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TIONESTA, FA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5, 1890. SI ,50 PER ANNUM.
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Hre-nd riots have occurred recently iu
cvcral sections of India.
North Carolinn has 800,000 Acres of
swamp land to sell for the benefit of the
education fund.
: Dom Pedro has definitely refilled to
liecept a large sum of money which has
been offered to him by the Kcvolutiotiary
Government a n retiring pension. Ho
declines to accept any cum beyond that
authorized by the laws of Brazil.
L i
kis saiel that, at leinst six novels by
popular writers of fiction are to be writ
ten this vcar,' based, like General Lew
Wallncc's'Ben llur," on scenes and in
; cidcitts of the Bible. Joshua, David, St.
John, St.. Paul, and other Bible worthies
aro to figure in these novels.
Tiio SisscrCi Indians of South Dakota
liave signed, by a handsome majiuity, an
iigrcement to sell about (iiiO.OOo'c'rcs of
their surplus lands to the Federal Gov
ernment. Such agreement will ccome
a Jaw as soon as it is approved by Con
gress. Tho terms of gale by here arc
A 1
The press of Ilnly is discussing tho
iiuestlon of cupitiil punishment, which is
at present illegal, confinement at hanl
labor for life being the maximum puu-
. ishment bestowed by the Italian laws. It
is contended by- many influential papers
that a return to death sentences is ueecs
saiy in view of the great increase in nuir
lersincctho existing laws weut into
. operation.
The growth of 'the export of rice from
. Japan is one of thu features of Asiatic
trade.' It has increased so rapidly that it
is now one of the three main staples of
the export trade, lea and silk being tho
other two. Vp to August 31, of 18S!,:
'the export amounted to 170,000 tons, or.
.' 81,000 tons mora than the total export of
the previous. year. At the same time the
jirice has gone Hp, so that in value the ex
port of l.SSO was more than double that'
of the year before.
. In the tributes "paid to .Stanley the
world should not forget, as the Wash
ington St nr thinks it seems likely to do,
curlier laborers in the saine African field,
and especially Cnptaiu Spckc, who found
the sources of the true Nile, and David
Livingstone, who, in the purity of his
life, in his justice iii dealing with the
natives, and in the true moral elevation
hfc aims as a traveler, was the most
remarkable man who ever trod the wilds
of a klrangc continent.
Th railroad mileage of the South has
been increased by the addition .of nearly
2M-,0!)'J miles since 1SS0. Since that
year over .$SO0,ioO, 000 have been spent
iu tirj building of new roads and the im
provement of - old ones. The assessed
value of property lias increased over $1,
.00,000,000, and the Mir valuation over
viol0,000,000. In 1KH0 the South
made lf!)7,.'!0I tons of pig iron ; in 18SS,
, J,l.'!3,00ll, and iu 18S9 the output will
probably be about 1,800,000 to 1,700.000
tons. '
Portugal and Spain talk of following '
the example of llra.il, but, in the opinion 1
.... .. ,v,,
Spaiu tried the . experiment and ha a
first-rate llupublicau Government for
'some time;. but it first borrowed a King ,
, , ,
in order to have one, and afterward made I
a King of the son of ex-Queen Isabella, '
whom it ducted more than any other
,vomnu iu Hie world. Hcimblics do not I
le fr.jfThat k
ry crJhn i'pa
kind of material ; and
every erJhn Spam looking to a Repub
lic means tho shedding of blood and
foolishneasiWithout the slightest hope of
igoctfl resulting therefrom. ' "
A peculiarity about, the blind is that
there is seldom one of them who smokes.
Soldiers and sailors accustomed to smok
ing, KBd who have lost heir sight in ac-
iv, continue to smoke for a short w hile,
but soou give up the habit. They say
gives theiu no pleasure when they
cannot see the s i:oke, and some have
said that, they cauuot taste the smoke
unless they see it. This almost demon
strates tho theory that if you blindfold a
man in a room full of smoke, and put a
lighted and an uulightcd cigar in his
(mouth alternately, he will not be able
to tell the diffcrcuce.
The speaker who told tho Kvar.gelical
'. A ii;.. :.. u ..... i. :. .i : i -
tai.iuui-o iu uijBiwii mm uu urn nor ocilevo
,Tne worm is growing worse must lie, says
' the Philadelphia Kmjuirer, a reader of tho
Juewspapers aud a student of human ua
.jturo. It is plain to every unprejudiced
'observer that the world is not growing
.'worse, but bci'e'. . Vice remains here and
thcrii in plague spots of great inlciisity,
SSMfekl those who loiiL' oiilir t.t uii.-U ,.1. .......
- f deoravitv rhl iji ctl i ... .1.
f r the' future of Immunity; but thosu
p ilose vision takctfu wider range aud iu
eludes a comparison of the general state
of society now with tliat of u hundred,
or fifty, or even twenty yens ayo, sea
such .manifest improvement iu public
morals that it seems to them as if thu
jliijlk'jmium might cciue almost uuy day.
