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VOL. XXII. NO. 19.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEP. 4, 1889, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
xP lLlDlT TIB IT IT
i The present permanent population of
Oklnhoma i about 20,000.
1 S" I
The boundury question between Ecua
dor and Porn will be settled by a con
ference at Quito.
The civil service rules affect nearly
B0,000 officials in the employ of the
United States Government.
A return show that no Tewer than
twenty-nine persons died from starvation
ill London in twelvo montlm.
In Sweden, Denmark, Bavaria, Baden
ind Wurtemburg there is practically no
one who cannncad or write.
Vh c leader of the Soudnnesa dervishes,
Nad-el-jumi, boldly announces that he
has set out to conqaer the world..
The Italian murderer of the future has
been done for by the philanthropists a)
last. lie is never more to be executed.
During the Paris Exhibition no less
than sixty-nine international congresses
-will meet in tho French metropolis under
Government patronage. I
, onys tne iciroit free lres: "The
1 1- , : ft j . i .
tunv ui iiuiitr.viii vuuniiu lu me unueu
States continues unabated, and in so
friendly a spirit that no harm can result."
The New York Herald has discovered
that English ladies take, a great deal
more i merest in politics limn ino wives
. und daughters of American candidates
do. .
It is. a fact worth moralizing over,
opines tho Chicago Sun, that annually o
million tous of llnx straw go to waste in
the United States, instead of being worked
into linen product it
Tho possessions of Trinity church, in
New York city, foot up to $140,000,000.
Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, its pastor, has
nominal salary of f 12,000, but really re
ccives as much as he wants.
Speaking of the lower classes of jrtpan,
Mr. Arthur May Knnpp, himself a mis
sionary to tho "Yankees of the Orient,"
says they oro morally' much superior to
tho corresponding classes in tho United
States. '
The "grizzly bear is following in the
footstep of the buffalo and gradually
going hence. It is now only among the
most broken country of the territories
that he can be found at all, and he isn't
half as full of fbrht as ho used to be.
Tho incomo of a professional rat
catcher averages $1500 per year, an
nounces the Detroit Free Press, and there
are only ten of them in the United States.
Tho average income of lawyers. is only
$700 per year, and tho ranks are over
crowded .
, Mon living in other countries, and
owing allegiance to other powers, own
land enough in the United States to make
about ten States like Massachusetts, more
than the whulo of New England, more
laud thau some governments own to sup
port king.
Tho Cologne (Germany) Oatette pub
lished column of American census
Istatistira which justify the ' prediction
tluit before the middle of the coming
century the western continent will bo
studded with cities of 1,000,000 inhabi
tant and upward.
The colony on Pitcaiiu's Island in tho
South Pacific numbers 120 people, all
related by blood or marriago, and the
amount of money circulating among
them has never been over 80. The one
who gets hold of $20 of this is consid
ered a millionaire.
One Chicago ice wagon, driven by a
pale-faced and harmless looking young
man, has killed five persons this season,
and it may be observed that tho per
formance is not yet over. Every coro
ner's jury exonerates the driver and cer
tifies that he is very careful and consid
erate. Tho fire losses iu the United States
during the first six months of the year
aggregated o-er 70,000,000, against a
total loss of but $16,500,000 for the
tnruu ' pcriqd lust year. Iu loss of life
ntl losses of property through other
u:;:i!cins the first half of 1889 has been
otable.
. The New York Mercury observe : '
"The Quakers are practical, if anything,
8nd, believing that the royal road to a
man's heart lies through his stomach,
they have determined to convert the noble
red man through the cooking stove as a
means of grace. Already they have laid
before President Harrison a proposition
to send women among the Indians to
teach them housekeeping, and Congress
is expected to make an appropriation for
this purpose. It all depends on the char
ii ter of the cooking. Heavy biscuits and,
:ddy coffee will exterminate the real
's of the tribes to a dead certainty."
UNDER A CHESTNUT TREE.
When In the drowiy lull of afternoon
I lee the lazy abadowa draw their trail
Athwart th turf, and hear tho dove' low
croon
Float from the distance on th summer
gale;
When from their leafy village overhead
The squirrel chatter in their ceaseles
play
Then, stretched at length upon a mony
bead,
I love to dream th sultry hours away.
Then all the world takes on a lasy mood.
