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VOL. XXII. NO. 18. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1889. Sl.50 PER ANNUM.
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II XV
! The Internal revenue recepts are steadily
Increasing.
j nrtford (Conn.) Theological Seminary
line Vencd its doors to women.
; - A matrimonial crazo has broken out
nmong tho royal families of Europe.
I -
Tho- world's coinngo for 1688 was
$293,502,045, against $283,645,000 in
1887.
! Michael Davitt asserts that tho idea of
separation would die out in Ireland were
Parncll's measure to go through.
It i an interesting fact that the pro
portion of blind people has greatly de
creased' during the last two decades.
Tho Legislature of California, at its
hist session, amended tho Slato revenue
laws so as to exempt fruit trees and
gntpo viues from taxation.
The Indian population, since placed on
reservations, has increased faster than the
black or while, while the rate of mor
tality has steadily decreased.
"It is estimated," says the Indianapolis
Journal, "that 200,000,000 of British
capital has been invested in the United
.Flutes during tho current year."
r Tho railroads of India have almost
- dono away w ith i-astc. All sorts of re
ligions" now have to mix up, and it
hasn't hurt 'em a MrT )n tho contrary,
. fanaticism is List disappearing.
Says tho AVashington Star: "How
many fcirl graduates of tho season havo
written their commencement essays on
tho 'Coming Man,' nn:l how few will find
him like his portrait when ho comes 1"
An eminent Knglish surgeon says that
n kiss on the lips ought to bo felt for at
least twenty minutes afterward,' and
that kissing produces a sensation which
the system require! to keep it in a healthy
6tatc.
Since tho phylloxera has so ravaged
Fraucc, Turkey is looming up ns a wine
producing country. Some of the south
ern provinces nrc said to be excellent ns
ino growing districts, both for climate
and soil.
A Cnntaiu in the Rnaonn Am,v 1
bceu cashiered for saving ho life of a
Jpcasaut woman, "and thereby lowering
hi standard as a gentleman." In this
country such an act would havo raised a
soldier's "standard" ns a gentleman..
The man who seems to have made tho
most but of the Oklahoma boom is cx
Gove'rn'or Crawford, of Kansas, who re
ceived ten per cent, of the amount paid
to tho Creek Indians for tho lands, on
account of his services as au attorney
iu negotiating the sale.
It is n significant commentary on tho
uselcssncss of univcrsalexhibitioiis as pro
moters of permanent peace, muses tho
Nowlrlenus -Timet Democrat, that tho
"War I'alaee" in the great Paris show
Ibis year is more popular with the French
visitors thau any other department.
"When the Sjminolc Indians of Florida
- elect a chief, they choose the biggest fight
er and most successful hunter of the tribe.
If there happens to be a tie between two
J candidates, their method of deciding it
' -is-to have each candidate place n live coal
oil his wrist. The one who flinches first
loses the office.
It is the immemorial privilege of nn
... alien domiciled in England, if he be ar
rainged for a criminal offence, to demand
. that ho shall be tried by a jury, oue-hulf
of which shall consist of foreigners. In
the jury which tried such a man a few
. ' ' weeks ngo, it was discovered near the end
of tho trial that one of the members, a
, .Freuchniau, could not really understand
English nt nil, and the proceeding went
for naught.
. The Board of Visitors to tho Annapolis
(Md.) Naval Academy, recommends that
'. i ' ' ' tho academic tout-so bo reduced from six
V . . to'four years, and that at tho end of four
years the cadets bo commissioned as eu-
. signs. It also recommeuds that the max
imum limit of age be nineteeeu instead
. of twenty years. The board thinks it
would be desirable for the Government to
" . . ) Jlnd occupation for mora graduate cadets
than ure ' now taken annually into tho
nnV$irvice, and suggests that Congress
- mtnrijoung meu into tho marine ser
,r vice.
i The metric system is slowly, but surely,
becoming established throughout the
' . civilized world. ",Tite .English-speaking
count rifV. ever, are blower iu adopt
ing it thau those of other lands, and iu
our own country there is a yet compara
tively little use of tho system excepting
in. scientific cjrclcs. That it is exteud
jujg, however, is shown by figures pre
k utud at a recent meeting of the French
..Academy of Science. Countries repre
senting 302,000,000 of people have
ivptsd it,, a gain of 53,000,000 in tea
ir. ' ".'
THE OLD CANOE,
Where Hie rocks are gray and the shore Is
steep,
And the waters below look dark and deep;
Where the rugged pine, 1n lta lonely pride,
I yeans gloomily over the murky tide;
Where the reeds and rushes are long and
lank,
And the weeds grow thick on the winding
bank;
Where the shadow is heavy tho whole day
through,
There lies at IU mooring the old canoe.
