- ? RATES OF ADVERTISING. On Sqnare, on Inch, on insertion I lot Ono Square, on Inch, on month 1 00 On Square, on. Inch, three month. too One Sqatre, on Incb, on year 10 00 To Pqnare, on year IS 00 Quarter Colnmn, one year 80 00 JIIf Column, on year..... SO 00 On Colnmn, on yew 100 0 Lejral tdrertliementi ten cent per lln cb In erllon. Marriages tnd death notice (frstle. All bill for yearly advertlannpnte collected quar terly. Temporary advertisement mult be paid la ad ranee. Job work aah on delivery. THE FOREST REPUBLICAN b pabliih'd Trj Wdnei4T, f J. C. WENK. b OREST REPUBLICAN. Vtu mnnn imp immt Trm, ... tl.DO pr Yar. No ititnerlpttoni received for shorter period than three month. Oorro-oinpnr aollelteil from in part of the Country. No nolle will b taken of aoonrmoua "vumiilcatioa. VOL. XXII. NO. 32. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, DEO. 4, 1889. S1.50 PER ANNUM. Wllcrful old man P. T. Bnrnum is n living illustration of the beneficent in icnccs of incessant nclivity and poron Jiiul pluck. At (lie age of eighty-one lie opS over to London, nnd iu n linmlred days, observes Ihe Commercial Aihert iter, lie will make the Londoners give liim new fortune, ' Typewriters nre regarded ns dangerou! machines by the Russian police. A Ger mnu merchant crossing the border the other day had one among li is baggage. The. customs inspector took it and re fused to return it a 'tcr its uses lmd been explained, nor did nn appeal to higher authorities nvuit the merchant anything. Queen Victoria's weak knee, the Princo tif Wales's varicose veins, Princess Alex- Mnnruai crippieu instep and I'nnce Al bert Victor's sprained ankle point, so a riintempornry thinks, to the gradual ful lilment of the prophecy so often made by liritish socialists, that, by the end of the century, royalty in England would not have a leg left to stand on. The guns on the dynamite cruiser Ve suvius have been thoroughly tested and have shown themselves sufficiently dia bolical to merit the warm approval of this Immune government. If the output Of dynamite guns and missionaries can only be made large enough, remarks tho Chicago JYcni, tho Uuited- States doubt less witl bring the whole World to a high stage of civilization in time. The London Timet says that in view of the umouut of English capital invested in the Sandwich Islands, England could not sec them puss into the hands of any foreign power with indifference, but that their acquisition by tho United States would be regarded with more equanimity IbuA Uleir spoliation by ufly European power, to which tkc British Government woiuu never suonut. The training of dogs for military pur poses js being proceeded with actively in die Russian nrmy, nud satisfoctory re mits have been obtained by sonic regi ments garrisoued in Bosnia. One of theso ' loldicr dogs tlulher day carried a mes agc over u distance of eight miles in an hour and five minutes. According to the instructions issued by the War Olfico in Vienna, the best breeds for warlike occu pations are pointers, sheep dogs arid poodles. front the British board of trade returns it appears that every lew days through mi the year a vessel carrying tho British Hag leaves port never more to be heard of. In the year ending June, 1SS3, tho cumber of vessels under the Britisli flag to which accidents happened of various kinds was 7721, involving the loss of 2531 lives. This is a melancholy record, but is less than the average for teu years of about fifty lives. There were 90G total losses, of which nearly one-third are reported as miflg. At Canton the Chinese Government lately established outside the cast side gale fivo "sets of machinery purchased abroad, one for minting copper cash and the otlllr for mintiug silver coins. The Viceroy Chailg Chi-Tung, however, after mature deliberation, has, it is said, come, to the conclusion that both theso cuter prises are impracticable, tho making of copper mouey on account of tho expense, and that of silver money on account of he small probability there is of such a new silver coinage being acceptable to tho Chinese. The history of Connecticut is remarka ble for the number of villages that have flourished for a generation or two only to at last fall into decay and finally disap pear altogether. Tins "the New York Sun regards as "particularly true in thoso sections of tho Stalo whore agriculture is pursued under discouraging circumstances. The other day iu Daniclsonvillo a homo stcad was put up at. jiueliou. The barn was sold for forty-five cents, some sheds for fifty cents, and another outbuilding fortrl. When the. auctioneer tried to sell the house he could find no buyers." The novelists, reporters and others who writo Indian speeches, beginuiug with tho words: "I am the last of my race, the red man is vanishing before the white man as the leaves, etc.," had bitter loitlr lit. llu, fd.