A MESSAGE.
ITow little the left hand knoweth
The (Wis tliat are clone by the right,
How littlo the night time showeth
Its sorrowful similes to the light!
llow few of the hearts that are broken
Betray to the breaker their grief;
Howmauy harsh wonts that are spoken
Are the crashed soul's only reliefl
Alas! for the childlike gladness
Wo never may know again;
And alas, and alas, for the sadness
That broods like a spirit of paiul
Like some spirit of pain, that will hover
Still nearer when sunlight is fled,
Until youth, and youth's last changeful
lover
Grow old, and grow cold as tho dead I
It is strange that the hands that might lead
us
To heaven, refuse us their hold:
That the dear lips that whisper "God spee l
us,"
Are the lips that aro the first to grow cold !
But love, we are nearer tho dawning,
Just there is the heavenly light,
And how little the glorious morning
Knows the sorrowful shades of the night !
Lola M. Uean, in Atlanta Constitution.
TWO LESSOXSl
1IY 8. 1. I1AI1NRS.
"It won't do to bet on another man's
game," remarked one of the group gath
ered around the fire in Dutch John's
grocery. "I learned that years ago, and
tho fellow that cut my eye-teeth for me,
was tho same Ab Skinner who was elect
ed to the last Legislature from Hawhide
C'oimty"
We sat nnd smoked in silence. We
were h11 old acquaintances of the speaker,
and knew that there was a story forth
coming, and it would bo related without
any urging from us.
"I met Ab first the winter I came
down from the North," continued the
narrator, after a slight pause. " We were
both young fellows, then I was visiting
at Uncle Dick Scofield's ranch, and Ab
was one of tho cowboys and we two
were together a good deal, hunting and
knocking around, ami all our spare time
wo put in playing cards and shaking dice.
"Ab was a fair player, but I was fresh
from Chicago, and up to all the dodges
of a professional ; and gradually I pocketed
all the loose change that he could rake
and scrape; until finally, I got him down
to bedrock, and had to hold up until Uncle
Dick paid him his next quarter's salary.
Then I fully intended to wade iu and
gobble the entire hundred and fifty, and
pull back for civilization.
"It was a pretty scheme, but somehow
it failed to work. Ab Skinner was do
ing a little scheming at the same time,
mm 111s uriim was clearer tlian nunc.
"A week before pay-day, he went
over to the -circle bar' ranch, and when
he came back I saw that he had becu
drinking, and was as happy as a wolf in
a sheep-pen; but ho simmered down
again, and so things rocked on for a few
nays longer.
"We had just moved our cattle in
from the upper range and throwed 'cm
111 on-a little valley west of the shanty,
where not a blade of grass had been
nipped all summer long, and there they
wero feeding fo.ir thousand head of
'em ; and as wild a lot as ever waved a
horn 111 a stampede, due day, about
noon, as Uncle Dick was coining" iu from
town, the whole herd lit out after him,
crippled his horse, aud nearly scared Jhe
old man to dclith.
" 'Them cattle are terrors,' he said, as
he slid oil his horse,. and spread "himseif
out on tho veranda, when Ab and I were
talking to the Deputy Sheriff, who was
down looking up some stolen stock 'I
thought ol'Ilivk was a gone coon, sure.'
" 'They didn't liko your looks,' said
Ab with a laugh. 'Vqu couldn't git 'em
to run a genuine cowboy. I'll bet I could
Willi ele.-ni uirntt i, tli..f L-n..t ....... 1.... t
ami lie indicated a little hill entirely be-
yohd the herd ; 'walk over, understand,
afoot-, and alone, and never get a scratch
frm ? ho i'f'.f100 '
'I would like to bet you something
on tljilt.. 6,li(l I; rtnj i haa hardly spoken
the worUs before Ab drew a buckskiu
bag from his pocket, aud shook out a pile
vl Mlv r mlu Kom
" '1 lie js fitly dollars,' said he If
you want to make some money easy here's
your chnuc. The Sheriff will hold the
stakes, 'f J
"i'ijf illars was just tho size of my
Jiile, ailib knew it. 1 was positive
that if Skinner made a break out in that
prairie, one of them old Spanish steers
would run him down iu three minutes;
but still I hesitated.
" 'Stick, him, Charley,' said Uncle
Dick; 'the dad-blamed fool will be
killed, but that ain't your lookout. If
you don't bet, I w ill I' . . .
"I wpnf over nnd hiindirl 5l,rIff Slmitl.
tho muey, and as he .put it in his hat
along with Ab's fifty, the old man chipped,
iu again.
" 'ileiu' as you're thmwiu' away your
money, Ab, why uot give me some of it?
