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' Last yenr Germany granted only 3921 Jmtcnts,- while England gmnted 9779, and the United States 20,420. ! From tho yenr tho patent office win established up to the present timo 3500 patents havo been grunted to females. Tho first -woman patentee was Mary Keen, who invented a machine for weav ing a mixture of silk and threud. i A squirrel was killed recently on its wny from a gram field in Pan Joaquin .County, Oil., and on examination of its .pouches they were found to contain 819 grains of wheat, which goes to show how ., much damage n few of these uniinais can do. ! -.1 ' . i - .1 x A- 1 If T 1 'colonists who have returned to this coun try from Africa report that the condition of the American, colored people, who have sought homes there is truly pitiable. The climate breeds fatal fevers, und tho colbnists would nil return if they could, hut few uf them will ever bo able to reach America again." Tho Civil Servico examiners havo some iicer experiences. An applicant for ap pointment on the polico force of one of our cities in filling in tho replies to quc-stionft about his habits, wrote that ho took flvo cocktails before breakfast. Another frankly wrote that he took con siderable liquor, nnd when asked if i physician prescribed it said: "No, I pre scribed it for myself." A Daniel has como to judgment in Montreal, where n man has been con demned to pay one dollar damages for Laving called upon a person in a factory With tlin view t.i rnlti'ftinrr flolit Tim court held that the domicile of the debtor : is the proper place at which to demand money that is owing. It further declared that to ask on the streets for money that is duo constitutes an assault. I American push is beginning to bo not only appreciated but feared in Europe. It has been proposed to hold a World's Electrical Exposition in Frankfort in Jime next, to bo continued for five months. Jlcrr Siemens, Germany's fore most electrician,' wurns his fellow coun trymen that Germany cannot now com pcto with America in the number of new electrical inventions, and ndviscs tha' the exhibition bo postponed eighteen months, until the disparity becomes less stunting. Tho Shah of Persia's recent visit to Europe has been very beneficial to his subjects. JVhether he has grown wise in his old age oris nuxious to appear pro gressive, the fact remains that ho is doing a great deal for the improvement of the sanitary nnd moral condition of Tehcraa. Ho is inUoducing scwerago into tho city and h;Tlroken up what are known in this part of the world as 'dives." It is said that Hadji Hussein Ghooly Kahn, ex-minister to the United States, has greatly assisted tho Shah in iu these reforms. ; J. F. Jameson has been making a study of tho voting habits of our fathers, and reports results very interestingly iu the JVeie England- Mag'izine. Ho finds that they were not nearly so faithful in per forming that duty as their children are. 'Wheu in tho spring of 1779," he says, ''und the question of having a constitu tional convention (in Massachusetts) was to jbe voted on, a great proportion of the sol diers had probably returned to the State. Vet tho vote, iu towus enough to make up nearly two-thirds of the inhabitants of Massachusetts proper and a part of Maine, amounted to 5.4 per cAt. of tho population." Where would Showman Barnum be if all the 'V)j'' '-k'"1 the samo opinions of s tho Chinese have? en quires the Loudon Figaro. A woman in the Fukien province recently gave birth to' a boy with four eyes. The mother was very much frightened and wished to havo the child killed, but tho husband v.-ould not allow it to bo done. It was finally agrecoMo exhibit the Child for a few days to prevent such an unfortunate affair ever occurring again in the family. The Chinese believe that such deformities are caused by evil spirits. After it had been on view for some time the mother put au end to the child's existence by drowning it in n tub of water. ! Tho mild weather in tho early part of winter during tho past two seasons, has led many to suppose that tho Gulf stream, whoso influeuce upon tho weath er is considerable, U approaching' nearer to the Atlantic shore. The hydrographic bureau of tho Navy Department is mak ing efforts to discover whether or not this is true, and captains of Atlantic vessels aro being asked to tako obsenatious of the temperature us they cross the ocean. The influence of tho Gulf stream proba bly does not cxteud west of tho ltocky Mountains, however, and tho present winter has been unprecedentedly warm as far west and north as Lake Superior. Some other influence is probably causing the change. A NECESSITY. Borne there must I