-tj ll- ii. ,,- ti'cms tliMt. any statement to the effect that the uuui bur of our Indian populatiou is slowly decreasing, is not in accord with the truth'. According to the lluaton AJccr titcr the Indian is not dying off and vanishing from the earth, any more than tho Caucasian is. They have, for the mast part, adopted bcmi-civiUzed habits "atd live quiet lives. They arc iucreusiug rather than decreasing. Iu the qui't, . orderly communities of tho Indian Tei ritory, in the reservations of Dakota nud iu tho pueblos of New Mexico mid Arizona, tho Indian U encamped peace fully, ami his children are being edu cated. Ho is fairly prosperous, provided the Iudiuu agent aud the contractor do not fry to starve hiin, and hu is raising his family uud increasing iu the land. EVERYBODY LOVED HIM.' Far better than the (trav.n stone, Tho sculptured tirn, the column toll, Those words they said Above tho dead, "He loved and was beloved by all!" By some rare grace that lie possessed From life's beginning to Its end, All hearts ho won, Nor looked upon A ftrangcr.but to find a friend. Ah, well It were to live and die, Whatever heights of fame wa nils, To win from lips At life's eclipse, So sweet an epitaph as this. Far better than the graven stone, The sculptured urn, or column tall, To have it said When we are dead, "Ho loved and was boloved by all!" Jo$ephine Pullard, in the Ledger. JEAN'S PORTMANTEAU. BY ItERECCA IIARDINO DAVIS. My story dates back nearly seventy years, but it is a true story, and its sig nificance is as forcible aud fresh ns if the incidents had occurred but yesterday. Iu 1820 thcro was living in the north ern part of Alabama an old frenchman whom we shall call Jean Paulet. He was a younger sou of a noblo family in Avig non, had come, a mere lad, to fight for the cause of freedom in this country un der Lafayette,and had borno himself well and bravely until the battle of Brandy wine, where he lost his right arm, aud was obliged to leave the service. His father was guillotined during the Reign of Terror of Paris. Jean csrtipcd, returned, with tho young wife whom ho had married, to this country, and found his way to a village iu Alabama to which muuy f rench refugees had fled. When the littlo money which they had brought with them was spent, they scat tered. Many of them made their way back to f ranee. Jenn Paulet, with his oue thild, Hose, a girl of twelve, re mained. His wife was dead. Jean earned a small sum occasionally by teach ing French to tho children of the neigh boring planters. He and Hose were happy and merry as two children, but often they were hungry, nnd always shabbily clothed. One day, as usual, old Judge Pope called at Paulet's cabiu to smoke a pipe with him. "Mosheer," he said, "I have an idea! Why havo you never applied for n pen sion Tho country has owed it you for many years. The bnck payments will amount to a considerable sum." ''Do you mean zat zo Hepublique zall pay mo for ze service I give it?" He drew himself up stiffly. "No, zare! Jean Baulet offered his body nnd his life to ze help of zo American people. His body anil his life vas crippled for dem, but zey will not insult rae by paying for dat !" "Nonsense !" was tho judge's irrever ent reply to this outbreak of patriotism. "You owe your strength to your child. Having spent it for this country in her need, it is only just that she, iu her pros perity, shall help you in your euro of Rosy here." The frenchman's face glowed. "Ah, zat is a different light on it! It is a great, noble country, and it cares for ze children of its soldiers! I am willing to receive alms from it, but not payl" "Anyhow you like, so you get the money," said tho judge. "Let mo see your papers the proofs that you lost your arm in tho service." He examined them carefully. "They're all right," he said. "Now, mosheer, you must tako theso to Wash ington. I will write to our Congress man to attend to tho affair. Bosy shall stay with us. You must start to morrow." Monsieur Paulet changed color, and hesitated painfully. "Yes, yes, my dear fellow, I under stand li is a long journey, and you are out of funds just now. You must draw on me. I uiu often out of fuuds myself and you will be a rich man when you come back. Then I will draw on you. It is all settled." The kindly but peremptory old judge had his way. Bosy was taken out to the plantation and received with delight by Mrs. Pope, tho children aud a swarm of young negroes with all of whom the French child was a pot. Monsieur Paulet, in a new suit of clothes, money and ticket in a brown portmanteau, belonging to the judge, was escorted by almost ull tho population of tho village to tho inn from which he was to begin his journey, and departed, load ed with prayers aud good wishes for good luck. It is hard for the people of the present time