THE FOREST REPUBLICAN U pnblUhed avery Wadneiday, kj J. E. WENK. Offlo In Smearbaugh & Co.'a Building XIM STBXRT, TIONB8TA, ra. Term. . . tl.BO prTr. RATES OF ADVERTISING. On Square, one Inch, one Inaertloa f 1 pa One 8qnare, one Inch, on month ... I M One Sqnare, one Inch, three montha. f 00 On a Squire, one Inch, on ;cu 10 00 To 8qnarea, Ota year ISO Qntrlcr Column, one fear M 00 Ha!f Colnmr, one year 10 M On Column, one year 100 0 Lejral adTertleemcnta tea cent! per line each In sertion. Marrlagea and death notlcea (rati. All biile for yearly adrcrtlsrmrnta collected qnar terly. Temporary advertlaementa muat be paid IB advance. Job work carh oa delivery. Republican OK c W nhMriptlNi ncalred for ahertae Mrloa than thris months. Onrrmponiltnca aollettad from all part of the Country. No natlca wlil b Ukan of anoajiacma "ouiunlcatloaa. VOL. XXII. NO. 42. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 1890. Sl.50 PER ANNUM. Statistics compiled from tho reports of the Treasure of every Stnfc and Ter ritory show tlio wealth of tho United States to bo $01,'lfif()000,000 outside of (lie public properly. A somewhat new departure in building practtco has been successfully made in Germany. Mortar of tho best quality, which is manufactured wholesale, in sold to suiall builders nnd private individuals. In bnd wca',her especially, this system lias distinct advantages, and it obviates tho necessity of making tho mortar on the ground. Burglars recently broke into a house in London, but obtained littlo booty for their pains. A newspaper, in giving an mvount of the affair, spoke of much val liable property they overlooked. Acting on this hint tho raseuls paid a second visit and made a great haul. They left a mile expressing their obligations to tho newspaper reporter. One of the two Chinese commissioners now in this country to purchase electric light plants for Chin was asked in New York if ho wasn't afraid that tho electric light would kill his people. Tho bland face of the good-uaturod agent was wreathed in smiles as he answered: "China can alTord to lose twico as many men as America for the sake of ligfit aud other products of AVcslcrn science." Hairy Ward Ileecher's country place, Boscobel, u short distance below tho Jlighlands, rn the Hudson, has been sold to Thomas M. Mewart, of New York l ily, f ir $75,000. Tho estate and tho improvements upon it cost Mr. Ueecher about SOOjOOO. It was tho great preacher's pet institution, next to his rhVkh, and many friends from all over the world sent him rare trees aud shrubs with which to beautify it. ' Tho Washington. Star thinks tho Pro visional Republic of Brazil makes a mis take in confiscating the lato Emperor's property alid in changing the names of streets, institutions, etc., called in his honor. It says: "He was not a tyrant of tho story books, but a good ruler, great iu his ideas and kind ' in tho promptings of his nature. It was his misfortune to rule on a continent and in an age inwhich Kings aud Emperors are going put of fashion." , A feature of lifeti New York which il is said is not duplicated iu any other c;tv iu America, is the equestrian parade of men of advanced years iu Central Tal k every afteruoou. There are lit erally hundreds of men, all of whom are brymd the sixty-year limit, or pushing i; very close, who ride as regularly as the s'iu shine. Indeed many of them ven ture out, when the weather is unpropi thi.i, under heavy riding coats, and when their sons prefer to sit in the stuffy mciesphcre of a club smoking room. Even Herman soldiers must eat, anS tho tremendous reduction of effective productive force accomplished iu tho Kaiser's dominions by tho combined effect of emigration an 1 enforced mili tary service has so diminished agricul tural production as to t'.rivo Bismarck to seriously consider the importation of Chinamen, to work the firms of the Em pire. There is but one thing more costly than European peace, ays tho Detroit Free Preu, and that is European war. Americans can alTord to have their littlo standing army laughed at, contented that no more than a toy force is neces sary. In tho opinion of tho Sau Francisco . Chronicle, "there is mora talk thau any th iug else about war iu Central America. Every petty village row or neighborhood squabble is railed a revolution, and every fight b?twccu roving bands of ruffians ot outlaws is magnified into a war. The latest rumor was that Guatamala anil Sal vador were shortly going to war, though what either of them has to tight about is past finding out. If they do not keep the peace and miud their own business, it will servo them right to have Mexico swoop down and gobble up the wholo five States of Central America, and Mex ico, it is believed, would bo very willing to do it." Tho most polite nation in diplomatic intercourse is not France, but Belgium. When the Bclgiau authorities addressed a