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VOL. XXII. NO. 21. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT 18, 1889, $1,50 PER ANNUM.
Hubert ITorkoriior, the famous English
painter, sees the beginning of n splendid
future for architects in America.
There in great complaint of the adul
teration of food in the City of Mexico.
Even the- bread is tampered with.
It is predicted that $500,000,0(10 of
English and Irish capital will be invested
iu this country within the next ftmr
years.
They nro attempting to acclimatize
American oysters from Connecticut in
several places along the coast of Sweden,
tio fur the oysters thrive well.
There are in tho Treasury vaults ut
Washington nearly a pint of diamonds
and other precious stones that were pre
sented to various Presidents by admiring
friends.
The English "canteen," a system by
which regular soldiers improve tho com
forts of army life never too great nt tho
best has been introduced iu American
army posts with great success.
A man in Chicago threatens suicide if
that city does not prove to bo larger than
Brooklyn. His fellow-citizens do not
care what ho docs, comments the Detroit
. Free Pres,it he will only live long enough
lo be counted.
, General Sherman has offered u prize of
$100 for tho best M!"y 'written by an
army othecr. of the school of . application
on tho subject of tho influence Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., has had on the civil
ization of the surrounding country.
. In the United Slates Army there are
eight per ccut. of ollicers und ninety-two
jer cent, of men out of a total of 27,107,
. nntl in' tho English Army thero are four
per cent, of ollicers and ninety-six per
cent, of men out of a total of 210,105.
The Washington Star says that the dis
covery by tho ornithologists thnt-a war
upon the pestiferous sparrow, in order to
" bo successful, 4utit bo carried on by
f'anada and the United States iu concert,
urnishes a new argument for union be
tween tho two countries.
At tho close of the past year there were
completed and in courso of construction
in this country eighty-five electric rail
ways, comprising' about 450 miles of
rack,iuid the reports show that during
tho first year over 18,000,000 passengers
.have been carried over these lines. 4k
The United States Supreme Court has
repeatedly, said that a man's right under
his patent for ftn invention is ns absoluto
as under a patent for lauds, and no one
would say that one should lose tho right
to his house because some one else saw
lit to take possession of it against his
will.
A. Kentuckian shot himself with sui
cidal intent, the other day, and died af
ter several hours of intense suffering.
Being asked how it happened that with
his known skill with the pistol he did
not kill himself iustuutly, ho said he
wished to' live loug enough to be for-
givearfor his act.
, Saiij Harper's Jiazar: "The figure 9 iu
our dates is with us and has coino to
stay. . Xo man or woman, now living,
willcver dato a document without usiug
a" 9. It now stands "on the extreme
ght 1889.' Next year it will be the
second place 1890 and there it will
1
. oTn
ay for ten years. It will then move up
third place 11(00 aud rest there for
oTio hundred years.''
If any persons have been frightened
by recent rumors of a coining deficiency
iu the beef supply of the country, they
can find reassurance iu this year's report
. of the Agricultural Department ou farm
uaiuials. To put the statement iu round
numbers, there were 23,000,000 in the
United States in 1800, 33,000,000 in
. 1880, and 50,000,000 in 1888, tho year
covered" by the lust report.
Xo Treasury iu the world ever con
stained so vast a sum of money, boasts tho
twin Jtancuco Chronicle, as that of tho
Uiiirfi States. The last st itement shows
.thai there is iu the Treasury vaults over
six hundred millions in gold and silver
' coin und bullion. Of gold coin aud
"bullion tho amount is 303,504,319;
arlver coin and bullion, $315,343,180.
By. tho side of this vast accumulation the
treasures of other countries, and those
. recorded in history, sink into iusiguifl
' cauce.
A curious ijuestiiiu of etiquette will
prevent the Shah of Persia from visiting
the Sultan of Turkey at Constantinople.
The latter is too full of pomp and dig
nity to go down to tho train to meet a
guest, uud always receives his visitors at
the Yildiz Kiosque. The Shah, how
ever, thinks that the Turkish potentate
should meet him at the depot, and us
neither will yield the point, tho differ
ence of opinion ou this subtle question
f etiquette will prevent the Shah from
lug the beauties of the Sultan's harem.
FORTUNE NEVER DIES.
What's the use in chasing fortune' Fortune
never dies.
Have your grief, but never grievance,
Waste no time in siglig.
Everything will come to you. Th world
will better be
For rivers only run one way, and ever to
ward the sea I
Overhead the stars are living always day
and night.
The sun Into some weary soul is ever flood
ing light.
Make your soul your mirror; walk with
Meekness, Wisdom, Pride.