The useless paddles are idly dropped,
Like a sea-bird's wings that the storm has
lopped,
And crossed on the railing; one o'er one,
Like the folded hands when the work Is done,
While busily back and forth between
The spider stretches his silvery screen,
Aud tho solemn owl with the dull "too
whoo," Hetties down on the aide of the old canoe.
The stern half sunk in tho slimy wave,
Rota slowly away in its living grave,
And the green moss creeps o'er it dull decay,
Hiding its moldertng dust away,
Like the band that plants o'er the tomb a
flower,
Or the ivy that mantles the falling tower;
While many a blossom of loveliest hue
Springs up o'er the stern of the old canoe.
The currentless waters are dead and still,
But the twilight wind plays with the boat at
will,
And lazily in and out again
It floats the length of the rtL,ty chain.
Like the weary march of the hands of time,
That meet and part at. the noontide chime,
And tho shore is kissed at each turn anew,
By the dripping bow of the old canoe.
Oh ! many a time with careless haud,
I have pushed it away from tho pebbly
strand.
And paddled it down where the stream runs
quick,
Where the whirls are wild and the eddies
thick.
And laughed as I leaned o'er the rockine
side, 6
And looked IhjIow iu the broken lido,
To aee that the faces and boats were two,
That were mirrowed back from the old
canoe.
But, now as I lean o'er the crumbling aide,
And look below In the sluggish tide.
The face that I see there is graver grown,
AU the laugh t hat I hear has a soberer tone.
And the hands that lent to the light skiff
wings
Have grown familiar with sterner things,
But I love to think of the hours that sped
As I rocked where the whirls their white
spray shed
Ere iUe bom waved or the green grass
grew
O'er the nioldcruig stern of the eld canoe.
MATTIES CHOICE.
If any one had hinted to pretty Mattie
Woolston that she would ever figure ns n
heroine in a story.sho would have opened
her brown eyes wide in amazement. 8hc
was the only child of good old Dr. Wool
ston, of Grey port, a thriving town in
Yorkshire, and iu tho circle of local so
ciety was considered at oacc a belle and
an heirc. Hair and eyes tho color of a
chestnut when first the burr uncloses, a
complexion as soft as satin and white ns
milk, with the prettiest rose tint of color
on tho round cheeks, white, even teeth
sot in a pretty, smiliug mouth, a figuro
tall, slight and graceful, were the attrac
tions in appearance of tho village beauty.
But those who knew Mattie Woolston
wll were wont to say that her pretty
face and figure were the least of her
charms. She had a low, musical voice,
n manner graceful and easy, high-bred by
intuition of what was dignified and maid
enly; sho was the neatest housekeeper in
Greyport, and nil her taste, full dresses
and hols were the work of her own deft
fingers. Sho had read intelligently, und
could converse well.
So it is no matter for wonder that
Mattie had many lovers. But foremost
upon tho list, to all appearance, was
hundsomo Ned Gordon, who had been to
the University, and whoso father shared
tho aristocratic honors of Greyport with
the doctor and clergyman, being the only
lawyer in the town.
The clergyman was a bachelor of nearly
forty years of age, who had come but
recently to Greyport to preside over the
church where tho Woolstous nnd the
Gordons had each a pew. Ho was a
grave, reserved mau, whose face bore tho
impress of sorrows and cares conquered,
and succeeded by the serene peace that is
far above the carelefs content that has
never known interruption. He wns not
a handsome man, but had large, tender
eyes under a broad white brow; and these
would irraditito his homely face with a
light almost divine, when, he preached
with au eloquence and simplicity rarely
combined; so that men went from his
church, slowly and thoughtfully ponder
ing upon truths that wero but homely,
evcry-duy facts, but suddenly had been
illumined' by earnest eloquence into paths
to salvation.
One of these men, young, wealthy and
full of talent, was Ned Gordon, Mattie's
ardent admirer from boyhood. He had
left her in sobbing pain of lovo to go to
a boarding school, had felt his heart
torn wheu college took him again from
Mattie, and had becomo moro devoted
than ever when he camo home "for
good," to find her grown to womanhood,
fairer than ever.
Ho had been wont to say of himself,
when he considered the subject at all,
that he "was not a bad fellow, ns fellows
go," being simply au idle hangcr-ou to
his father's wealth, a desultory student
of musty law-books when the mood
seized him, floating carelessly down life's
stream doing uo especial harm by the
way, but assuredly doing no good either.