to understand the traveling of those days. Jean Paulet started in November for Washington on horseback. When he reached the Ohio Biver where he expect ed to take a boat, it was frozen over, Then began a long aud perilous journey in nn open sled along tho banks. It was late in January when he readied W heel ing, W. Vu., the terminus of tho National Boad. He was exhausted and feeble, and his money was nearly spent, but ho was thankful, sure now that his troubles were over. Stage-coaches ran regularly between Wheeling aud Baltimore. Poor little monsieur climbed into one of these cue stormy day at noon, and, wrapping him self iu his blanket, deposited his port manteau iu the straw at the bottom of the coach and curling himself up on the seat, slept heavily. Hu did not wukeu until the coach drew up in a little village in Pennsylvania, long after nightfall. The inu door stood open, nnd a savory smell of supper poured out. Several coaches, with their teams of prauoing horses, stood iu the great inn-yard, aud hostlers, guards aud drivers were stump ing about, scolding nnd swearing. "Twenty minutes for supper!" shouted tho guard in the window at monsieur. Jeau, who was tho only passenger, crawled out sleepily, aud hurried iuto the warm supper-room. of ze coach here," ho said to a negto waiter. "Yes, sail. It is one of tho big sta tions on tho road. Old Sam'el Boyco lives here. He's superintendent of the itago lino. A big owner, too. That is Mr. Brycc, Bah," flourishing his napkin toward a short, untidy old man, who stood with his back to tho fire peering through his spectacles at the passengers. His bald head rose red and shining above his little, ferret-like eyes; the snuff which he took incessantly drabbled his dirty, ruffled shirt-front. Monsieur, however, paid no attention to tho old man, but hastily nte his supper, paid for it, and hurried out to the coach. It was gone ! Another, with a different driver nnd guard, drove up with a dash and toot of the horn into its place. "This coach for Cumberland!" the guard shouted. Jean stood stunned and bewildered. Ho was not a practical, ready man. "Vcro is my coach?" he asked. "It vas red; zis is green. It vas ze Eclipse." "Oct aboard, frenchy! Can't you ride in anything but a red coach?" shouted the driver. "In with you!" "Cost mon portmanteau! It is my tickets, my money, my papers!" cried Jean, in an agony of fright, running to and fro. "What nils the old man?" demanded one of the coachmen. "His luggage was in the Eclipse, it seems," replied a guard. "Where is the Eclipse?" "Gone back to Wheeling, or on to Cumberland. I don't know which." Jean heard, nnd stood dumb and tremb ling, while the men, kindly but ignorant, surrounded him, plying him with ques tions. "AVhabbut yo took yer port mnnty out wid ye?" "Take a horse aud rido out the Wheeling Pike, an' ye'll overtake it." "No, sir. Bidetheother way. It's to Cumberland it's gone." "Thcro was nino passengers got in. Small chance but they'll take the port manty among them?" Jean, in all his dismay, had yet some common sense left. He asked to be taken to the Superintendent, and told his story in broken English, with many gestures nnd tears. Now, old Mr. Boyce, though he paid a high sum for a front pew in church, never had been known to give a penny in char ity, nor a kind word to any one in pain or need. He despised all foreigners. He saw instantly, too, that n mistake had been made which might cost the stage company or himself some money, lie did not know which way the Eclipse hnd gone, and to send a messenger in both di rections would cost a few dollars. "Why did you not take care of your carpetsack?" he snarled; eying poor Jean angrily. "O monsieur! I haf alwavs leave hint in zo coach ! Zo American peoples are honest! O monsieur, it is my papers, my money all 1" "The more reason you should take care of them, then. Here, Joe, go out and see if anybody knows which way the Eclipse went." "Oh, I thank you, monsieur!" cried Jean, clasping his hands. He drew back nnd waited. Joe soon returned. It was late, he reported, there were few men in the yard, nnd seven coaches had started at once. Nobody had noticed at which gate tho Eclipo weut out. "There! You hear?" growled Boyce to tho old man. Ho kucw that the com pany was responsible for the lost bag and intended to search for it. But the mouey which must be spent he would havo to payout of his own pocket. He laughed savagely, as he saw Jean's mis cry. "O monsieur! Is zat all? Cannotting bo done?" "That is all. You don't expect mo to pay you for the bag?" "Notting can pay me for it. It is all I have," Jean sobbed. He stood a mo ment longer, but Boyco was talking to the men on other affairs aud had appar ently wholly forgotten him. He crept out iuto the night with a wild gesture of despair. The next morning, O'Rourke, one of the