Thar's that hundred and fifty I was goin'
to pay you to-night suppose I put it in
the hat with as much more, an' if you
get through to the knot, Smith kin ride
over an' give you the hull wad.'
" 'Good cnuff,' replied Ab, and in
three minutes the Sheriff's old sombrero
was looking like a second edition of the
national truasiiry.
" 'Le s understand tins thing,' said
Smith. 'Ab lights out afoot, riirht now.
and goes straight to tho kuot, and if he
gits thar' the dust is his; is that right f
"'Au' if h0 jrits the hull side of his
head homed oil, or anything like that
huppens tew him, he don't git it,' said
uncle. 'Shake hands, Ab, before you go.
You've bin a mighty good hand with the
tattle, but I'll be pow'rful j;lad to assist
at your funeral.'
" 'Give me a good one, old man,'
grinned Ab, as he jumped off the ver
anda and started for the kuot
" 'Come back,' said Uncle Dick. 'If
you'll forfeit one-thiid, aud own you're a
fool, we'll let you off.'
"Hut Ab went ahead as though he had
never heard him.
"Tho wind was blowing straight to
tho herd, aud though tho nearest steer
was three hundred yards away, ii seemed
to scent the fun nl once; for" he throwed
up his head with ft snort, walked out a
few yards meeting Ab, r.id then, as he
saw that his victim was coming directly
toward him, the long-horn braced him
self, and waited for his arrival. In two
seconds, another big, red fellow trotted
up, and took his position alongside; mid
then nnother, and another, until there
was a wall of white horns, fifty yards
long, barring Ab's rond to the mound,
and hundreds of cattle coming in every
direction to take a hand in the frolic. A
man afoot was a curiosity to them, with
which they were evidently bound to be
come acquainted, if possible.
" 'They'll kill him in a holy minnit',
muttered Uncle Dick Scofield. 'It'll be
another sad gather! n' of friends around
the cigar box that holds his remains. I
tell ye, Smith, human life is ter'ble un
sarlin.' " 'Ab Skinner's haint," replied the
Sheriff. 'He's the luckiest feller in forty
three States. I don't see how he's going
ter make it, but he'll conic out some
how." "Just then we saw Skinner stop and
put his hand in his pocket. Ho had ap
proached within sixty yards of the herd,
and every hoof was watching him, with a
general head shaking, and bellowing,
tliat would hava frightened a common
man into fits.
" 'He's gittia' his gun,' said uncle.
'Mebby he thinks he kin bluff 'em with a
little shootin', but he'll miss it, an' if he
kin kill two hundred dollars worth at six
dollars a head, I'll try ter stand it.'
"But Ab did uot intend to shoot. He
had dropped down out of sight in the tall
grass, and as we were wondering what it
all meant, we saw a tongue of flamo leap
up in the air, and rapidly spread, with
the wind fanning it in tho direction of
the cattle nt race-horse speed. Then the
bellowing nnd scraping ceased; the wall
of gleaming horns fronted in the other
direction, and the whole herd made a
break for the bare hills, while Ab stepped
in behind the blaze ami followed.
"The smoke settled in the little valley
and hid everything from view, and I, for
one, was quite satisfied that it should be
so. . There was no danger to be appre
hended from the fire for the ranch was
protected by a stream that the blaze
could not cross with the wind against it
but I knew that my fifty dollars was
gone, and I felt as sour as venegar.
"Lncle was feeling no better, lie
seemed to be paralyzed, and never made
a kick about the fire ruining his range;
and when three pistol shots from the knot
notified us that Skinner had got through,
he looked as though lie had been sen
tenced to the 'pen' for life.
"The money is Ab Skinner's', said
Smith, and v.o knew if wo kicked we
would have tho Sheriff to kill, and not
only him, but all four of his brothers;
aud they were all bad men.
"Tell hiin not to come back," said
uncle, savagely, as Smith got on his
horse,' to deliver the stakes according to
agreement. 'Ab is a good fellow, but
he is too alltired smart. He would own
the ranch in less'n a week.'"
"So! Dot vos der vny of it," put in
Dutch John, soberly. "He gets your
money, already, eh! ' Dot vos goot I
vos glad of dot."
"And that wasn't the worst of it,"
went on Charley. "If the matter had
stopped there I wouldn't have minded it
soMiiuch. 15ut, you see, uuelu ami I
tried to get even, and that made the
business worse.
"I sent home for some money nnd
only got a twenty; but by hustling pretty
lively, aud striking all the boys for
loans, I managed to raise twenty more,
and laid my plans to start north at once.
Then, just about that time Uncle Dick
sold a bunch of beef cattle to a drover,
and I weut with him to deliver them at
Itawhide City, aud there we met Ab
Skinuer once more.