Of his personal responsibility in the
scheme of creation, hu had never thought
"until tlio Rev. Harvey Stillmau was ap
pointed vicar of tho iiue old church at
Greyport, where Ned's tine tenor wus
quite a feature iu tho choir. It must be
confessed that, uudur the dull prosy
preaching of Harvey Stillinau's prede
cessor, the choir seat had been a gather
ing pUic for much quiet flirtation
among the belles and beaux of the town;
and Ned's chief magnet was the certainty
of sitting near Mattie, and hearing her
clear sweet soprano join his own voice.
But before Harvey Stillman had been
a month nt Grnyport, Ned was uneasily
conscious that many of his words were
as dagger thrusts nt his own aimless, use
less life, nnd waking to this conscious
ness, he also awakened to another disa
greeable fact namely, that Mattie was
nlno perceiving that life was a moro earn
est, real thing, than she had before pic
tured it to herself.
She bad never been a drone in the
hive, but sho had become more nctively
useful outside of her little house-world,
visiting in a quiet, unostentatious way,
among tho poorest of her father's pa
tients, doing good in nn humble spirit,
but with asincerc desire to help, ns farns
possible, those who needed her gentle
ministrations.
Ned loved her more than ever for the
gentlo self-denials she practiced so quiet
ly that only those who wero benefitod
knew of them, but, to his great dismay,
there camo a little gulf between himself
and his love, widening so gradually he
could not tell where it had commenced
or would end.
For tho first time since he wns a mere
boy he saw that Mattie gave him only the
wnrm friendship of years of brotherly
aad sisterly intercourse, where he had
given the first nnd only lovo o his life.
She seemed drifting from him, nbsorbed
in her new duties and leaving but little
margin of time for the recreations they
had shared for years. He was appalled by
tho fear of losing hei, nnd yet she kept
him from telling hor cither his hopes or
his fears.
"She thiuks I aui nn idle, good-for-nothing
fellow," he thought, "and I
never get nny chance now to tell her I
mean to buckle on my armor, too, and
do my sharo of work. I am studying
hard, and father will give me a start iu
my profession, that can be made a com
fort to tho nfllicted and a light to the
down-trodden. I'mcnn to bo all even
Mattie can wish mo to be, but I can't get
a word with her now. Last evening she
was with that poor dying child of Cross
man's, nnd to-day sho is trying to com
fort his mother. The last time I called
she was at the National School, nnd when
I do seo hcrshe is not the careless, merry
hearted Mattie of old. She thinks I am
the same, though, nnd despises mo ior an
idle good-for-nothing."
Some such pondering was in Nod's
mind, when, driving his phaeton up the
main street of the town, he overtook the
Hev. Harvey Stillman going iu the samo
direction. He reined iu nt once.
"If you are goiug my wny, Mr. Still
man," he said, "will you let me drive
you to your destination?''
"I am afraid I am going too far for
you," was the reply. "I ntn on my way
to Hawson's place."
"How fortunate I met you ! It is fully
three miles.. Get in, nnd Black Prince
will soon carry you there."
"But you?"
"My time is vours. Do not refuse
me!"
The elcrgymnn accepted the invitation,
and before he fully perceived what he
was saying. Ned was making him n con-
liilant of nil his perplexities and resolu
tions, till even his love story came out in
earnest words. Led on by the quietly
expressed sympathy in nil Ids resolves to
enter upon a noble and more useful life, im
petuous JNc(t,ly a sudden inspiration, said :
"If only Mattie could know how much it
would help me to feel sure of her love? I
cannot say if sho ever cared for me ns I
care for her; but if I could believe she
would be my wife when I deserved her,
it would stimulatcme ns no other hone on
earth coud do."
"You think she loves you?"
Tho Hev. Harvey Stillman's very lips
were white as he asked the question.
"I did think so once. Now, I would
give nil I own to be sure of it."
There was much more to the same pur
pose, till Ned, with n sudden gleam of
hope, asked the clergyman to plead his
cause.
"No one has so much influence as you
have. Sho looks up to you as to n
father," said Ned, never seeing how his
listener wiuced nt the comparison; nnd if
you were to tell her how her love would
aid me, she might bclievo I do not
always mean to be the idler she has
kuown.
"I will see her," was the gravo reply.
"If sho loves you, sho shall have the
happiness of giving you the encourage
ment you desire.
But when the drive was over, and tho
clergyman entered his study, tho quiet
gravity of his face broke up into an ex
pression of keenest fluttering. He had
borne many sorrows in his life. Death
had takeu his nearest and dearest ; pov
erty had laid her heavy hand upon him;
temptation had assailed him, only driven
back by prayerful struggles. lie had
hoped to tiuil in Greyport, rest, after a
long battle in life. His living promised
him an easy competence and some leisure
for studies he loved, without neglect of
his higher duties. But before ho lwd
been in his new home many weeks Mattie
AVoolston's sweet, earnest face, her gen
tlo goodness, her unobtrusive, sincere
piety had wakened iu his heart an emo
tion he had never hoped to experience.