who must bear the bur lien and tho fcms, Borne there must be who must wear the thorny crown and cross. Boms there must be who must paco thro' battle and thro' blood, Borne there must bo who must face tho over- whelming flnod. Some there must bo who roust drain the bit ter, bitter lees, Some there must lie who in pain must wrestle on their knees. Some thore must bo who must feel the fierce onslaught of f ate, Borne there must be who must kneel unheard outside the gate. Some there must be who must work nor goodly guerdon ask, Some there must lie who must shirk the un rewarded task. Some there must be who must lay their hopes the altar on, Bom there must be who must say "Thy will, nut tninr, be dime.'' Susie M. Itest, in Philadelphia. Ledger. THE ENGINEER'S STORY. BY ARTIIUH DODJIE. Did you ever hear of a railroad Presi dent running us fireman on an engine? Well, I know of one who did, mid, if you've got time to listen to it, I'll tell you the story now while I snioko this cignr you were kind enough to give me. It was along in the summer of '85 that I was firing on a single track, one-horse road, that runs up from Junction City through Georgetown, a matter of a hun dred and ten miles. The road was most ly owned by a man named Thedford William B. Theford who was President and Superintendent all iu one. I had been firing on tho road for two years back; all the time with ouo engineer, Bob Hunter by name, and a finer man never lived. I suppose it would be only natural for mo to speak well of Bob, anyway, for I was clean head over cars in love with his pretty daughter M illy ; aud was only waiting for a bit of raise, iu my pay to make her Mrs. Jim Martin. Though I didn't see any chance for that raise whero I was, I didu't like to leave and go on another road, for that would tako me away from Molly. One day Bob says to me: 'Jim, ain't you nnd Molly never goin' to get married i" "Just as soon as I can get my raise," says I; "but I don't see how I'm going to get it here." "Why don't you go and ask Billy?" says he. You sco Billy was what we always CBlled Mr. Thedford behind his back, of course, for I warrant you wo were mighty polito to his face. "Ho won't do anything for me," says T, "for you know either one of the clean ers up to Georgetown would bo glad enough to jump into my place, and he ain't a-going to give mo a raise just to plcaso me." "Well," says Bob, "it won't do any hurt to try it." So next day I washed up nnd wont to the company's otHccs and asked for Mr. Thedford. After a few minutes he sent word for me that ho would see me, and in I went. There he sit a huge, heavily built man, with lurgo side whiskers and a puir of gold rimmed eye glasses on his nose. "What is it my man? I'm very busy," says he. So I up and told him what I wanted. "How much aro you getting now?" says ho. . "Forty-five a month," says I. Then ho pursed up his lips, and hemmed and hawed a little, and says: "I dou't sec how we can give you any thing more, my good fellow. Yours is not u very respousiblo position ; merely ouo that requires a little bodily strength. And we can find plenty of men who would bo only too glud to take your place at that salary." With that ho turned to a letter lie was writing, and I knew I hud no more busi ness there. I tell you I felt sore to be told it didn't tuke much to know how to tire an engine, and I camo mighty near throwing my job up and trying to get in on an other road. But Molly persuaded me to hold on a little longer. Now before I come to tho particular point of this yaru I want to tell you a little about the road. I have said it was a single truck road running from Junc tion City to Georgetown. The latter place was a little town of five or six hun dred iuhubitants; but i u summer a great many Chicago people came up there, aud so 1 suppose the road paid. Anyhow, Thedford, who had a summer place there, was rich enough to run tho road for him self alone, if he wanted to. Bob livi'd ut Georgetown and I boarded with him. Our trips began at eight in tho morning, uud we generally ran the hundred and teu miles iu five hours. Theu at thrco in the afteruoou wo came back, getting home ut eight. As soon as we reached the round-house ut Georgetown, our day's work was over, for the cleaners took tho eugiuo then, cleaned aud pol ished her und laid tho fire all ready to start next morning. Well, as 1 said, I hung on to my job, hoping that something would turn up that would give me a lift, till one day iu August. Tho whole summer had been uncommon hot, but that day went ahead of anything I ever saw. Of course, while wo were runuiug wo had a bree.o, but the uiiuute we stopped it seemed as if wo were in a furnace; and naturally, work