And nature seem to pause amid the heat,'
And, burled In a thoughtful calm, to brood
Above her children crowding at her feet.
Out there the shadows sleep beneath th rays
That beat upon them with o Here a
glance,
And Just above them In the trembling hare
Tho vagrom puff ball, weave an airy
dance.
Down by the pool, on whose sedge-girdled
breast
The merest ripple stirs in oily waves,
A minstrel robin lift a haughty crest,
And looks and drinks, and drinks and
looks and laves.
Forth form their harbor, 'neath the willow
tree
Whore lilies pave the pool dusky green,
A fleet of ducks puts slowly forth to sea,
Solemn In progress and erect in mlon. -
There, on the highway, where It soars the
hill.
A pair of oxen drag a cart's dull weight,
While clouds of crimson dust the other fill
And mark the progress of their patient
gait;
Down in the rye-patch where the'aldera crow
The partridge pipes his mate to guard the
uen,
And where wild roses by the hedge blow
The bee and butterfly both sit and rest.
The scene is perfect. Not a single chord
In this sweet concert jars upon the soul.
I II upon my Mother's Ian the lord
Of mighty dreams that cares cannot con
trol. Strong with her strength I lie on Nature's
Dreast
. And like Antsus am renewed again;
Most solace she gives when she's most at rest
Oh ! mighty Mother. Healer of all rutin.
J. W. C. Johnston, in Atlanta Constitu
tion.
BENEATH HIM.
BY ELEANOR KIRK.
'I would starve first!"
"Then starve!"
Uncle Adnniram Barney, as lie was
janeu uy all wlio knew hun, had been
having a serious conversation with hjs
nephew Charles. Charles had lost his
temper entirely, and Uncle Adoniram had
at last reached tho utmost limitAof for
1 n.. . . - J9
uearancc. i no question under aw&cussion
was tho advisability of the yjfHng man's
seeking some occupation iri which he
wouia ue sure to earn lus livincr.
Charles was twenty-ono, and his uncle
up to this time had assisted him in every
possiuio manner, nut, strangely enounh.
though posselSdof a fine intellect, care
fully cultivated, had done nothing to
enrn uis own living. Ho had been un
willing to study for a profession, and at
mis time bad small prospect of obtaining
u situation, ana smaller prospect ot keep
ing a position if ho had found one.
"If I could only find where I Belong,"
naries Degan again. Mi bad cooled
down a little, and wasaWosed to argue
the point a tnfio further. "I can never
make a good clerk or bookkeeper, and
you kuow as well as I do that I am
utterly lacking in mechanical ability."
"And the worst of nil is, Charles, you
are utterly inciting in the quality of ap
plication," Uncle Adoniram replied.
"You toik about your lucks as if they
were something to bo proud of. If vou
have got fair common sense and a fair
education you can make a good clerk or
a good Bookkeeper, and you could learn
a trade if you wanted to. It is all bosh.
every bit of it, and now that you have
Some to man's estate you ought to be
ashamed of such childish balderdash. I
have given you tho best advice I could
under the circumstances, and whether you
lonow it or not is your own aliutr."
"Decidedly," said Charles, rising In a
white heat. "I always supposed vou
cared something about me ; but when a
fellows s only relative, and that relative a
rich man, advises him to look out for a
situation as car conductor, there can cer
tainly be but ono opinion about it."
V. "You are right, Churles,"aid Uncle
Adoniram, "there can be but one opinion.
I decline for your own good, to go qu
supporting you; and taking into consider
ation your constant failures to support
yourself, I advise you to try for a car con
ductor's position. You will learn to be
accurate und attentive. You will know
.whut it is to . work for yoUr bread ; and
this, iii my opiuiou, you need to know
more than anything else."
"Then you don't care for the humilia
tion, the social ostracism, tliat will be
the inevitable results of such an occupa
tion?" the young man inquired as he
nervously turned the knob of the door ho
had just opened. ,
"Not a red cent!" Uncle Adoniram re
plied. If a man is going to be cut by
his friends for earning in the only way
that is open to him nn independent liv
ing, then social ostracism is the healthiest
thing that I cautliiuk of. The only, thing
that should humiliate an able bodied man
is dependeuco upon others. You have
become so accustomed, Charles,- to being
looked out for, that the alternative seems
very undesirable to yoih"
This was "putting it hard," as Uncle
Adoniram told himself afterwards ; but the
case was desperate and heroic treatment
the only kind that would answer. "Your
charity shall not be further trespassed
upon," was the proud answer. "If I
ever take a relative to bring up, Uncle
Adoni ram, I will be still more generous,
and refrain from twitting him wjth how
much he has cost me. Hero is the money
you gave me yesterday, and which I was
mean enough to take," and the young
nan emptied the fiuaueiul contents of his
pockets on his uncle's desk . "Since you
nave turned nie out of doors, sir, 1 prefer
to go penniless. Good morning."