letter to this (ioverumeut, asking if the United States still claimed as citizens all children of alieu parcuts born here, the communication closed with: "I shculd bo grateful if your Exccllem y would have the great kindness to furnish me wi:h this document and give me the informa tion desired. Thanking your Excellency us advance, 1 embrace," etc. Wishing to know what were tho regulations of tho United States iu regard to pcddliug, tho Belgiau minister condoled with: "I have the honor to have recourse to your Excellency's good ollices, begging you to be pleased to acquaint me with the laws and regulations which are iu force in the L'uifed States regarding peddling. I avail myself," etc, IN THE EVENING. In she evening of our days, Whou the first far star above Glimmer dimmer, through thehar.es Than the dewy eyes of love, BIibII lie mournfully revert To the vanished morns and Mays Of our youth, with hearts that hurt In the evening of our clays? II. Bhall the hand that holds your own. Till the twain are thrilled as now, He withheld, or colder grown? Shall my kiss upon your brow Falter from its high estate? And, in all forgetful ways, Khali we sit apart and wait In the evening of our days? in. Nay, my wife my life ! the gloom Shall enfold us vclvetwise. And my smile shall be the groom If the glailnesg of your eyes; Gently, gently as the dew Minnies with the darkening maze, I shall fall asleep with you In the evening of our days. Jollies Whitcomb Miry, in Lippincott. 11V MAllY KYI.R DALLAS. "Now, see here," said Deacon Parley to his two daughters, "things kinder looks as ef I wouldn't be home to-night, and there's all them contributions for the yaller-fever sufferers up chamber in the red closet (tarnation fool I was to take charge of 'em!). There is about two thousand dollars altogether, and that's enough to tempt thicvis. Ef your ma was to hum, I wouldn't feci skeered. She's a woman of sense and experience, but Saroy Ann had to hev her twins just oi this pertickler occasion, und there is yjur ma oil for a week !" "Why, pa, nobody knows the money is here,"' cried tho second daughter, Kitty. "They'd be more likely to expect to fuid it nt tho store in the safe." "That's jest why I fetched it up," said the deacon. "I hev got to produce it up to the church mcctin' to-morrer, and I'd feel purty ctir'us ef I had to go and say 'twus stole and them boyti is so long tongued and gabby. Cau't sell a pound of flour without tellin' nil creation all they know. So I led them to believe I'd put it in the safe, nnd made a lot of fuss about their lockin up keerful, and mean while hum I fetched it." "Well, that was cute!" said Kitty. "Leave pa alone for fixing thiugs," said Maltie. The two girls were remarkably fond of their father, aud believed him the wisest of men. As he got ready for his journey, they hovered about him, bring ing him his gloves, tying his Sunday cravat, putting littlo dainties in his traveling-bag, filling a small bottle with lemonade, in case ho should grow thirsty, parting his hair so that tho bald spot on top wouldn't show, and listening to his counsel. "Ef I ain't to hum," said he, "you'll find the rille and the pistol both loaded; but I guess the bolts and bars on this here house is all good. You jest see to them, and it's all right. Fasten up cany. Don't go away nowhere, aud see you don't let no beggars in." All of which the girls solemnly promised, and kissing their father, waved their kerchiefs from tho porch until he vanished at the turning of the road that led to the station. t Usually the Parley farm-house boasted both a maid and a man. But it so hap pened that the last man had fallen in love with tke rosy-cheeked "help," and that they had married and departed together only tho day before. The new servants had not yet arrived, and tho farm was in a lonely place, and tlio mother as the deacon had said was at her daughter's, where two littlo "strangers" had arrived together. Still the girls, healthy, merry, and not at all imaginative felt no alarm. They went to work with a will to tidy the house. They had a pick-up dinner in the kitchen, and they took their crochet work and a couple of novels on the porch in the afternoon. "I'll get tea, Kitty," said Mattie, as he sun began to set. "I know you want to finish that blue row." And Kitty answered: "Yes, I should like to, Mattie, if you don't mind." However, when Mattie had gone kitchenward, it occurred to Kitty that there might be a letter at tho postoftice for her. The young druggist spoken of in the neighborhood as "Kitty Parley's steady coinpiuy," lived in New York, aud a missive was to be expected from him at any moment. Therefore Kitty thought that she would run over to the office while Mattie was making tea. So she caught up her shade hat and started off down the lane, taking a short cut over the meadows. Mattie at tho same time having put