A wise moil's pillow tells him more than all
the world beside.
Love your neighbor even as yourself, but
not your neighbor's wife.
The sweetest thing to living man or dying
man is life.
Love, ambition, hungor, wake tho world
whenever it wotiM nod
And holy aspirations must soar up at last to
QodI
Ho will hear you and will listen, and will an
swer, by and by;
The poorest aud the meanest yet have one
friend up on high.
So gather up your manhood from the ashes
of your youth,
And live for honor, friendship, love and
charity and truth I
Once a Week
THE YELLOW WHEELS.
BY MARIANNE DE WOLF rKRRY.
Joe Jcffua drove a coal team, a great
lumbering two-horse coal team, and every
oay ot- Ins life, "Sundays executed.
perched high ubove his business, he thun
dered with his dusky load through the
trects of the busy town. One large con
cern used quantities of soft coal, aud Joe
had found out that tho easiest haul there
and back was nlong the fine broad avenue
where those who owned trotters speeded
them, and those who did not sat upon the
fences and made disparaging remarks.
But of all those who flew past Joo as he
moored along the road, not one excited
his ire half so much ns a man with "yet
low wheels."
Sometimes it was a horse of one color
and sometimes of another, but always
"yellow wheels." Joe just hated the
very sight of him. Ho was so well
dressed, ho was so self-contained, his
"icaru was so spick and span, aud ho
drove so well, that to himself Joo had
wasted upon him all tho choice epithets
that he had learned iu the army.
Joo Jeffus had driven a team of some
kind ever since he could remember, and it
was therefore most natural that he nud
tho war maturing about tho same time, ho
should enlist as a wagoner aud become a
driver of a mule team.
He saved his bounties aud his pay, aud
at the closo of tho unpleasantness con
cluded to settle down and go to work.
But he missed being under orders, and
looking about him, wooed and won his
next-door neighbor, a fragilo little
light-haired factory girl, and swore
allegiance to her for life.
His hands and face were not black and
grimy then, and his dark curly hair
crowned a head of youthful, manly
beauty.
Youth had loug since gone from Joe,
the little light-haired girl had become a
delicate, ailing woruau, und his heart
sank many aud many a time as he climbed
up the diugy stairs to his uttic home.
The "little woman," tho', had proved on
the whole, a good investment. Every
month a little from his pay went into the
great stone saviugs bank in the center ot
the town.
"Wouldn't the time ever come," the
little woman kept askiug, "when they
could buy the little corner lot they could
see from their windows, and over which
the soft summer breezes coming up from
the river kept tho grass and trees so
green?"'
Aud then Joe would light his pipe -run!
go down and sit iiMn the door-step, and
think, always think about the "yellow
wheels."
Now this feeling was not so very
strange after all, for into everybody's life
at some time or other, in some way or
another, there enters something very,
very nearly akin to the man with "yel
low wheels." Aud so it came to pass
that one day succeeding the time-worn
wish from his tired wife, that, thunder
ing uloug the avenue, he caught sight of
his enemy.
Ho had pulled up toward the sidewalk
to see a man. A line of heavy wagons
was coming in the opposite direction.
Joo kept bearing closer and closer down
upon the "yellow wheel9," away from
tho approaching teams; he had taken iu
the situation ut a glance. The yellow
wheels could be rasped and cut into by
...... i . . i , - y.
iue enu in ins claiming wiullle-trec, if
the man didn't pull out literally upon the
sidewalk. Now Joe could clear him just
as well as not if he wauted to; but he
didn't.
Unconscious of nil this, the owner of
the "yellow wheels" laughed and talked
with his friend on the sidewalk. On und
on came Joe, his face blacker than usual,
threatenings und slaughter in his heart
and evil in his eye. In less time than it
takes to tell it the heavy whitlle-tree was
playing hide-and-seek muoug the yellow
spokes; tho horso had jumped and
backod, almost thrown out the mau,
knocked his hat off in tho mud and put
one foot squarely upon it, while Joe, un
concernedly, faco to the front, was clunk
ing along tho road. Very soon Joe
kiiew tho man was coming for him ; he
heard tho horse's hoofs nearer aud near
er, aud now tho "yellow wheels" were
ahead of his team.
"I say," said tho man, "what did you
do that for?"
"Go 'long," answered Joe, apparently
to his horses, really to the inuu.
"1 say," repeated the man, "what did
you do that fort"
Aud theu Joe, using tho most forcible
expression he had learned iu his army
days, asked him if he thought that he
uud his yeilow wheels owned the
whole street.