Uncle Adoniram was on .the point of
calling his nephew back, but thought
better of it and sat perfectly quiet as the
angry man slammed the door and walked
down the street.
"TL?re was a good deal of temper
about that last performance," said Uncle
Adoniram, "but there was some honest
pride as well. I don't just see how the
boy is going to get along without money;
but I suppose he won't starve as long as
his watch lasts."
The old man was right. Charles
pawned the watch which had been left
him by his father, and then searched dil
igently for a job. He left nothing un
done to secure what he considered a
suitable situation, but his efforts were
useless. There was a call for mechanics
and employment enough for professional
men, but for him there was absolutely
nothing.
There were a hundred clerks and book
keepers to one situation, a gentleman to
whom he applied told him, and with a
touch of pity for the evident discourage
ment of his applicant asked him a few
sensible questions.
"Now if you understood stenography,"
he said, after a careful catechism, "I
could show you some court work which
would be very remunerative."
Charles shook his head. His experi
ences were beginning to make him feel
very small.
"I should be glad to help you," the
gentleman went on kindly, "but I really
don't see any way to do it. I know of a
position you could have at onco as car
conductor, but "
The young man's face was ablaze, and
his eyes looked as if they would strike
fire. "But what?" he asked, as his com
panion did not finish the scntenco.
"If you were a relative of mine," the
gentleman replied, "and had tried for
other positions and failed as you tell me
you have, I should say, put your pride in
your pocket and buckle to it. I should
tell you also to make use of every spare
moment, and study stenography, as if
your life depended upon it. "
"But when a man once takes such a
position," Charles began in feeble re
monstrance, his face still scarlet.
"He is always obliged to keep it, you
were going to say," the gentleman inter
rupted. "That is stuff and nonsense.
If you have the right pluck and ambition,
and application, you can make your job
a temporary affair, a bridge across a
stream; and if you are above accepting
such a position, or too indolent and un
ambitious to work into something better
if you do accept it, then you are not
worth saving;" and with this the gentle
man turned away.
Charles had twenty-five cents of the
watch moOey left- in' his pocket. This
was the sum total of his earthly posses
sions. The way in which this gentleman
looked upon the pride which made him
hesitate about accepting tho position of
csr conductor seemed the expression of
all business men from his uncle to the
present one.
"Well, what do you say J" the gentle
man inquired, returning a moment to
speak to him.
"If you will show mo how to secure
tho situation you spoke of," Charles re
plied, with a lip which would quiver a
little in spite of all he could do, "I will
go immediately and see about it."
"Good for you!" said his companion.
"I will go with you," and the rich
merchant passed his arm through that of
his struggling, poverty stricken com
panion, aud in this way they sought the
office of the great railroad company. A
few brief words and the ugly business
was settled. The young man would take
his place the next morning at six o'clock,
with a small but sufficient salary.
"I have the best works on shorthand,"
the gentleman told Charles as they were
about to part; "and if you will step
round to tno House with me 1 should be
happy to lend you the books. My daucli
ter studied stenography for fun. It took
her one year to learn the system, by study
ing a little every day. You ought to be
able to beat a girl at the business."
Charles snuled. Application? That
was what his uncle said ho needed more
than any other qualification. Should he
take this man's books, and promise him
to spend his spare time in the study of
stenography.? How strangely his affairs
were bcinjr taken out of his hands. The
young man had always believed that tho
great business of the universe was taken
care of, but this was the first time that
he had ever felt that his small affairs
were in any way managed or directed
Now it seemed to him as if his ways were
in some incomprehensible manner being
ordered.
Of coil' e, there was neither generosity
nor justim the matter, and everything
was all wrong; still some power outside
of himself was responsible, and he won
dered, as ho looked over tho strange
characters that evening in the book his
new friend had lent him, which strag
gling mark his life was like. They all
meant something, that was one comfort
some letters, some phrases; but the
uag character which stood for him
would doubtless be the one of smallest
account. It might be an interrogation
point, he thought; surely no one asked
more questions or received less answers.