drivers, a kind-hearted Irishman, ventured to ask Mr. Boyce, "An' what became of the littlo freuchy last night?" "How do I know? He went on in one of the coaches to Cumberland, I suppose. He'll be writing back for his bag soou enough, filled with rags, most likely, judging from his clothes." A week passed. One evening, just be fore sunset, O'Hourke, going iuto the iuu stable to look after his horses, heard a cry like that of a choking animal on the mow. He came out, shout lug to the other men, "By the powthers of war! I duuno what it is! It s no human bein , nor a horse, nor a dog. It might be a Banshee!" The men ran iy, curious and laughing But in a moment O'Hourke came out, quiet and pale. "A doctor!" he said. "Mr. Bovce you have killed him the f renchmau I" The other men carried out their bur den gently nnd laid him on the ground, dying, as thay thought and dying of titarvatiou. The skin clung to the bones of his cheeks, his eyes glared out of their sockets in the skull. He could not speak, but gave short, inaudible cries. It was tho body, not the soul, that fought against death. While Jean Paulet could tlnnk, ho had kept silence. The news spread through the little town. The kiudly people gathered about tho poor stranger, doctors, and indignant men and weeping women, ull anxious to help and nurse him. He was carried to the minister's house. Old Doctor Mor ton, with the judge, watched over hiin all night, feeding him as they would a baby, a spoouful at a time. The squire's wife was there before day with a bowl of wine-panada, which she had made with her own hands. She found a crowd of other women, rich aud poor, gathered about the door of tho parsonage. "Will he live?" "Has he spoken nguiu of his little girl?" "Oh, if ho only lives long enough to kuow that wo are not all murderers!" The village was full of warm, hospita Jjle, Christian fevUnij, uud tho thought that n stranger had lain among them, starving to death in his despair, for I week, had roused them nil. Late that morning, when Jenn had! wakened from his deadly lethargy, old Boyco came skulking up to the minister1! door. Home of his neighbor's met him and turned their heads the other way. They had long known the manner of marl he was; this was only tho culmination oi his life of sham piety and meanness. The old doctor met him at the door. "Hero is tho portmanteau. I had it Bafc threo days ngo," he muttered am" turned nway. The doctor carried it in and laid it on the bed. Jean gave a low cry and caught it in his bony hands. "I can gc back to my little girl now!" he whis pered. The people of that village did not dc good by halves. They sent Sam Nelson, a promising young lawyer, to Washing ton, with Jean's papers to substantiate his claims. While he was gone they nursed tho old man back to health and strength, handing him about from house to house, and farm to farm, an honored guest. A great trunk was prepared and filled with gifts for little Bose. The wo men sent pretty dresses, tho children dolls' clothes, acorn tea-sets, glass pitch ers small enough for the fairies to use. Sam Nelson returned triumphant, with money enough to make Jenn rich. He started at length for home iu tho verj coach, Eclipse, which hud brought him. It hurt him sorely to part with hie friends. Ho waved the poor stump of his nrm, wiping away the tears with the other hand. "If it were not for my friend, the Judge, I would bring my Bose and live among you," he said. He kissed the children again and again, bowed profoundly to tho poor old women, embraced tho sturdy, bearded farmers. It seemed as if he could not tear himself away. How the boys cheered ! Even the old men joined in the shout ns the red coach went up the hill out of sight, Jenn wav ing his handkerchief out of the window. Old Boyce watched it grimly through his dingy office window, and then looked nt the cheering crowd. . "An old beggar," he muttered, "whom they never can make a penny off of! I have brought thousands of dollars into the town, but not a man in it will give me a civil word !" Yet iu his secret soul he knew that he and tho poor old cripple had been weighed in just scales, aud had each received his reward . Youth' t Companion . Window Attractions. David Crawford, show window dresr.er, says in tho Chicago Tribune : I have been engaged in dressing show windows for fifteen years. It is a business withm itself. A man to be a success in it ought to be a good judge of how to blend colors. I hnve tossed about iu bed many a night wouderiug what would make the best at traction. In my opinion the best at traction ever put iuto a window is some sort of machinery. Every man nud woman is a sort of natural mechanic. People will block up a sidewalk to gaze nt sjine diminutive mechanical operation in a window where they wouldn't look at a window of the costliest fabrics aud