Love had been a fur oil possibility for huv
picr lives, and he had not perceived that
it was scekiug entrance into his own till
Ned Gordon roused him to conscious
ness of what his deep interest in Mattie
signified.
He loved her.audhe had undertaken to
plead tho cause of another to her!
Thought became such torture that ho re
solved to have the dread iutevicw over,
to know tho worst at once. He found
Mattie iu the parlor of her father's hand
some houso, and, fearing for his own
strength, told his errand gently.
Tho girl looked at him with white
cheeks and a startled expression, as if
she had received a sudden, unexpected
blow where she had looked for kiudness.
her great brown eyes had a hunted, pite
ous look that it went to his heart to see.
She struggled for composure before she
trusted her voice to speuk, and it was low
and tremulous when sho laid I "Since
ou an Mr. Gordon' arahauudon. tmll
him, from mc, Hint lio lias my most sincere
good winhes for his success in his new
life, He has no warmer friend, no more
earnest well-wisher than myself. But I
ran never bo his wife. I do not love
him. We have been like brother and
sister since childhood, and I can give him
my sisterly affection, nothing more."
"I think he is sincere in his resolution
to make his life moro earnest nnd useful
than it has ever been," tho Hev. Henry
Stillman said, his own pain urging him
still to plead Ned's cause.
"I hope he will persevere in his resolve.
Ho mnv make a noble man."
"But his love"
"I enn never return," rIic said reso
lutely. "Pray leave me now. I I am not
well."
Ho left her. Only a few feet from
the door he turned and retraced his steps.
He had satisfied his conscience; had
pleaded the cause of the younger, hand
somer rami. Faithfully he had placed be
fore Mattie all Ned's pleadings, nil licr influ
ence might do for him, nnd he had won
only a steady refusal of the suit he urged.
Now ho set his teeth hard, nnd went
back. Now ho would risk his own fate!
But nt tho door he pnuscd, for Mattio
had thrown herself in a deep nrm-chair,
nnd with her face hidden, was sobbing
with a perfect passion of grief.
Was it for Ned? Did sho already re
pent her decision? Irresolute whether to
retreat or advance. Harvey Stillman
stood in the doorway till Mattio neither
seeiug nor hearing him, felt she was not
alone, nnd looked up. In a moment she
was on her feet, nnd for the first time the
clergyman saw her eyes flash witli nnger.
"Why do you come back?" she said.
"Have you not sufficiently humiliated
me?"
"I!" ho cried. "I humiliate you?"
"What else is it to como to mo to
plead Mr. Gordon's love? Is he nn idiot
that he cannot speak himself, but must
make my name a byword by prating of
his love to every stranger?"
"Miss Woolston, you misjudge him and
mc me most of nil if you imagine I de
sire to humiliate you. I, who honor you
above nil other women ! I, who came
tearing my own heart to plead ngaiust it
for your happiness! Do not judge mo
harshly, Mattie, for my love's sake!"'
She had so visibly brightened as ho
spoke, such dewy happiness rested in tho
brown eyes, such tremulous smiles gath
ered around tho small mouth, that the
Rev. Hnrvey Stillman felt his own heart
swell with sudden rapture.
'OIattie,"he cried, "I am many years
older than you nre, nnd yet I love you
with all the strength ot my heart 1"
"And I love you."
Simply as a child, she told the trulh of
her own henrt. He was not a mau for
nuy outburst of rapture. Tenderly he
folded her iu his arms, saying softly.
"Thank God, darling!"
Nobody but Mattie nnd her betrothed
knew why Ned Gordon resolved to pur
sue his studies in London instead of re
maining with his father in Greyport, but
years later, when ho came back to tho
couiitry town to take his father's prac
tice, tho Hev. Harvey Stillman felt, with
grateful emotion, that the good resolu
tions had not faltered, but had ennobled
nnd purified the entire life of his old ri
val, while Mattie gave a cordial welcome
to tho pretty blue-eyed wife, who had won
and keps the heart of her old lover.
Iron ns Fish Food.
An extraordinary " find in n fish "
was made in the Market Hall by a fish
dealer named George Smith, who owns a
stall there. Among the many consign
ments of fish which he rcotived was a
number of large conger cols sent from
Skibereen, County Cork, Ireland. The
conger is known to be n very vicious fish,
but one could scarcely believe that he
would swallow two pounds nine ounces of
irou. Yet such was the morsel found in
tho stomach of ono of the eels. Mr.
