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VOL. XXII. NO. 33.
TIONESTA, TA., WEDNESDAY, DEO. 11, 1889. S1.50 PER ANNUM.
f The Vnltcd Bliilo Legation estimates
thnt at least 50,000 Americans visited
the Paris Exposition.
Between irrigation nnd drainage tho
desert places nnil tlio laggoons will lie
fore many year have disappeared Man
tho United Slates of Ameriea.
t It is a remarkable fact that nearly
ninety per rent, of the professional gar
deners in thin country are. of foreign
liirth. The majority are from (ierinany,
but Enghi.nl is n good second.
Thn Freneh aro building houses of
steel which are elnimeil to lie strong nml
durable and admit of any variety of
architectural ornamentation ns well ns
tho most perfect sanitary nrrnngcnient.
; The year 18'.)0will be nn interesting
ono in the stall departments of the army,
far the Paymaster-General, the (Juarter-mastcr-Goncritl.
the Commissary-General
and the Surgeon-General w ill nil be re
tired for nge.
I The latest example of the f jlly pf tlio
reckless destruction of forests is afforded
by Servia, where droughts in summer
and Hoods in winter nlllict large districts
which have been denuded of timber within
tho last live years.
Very few people are aware how many
more people havo visited the Paris Ex
position than were admitted to the Ccn
'trnninl at Philadelphia in 167(1. This
had 9,rUi7,(25 visitors, and the Paris Ex
hibition has had ubout 35,0(10,000.
I Ono of the greatest drains from the
forests of this country would be checked
if the railroads could find a satisfactory
substitute for the wooden tie. There
are ? miles of single track in tho
United Stales resting on woodeu tics,
which uve' ' ;e 2-"00 to the mile.
There is a family at Hoscoff, France,
In which there are (h e generations now
living. The oldest member is a great-great-grandmother
of ninety-three, and
the youngest a small descendant, aged
one mouth. They all went to church the
other day when tho newest was chris
teued. , Tho students of John Hopkins Univer
sity have adopted the Oxford rap and
gown, but it is not likely that they will
retain 'the costume for any great length
of time. There is hardly u college in
. the country which has not at some pe
riod been afflicted with the enp-nud-gowu
craze aud has given it up. .
' Tho bountiful rrops in this country
liavo inspired the farmers with the be
lief that farming can be mude'to pay, and
it is quite probable, says J)!sif, that more
agricultural machinery will be purchased
during tho ensuing winter and morn
improvements in fanning processes to bo
adopted tlmu has been known before.
i Naval authorities in England are
panic-stricken by the collapse of both
the 111-tou guns of the warship Vic
toria whilo they were being proved.
They cost l?'.)5,000 apiece, exclusive of
$150,000 for cariiages, mountings and j
machinery necessary to work them, and
threw a projectile weighing 1800 pounds,
Tho result has somewhat dampened tho
ardor of the advocates of big guns.
, There are between live hundred and
six hundred Chinamen in Sunday -schools
and missions in New York city. They
are there chiefly to learn to talk English,
for there aro only tifly-threc f tho num
ber who are out-uud Vut Chi inns; that
is, members of the churches. A religion
worker among the Mongolians says tho
church people have got to realize that the
Chinaman is a pretty hard subject to
christianize.
( (The idcrif the Eillel Tower, accord
ing the Knihiitrini titd Jl'iiUiny llcronl,
is acknowledged by M. Eillel to havo
originated in this country at the time of
tho Philadelphia Centennial, in 1876.
Tho circular tower then proposed was to
have been 1000 feet high, 150 feet in di
ameter at tho base, and thirty feet at thu
top. It was designed by Clark, Hecve-i
ifc Co., of Phoeuixville, Peun., and was
upected to cost $1,000,000.
f Au American hotel, run on purely
American lines, with colored cooks and
waiters, Boston beans, green com, terra
pin soup, canvas-back ducks and all the
other modern improvements, will be
opeued next year in London. Waterloo
House is to bo the site of the new enter
prise, and already the deposit money for
securing the option of the lease from tha
Crown has been secured, aud mauy
powerful American and English capital
ists havo promised their support to the
venture. Tho hotel is destined to
eventually puss into the hands of a com
pany, but it. will not be offered to tho
public until tho structure is complete
and all the other arrangements, attended
to. The site is Crown land, and cannot
be purchased iu fee simple; but the pro
jectors huva already been conditionally
Jinfimml au eighty years' lease.
WHAT THE VIOLETS SAID,
"We're all for Ioto," the violet aaM.
Sidney XMnter,
Do t love you? Do I love you?
Ask the honvens that bend alwve yon,
To find language anil to prove you '
If they love the living tun. .