the most precious stones. Since electricity has "become so general it is easy to put some sort of mechanical contrivance iuto operation iu a window. There is a bar ber on Dearborn street who gets up con trivances with a jackknifo nnd a pair of scissors, lie is always tinkering with something of the kind when he isn't at work in his chair. If you are around on Dearborn street any time you will sec a crowd of men, women and children hover ing about tho barber's window, attracted there by some contrivance that is being worked by that silent motor electricity. I stood opposite that window thirty min utes tho other day and counted tho num ber of people who stopped and looked at u couple of pasteboard blacksmiths that were being worked by electricity. I counted sixty-four. That will givo you some idea of the popularity of machinery. If you go to tho exposition you will find the crowds in Mechanics' Hall. I went over to St. Joe, Mich., on a boat not long ago, aud I noticed that the crowd hovered about the engine-room like children. Wrote HU Own Epitaph. According to the Philadelphia HecorJ, the will of the late Andrew J. Geiger, tho eccentric lumber merchant, whose body was cremated, has been admitted to pro bate. The estate is valued at $250,000. Specific directions are coutained in tho will relative to the disposal of his remains. After providing for the cremation of his body, he directs that a plot of ground be purchased at Jersey Shore, Penn., tho homo of his boyhood. This is to be in closed with granite curb. Iu tho centre there shall be erected a pedestal with sunken panels, and on this must rest on obelisk of Egyptian style, either twelve or sixteen feet in height. Continuing, the will leads: I saw these wonderful monolith oltelisks iu Evpt, sat iu their shaiie ami sighed U huve unciform j monument iu uiy fur-olf home in tUe new world. The four sides of my obelisk shall face north, east, south and wctst. Thtt panel on the pedestal facing the eust shall have in plain hlack or Uotuuii l.'tu-rs, covered with gold Uvif. A. J. tJeigtr, born Ueci-inber 1'.', l v.'t; died North panel Traveled oil.ooo miles in America, Europe. Asia aud Africa. South panrl Young man, slop and think. Sch what bus burn the reward for honesty, industry aud economy. Iu 1U) 1 worked on KolK-rl Martin's farm near Jersey Shore for 5 cents a day. No fortune left to me. West panel Lived aud died in tho faith of the immutable aud uuehaugeablo aud na ture's (lod. li.-lieved in the gospel of peace, right aud justice. What Love Does. An odd poem begins: Love iu my bosom, like a bee, llolh suck his sweto; Now with his Kings he plays wilb me; Now with his feet. If the old time bees were anything like their Florida descendants, that poem might better read : Love in my tiosoiu, like a boe, lJoth never quad; Not with his wuigs he slings nut he; ilut Milh his toil. (vrjifa J'ium$-Union. GREAT AMERICAN CITIES. THEIR LEADING PECULIARITIES PITHILY DESCRIBED. l'paturcn or New York, I'liilndc-lptiin, Host on, Washington, Chicago, New Orleans, Itall Imoie, Ktc, There were some ten or n dozen drum mers in the car. It was bed-making time, and while the porter was engaged in "fixing" the berths for the passengers of retiring habits the drummers crowded into nnd around the smoking-room. They all knew every corner of the United States, and where trade could penetrate or a customer be found, were acquainted with tho pcculiaiities of every city and could give pointers on all the hotels of the country. The idea occurred to a converted newspaper man, who was squeezed into a corner behind the ice water can, that it would be a good thing to get from all these fellows of free opin ions a collection of their ideas as to what constituted the prominent characteristics of the chief cities of the nation. The sub ject was accordingly introduced and in dorsed, the plan adopted being to men tion the name of the city, and then for each mini present to give his verdict. The result, standing as the consensus of opinion concerning the salient singulari ties of New York, Brooklyn, Philadel phia, Boston, Washington, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, Louisville, aud San Francisco, is as follows: New York Its rush and elevated roads. Magnificence of stores. For meeting every oue you ever knew. Head center of theatricals. Matching for treats and loud talking in bar-rooms. The best in the world. Dollars, dollars and dollars. Amusements, races nud clubs. Its police and hotels. More business per hour than iu any other city in the world. Philadelphia Long, straight streets. Brick houses and white marble steps. Closing shutters nt night time. Few restaurants. Magnificent public build ings. Want of style about the stores, fine art galleries. Thrift incss of the atrical managers. Cars running but one way on a street. Home