The man with the "yellow wheels"
kept his place alongside, but seemed bur
ied in thought.
Two things were open to him; he
could demand that Joe como down from
his perch and settle it then and there in
the old-fashioned way, or he could get
iue numner oi ins cart and muKe it disa
arrceablo for .Ton lntnr .
Looking at his damaged hat, which
not a encoring signt to sec, and nt.
his lovely, disfigured wheels he gathered
up his reins aud flew down the mad.
And Joe ; it was the happiest moment
of his life, just then. The consciousness
of having hurt his enemy crowded out
1 1 . . , . i , . .. - .. . ...
un omer inougnr lor tne time, but the
haul was still a long one, the sun very
warm, the horses tired and listless, and
Joe began to wonder if, after nil, he
hadn't made a fool of himself to say the
least? What would the tirprt litfln run.
man say who never had heard of those
yeiiow wnoeis, it ne siiouKI tell her
what he had done? And then ho wished
his favorite wish, that he had never been
born 1
"You must get her out of this," said
the doctor to Joe. "She tells me she
has a few hundred dollars saved up in
the bank, and she longs for a little home
of her own. Stairs are killing things
tor women. Can t you buy a lot and
build a little house for her? I see that
there arc some lots for sale over there,"
and tho doctor pointed to the corner lot
that the little woman had looked upon so
wistfully, where, from her diugy attic
windows, she could see a few stunted
willow trees wave in the summer breeze.
"It would cheer her up," continued
the doctor, "through the coming winter
to think about it, and you could have her
in it by next fall."
"I will try," said Joe. "I'vo got a
little left from my bounty nud my pay
mar i never touched, aud she don t know
about. We might," ho said, "do it to
gether;" and he climbed up his high seat
and started off with his load of coal.
What had become of tho "vellow
wheels?" Since that day he had never laid
eyes on the man, or on the wheels. It
had worried Joe, it seemed to gnaw at
his hard, unfeeling heart, and his mind
hud been very soon made up to tell him
how sorry he was, and pay him for the
damage.
"What are you doinir, Joe?" said the
lit t lo woman, as Joo the next morning
"lixed himselt up," and put on his Sun
day clothes.
"I ain't going to work to-day," said
Joe. "I've got business down town."
And down town he went.
The little woman asked no questions.
she couldn't help looking over to the
little corner lot. "I wish we had enough
money," she sighed.
"26 Water street! Here's the place,"
said Joo to himself. "Elinvillo Manu
facturing Co., J. Johnson, Treasurer."
And up tho stairs, two at a time, he
went. I he office staggered Joe. Clerks
to the right of him, clerks to the left of
him, uud a high railing to keep out
"common folks ' like himself. Joe re
membered that in the nrmv privates un
covered their heads when they came into
ollicers quarters, and off went his shabby
hat. "Can I sec Mr. Johnson?" he
asked, looking at all the clerks in turn.
He is busy just now, nnswercd a lit
tle man, peering over his big books.
' 1 ake n seat, and when he s at liberty
1 11 tell him."
It seemed hours to Joe and the per-
spiraliou stood in great beads over his
faco.
"Now," said tho man, "come on, you
can go in, and opening a door into an
inner otuce he ushered in Joe.
But ono quick look was enough for
him; there, sealed at his desk and facing
Joe, sat tho man with tho "yellow
wheels."
"Come iu," said the man kindly; but
Job fairly grusped tho door knob for
support. "What cuu I do for you?"
"Don t you kuow me? gasped Joe.
"I am sorry to sav I do not, replied
the man.
"How's them wheels?" moaned Joe;
"them vcller wheels I mashed up on the
avenue, and the hat?"
"Oh, are you the man?" inquired the
other.
"I was the man, but I ain't no more,
von bet; and if you'll tell me what's the
damage I'd like to settle."
'And vou've come down for that?"
asked his enemv.
Oh, no!"' said Joe, conscious that he
hadn't a cent in his pockets. "I've most
forgot what I have come for, seeing as its
you." You could have overturned Joe
with a feather and the man with the
'yellow wheels" wore a puzzled sort of
ook.
"I see," said the man, getting up from
his desk; "but it seems to me you're a
little late. I had almost forgotten the
whole thing; iu fact, vou not ouly made
my wheels look pretty badly, but you
spoiled my hat and you upset me for a
long tune.
'(rood Lord!" said Joe, "I didu't see
you spilled out."
"I was only mentally upset," rejoined
his enemy. "I haven't been very strong,
aud I used to drive for exercise. If I had
your physique I would have annihilated
you, then and there."