Ask tho burning, blinding meadow
If they love tho falling shadows
It they hold the happy shadows
When the fervid day Is douo,
Ask the hluo-hells and daisies,
Lost amid the hot field-maze, i
Lifting up their thirsty faces, )
If they love the summer rains.
Ask the linnets and tho plovers,
In tho nost-life made for lovers '.
Ask the bees and ask the clover "' "-w
A V ill they tell you for your pains? ?
Do I, darling, do I love you?
What, I pray, ran that behoove you?
How, in Ixive's names, ran I move you?
When for Love's sake I am dumb?
If I told you, if I told you,
Would that keep you, would that hold you
Heroat last when I enfold you?
If it would Hush! darling, come!
E. S. I'hrljm, in DaHijhtcr of America,
THE THOUSANDTH SHAVE.
1)Y JAMES 1I.UIVKY SMITH.
''I am extremely sorry, Jack, but "
''Hut you don't Iovo me!"
"Now, Jifck, that's unkind." s':
"But it's true."
'No, it isn't true; not one bit of it,
and you know it. Haven't I engaged my
self to you iu spite of pupa's coldness and
mamma's positive hatred i"
"Hum?"
"Haven't I stood by you in spito of
everything people said about you?"
VAll lies!" cried Jack, hotly.
"I know it," said Adelc, laying a lov
ing hand on his coat collar. "I havo al
ways said that you did love me, and were
not careless and idle ami improvident'
and
Jack shook off her hand quite rudely.
"And yet when I ask you to marry me
you say 'no.' Do you call that love?"
"1 call it common sense, Jack. Why,
you know you haven't anything but your
salary of fifteen hundred a year."
"Love in a cottage with acrii8t,"bc
gnn Jack.
"You know," sho cried, "you detest
suburban life and like anything better
than crusts. Oh, Jack, do be reason
able! Papa is not unreasonable and he
loves mo dearly. Mntnimi will come
around in time and thou wo can have a
decent wedding,"
"That's enough," said Jack, calmly,
taking his hat. "Wo will not discuss
this matter any further."
"You arc not going?"
"Yes, I am. And w hen you sec me
again " ,- . v
"Oh, Jack;" " " -'v-r
"Good morning, Miss Aylcsford."
Jack Aslitou passed out very haughti
ly. There is no more exquisite pleasure
than feeling that one has a genuine griev
ance. It was ten o'clock and Mr. Ashton
should have been at his desk in the bank
ing house a full hour before, but ho was
not troubled with scruples aud Kewpon
& Co. knew his ways. He wns a very
clever accountant, a man who knew the
market and could on a pinch do the
work of three men.
"A cunning chap," said old Kewpon
to the Co., "and will make his fortune
when ho buckles down to it. Wo will
keep him until he knows his worth."
It was also September and Jack was
due for n week's vacation, so his absence
did not cause comment.
"There isn't much for a fellow like me
to do," he said to himself elaborating
this idea, "and I suppose I'll have to en
list ns a soldier.' Still, that wouldn't
do. Precious little soldiering and plenty
of wood chopping and road making. If
there was only a war!"
liy this time ho wits on the docks and
tho shipping. diverted the current of his
thoughts. He would be a sailor and go
away never to return. Perhaps when
she read of his perishing iu a gale off
Zanzibar or somewhere, or knew that he
had been tossing for days and days iu nn
open boat with a daily ration of a spoon- !
ful of water anil au ounce of raw pork
But these things rarely got into the
papers and when they did the record
generally read "Captain Jones and four
seamen," and as he would be one of the
seamen, how would she know?
That ho would do something desper
ate he was, however, quite resolved. It
was absurd to thiuk that ho could go on
living.
It was the r.teruoon of the third day.
He had beer to the Park in tho morning
aud had walked back. There was a
strange divine iu his head, his knees
knocked togot'ier moro thau once, and
twice his eyesight seemed to be leaving
him. Ho was hungry ; he had not eaten
for nearly three days, but he thought he
was dying.
It gave him a certain sort of grim
satisfaction. Ho would not have takeu
his own life, but if death would como
without his direct aid . Aud then
ho looked at his rellectioii iu a plate
glass shop window and shuddered.
It would never do to die iu such a
plight. His clothes were dusty, his
boots grimy and sculled, and he had not
been shaved for three days. Come ! he
might as well die like a gentleman. The
boot-black fell to work at once as he
sank into the chair aud Jack was dimly
conscious that tho boy was making a
good job.
A bye street ran oft the thoroughfare
and half way down a slender red aud
white-striped pole protruded from a door.
