is true that as long ago as B. C.
50 Lucretius ventured to suggest that
malaria was "ilue to having organisms in
the blood." But the Boinaiis probably
thought his suggestion even less import
ant thau the same poet's theory of fall
ing atoms. The Roman's were n practi
cal people; they direct little about the
cause, but strove to get rid of the results.
Accordingly thi'y built those great drains
which are such marvels of engineering
skill. The art of making these drains is
said to have belonged by he redity to cer-
tain families, a few descendants of whom
are still lhing iu the Abruzzi. As a re
sull of these works came a thriving popu
lation, abundant harvests, and luxurious
villas. With the decay of Itomaii civili
zation malaria returned. Aito York
Timet.
Of potatoes Europe prows more than
he needs, while the United States sup
plies her deficiency from Canada aud
Uermany,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS
VIRTCR IN ONIOKS AND BRF.P.
What is the most strengthening food
for a convalescent? Well, you know,
the beef-tea theory has been exploded.
Tho most life-giving and digestible food
thnt can be given to ono just recovering
from an illness, is chopped beef. Just
take a pound of the finest round of raw
beef, cut off all the fat, slice two onions,
ind pepper nnd salt. Then chop tho
unions and meat together, turning them
aver and over until both are reduced al
aiost to a pulp. Then spread on slices
jf rye bread and ent as sandwiches. Peo
ple talk about celery being a nervine, but
let me tell you that there is nothing
which quiets the nerves without bad re
mits like onions. The use of them in
duces sleep, and much strength is ob
tained from them. Thnt is the ideal food
for convalescing or for any one who is in
I weak state of health. firocert' and
Caniicrt' liatette.
OLD TnOVSEllS MAKE A PRETTY MAT.
A prcsty mat may be made from two
pairs of old trousers. Blue and light
3rab are a pretty combination. Cut out
pieces the size and shape of a brick, in
eepial number of each color. In putting
them together, take first a blue then a
(fray, until there are seven on the strip.
They should be Btitched together on a
machine. Begin the second strip with
gray, the third with blue, and so until
you have seven or niuo strips. Then
press the seams nil open. Seam the strips
all together and press the long seams
open.
Cut Japanese shaped fans from differ
ent colored cloth an flannel to go on the
outside row of blocks and button-hole
stitch with various colors of worsted. It
is an improvement to work tho fans with
many kinds of odd figures. Turn the
edge of the mat under nbout a quarter of
an inch, basto in placo and press down.
Take henvy black cloth and cut out scal
lops enough to reach around the mat, lap
ping thcui about a quarter of an inch.
When firmly basted in place, stitch around
the edge of the mat with the machine.
Line the mat and it is finished. Detroit
Free I'rea.
TALSTIN6 FLOORS.
A French writer observes that paint
ing floors with wy color containing white
lend is injurious, as it renders tho wood
soft nnd less capable of wear. Other
paints without white lend, such ns umber
or sienna, are not injurious, and can be
used with advautagc. Vnrnish made of
drying lead salts is also said to be destruc
tive, and it is recommended that the bo
rate of magnesia should be used to dispose
the varnish to dry. A recipe for a good
floor varnish is given us follows: Take
two pounds of pure white borate of man
ganese, finely powdered, nnd add it little
by little to a sauce pan containing ten
pounds of linseed oil which is to be well
stirred and raised to a temperature of 3B0
degrees Fahrenheit. Heat 100 pounds
of linseed oil in a boiler until ebullition
takes place, then add to it the first liquid,
increase the hent and allow it to boil for
twenty minutes. Then remove from the
lire and filter the solution through cotton
cloth. The varnish is then ready for use,
two coats of which may be used with a
final coat of shellac, if a line polish is
required, Scientific American.
BUMMER DESSERTS.
A great many people imagine ices are
costly and trouble, nnd the farmer's
family only have them on rare occasions
for compauy, whereas, they might be
served as desserts several time a week,
being really cheaper and healthier than
pieJ, doughnuts and other heating daiu
ties. Of course, there aro creams and ices
which me composed of expensive in
gredients, but of such wc are not speak
ing. Good ice cream may be macVj d
rich, new milk, und iu the farm-house
where ice is put, is as economical, if not
more so, than any other dessert. The
most delicious ices lire made of fruits,
which, of course, all farmers do or
should have iu abundance. The follow
ing recipes are good und cheap:
Raspberry Ice Sweeten half a gallon
of reel raspberries, set aside one hour,
then strain; turn iu a freezer and freeze'.
Currants, strawberries aud cherries may
be used instead of raspberries.
Economical Lemon lee Take two
cents' worth of citric acid, dissolve iu a
quart of water, add two tenspooufuls ol
lemon extract, sweeten to taste, and
freeze.
Grape Ice Pour a quart of boiling
water on a pound of sugar and let boil
five minutes. Pulp the grapes sullicient
to make a pint of juice, add the skill
and pulps to the sirup, press through u
sieve'. Let cool and freeze.
Frozen Fruits Pare a dozen large,
soft peaches unil chop tine. Scald a pint
of sour plums, remove the skins and
stones. Mash the plums nnd mix with
the peaches; udd a pound of sugar unci
let stand one hour; then pour over
ipiart of water and stir until the sugai
dissolves; pour in the freezer and freeze.
Frozen ColTee Take four large table
spoonfuls of ground colh e and put in u
boiler; udd a quart of boiling water und
let steam for fifteen minutes; strain and
udd half a pound of sugar; add the white
of uu egg and freeze. Frozen tea may be
made iu the same way. Both should h
nerved iu goblets.