ing us we were near a hot fire, didu't improve things any. On tho home trip Bob was taken sick and had all ho could do to hold out till we got to the home station, when ho got homo as soon as possible. After the1 train was emptied I ran tho engine to the round house, ex pecting to go straight home and wash up. But wheu I had run the engine in, the first thing I saw was uiy two cleaners luid out on a heap of ashes, dead drunk. Here was a pretty mess, for it would cer tainly tako uie until midnight to get (hv mochino In proper trim for tho next day's run ; and a hot, greasy job it was in any weather, but on such ft night as that was it was frightful to think of it. However, there was no help for it, and I started in. I had barely made A begin ning when I heard somo one coming in the door. Looking up, I saw it was Billy Thedford. In a very excited voice ho asked where Hunter was. "Home," I said; "and so sick he can't hold his head up." "My God I" said he; "I shall be ruined 1" Then ho went on to say that if ho wasn't in Chicago the next day, some deal, I think he called it, would fall through, and it would cost him a quarter of a million. "There's a train goes through Junction City at 1 1 :30 that'll get you to Chicago in time," says I. "What good'll that do me?" snys he. "I've been away for two days, and only just now got the telegram. If Hunter was here he might get me down ; but as it is, I might as well go home, nnd let the money go." "Mr. Thedford," says I, "Bob is sick, but I can run this machine to Junctiou City in time to connect with the train you want; but you will have to fire for me, us my two cleaners are drunk, as you see, and there isn't another man in this village knows the engine from the tender, hardly." 1 hope the Lord has forgiven mo that lie, for there were two or three men that could have tired all light, but it struck mo all of a sudden that here was a fino chance to get even wiMi Billy, and let him see whether it look any know-how to fire an engine for n hundred and ten miles. It so happened that we had wooded up ou the home trip at a little station three miles from Georgetown, so we had plenty of fuel aboard to make the run with. "Can you do it?"' says he. "Remem ber, it is n hundred and ten miles, nnd it is 8:30 now, so you have only two hours nnd n half to muks the ruu that generally takes double that time." "I can do it," says I, "if you will just jump aboard, pull oil your coat, uud do just ns I tell you." No sooner said than done, nnd in ten minutes wo had tho old cngino on tho turn table, turned her around, and were off. If the road was rough when we ran at our usual speed, that night, making double time, it was just awful. As we flew around the curves it seemed ns if wc should leave tho track nt every turn of tho drivers, nnd the poor old machine rocked and swayed so that, used as I was to it, I could hardly keep on my seat by the lever. If it was hard on me, what must it havo been to old Billy? I could hardly keep from laughing in his face, as I watched him, and heard him groan ns he haudlcd the heavy sticks we used for fuel. The heat of tho weather, added to that of the furnace nnd tho unusual work, made him look as if ho was in a Turkish bath. Tho water rau down his face, his stiff white collar hung down on his shoulders like a wet rag, nnd his beauti ful smooth shirt-bosom looked as if some one hud thrown a pail of dirty water over him. His hands were torn uud cut, from handling the wood, and take it all to gether, he was the most unlikely looking railroad President I ever saw. Once iu awhile I had to shout at him to lay the wood more even in the furnace, nnd would tell him ho would get tho knack of it in time. Whenever he tried to rest 1 told him wo were losing steam, nnd if ho wanted to catch that train, he mustn't let up on tho work, If I had thought to hitch a car ou wheu we started, we could have run much smoother; but it was too late to think of that now, and so on we rushed, now through woodland, now past grain fields, lurching first to one side aud then to the other, until I expected every minute to land wrongside up iu the ditch. . However, luck was with us that night, and wc pulled up at Junction City at just eleven. Poor old Billy could hardly climb down from tho cab, but ho managed to gasp out : "Come to my oHiee at two o'clock next Saturday." I learned nfterward that, finding the Chicago train was behind time, he hunted up a clothing store ami rigged himself out so as to look like a civilized man, which he didn't when he left me. I managed to find a fireman who was willing to make tho ruu back with me, and I finally got home at three o'clock, uud finding the cleaners