Jack sauntered, down to the shop and
paused on the sidewalk to mke a sur
vey. Beckless as ho was, ho had no
notion of a five-cent shave or one at un
clean hands. The survey was eminently
satisfactory. It was a very cabin of a
place, so small aud sung. Jack thought
that tho barber looked like a German
professor not of music; theology, per
haps, or muybe ethnology or physics.
A well built, brown-bearded man, with
his hair combed smoothly back from a
high forehead and ryes of limpid blue,
calm and reflective.
"Shnve? Yes, sir," said the barber,
in a voice quite in keeping with his
looks.
"A pleasant day," said Jack, drearily,
as the barber lathered him deftly.
"Exceedingly pleasant," said tho bar
Iwr. "Tho weather is one of the few
things we can enjoy without price."
The idea struck Jack as original, and
he smiled for the first time in three
days.
"In this world," pursued the barber,
"where a man has but one life, and that,
of humble origin, he hns to fight for
what others more favored can have for
asking."
"A Socialist;" said Jack to himself,
with the natural contempt of a bank
clerk.
"Therefore," continued tho bnrber.be
ginning on Jack's chin, "it is fortunate
that this life is but one of a cycle; that
the Karma of to-day is but a preparation
for another life; or perhaps Nirvana,who
knows!"
"By Heavens! a Buddhist!" exclaimed
Juck, to himself.
The barber turned his limpid eyes full
upon him. "Not exactly," he said,
gravely. "Inma Theosophist."
Jack gave a little start aud theu a cry
of pain.
"I havo cut you, or, rather," said the
barber, apologetically, "you havo cut
yourself. It is nothing n mere scratch.
No, sir, theosophy, I conceive to be n
civilized Buddhism, with none of its
faults and all of its virtues. You under
stand the doctrines of Buddha? Ignor
ance, according to Buddha, is the cause
of our existence; our existence is hope
lessly miserable, misery is its very cs
sene'e. To be sure there is another life,
life upon life, but who'cau regulate the
succession?"'
"Who, indeed?" said Jack, closing his
eyes. He wns getting weary.
."Our .future condition is determined
by the blind and unconscious concatena
tion of cause and effect. At the reincar
nation a man may liecomc either a god or
the vilest imaginable object. That
canary iu the cage may have once been a
sybarite, a trifler."
Jack opened his eyes in nmuscd con
templation. "Do you really believe such
rubbish?" he asked, with it smile on his
face.
"Certainly," rejdied the barber, gravely.
"I have already traveled part of the way
to Nirvana. I have twice achieved Dhyana,
during which I saw my past stage? of ex
istence. I was a Cathagcninu Gonerrl
once, and ages ago I was a tiger. I have
prepared myself for Nirvana by con
templation and thought. I have banished
desire, love, hate, all the human passiots.
I am a negation with no attachment for
existence."
"Yet you exist?" ventured Jack, feel
ing that ho must say something.
"I havo disposed of my business,"
said the barber, quietly. "I have sold
everything, except the bird; I sliull give
him his liberty before I go. You are the
last man I shall shave."
"Ah, indeed," said Jack, making nn
effort to rise.
The barber gently but powerfully re
strained him.
"Pardon me I have use for you," he
said, "you nre necessary for my entrance
to Nirvana."
"I had a fancy," pursued tho barber,
running his thuinbalong the edge of the
razor and smiling gravely, "to round out
some perfect number and leave to it the
determination of the sacrifice to Buddha.
By inspiration, I hit upon a perfectly just
and dilutable plan. The third of last
July was my birthday, ami from that day
I began to keep count of the number of
shaves. I set apart the number of one
thousand and marked the thousandth for
sacrilire. You have the luck to be the
thousandth shave, sir."
"But," said Jack, and his tongue j
seemed to thicken in his mouth.
"Oh, there can bo no mistake,' said
tho barber, cheerfully. "That would
not have done at all. See now, it is the j
fourth of September nine weeks to a i
day. The count, bv weeks, runs as fol-
lows: 102, D2, 79 ("a bad week, sir), 109, i
110, 121, 142, 101, 111. 1 had a very I
good ruu of custom yesterday or I should
not havo been able to make up the num
ber. Just nine weeks I regard that as
significant."
Was it Jack Ashton who only n few
hours before had been contemplating
death with stocial resignation? Hero it
was now a quick, almost painless death.
What made, his head buzz so and the
canary's pipe seem like a clarion trum
pet i
A chill like ice passed down his spine
and theu a hot flush like a fever. His
voice was steady as a parson's as he said :
"There is only one drawback to your
plan. Ypii have made a mistake in your
calculations this is not the thousandth
shave!"