Ice Cream Beat the yolks of six eggi
until c reamy ; add hull a pound of sugai
and beat again. Whisk the w hites to a
stilf froth ; stir them into the yolks unci
sugar. Put a ipiart of new milk on tc
boil; mix in the eggs aud sugar; stir until
boiling. Take from the tine, strain ami
flavor; staud aside to cool. Freeze, covci
uud set aside to harden.
Farmer's Ice Cream Take a quart ol
milk, in which mix the beaten whites id
six eggs, flavor with lemoii, sweeten tu
taste and freeze. Set a ide one hour tc
harden. Farm and FimiJe.
Tho other day aa osprcy or fishing
eagle, now becoming a very rare bird,
male its appearance oa aa estate near
Musselburgh, England.
THE WATCH DOO THAT WAS
DROWNED.
Bongs will be sung of the living,
And songs will be sung of the dead, '
By the singers of the thousands
That will o'er the valley spread,
Songs will be sung of the missing,
And songs will be sung of the found.
While none will think of singing.
Of the watchdog that was drowned.
How many things called human
That torrent swept from sight;
How many viler beings
It dashed into their night;
Yet for all alike is weeping.
For each is grief profound,
While no one has a murmur
For the watchdog that was drowned.
Let others sing of mortals.
And expect a mortal's cheer;
But the song sung for the singing ;
Is to the world more dear.
So to me befalls more honor
Than to half the monarch! crowned
To pay a simple tribute
To the watchdog that was drowned.
Adown the Couemaugh Valley
Will monuments arise,
To land some common mortals
Into God's purest skies;
Bear up these mighty pillars,
Thick as they may abound;
But mother Earth, rest lightly
On the watchdog that was drowned.
. R. McGregor,in A'cic York Graphic.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A thrifty animal is the snake. He can
always make both ends meet.
A soft ant, sir, turneth awny a pick
nicker from the custard pie. Siftingi.
"You advertised for a nurse, madam?"
"I d-d. What experience have you
had with dogs?"
A country doctor who owned a smoke
house hung out a sigu "Consumption
and hams cured."
A corner in waterproof footwear is an
insult to the understanding. Portland
(.V.) Advertiser.
Tho only way to get a hen out of the
garden is to go slow but shoo'cr.
Merchant Trareler.
People who are fond of eggs tnke more
iuterest in the hens thun in the poet's lay.
JVWo York Herald.
"Buy your leave, sir," as the landlord
remarked when ho paid nn undesirable
tenant to vacate. lifting:
She "All extremely bright men nre
awfully conceited, anyway." He "Oh,
I don't know; I'm not." llartard Lam
poon." Wife "I wish you would push this
baby carriage a little way." Husband
"Well, I will, if you will carry the baby."
Boston lleralJ.
A Londou journal facetiously remarks
that "Mr. Conybeare dined with his ad
mirers on the Queen's birthday. Covers
were laid for one."
"Howton has some very strange ideas
about dress." "You surprise me. Judg
ing from his dress, I imagined he had no
ideas at all." Eazar.
He "What a lovely er complexion
Miss Slimlymmo has! Hci- arms remind
one of ivory." She "Or bone."
Terre Haute Ktpress.
Horrified Husband "A dollar for
those two quills in your hat 1 Why, it
would have been cheaper to buy tho
whole goose." fiaiar.
William Kinus has a fino pair of veal
calves hung up in his market to ticklo the
palates of his customers, that weigh 150
H)imds each. Stratoga Union.
Hired Girl (10 tramp, tattered and
travel stained) "Well, you're a dandy!"
Tramp (surveying himself sorrowfully)
"Yes, I'm u dandy; but I'm no dude 1"
"Yes," he acknowledged sadly, us he
rose from his knees, "I um nu umateur
photographer, but I do not like to take a
negative i'.!l the same." Am York Her
aid. Fond Father "You want my daugh
ter, eh? Have you any prospects!"
Suitor "No, sir." Fond Father "Nor
has she. Take her und be happy."
Harper's Vazar.
Matron "If I give you your breakfast
will you do some work iu return?" Tramp
"Yes, madam; I promise to exert my
self sufficiently to cat the breakfast you
give me." Yankee lllade.
Boy "Oh, mamma, our cat has caught
a rat." Mamma "Take it away from
puss and give it to the Chinese laundry
man when he culls. He'll allow a deduc
tion on the wash." Fjoch.
"(io out and despatch that snake," or
ch red the Bostouiau, and her green gar
eleni r horrified the female telegraph opera
tor by attempting to send the snake by
telegraph. AVio York llerajd.
When u distinguished citizen enters
your home, you do not ask him to "take
u seat on the floor," but if he should visit
Congress or the Legislature, it is consid
ered just the thing to do. Huston l'ont.
Freddie "Why, old chappie, I heard
that the sheriff sold you out yesterday;
and yet here you are with your stick and
eyeglass same as ever." Tcdelie "O,
me boy, the law won't take away tho
tools of one's trade, don'tchcrknow."
Time.
Ella "How do you like Mr. Mash? I
hear he called the other uiglil." Ethel
"I think he's fearfully horrid. He
asked ine if 1 could play on the piauo,
und I told him that 1 couldn't play much."
"And what then?" "That was all."
Aio York Sun.
There was a death in the house. A
neighboring undertaker calling to offer
his services was told that another had al
ready beeu engaged. Pardon," said
the disappointed man, bowing himself
out, "I hope I shall be happier another
t iiuo. " Sifting.
"You needn't look at yourself in tho
glass so much, Mary," said a husUiud,
sarcastically; "you are not so very hand
some." "Everybody doesn't think ad
you do," she suid as sha gave an extra
twirl to a ringlet and added a more rakish
set to her hat. And the husband fell
into deep meditation, ixHtoii Courier,