"If you'd u-had to pay for my 'phy
sique,' " said Joe, thiukiug of all the
doctor's bills and the patent medicines ho
had bought for tho little woman. "If
you'd a-had to pay them bills you
wouldn't want my 'physique'; altho' it's
the woman as doses, not me," he con
tinued. Something about Joe interested the
man. Ho looked ut him aud ut his
watch, and, coming close to Joe, he sat
down beside him. "Tell me," he began
"tell me what brought you here."
And Joe began stainiucringly, haltingly
at first, but growing more and mure elo
quejit, more uud more earnest as he went
ou, the sad, white face of the little woman
peering into his thoughts and into his
words as if she stocd beside him. Aud
he told the homely story of his life.
"I hatod them wheels !" said Joe. "I've
told you ult. We're poor; she's always
a-wishiny for that comer lot; she ulways
says if she could have it she'd just live
uud be well; and every time I had a sort
of a talk w ith her, every time she'd sorter
wish for that lot, aud broke me all up,
I'd go out and alius, alius') said Joe, j
"meet you, and them wheels, them 'yellcr
wheels.' And somehow I thought it was
them wheels that was n-running over me,
was a traveling up and down my life all
the time. I didn't know who to hate oi
what to hate, because I didn't get no
where, nnd you camo the nighest; you
were the handiest, and so I hated you
and them wheels. Ain't there no yellei
wheels in your life, mister?" Bo I the
only man that hates something that he
sees every day and never can have?"
asked Joe.
"Oh, no!" said the man "soberly and
kindly; "you are not tho only
man. Into my life; yes, into everyone'
life, my friend, come 'yellow wheels;'
and for a moment the rich man and the
poor man met ou equal terms.
"Y'ou want to buy that lot, do you?"
he inquired. "And have you money
enough to do it? Wait." ho said, "I
have a plan." And then he told Joe
that he wauted some one to make a be
ginning on tho propcrry. Joe could buy
the lot, and pay for it ns ho was able.
Ho would lend him the money to build
his house; he wouldn't even take a mort
gage; he would take his own, Joe's own
simple note, and the house and the lot
should be in Joe's wife's name Joo
JefTus began to cry! Great, strong Joe
Jeffus cried like a child, nud the man
with tho "yellow wheels" went out and
left him alone. '
But the man kept his word. The lot
was bought, nud slowly and steadily'
came the old light into tho little, tired,
waiting eyes, softly crept the girlish color
into the pallid checks, and the little wo
man crept back to her golden youth.
On the corner lot stands the yellowest
cottage you ever saw. Before tho door
stands tho yellowest baby-carriage you
ever saw, nnd nailed up over the front
door nailed there for luck and for lovo
is a little yellow wheel.
Joe Jeffus is foreman now of all tho
coal teams; but the man ho hated, the
man he loved, is resting quietly, resting
in the churchyard far from the busy town.
But every spring-time when the jonquils
bloom, a man aud a woman, with un
covered heads, lay them upon his grave;
and Joe Jeffus's only faith, his only be
lief, as ho watches tho stars at night, is,
that up amopg the angels, driving through
the skies, is his hero, his Idol, with the
"yellow wheels." Afie York Independent.,
Asbestos for Fire Suits.
The experience of William II. Marvin
with n natural gas flame ot Ruthven,
Canada, a few days ago, is one that firo
department authorities everywhere should
tako into immediate consideration ns fur
nishing a clew to additional means of
fighting that dreaded element. Tho
stream of natural gas issuing from tho
well there caught hie nnd all efforts to
extinguish tho flame were unavailing.
Tho heat was so intense that no ono
could go near it. Water thrown from
the nearest point of vantage by power
ful engines had no other effect than to'
generate great clouds of steam. Tho roar
of the burning gas was deafening and
11,000,000 feet per day were beinsr con
sumed, while the earth about tho well
was becoming bilked nnd so hot that no
ono could tread on it. Engineering
skill proved useless to cope with the mat
ter and finally a reward of $1000 was
offered to any ono who would stop the
leak. Martin volunteered. At first ho
tried to reach the orifice with long iron
levers, but they melted as soon as they
came near the place where the gas was
burning. Then the young man hit upon
a bright idea. He resolved to walk into
the fiery furnace clad in a complete suit
of that wonderful material, asbestos,
which though fine and pliable ns tho
softest silk, will neither bo consumed by
tire nor conduct heat. The suit was
made, including a cone-shaped hood with
a glass front to envelop the head. The
lust attempt was a failure. Before Mar
tin got near the flame ho accidentally
dropped his tools ou the ground nnd saw
them mm red hot before his eyes. The
second attempt was successful.