a little sobered up, got to bed as soou as possible, for I was clean played out. I told Bob about my trip next day, and thought ho would die laughing to think of old Billy pluy iiig lireinau. But all he said was: 'I'm afraid that'll settlo your hash, Jim, for he'll find out that you worked aim more than was needed." The next Saturday, at two o'clock, I reported at the President's office, won dering whether I was going to be re warded for my extra work or kicked out for my uupudeuce. Wheu 1 entered the office, there sat tho old iuuu spick and span as ever, and showing no signs of his hard work. "Well, young man., says he, "vou helped ino out tho other night, but I wouldn't go through the same experience again for ten thousaud dollars. At the same timo I think you were trying to get even with mo for not doing as you asked me to about your salary, and I have con cluded that this road can dispense with your services." At this my heart went down into my boots, for I cau tell you it isn't an easy thing to get a new job when you can't bring a recommendation from your lust place. Then he went on to say : "I have a letter here from the Super intendent of the Chicago and Western, asking me if I cau recommend to them an engineer who has a sharp eye aud cool head, to ruu their new fast night ex press. I have written iu reply that I can recommend such a liuin, ouo James Martin, who will report for servico Sep tember 1st. The pay will bo one hundred dollars a mouth. I may add to you privately that I shall uevcr apply to you for tho position of fireman. Good-day, sir." That's all there is to my story. Molly and I were married, and went to Chicago to live. I took the new train, and have brought hef in on timo every trip I've run ; so you can sco I've a pretty good record with tho company. I've never seen Billy since, nnd I don't believe he wants to see me; for Bob told mo last time I saw him that they all called tho old man "Martin's Fireman;" that he knew it, and naturally didn't like it. There's my mate signaling for me now, sir, and I must go. A'ew York Ledger. European Armies. It appears that it is practically impos sible to ascertain the fighting strength of tho Germany army when placed on a war footing, on account of the complicated arrangements by which portions of tho territorial forces are worked into the strength of tho regular corps. Tho present peace establishments of Germany, France nnd Russia, arc as follows. Ger many, 884 battalions, 463 squadrons, 364 batteries, 1500 mounted guns, 19,457 officers, 4(58,409 rank nnd file. France, 20,763 officers, 534,100 rank and rile, 480 field batteries, with 20G0 mounted guns. Russia, 848 battalions', or 386, 312 infantry, 328 squadrons of cavnlry, with 57,416 men; 344 batteries of field artillery, with 1542 mounted guns and CI, 880 men, 33J battalions of engineers hnving 18,977 men,'besides 31,130 men of tho "train" service, making a total of 562,500 men. To these should be ndded 288 squadrons of Cossacks num bering 51,944 men; 112,850 local troops and 72,634 reserve men, which will bring up the strength of tho Russian peace es tablishment to 799,928 men. ' The Rus sian forces when on a war footing aro estimated as follows. 994,460 men of rcgulur troops, with 4030 pieces of ar tillery; 280.810 reserve men, with C40 guns; 137,730 Cossacks, with 240 guns of their own; nnd 189,500 supplement ary reserve men, with 384 pieces of ar tillery. This estimate is exclusive of local troops. The war footing strength of France is estimated at "about" tho following: Active army, about 2,000, 000, divided into ten classes, nccordiugto age: 1,022,000 of tho territorial army, divided into five classes, according to age; and reserve troops, divided into six classes, numbering 762,000, tho total amounting to 3,784,000 men. A Delicate Operation on a Lioness. Yesterday morning Keeper Havens, of tho Gress Zoo, performed a very delicate operation. The silver lioness, "Mollie," chewed up a piece of raw beef, which tho butcher had chopped up with a cleaver, leaving some fragments of bone in the flesh. It is not the custom of the keeper to give tho animals flesh that contains any bone nt all. In this instance a sharp sliver of bone pierced the lioness' gum on the out side of the jaw, next to the cheek, just below tho left eye. The place swelled up and festered, and the animal suffered a great deal of pain. Her head was swolen, nnd she was unable to eat. Yesterday morning Keeper Havens went to the cage, and by coaxing tho lioness, ho got her to lio down, and then ho slipped ropes over her fore feet, stretching them to either side of tho cage nnd tying them securely. "Mollie" kicked and struggled until the