THE FOREST REPUBLICAN b pnbllihcd rrtrj Wadaeiaay, ay J. E. WENK. OfBo In Stneaibaugh & Co.'" Building KLM mUKT, T10NK8TA, Fa, RATE8 OF ADVERTISING. , On. Sqn.ra, on. Inch, on. InMrtlm 110 On. Sqoire, on. Inch, on. month ... I M On. Sqnarc, on. Inch, thrM months. I M One Squire, on. Inch, on. yrir 10 00 To Pfjnsrw, on. jnt II OS Qnirter Colomn, on. yer M M ITlIf Column, on. jer H 0 On Colomn, one J ear 100 0 Legal advertisements tea cent, per 11a. aach tar sertion. Marrl&gfii and death notice, gratis. All bill, for jeirlf advertlwrnetiU eolloctod iiou lerly. Temporary advertisement muat fee paid ia adrwioe. Job work ih oa dellvtry. pOREST republican. Trm, . I.OO ptrTtlr, Ha inbMrlptloni nelTt4 for a shorter Mriotf Ub thrr months. Oorrosponrlenra toMettod from All parts of the eourttry. No notlco wUl bo Ukn of uobtoioui on uittslcoUooo. VOL. XXII. NO. 43. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19, 1890. Sl.50 PER ANNUM. Thirty Gorman Sculptors nro working hard on thirty now monument to Em jicror Willinm I. Tho New York Sun point" out Hint four old men Gladstone, Bismarck, Crispi and Leo XIII. nro ploying lend ing parts on the world's stage, nnd thnt their disappearance therefrom this year would mako a big difference. The consumption of food per head in Victoria is in excess of thnt in America nnd Europe, nnd yet the climate of Aus tralia requires that a man should cat less. The increase of hepatic nnd nervous dis eases in Australia is thought to be duo largely to tho amount of meat consumed by its inhabitants. Thus it seems that tho cheapness of food has its cons as well as its pros. In 1780 there were in Europe 37,000, 0011 Protestant, 40,000,000 of the Greek Church and 80,000,000 Roman Catholics. In 1886 there were 80,000,000 Protes tants, 83,000,000 of tho Greek Church and 154,000,000 Roman Catholics. So thnt while tho Catholics increased by less than twice their former number, aud the Greeks a little more than twice, tho Protestants increased nenrly two aud a hnlf times. There has been amazing progress even in the South Seas since the lost century, observes the Washington Star. From the days whcaftlio inhabitants feasted on a pair of fine missionaries for breakfast to tho present time, when novelist Stevcn nm roams at will among the cannibal isl amfs, feeding his faucy rather than tho native stomach, it is uot so long measured in years, Hut measured in moral results it is infinity. It should also bo ndded that progress is hilling off these islanders us rot kills sheep. There were altogether about 300 dis tinct epidemics of influenza in Europe between 1510, when tho disease was first noted at Malta, and 1850. In 1729 the wholo of Europe suffered severely. According to statistics published by a Hungarian paper, tho disease caused 908 deaths in London in ono week, and in Vienna C0,000 persons were affected. In 1737 and 1743 there were further outbreaks, and the deaths iu ono week in London amounted to 1000. In 1775 domestic animals wero first attacked by it. In 1782 40,000 persons fell ill of it in St. Petersburg in twenty-four hours. In St. Petersburg quinine has benn served out daily to the troops, mixed with vodka, the Russian brand v. In 1SC4 China supplied ninety-seven per cent, of the tea consumed in tho world, and Iudia three per cent. In 1SS8 she supplied forty-three per cent, ami India fifty-nine per cent. This decline is rela tive, and not real, owing to increased coiisur-.pt ion. But the Iudia growers are prospering immensely nnd going ahead rapidly, tho result of superior intelligence, tho introduction of improved machinery, and better methods, while China has kept ui) her old system. It is said thnt pro minent Indian planters have expressed the belief that within a few years Indian tea can be sold iu tho European and Ameri can markets at ten aud fifteen cents per pound, equal in quality and flavor to Chinese tea now selling at from five to eight times this sum. The A'eie York Ti iltune draws attention to the fact thnt for 110 years to come, no man, woman or child will write the cur rent date without using tho figure 9; for nineteen years during that period two 9's must be written iu 1809, 1909, 1919, 1929, 1939, 1949, 1959, 1909, 1979, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1990, 1997, 1998; and for one year 19C9 three 9's will have to be set down. Of the people now living, it is safe to say that uot ouo will ever write the date of his or her time without using a 9. Besides minding their p's and q's, the next three generations must give par ticular heed to their 9's. Nine has never been regarded us a particularly lucky number, but beyond question the years iu which it will hold so conspicuous a place will bring benefits of undreamed of value to tho world. According to the New York Sun the sixth attempt to reach tie snowy crown of the loftiest of Africa's summits has proved successful, and