I he man came out slightly scorched
and partly suffocated, but otherwise un
harmed. Asbestos had been his protec
tion nnd it cau readily be understood
that a fire department with employes
equipped in similar clothing would have
immense advantages in fightiug fire.
Arte York Graphic.
A Mysterious Epidemic of Blindness.
Leading physicians nt Montreal,
Canada, are greatly puzzed overastiange
disease from the effects of which at least
one resident and several sailors just
arrived, have been stricken with blind
ness. Early during a recent morning
Policeman Rutherford became totally
blind while doing patrol duty. The ease
was considered mysterious, but tho phy
sicians at the hospital where ho was
takeu consider it due to nicotine poison
ing, as Rutherford was an inveterate
smoker. The mystery in this case was
intensified, however, by similar cases
made public a few days after. When tho
bark Thomas T. Marshall arrived from
the Philippine Islands the Captain was
astonished when informed that one of tho
crew was stone blind, tho attack being
exactly similar to that of Rutherford.
The mau was immediately conveyed to
the Notre Dame Hospital.
During the course of the evening several
other sailors on board complained of
dizziness in the head, but they considered
it was due to over-exertion during the
day, and that they would sleep it off.
Aext morning the Captain was further
mystified when informed that more of
tho men had lost their sight. Yisitinsr
tho forecastle he found the sailors greatly
excited, aud four of them named
Frederick Nordfeldt, A. Mulgulfroff, T.
Manfough and C. Lewerson w ere sight-
ess, while some others were partially in
the samo condition. These were all re
moved to the hospital.
Iue physicians consider the case a
most extraordinary one, which cannot be
accounted for, as their first theory that it
was due to sudueu change of cluna'.o
would not hold when tho case he
policeman is considered. A " '
siciau said that the Either will bill
pos-iblv be f.ue tr j J
as the iitmo
some time.-L lt
MILLIONS IN DIAMONDS,
WONOERFUL JEWELS THAT DE
LIGHT THE PERSIAN MONARCH.
A Thi'onc! ltla.lng Willi Gciiih The
lar-e-Noor Diamond, I he Itivnl
of llio Holiinoor.
S. O. W. Benjamin writes us follows
to the New Y'ork Jlemld liescribiig a
visit made by him to the store house con
taining tho vast accumulation of jewels
possessed by X'ar-ed-Deen, the Shah of
Persia :
When after months of patient effort tlie
writer finally succeeded iu receiving an
invitation to inspect the royal treasury
he was immediately besieged by requests
of Europeans to permit them to accom
pany himself and lamily, n request which
could only be granted sparingly. Twelve
royal feranches or attendants in scarlet
livery, preceded us us we went to the
palace aud one of the high ministers of
the realm was present to receive us anil
exhibit the wealth of Persia.
The Hall of Audience or Treasury is a
superb apartment some 180 feet long and
sixty broad, paved with the tiles for
which Persian art is famous, arranged in
elegant designs. The ceiling is vaulted
and decorated very elaborately in stucco,
nu art iu which the Persians excel. The
treasures were arranged in cases about
the sides of the apartment like bookcases
and iu glass covered receptacles re
scuihling showcases. The first objects lo
attract our. attention were the chairs and
tables covered with beaten gold. There
were about forty of the former, shaped
like an arm chair, but differing from the
usual household furniture in being en
tirely overlaid with sheets of gold nailed
on with gold fastenings. These chairs,
we are told, are worth 4000 each; thev
certainly are of great value, and $150,000
does not seem au exaggerated estimate
for the entire number. The tables were
about six feet long and were completely
covered with the same precious material.
These sumptuous articles aro truly
Oriental in character, for from the earliest
times beaten gold has been a favorite
method of decoration in the East, and is
often mentioned iu their poems and
tales.