"If any of you fellows wero in Raw
hide City in '79, you know what sort of
a place it was then. For general, nll
round meanness, I don't believe that lit
tle burg was ever equaled. Tho worst
men in the southwest nocked there by the
dozens, and gambling and shooting was
tho order of the day. The 'Golden Spur
Saloon' was the headquarters of the very
worst citizens, and not a day passed
without a knife or six-shooter being
used ou some of its customers. . There
had been a fight there the morning we
got into town, aud nil uuoifetiding spec
tator killed with a stray bullet. The
next day the proprietor knocked a Mexi
can iu the head with a wine bottle, and
that night two cowboys stood on oppo
site cuds of a billiard table, and ex
changed shots with army revolvers.
Its the worst hole in. the Union,
said Uncle Dick to Ab and me. 'A njau's
life would be in tianger there if he had
on a suit of b'iler irou. I agreed with
him, but Ab turned uii his nose and
laughed.
" 'They know who to fool with down
thar,' he said. 'They're the worst kind
of bluffs the hull crowd of 'cm. Why,
I'll bet I could go down an' cuss the hull
crowd, and get away without a scratch.'
"I ncle Dick iiuged me with his elbow
and grinned. 'Vou're gassiu', Ab,' he
said. 'Till'. .1 cheap, but it takes money
to back it.'
" 'I've got it,' replied Skinner.
" 'Put it up then,' said Uncle, 'or else
hush.
I saw Sheriff Smith in town,' said I.
-Suppose we get him to hold the money.
The proposition suited the other
and wo found our man and stated the
case. Ab was to go to the 'Golden
Spur,' aud deliberately iusult the whole
crowd that might be there, from the bar
keeper down. If he got avay unharmed,
the money was his; if he was killed, or
wounded in the least, the whole sum went
to uncle aud me. I iuvested every dollar
I had, and the old mau covered the rest
of Ab's money, some two hundred dol
lars. "Smith took a stand next door to the
saloon where he could see the f uu ; and
uncle and I weut inside, and getting be
hind some w hisky barrels, out. of range,
of the door, wailed lor Ab to show up.
There was a big crowd iu the 'Golden
Spur' forty at least; and all of them
howliug druuk. JC very man sported a re
volver, and some of them, two, nnd thera
was a half-dozen Winchesters stacked irt
the corner.
" 'I reckon we'll get even with Skin
ner this time,' said I, and Uncle Dick was
so tickled with the prospect that he set
up the drinks nil around.
"Just as the glasses was filled, I heard
the tramp of hoofs outside, and a horse's
head was stuck in at the door; and over
it and beyond, I caught a glimpse of Ab
Skinner and a big double-barrelled shot
gun. " 'You know me,' he yelled. " 'I am
Ab Skinner a white man and a gentle
man and too good to mix with the
drunken, cowardly cut-throats that hang
around this rancfi. Do you hear mer
"Yes, they heard him. Six-shooters
gleamed all over tho room. Tho pro
prietor leaped over the bar with a
Sharp's carbine in his hand, and Undo
and I hugged tho whisky barrel closer
than ever.
"Then two shots were fired the two
barrels of Ab's shot gun in quick suc
cession, and, ns the smoke filled tho
room, it seemed to me 'that my 'eyes
had been torn from my head, and I had
swallowed a bushel of fire. Iu the midst
of my agony I listened for more shooting,
but failed to hear it. Instead the airwa
filled witli coughs and sneezes mixed
with loud but broken bursts of profan
ity. I did not know then, but I learned
afterward, that Ab's gun contained, in
lieu of shot, about sixteen ounces of snufl
and Cayenne pepper, with enough pow
der behind it to blow it into tho room,
and scatter it well through the atmos
phere. It was a devilish, cruel scheme
to work on a fellow, nnd if the men of
Hawhide City could have caught Skinner
that day they would have burnt him at
the stake without a dissenting voice.
"A half-hour later Uncle Dick and I
were down on Hawhide Creek, with about
forty more tough-looking citizens, wash
ing the snuff and pepper from our eyes,
when Deputy Smith strolled up, and
tendered us a slip of paper which set forth
in Skinner's unmistakable scrawl, that
'The bearer hts paid over tho money
placed in his hands, nnd will hand you
two dollars and fifty cents to be invested
in eye-salve nnd blue goggles.' Aud that
was tho last I heard of Ab Skinner until
I got the news t'other day of his election
to the State Legislature from the same
Hawhide County, where ho gobbled all
of my small change, ruined the prospects I
of my return North, nearly put out my
mau a game." Yankee HUuh.
Worth More After It Was Broken.