He had one meal that day. His remain
ing twenty-live cents must be saved for
breakfast the next morning. How ho was
to manage for a full week without any
money was a physical and mathematical
problem which he was not equal to.
"Sufficient unto the day," and "Think
not of the morrow," were the last words
on his lips before going to sleep; and they
were repeated with so much reverence,
and such evident desire to get hold of
the faith which was dimly dawing upon
him, that his good angel must have felt
comforted.
Promptly at six the next moraine the
young man took his place on his car. The
first thing to do was to sweep it out.
Char lea Barney had never handled a broom
in his life, but he gave his mind to the
work, and succeeded in apjiearing much
less awkward than ho felt. There was a
good deal to learn, indeed much more
thau h supposed, but he listened to the
numerous instructions with atteutiou, and
his new work commenced.
It was not uuite as dreadful as waa sud-
poscd. Still It Was distasteful enough,
and the poor fellow wondered if he should
ever get used to it. At noon, on his re
turn to the car station, he found a letter
from his new friend, with an enclosure ol
five dollars.
"I had an impression" it said, "that
you were entirely out of money. I tried
onco when I was about your age to live
without eating. It didn't work, I'm sure
it won't in your case. Come in and see
me some time when you have leisure.
Keep up your courage and stick to you!
stenography."
The first thought that went through
the young man s mind as he read and
re-read this kind letter was that this rich
merchant didn't feci himself above asso
ciating with a car conductor. To do him
justice, ho recognized that this was a
very mean consideration. Then he won
dered how long it would be before he
could return the money, and concluded
he could do it in two weeks. Then and
not till then, would he call on the gentle
man. Only an hour could be given to study
in the first twenty-four hours of his new
life ; but this time was a refreshment in
stead of a drag, and when he put away
his book for the sleep he must have, it
was with real reluctance.
Ue had been employed about two
months when one morning Uncle Adoni
ram stepped on his car. llis first im
pulse was to pull his hat down over hig
eyes and avoid recognition if possible,
but Charles Barney was learning manli
ness as well as application and he imme
diately thought better of it. The old
man did not look up when hig nephew
gave him his change ; but Charles said
softly: "Good morning, uncle," and
then sprang to his feet. i
"Charles!" he exclaimed, grasping
the conductor's hand. "Charles, my
boy, how do you do?" i
There was abundant love and hearti
ness in Uncle Adoniram's voice and man
ner, and there was something more that
was new to Charles. He knew now that
for the first time his uncle really re
spected him, and out of this a stronger
courage was born". m
' 'I have been very lonely without you,"
the old man said, as he stood on the back
platform with his nephew; "and I have
been worried about you, too. Why have
you not been home, Charles?"
' 'Because I wanted to see if I was really
going to keep my position," the young
man answered; "and because, uncle, I
wanted to rid myself of all feeling of hu
miliation before I saw you again."
"Where do you staud in the mattet
now?" Uncle Adoniram inquired, as he
brushed a tear from his cheek. i
"Almost on my feet," Charles replied;
"Are you looking for anything else;
my boy?"
"I am studying stenography with all
my might, uncle, and am getting along
finely. By and by I shall have mastered
it, and then I can always find employ-i
ment." !
"Your discipline has made a man of
you, Charles 1" said his uncle. "I knew
it would. Don't stay away from the old
man, my boy. God bless and keep
you."
The young man went home the next
day, for he felt that his uncle needed
him; but he still kept his position as cat
conductor, and studied every spare
moment. His uncle read to him, and
laughed at tho strange characters he so
deftly put on paper, and in this manner a
year went by. Then Charles Barney
found more congenial employment
helped to it by the merchant who had
been his steadfast friend, and whose
daughter he ultimately married. He had
served an invaluable apprenticeship to the)
inexorable taskmaster, Necessity, and had
been an apt scholar, not only learning
dispatch and application, but finding out
that a true mau can ennoble the lowliest!