keeper fondled. her awhile. After she was se cured he entered the cage all alone, and, taking her head between his knees, he cut a small incision in the check, took his lunce and drew out the sliver, an inch in length. Ho did tho work all alone, and no one else was present during the performance of tho operation. Yesterday afternoon, after sho had been released several hours, he visited tho cage, and sho met him with a grati fied look, holding the wound up to the bars of the cage as if she were glad that he had performed the operation that re lieved her, and sho appeared as docile and kindly as a kitten, although sho had been ficrco and resentful before. At lanta Constitution. Biting Its Own Body. Bill King, of Fairburn, Ga., has a horse that has hydrophobia from all ap pearances. The horse at intervals has spasms or paroxysms. It bites its own legs and feet nnd breast. It is terrible to behold how it fastens its teeth in its own flesh aud tears the skin nnd flesh from its bones. King says the horse bit him on his arm, but ho did not think anything of it until his horse became un manageable and he tied around his neck a ropo aud tied the rope to a tree iu his lot. Tho horse would catch his leg in his mouth and bito und pull it until he threw himself on tho ground, then ho he would turn and 'wallow on tho ground for some time, then ho would get quiet, gently get up and stand. still awhile. In a few minutes he would commence his antics uguiti and bito tho'treo near him, then the rope, and then he would bite his breast nnd pull the flesh oil iu strips, theu he would catch his legs and pull and bito tho skin off iu strips, then ho would catch his leg in his mouth and pull and jerk until he would fall to tho ground. Every one was ufraid to go near him. Sonio suggested bleeding, but no one was found who would under take the job. Your correspondent nnd others suggested thut the horse be shot and put him out of so much suffering und puiu. The last seen of Mr. King ho was hunting for some one to shoot 'his horse. Atlanta Constitution, The Costliest Book Extant. Tho Vatican Library, at Rome, cele brated for its thousands of vuluublo books, has a copy of tho Hebrew Bible, for which Pope Julius, iu 1512, refused 125, OUO. Tho would-be purchasers were a syndicate of rich Hebrews. Ihey did not exactly otfer Julius $125,000 for his biblical treasure, they simply told him they would give its weight iu gold. As tho book weighs 325 pounds the offer made U equivalent to the figures given, tit. Louis JitjtuUic. ORIENTAL BED CLOTHING. HOW JAPS AND CHINAMEN SLEEP IN THEIR NATIVE LAND. Chinamen of Wealth liny Costly Hods and Ileddlnir-$.(0O Not an UntiHiial Pi'ico to I'ny for n lied. In the land of tho Orient, says Wong Chin Foo in tho New Yo'k Hun, the tastes of the people as regards sleeping accommodations are as widely different from the English and Americans as their daily life. In Japan the only bedding is mado in the shape of a huge gown or overcoat with sleeves, and each sleeve accommodates a sleeper, who crawls into tho aperture very much as a kitten would. Like their cousins, tho Chinese, the Japs use no sheets, unless the linings of the "night overcoats" can be looked upon as sheets. Their pillows aro miniature bureaus, mado out of either rattan or polished wood, filled with drawers to hold their jcwelery and other valuables while they themselves are asleep. There aro no bedsteads in Jnnnn. The same spotless floor that answers tor table, chairs and dancing stage is utilized for sleeping purposes. In China thero oro bedsteads, and with tho bed clothing form ttic most ornamental portion of the household furniture. It is as tho piano and pillow shams of a well-regulated American house. It is n common thin" for e Chinese gentleman to spend 5000 oi even 10,000 cash for a beautifullv carved and jeweled bedstead ond $1000 or more for simple embroideries on the edges and corners of his favorite quilt. These latter aro very numerous and va ried among those who aro able to enjoj such luxuries. Nono of these coverlets are less than "three-ply" affairs; in deed, such is tho superstition among tht almond-eyed aristocracy that not one ol them could be hired to sleep under n coverlet that is composed of only ont or two thicknesses. The former indi cates (to their mind) extreme poverty, while two is considered nn even or uu- lucky number. Therefore all the Chinese bed clothes aro either padded or a thin sheet of paper is put in the centre. Most all the quilts or bed clothes of the rich aro made of silks or satins with highly colored embroidery work on tho exterioi and lined with strong white silk or lint linen and are only washed about once a