It was an easy transition to pass from
examining these objects to au inspection
of the famous Peacock Throne. This is
one of the most celebrated treasures of
the East. Ages before it was acquired
by Persia it had a world-wide celebrity
It stood in the audience hall of the great
palace of the Moguls at Delhi, and was a
lavorito object for eliciting tho enlhusi
iisiii and descriptive talents of European
travelers in India. Taverier, himself a
jeweler, well known both in Europe and
Asia as such, estimated its value at some
twenty millions of dollars. Other experts
have valued this astonishing treasure as
high as $35,000,000, while some place
its worth under $13,000,000. Its name
is derived from the form of tho back,
which radiates like the tail. of a peacock,
each separate feather glittering with the
matchless iridescence of countless jewels
of price. The frame of the throne if of
gold and the surface is a blaze of gems
arranged in intricate patterns, com
bining to a common effect, a mosaic
whoso splendor has never been ap
proached, much less surpassed, since the
days of Solomon or the storied magnifi
cence of Bagdad when nt the zenith of
her glory uud power. This bewildering
combination of tho wealth of Oriental
mines and the skill of Oriental artists
was seized by Nadir Shah when he con
quered India at the head of the armies of
Persia early in the seventeenth century
After distributing spoil to the value of
$1000 to each of his soldiers he brought
home with him it is said treasures to the
value of upward of one hundred millions,
of which tho Peacock Throne was the
chief. Wherein the walls of the East
differs from that of Europe is its less
even distribution. It is concentrated in
tho hands of the monarch and a few of
the nobles, and hence, while the country
may give un impression of poverty the
court is always able to dazzle by pageantry
uud genuine treasures.
Ou the seat of the Peacock Throne was
a small box, covered with cloth of gold.
The key to this box, which is metal, is
retained by the Shah about his person,
except ou the rare occasions when the
case is to be opened, when it is given to
the Lord Keeper of the Treasury, whose
head must answer for the result. Inside
of the case is a silver casket, of which the
key is hidden iu the royal binary in a
box resembling a book. Within the sil
ver casket is one of gold, whose key is
kept by the Lord Keeper himself.
On this occasion the three kejs were
forthcoming and the Lord Keeper placing
the precious packet ou his lap opened one
cue alter another. When the golden lid
of the inner was raised a splendor like
the radiance of the sun burst forth and
we looked ou the famous Dar-i Xoor, or
Sea of Light. This is the great diamond
of Persia, one of the largest, most niag
uiliccnt and most costly gems in existence.
Its exact w eight I am uuable to state,
but it approaches the sie of the Kuhi
uoor diamond before that was cut down
to its present dimensions.
We were next shown a rase covered a
foot deep with pearls, lying together in a
heap like sand on the seashore. The
pearl fisheries of Persia have long been
famous; the divers of Orvniiis and Bah
rein have rivaled those of Ceylon In the
treasures they have erected from the
deep, and for ages pearls were more ac
counted for at Ispahan than silver ut Jer
usalem in Soloinou's time. The supply
seems at present to be soiuevhat less o
iug to the fai t that the divers each jeat
are forced to pluuge farther down to find
the pearl system. But to judge from
that mass of pearls I inferred that there
were still a few left in Persia.
1 thould not forget to speak also ot
the silk rugs spread before the peacock
throne thickly embroidered u ith pearls,
on which, of course, uo one treads but
the Shah, uud theu ouly to sit on it when
giving onlers to his uobles ou his birth
day un the great festival of the new yeur.
English capitalists are pun basing min
iug property in the Cirrillos district ol
NW Mexico. ...
nOCSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
HOW TO SEW ON BUTTONS.
, When you begin, before you lay the
button on the cloth stuff, put the thread
through so that the knot will be on the
tight side. That leaves it under the but
ton, and prevents it from being worn or
ironed away, and thus beginning tho
loosening process. Then, before you
begin sewing, lay a large pin across the
button, so that all your threads will go
over Hie pin. After you have finished
filling the holes with thread, draw out
the pin nnd wind your thread round nnd
round beneath tho button. That makes
a compact stem to sustain the possible
pulling nnd wear of tho button hole.
Buttons thus sewn scarcely ever come off.
Jfeie York Diepnirh.
CnvSTAU.IZI.NQ GRASSES AND FETIN".
It is time to gather grasses, ferns aud
leaves for crystallizing, spatter-work,'
skeletonizing, etc. Their greatest beauty
is when they are in full biossom. They
should be gathered on a dry, cleat day.;
For crystallizing, I put tho leaves nud
grasses in vases or jars in a closet where
they will be free from dust, to dry. Uso
alum and pure water in tho proportion of
a pound of alum to a gallon of water, aud
boil it until it is alt dissolved. Pour this
into a wide-mouthed jar, and when it has
become hike-warm, suspend the grasses
iu bunches,, by thread, from a stick rest
ing on the top of the jar, so that they
will bo immersed in the solution. Do
not jar the leaves until the deposit takes
place; this generally begins after fifteen
hours. When the leaves are nicely
coated, remove them carefully aud hang
them up to dry. The same solution may
be used again, but the crystals will not
be as large on the second lot of leaves
Prairie Farmer. - . .
HOW TO LAUNDRY COLORED FABRIC'S.