labor. Youth1 Companion. i
What a Ball Fight Costa. j
The cost of one of the corridas may be;
safely reckoned at not less than $7500.1
There are generally six bulls killed, anil
these average from $53 50 to $500 each.j
Horses are contracted for, and are bought
at simply "knacker" prices; sometimes'
as many as twenty-five are done to death. i
There are generally three espades, and
those, with their cuadrillas, may be taken,!
one with another, at about 1250 each.i
Then there is a very large number of as-
siatanta and attendants. A very heavy
rent is paid for the pluza, and the Govern-;
ment tax, or "contribution," is also a
considerable item. The "gate" may bo
estimated, given a "full house" and it
is almost ulways fairly tilled at some
10,000. I am told that as regards the
amount a famous espada may make that
Guerritu, a very famous espada, though
hardly more than a boy for he is still in
his twenty-fourth year has already, at
only the beginning of the season, signed
engagements for sixty-four corridas, at
$1100 each! When it is calculated that,
at the outside, his following will not
take more than about $350 of this, the
amount that is left appears a very fair
salary for a man or, to speak more cor
rectly, a lad who probably had a diffi
culty iu attaching his signature to his
contracts. All the Year Hound.
Largest Area of Plate Glass.
Au ambitious firm in Boston recently
determined to have the lurirpuf. nn ..f
plate gloss in their show window of any
iu uio country, sua sent tneir order to a
great crystal establishment in Paris.
When the question of shipment was
brought into the bargain no steamship or
sailing vessel could be found which could
take the huL'o ulates of iIhkh on li.,i,r.l
through its hatches. Therefore the pur
chase abroad was abandoned. Then came
the SUlrreStion that the Ifluua ritllhl a
manufactured in Indiana. The contract
was made with Iudiaua manufacturers,
and the glass was perfected; but then
arose another difficulty. The great crystal
pane must be transported upright iu a
frame. The height of the bridges abovo
the railroads waa found. miwI ir. wy Hia.
covered that no railroad in the country
would thus transport it to the Hub.
Conseuuentlv the ambitious Arm
obliged to abandon their projuct, and
couwmea ineuiamves wnn peace-meal
windows.
A BATTLE WITH A HAWK.
A FIERCE CONTEST OVER THB fOS
SESSION OF A FISH.
The Bird Seize a Hooked Pickerel
and Attack the Fisherman In Hi
Boat Game to the Last.
j George Decker, a Monroe County fish
erman, was fishing a few days ago in
Goose Pond, says a Pocono (Pcnn.) letter
to the New York Sun. Ho hooked a
pickerel, and while he was reeling it in a
big fish hawk that had been sailing
around at a great height above the pond
all day without favorably locating any
prey swooped down and seized Decker's
pickerel in its talons. Tho pickerel was
at the end of about fifty feet of line when
the hawk struck it. As the hawk arose
from the water . with the fish it quickly
reeled out all the liuc, which was 150 feet
in length. Decker braced himself and
hungi on to his pole, which was a long
bamboo in one piece. When the hawk
had run all the lino out, the hook being
still firm in the pickerel's jaw, the big
bird was brought to a standstill. The line
was strong enough to hold out against ail
the hawk's tugging at it, and the hook
was so deeply imbedded in tho pickerel's
bony jaw that the strain, great as it was,
did not tear it loose. The hawk's strength
started the boat, and the bird was soon
towing it across the pond by means of the
hook in the pickerel's jaw and the pole in
the fisherman's hands.
The hawk's audacious act in swooping
down upon the hooked pickerel so dum
founded Decker that he had been towed
Borne distance before he awoke to the
necessity of making an effort if he wanted
to save his fish and tackle. He had a
medium-sized six-shooter with him, aud
drawing it, he began peppering away at
the hawk. Only one of the shots took
effect, and that was the last one. It
struck the hawk in one of its legs. With
a sharp cry the bird released its hold on
the pickerel, aud the latter tumbled back
into the water. But tho hawk was not
through with Decker yet. Upon drop
ping the pickerel the ugly bird darted
savagely down upon the fisherman, and
attacked him in the boat. This was a
movement so entirely unexpected to the
fisherman that he was carried completely
off his feet by the force of the hawk's
assault. The hawk fastened its claws in
Decker's shirt at the waist, and began a
vigorous onslaught with its powerful
beak, seekiifg to drive it into the fisher
man's eyes. Decker had dropped his
pole, but retained his pistol in his hand.