"The mending of china in this city is
increasing in proportion to the amount of
fine china being introduced into the
houses of the wealthy," said Harry For
rester, to a reporter for the Washington
Post. "Iu Europe the art of mending
china is one that occupies a great many
people and that calls forth the greatest
degree of skill. This is so from tho fact
that heirlooms in a family cannot be re
placed, and every effort is made to pre
serve them after being broken when they
arc in tho form of china. You would
think that the breakiug of a bowd would
reduce its value a great deal, but there
are pieces of such china in Europe that
have been broken into a dozen pieces,
put together ngaiu and are then worth
more than before the calamity.
"Of course such cases have arisen only
when the breaking was connected with
some historic event that created a relic
of the broken piece. There was a punch
bowl, I remember, for sale in a china
store of Berlin some years ago. The
present Emperor, then a Prince, visited
the store and iu looking over the goods
accidently broke one of the handsomest
pieces of chinawiire there. He at onco
offered to pay for it at any price the
dealer should name, but the latter being
equal to tho occcsiou insisted that he
could uot take mmiey for it, but said
that if the Prince would but write a line
saying that he had accidently broken tho
bowl it would cause no loss. The note
was writtcu nnd without tho Prince's
knowledge was attached on the mended
china. The price that had formerly been
ou it was increased four-fold, the bowl
was sold, and after the Priuce becamo
Emperor it was worth many times wh-t
it had brought at the last sale."
A Detective's Detective.
In one of the well-known jewelry stores
on Hroadway there is a most accomplished
floor walker, whose never failing urbanity
and courtesy have won him no end of
friends among the patrons of the estab
lishment. 15y no one, either iu the store
or out of it, except his employer, is it
suspected that his occupation is other
thau the one it seems. Vet the man's
profession is that of a detective, and his
real services to the establishment are quite
apart from those ot au usher, lhe mm
also constantly employs a dozen other de
tectives, not one of whom knows the real
calling of the man, aud it is a part of his
duty to exercise as closo a scrutiny over
the detectives its they do over the cus
tinners of the store. He is the detective's
detective, iu fact, though to their credit
it is to be said, that he has never had a
case even of suspicion agaiust one of
them.
The jeweler does not depend wholly
upon his battalion of llaw kshaws to pro
tect his property. Kor instance, take
the trays iu which the rings are displayed.
r-acn trav is so constructed tuat a ring
cannot be removed until a spring has
been pressed and a catch releases it.
The spring is at the end of the tray to
ward the clerk, and it is part of his busi
ness to press it so that the customer can
not see the action. The reason for this
is obvious. Many customers like to lift
the rings from the tray, aud if they
were permitted to do it there would be a
general displacement aud many embar
rassing situations might follow. The in
vention is as much a protection to the
customer as it is to tho clerks and the
proprietor. A'ei York Hun.
Not This Year.
"What is yuui-favui'iUi tlowor" she sighed,
"Is it iiiiiiomaio, lily, or red, red rose:-"
And tliat umu of iron nerve i-nptiiKt:
"My luvurius Hour in a barrel grows,"
(The marriage is off.
A BLOODSUCKING PLANT,
a HORRIBLE VEGETABLE GROWTH
OF CENTRAL AMERICA.
Subsisting on Animal Illood Its Yo
rnclous Appetite Devouring Ten
I'omuls of Flesh In I'ire Minute'.
Lcroy Dunstan, the well-known natur
alist of Philadelphia, says the 7"iie of
that city, who has recently returned
from Central America, where ho had
spent nearly two years in the study of
the flora nnd fauma of the country, re
lates the finding of a singular growth in
one of the swamps which surround the
great lake of Nicaragua. He was en
gaged in hunting for botanical and en
tomological specimens in this swamp
which is known as San Sebastian's, when
he heard his dog cry out as if in Bgony
from a distance. Hunning to tho spot
from which the nnimal's cries came, Mr.
Dunstnn found him enveloped iu a per
feet network of what, seemed to be a fine,
ropc-like tissue of roots or fibres, the
nature of which was unknown to him
The plant or vine seemed composed en
tirely of bare, interlacing stems, rtsem
bling more than anything else the braoches
of the weeping willow denuded of all
foliage, but of a dark, nearly black hue,
and covered w ith a thick, viscid gum that
exuded from the pores. Drawing his
knife, Mr. Dunstan endeavored to cut the
animal free, but. it was only with the
greatest difficulty that he succeeded in
severing the fleshy, muscular fibre. To
his horror aud amazement the naturalist
then saw that the dog's body was covered
with blood, while his hairless skin up
poared to have been actually sucked oi
puckered in spots, and the animal stag
gcred as if from weakness and exhuus
tion.
In cutting the vine the twigs curled
like living, sinuous fingers about Mr.
Dunstan's hand, and it required no slight
force to free the member from its cling
ing clasp, which left the fiesb red and
blistered. The gum exuding from the
vine was of n . ravish dark tinge, remark
ably adhesive and of a disagreeable am
mal odor, very powerful and nauseating
to inhale.