Smith was cutting up the fish when his
knife encountered something hard, and
on opening the stomach ho found n large
iron bolt, which had evidently been part
of a ship's tackle.
The bolt is about a foot long, and at
the end is a large ring, two inches and a
half or three inches in diameter.
Tho bolt itself is ns thick us au ordin
ary Malacca cane.
The eel weighed about two stone ami
was a yard auda half long. His swallow
ing capacity may be judged from the fact
that a good-sized mackerel was also found
in the stomach. The bolt is eaten away
by rust, nnd is of n type decidedly out of
date, so that it had probably lain on tlio
bottom of the sea n long time before it
was swallowed by the eel. The hitter's
stomach nnd back were considerably in
flamed, and there is little reason to doubt
that it would soon have died from indi
gestion. A curious feature of the caso is
that the fish was bliud in one eye. In
spector Latham told our representative,
that many curious things were oftentimes
found in the stomach of fish sent to tho
Market Hall, and instanced his remarks'
by stating that a short time back the arm
of a child was discovered inside a large
codfish. There may, after all, be truth
in the old stories of missing rings and
jewels being restored to the light through
this agency. llhvniwjlinm (HuijlunJ)
Mail.
Vsiiijr a Whale for a Target.
"Old Creedmoor" is a big whale that
plays around Passainaquoddy Bay, about
two miles from town, every summer.
At least, it is positively asserted by fish
ermen that the same old fellow has made
his app-arance annually to feed on the
schools of herring that frequent the place
in the summer season, and this is how lie
got his title. Iu times past when some
of the crack shotsof tho Frontier Guards
were too tired to walkout tothc rillo range
they would take a boat, and sailing down
the harbor at a certain time of the tide,
would be quite certain to lind his whale
ship playing around the bay. Theu they
would make use of him for a target, as a
part of his big carcass frequently rose
above the surface a long distance, pit.
Au ex-member of the guards says you
could always tell when he wus hit for he
"kicked like a stsor." Euitport (Ye )
Senliiui,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
, TrlE ATTIC.
I There fs not one house in ten that hai
nn attic, nnd more than one-half of the
houses that havo one, there is no way to
pet into it. They are always a source of
anxiety to tho good housewife, for she
never kn j when the house may catch
fire in that very place, and no way to get
to the Arc to put it out. Even when she
steps out for a few minutes' chat with
her next door neighbor, the attic is sel
dom out of her mind.
She tells the children to be sure not to
make a fire, in ense the chimney should
catch lire and sho generally turns n pail
of wnter into the stove before going nway.
There should be a way to get into tho
attic, no matter how small the nttic is.
It would not bo very expensive to have a
door made, and hung; or a trap door
would be better than none. Tlio housc
wifo could then inspect it once n month.
Brush down nil tho dust Hnd cob webs;
there is nothing that catches fire so easy
ns cob webs and they will smoulder ever
so long, and see that there is no defect in
the chimney.
Once or twice a year it should bo
rubbed with a damp cloth. Take an old
broom nnd tie a cloth over it nnd wash
the wnlls, but do not have the broom too
wet; it will clean it so it will not smell
musty, ns nttics generally do. The cham
bers nre thus made healthier t.nd moro
pleasant to sleep iu. The housewife will
then go round with a smile of content
ment on her face instead of the weary
look of nnxiety thnt wns there before tho
door to the nttic was made.
Somo women will, when they have a
large attic, have it full of things, such as
the spinniug-wheel, and swifts and n box
of patch-work. Now this should not be
done. Have nothing in the attic that
can be avoided.
I will now tell you nn excellent remedy
for bugs, and that is common salt ; put
nnywhere so they can eat it. Farm,
Field and Stockman.
SOMETHING FOlt DESSEBT.
There is so much to entice one out ol
doors now, let us save time in the heated
kitchen by preparing plain desserts. The
recipes here given havo been thoroughly
tested, and nre well liked. Hice, we
consider wholesome, economical and easy
to prepare; three important points to one
who has to consider the outlay of both
money nnd strength.
Hice Pudding With Eggs One quarl
of milk, three eggs, one cup of boiled
rice, a good pinch of suit, one half cup
of sugar, raisins and flavoring. Bake
half uu hour.
Boiled Hice With Cream Sauce Boi!
a cup full of rice the usual way. Foi
the sauce take one pint of milk, yolks ol
two eggs, ono-half cup sugar, a pinch ol
salt, und two tablespoonfuls of Hour oi
cornstarch. Put the milk in a double
boiler. Beat the eggs, sugar and floui
together with a little cold milk, strain
nnd thicken tho boiling milk. Add
vanilla or lemon flavoring when cold.
Have the rice and sauce as cold as possi
ble when served.