ou tho kettle, believed that she could just step iu to tho next neighbor's and get some patterns she had been promised before the water bubbled. Tho neighbor's back door was only across two vegetable gardens, aud Mattie did not need a hat, for the sun was quite gone. Away she went, with her light step aud quick movements, never guessing that her sister had left her post. So it came to pass thai, tho house was deserted fur the space of an hour; for when Kitty got to the oltice tho mail was just in; the letters had yet to be sorted, and while she was waiting for this to be done, au old friend stepped out of a wagou at the door. Of course, there was a long chat, for Mrs. Jones had to tell of deaths and marriages, of au elopement, of the "doings" of tho evil-disposed and the good luck of her son Billy, who had gone to California and made a little for tune iu Los Augeles in no time. While at the neighbor's the pattern was hard to find, und then Mattie had to learn just how to match the notches, and then it was not civil to go without a littlo talk. aud there was a confidence onlv to be imparted at the gate, reirardinif a certain John, who was payijg atteution to the young Udy of the house. Time Hies so moments than we quite dark when Kitty Hew in at the front door, and Mat tie bounr.cd in at tho back at the sario in stant. Neither of the girls guessed that the other had been absent. The kettle was boiling, so Mattio made tho tea and ict the table and rang tho bell, tucking tho patterns behind a platter on the drcRser, and Kitty entered at the signal, e.ierting a scolding for keeping tea waiting, but none came. Tho girls took their tea, chatting pleas antly over it, and then Mattie said: "Supposo we lock up and go up to our room. It docs feel a little spookish down stairs alone." "It does," said Kitty. "Down cellar first and then everywhere else." Parley farm-house, was well provided with bolts nnd bars, and every room had good locks of its own. The girls fastened everything on tho lower door, and then went up to tho front room, where their parents slept, to see to tho windows. though it was probable that their father had attended to that btforc he went awav. Kitty went first with a candle, Mattio followed, fcho had stayed to put the cat into the wash-house, and now came up on the full run with that feeling that some unseen thing is behind you grnboing for your back hair, which seems to indicate that all women have a disposition to bclievo iu the supernatural for whn among us has not lelt it. She had just got to tho top step when she heard Kitty scream violently, and heard something fall. As she rushed in to the room, she saw that it was in dark ness Kitty had dropped her caudle. "Kitty!" cried her sister, "what is the matter?" "Oh, don't ask me!" wailed Kitty. "Get a match. Oh, oh, oh!" Mattie groped about, bumping her head against the bedstead, the wardrobe, aud her sister's head, before she found the match-box. But it came to hand at last, and then she struck a light, found tho candle, and lighted it. Kitty sat on the floor rocking to aud fro and moan ing. "What is the matter, dear?" pleaded Mattie. "Oh! don't you see?" sobbed the sister, "don't you see?" And Mattie, staring about her, did see. The door of the red closet the treasure house where tho collection for the yellow fever sufferers had been locked up was wide open. Not only was the cash-box gone, but the buudles of linen, stockings, gowns, cloaks, aud shawls also to be sent South, had vanished, and pinned to the door was a largo placard bearing these words, written in blue pencil : "Thank you for making it so easy for us. We didn't have a might of trouble, and a whole hour to help oursjlves. We had quite a little luueb, too, out of the buttery. Good bye! "Bukolars." "Kitty," said Mattie, "don't you al most wish we were dead?" "I do," said Kitty. "Why, it seems to mo that to face pa to-morrow will be more than I can stand." "It isn't facing him so much," said Mattie, "though that is hard; but what an injury we've done him. He'll have to face the congregation and tell that str.ry. He'll have to make it up out of his sav ings. Poor pa! Oh, oh, oh! aud all because I went over to the Duseubury's for a nasty little paper pattern I could have dono without all my fault, all mine!" "No dear," said Kitty. "I didn't know you weut out before ; but I was away a whole hour, over at tho post- ollice. I met Selina's mother, and shej had a lot to say, and they hadn't fixed' the letters, so you see, I left the front door unguarded. I did it. They came iu at the front door. Oh, dear, dear, dear, dear! What a wicked girl I am!" "How wrong of both of us!" said Mattie. Now, if I'd just spoken to you Or I to you," said Kittv. Then both. began to cry again. "If we had anything to sell," said Kitty, "if we could save it any way, if we had jewelry! Oh! I'L.go out to service I'd go into a factory to earn it. But ma wouldn't let us oh.!" "If wo took poison wo wouldn't cost anymore; it would save money!" 