The native servants who accompanied
Mr. JJunstnn manifested the greatest
horror of the vine which they call
sagenas do diable," the devil's seine, oi
dc(lth.clea,i
snare, and were full of stor.es of it
powers. One of these
was of an Englishman residing in Mana
gua, who, while hunting in the swamp a
few years before, lay dowu beneath a tree
where a huge and powerful specimen ol
this singular plant was growing, aud, in
advertently falling asleep, awoke to find
Inmsell enveloped in its web, and in
sp'.to of every viloit made to extricate
him, perished in its deadly embrace.
Another story was of an escaped con
vict who was hidden in the swamp, and
wno?e Dones nad ixen tound m the fold:
of the sagenas only a short time before
Mr. Dunstan's visit. These stories, re
markable as they m.y seem, arc firmly
believed in by the people, but the onlv
three specimens which Mr. Dunstan was
ablo to find were ail small ones, though
the meshes of the largif-t would prob
ably, if extended iu a straight line
mea3ure nearly, if not quite, one hun
dred feet. He was able to discover very
little about the nature of the pill
owing to the difficulty of handling it.
for its grasp can only be torn away wit!
loss of skin and even of flesh, but, u-
near as Mr. Dunstan could ascertain, its
power of suction is contained in a num
ber of infinitesimal mouths or little suck
era, which, ordinarily closed, open for
tho reception of food.
Tho gum exuded seems to serve the
two-fold purpose of increasing its tena
city and of overcoming a victim by its
sickening odor. The plant is found onb
iu low, wet places, and usually beneath i
large tree, and while dormant seems ouh
a network of dry, dead vines coveriug
the black earth fof several feet, but com
ing into contact with anything will in
stantly begin to twist aud twine upward
iu a horrible, life-like manner, breaking
out with the gum-like substance spoken
of before, and enwrap the object with a
celerity that is almost incredible.
If the substance is animal tho blood is
drawn off aud the carcass or refuse then
dropped. A lump of raw meat being
thrown it in the short time of five mi u
utes the blood will be thoroughly drunk
off and the mass thrown aside. Its vora
city is almost beyond belief, it devouring
at one nine over ten pounds or meat,
though it mny be deprived of all food for
weeks without apparent loss of vitality.
Mr. Dunstan attempted to brinir uwav a
root of the sagenas, but it died during
I his return voyage, jirowiug so foul with a
; strong odor of real animal corruption
, that lie was obliged to get rid of it.
The Problem of the Kconoiultcs.
The Eeouomite Society is one iu which
the members banded together to make
money by being sliugy. One rule was
that no man connected with the society
should many. The settlement is in Ohio.
Thu farms and buildings of the clan an
tho best in the State. The crops are
always lai,c. The wealth of the Econo
initcs is enormous. Years have become
mere figures ou a torn up calendar siuce
the society was rormed aud the leader i
now a white-haired patriarchal man over
eighty years eld. Seed time and harvest
have co.'iu and goiie. 'lhe reapeis have
whetted their scythes, oxen and milch
cows have lowed in he broad lne.ido'v
huds, orchards have bio "ined aud borne
fruit, and the thousand aud one charui
iug details of rural life have transpired
for the Eeononiites or for other men, but
the Eeononiites are uot happy. Every
thing is theirs but love and the prattle of
children. Theii neighbors respect them
Inn do not follow their example. It is
better, they say, to bu poor and happy
than rich im.l childless ami unhappj .
The grave stares the Eeononiites iu the
face. The last parcel of toil thty cau
hold a iiilo to i-ieienires but a small trac
tion of mi ai re. Who will get their
richest Their .e-:oluiion i iluiken.
Marry they will. Children ;.nd heirs may
remi; to luem. 1 hey have uved in error.
They will die iu matrimony. Chiayu
Times.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A rnr.TTY hiieakfast disit.
f'ut cold toast into squares or rounds.
If it is buttered toast, so much the bet
ter; if not, butter it with cooking but
ter. Lay a ring of tomato on this, and
some flakes of cold, cooked codfish on
the top, cover with a plentiful supply of
parsley sauce, put it into the oven to
warm, and serve hot. The dish is very
economical, mid serves to use up any
stale bread, toast or fish and sauce which
may not be sufficient to present at table a
second time. Garnish with parsley and
lemon riii"s.
CRF.AMKI) rillCKKN.
This is usually a made dish, and, like
many others, is often superior to the
original. Cut the remnants of cold boiled
or roated chicken in small pieces; make
a sauce of one pint of cream or milk, a
tablespoon fill of butter, the well beaten
yelk of one egg, and a table-spoonful of
llour; season with salt, pepper, a half
teaspoonful of sugar and a sprig of pars
Icy. Let the chicken simmer in this for
au hour. Boil half a teacupful of rice
in a farina boiler; season with salt.