foity years uftei the liumblo missionary Hcbmai.ti, "weapoued only with an umbrella," dis covered the mountain, the German flag has beeu raised ou tlio highest point of Kilimu-Njaro. Dr. Hans Meyer is the fortunute climber, and this is his second attempt to reach the pinnacle of K'.thc hig'jer of the great muuutaiu'a two sum mits. At any elevation of 19,680 feet he stood ou the highest point of the Dark Continent. Iu most of the pre vious attempts tho explorers, uuaccom panied by white comrades, have found their native escort useless above thesuow line, if indeed they could tempt the blu"ks into t'.ie snow regi-iu. They have therefore beeu defeated by the difficul ties and perils of mu'.iingtue further as- cent alone. UNTIL. TO-MORROW, If you have a task to do, That seems as If you'd n'er get through, Believe mc, that the wisest way It to begin th. task to-day. Tf you have a word unsaid, Spoknn, would make one comforted, Go find that one, and say tt straight, It it a word that cannot wait. If you can do a kindly deed. Can heal the sick or hungry feed, Do not leave the deed undone Until you s to-morrow's sun. But angry word, and selfish way, Are best put off another day. And then another day agaiu, Postpone whnt gives another pain. Bo keep the hasty speeches down, And make a smile chase back the frown, In silonce let ill tomiier lie, For au eternal by and by. Kea Carson, in Independent, BEN'S OLD HAT. An auction was going on at tho old yellow farm-house on tho bill. Bachelor Barker was dead, and his heir, a young nephew he had never seen since the boy was four years old, had como down to sell things off. Stumor said he intended to tear down the old house afterward, and take money from tho bank and build a fine new residence, with a mansard roof. "It's a Bhame," said ona or two. "Such a pity Barker did net make a will. He must have had some iutentions about such a property. He never could have intended nil that wealth to go to a boy he did not like enough to ask him over for the summer." The doctor felt sure he would have founded a hospital, and placed him in it as resident physician for life, if the will had been made. The clergyman knew he meant to do something for the church. Tho pro fessor had heard him speak of a free library nnd reading-room. Every one knew something, and all the fur-away cousins had expected legacies. Every ouo thought the arrangements all wrong, but the heir and the auctioneer, who had made an inventory of the old furniture the tall clock, the andirons, the solid tables with leaves, the spinning wheels, big and little; the fiddle-back chairs, and all those other possessions adored by the fashionable to-day, but utterly despised twenty years ago as "old tilings uot worth keeping." The young heir would, if he built bis villa, furnish it with "sets" of the latest style, with brussels carpet with white grounds and bright wreaths of roses scattered over them. "Can't get much for the old sticks," ho said, "but I'd like to clear up and be done with it." Miss Camiola Brown, sitting at the front up-chamber window cutting out calico short waists for Mrs. Black's five little boys, laid down her shears for once iu her life, and, with her elbows on the sill, watched the people as they walked or drove past and entered in at the gates of tho late Mr. Barker's premise. "Poor Benjamin!" she sighed. "I wonder whether up in heaven he re members the day when ho took mo in and walked me all over tho house? " 'The things arc old-fashioned, Cami ola,' he said to mc; 'but they were mother's and before that they were graudmother's. I like them, but say tie word, and I'll new furnish.' 'No, Be$ snys I, 'what your uia liked to have, I dou't want to alter. I liko it all; it's good stutT;' and then ho kissed me." Miss Camiola felt for her handker chief, as she said this to herself. "Aud we stood at the grand wiudow and looked oil toward the mountains. 'Wer're going to be happy as ever folks were,' said he;" hero tho tears began to fall. "Oh, Beu," she sobbed, "to thiuk we quar reled nfter that, nnd didn't spenk when we met. But you never married, and I refused two offers good ones. Ben, I guess we'll meet up there some time, and mnke up." Poor old Camiola put her head down ou her arms and cried softly amongst the purple blossoms of tho wisteria that veiled the window. No one could sac her from the road. But her tears dried soon, and sho came back to the present. They were selling the old furniture at auction. The claw-footed side-board, the settle, the big mahogany cradle in which four generations of babies had beeu rocked all theso dear old things that once were to havo beeu hers, as Benjamiu Barker's wife; and she was a poor seamstress, au old maid going from house to houso for her board ami fifty cents a day; looking forward to feeble old age, aud with au awful dread in her soul of becoming "town poor" at last. If she had married Ben, how