Pcquot Pudding One-half cup of
sugar, two tablespoonfuls melted butter,
one egg, ono teaspoonful soda, two of
cream tartar, one-half cup milk, one and
one-half cups flour, one-half cup of seeded
nnd chopped raisins, one cup of stoned
cherries or currants, and any berry may
be substituted for tho raisins, and now
that we are in the midst of the fruit
season we wnnt to make the most of it.
Sliced apples nre excellent in this pud
ding, but instead of stirring in with the
flour, cover the bottom of tho disli nud
pour the butter over them.
Sauce for Above No. 1. Butter size
of an egg, nnd as much sugar as it will
take up easily; flavor to taste. No. 2.
Two-thirds cup of sugar, small spoonful of
butter, one cup of hot water. Boil to
gether, and thicken with a heaping tnble
spoonful of corn starch or flour, ndd ouo
teaspoonful of vinegar nnd flavoring just
before serving.
Cookies or cakes can be mndo in the
curly morning, and with fruit, makes a
good dessert. We have tried a good
many recipes for cookies, but find none
so easy and satisfactory as the follow
ing: Sugar Cookies One cup of sugar, ouo
tablespoouful butter (heaping), one egg,
one teaspoonful soda, two of cream tar
tar, one-third cup of sweet milk, flour to
make as soft as possible. Bake in a hot
oven. Cookies should be made and baked
as quickly us possible, and handled light
ly don't knead them. If you want to
please the children both big and small
put a thiu frosting on them; you will
be repaid for the extra trouble. We some
times add chopped raisins or currants to
the cookies, und cull them hermits. As
a youug friend of mine remarked, after u
taste of them," they taste moreish."
Peqtiot Cake For a good cuke that
can bo made a dilferent way every
day in tho week, and which never
fails, at least nt our house, let mc
recommend one cup of sugar, but
ter, size of nn egg, ono teaspoonful of
soda, two of cream tartar, one-half cup of
milk, two eggs, two cups of flour. Beat
sugar aud butter together, ndd the eggs,
then the milk with the soda ami cream
tartar stirred iu the milk until foaming,
then tho flour. This can be flavored and
baked in a plain loaf, or iu cup cakes
larger cake, ribbon cake which is made
by taking one-third of the mixture and
lidding fruit and spice, bake iu three
layers and put them together with frost
itig. Or baked like marbled cake. One
cup of raisins or currants, or both, and
spices added makes an excellent plain
fruit cake.
Chocolate Pudding Oncquurt of milk
ouc-half cup of sugar, two egg's, two
tublcspoonfuls of corn-starch, one-quarter
cake of chocolate and vanilla fluvoring.
Put the milk iu double boiler, beat the
i'gs;s and sugar and corn-starch together
with n little cold milk, strain ami thicken
tho milk, have the chocolate well dis
solved, uud ndd slowly also the vanilla
after taking from the boiler. Set on the.
ice and servo with cake. Atio York Ob
tercet: Strawberries as, large at tea cupi gr t
wild la Africa.
A MIGHTY BEAR MJNTER.
THE GREATEST LIVING AMERICAN
SLAYER OF BRTJIN.
His Home In the N'ortb Cnrolina Moun
tains Some of Hi Narrow K
capes and Darius; I cats.
Around Ashcville, N. C, arc many in
teresting points, but none so highly novel
as the homo of Big Tom Wilson, the
most noted living bear hunter in America.
Big Tm has killed up to the present
writing just three hundred nnd fifty-seven
bears, exclusive of the cubs ho has cap
tured and killed. lie was born nnd raised
nt the foot of Black Mountain, one of the
highest peaks in western North Carolina,
and has been hunting bear since n mere
boy.
It is worth the ride of thirty-five miles
on horseback tlaxmigri the mountains
from Ashevillo, to vtsit the homo of, nnd
sec nnd talk with, Big Tom. His is a
typical mountain home, a small log hut
with stick and mud chimney nt the foot
Blnck Mountain and on the edge of a
small stream konwn as Coney River.
There is not another house within ten
miles, and to any but the most expe
rienced mountain guide the place is inac
cessible, there being only one small gap
through the mountains by which it is
possible to reach the place, for Cancy
River a short distance below the hunter's
mountain home is suddenly lost from
view and appenrs above ground ngnin
miles nway on the other side of the moun
tain. Tom litis a wife nud fourteen children,
all of whom live in the one room of the
small log cabin. But children nre not
tho only live stock thnt Tom has, for
around his home arc three largo black pet
bears. These nre his dogs or his hunt
ing companions.