Serve the chicken surrounded with the
rice. Vtio York Keiri.
llOn.ED PUDDING.
Half a pint of chopped beef suet, same
amount of bread, same quantity of washed
currents; mix with two tabhwpooufuls of
sugar, a teaspoonful of grated lemon peel,
a salt-spoonful of salt, and same of nut
meg, and a he-aping teaspoonful of bak
ing powder; whip up two eggs with
half a pint of milk; work the mixture to
a light paste. Scald a few small pudding
cloths; wring them out, flour them, and
tie a small portion of the mixture in
each. Put them into hot water and boil
quickly half an hour. Turn them out on
a hot dish; dust sugar over them aud
serve with some sauce.
11IIEAD SA1TE.
Measure out about n thirel of a cup of
fine sifted bread crumbs. Stir them into
a pint of rich milk. Add two slices of
onion, ami put the whole in a double
boiler to cook from ten to twenty min
utes. When the bread crumbs seem to
have swelled out anil thickcnetl, add sat.
and pepper and two tablespoonfuls of
butter and set back where it will keep
warm. Take a large cup of coarse, un
sifted breael crumbs which have been
well dried, anil fry them iu butter till
they are brown and crisp. Lay the roast
birds on a hot game plotter ; pour the
white bread sauce around them, removing
the onion, and sprinkle the fried crumbs
over their breasts and a few ou the sauce.
Decorate the elish with a few spriggs of
parsley, and serve heit. Game should be
eaten the moment it is cooked. AVheu
served in course at a large ilinuer it must
be cooked while the preceding course is
being served, as it cannot be allowed to
wait or be "kept warm" for even ten
minutes without being spoiled. JYVic
Tort Tribune.
iiorsEiiot.D hints.
To remove sewing machine oil, wet the
spots with turpentine and wash out with
eolel water and toilet soap.
One teaspoonful of ammonia to a tea
cupful of water applied with a rug will
clean silver and gold jewelry.
An egg well be-aten in a glass of milk
and sweetened makes a nice strengthen
ing drink for a teething chihl.
A gargle of salt aud water used before
retiring at night will strengthen the
throat auel keep off bronchial attacks.
Plaster of Paris is au excellent material
for sealing catsup and fruit bottles or
jars, and is more easily applied thau seal
ing wax.
While dishes can be marked with one's
name on the back, with a common pen
and ink, and it will not wash off for a
long time.
Strong muriatic acid applied with a
cloth and the spot washed thoroughly
with water, is recommended to remove
ink stains from boards.
Equal parts of bay rum, borax aud
ammonia make a nice preparation for
ck-aning the head; apply freely to the
scalp with a brush and then wash in
clearwater.
A feather-bed or mattress will remain
clean aud iu an excellent condition for
years if kept in a ease made of common
sheeting, which cau be removed nud
washed at will.
Hiscuits cau be warmeel to bo as good
as when just baked by placing them iu
the oven dry, covered closely withu in.
It is a greut improvement over the old
way of wetting lliciu.
If one wishes to cool a hot dish iu a
hurrv, it will be found that if the dish be
placed in a vessel full of cold, salty water.
it w ill cool far more rapidly than if it
stood in water free from salt.
Boiling hot liquid may bo safely
pou rii I into a glass jar or tumbler by
first putting a silver spoon in the dish.
He careful, however, that a elraft of
told air does not strike tho vessel while
hot.
Aliin.st any kind of fruit stains maybe
removed bv turning boiling water thron-di
the stained pait. If tho first trial does
not entirely remove the stain repeat the
operation. This should be done before!
the spot is "set" by the usual method of
washing.
If your flat-irons get rusty rub theni
fust (while hot) with beeswax, then put!
a handful of salt ou u bit of old cotton
cloth or coarse paper, and rub the iron
over it hard aud fast. This operation re
peated two or three times will make the
iiisiiesl irou smooth.
A yood dressing for shoes is white of,
il!g, etr some good oil, olive or swce'i(
oil, applied uith a bit of flannel. It
keeps the color of the leather, aud shoesi
thus treated do uot harden utter being
thoroughly wet. Oil is the proper'
dressing for patent leather, linseed oil,
some shoemakers say . It is first rubbed1
on and then polished with a dry flan '
nil. Patent leather treated in this,
way does not i niek urj liccoine dull after
wetting.
AN OLD-FASHIONED LOVE SONO.
Tell me what within her eyes
Makes the forgotten Spring arise,
t And all the day. if kind she looks.
Flow to a tune like tinkling brooks; 1
Tell me why, if but her voice
Falls on men's ears, their souls rejoice;
Tell me why. if only she
Iloth :-onie into the companiu
All spirits straight enkindled are, y
As if a moon lit up a star.
Tell mn this that's writ abov, '
A nd I will tell you why I love.
Tell me why the foolish wind
Is to her tresses ever kind,
And only Mows them in such wise '
As lends her beauty some surprise; .