8aid Mattie. "Pihaw! our funerals aud tlun disgrace, aud they'd feel so!" sobbed Kitty. 'Old Moses Patch asked mo to marry him once. I really think I'll go and tell him I will if he'll give mo as much as has been stolen, right away!" said Miittio. "Mr. Patch is engaged to Widow Bur-, ridge, Selina's mother told me that to day," said Kitty. "No; we can't do any thing. But what does it matter about us, when dear pa will have to suffer. for our conduct dear, dear pa!" Again the gins sobbed, and it was nearly two o'clock ut night before drowsi ness fell upon them, and they weut sadly across the eutry to their own room.Avhere they cried themselves to sleep. Kitty awoke first, aud .began tor7 again. Mattie, aroused by the souuds, sat up aud looked about her. "I feel as if all life had altered I'Vsaid she. "So do I," said Kitty. "I don't want to get up." "I suppose we must," said Mattie. She arose aud dressed herself aud went down-stairs. Hardly had she lighted the fire, when she heard feet upon the garden path. She looked up aud saw her father approacHng, and cried out: "Home so early! Why, pa!" then threw her apron over her face aud began to sob. "Why, what's the matter, Mattie?" asked Mr. Parley. "Oh, pa!" said Mattie, "I cau't tell you!" "Anything the matter with ma or anybody!" he asked. "No, thank goodness!" said Mattie; "but, pa, it is the very worst thing next to that that could happen." "The money?" said old Parley. At this moment Kitty appeared at the door. "Yes, pa," said she, "and all my fault. I went to the postoftice aud left the front door open." "And I went to the Dusenburys', and left the back door open," said Mattie. "I stayed an hour," said Kitty. "So did I," said Mattie. much faster at such can believe. It was "Well," said old Parley, "I'll say for you you don't try to cast blame one on t'other, and you don't tell fibs." 'I wish you could sell us for slaves and take tho money," said Kitty. "Slavery times are over," said Parley, "or I could black you up nnd do that. Well, gals, I'll look prettv, won't I, tellin' this to tho folks in church? I'll look real smart, and I feel so, too. I'll hev to sell tho three-acre lot to raise tho amount, I guess, and all because I trusted a couple of gals. Why, I tluiught your ma's daughters and mine would hev a little common sense born into 'cm, but you hada't, it seems." "No," said Kitty, "I haven't." "I haven't either," said Mattie. "Well, como upstair and let's seo whether you haven't made no mistake," said Mr. Parley. "I only wisli we had," said Kitty. But they followed their father, who was tak ing it belter than they hoped he would. There stood the red closet open ; there was the placard on the door. "Yes," said old Parley, "them contri butions ain't in the closet, nnd you must hev felt sort of funny when you read that notice, gals. But did you look under the bedstead? It's a big old-fashioned ono with a valance may be the burglar is there yet;" and ho laughed. "Look," said he again. Kitty gavo ono startled glance at her father's face and went on her knees beside the bed. She threw tho chintz valance back and gave a cry. There were the bundles, the bags, the rolls, the parcels that had vanished from the red closet, and there, too, was tho cash-box, shining and bright, and the prettiest thing, to Kilty's eyes at that moment, that she had ever seen. "You see, girls," said old Parley, as his daughters dived with joyous squeals under tho queer old heir-loom with its tester and valance, and reappeared with one thing after the other, "1 did como hone last night, after all, and I found the house empty and all flying, and I thought I'd play a joke on you. I pret ty near came in when you bellered so, but you deserved a lesson. I slept up garret for once locked into the man's room. Still, for all, I will say I've found out you're real good girls to each other, and that you sot considerable on your old dad, and you can kiss me." "It wasn't a bit more than wo de served," said Kitty. "And don't it feel nice to have it all turn right after all?" "Indeed it does," said Mattie. And how old Parley tells that burglar story down at the store once a week ou tho averago. Fashion Baztir, Nearly Burled Alive. In view of the many strango nervous, cataleptic nnd kindred conditions which are so common nowadays, it is not un reasonable to call atteution to tho possi bilities, which would seem occasionally to occur, of premature burial. A narrow escape of this was recently commuuicated direct to tho writer. The lady was the wife of the medical officer attached to the th regiment. She was stationed at Island, where, at at tho ago of twenty-eight, she was safely confined. Shortly after this sho was walking out with an attendant when sho