For the first timo tho barber's eyes
showed a gleam of anger.
"Impossible!" ho said, sharply. "I
havo gone over the sum too often to
uiako a mistake, although I am not au
expert at figures."
"I am," said Jack, calmly. "I ain a
bank clerk and never make a mistake. I
tell you, your count is wroug it is nine
hundred and ninety-nine. What! do
you still doubt me? Give me a piece of
paper and I will convince you iu a min
ute." "It is very strange," muttered the bar
ber, as he laid down the razor, and
opened a drawer iu search of a piece of
paper.
The cloth that the barber had tucked
under his chin was of cotton but it an
swered Jack's purpose. With a hound
he was out of the chair aud had flung
the cloth over the barber's head. Thi n
with all the strength of fear, horror aud
rage he struck with his fist the muffled
figure, and it fell against the tup rack
with a great crash.
His knees gave way as ho dashed
across the street, b.ut his voice bail
strength to cry "Help! Murder!" before
he fell upon the pavement.
Quickly a crowd collected.
"Save uie a madman!" he gasped.
A policcmau elbowed his way through.
Jack I jiuted feebly mid shuddeiingly
across the way, where tho barber stood
calmly by his chair.
The policeman shook his head doubt
inglyas he crossed the threshold to inves
tigate. "I've been told," said he, with a
smile.
TTie. smile died upon his lips.
"The thousandth shnve!" cried tho
barber, as he sprang at him with an open
razor.
The policeman had just time to strike
up the arm with one blow and the next
he brought down with killing force on
the maniac's' head.
9
"Adelc!"
"Jack! Oh, I knew you'd come back!
And, oh, Jack, I don't know why, but 1
think papa is more inclined to liko you,
and I heard mother say "
"No matter, Adele. Tell me you for
give me."
"Forgive you, Jack! Why what
makes you look so pale! Have you been
ill?"
"I've been nearly dead," said Jack.
And then he told her all. Aeip 'uik
Kimfh.
Liznrdx That Love Music.
As is well known, lizards of all colors
and sizes abound in Italy, says a writei
in Tsititrc Hour. They lie basking on
all the stones, they run along all the
walls, they peep out at every chink nnd
crevice; but as soon ns they hear the
fniutest noise they disappear with light
ning speed, nnd it is hard to see them
near nud to observe them closely. Walk
ing carelessly, aud noticing the dear lit
tle animals darting now here, now
there, I remembered the Greek statuu of
Apollo Sauroktonos, who is always rep
resented as busied with a lizard Apollo,
god of the sun and of music.
"Suppose I try," J thought, and soft
ly, quite softly, I began to whistle a
dreamy old German air, and behold! a
lizard lies still as though rooted to the
spot, raising its little head iu a listening
attitude and looking at nic with his
sharp little eyes. Without stirring I
continued my melody. The lizard came
nearer, nnd at last approached quite
close, always listening and forget ing all
its fears. As soon, however, as the
whistler made the slightest movement it
vanished into sonic crevice, but to peep
forth again a moment after and to listen
once more, ns though entirely entranced.
A delightful discovery truly, nnd one
of which I extended the field of observa
tion daily. At last as many as eight or
uine of these little music lovers would
sit nround me in tho most comic ntti
tudes. Nay, two of them, a mother aud
its young one, would sit awaiting me as
I arrived whistling at the same hour of
day, sitting on a large stone, unirer
which wns probably their home. With
these, too, I made some further experi
ments. After having made musin td
them for awhile I cautioiisly went a few1
steps further, whistlifg on iu soft,'
drawling tones, such ns I had found they
best loved to hear, and see, verily, they
followed met
Watching them with intense- interest,
I continued to whistle as I walked on
slowly, halting every few p.-.ces nnd be
ing silent while I halted, and truly tho
little creatures followed, slowly, it is
true? but in a straight line, nt a distance
of about fifteen steps, until at last, un
happily, the heavy tread of a peasant
put them to flight. But my experience
had lasted long enough to make me un
derstand the Apollo Sauroktonos, nnd I
once moro reverenced tho keen native
observation of those old Hellenes. Be
sides this, the legend of the "Uatcatchct
of Hamelin" suddenly became much
more credible. . -
Fort lines iu a City's Be fuse.