year. As in Japan, no sheet is used. The Chinese bed making in tho morn ings consists of foldiug up every article of bed clothes in long folds, in such a manner as to expose alt tnc beautiful needle work, nnd then they are carefully piled one on top of the other upon a neat shelf built against iho wall iuside of the artistically hung bed curtains. Then tht latter is carefully drawn apart to expose the rich rugs and opium layout upon the bed and tho folded bed clothes upon the shelves. Tho poorer class of the Chinese have only one "pe," or piddcd quilt, thick enough to keep them warm the coldest nights of winter, while in summer, like the rich, they use nothing save their own undergarments. In other words, it is cither a feast or a famine as far as sleep ing comforts aro concerned. L7n!ike the rich, the poorer classes of Chinamen take oil the linings of their "pes" ubout twice a year for cleansing purposes. If a bed iu a first-class American hotel were given to a Chinese gentleman lie would probably nit up all night waiting for a place to lio down. Maori Oratory. Tho native orators of New Zealand agree with Demosthenes that "action" is the first, tho second aud tho third char acteristic of eloquence. A short time after Bishop Selwyn settled in New Zea land it becamo necessary to remove tho Episcopal residence aud college from Wuimato to Auckland. Tho native Christians of tho former place opposed the removal, aud one uinrket-day there was a great deal of speech-making on the subject iu front of the Bishop'j house. A powerful Maori orator opened the debate, his audience being seated on either side of tho path leading to the residence. Dressed in a handsome native mat, and holding a spear in his hand, the orator began by trotting slow.'y up und down the path. He began each sentence with a run through a given space, uud ended it just as he finished his run back. Growing warmer and warmer, he rushed backward and forward, leaped from tho ground, slapped his body, shouted and waved his spear. j stranger, ignorant of the language, would have thought that the orator was breath ing out death and destruction; but he was simply urging the Bishop to stay at Waimate. Two missionaries who had beeu long in tho land replied to the Maori orator. One, a stout, old-fashioned English clergyman, with a broad-brimmed hat and spectacles, adopted the Maori action bo far us to march up uud dowu the path with a spear in his hand. His "action" elicited shouts of upplau.se. His brother, takjig a spear, marked out u large space on the gravel walk, divided it into three parts, uud then asked whether it was not fair that tho Bishop should live iu the middle of the diocese instead of at the end. Con vinced by the marked -out space, the people exclaimed: "It is ju-t."' All Iu a Hurry. A druggist tho other day drew a long breath us ho wrapped up a prescription. "I presume," said he, "there s never any one who comes into a drug store who is not in a hurry. They all rush in as though death were impending in the family, and demand to bo wuited on ut once. If they want only a cake of soap or u tooth brush it must lie had without de'.ay. This is particularly the case with women, but there are plenty of men who are just as bud. A woman w ho will spend an hour in adrygoods store to buy u two cent package of hair pins, will come into a drug store for teu cents worth of per fumery and insist that ull work on pre scriptions stop tit once until she get it." JSetc iirk I vimiurcuil Aacertistr, HOL'SEHOLn AFFAIRS. SAt.MOX SALAD. Tut in a bowl tho yolk of a raw cgq and a teaspoonful of sugar, a pinch of salt and cayenne pepper ; rub all together. Tiiko fresh or canned salmon ; if the lat ter, pour off the liquor, add it gradually to tho mixture, thicken with the pow dered yolks of four hard-boiled eggs un til a smooth froth is formed, thin with a tablespoonful of vinegar. Pick the sal mon in pieces, and lay on a flat dish. Break somo tender lettuce leaves, and mix in with tho fish, nnd stir half the dressing in, then beat the white of an egg and add it to the remaining dressing; pour over tho salad, and garnish with nasturtium. Yankee liludc. SWEET WAFERS. Beat a half cup of butter until creamy, then add gradually one cup of powdered sugar. Beat six eggs without separating until light, add them to the butter and sugar, add the juice of a lemon, nnd sufficient flour to make n stilt batter. Heat the wafter tongs over a clear tire, grease with a piece of suet tied in rumlin, and put in two tablcspoonfuls of tho batter, close the tongs, turn frequently and when a light brown carefully lift out tho wafer, dust it with powdered sugar and quickly roll it about a smooth, round