This was empty, however, and the only
use he could make of it was to uso it as a
billy in defending himself. By raining
blows on the bird's head and neck, while
he protected his face and eyes with his
other arm, he managed to fight the bird
off until he regained his feet, when he
thought that the bird would either give
up the fight or could be easily disposed of.
The hawk, however, showed not the
slightest disposition to give up, but re
sumed its attack with renewed vigor.
The narrow boat placed Decker at great
disadvantage, as it rocked and tipped at
every movement he made,, and rendered
his footing so uncertain that he had to
guard against tumbling into the pond as
well as the hawk's desperate lunges nnd
strikes. Decker at last managed to make
a successful grab at the hawk, and seized
it with both hands around the neck.
This would soon have choked the bird to
death, but in making the grab the fisher
man tipped the boot far over to one side,
and before he could recover his balance
his pitched headlong into the pond,
carrying the hawk with him.. To save
himself from drowning he was forced to
release the hawk which rose from the
water, and Decker struck out for his cap
sized boat. The hawk's blood was still
up, and as the swamped fisherman was
swimming to bin boat the bird swooped
down upon him and fastened its talons in
Decker's hair, his head being the only
part of him above water. Decker's hair
was thick aud heavy, and the hawk se
cured a firm hold in it and tugged away
at Decker's scalp like an Indian prepar
ing it for the knife. Decker dived be
neath the water, and, seizing the hawk
with one band by one of its legs carried
the big bird uuder with him. A desper
ate struggle ensued below the surface,
but there the hawk was so entirely out of
its element that by the time Decker was
himself forced to come to the surface he
had succeeded in drowning his bold
antagonist.
Decker reached his boat and climbed
upon it, dragging the body of the bij;
hawk with him. Then for the first he
had time to think of his fish pole and the
pickerel. He discovered the pole, which
was in the water 200 yards from where
he hud dropped it, and fnnn the way it
was moving along Decker was satisfied
that the pickerel hud survived its experi
ence with the hawk, and was still alive
and active with the hook in his juw.
Decker was in the middle of the pond,
on his capsized boat, and helpless to get
near his rod, or get ashore without swim
ming. He took off his clothes and struck
out for the fish pole. Sure enough, the
pickerel was still ou the hook. Decker
swam ashore, hundling the pole with
one hand, and succeeded in lauding the
pickerel, which was over two feet in
leugth. Ho then swam out and pushed
the boat ashore und righted it. The
hawk, which had made such an unprece
dented fight, measured six feet with its
wings outstretched.
This mammoth hawk had made its
haunts in wild hills uround Goose Pond
for over twenty years, and hud defied all
the skill and wiles of hunters iu captur
ing it. Only last season, iu this same
pond, Decker had a lively light with uu
euoruious snapping turtle, which he hiu'
captured on un outline, aud which
snapped off the index finger of his right
hand (luring the fight
The making of leaden soldiers is an in
dustry centered in Nuremburg aud em
ploying about eight hundred people. A
long war brought out the toy at the be
ginning of the eighteenth century, and
artists were employed to make the lead
suldiers faithful representations of rt-gi
uieuta aud countries. And the industry
prospers most in times of war.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
BEST TIMB TO BATITE. , j
. The best time to bathe is just before
going to bed, as any danger of catching
,cold is thus avoided, and the complexion
ds improved by keeping warm for several
hours after leaving the bath. A couple
of pbunds of bran put into a thin bag and
then into the bath tub is excellent for
softening the skin. It should be left to
oak in.a small quantity of water several
hours before being used. Hew York Tele
gram. TTTE KAP AT KOONTIME.
I Both the climate of the country and
our national habits tend to keep the brain
and nervous system at a high tension.
We need to see that, without a radical
change, there is danger ahead for us.
We need to force ourselves to take things
more quietly, to think more of rest. But,
meanwhile, the midday nap is of vast
help. It is wonderful how much recuper
ative power there is in a nap of a few
minutes. No one who has ever acquired
the habit of a brief siesta has failed to
experience it, nnd perhaps there is no way
in which a quarter of an hour of our
time every day can be invested, and with
a prospect of a better dividend in health
and length of days than an after-dinner
nap. YoutK'i Companion.