Gingham,chintzes and calicoes should
not be put in hot or pearline water,
neither in water that is dirty from tho
washing of other articles. Heavy flour
starching and drying iu hot sun fades
colors. The plainest colors in these goods
should bo washed in clean, cold water
the first and second time nt least. Much
depends upon saving their color when
fii'st wet.
Among the pretty cljeap goods bought)
for the children this season was a dress,'
bright plaid. It made up into a beautiJ
ful school dress. Ono of my friends
bought from tho same piece for her
daughter. When they were lauudried
one was put into boiiing water and al
lowed to remain there for a couple of
hours to set the color. When dried it
was a sorry-looking dress. The red
stripes faded and the white dyed red and
the looks of the goods were spoiled for
ever. The other was put into a pail of
cold water, to which was added a table
spoonful of salt, and allowed to staud
about fifteen minutes. Then, with a rub
of soap here and there, it was washed in
tho same water by hand, rinsed iu two
waters one blue starched in clear
starch, hung in shade to dry; when dried
and ironed the white had the faintest
tiugo of red, all the colors being bright
and beautiful. The second time it was
washed it was again put into cold water
without tho Rnlt, then put into wnter that
was warm und soapy from the rinsing of
sonic white clothes ; it was washed quick
ly on tho board, rinsed nnd treated as
before, uud when ironed it looked as
well as when new, the white was clear
and the colors bright. It will now al
ways wash on account of the two careful
washings. ,
Salt sets tho colors and cold water
fades them very little, if any. Very hot
irons fades the colors. Dttroit Free Press,
lIKtll'KS.
Chicken Soup Cut up oue chicken,
put iuto a stewpan two quarts of cold
water, a teaspoonful of salt and oue pod
of red pepper; when half done add two
dessert spoonfuls of well washed rice;
wheu thoroughly cooked, remove the
bird from the soup, tear a part of the
breast into shreds saving tho remainder
of the fowl for a salad and add it to the
soup'with a wiueglassful of cream.
Bread Pudding Soak a pint of grated
bread crumbs iu ono and u half pints of
milk, lieut up the yolks of two eggs
with a tahlcspoonful sugar, a little salt
and the grated rind of one lemon, mix
into the bread and place in an oven to
bake. Whisk the whites of uu egg with
a tublespoouful of powdered sugar and
the juice of half a lemon, nnd when light
add to the pudjing, return to the oveu
again and bake to a light brown.
Fish Pie Take any firm-fleshed fish,
cut in slices, aud season with salt and
pepper; let stand iu a cool place for two
or three hours, theu put the sliced tish in
a baking dish, with a little cream or
water, and butter and flour rubbed to a
cream with minced parsley uud hard
boiled eggs sliced ; line the sides of the
dish half way down, and cover with a
nice paste. Bako iu un oven quick at
first, but gradually growing moderate.
Rice Griddle Cakes Boil half a cup
of rice; when cold mix oue quart sweet
milk, the yolks of four eggs, and flour
sufficient to make a stiff butter; beat the
whites to a stiff froth, stir iu cue tea
spoonful of soda, and two of cream of
tartar, add a little salt, und lastly the
white! of the eggs; bake on a griddle.
Serve by spreading them while hot with
butter, aud also uuy kind of jelly or pre
serves; roll them up neatly, cut off the
ends, gpriukle with sugar and serve
quickly.
Stuffed and Bukrd Tomatoes From
the blossom end of a dozen tomatoes
smooth, ripe and solid cut a thiu slice,
aud with a small spoon scoop out the
pulp without breaking the rind surround
ing it. Chop a smalt head of cabbage
and good-sized oniou finely, uud mix
with them tine bread crumbs and the
pulp. Season with pepper uud suit uud
add a cup of aweet cream. Wheu all is
well mixed, fill the tomato shells, aed
place tho tomatoes iu a buttered buki ig
dish, cut euils up, and put in the pans
just enough water to keep them from
burning. Drop a small lump of birtter
iu each tomato aud bake till well done,
.Srrv in the same dish. . N
COURIERS.
What saith the violet unto my loref r i
"I nm blue, but thine eyes are bluer."
What flasheth the north star down to my
love?
"I am true, but thine heart is truer."
Oh, how sing the birds, the poets of spring,
In their rippling, woodland metre?
"Our voices are filled with music of May,
But thy voice, thy voire is sweeter."
And the sea? hath the sea not a word to send
On his dancing, white-capped waters?
"Fairer, ay, fairer art thou in thy youth
Than my pearl-crowned mermaid daugh
ters." And the earth and the sky and tho roving
winds
And the eloquent old romances
Are bearei-s of tales of my love of my
couriers of her glances.