Tom is a great burly fellow, six feet
four inches tall, with broad shoulders
and muscles of steel. His beard is long
nnd blnck, slightly tinged with gray. His
hair is as straight ns un Indian's, and
hangs down over his shoulders. His eye
brows nre long and bushy, while bc
ncath.thcra is as piercing a pair of gray
eyes as one could imagine. Ho is n per
fect type of the ideal mountain hunts
man, nnd a mere glance nt him would
indicate to the most conservative that he
could grapple with and conquer, empty
handed, the most ferocious bear.
But Tom lias had ono tussel empty
handed nnd snys ho never wants another.
As a consequence his face nnd body nre
covered with scars nnd one linger of his
right hand is gone. It was in the fall
of 1882. He had been hunting over the
mountains, and having struck no game,
had rested his rifle against a tree and
lain down for n nap. He awoke sud
denly to Cud n big black bear on his
hind legs with the gn clutched
between his paws nud almost over
him. Tom jumped to his feet
in an instant. But the bear was equally
quick, and, dropping the gun, made for
Tom. They grappled, nnd ns Tom ex
presses it, "there was the greatest hug
ging match for half an hour you ever
saw." Tom held his own admirably nt
first, but the bear bit mid tore nt his
clothes until they were nil oil, nnd then
tore the flesh from his shoulders iu hunks.
Tom Wits choking the bear with his great
hands of iron nnd the beur was hugging
nud tearing at his nrms nnd shoulders.
He was bleeding from a dozen different
wounds and rapidly growing weak when
ho stumbled ou a rock nnd fell, with tho
bear on toj. His back struck some
thing hard. It was his rifle.
His hopes nro?e, and w ith a great ef
fort he turned, caught the muzzle of the
rifle with ono hand, pressed it ngainst
the throat of the bear and quickly pulled
the trigger with the other.
The ball crushed through the neck
nnd bruin of tho bear nnd he fell over
dead. Tom was saved, but to use his
Own expression, he "will never tackle
another bar without ole trusty," his
rille.
. Tom was never known to trap n bear.
IIo says that is taking au unfair advan
tage of the "critters."
Just nfter his single hauded experience
with the bear Tom got three large ones
out of one tree. He and his boy were
going over the mountains unarmed.
They were nine miles from his cabin and
it was late in the afternoon when he
spied three bears in the limbs of a chest
nut tree eating the fruit. He immedi
ately built a large fire around the trunk of
the tree and sent his boy home for his
rillo, while he remained to keep up tho
tire and prevent them from getting away.
The trip was a long and rugged one,
nud tho boy did not return until the next
morning, but Big Tom kept the lire burn
ing aud watched all night. At sunrise
the boy had returned, aud Tom got all
three in that many shots.
Big Tom don't hunt ns much now ns he
used to, but he never returns without
game. The thr.-o bears he hits nt his
home he raised, laving captured them
when cubs. TI.ey are ns obedient to his
command as dogs, and always accompany
him on his hints. He t,s they never
fail to find baar, and as a wild one seeing
them will approach he can kill them
without difficulty. Two of them ure
scarred uud oiltcti up quite badly, tor
sometimes Tom carries them out to seo
them tight with and kill the wild ones
around tli.' mountains. They sometimes,
however, have very tough tights, and ou
one or two occasions Tom 1ms been coin
clled, in order to sue bis pels, to enter
the melee untied w ith a knife and ussht
them iu tlio light. At home they tiro
generally chained, but the big man's
children play aioutul them mid the little
ones often ride on their backs around tlio
cabin.
Tom says he is netting old now, and id
going to give up huntiug after next win
ter, but those who know him say he will
never give it up in. til he i) loo old to
climb the mountains. He is now appa
rently about fifty-five years of age, and
perhaps tlm most perfect fpecimen of
physical manhood to be found in this
country. Atlanta I'Mistitutiun.
Sir Lepcl Grilltn proposes to colonize
Cashmere with
with 3,000,000 Englishmen ns
to the Iudiun Empire,
a bulwark
MATIN SONO.
The bee is beginning to hum tn the flower,
And the blossom to break on the vine;
The clock in the steeple is striking the hour,
And the sun is beginning to shine
Beginning to shine on the factory tower,
And to kindle the crest of the pino.
There's a Wee wren that sings at your pane;
Twice, thrice, she has sung there to you;
I woke, and I wondered, so sweet was tha'
strain,
But the dusky wings fluttered and flew;
She has gone where the reapers are gleaning
the grain,
Whilo the berry Is swollen with dew.
Rise up, little heart; oh! be joyful, aad riso
While the morning Is misty and red,
For the sun will grow mighty and blaze hi
the skies,
And the primrose will bow down her head
The hy la will slumber ad sleep where he lies,
And the locust will shrill there instead.