TO PREVENT MOLD IN JARS.
i One of the great troubles in preserving
fruit in glass jars Is to prevent the forma
tion of mold on top and the consequent
spoiling of fruit when it rises above the
top of the sirup. A very effective, cheap
and simple device is a disc of thin veneer
of wood, from one-sixteenth to one
twentieth of an inch thick and from two
and three-quarters to three inches in dia
meter for one quart jars, made from gum,
beech, birch, elm or ash, as these woods
have no taste nor flavor and will not in
jure the fruit. To use, dip in hot water
to prevent cracking, slightly bend so as
to slip in the neck down below the shoul
der of the jar; press down on tho fruit so
as to allow the sirup to rise over it. The
shoulder will keep it down and in place.
When you wish to uso tho fruit remove
by running a fork under and picking it
out. Washington Star.
HOW TO PACK FRUITS AXD FLOWERS.
Florists and fruit growers .are cautioned
by an English authority against the use
of cotton as a packing material for fresh
flowers and fruits. It is affirmed that
cotton "as a packing material for cut
flowers or living plants, cuttings, scions,
etc., it is the very worst if employed in
immediate contact with vegetable tissues."
It is advised, to observe the rule, to first
wrap fruit in tissue paper before using the
cotton, which may then be employed
with advantage as a soft padding. But
for bowers, plants and cuttings fresh clean
wood moss is advised. An English hor
ticulturist of experience tells of his suc
cess in sending cut flowers. This secret
is to pack the flowers firmly and yet havo
some elasticity. He packs on a layer of
moss the flowers, wrapped in wax paper,
and over all places a piece of tho corru
gated brown paper used iu shipping bot
tles and other glass. New York Herald.
Broiled Sweet Breads Let them lio
half an hour in tepid water; then throw
into hot water to whiten and harden, af
ter which draw off the outer casing, re
move the little pipes, and cut into thin
slices; spread plenty of butter over them
and broil over hot coals, turning often.
Dried Apple Short Cake Make a short
cake of nice, light, rich biscuit dough.
When done, split it open nnd butter
nicely, then place a layer of dried ap
ples, which has been stewed for sauce,
over this spread thick sweet cream, then
sift on sugar and place the upper crust
bock. Very nice.
Queen Fritters One pint of water,
one-fourth of a cup of butter, eight
ounces of flour; boil the water and but
ter together; put tho flour all in at once,
and stir over the fire till well cooked ; let
stew till cool, then add ten eggs, one at
a time ; beat well ; fry in hot lard and
sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Rice Pudding Without Eggs One cup
of rice, well washed, one cup of rich
milk, one-half cup of sugar, one teaspoon
ful salt, raisins if liked, flavor as you like
best. Put all together in a buttered dish
or pan, and bake in a slow oven about
two and a half hours, until the rice is
well cooked. To be eaten warm or cold,
with butter or cream, also good with any
plain sauce.
Green Tomato Sauce Cut up a piut of
green tomatoes ; take a tnblespoonful of
black mustard seed, three tablesponusful
of dry mustard, two tablcspoonsful each
of black pepper, allspice and celery seed,
three tublespoonsful of salt, one quart of
chopped onions, one pint of sugar, two
and one-half quarts of vinegar, red pep
per to taste; beat the spices anil boil all
together till done.
Graham Bread One quurt of warm
water, one-half cup of brown sugar, one
quarter of a cup of hot yeast, one tea
spoonful of salt, flour enough to make a
thin batter; then add Gruhain flour until
quite stiff; let stand over uight. In the
morning add three-fourths of a teuspoou
of soda aud flour euough to form into
loaves; put into puns; let riso again anil
bake in un even oven.
Orange Jelly Take four oranges, one
half pound of sugar, one lemon, one-half
box of gelatine and one quart of water.
Melt the gelatine by softening it iu a half
teacupful of cold water and theu dissolvo
it by pouring on, after un interval of
tweuty minutes, ono and oue-Imlf cups
ful of boiling water. Put the sugar into
the bottom of a bowl, und strain upon it
the juice from all the fruit, then add the
melted gelatine and stir all well together.
Grate in enough orunge peel to give a
zest to the flavor.
More than CO, 000 head of cattle will
be shipped to EugluLd this season of
navigation from Canada,
A large cave has been discovered near
Las Cruces, N. 31., lti interior of which1
is lined with vein of almost pure silver.'
ENOCH AND CYRUS AND JERRY
AND BEN. -J
jFnoob and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben
Were babies together, four fat little men.