was taken suddenly ill with a painful spasm of tho heart what appears to have been an atbick of angina pectoris and was conveyed indoors and propped up with pillows, suffering great pain, aud, although medical attendance was summoned, nothing was of avail, and sho died at least, ia the opinion of thoso around her. It was the custom there te bury at sundown any one who died dur ing the day. She would never have lived to tell the story but for an accident, which happened in this way : Her nurse, who was much attached to her, was stroking her faco and the muscles of her jaw, aud presently declared she heard a sound of breathing. Medical attendance was summoned nnd the mirror test applied, but tho surface was undimmcd. Then, to make sure, they opened a vein in each arm, but no blood flowed. No limb responded to stimulus, and they declared that tho nurse was mistaken, aud that the lady was dead beyond doubt. But the nurse persisted iu her belief and in her attentions, aud did succeed iu establishing a sigu of life. Then mustard applications to her feet and to the back of her neck, aud burnt feathers applied to her nostrils, which she remembers burning her nose, completed her return to consciousness. Tocsin. Trapping' Devils in China. In au article ou the Taouist lleligion of the C'hiuese, a writer in tho Popular Science. Monthly, says: If the locality is wealthy, or has a few wealthy inou iu it. the priest generally makes out a stroiij! case. He may require to call in other priests in consultation. All tuis time tha people dwell in morbid fear, pending de liverance. At length tho priests an nounce their ultimatum. It will require a fee of ono hundred taels (about one huudred and thirty-three dollars, Ameri can money) to procure safety. The money is raised by public subscript' m and paid over to tho priest in charge. Then the capture jf tho devils is the next step. A bottle or jar is secured for each devil, aud the priests secure a bait in tho shape of imitation gold and silver tinted paper (called Joss paper). This liuner is imitation mouey, uud when it is reduced 1 to spirit by being burued, the devils do not know it from genuiue money here again showing their low mcutalitv anil they enter the buttle in which the Joss paper has bceu burned. When they are thus entrapped tho bottle is sealed and carried away by the priest. Then the people feel grateful to theirdelivcrcr.and the priest has again impressed his impor tance to tho welfare of the community and at the same time replenished his bank account. Tho "Tsung li Yamen," or ui.n.o ,i iijc in-mi pr.csl OI WHS Sect, IS a ' curiosity. It has large halls and rooms ' tilled with dust-covered aud sealed jars, I is every one of which is confined a devil, I .nptured in the above unique plan. Aud : were each and every jar tilled with silver, ' I qur-'ion if it would equal the sums paid for the capture of thesu devi.s. MONEY-PASSING FRAUDS. VARIOUS WAYS TO CH EAT PEOPLE AND THE TREA'ITJRY. Mutllatlrur Hank -Not rs and Rending Tli.-m l'or Itcdeiiipllon "Hailing" Hills -Plugging Co I nx. "Only thoso who are daily engaged in ' banks or bnnkingcan form an idea of the , clever tricks that are resorted to by ras cals in order to cheat people out of their ' money," said a banker to a Boston Globe j reporter. "Lots of counterfeits, I suppose, ' re marked the latter. "There arc enough, but counterfeiting is an old-fashioned and very risky way of 'doing' people. What would you think of employing real, good American bills to cheat people with? It has been done time and again." "How?"' "Through the redemption laws, for one way. Here is a copy of the 'Regula tions governing the sfsuc and redemption of United States cuiTrtiry nnd coins and the redemption of national bank notes.' You see clause 21 reads: Notes equaling or exceeding three-flfths of their original proportions, and bearing the name of the bank aud the signature of one of its oltlc?rs, are redeemable at their full face vnlue. "Now some sharp rascals took a num ber of notes of tho same denomination and bank of issue, aud so tore or cut them that less than three-fifths of the bill was removed, and theu had the mutilated bills redeemed by the United States Treasury.