Tell mo why no changing year
Can change from Spring, if she appear;
Tell me why to see her face
Begets in all folk else a grace
That makes them fair, as love of her
Did to a gentle nature stir.
Tell me why, if she but go j
Alone across the fields of snow, '
All fancies of the Springs of old 1
Wit hin a lover's breast grow bold;
Tell me why, when her he sees,
Within himstirsnii April breeze;
And all that in his secret heart
Most sacredly was set apart,
And most was hidden, then awake?.
At the sweet joy her craning makes.
Tell nie what is writ aliove.
And I will tell you why I love.
. C. An ii nrc, in Scribner.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Counting the clergyman iu, it tuke3
three to make a pair. Vc
The musical critic should necessarily
be a man of good sound judgment.
Life.
Miss Adipose refers to her slim lover
as a beau and narrow. Biixjittmton
Leader.
You never can tell th si.c of a woman's
grief by the frequency of her sighs.
lioitun Post.
No American consul was ever seasick
enough on his voyage to throw up hi.s ap
pointment. Because a boy is a remarkable little
shaver is no sigu that he will become a
barber. Uiinjliumton HfjmMican.
The fact that the poor man wants to
own a mule may be because the animal is
so well heeled. Merchant Tratcler.
"I called to see you just an a master of
curiosity," saiel the dime museum mau
ager to the armh-ss phenomenon. Mer
chant TrureUi:
Money is not essential to happiness,
but there is au iudetluite something about
a big bank acoount that at times is very
ref reshi ng. h'ioch .
Young Sprigg "Mr. Uidquie-k, I am
worth !?"ill, IKK) and I love your daughter."
Mr. Hidquick (retired auctioneer)
"Sold. " t'A icmja Tribune.
Mrs. Littlun (as her husband enters')
"Hush! Haby's asleep!" Mr. Littlun
"Hut that's the only time I have a
chance to be heard." J'nck.
Gabby "How did you get that dread
ful cold!"' Snulllcton "Id the datural
way, stoopid? S'pose I advertiseel for
plads ad speditigatiods?" Hiting).
"When tireek meets Greek
Then e-oines the tug of war:"
When the Way Haek Sewing Oire-le meets
Then e-omes the tug of jaw.
(liiatlair Sun.
Mrs. llroadhurst "You must stay ovei
for our ball ou Thursday night." (unt
de Pardanelle "A -ah, luadanie, you will
assassinate me with your kiueluess."
Jiuhje.
Stranger (iu dime museum) "Say,
Where's the walking mutch you ad
vertised?'' MamiL-er "Se-e tho liviu'
skeleton over there!" "Y p." "Well,
that's him." 'Time.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
These patent self-applying buttons would
have never been invented if women had
remained content to stay at home and do
the sewing. Terre Haute i'xjireiu.
Hrown "You know I'm quite a near
neighbor of yours now, .Mrs. Golightlyi
I've just taken a little house ou the
river." Mrs. Golightly "Oh '. AVell, 1
hope you'll-drop in some day." Jiuly.
Alice (at two A. m. in the parlor) .
"Oh, George, I hear papa coming!
Ituu!" George (smiling) "Ifo won't
come in here." "How do you know?"
"I lent him -0 this morning." Lau
rence American.
" Put your best foot forward" has ever been
shown
To be for mankind a commendable plan.
But the mule wit ti h way that is solely his
own
Puts his he-st foot backward as hard as he
can.
L'hivuyo Ileruttl. ;
What a happy world this would be if
it were not for the thought of the long
and expensive litigation that will take
place w heu our hcir-i try to burst our will
iu ordet to get a chunk of our million
aire estate. llautciUe Jlretzc.
"Well, John," said a gentlemen to his
servant, "I must say that it doesn't take
me half the time to dress that it docs
you." "No doubt, sir; no doubt; but
then, sir, we are not all alike, sir; for
I've no valet to help me, sir." Jtnlie.
llelinda "1 see that Clara has taken
to sending liberal donations to the hospi.
tals and asylums." Amiable "Vi-s;
you si-e she has everything she could pos
sibly want, she has not a wish ungrati-
ticil, so she is going in for self-denial aud
giving to the poor." .licriti.
Miss Charity (to beggar woman)
There, my good woman, is an old dress
of mine with only the front widths and a
part of the w aist gone. If you will get four
or live yards of brown cashmere to i-oui-biue
with it, and some new linings anil
velvet for a collar and culls and a panel
at the side, it w ill make you quite a neat
nud comfortable gown. That is all 1 have
for you to day." Time.
During last year the London cabmen
aud omnibus and train-car conductors left
i.', 1 !7 unclaimed articles, some of which
were of considerable value, with the
metropolitan police. Only 10,3;iS of
these we'rv returned to owners.