different it would have beeu. "W!:y, Miss Camiola! you've been a rryin' !" said Mrs. Black's loud voice, just then, iu her ear. Camiola started guiltily, but she was too candid to complain of a cold or the sun iu her eyes. "Well, I have cried a little, Mrs. Black," said she. "You see, we used to be friends, Mr. Barker aud I, and I knew his ma, uud I remember all that furni ture, and it seems a sin to sell it and tear dowu the old house, and maybe root up the lilacs and strawberry shrubs, and perhaps cut down the trees. It was almost liko home to me in Mrs. Barker's day." "Well, it must seem a Bin to iny one, and more so to you, Miss Camiola," said Mrs. Black. "But dou't youwauttogo over and see the place and what is going on? You might as well just take a day or the rest of it. I'm in no hurry, and you look tuckered out." Mrs. Black was kind iu her way, and felt a certaiu pity for Camiola. She had heard that Camiola was once engaged to Mr. Barker, aud might to-day have beeu a rich aud important widow, instead of a poor, lonely seamstress. "Go aloug, Miss Camiola," she added. "I know you want to." "Did she want to?" Camiola asked herself; aud her heart answered: "Ye." Sho would seo the old home once more, see tho furniture; nnd when she could get A chance she would go up to tho gar ret nnd stand where she stood with Ben that day. Her old elbows should lean where her young ones had pressed ; she would look out over the mountains, and fancy herself a girl again, with Ben be side her, and his engagement ring on her finger. And Miss Camiola thanked Mrs. Black, put oa hci show bonnet witlj the washed ribbons, and the shawl that had been o good once, but was failed, nnd even mended now, nnd walked up the road, and turned into tho lane, nnd ca tered the Barker garden. The smell of the shrub came to hor; the lilac flowers were gone, but the wil low branches kissed her bonnet as saj passed under them. The neighbors who saw her nodded or spoke, but they were Belling the tall clock, and there was somo excitement. Camiola stood at the door awhilo and listened to the bidding. Deacon Hickory got tho clock; Mrs. AmosMjlc the claw foot sideboard. A lady from the village bought ;he trunks of women's clothing, sold unopened, for next to nothing. Ann Barnaby, the washerwoman, got the tubs and irons cheap in a lot, and so on and so forth. To Camiola it all seemed tragic. She went up stairs where people were poking the beds and pillows, and examining the toilet sets nnd curtains, and she began to mount the garret stairs. "Nothin' up there," said a well-meaning person, who was descending. "'Tan't worth whileto lose brealha climbin'." Camiola did uot answer. Nothing up there! How little people 1-new! There was the window at which two lovers had plighted their vows. There, perhaps, lingered somo ghost of her dead past and his who had died eld erly and a bachelor. As her head arose above the floor she gazed eagerly about her. From the raf ters hung some branches of withered herbs and some ropes of onions. The trunks had been carried down and an old bureau. A coat hung upon u peg; over it a hat. Camiola went to the window. She would uot cry, for sho must face thoso people down-stairs again ; but sho uttered little moans of unguish as she stood there. She realized what life ac tually is at that moment, and it seemed very cruel to her once young; beloved, pretty and hopeful; now old, unloved, wrinkled, and with nothing to wish for. No wonder that she suffered. At last sho turned her back on the eternal mountains uuchanged while lives were lived, and while vouth fled. and love departed, and graves were dug and saw the coat upon the wall ; Beu s coat an old man's coat, worn long and carelessly; and a big, broad-brimmed, soft hat. The womau went closer. Sho uestled up against the coat, and talked to it and caressed it, and she took the hat in her hand and kissed it. It was worth nothing. It had rain stains on it. Its shape was od 1. Nobody wanted it. But what a relic it would be to her of Beu ! only she could not ask for it. Sho could take it, hide it under her shawl all folded flat, as it would be anil keep it forever. Ben's hat her Ben's hat! Why, sho had a right to it. And Miss Camiola obeyed the impulse, took the hat and hid it neatly nway. It seemed, almost, as though it wero n theft; still, it would not bo wrong to take it. When she came home, Mrs. Black told Miss Camicla tho walk had done her good; her cheeks wero quite red; but she went early to bed that evening. She bolted her door, uud undressed iu a hurry. She put out the light. Then she felt for her shawl, in which the hat lay folded, and took it in her arms. A cer tiuu perfume that was always connected with Ben's hair was faintly noticeable au odor of bcrgumot. It brought the post back vividly. It almost seemed as though Ben's head rested on her heart. Sho clasped tho old hat close and kissed