comforts. Dis tance you can rido for five cents. Boston Crooked streets. Mixed oiehitecturc. Women with curls. Eng lish fashion in men's clothes. Flourish in,, condition of art and music stores, fine stores generally. Parks and grave yards. Commonwealth avenue and Dart mouth street. Geniality of society vnml stanch friends. Number of country peo ple on the streets. Drives in neighbor hood. Pork and beans nnd east wind. Athens of United States and self-sufficiency of literary men. Washington The Capitol. All the poor people growling and half the women iu public olliee. Saturday matinee parades. Magnificent streets, lettered and numbered. Their cleanliness. Tho dis tances between residences. Number of green squares. Capitol being turned wrong way. Good singing of colored boys on the streets. Independence of the colored people. Splendid teams and chance to get acquainted with the looks of big folks. Innumerable statues and hotels. Cincinnati Amount of brown stone used iu buildings. Good drainage but dirty streets. Sunday matinees. The Ithine and never knowing when you reach it. The inclined line to Eden. Donkeys, beer nnd Germans. Musical talent. Pork. The city of hacks. New Orleans Colored people nud French. Stepping stones instead of cross-walks. Foreigners from every where. Sluices for rain. Bains like the deuce and dry again in a couple of hours. Splendid barbers. Old buildings and pretty young women. French coffee. Water if you dig two feet. A postotfice built on cotton bales for piles. Awnings on Canal street and Shell road. Mardi gras. Levees and Cotton Exchange. Chicago Bustle and stores. Immor ality. Sunday matinees. The coming city. Bad sidewalks uud streets, and distance between curb and cobble. The crowd on State street on Christmas Eve. Number of theaters. Best hotels iu the country. Stockyards and big papers. Hog killiug and soft coal. Bridges and rowdies. Next to New York. Baltimore Its quiet and good oysters. Lovely women. Good society. The splendid complexion of the womeu. Stoop purtics. Good dressiug of the women. first-class markets. Tho Wednesday Club. A city of brick. The terrapin and tho way it is cooked. Its bad smells in summer tho American Cologne. Monuments and bad sewer age. St. Louis The variety of the people. The crowding together of the rough and the cultured. The extent of the trade ou the river. The make-up of the women. Too much whitewash. Wanted a promenade. Shaw's Gardens. The summer heat. Its vanity aud envy of Chicago. Louisville Whisky and beautiful women. Stock raising and good hotels. Brooklyn The number and magnifi cence of its churches. Prospect Park uud Coney Island. Absence of business bustle. Sail Francisco Its cable cars and hills, lis pretty women, although they make up too much. The bounc e of its young girls. Its variety of pavements ou a sin gle block. Winds, fog aud sewer smells. Its lute hours. The fascinuliou of its climate, tough us it is. Its flower gardens ami park. The metropolitan character of its papers. The crowds on the streets of an evening. Its determina tion to have and see the best of every thing. The absence of poverty and plague of peddlers. Its Western inde pendence iu muuners, customs aud cos tumes and judgment. The amount of whisky drunk and the chcupneaa of its wines. Its romantic past, its prosaic picsi nt and its wonderful future. tsuu Fniu ri.vu t 'h roii irle. It is said thut Paris, when full, can accoiumudatu nearly four millions of people. Iu Paris goats are milked iu the street fyr customers. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIKS. POl.tsniNO nAnnwooi) nmns. To make a good polishing mixture pill into a bowl three-quarters of a pound ol yellow beeswax, two ounces of powdered rosin nnd a half pint of turpentine. Stand this bowl in n good-sized basin ol hot water nnd stir the mixture over the tiro until thoroughly amalgamated. Be member that tho ingredients are very in flammable, nnd you must be exceedingly careful or they will take fire; the largo basin of water is to guard against this. Keep your bowl in the center. Stand the polish aside to cool, and, if when rool it is thicker than cosmoline, add a little more turpentine until it reaches that consistency. Now for the applica tion. Sec that the floor is perfectly free from dust and dry, then apply a small quantity of tho polish with a soft piece of flannel or woolen cloth, rubbing it in well with the grain of the wood. Aftci the whole floor has been treated thus, polish well by hard rubbing with a pol ish brush. Then, with a piece of soft green baize, give a light, final polish. A floor thus treated will keep in good con dition for three or four weeks, providing the polishing brush is used twice n week. Softwood stained floors nre best sized and varnished Yankee Hlmle. THltirr IN SMALL THINOS. The value of petty savings