Four bald-headed babies, who bumped then)
I selves blue.
And sprawled, grabbed and tumbled, aa ilj
1 babies do
Full of laughter and tears, full of sorrow and)
glee.
And big, bouncing bunglers, as all babies bjj
All - in the same valley lived these littl
men
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben.
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben
Were fast little chums till they grew to baf
men.
Eight bare little feet on the same errands
flew
Thro' meadows besprinkled with daisies and)
dew;
they were aimless as butterflies, thoughtless)'
and free
As the summer-mad bobolink, drunken withn
glee.
A wonderful time were those careless days'
then
For Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry ana Ben.
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben ,
Grew from babies to boys, and from Awys
Into men. '
Too restless to stay in the circumscribed'
bound
' Of the.green hills that circled their valley
around.
To the North and the South and the East.'
and the West,
Each departed alone on a separate quest,
a.h, they'll ne'er be the same to each other.
again
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben.
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and B"en,
rhough companions in youth, were strangers)
as men.
Enoch grew rich and haughty and proud,
While Cyrus worked on with the toil-driven
crowd;
(n the councils ot state Jerry held a proud
place,
But poor Ben, he sounded the depths of dis-i
grace.
A.h, diverse were the lives of these boys from
the glen
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben.
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben,
Who can read the strong fates that encomw
passed these men?
rhe fate that raised one to the summit of
fame,
The fate that dragged one to the darkness of.
shame I
Ah, silence is best; neither glory nor blame ,
Will I grant the honored or dishonored'
name.
We are all like these boys who grow to be.'
men
Like Enoch, or Cyrus, or Jerry or Ben.
S. W. Foss, in Yankee Blade.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
A driving trade Coaching.
An "ax" handle "Please."
Behind the b'ars Their tails.
Light-fingered gentry Pianists.
A poor relation "A sister to you."
The court reporter Her small brother..
The great American kicker The mule.
"I beg your pardon," said the convict
to the Governor.
Eternal vigilance enables a man tot
carry the same umbrella for years.
It is no sign that a hen meditates harm
to her owner because she lays for him.
When marketing for chickens, always
remember thut the good die young.
"Charlie Hankinson was simply wound
up to-night." "I didn't notice it. He
certainly didn't go."
It is getting so that a weather-prophet
can't even predict a storm of indignation.
Washington Critic.
He "What do you think of my poem
to a Newfoundland pup?" She "Excel
lent doggerel." Time.
A Montana baker always spells dough
ditto, because some one told him that
ditto was the complete form of do.
Time evens up all things. The man
who spent more than he could afford on
his early Bpring suit is wearing it yet.
"This is my long-wanted full!" ex
claimed the tramp gracefully, as the kind
' housewife presented him with an old
hat.
When a young doctor gets his first case
people are always glad for him, but they,
are sorry for tho patient. Soinervitle
Journal.
There is one thing that the invincible
Western cyclone has never yet succeeded
in raising, nnd that is a mortgage.
Burlington Free irest.
The wife who can retain a sure hold
upon her husband's heart will never
nave occasion to take a grip on 'his hair.
Terre Jlnute h'xjiress.
Wife "I'm sure, now, that you mar
ried me only for my money." Hubby
''If that's so, then why don't you let me
have it?" A'cie York Sun.
"A nymph of the woods," he called her
whuu
She tripped over mountains, fields and
glen:
But then alas for Lis fancy free
A nymph of the wouldn't she proved to be.
Tutor (to hereditary prince who is
dropping off to sleep) "Your Highneu
is iiululgingiu a little private meditation;
I will break off my lecture fora moment."
i'esli llii-lnp. ' .
The tenor iu a fashionable church choir
found to his horror that his voice all at
once became unpleasautly thick. He
strained it, but without any good effect.
ATeK York Tribune.
A minister onco excused himself from
filling ouo of his regular appointments
on the ground that he had recently re
turned from his vacation aud felt weary.
-Christian Admcate.
Clerk "Mr. Daybook, I would likv
leave of absence this afternoon to attend
the funeral of a cousin!" Mr. Daybook
(next morning) "What was the sore,
John?" JVi York Sun.
Teacher "Now, Betty, can you lull
Uie the meaning of professor" Brtty
"Oh, ytssuui. Professors is them as
rides on four horses in the circus and
goes up iu ballooun." Time,