it. "Oh, Ben," sho whispered, "I was al ways ready to make up; but you were rich and I was poor; and I was proud. Oh, Ben! oh, Ben, Ben, my darling 1" And for hours she lay awake the Camiola of the past in the darkness, which blotted out the changes in her face and fell asleep at last, and dreamed of young Hen and his perfumed hair, and heard him ones more say that they would bo happy together. She awakened suddenly, in the early dawn, and came back to herself. Sho dressed herself; smoothed her prim bands of hair; tied on her black apron with pockets; p' lined the cushion and tho sheath of scissors at her side ; aud then looked at tho hat. Of ccurso it must bo hidden away; aud sho spread a newspaper on the bed in which to wrap it, and paused to look at it again. The inside of the hat presented itself. The piece of leather whicfi lines the I crown looxea curiously tuics. Mie touched it with her hand. Luder it was a long paper folded into a narrow slip; she drew it out uud saw that something was written on the outside. Taking the paper to the window the saw that the words were these: "The Last Will aud Testameut of Benjamin Barker." At this Miss Camicla began to tremble from head tj foct, but sho was a daugh ter of Eve. Softly and reverent' y iudeed she opened the will ; but she did open it aud read it through, aud when she had finished she crept into bed again end luy there sobbing foru long while; fjr in it sho had f )t:nd strange things. S;i ic of Benjamin Barker's money had been left to the hospital, some of his land to the church, and there were legacies for many people; but the homestead, with all its furniture, gurden and farm land, and an income ou which she could live luxuriously, were bequeathed "to Cami ola Brown, spinster, in memory of tho love I bore her all my lonely life." No wouder pour Camiola wept. But Mr. Black soou found out tho cause of Cannula's agitation, and Mr. BUck was a luwyer. The will wus cor rectly made ; tho witnesses were found. Why Benjamin Baker l ad put it iuhis hat liuiug no ouo knew. He cfteu car ried papers there. Perhaps he meant to leave it in safe keeping, but ho died very suddenly with hat nnd coat on, a ho was about to drive out. But tho will wan found nnd was all right. Nothing had yet benn taken nway. Tho money was refunded to tho purchasers of the old furniture. The young nephew had A tolerable legncy, and made no fuss whatever, and ono dny Camiola entered the homestead as its mistress. It was a strange ending to her love story, she thought. She was hero at Inst, but how? It nlnio-t seemed to her as though some spiritual union had taken place between her soul and Ben's; and in the keeping-room, on a peg near the door, sho hung his coat and hat. There they hung always, and to the stranger who sees them, and looks at the mild old lady rocking in the great chair as she sews or knits, it seems as though the master of tho house wero within up stairs somewhere, perhaps. It often seems so, too, to Camiola. The Ltdyer. Russians Eat With a Ilnsli. Most of the people whom I have met are well-bred and highly educated, writes a correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean. But somo of their table manners are very peculiar. They are very hearty eaters, and demonstrate that it is not Americans only that eat with a rush. The women are not as handsome as tho Swedish women, but they are very polite and hnve great energy. Only a few of the women I have seen smoke, but these do it prodigiously, smoking three or four cigarettes during a dinner and never say "by your leave." Fruits and vegetables nre scarce and very expensive. They are mostly brought from the south, from the Crimean region. Peoplo live mostly on meat, fish and bread. Of the latter they have many kinds. They drink, drink everything but water, that is considered a deadly poison and mut not be touched. The meals hero are coffee, from 8 to 9 a.m.; breakfast, from 12tol; din ner, from 5 to 8, and tea from 10 to 12. Everybody that can afford it takes in the morning a cup of very strong coffee w ith very thick cream nnd a roll or piece of black bread. Most take this before rising. At 12 they have fish or omelette aud more coffee or tea. Dinuer at the hotel is table de bote. You first help yourself from, a counter to what the Swedes call smergos brod. This is often translated sandwich. On this counter is a little salt fish, garnished with lemons, some more salt fish with parsley, kaviar, a preparation of fish spawn, considered ns a great delicacy here, a little cold tongue, dried beef, cheese and bread. The Russians call all this variety kakuskn, and they cut enough of it to make a meal. After you are seated comes soup, two kinds; fish, one kind; nnd always beef, and ono vegetable. Then may follow game or chicken, or calf's brains or some oth3r favorite flesh food. After this some dainty cream pudding, aud at lost somo black coffee in