ennnot be too highly estimated. The conscientious habit of saving everything that can be turned to any account, fitting the object, however small, into its right place, is a habit iu itself enough to insure thrift. There are so many things about the household which arc thrown aside which by careful thought may be turned to use. Wise providers buy only goods of genu ine value which may be used to the last shred. This is true of market-buying, of shopping of everything that may be purchased. There is a good brand of flour nnd a make-shift, brand ; a cloth firm and well made of wool, aud n cloth to take its place, cheap and flimsy, of cotton wool. In all these cases the genuine cloth is the cheapest in the end; the good brand flour will give the best nnd most nourishing bread. The well-made cloth may be washed or cleansed again and again, and be made over uutil nothing is left of it. A great deal may bo saved even in buttons, thread and pins nud ne?d!es, little min utiae of which we seldom think. It is iu the sedulous enre that every article shall be used, that every bit of cloth shall be turned and made over till it has passed usefulness, that consists tho chance of the average family for an order ly well-fed well-clothed home. Lavish ness is . the worst of providers. It is the systematic, steady hand, careful of minutiae, that provides a home and table where genuine comfort aud gool cheer prevail. Simple spending of money can not accomplish the same result that cure can. The children of poor men, brought up to hnbits of thrift, usually enjoy more actual luxury than the children of a spendthrift, who varies from feast to famine, from rags to velvet with the reg ularity of a clock pendulum. Extravu gauce should be looked upon as a sin, a trust to use honestly the goods God has given us, not considered iu the light, trivial way it is, as something the indi vidual alone would sufl'er from. Aeie York Tribune, KEcirr.s. Lemon Pie Juice aud grated riud oi four lemons, four beaten eggs, one table spoonful of butter, one-half cup of sugar; bake with au under crust ouly. Wheat Gems Ono pint of flour, one pint of milk, three eggs, one teaspoon of baking powder, twelve teaspoous of salt ; bake iu gem puns in a hot oven. Quince Marniulade Pare uud cut in little squares; take equal weight of sugar and quinces, ndd two pints of water to each pound of fruit. Boil one half hour. Light Cake Half-cup of butter, half cup of sugur, three eggs beateu separately, ono cup of sweet milk, three cups of flour, three tcaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted through the Hour. fried Hare Dress, lay lengthwise on meat board and cut in inch pieces ; let stand in slightly salted water over night; rinse well in cold water, roll in corn lneal,and fry slowly till well done. Boiled Cauliflower Hemove the green leaves, open tho flower a little iu places aud let stand, head down, iu salt water for two hours, put into boiling water aud boil twenty minutes; take up, drain, put in a dish, seusou and pour over drawn butter. Lamb Scallop One cup of cold luinli chopped fine, ono cup of stewed toma toes, oue cup of fine bread crumbs; arrange all in layers in a buttered dish, having the crumbs at the top; season with salt uud pepper, put bits of butter ou top and bake. Applo Batter Pudding fare and core six ripe apples, place iu a dish; make a batter of one pint of sweet milk, two eggs, four tablespoonfuls of Hour, u little salt, pour over the apples; bake half an hour. To bo eaten with sauce or sweet ened cream. Ginger Snaps Ono cup of brown sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of lard, one cup of molasses, oue tablespoonful each of ciunamon, ginger, cloves and baking powder, one half cup of water; flour enough to make a still dough; roll them out iu round cakes and bake quickly. Apple Charlotte Two pounds of ap ples, pared uud cored ; slice them into a pan, add oue pound uf sugar, the juice, of three lemons, and thu rind of one grated; boil all together uutil it becomes thick, which it will do in ubuut two hours, turn it into a mould; serve oold, with cither a rich custard or cream. Cucumber Pickles--Three dozcu good sized cucumbers, pared and sliced very thin. One dozeu onioiis, chopped tine. Mix and add half pint salt. Let 'them stand over night, then squeeze out the brine uud add one quarter id a pound of white mustard seed, and cloves uud cinnamon, if liked. Oue ounce black pepper and cover with cold vinegar. THE NEVER ENDING HARVEST. I remember when a child that I Would sometimes stand and stars At aged persons passing by. With snowy, silvered hair. An inner voico my reason told, They had not long to stay ; I sighed to think that soon the old Would all be lain awaj-. The snows of sixty wintiTs rest Upon my furrowed brow; The sun, low sinking in the west, Is almiwt