- The fragments which they had cut out of the bills they pasted clev erly together, making au apparently whole and good bill of them, which was passed upon some unsuspecting citizen, who iu tuiu passed it on until it event ually wandered to the Treasury, where it was branded as worthless and returned to the last unfortunate owner. The only way to detect these bills is by the num ber, which must, as yoii, probably know, be tho same on both ends of tho bill. This same trick has been dono with worthless fragmcuts of bills that hnve been rejected, by tho Treasury as too small for redemption "Then regular bills have been very skilfully split, that is, cut in two so that the back nnd front are in separate pieces; then the pieces are torn, and mended by pasting them upon a scrap of paper. This paper covers up the blank side and dis guises the 'split,' making tho half bill look like a whole one, and in this way each half is passed for the full valuo of the bill. "Another trick with a genuine bill, but one which can only be worked upon people who do not handle a great deal of money, is 'raising' it, that is, erasiug tho letters aud figures which denote the de nomination of tho bill, and substituting a larger amount. "For instance: A one dollar bill can be raised to a 10, or a 10 ton 100. This kind of work is generally done with a pen cither upon the bill itself after the original engraving has been erased, or upon paper whidi is pasted on. No mat ter how well it is done, however, and I have seen somo wonderful specimens of expertness in this line, a penman's work can never be made to look like an en graver's. A practiced eye can detect it iu an instant, and beside the feeling of a bill that has bceu so tampered with is uillcrem, and often betrays it. "Another humbug that is openly per petrated is tho gold half aud quarter dollar business," continued the banker. "Some years ago, away back about 1849, 1 think, parties iu California started private mints because gold was so plenty aud coinage so hard to get out of the Government. Well, there was littlo or uo objection to that, but after awhile tho Sau Francisco mint was established, and then these private mints died out except iu the case of sonic jewel ers, who coined -halves and quarters in gold. These were fairly good in weight and quality at first, but they gradually uiaue ineui poorer ai)d smaller until a few years ago the Government interfered. and every bit of gold found that was marked with tlu,' name of 'United States of America, or with the words 'half dol lar' or 'quarter dollar' that had not been struck by the United States or some other Government was seize I, cut in half aud returned thus. "The manufacturers of these thiugs were informed that thereafter any person making a coin of any kind, or anything to represent or be used as a coin, would be prosecuted for counterfeiting. Sie ve then all these 'halves' and 'quarters' have been stumped 'California Gold Charm,' with the letter 'IV on the larger one and HJ' on the smaller. "These 'charms' are what now sold for halves and quarters, but they are worthless little scraps, made of such pour gold that it will not stand the acid test, and so little of that eveu that their real value is not II) cents ou a dollar." "How about silver;" "Both silver and gold of all countries is filed aud punched to take something from their value and theu plugged ami passed, while the filings are sold to silver or goldsmiths. People are generally growing cautious, however, about taking mutilated coins, and a good thing it is, too. The Government weighs all silver anil gold coiu it receives, ami the light pieces are theu branded and returned to the owner, who can do nothing but melt the coin. With gold, unless badly woru, the loss is not so great, for tho leal iu triusic value is there. Hutches. "Watches," said a jeweler, "are funny things. Do you know that there are times when a watch will not run regularly ? I have had railway engineers say that lo comotives are much the same way. Wheu a watch has one of these irregular spells it is almost impossible to make them go. Many a watch is ruined, too, at limes when carelessness is thu priuie cause. Some men will wind a watch too close and then if it refuses to run shako it un til everything is out of place. A largo per cent, of the repairing dune is brought about by persous who dj not kuow how to take care of watch." Cincinnati l unet-btar. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. rnoi'Eii vse of, vkgf.taiii.es. Potatoes are the proper vegetable to accompany fish. All kinds of vegetables may be served with beef, although green peas are more appropriate for veal, mut ton or poultry. Corn should never nc company game or poultry. With venison, currant jelly. Cabbage, apple sauce, parsnips, carrots and turnips should bo served with pork. Macaroni with cheeso should always accompany woodcock. Green peas and watercresses, wild ducks. Apple sauce, turnips, cabbage, wild or tamo geese. Tobh T't'k, HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIES'. When pillowslips begin to show signs of wear, rip open the end seam and fold so that the side seam will come in the center of the pillow. Sew up the end again, and your pillowslip wi'l wear as long again, as the wear is now upon that part that has had but little wear hereto fore. Watch the tablecloths, and at the first thin place making its appearance, darn it carefully with the rave'ings, saved for that purpose when the tablecloth was made. In this way it will look much