small cups. With this table de bote a native driuks ut least four kiuds of liquor and smokes a cigar or two, women cigarettes. Tho tea at 10 r. m. is very strong and is served with sweetmeats and sweetcakes. Ouo need to have neither belief in a body nor in a future state to go through with all this daily. Still, many do so and are happy. The Creolo Character. Tho French Creoles of the lower class are a hand-to mouth class of people, pur chasing the stick of wood to-day and the handful of herbs that are to cook and season their potage, tilling their small market baskets with innumerable pinches of this, that and the other,lnying iu a few sous of sugar and cotfeo at a time, and goir.g nest day, for 305 days iu the year, and doing identically 1 10 same thing, in saccula stecculorum. Dislike to the ac cumulation of household goods, to well stored cellars aud pantries, to generous abundance, to picturesque profusion, to the essentials of a large-handed hospital ity even within the narrow limits of their neighborhood acquaintances, an unt-liko economy and abstemiousness, a curious juxtaposition of eternal self-restraint and a passion fcr sensations, colors, sounds, perfumes, an iustinct for microscopic m:ney -getting wedded to an instinct that has rilled New Orleans with noble insti tutions for the poor, tho blind, the sick, the world-weary ; a passion, for novels nnd for splendid churches, a fond en durance of the rigors of cjld and hunger for the brilliant efflorescence of curemc prenaut aud carnival, it voluntary exile from all laughter and joy that their rap turous feet may twinkle a night or two on the mirrored floors of the masquo balls down in Chartres nnd Royal strejts such are the fragments of sweet aud bitter herbs that go to make tip part of tho paradox of Creole character, aud communicate to it an indefinable piquan cy and strangeness by their thick bars of light aud shadow. Xeio York Mar. Variety in Tramps. "Tramps nre not all alike," said an old fellow iu City Hall Park to h sparrow policeman the oilier day. He was a man who had traveled all over the world without paying a cent. It was early in the morning aud tho police man felt like u chat, so he asked : "What do you mean?" "Just what I say tramps are not all alike. There are rough, igucrant chaps, too lazy to work, who prey ou the coun try for a living. They roam iu bands, aud nre ready for uny crime. Agaiu, there is the tramp whom drink or misfor tune hus brought down from respectablu ranks in life, aud he tramps to forget. He works enough to buy his meals, but r.cver stays long in one place, and travels r:i freight cars from place tn place. Then there are tho gentleman tramps nun who ride iu fr .iglit cars, because they believe in paying for nothing. They are cheeky uud well dressed, and always have ni ney, which t'.iey hardly need, as their insuTcrable gall is sufficient to carry them through anything. They are usual ly hard driukers and drift about to see the country. They are always generous to por bums they meet on the road, and they travel comfortably even ou freigjU." Xeic York WoHd. nOUSEII3Ll AFFAIRS. Wn.VT OXE MAT EAT WITH TIIK FINGER. There nro a number of things that the most fashionable people now ent at the dinner table with their fingers. They arc! Olives, to which a fork should never be applied. Asparagus, whether hot or cold, when served whole, as it should be. Lcttuce,which should be dipped in the dressing or in a little salt. Celery, which may properly bo placed on tho table-cloth beside the plate. Strawberries, when served with the stem on, as they usually are in the most elegant houses. Bread, toast and all tarts and smnll cakes. Fruits of all kinds, except melons and preserves, which nre eaten with a spoon. Picayune. C'AItE OF CHILDREN 8 TEETH. The care of teeth is very important. This should begin ns soon as there are any teeth to care for. Buy a soft brush. Hard brushes not only wear away the enamel, but they injure tho gums and cause them to recede and let your little boy or girl learn to use it while little more than an infant. In cleaning the teeth it is not necessary to use powder more than two or three times a week, but a brush should be used every morning. Floss should be used af ter each meal in order to extract any par ticles of food which may be lodged be tween the teeth. The method of using it is simple: Run the thread around and between the teeth by putting it through the spaces that separate them. In brushing the teeth do not run the brush from right to left, but up and down; this lets the bristles in between tho teeth, thereby cleaning them thoroughly all uround. New York Journal. CAXDY MAKISO. There are few more enjoyable and in spiriting pleasures for the young, looking for sport indoors, than to get iutc a clean kitchen, with a brisk fire, and have a genuine, old-fashioned "candy-pull." The fun itself is exhilarating, the results