setting now; But yet the sere and yellow leaves Are 'bout me everywhere, , And death's still garnering his sheaves Of ripened, silver hair. Chicago llcrahl. HUMOR OF THE BAY. When real estate gets a boom a sail is naturally suggested. The man who resolves to quit drinking must be in sober earnest. I'iinyniie. Carpets arc bought by the yard and soled by the foot. lliehmoml lieeorJer. The grub makes the butter fly; tho blacksmith makes tho lire fly. Yor.ler (it'ttte. The profession of rat-catching has not yet been invaded by women. liurlimiton Frie Prem. Would the capture of sealers in tho Bchring Sea involve the United States iu a furrin' war? (frijimrt. A man who is henpecked is well off in one respect ; his wife will not allow any other woman to peck him. The real, true national plant, the solo one that no native American will deny, is the mint. Baltimore American. "Love levels all things." Perhaps so; but it has been noticed that its tendeucy is not to make the head level. Bottom Courier. The Toronto Gbibr tells of a man who has cooked his own beefsteak for fifteen years, lie must like it very well doue. Detroit Free PreM. I do detest a man that's close, And furthermore, a day; But if a pretty girl is close 1 feel the other way. GV. Ignorant Maiden "Mr. Marsharo must be a model husband." "Why, so?" "He is so attentive to other women, you know, he must be u perfect slave to his wife." Button Trangrrijit. "I must beg thevongregation to forego the usual donation party this year," an nounced t'ue minister. "I have uothing to give. Tho last crowd cleaned me out of eatables for six months." Bnar. It is not generally the girl with tho most beaux who gets married first. It is the little, grave, demure girl who sits in the corner with one young man and hangs ou to him. Somerville Journal. We oft hear mentioned, as we jiass through life. The model husband and the model wife; Hut, sad to say, wo very seldom see The two residing iu oue family. Hu.slon Courier. "Is that an oil paintiug?" asked the visitor, looking at n picture on the wall. "An oil painting!" echoed Mrs. New money, in un injured tone. "No, in deed. That's n genuine chromo. There's not a drop of oil iu it." The Jsthjer. "I would advise you to buy a better watch; 1 cannot guarantee this one." "Oh, it is plenty good enough. I am buying it for my nephew to remember me by, and tho worse it goes the more he will have to think of me." FVeaem'e lilatttrr. Jobkius nnd his wife are pouting after i domestic "scene," when their son Bob rutlles the treacherous calm. "Mamma, which is the king of the beasts?" Tho poor abused wife casts a withering glance at her spouse nnd replies: "Man, my dear." Jiulye. Clarissa (on the ferryboat) "O, Charles has fallen overboard !" Maud "He cau swim, uud the landiscloSe by." Clarissa "Yes, but think! lie has a piece of wedding cuke which he Drought from the reception in his pocket." Lau rence American. Three burglars worked all night ou a safe iu an office, and when they finally got it opeu they found six post cards and five postage stamps to reward them. The ouly revenge they could take was to stick the stamps ou the wall aud write ou oneof tho cards: "A feller who keeps a big safe without auvthing in it is a fraud." "My hands are awfully cold," suid tha pretty girl, suggestively, ou the last quar ter of u starlit sleigh-ride. "Why didn't you bring u muff with you?" asked the practical young man prosaically. "1 did!" she snapped, but she wouldu't cx plain where thu muff had gone to, aud lit has been wondering .ever since ju t v.hu' she meant. Sjiiiereille Journal. Quick Firing Guns. The long account which the Stiimlard (London) gives of the new quick tiring Elswick guns fitted to tho Italian cruiser Pieuioute is rather uncouifortable read ing. It suggests plainly enough w hat we know to be the opinion of many naval experts that another revolution iu naval architecture and naval armaments is in progress. Juit as we huve brought the urt of mounting monster guns iu huge floating batteries to within some distance of perfection, we discover that monstei guns muy uftvr all have to be biipet.cded. Instead of throwing one huge shot and shell every two minutes or so, the warshir of the future may strive to overw helm in oppoueut by concentrating upuii it a tre mendously rapid tire from weapons ol comparatively small calibre; and tout tain this result it may be uecessaiy todis card turrets and barbettes, uud rvt ai uriuor of abnormal thii knes.s, We ma; have, after all, a reversion to the old typi of ironclad frigates, which had at anj rate this advantage, that they were com fortuble ships to live in uud were uot hl under water iu a sea way. 'L Jamn' UiUtlte. London pavs over, $12, 'H, ".! auuu ally for Cheddar cheese udv vu tih-d fui in s.
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