It seems to one who looks into the
subject ns though literally nothing is
thrown away iu New York except the
garbage, nud tho very act of throwing
that away is the means of maintenance tc
hundreds of laborers and to scores of
boatmen, engiueers, clerks, nnd others iu
tho pay of the Department of Street
Cleaning. Tho street sweepings are a
commercial staple, nnd corporation
thrive by dealing iu that debris which
the city will not remove the refuse of
of carpenters and builders who build oi
alter houses. It would puzzle tho aver
ago citizen what to do with the refuse
phtstcrt tho stone, the broken brick, aud
the odds aud ends of lumber that he findu
himself possessed of after the mechanic?
have done a piece of building work. But
while he wonders, there steps up to him
a man who says he is the agent of a com
pany owning wagons, scows, and tug
boats, that will take away tho refuse foi
a price. At the same time other agents
of the company are seeking men who wish
to havo tilled and redeemed the sunken oi
low lands that they own along the shores
of our harbor of the East or North Biver.
From such nieu these companies gi t pay
over again from tho refuse they havo al
ready been paid to take away. Some
times there is a higher gratia of builders'
refuse to be disposed of. This interests
those New Yorkers who deal iu second
hand buildings. It seems strange, but
there aro such. They contract to Uike
church, or a dwelling, or whatever soil
of building it may bo that is fated tu
make way for one of the towering struct
tires of to-day. Taking the old building
apart very carefully, they save the lintels,
mantels, doors, window-frames, stairs,
aud the rest, clean the old bricks care
fully, aud put all the parts ou exhibition
iu their yards uptown, precisely lis othei
merchauts display their wares in store
windows. Jlurjjer'i Weekly. t ., . .
A Simple Keuieily for Hiccough.
Dr. Loebl reports, in a Vienna medical
jouraal, the. case of a man, aged fifty
four, who suffered for five days aud
nights from a most, obstinate hiccough.
After trying all the ordinary mcasurei
without avail, ho fell back upon a house
hold remedy as a bust resort, and ordered
a tablespoouful of pulverized sugar wet
with au equal volume of wine vinegar, tc
be taken at one dose. The hiccougb
stopped immediately and did not returr
for six hours, and then ceased J.nin upou
a second dose of the remedy.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
'
, .'"1 TO CURVE A CntCKF.Tf . 'i, x
To cut up chicken for any purpose,'
make witli a sharp knife an incision in
the skin nround the leg, press slightly
away from the body which will enjoint
the member, and separate with n clean,
sharp cut; treat tho wings in the same
manner, and then tever leg nnd wing
from the other side of the body. Leave
no unsightly, Mgged edges, to betray
your lack of skill. Cut the membrane
down between the breast, and tail to the
backbone, and separate just below tho
ribs; find the joint in the neck by mov
ing it back and forth until it is un jointed,
then cut cloe to the body; ctil the wish
bone iu n slanting direction from the
breastbone, down toward the neck. Find
the joint in the shoulder blade and sep
arate; divide the breast from the back
by cutting through the cartilage connect
ing the ribs; the breast should be left
whole, except for boiling or frying. Be
movo all fat from the fowl that can bo
done with ease, and substitute butter in
its preparation; where slices of salt pork
can bo used it lessens the amount of but
ter needed. The fat taken from tho
fowl can be fried out, ami added to the
meat, dripping used for the many pur
poses of the kitchen, but never put it
with the lard used for pastry, for tho
chicken flavor will readily be detected.
In serving broiled or roast fowl, be
sure that your platter is large enough to
save the carver the annoyance of having
his slices fall ou your cloth. Thcro
should be n generous allowance of room
for the meat to lie in order around tho
carved fowl, without hanging over the
edge of the dish. Before announcing the
dinner bo sure and see that tho thin
blade of tho carving knife is bright and
sharp; the fork should be strong, with
long tines and a guard. The work may
bo done cither standing or sitting, tho
main point being to do it neatly, with
out scattering crumbs or gravy, and to
slice and divide thu meat in such a
manner that each may be served equally
well. The wings and breast meat are
considered the choicest portions, and
where there arc ladies at the table, it is
courtesy to help them of this portion.
Ease may be acquired in carving if one
will study the anatomy of an uncooked
fowl in the kitchen department, by dis
secting one for a fricassee, according to
the direction just given. Learn to hold
the knife and fork easily, as strength is
not required so much as knowledge of
fowl anatomy. It is best to make your
first efforts iu the presence of the family
circle alone. Uood Hvuekctjiii'j.
HKClrF.S.
Soft Gingerbread One cup of molas
ses, one cup of sugar, three-fourths cup
of shortening, one cup of sour milk, two
teaspooufuls ot soda, two teacupfuls of
flour (a little more may be required).
French Toast Break nud beat an egg
well, add a pinch of salt nud one gill of
milk; dip some neat slices of bread on
both sides, have your frying-pan with
some hot Gripping ready, then fry tho
bread a light brown.