of such an evening's pleasure are de cidedly sweet and satisfactory for many days thereafter. In this case it is hard to "improve ou the old way," for such crisp and delicious sticks as arc made after the following ancient formula, aro certainly very "hard to beat." Of course, clean hands, clean aprons and clean implements nre tho very first re quisites. Now put two quarts of real molasses, the best quality, but not syrup, into a bright saucepan, and boil moder ately, stirriug briskly, until it is suffi ciently thickened, until, when a little is dropped into cold water,or upou a hand ful of snow, it immediately becomes hard and brittle. Then stir into it one tea spoonful of cream of tartar, and simmer ten minutes longer. This makes it white and tender. Then remove from the fire, and stir in one ouueeof essence of winter green. This gives it a good flavor, a peculiar relish. Now pour the whole into a buttered flat dish, and put in a cold place till it is of a proper consistency to be easily handled. Now butter the hands, acd with two persons, two pairs of hauds, draw out tho mess, and fold over, and "pull" again, and repeat, ad libitum, till it is very light in color, and smooth aud delicate in texture. At this juncture the real pulling is where thefuti generally comes in. Lastly, draw it out suflicieut'y to cut in proper size nnd length for "sticks," lny them on a flat buttered dish, an when perfectly cold, this old-fashioned candy is read j to cat, is easily disposed of, for it is the best of its kind, not excepting the brittle flakes of molasses candy fouud at the confec tioners. Another hind of homc-mado candy of sugar, is very good, and easily made. Put into a saucepan six cups of granulated sugar, one cup of vinegar, or lemon juice, if preferred, one cui of hot water, ono large s;)ojnf i of butto-, ono tep.spoouful of carbonate cf soda, dis solved iu a littlu hot water. Poil all these iugredieuts together, moderately, fjr forty minutes, stirring occasionally. Add a large spoonful of vanilla. This candy can bs either poured upon a b tttered plate, to cool, or pulled like the molasses candy, aud made into sticks. JS'cto York Ulacrttr. HECirKS. FcaUoped Potatoes Pare the potatoes, cover the bottom of a baking-dish wi:h bread crumbs, then add a layer of sllcel potatoes, then bits of butter, salt and pepper; fill the dish with alternate lay ers, wet the whole with milk, aud bake the whole for an hour ami a half. Spanish Fritters Trim tiie crust from some stale bread, baker's, or, if home made, it should be very light. Cut iu any pretty, fanciful shape, and souk iu a mixture of beateu egg, one cupful of cream or milk, two tublespooufuls of sugar, and a little nutmeg aud ciuuamon. Fry a light brown, and eat wi'.h stewed fruit or a sweet sauce. Tndian Sandwiches These may bo made from a mixture of veal tr chicken, mixed with chopped cooked ham or tongue. After the two aro rubbed to gether, to each half pint may bo added a tablespoonful of stock, a tcaspoonful of essence of anchovy or a little lemon juice. Cut thiu slices of bread from tho loaf, fiea with a round biscuit cutter cut out the sandwiches, butter each lightly, and toast until golden brown. Spreail over them while hot a thiu layer of tho mixture, and preis two together. Pickled Chicken Clean and boil until tender a nice yojng chicken; when done remove the meat, rejecting the bones and si iu. Cut the meat into neat pieces and put them in a glass jar. Take sufficient broth to half fill the jar aud add au equal q iuntity of good cider vinegar, twelve wLolc cloves, same of allspice, a blade of mace, a buy leaf aud a slice of onion, firing to boiling point aud pour while hi.t over the hicken, stand aside, un coveied, to cool. When cold, cover. It will be ready to usu in twenty-four hours. QUEER CUSTOMS OF BRAZIL PECULIARITIES OF FUNERALS AND WEDDINGS. Strange Dincaw Which Pn;.l Medical Men I'ortern and I'cd filers Htrrrls1 anil Iloiiws. There are many curious customs ob served by the Brazilians, siys a Rio do Janeiro letter to the New York Timet. Funerals are notable in that for a young unmarried lady, coffin, hearse, and the livery of the driver must be bright sear let, the four white horses drawing the hearse must be covered with scarlet nets, and scarlet plumes must deck the horses' heads. No women go to the cemeteries. The mother, the widow, must not exhibit her grief in public. For the swell funeral of a young girl the coffin, hearse, livery of the driver, and nets and plumes for the horses must bo royal purple. For elderly persons black and gold are the adornments of mortuary trappings. At weddings the bride does not wear orange blossoms, but organe flowers are presented by the groom and his bride to their unmarried friends, and they uro supposed to pass them on to their un married acquaintances. This custom has a hidden meaning dating back to the twilight of man's