better than if neglected until a hole is worn through, when it must be patched. Make carving-cloths from red -and -white checked linen toweling fringe all around and place over the tablecloth at tho carver's place; also ono opposite, where the mistress sits. They help to save tho wear of the cloth at the edge of the table. Three-quarters of a yard is none too long. This tr.weliug also makes good every -day napkins, cut in squares und hemmed. Make school napkins, for the children to take with their dinner, from bleached cotton cut in squares aud fringed, then feather-stitch with red (ravelicgs from red tabling will do), and work an initial I or the name in the center. They are ornamental as well as useful. American Aijricxi Uuritt. HOW TO ItOAST A DCCK. In choosing ducks for roasting, get those with thick yellowish feet and plump bodies. Dress tin same as a chicken, but to insure ter.derness they should hang a day or two before using, if the weather will permit. Make a stuffing of bread crumbs well buttered, and season with pepper, salt, sage, or thyme, a little very finely chopped onion nnd one egg. l!x all together lightly, stud not very full, sew up, tio so as to draw the legs close to the botiy and throw up the breast. Hoast in a good oven and baste frequently. Not long before serving, dredge them with flour. Young ducks will cook ia from thirty to forty minutes; old ones re quire from forty-five minutes to an hour. When done, make a brown gravy and pour some of it uround, but not over the ducks; also, send some to thu table in a tureen. If tho flavor of ouiou aud sage is not liked by all, one of the ducks should be left unseasoned. It is always well to parboil old ducks before roastiug. Cur laut jelly, apple sauce, audgreeu peas, if obtainable, are nice acconipauiments for this roast. It is said the choice parts in serving are the "leg of a swimmer ami the wing of a flyer." To remove the fis'.i flavor of wild thicks, parboil them with au onion, or biisto them for a few miu utes with hot water, to which has been added some slices of onion. Afterward, baste without using the onion. Yankee Made. IIBCirEB. Corn Cake Two eggs, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one pint sour milk, one teaspoon soda, aud a littlo more than oue piut of corn meal. Cabbage Salad Take one piut of finely chopped cabbage, and turn over it a dressing of three tablespoons lemon juice, two tablespoons sugar, one-half cup whipped cream, thoroughly beaten to gether. Roast Shoat Put a quarter of a shout on a dripping pan without water, sprin kle with pepper nndsalt, baste with but ter. Let cook two or three hours; when dune, pour iu half teacup of walnut cat sup. Serve with baked apples. Baked Eggs Fill tho egg dish with the whites beaten ; make a hollow iu thu center, uud put in tho unbeaten yelk ; scatter over the top a little salt and pepper, uud lay a small piece of butter near the yelk. Bake about two minutes. Breakfast Pulls Take two quarts of flour, a tcaspoonful of salt, half a teacup of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, four eugs, and ono quart of boiled milk; stir well, fill greased pult bowls two-thirds full, and bake in a hot oven. Sweet Potatoes Wash and boil ten der, peel aud slice. Cover the bottom of a baking dish with a layer of slices, spread thickly with butter and sugar, theu more potatoes, butter ami sugar, filling the dish. Set in the oven uutil the top is brown Roast Turkey Pitiinp your turkey by plunging in boiling water. lVcparc a dressing of bread crumbs, butter, pepper and salt. Place the turkey on a dripping pun, spread with bits of butter, turn and basto tftcn. When nearly done glaze w ith the white of au egg. Make gravy aud servo with wild pbi.u jelly. Economical Pudding Four cups of flour, one of suet, two of dried cherries, one of dried raspberries, hall a cup each of finely chopped dried apples ami peaches, unit aud a half cups ol ino'.assci, and two well beaten cgsfs; mix all to gether, add two teaspounliils of baking powder and mixed bpices. Serve with hard sauce. The Violet Harvest. The violet harvest iu .Southern France aud Italy is extremely good. Three trains daily bring large cargoes of violets to Paris, packed in light fruit baskets. Tlu contents of the evening train are kept for Paris consumption, wl ile the violets tUit arrive iu ".!) morning are sent chiefly to England. What are our fanners about that they do not also grow violets in wiu- etl Court Journal, LIFE IN THREE ASPECTS. ) HORMINd. Asleep in a rustic cradle ! Lay a tiny little one, - . Wrapped in a robe of whiteness, i And kissed by the rising sun, . ) That shone In his crimson glory On the downy baby head, And tenderly touched the dimples ! In the fingers aborj the spread. NOON. The sun cast his noontide splendor On a lionnie, fair-haired maid, i As seated iu ancient, rocker. She backward