Bread for Soup Cut slices of stale
bread in small squares, throw them in
boiling lard and fry till brown. Skim
out, drain and put in n soup turecu be
fore serving the soup. For oyster soup,
crackers crisped iu the oven aro nice.
For Lunch Cold beef cut in slices
and laid iu vinegar over night, aud theu
dipped in beaten egg, seasoned with salt
nnd nutmeg, and rolled in dried bread
crumbs, and fried in butter a delicate
brown, is an appetizing entree for lunch.
Ham Croquette Chop ham fine; add
sliced onions, salt nnd pepper to taste,
nnd half of the quantity of soaked bread
or cooked rice; mix together with two
beaten eggs; make into small cakes;
sprinkle with flour, and fry or bake in
one pan with butter ou top.
Scalloped Potatoes Pare tho potatoes,
cover tint bottom of n baking dish with
bread crumbs, then add a layer of sliced
potatoes, then bits of butler, salt and
pepper; fill the dish with alternate laj
crs, wet tho whole with milk and bako
the whole for ono and one-half hours.
Presided Beef Boil three or four
pounds of beef such as you would use for
a stew, with some fat on it, until tender,
with as little water as you can safely use.
Chop line while hot, season with salt,
pepper and sage, moisten with some of
tin- liquor, then put iu a square pan and
press.
Quick Pudding Two tablespoonfuls
o' corn starch, yolks of four eggs, oue
half cup of sugar. Mix and pour over
one quart of boiling milk, stir quickly,
take oil from the lire ami pour into a
pudding dish; beat the whites of tho
eggs to a froth, and pour ou the top;
brown iu thu oven.
Sweet Potato Pie Boil potatoes till
quite soft, peel and press through a
sieve or colander. To one pint potatoes
add ono pint of milk, threo eggs well
beaten and lj cupfuls of sugar; flavor
with ginger or leiiiou. This pie resembles
the old-time pumpkin pie. It is baked
with one crust only.
Cinnamon Bolls One pint of sweet
milk, ono cup of melted butler, one tea
spoon of salt, one-half cup of yeast, two
quarts of flour ; let stand over night; iu
the morning add two eggs and one-half
cup of sugar; roll out, cut iu a shape anil
sprinkle with a little butter, sugar and
cinnamon; let stand one hour before bak
ing. Fruit Spice Cuke One and two-thirds
cup! of molasses, one cup of shortening,
one cup of sugar, one w hole egg ami the
yolks of three, ouo cup of sour milk, one
teaspoonful each of allspice and nutmeg,
four t ups of sifted flour, one traspoonful
of soda. Add as much or as little fruit
as you like. Flavor with lemon. Two
large loaves.
Spanish Fritters Trim tho crust from
some stale bread, baker's, or, if home
made, it should bo very light. Cut in
any pretty, fanciful shape, and soak in a
mixture of beaten egg, ono cup of cream
or milk, two tablcspoonfuls of sugar aud
u little nutmeg and tiiiuumou. Fry a
light brown, aud eat with slewed fruit
II a sweet sauce.
THE HOMES OF THE MOORS.
A VISIT TO THE H0SPITAE1E ABOSE
OF AN ALOIERAN.
Itpcrlvcrt nnd Knlorlalnrd ly Hi
( Wives Their Viinint ( uriosiiy
I "Beautiful, Dnrk-Kycd ( liildrrn.
Describing in the New York fWwnrr
a visit to a .Moorish family in Algiers,
Fannie C. N. Barbour, snys: Our host
ess stood ut the top of the stairs to re
ceive us, nnd ns she had been notified of
our intended visit, wns richly nttired.
She was a tall, handsome woman, who
looked to be nbout forty years of nge, al
though she may not have been more than
thirty, for the Moorish women alwsyf
look older than they nre, owing to the
climnte and their mode of li.'e. She re
ceived us with nn easy grace, and led the
way into a room nt one side of the square
balcony. Outside the door, in the cor
ridor, we stumbled over a row of slipper
of nil sizes, from the tiny three year-old
fo the larger foot-covering of the women.
A Moorish woman never steps upon a car
pet or rug without removing her shoes,
ns they nre considered too sarred to tread
upon. AVe hesitated n moment, desiring
to do the polite thing, whatever it might
be; "but our friend said no, anil we en
tered with our shoes on. The room was
furnished in a curious manner, the tiled
floor being thickly covered with the soft
ust and most charming of antique rugs.
All the women were sitting around ou
the rugs when we entered,- and they did
not rise, but welcomed us with a pleasant
"Sfdaaui." They were quite as gayly
robed as our hostess, nnd sparkling with
uncut jewels, their jackets braided and
woven with gold thread and tinsel, their
silver ornaments worn across the fore
head, and many strings of pearls mid
heads nround their throats; also numer
ous silver bracelets and anklets. It is
July the young and middle aged women
who tire so docked out, for w hen they are
old, they tire dressed quite plainly, nud
rven shabbily, and iu marked contrast to
their younger companions.