Rise up, for tho owl is adoze,
nis eyeballs are dazzled with day.
Oh, come! for tho waters are crimson and
rose
Where the river winds down to the bay,
And the littJo brown boat, where the sweet
corn glows,
Is waiting to bear us away.
Dora 11. Gootfule, in Young People.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Cool treatment a plate of ice cream.
Want of principal is the principal want
of many people.
Boarding-house people ought not to
expect dressed beef in hot weather.
Love is blind, which probably accounts
for the spectacles some young lovers make
of themselves.
Everything is smooth sailing with us
when we haveio difficulty in raising the
wind. jYetc York Atr.
Plenty of sleep is conducive to beauty.
Even a garment looks worn when it loses
it nap. Binghamton liepubliean.
A modest blush suffused her gentle faeo,
For she had just been asked to wed,
AiH she replied with sweet St. Louis grace,
"SVhy, cert." she said.
It is refreshing to see how a tramp who
finds n woodpilo will pull his coat oft'
and lio down to sleep. Merchant
Traveler.
Nnmby "I hear, Pamby, that you
possess au cstimablo wifo." Pamby
(sadly) "No, she possesses mc."
Yankee Blade.
"I like Von Jones, he can always seo
the points of my jokes." "Indeed I Since
when did ho become a inicroscopist?"
Men's Outfitter.
The lad who fuils in his effort to run
away nnd bo a bandit docs the best ho
can,, and gets a situation ns train boy.
Merchant Traveler.
As tho butcher ndds his hand to tho
weight of tho stake, he piously sighs to
himself, I lovo to steal, a while, a weigh.
Florida Timet-Union.
"How long do mosquitoes live?" asks n
correspondent. That depends a good
deal on the kind of fellow they light on.
Burlington Free 1'rett.
At school. 'Now, my little dears, can
you tell mo the plural of child?" Young
ster (frantically raising his arm) "Yes,
ir; I can. Twins "l'ari Figuro.
'Tis nn evidence quite certain
Of a wooing ralher r&sh
When you see a tinge of Kwder ;
On A young man's dark moustache.
Hoston Courier.
Mrs. Parvenu "No, I don't like sea
bathing. It ulwaysgets my hair so wet."
Mrs. (Jnicklyrich "Why don't you leavo
it in tho dressing room?" Burlington
I'ice l'rtst.
Mr. South Church, of Boston "Tho
dickey birds tell me " Mrs. South
Church (interrupting with severity)
"The Richard birds, Mr. Church."
Kete York Sun.
First Omnhan "Aud did sho return
your love?" Second Omnium "She did
even better than that. Sho returned tho
ring I gave her nud all tho letters I had
written." Omaha World.
Appropriate Mrs. Nuborder "That's
a very pretty motto you are working,
Mrs. Browne-IIaitsh. 'Learn to Say No.'
Is it for your sou?" Mrs. Browue-Haash
"No; its for tho dining room." Bot
ton ilazctte.
Dude (to doctor) "Anything seriously
wrong with me, doctor?" Doctor (slowly)
. "Your condition is serious, but not
necessarily fatal. I have discovered evi
dences of n growth of brains." Philadel
phia. Inquirer.
Sitting Bull, who has been seriously
ill of pneumonia, is reported "much im
proved." He can now lie regarded as a
member of the Improved Order of Red
Men but at the same time he Is not.
Norristoicn Herald.
Adorer "Oh, how your words charm
me! To think that you should daily dis
cover more similarity between me und
your sainted husband. Mjy I ask how I
resemble him?" Young Widow (gravely)
"You have all his bud habits."
Hat ami Poll Parrot.
Chris 1'huro owns a poll parrot that is
a dandy. Tho other Morning a rat,
lured by the luscious smells of the bako
shop, left the stenches of the cellar and
sewer, aud clitiihing tip stairs, made a
raid on cream puffs, gorged down u few
tarts, nibbled the macaroons, uud sam
pled the pies and gingerbread before his
Jepredatii us were discovered. Then li:
was hustled oil with a vengeance, aud
rushing into the room where the parrot
was, succeeded ill blinking into Polly's
cave. Polly was playing circus with her
claws and bill, aud when she spied tho
rat she came down on his back with both
claws and held it firmly to the bottom of
the cage. The rr.t rolled over aud twisted
its head around, sqiiealiug like mad us
Polly pecked at its eyes und soon had
them both out. The rat snapped and
tore out some of Polly's feathers, but she
held fast to the varmint and succeeded iu
killing it. Then mounting her perch
and rullliug her feathers about her neck,
kb kiinuuced : "Polly wants a cracker."
Cincinnati i'r.yuittr,
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