stick. Remove it when cold. We usually use our ladylock sticks for this purpose. If you do not possess a wafer iron batter a sheet of foolscap paper, drop the batter by tablcspoon fuls drop it out thin and bake in n slow oven. Roll the same as directed above. Washington Star. MINCED VEATj. Cut tho veal into very small pieces, but do not chop it. Some bits of cold ham or bacon, cut up nnd ndded to the veal, are very nice. Sprinkle the meat with pepper und salt, shake flour over it and let it stand while you make a little white gravy. Take a piece of butter tho size of a walnut, rolled iu flour, and stir it smooth in a saacepan over the fire; let it bubble for a minute, stirring nil tho time, to cook the flour, then add a cup of warm milk or cream nnd some grate I ljmon-pcel; let boil till of the consistency of cream. Add the veal to tue sauce, and let it get quite hot, but set it back where it will not boil, as that will make tho meat hard. Before it is taken up. squeeze in some lemon juice, and servo it on a dish over somo bits of toast. It is also very nice with a white sauce made with button mushrooms. The House wife. CIIICKEX SALAD A LA PRINCE. Cut the white of cold fowl into neat fillets, using a sharp knife. Mark ouch pieco with a mixture made of one tiwle spoonful of minced capers, two of minced boiled ham, three hard-boiled eggs, on anchovey boned and mashed, and two sardines freed from skin. AU these must be pounded, then rubbed through a sieve; add a tcaspoouful of mayonnaise nnd cno aspic. When each fillet lias been well coated with the mixture, and has set, line a border mould with aspic jelly, ornament the fillets of chicken with little strips of beet root and cucumber. Place them carefully round the mould on tho layer of jelly, then pour in a little more jelly, until the border mould is full, nnd set it on ice. When ready to serve, cover a dish with a layer of lettuce leaves. Turn tho mould out on it. Fill the ceutro with a salad composed of cucum. bers cut iu dice, peas und string beans (canned ones). Pour over the centre salad some thick mayonnaise. Yttuia Uliule. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Ham should bo broiled very quickly, and just enough to cook through. Tin cleaned with paper will shino bet ter than when cleuned with flannel. Save tho juices that drain out of roasts nnd steaks to add to stock for soups aud meat sauces. Treat tired or inflamed eyes with a bath of warm water five purts and witch hazel one part, three times a day. If the eggs you havo to use for frost ing aro not quite us fresh as you could desire a pinch of suit will muho them beat stiller. Remove tho unpleasant odor of perspi ration by using a teaspoouful of ammonia or powdered bonn in a busin of water when washing. Flowers can be kept fresh for some time if a pinch of soda or saltpetre is added to the water. Wilted roses will regain their freshness if dipped a minuto or two in hot water. A tonic for the hair is composed of one-quarter of an ounce of glycerine, sis ounces of cologne, twenty drops of tinc ture of capsicum, one and one-half drams tincture of Spanish flies. Tho practice of rubbing tho fico with vaseline or other cosmetic sometimes makes the hair grow whero it is not be coming. Camphor applications, like other irritants or stimulants to the skiu, will cause superfluous hair. All freshly baked bread should rest ou n wooden table, with u cloth thrown lightly over it until it is cool enough to put away, when you should wrap it up iu iiuother crash towel, one that is perfectly dry. By this means you will keep all in us tin ess out of a new box. Rub chalk all along tho edgo of tho door that "sticks," theu close it us near ly as you can. Tho chalk will only come off on thut portion of the door op posite the part that ueeds plaining to euse the door. So you need not wasto your wood uud timo iu planing away any other part. Cheeso which will instantly and in tensely redden blue litmus paper should not be eaten. This is u teat easy of ap plication, uud every merchant ou cutting a fresh cheese should make it. If the cheese is ilry, u bit of it should bo moist ened with water and the litmus paper then applied. If a young woman's disposition is gun powder, the sparks should be kept away from her. The Ledjer. - UF, she on ITT ( met a mother with a babe that was hor perfect joy. I said, to win her favor, what a charming baby boy. I saw her flashing glances and her lip in aneer curl. tn crushing words sho told me that the in fant was a girl. t met another mamma with a bright and charming child Anil murmured what a lovely girl the mother never smiled, t kn?w I'd mado tho blunder which mothers padly vex. She