We were invited to occupy the sofa,
where we sat iu state surrounded by the
curious and inquisitive group of women,
who sat cross legged on the floor, gath
ered close around us. Our friend com
menced the conversation in Arabic, but
some of the younger women could speak
a little French with us, which they lenrn
from their husbnuds or their servants. We
were introduced to the eldest woman
present, who turned out to be the first
wife of the master of the house. The
line looking woman who had received us
was his second wife. There they lived
together iu those crowded quarters with
their two sets of children, and seemingly
perfect peace aud harmony prevailed.
A great many questions were asked
nbout us. "Were we Inglesa?'' And
when it wns explained that we were
Americana, n perfectly blank expression
came over their faces, ns they know noth
ing of that faraway nation, or of geog
raphy or history.
The women are very ignorant, and
have no education whatever. Yet their
(yes are bright and their faces intelli
gent, and there is a pathetic sadness
about them, as if they looked out from
behind the dark curtain of ignorance
which enfolds them nnd begged us for
light.
Our conversation could not be very
fluent, as we knew very few Arabic
words and our hostesses spoke but little
French. But through our interpreter we
soon became well acquainted, and an
swered many questions nbout our own
homes. They were quite amazed when
we informed tliein that our husbands had
only one wife, and this was the general
cus :m in good society iu our country.
They asked w hy this was so, nud seemed
surprised that our laws forbade it, for
with them a good Mohammedan is al
lowed four wives, provided he can show
that he is able to support that number.
Of course there are many who only have
one, but poverty is usually the reason
why.
The young children were very hand
some, especially the little boys. They
have large dark eyes and fine heads with
broad foreheads. They are always w ith
their mothers until about live years of
age, w hen they are sent to the Arab day
school to learn the Koran by rote, mid
after that they w ork w ith their fathers at
his trade or in his bazaar.
Makinif lin l'nil.
The tin is melted aud run into blocks
weighing from 2115 pounds to 400 pounds
each, and in this form the metal is Kept
for ordinary use. The old method lor
reducing it to tho necessary thinness for
foil w ns by hammering it y hand as the
gold-beaters do gold leaf, aud this pro
cess is still iu vogue to a limited extent.
This, however, is a very laborious pro
cess, as the sheet must be constantly
beaten, without intermission, to keep up
the heat generated by the continuous
strokes of the hammer, ami the gnat
drawback to it was that only one surface
or face could be produced. The intro
duction of rolling machinery has com
pletely revolutionized the trade, so that
iu place of importing we now export. Iu
these mills the metal is given a beautiful
polish on both sides; it is then cut into
widths of twelve inches and fifteen
inches, rolled on reels, and cut iu order
by cutting machines. The great ad
vantage of machine-rolled foil over the
hand-beateu foil is that while the latter
is full of minute holes so small as not to
be visible to the naked eye, the former
is, as a rule, perfectly intact, and thus
being air tight, forms a wrapper that
cannot bo equaled by any other sub
stance. J'ni'lisiiwu.
The Strength of Human Hair.
Few ladies consider that they cany
some forty or fifty miles of hair on their
head; tho fair-haired may even have to
dress seventy uiilcs of threads of gold
every morning. A German experiment -ulisl
has proved that a single hair will
suspend four ounces without breikiny,
stretching under the process and con
trading again. But the hair thus
weighed must be dark brown, for blonde
hair breaks down under two and a half
ounces, t . .
TUB OI-D HOME.
To-night
I atood. a strnnger, 'mid its quiet wnys.
And life seemHl somewhat hnrtier than ot
yore,
A weary sti-etc'i of hare anil toiling days.
llenr lipart. I voweil to see it nevermore,
T ns weakness", jiM n longing oneo to pa--s
Athwart the, mends, kuee-uVep in eiuvr
grass.
To-night
I passed from out its precincts dim and quaint.
And nil my heart grew full of yearning,
il-nr,
For those sweet days; I saddened was, and
as I have not ln for many a year.
Claspelose my hand, beloved, in thine own,
1 thought of thee, 'twas hard to pass alone.
1U M0H OF THE DAT.
Hands off Strikers.
A rare gift Presents of mind.
The greatest circulation iu tho United
States Blood's.
A slight-of-hnnd performance A
maiden giving a wooer the mitten. .
Af"" -)' ,tiiirntil.