history. The flower is n emblem of fecundity, nnd the "passing on" of the gift signifies: "Go thou and do likewise." The calling of porters the business of porterage is a regular one, and is divided into classes. There nre portsrs whose specialty is handling pianos de livering, transferring them. You never see a piano on a truck or in a furniture van. Four men bear upright pianos on their heads, and square aud grand pianos are carried iu sliugs suspended from two poles resting on the shoulders of four men. Iron safes are transported by porters, delivered from the warehouse, moved from ono place to another and put in position all by sheer strength, It you buy anything furniture, a piano, a safe tho purchaser must bar gain with the porters for tho delivery. And if you do uot mako your bargain to carry aud put in position, the porters will leave the article or articles at your door, unless you agree to pay additional for placing them in your house or rooms. In the business streets of the city in the wholesale ami warehouse districts the carros urbanos a street car line with narrow-gauge truck runs up one and down another of the narrow ways, ou al most every street. Iu the coffee districts there aro regular freight cars run on these trucks for the transport of coffee in bags to the coffee docks. Tho porters who have their hubitut in these streets use hand trucks made to "track" on the street car rails. As you walk along the shady sides of these streets the porters unoccupied are loung ing in the doorways or sleeping on their trucks, which partly obstruct the side walks. You have to keep u lookout all tho time or you will soil the bottoms of your trousers ugainst the grease drip ping wheels of these trucks. The streets in the residence portion cf the city aro infested day nnd night with peripatetic venders, peddlers, uud re tailers of fruits, vegetables, uud, iu the summer, of ices. Their discordant cries, clapping of sticks, rat-a-tat ou tin or iron pans, muke both day uud night hideous. The Brazilians are fond of looking out upou the passers-by iu the streets. Iu the mornings and eveuiugs the windows of the houbes ou the shady sides of the streets are filled with womeu aud children leaning half out. They recognize their acquaintances walking or riding by in the street cars with waves of their bands. Fine places with grounds iu front of the houses have raised platforms, where tin members of the family sit iu the evening for the double purpose of enjoying tho breeze and watching the passers-by. The middle of December is the height of the summer season, and the thermom eter in the shade stands for several hours of the daytime ut from eighty-five degrees to tiiuety-tive degrees. Iu the business part of the city, with its narrow streets, this beat is at times very oppressive, but, except iu extraordinary seasons, there is scarcely a day without a breeze, either from tho bay and sea or from tho mount uins, which ameliorates the heat percepti bly. The mornings and eveuiugs are al most invariably fresh aud delightful. The temperature of the houses at Light de pcuds greatly upou their location. If they are situated so us to catch the breeze from the water or from t'le uuulaiii there is no trouble iu sleeping. There are some st runge diseases hero which puzzle the medical profession to account fur. Beri beri is u swelling of the feet uud lower part of the legs dropsical iu its nature. It is the result of vitiated blood, but what causes this vitiation of the blood is uot so satisfac torily accouuted for. Accesso perniciosa is another remarkable disease. It is a violent fever, which comes ou with tearcely uuy premonitions a terriflic heat iu the head the braiu ou tire and death ensues iu a few hours. The meCii cul profession attribute it to the eject of the heat a sort of s.uiktroke but per sons die cf it w ho are not exposed to the bun. There are always endemic coses of yel low fever here, but it is only ej i deuiio when there is a lolig-coutiuued season of dry hot weather. So long as there is raia every day or several times a week yellow fever does not become epidemic. Keep the city perfectly, clean, flush the drains twice a day, wash the ttrxts morning uud night, use disinfectants freely, introduce uud compel ihe use of the cork closet in all teiiement houses uud localities, and there would never be a ye.low fever epidemic iu Ru or auy ether Brazilian toast city. The most remarkable feature in tho s leudid f :i t ral of Cardinal Ciang.baur, Prince Arclibishop of Yien'ia, vas the j reseuce of his relatives, a grojp of fioor peusai ts, wbjse uppcurajco dutrustud strangely v illi ihat vf the gnut persoi.. ages nresei.t. BEAUTIFUL. THINGS. Beautiful faces are those that wear It matters little if dark or fair Whole-souled honesty printed there. Beautiful eyes are those that show, Like crystal panes where heart-fires glow, Beautiful thoughts that burn