Joftrt Jerome Fooney.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
The air of the desert "The Camels
are Coming."
An aching void a dude's headache.
Detroit Free Press.
No one can blame whipped cream for
turning sour. Picayune.
The American white man is the pale of
civilization. Mcrch ant Tra rekr.
The blacksmith welds iron with scal
ing whacks. Washington Capitol.
The shoe dealer will do work which is
beneath other people. Statesman.
The best pane annihilator The street
boy with a base ball. jY;io York A'cics.
The note of the prima donna is negotia
ble ouly w hen indorsed by the public.
Life.
An ossified man is being exhibited.
He is the Bonypartof the museum. A'cta
York li'ttcs.
The rising young lawyer The oue who
interrupts the court with exceptions.
Xew York Neies.
The affection which nn aunt lavishes
upon u niece or nephew is a kind of anti
dote. Detroit Free Press.
Worth mnkes the man, says tho poet.
It depends a good deal however, on how
much he is worth. IJvston. Courier.
Iu spite of their proverbial slowness,
telegraph messengers go about with a
good deal of dispatch. Boston Post.
All things come to those who wait is a
consoling adago to those who would
rather wait than work. Galveston 2?eic.
"What a distinguished air that little
man has! He's almost a dwarf, too."
"Yes, he has a compressed air." Time.
First Suspender Button "Fin tired of
holding up these trowsers." Second Sus
pender Button "Come offj" Clothier
and Furnisher,
When a man affirms that "there's lots
of money in leather,"don't dispute hira
purses are made of leather. ,Si and
Leather llcporter.
Father (to his soul "I don't say that
you are au idiot, but if anybody else
should say so I would not contradict
him." KcicYork Telegram.
What a complication! When the
schoolmaster whips ono of tho girls he
hits a miss. When the girl dodges she
misses a hit. Philadelphia Press.
Man is not the only victim of the com
bination craze. Even ducks as soon as
they hatch their sggs start at once to
pool their issues. Haiti more American.
A pocketbook made of rattlesnake
hide, which is so repulsive to ladies that
they won't touch it, is having quite a sale
among married men. Pitt&nrg Dispatch.
They used to say ho was a crank,
1 thought it merely scamlul:
Although hesMis I must be frank
A little off the bundle.
Sew York Sun.
Baseball Enthusiast "What's the
score to-day i" Plain Citizen "Twenty,
I suppse, just ns it has always been. I
haven't heard of any change." Roches
ter I'ost-KjjllYM.
"Where's you pa, souny ?" "He's out."
"Main?" "Xo; she's out." "Brothel
in?" "Xo; he's out." "Theu you're
the only one iu?" "Xaw; I ain't in;
three out, bide out; I'm just left on
bases." lhirdrtte.
Wife "I'll take the $20 you gave me
and buy my bonnet this morning, dear,
as you want what's left to get your hat."
Husband "All right, dearest. I'll go
down at once and order a sixty cent hat
for myself." JWi York Sun.
A youug lady uauied Key offered a lock
of her hair to a gentleman whose offer of
marriage she had declined. He replied,
with great bitterness, that the lock would
be useless to him without the Key.
Detroit Free Press.
The stealing of au umbrella on a clear
day is held to be a theft by au Omaha
Judge; but the stealing of the same arti
cle on a rainy day is held to be justifiable
on tho ground of self-defense. We pre
sume this decision was rendered in order
to protect the court. Hutdo K.prs.
A Bout Sunk to Kill Insects.
An amusing and true story was reported
from Toulon, France, wheu they caused
the sinking of the torpedo boat Couleuv-
rine. The number of insects that s aimed
in every part of the boat seemed to be
eudlcss. 1 he celluloid, of w4iich the
Couleuvriue was built, was their favorite
haunt for all the surfaces of that material
were black w ith bugs. The ordinary in
sect destroyers wito powerless, and ou
the advice of the .Maritime Prefect the
Minister of Marine, Admiral Krautz gave
orders for the Couleuvriue to be sunk
uud kept under salt water three days.
(jhwa'jo Siot.
Fishing With Sledge Hammers.
Mr. William Chandler, of Waynesboro,
lay that some years ago he saw a parly
of twelve men living at and around old
Ringgold go fishing, each one carrviug
with him his ti-hing tackle in the shape
of a sledge hammer. They would strike
the ledges of rock covered iu water, and
the strong concussion from the heavy
blows would stun the tish and enable the
lisheruieu to gather them in. Anvu
lU.i Td'VU-'fh. .
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