and forward sway'd, While stitch by stitch In her sampler, In crimson and gold and blue, She worked with a heart as gladsome As the blithsome birds that flew. NIOHT. Tlio' tho glory of noon has faded From the old eyes' dim'ning sight, The "Peace," atmve understanding, Mnketh her '"Eve n Light;" Whde far from the starlit heavens, The moon easts her silver glow, In a silent solemn blssing, On a head like the drifted snow. -P. L. Rlntchfortl. in CVnotf Jlnvstkerping. HUMOR OK THE DAY. Forgery is all right in tho iron bus iness Merchant Traveler. The safest way to approach a mule is to go the other way around the earth. Life. Lovers can live on love in the parlor all right, but uot in tho dining-room. Dane':ill-! L'rtne. Tailors are like vicious swordsmen they do their rutting at clothes quarters. (rlena Fallx lo uublnan. Dogs are very affectionate. Wc have even oCen dogs that were attached to tin cans. Br!in :ton Fre; Prenr.. There is a reporter on a New York paper who lost an arm in the war. He's a short-hand reporter. statesman. He "Well, it is growing late. I fear I must go."' She--',Oh, stay a littlo longer and see the sun rise." Muntey't Weekly. Roast Turkey "I feel awfully funny.'' Cranberry Sauce "Of course you do. You're stuffed with chestnuts." .Vtin sey's M'erk!y. The man who goes on the theory that the world owe3 him a living, finds it hard to collect even the interest ou the debt. Merchant Traceler. Tho girls give littlo thought to affairs of state, but when the subject is bach elors they know how to reduce the sur plus. Iiinijh'imton Herald. Curtain (to carpet) " Aha, they whi-iped you, did they?" Carpet "Don't crow. They're going to hang you." ISinfhainton Hejiiihlican. Little Mabel "Mamma, may I havo something to cat ?" Mother (impatiently) "Yes, take this piece of cake, and don't open your mouth ngaiu!" Time. A man told of au adventure which was so horrible that he said it just raised his hair. "Well," said the bald-headed mau in the back corner, "I'll guess I'll try it. "J.Hhje. "And is your son doing well at college, Mr. Hankinson?" "Very. So well that the faculty told him he nccdu't return during the sophomore year at all." Munney's Wetkly. Doctor "And how's your appetite?" Patient "I can cat very little and drink very little nil I can relish now is my physic!" Doctor "Ah, then, for tho present stick to that!" London Punch. I think a mau is a fool who will carry his umbrella under his arm on a crowded street. "So do I, madam," said he po litely; "that is the reason why I always carry some other man's." Warfiinyton Poi. Said a wife witii looks of distress: " Mv fee lings I cannot express, WIkmi you from my presence have run;" " If you cannot express them, my dear, You must send them by mail, that is clear." Then she tainted to hear such a pun. ttooduH's i'eii. Wc read a great deal in the papers about the vanity of women. Probably the people who laugh at it never hap pened to see a man adjusting his new silk hat before the glass in .he hallway, pre liminary to starting down-town Somer- rille Journal. Charles "I adore you, Edith, but, alas! I am poor. However, I have a wealthy uncle, from whom I have ex pec " Edit'i (eagerly) "Is he mar ried;" Charles -"No," darling." Edith "Then introduce me to him, there's a dear." -raj. A Japanese Trial. lowing details of Japanese legal T'.ie procedure will be of interest. The court is held ill a room the largest portion of which is covered by a rostrum usually three or li,' ore fret high, tile remai. uif; part ( f the room spare being lli.ggrd. T!:i: object of the rostrum is toaccouuno dale the judges, who s!t bel ind small di sks or tallies, each table being covered w ith a green baize cloth, Ti.e number of these tables varies according to thy conn, in the conir.u.i pleas there being eiu'iaily three of then, but iu t all are occupied by judges, for th judge only sits at the centre one, :.t his riglit hand being l he nxecut-ir r prosecuting law yer, and ; t his left t :e In k, each wita ins able and -i little ai it box for writ ing in blai k the Japanese syi il ols, and ol course sii"h a pi-i sou as a stenographer is unku.i'.wi. Jli'lo.v this rostrum is wlia may be c.d rd the dock, where tho prisoner stands supporting himself I y a low rai hig. The only seats pr vided in tile court bco!id those appertaining to the tables on the ristruiu ari; one or two lunches at the extrei ic e id of the court fir the accoininodatioii of visitors, though prisoners awaiting trial are )ht inilted to utilize them. A jury is appar ently uu know u to the Japanese I 'gal pro cedure. At the trial tho j rosecutor states his case, and then the judge exam ines tiie prisoner, who may, however, em ploy counsel if he prefer. Ou the com pletion of the else sentence is pro nounced, an the uext prisouer ca..cd up. Uiui Journal.
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