It is perfectly safe to "make light of"
an electric wire, provided you don't take
hold of thu live end of it. I'nrl;
George "Why so sad, Charles? Does
not Mildred return your love;" Charles
"No; she only returns my letters."
M'utivy' WftPy.
Tho be.iuty of having children in the
house is that whenever you want small
change you cm always find it iu tho
children's hank.
Don't be too severe on the man who
scolds his wife in public. Perhaps that
is the only time that he dare do so.
Tauc lln'ite. Krjirt.
Mrs. Smithington "Oh! Mr. Tibkiu,
you are always so kind in coining to see
ine oil." Little Tibkiu Not at all; it
is always a pleasure.'" f'tui.
liobinson "Smith, I can tell you one
thing that every man stoops to conquer."
Smith "AVhat's thnt?'' Kobitisou "A
corn." lS'ir!ii!'ia I'rce Pro'.
"My first impressions of America nre
rather hard,"' as the foreigner said when
he slipped down on the icy pnver.ieut iu
New York. Jlmmrille Bretse,
There are six mills in Lynn, Mass., that
have not made one cent in thiee years.
Naturally not. It takes ten mills to
make one rent. IJlnyhumton UtinMirun,
The mind with sudden grief is fraught,
The red life-eurrents freeze;
Alas! tiie trowsers nwly bought
Aro bagging at the knees.
H'n.vn'117oa Citpiittl.
He "Will you marry me?" She
"No." He "Then will you marry Boh
Sawyer? He wanted me to ask you foi
him, too, while I was about it." The
Thompson is practical. When Jones
said to him sympathetically, "I fear
Smith is losing his grip," Thompson
said promptly, "Why doesn't he buy a
trunk?" Jullyc.
She "Is that a nightingale that is
singing so sweetly? I have so long
wished to have one!" He (raising his
gun") -"In a couple of seconds I will lay
it at your feet!" .a l.unit.
How many undertake and fail success!
So easy is it a mistake to make;
If undertaker l; yum- business
You'll carry out all that you undertake,
Jwthjr.
"Aw! Miss Eastman, I don't catch the
idea. Ei' what are you trying to paint!"
"I'm trying to paint il calf in tho fore
ground here, lint a model is necessary,
I fear. Would you mind posing, Mr.
Dryplaite!"- T'tme.
"What influence has the moon upon
the tide?" asked the professor. The clus
wag replied that he didn't know exactly
what influence it had upou the tied, but
that it hail a tendency to make the un
tied awfully spoony.
"I should like to know," remarked
Jones as he left the court room, "what
earthly use there is in sentencing sucb
fellows to imprisonment for life. Thcj
make it a point never to serve out hall
their terms." Jii bjt,
.Minister "I just saw you start to steal
au npple from that fruit stand, and theu
drop it. Was it some still, small voice
that impelled you?" Jimmy Baddegg
"Naw ! It was de cop on de corner you
der. " l.ittrmtre Amrriritn.
It is claimed by outsiders that America
has no national air. But anybody whe
has set ou the fence up at Sky farm on u
crisp morning, ami felt the bracing breeze
blow through his whiskery knows a heap
better than that, JJniinriili L'rec;r.
Mrs. Sad face to Tommy (who had
stolen a jar of preserves) "My boy, )
know that you aro sorry. 1 see it in yout
face." Tommy meditatively ) " Yes,
mamma, I am. There was a bigger jar
ou the shelf that 1 cuuldu't reach."
Pin I ti It Ijrltitt nij'itrer.
Visitor "Will, Tommy, how are you
getting on at school?" Tommy (aged
eight) "First rate. I ain't doing as
well as some of the other boys, though.
1 can stand ou my hand, but 1 have to
put my fool against the fence. 1 want to
do it without being near the fence at all,
and I can after I've been to school long
enough." lSn if'ilti Ctiurur.
Sidling Corncobs.
Farmers living iu the vicinity of a
corncob pipe factory ale exceptionally
fortunate. Although many milium of
cobs are burned or a, lowed to lot every
year, tho price for pipt-makiug purposes
keeps up. A fanner living near Wash
ington, Mo., recently sold 100 bushels of
com for .'M and got '.'7 for the cobs.
This is at the rate of fifty soveu cents a
bushel, and if only sufficient Missouii
un crschaunis were smoked lo make tho
demand larger farmers would soon bo
rich. Corncob pipes are manufactured
by a very umplo process, and arc in fair
demand all over the country. Somo
were recently shipped to Europe, and
more wi re ordered suou after their arrival.
t'ihtt'lo Jiriuitl.
' ' " "'
There are about fidO women iu Ch.is.ago
Vi'Lo ow n a,ud ride bicycles, .-. ..