said in tones quite frigid: "You're mis taken in the sex." And so it didn't matter how kind the words I said, They'd always tumble censure on my Inoffen sive head. But now those blunderings of spoech I never never more commit. To me a baby never has another sex but "it." Chicago Herald. HUMOR OF THE VXY. Misers ought to be lnrgc buyers of chest protectors. AVickod sinners arc a direct tax on the truly good. Picayune. Kind words are like bald heads, they can never dye. Hiting: Tho sick man wants a constitutional amendment. Merchant Trattler. If you should happen to want your enrs pierced, just pinch tho baby. Texas tiiftinyt. Tho family stovepipe was never meant for a pipo of peace. Binqhamtvn lie publican. Married life is not nil thorns. You strike a nettle once in n while. Phila dcljihia Inquirer. Evergreen trees are tho dudes of tho forest. They make the spruccst boughs. liome Sentinel. "What is a laundry, mother?" "It is n place, my child, where your father sends his shirts to be torn into ribbons." Huston Gazette. "Is it a crime to bo n woman?" said the pretty agitator. "If it is, it's a very capital crime," rejoined a gallant audi tor. Muntxj's Weekly. Jimpson "Did ycu ever havo suit brought against you?" Jampson "No; but I've had many a bill for a suit brought against mo." Laicrenee American. Incorrigible, "What did you and Smith talk about?" "About fifteen minutes." "I mean, what did you talk over?" "Tho telephone." Harper's Saiar. A lecturer is out with the subject', "The Coming Man nnd What Wo Owo Him." The coming man is the collector, and ho is after what people owo him. ricatunc. A. "How is your grandfather com ing out!" B. "My grandfather? Ho has been dead over a year ond a half." A. "Ah, that explains why I seo him S3 seldom of late." Texas Sif tings. In tho summer, it is pleasant ' 'Neath the moonlight pale, to stroll; I Now it strikes mo I would rather Stay in doors, and kissos gather, A hilo wo burn her father's coal. i Keamcu Enterprise. ' Young Mrs. Newbrido never told but one of her feminine acquaintances that she returned tho skimmer indignantly to the store from which it was ordered be cause when it camo sho found that it was full of holes. Somerrille Journal. Gcorgo "The ring doesn't seem to fit very well, Clara. Hadn't I better take it back und have it mado smaller?" Clara "No, George; an engagement ring is an engagement ring, even if I havo to wear it arouud my neck." Judge. ' "Lizzie," remarked Sir Walter Raleigh to the Queen, "wherein do u man's sins resemblo a bill collector?" "In good truth I know not," replied her Majesty. "Wherein do they?'1 "Iu their pro pensity for finding him out," quoth Sir Walter. Munsey's Weekly. "Master Charlie, you are to go home at once. If you stay out a moment longer you will bo punished." "Was it mom or pop who said I should bo punished?" "Your mamma." "I'll bo home in nn hour or so. A fellow can tako care of himself, I guess, wheu he's teu." J'hila deljdiia Socitty. Gentleman (to young lady from Rich mond, on the cars) "Beg pardon, but I am a physician. Your companion is very pale. Is she seriously affected?" Young Lady "Painfully so, I assuro you." "An aneurism, perhaps?" "No; I think his name is Arthur Jones." Jiich muiul ileeorder. A correspondent writes to ask a conundrum. He says: "What is the difference between a pair of suspenders uud a bread knife?" We give up tho conundrum and recommend thut, if tho correspondent really w ishes to learn tho difference, he essay to cut bread with a pair of suspeuders ami try to keep his trousers up with u bread knife. mrifa. Electric Light aud Plants. Iu tho course of a receut lecture before tho Royal Society, England, Dr. Siemens placed a pot of budding tulips in the full brightness or tho electric light in tho meeting room, and in ubout forty min utes the buds had expanded into full bloom. Dr. Siemens' experiments have beeu undo with quick-growing seeds aud plants, like mustard, carrots, swedes, beans, cucumbers and melons. The pots, the lecturer stated, were divided into four groups, oue of which was kept en tirely iu tho dark, oue was exposed to tho influence of the electric ligat only, one to the influeuce of daylight only, uud one to daylight and electric light in succes sion. The electric light was applied for six hours each evening from 5 to 11 ami the plants were then left in darkness during the remuiuder of thu night. Tho general result was that the plants kept entirely iu the dark soou died; those ex posed to the electric liht only or to day light ouly throve about equally, uud those exposed to both day und clectilc liilbt throve far better thun either,
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