below. Beautiful lips are those whose wonts ( Ieap from the heart like songs of birds, Yet whose utterance prudence girds. Beautiful hands are those thnt flu Work that is honest and btave and true, : Moment by moment the long day through, Beautiful feet are those that go On kindiy missions to nnd fro . Down lowliest wnys, if God will so. , J Beautiful shoulders are those that bear Ceaseless burdens of homely care, With patieut grace and daily prayer. Beautiful lives are those that bless Silent rivers of happiness. Whose hidden fountains but few may guess. Beautiful twilight nt set of sun, Beautiful goal with race well run I3eautiful ret with work well done. Detroit i'ree Press. IIUM0K OF THE DAT. Soiled cuffs are apt to have reverses. First Cigar "Where are you going?" Second Cigar "Out." JIany a young man has earned his in come by the swvat of his (father's) brow. Ejioch. About the easiest way to rnisc the wind is simply to catch a draft. Bitltimort AmerUan. "Nothing is harder to bear than along succession of pleasant days," sighed the umbrella-maker. FUegende Blaetter. Larkiu "What do you think of milk which is thirty-four per cent, water?" Cnzzam "O, that's too thin." Time. Tliat man is truly great who can, nt this time of the year, be dignified nnd haughty in a straw hat. Philadelphia Inquirer. It was a city bo- who explained his ad venture with a black hornet by saying he "didn't know it was loaded." llingham ton llepuuliatn. "A penny saved is a penny earned," says the old proverb. But too often it is a penny beaten out of somebody else. Lansrille Breeze. An ordinary bheksmith can shoe a horse, but it takes all the finer instincts of a woman to successfully shoo a hen. -Baltimore American. A tree that spans a tiny stream, A maiden fair and rash She tries to cross a sudden scream A Boinei saull a splash I Time. "Anything fresh here?" asked the Bore, as he sauntered into Cumso's office. "Yes,"replied Cumso, "titer's some fresh paint. You are leauing against it now." Muntey't 'Weekly. Man is a cu-ious creature. When ho goes into business he prefers au active partner, but when he enters the matri monial state he wants a silent partner. Burlington Free Press. Flossie(lookingup from her geography) "Well, what I dou't understand about Columbus discovering America, is how Le knew it was America when he'd never seen it before." Argosy. Minnie "Mr. Blink actually proposed to me last night. I never was so sur prised iu all my life." Mamie "You needn't have been. His sole ambition is to be thought eccentric." Stranger (in Kansas) "Can you direct me to tho county seat?" Mr. Dugout (sadly) "N'o-i, I can't, stranger. There was a cycl ne here last week, nnd I ain't heard yit whnr the county seat went to." Life. Jjhnly "Ves, wo often regret tho worels we have left unsaid. I wish I had said the words that would have made Annie Temper my wife." Jackly (sin cerely) "I wis'i y m had. I married her." Yankee Blade. By a quick sh it be had just rescued her from the clutches of a bear. "What wero your thoughts when bruin com menced to squeeze f" was his inquiry. "Oh, Charlie, I thought of you." BiiujUumtoa H'jiuMii'an. Wallis "Did Black win tho lawsuit he had over that large sum of money?" Wallace "I suppose he did. lfe told me he lacked only four hundred aud fifty dollars of having enough to pay the luw yer, after it was over.'" Time. "A good memory is a blessing," says a writer. Ami it may be remarked that it is one that wealth cannot buy. Just look ut the mau who becomes suddenly rich. He cannot even remember the faces of his old friends. Jiutton Courier. Foreign Statesmen's Salaries. Ii Portugal Peers and Deputies re ceive J.'!55 a year. I:i Holland members of tho Lower House receive $S30 per annum. In Denmark members of both Houses receive 3.75 a day during the session. Iu France Senators aud Deputies are paid (r'lTS'J per annum, aud the suiue rate obtains iu Austria. Iu Belgium each member of the Cham ber of Representatives receive 81 a month if he does not live iu Brussels. In Switzerland members of the Nation al Council get r?'?.50 a day, uud members of the Slate Council from 1.5(1 to'j.50. Iu Italy neither Senators nor Deputies are paid, but they travel free, aud re ceive other concessions iu taxes uud pa tronuge. London Court Journal. An Illustrious Ancestry. Tho little sou of M. Clymer, instruc tor of Fu;lish ut Harvard, is remarked by the curiuiis is such things as being descended from uo less thau rive signers of tho Declaration of luilepeudence. His mother, who was of the Livingston family of New York, represents three of the signers. His falher is a grandson of the lute Admiral Shubriek, aud a lineal descendant of that Georgo Clymer, of Pennsylvania, waose name appears ut the bottum ef both the Declaration of In dependence and the Constitution of tho United Stutes. Boston Uatette.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers