THE FOREST REPUBLICAN b pahtwhofl ttj Wadaetoar, ? J. E. WENK. OSIo In Bmcaxbaugh A Co.'a Building IM ITEXBT, TIONE8TA, Pa, RATES OF ADVERTISING. On Sqnra, on Inch, on Insertion it On Square, on Inch, on month IM One Sqnare, one Inch, three month. Ob Square, on. Inch, on year 10 M To Sqnarea, on year IB 0 Qnarter Colomn, on. year a. a half Column, on y.ar N M On Colnmn, on yoar 10 0 LFI advertisement lea cnt pet ua h la ertlun. Marriage and death notice (rratla. All bill for yearly advertisement collected quae, terly. t emporary advertisement. Boat M paid n adrance. Job work eaah on delivery. Ttrmt, CI. BO ptrTitr, takaettptlon rselT4 fot ihsrtor period tt threa nonUis. OorraapoaaMha ollelted from all part of the "try. Na nUc will Ittn of anoarmoua MmafilcaUoaa. Forest Republican. VOL. XXII. NO. 40. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAHCII 12, 1890. Sl.50 PER ANNUM. "-OS f" Queensland, Australia, lays claim to llie richest goldmine in tho world. Its Mitputlnst year was $0,000,000. Tho nine it valuod at 50,000,000. ! According to tho Cong rest tonal Record the places of worship in Washington, D. 0., aro ns follows: Baptist 10, Cu iholio 13, Christinn 1, Congregational 3, Friends 2, German Reformed 2, Hebrew B, Lutheran 11, Methodist Kpiscopal 20, Methodist Episcopal South 1, Methodist Protestant 1, New Jerusalem 1, Presby terian 10, Protestant Kpiscopal 21, Uni tarian 1, Universalis 1. A Boston journalist has been investi gating tho statistics of tho public schools of that city and finds a startling propor tion of bad boys who persistently play truant, greatly to tho detriment of their Intellects and their reputations for ve racity. Tho trouble has reached such proportions in Boston that a truant school, especially for mischievous lads, is suggested and strongly urged by the Bos ton Herald. Four rango-findcrt of Lieutenant Fiskc's Invention aro about to bo put on tho new cruiser Baltimore. Tho instruments will iudicato tho distance nf a ship or other object several miles away to within a few feet. This invention has prnctically disposed of tho difliculty of ascertaining tho distances of objects at ea, and is an enormous advance on uny scientific mechanism known to Eu ropean nations. Every ono likes his cup of breakfast cofTco or his cup of after dinner coffee, but it is doubtful if any one would feel particularly pleased if ho knew that atones had been ground up with berries. Health Inspector Putnam, of Elizabeth, N. J., has learned that in a store in that place coffee has been sold thus "adulter ated." Ho found an ounce of stones in . a pound of coffee. Ho notified the manager that ho would close his busi ness unless tho practice is stopped. Last year there was an increase of only one savings bank in Massachusetts, while there was an increase of twenty-seven co operative banks, a gain of more than for ty per cent, over the total number in ex istence the year before. Thcro nro now nincty-threo co-operative banks in the Statc,agniust 177 ordiuary savings batiks. This large increase in co-operative batiks lias led tho Bank Commissioners to rec ommend legislation looking to their re striction, although they rocognizo their value when wisely mauuged. A society of disappointed lovers lias been orgituizedat Baltimore and a branch established at Wilmington, Del. The prime conditions of membership is that the applicant shall be a man, shall have been engaged to lie married by a woman and jilted and shall be willing to openly avow tho fact and stato his experience. Any member found having the least as sociation with any woman is liable to in stant expulsion. Tho Hartford Courant suggests that tho society adopt as its symbol a bunch of very sour grapes. Now that tho proposed international agreement about Samoa has been sub mitted to tho Senate, the full text is mado public. By its terms tho Uuitcd States, Germany and Great Britain de clare tho Samoan Islands neutral terri tory ; recognizo Maliatoo Lanpepu as the rightful King; recognize tho indepen dence and autonomy of the Samoan peo- ; and agree that neither of tho three signatory powers shall "exercise nnj sepcrato control over the islands or the government thereof," but that their citi zens and subjects shall enjoy equal right there. The Czar seems to be extremely nerv ous just at present, and this, tho Com mercial Advertiser thiuks, "is not to be wondered at, seeing that tho Nihilist) have of late got so near to his sacred per oi) as to endanger his life through tin poisoning of the very clothing ho wears. It is rumored that one of his brothers, together " --'ortuuate man's faiu- !lyt is to ). dy banished from St. Peter'.- ' jhably, however, h will not l .j Siberia, tho climate o) which is supposed to be better suited tc ordiuary Nihilists and political plotter? than to Grand Dukes belonging to the Imperial household." The Austriau Emperor has succeeded beyond all anticipation in averting a danger that at one time threateued the very existence of tho Empire, The Czechs have lnrrMaWMBajpsjilous of tho Home ltulo of HufWory, and have de manded the same forToheinia. The op position, however, of the large German population, equally jealous of Czech pre dominance, has been very strong. Em peror Frauds Joseph called both parties before him, listened tflaWheir arguments, and chiefly by his personal influence has quieted aud even reconciled the oppos- ' ing elements. How long the reconciliu 1 tion will la?t is a question, but for the time being the position of the House ul llt'psburg is very much strengthened. THE EASY ROAD. By the road of "By-and-By Stretching on forever, One who travels comes at last To the house of "Never!" Very tall, and very high, Iron barred securely, Those who enter find themselves Guarded very surely! "By-and-By" an easy road; Through soft Melds and mosses, No high hills, no sandy soU, Anywhere it crosses. If hard places come between, Hound them it goes winding, Very slowly leading on, Smoothest travel finding ! Looking on ahead, one sees But a soft mist showing, While on either side the scene Ever fair is growing. But there comes an end, some day, Where one sees forevor, Dark and grim the iron gates Of the house of "Never !" THE LOST LETTER. BT ANNA 1'IEHFONT BIVITER. "Jimmy:" called Frank Hepburn, the handsomo young bookkeeper for Wade Brothers. Jimmy the office-boy for tho same firm, as is usual in such cases, did not hear. It is a singular fact, not yet ex plained, that deafness is more prevalent among oflice-boys than among nDy other :lass of wage-earners. "Jimmy!" Frauk Hepburn called more sharply this time, and Jimmy relinquished his favorite occupation of draw ing cats with red ink on the firm's noteheads, and slowly approached Mr. Hepburn's stool. "Take this letter to the postoflice, and drop it into tho box mnrked 'City,' and be quick, please." Jimmy took the letter, placed it care fully between his teeth while he put on his hat and coat ; ho then surveyed tho euvelopo closely, and asked : "What's that mark in tho corner for, Mr. Hepburn" "Clear out, you rascal !" laughed tho young man, slightly coloring. "It's a secret-society sign. Now go!" As the boy passed from the office, Weaver, the cashier, looked up and yawned: "Well, its my lunch-time," and a minute later he was hurrying after the leisurely Jimmy. "I'm going past tho postotlice, Jim," he remarked, as he overtook that youth; "give me Hepburn's letter and I'll drop it in for you." Jimmy, glad of an opportunity to en gage in an interesting game of marbles ho saw being played round the corner, willingly gave up the letter, aud Weaver passed down the street. "Ah, that's tho way the wind blows, is it?" lie thought, glancing at the ad dress. " '.Miss Bertha Willey, 219 Madison avenue.' I thought that that engagement wns entirely broken off. This dosen't look like it, but I mean to know for certain." W eaver had long been Hepburn's most persistent rival. The lady in the case was a pnzo well wortn any man s earnest efforts to win, and when Frank Hepburn's engagement to her was an nounced, none of her admirers felt half the chagrin that seized Weaver. He had felt almost certain of winning her himself at one time, and in tho ex pectation of handling her snug fortune had incurred certain debts which, ac cording to tho rude fashion of cebts, were now "staring him in tho face." Great, then, had been his satisfaction when a report reached him of the broken engagement, niRl ho immediately called on. Miss Willey. She received him cordially, and in the two succeeding weeks he frequently re pea ted the call. "I will strike while the iron is hot," ho said to himself, and on this very eve ning had determined to know his fate, when tho sight of Hepburn's letter upset his pluns. "I will know what is in it," he thought, desperately. "I can open it it's very carelessly sealed. Hepburn can't come between us again, if I can help it!" He hurried home, and holding the envelope over a steuming kettle in his mother's kitchen, soon had it coveted contents iu his hand. It ran thus: "Bkrtha, Peak: I was wrong, and you wererijiht. Can 1 come aud be forgiven? I have a line business otter from a house in St. Paul; if 1 do not get a favorable reply from you to-morrow, 1 ahall accept it, and go im mediately. Life without you is unendurable here. Frank." "You will get no unswer to-morrow," Weaver muttered; "and once safe in the West, my coast is clear. What an idiot, to intrust all his happiness to a letter! But theu, he's so terribly proud; he thought it would hurt his diguity less to write a note than seek an interview. "t Yes, Weaver was right; Frank was proud, and so was Bertha. A trivial lovers' quarrel had como between them, nud Bertha, feeling sure Frank must see in time ho wus wrong, did not try to right herself. She would gladly meet him half-way in any effort at reconcilia tion, but farther than that her womanly self-respect would not let her go. Mean time her evenings were lonely, and when Mr. Weaver called, he found her very ready to be entertained. Ou tho day after Weaver obtained this letter, ho watched Hepburn narrowly, and saw he was restless and nervous, and by night that he was pale aud weak. The next day he did not appear at the office, aud word came that he was sick. "Packing up for St. Paul," Weaver sneered to himself. "It's just an ea cusc."' But Frank Hepburn's was no assumed illuess. "A bad case of brain-fever," the doctor said, as he gazed with more than professional interest on tho young man lying before him. His brown eyes were wide open, and restlessly flyiug from ono face to another, as if iu search of one that never came, while his parched tongue constantly formed tho word "Bertha," geutly uud pleadingly spoken as loug as his strength permitted him to utter it. Then, as he became weaker, only a half- articulate murmur greeted the cars of the anxious watchers who bent nbove him. "Who is Berthn?" tho physician at last asked tho weeping, gray haired mother who had come from a distant city to care for her only son. "We must find her. I have done all I can for his body, but only her coming can relieve his mind." And, he added, sof;ly, "sho must come soon." "If I only knew," the mother an swered, "how I would fly to hcrl It is breaking my heart to faco those eager, longing eyes; but I do not know. Among my boy's papers are several notes signed 'Bertha,' but no other name is given, and all aro datod 'Home.' Oh, doctor, it is hard to know a woman holds my beautiful boy's life in her hands, and I cannot even plead with her for it I" And with a passionate gesture she turned away. At the office, things went on as usual. Weaver noticed Frank's desk remained vacant, but said to himself, when tho clerks spoke of his illness: "Men don't die of broken hearts, and ho will recover, cured of his fancy." Ho could not, however, bring himself to destroy the stolen letter, but when alone, constantly took it from his pocket and glanced at it. One day, while doing so, Mr. Wado suddenly entered the room. Hastily slip ping it under a pile of bills, Weaver looked up. "Mr. Weaver," his employer said, "let me come to your desk. I want to glance over Frank's papers. I am afraid tho poor boy himself will never do that again. Sad, isn't it?" And Mr. Ward's kindly voice grew husky. "Is it so bad as that, sir?" Weaver murmured, whilo a deadly faintness seized him. "So, bad as that, I fear," Mr. Wade an swered, mechanically taking up a pilo of papers and running over them. Suddenly be exclaimed : "What's this? a letter written by frank himself, aud never sent?" The pity that a moment ago had filled Weaver suddenly vanished, and a fierce desire to escape detection had taken its place. "Why, yes," he said; "I remember Frank intended to invite Miss Willey to the opera for Thursday, but changed his mind, and I suppose did not send the letter. However, I am going down to inquire after him at noon, aud if you will give me tho letter, I'll leave it with his mother." "Yes, yes," assented Mr. Wade, "that's a good idea." But he still held it in his hand, whilo Weaver could hardly retain his desire to snatch it away. "If I get the cursed thing in my own hand once," he thought, "it will never be seen again." Just then Jimmy entered. Catching sight of the letter in Mr. Wade's hand, he exclaimed : "Why, Mr. Weaver, you didn't mail that letter that day 1" Weaver turned pale. 'You don't know what you're talking about," he said, as Mr. Wade glanced up inquiringly. "Yes, I do," Jimmy persisted; "that's the letter Mr. Hepburn gave me to mail the day before he got sick. Do you re member his saying that little cross was a secret society sign?" "Why didn't you mail it, Jimmy?" Mr. Wade interrupted, sternly. "Why, sir, on my way to the office, Mr. Weaver took it from me, and said he'd mail it himself." Jimmy had taken the letter from Mr. Wade's hand, and turning it over, ex claimed ; "It's opened now!" There was no need to question Weaver; the look of bitter hatred he turned on Jimmy told his guilt more eloquently than any words. "Mr. Weaver, I am sorry for this," Mr. Wado said, simply, and left the room. His heart was very tender toward the poor boy he had seen that morning toss ing restlessly from side to side, aud still trying to murmur "Bertha." "The name is the same," he com mented. "I'll take her the note and ex plain its delay. Thcro may be a con nection between this and his brain-fever. God grant there is." Hurriedly calling a cab, he drove to tho address on the envelope, and was soon greeted by a young lady who re sponded to his inquiry for "Miss Bertha Willey." She was a very beautiful girl, but there was none of the gay brightness one weuld look for in a creature so young. She had an air ot weariness liko that which comes from long nights of sleep lessness, and there was a suspicion of tears iu her voice as she greeted her vis itor. "Is this your letter?" he asked, abrupt ly. She looked at him rather haughtily an instant, then her whole air changed to. one of intense eagerness as she caught sight of tho address. "Yes," she breathed, aud iu a moment had taken the note aud devoured its contents. "Where did you get it?" she asked, looking up, the pretty color that tinged her cheeks as sho read dying out, and her little air of hauteur returning, though her eyes still danced, and there was a glad ring in her sweet voice. Ignoring her question, Mr. Wade said, sharply : "Do you know its writer is dying?" "Dying! Frank oh, my darling I" There was no need to ask if this was tho Bertha. Only one woman can utter a man's name iu that tone. The light aud the color died out of her face iu an instant, and a hard, strained look came in their place, more pitiful than any tears. Sho put her hand on her heart a moment, aud then said, simply; "Take me to him, please." "Get your hat," Mr. AY ado answered. But she only looked at him again and whispered: "Take me to him." Without a word more, he led her to the still waiting cab. On reaching the house, Mr. Wado left her iu the hail and hurried up-stairs. A few swift words explained to the doctor below, au4 he hastened down, 'You must bo very quiet," ho said, gently, though tho chargo seemed un necessary in greeting the almost stony figure that awaited him. "Sleep must come within an hour, or death or hope less insanity will result; but go to him, look nnd speak quietly and naturally, and if it is you he is dying for (a shud der ran through tho girl) we may save him yet." Tho girl rose and went to tho glass. "Look and speak naturally." Even in that hour of anguish sho wondered if tho face there was hers. Ho would not know those pinched checks, those staring eyes and bloodless lips. Sho stood a moment biting her lips, rubbed her cheeks and then smiled at the glass. That wonderful thing, a woman's love, had triumphed over nature, and with a smiling face sho could meet Death himself, if smiles would help het in her desperate endeavor to rescue her beloved from his grasp. The doctor led tho way to tho sick room, opened the door and stood aside as she entered. Bertha swayed for an instant as she caught sight of the pitiful, wasted form extended before her; but again Love triumphed, and swiftly ad vancing to his bedside, she bent above tho wistful eyes and said, clearly and softly: "Love, did you call me?" For a moment the face looking into hers retained tho eager, searching look it had wbrn for days; then it died away, and ono of perfect content filled iti place. "Bertha!" tho pinched lips tried to say. "Yes, Bertha," she cooed, softly lay ing her cool lips on his; "aud now, dar ling, shut your eyes. I will put my cheek against yours, and we will rest." Liko a tired child, he obeyed her, nestling his head on tho cool, soft arm sho slipped under it, whilo the peachy cheek that lay on his seemed to possess an almost magic power. "He is saved!" the doctor murmured to the happy, bewildered mother; and so it proved, for Frank Hepburn awoke very weak, indeed, but rational, "ready to drink a gallon of beef-tea, aud be mar ried that very afternoon," he whispered, faintly. When Mr. Wade returned to the office, he found Weaver had drawn his py and left. "He knew I wouldn't keep him au hour," Mr. Wade said, while reluting the circumstance for the hundredth time, at the Hepburn-AVilley wedding, two months Inter. "What kind of a heart must it be that would try to separate such a couple as that!" And he glanced with almost fatherly prido at the handsome pair who were standing 'under a floral arch, receiving the congrntulutions their friends were showering upon them. "Bless my heart!" he added, softly; "surely the angels themselves must smile on such wonderful lovo as theirs." Popular Monthly. Tho Sobering Machine. There is some talk here, says a Doylcs town (Penn.) correspondent of the New York 2'imes, about reviving the "sober ing machine." Forty years ngo it was a familiar piece of mechanism. Simple in construction, durable in use, it served its purpose well and effectively. In those days a drunken man was a rare sight. A few citizens of this place remember it well. "Jack" Reynolds was ono of the men who manned the machine, and he re collects when it did yeoman service. But the persons who fell victims to it are too modest to recall its purifying effects. It was devised because it was necessary, and it consisted of the running gear oi an ordinary wagon with tho hind wheels taken off and a box fastened to tho axle. Sobriety was tho watchword of the half dozen men who ran it. Whenever a drunken man or woman was seen on tho street the machine was brought out. The victim was placed on the broad of his back in the box. Then tho command was given and the occupant was run out of town. It was seldom that a man sot the second dose of the "soberincr ma chine." The tramps soon got to dread the ride of a mile or so, and they never returned after the first experience The wife beater fared the same, and its in fluence had a salutary effect on this class of people. Tho old inhabitants say that the "sobering machine" of nearly a half century ago was much more effective than the threats and violenco of the White Caps of the present day. King or the Gypsies. A modest brick house, standing a little way back from tho street, iu a suburb of the city of Daytou, Ohio, is the property and for a part of tho year tho home of a gypsy of wide repute, the heir apparent to a throne iu Little Egypt; and here, aud hereabouts, is the rendezvous of a numerous baud or tribe. This settle ment is widely known as tho homo of some of the richest and most influential families of gypsydom, among thcut the Stanleys, of which the present head, Levi, is trailed tho King. This Levi Stuuley is a short, thick-sct'niau of some thing over seventy year; ho is still strong and active, with a ruddy cheek and bright eye. .Much of his time is passed with the traveling parties, whilo liis eldest son, Levi, Jr., a stalwart, haudsomo man of fifty, (assumes much of tho active direction of affairs, looking after property, etc. Lying scattered about to the north of Daytou are many fine farms owned by them. At present most of the faniu are iu the hands of tenants, for how ever near the gypsy may be to tho primeval man, he has not yet developed u strong liking for the labor of the primeval occupation. Tho traveling ami camping parties aro the most interesting aud picturesque features of the gypsy life. These usuul ly consist of a siuglo family, the term family meaning the whole blood connec tion. It may comprise one or a dozeu wagons and from three to four to nearly half a hundred people. They make long or short journeys, as directed by the King, stopping at euch place us loug its the state of the horse aud palmistry trade warrauu. Chkayo Herald, THE TEA PLANT OF JAPAN. HOW IT 18 CULTIVATED AND PRE PARED FOR MARKET. Three Harvests Aro Gathered Kach Yoar, the First Being Host fur- lag the Leaves. The tea plant docs not begin to furnish tea until tho fourth year of its age. The yield increases up to the tenth year, then gradually decreases for fivo years more, when tho garden must be renewed. The bushes aro about three feet apart in each direction. By trimming they nro kept littlo more than a table in height. The soil is kept well worked, free from weeds, and fertilized often four times a year, tho largest supply being given in the spring. when the new growth begins. The first harvest begins about the middle of May, the second after the rains, about two months later. A third picking of leaves yields only older and coarser leaves for homo use, or for the production of brick tea that is, tea pressed into tho form of bricks and exported to Siberian Russia, where It is used as a nourishing food, as well as beverage. The tea gardens of U-ji, noted for their fine product, arc roofed over beforo the first harvest by matting supported on bamboo framework, the object being to protect from dew and keep the heat re ceived by day from wasting by radiation in the night. The modified light length ens the young shoots ind makes the leaves more tender. It is this region also which furnishes the very finest Japan teas used in the ceremonious tea parties called "cha-no-yu." Such teas are often sold as high as twenty-five yen (equal to nearly f sO) per pound. The native tea as cured by the native tea gardeners will keep good in Japau for a year if packed in stone jars, but in that form it will not bear exportation, as it contains about twelve per cent, of moist ure, aud it is to rid the tea of this moist ure that the tea firing go down is in stituted. First the native tea, whicl comes in wooden cases from the country, each containing one picul (equal to about 130 pounds), is emptied into bins about ten feet square by five feet high, with movable sides. When full, one of tho sides is taken down and with a rako the contents are carefully mixed to insure uniformity iu color and size. The tea iu this condition has no odor which reminds ono of tea as we know it, at all. In a very largo aud lofty one-story building nrc arranged brick furnaces in ranks of eight. Over tho small fire pit of each is a rather deep, rounded iron pun capable of holding about twenty gallons. The building contains about SU0 of these pans, the whole premises about 1200 of them. The pans are gen erally worked by Japanese women certain number of them having an over seer, generally a Chinese. At a given signal about five pounds of the native tea is put into each pan and the attendants at once commence working it round and round with their hands, never ceasing an iustunt until the temperature of the tea rises to about 110. At hrst it grows soft, but filially, nt the end ot fifty minutes, assumes a lighter color, has shruuk, and becomes dry to the touch, developing a peculiar pyro-olec odor allied to that of tea as we know it in America. In short, it is a sort of toasting process, and de velops an artificial character allied to tho development of the aroma of coffee by rousting it. Of course the experience of the Chiucse foreman decides the degree of heat, the time of manipulation, uud tho finished condition. During tho busy 3easou. Muy und June, this house keep 1500 people busy from morning till night nt this toasting of tea. It is one babel of noise, and the heat from tho tire pits in the summer is stifling. Tho fttmus of tho charcoal used in the fur naces, which havo no chimney, the vapor from the tea and mere or less dust from it make a tea firing go down anything but a paradise. After firing tho tea is placed on cooling floors, mado uniform by repeated siftings, and immediately placed in chests as we seo it in America. 1 hese hold from eight to twenty pounds. Each chest is lined with thin sheets of lead, over which is a thin coating of tin toward the tea side. This lead lining is backed by strong pupcr und the top sealed hermetically by means of solder before the cover is placed udon it. Tho chest is then papered and largo facings of colored labels, tho full sizo of ono end of the chest, pasted on it. A great variety of these fuco lubels aro made in the factory by Japanese artists, who make their own designs, sometimes re quiring four colors, cut the blocks and do the printing themselves. Detroit Fret Press. Petting a Sick Child. The mother ut the sick bed of her young chilli is a being quite ofteu as difficult to manage as her child, all the instinctive maternity is up in units. Deep in the heart of many mothers there is an un coil fessed and half -smothered seuse of wrath at the attack which sickness has made on her dear one. Then nothing is too much to give; no sacrifice of herclf or others too great to grant or demand. Tho irritability and feebleness of con valescence make claims upou her love of self sacrifice, and her prodigality of ten derness as positive, und vet more bane ful. That iu most cases she may and does go too far, and loses forherchild what is hard to recover in health, is a thing likely enough, yet to talk to her at such a time of the wrong she does the child is almost to insult her. Nevertheless, the unwis dom of a course of reckless yielding to a child's whims is plain enough, for if tho little one be long ill or weak, it learns with sad swiftness to exact more and more, and to icld less and less, so that it becomes increasingly hard to do for it the many little unpleasant things which sickness demands. Character comes strongly out in the maladies of the child, an it does even less distinctly iu tho sick ness of the adult. The spoiled, over in dulged child is a doubly unmanageable invalid, and when in illuess tho foolish petting of the mother continues, the doc tor, at leust, is to be pitied. Doctor and t'atitht. ! HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. ' 71AKKD CUSTARD. Boiled custard requires patience and Care. If the eggs reach the boiling point, they will break, nnd yet if they -do not reach it within one or two degrees, tho custard will not thicken, and will tasto raw, and lack tho exquisite thick smooth ness of well-made custard. To produce this, yet avoid curdling, therefore, patience, and proceed as follows: Stir the mixture over a moderate fire. When you seo from the end of tho spoon that it begins to thicken nt tho bottom draw it to a cooler spot where it will not boil, stir half a miuutc, then return to tho hotter spot. Do this several times, checking the approach to boiling point each timo there is danger, until the whole of tho mixture has reached that point which may be known by it being rich, thick and perfectly opaque. American, Culti vator. ritEPAnrxO BREAKFAST. A good breakfast to be prepared easy, must be planned and provided for, be forehand, and over night. . This is ouo of the trite maxims of good housekeep ing, but it is often forgotten, and breakfast-getting thereby becomes a dread and a burden. In every case where early breakfasts 'aro imperative, or where tho housekeeper is fond of morning naps, all possible preparations should bo made tho night before. Of course, kindlings will be made ready, and of course the teaket tle and coffee-pot aro at hand and clean. Besides these, the table should be set, the coffee measured, potatoes pared, and sliced for warming or chopped for hash, oatmeal cooked tender to be heated again, and bread sliced for toasting, if toast is planned. With varying tastes and appetites, the morning bill of faro even for households in kindred circum stances, and whose members follow tho same occupations, will differ widely. Each family must bo law unto itself. Prairie Farmer. THE llOKDKH MOULD. Ablanquettc of veal or white or brown fricasec of chicken is more appetizing and far more attractive iu nppearauco served in a rise border than iu other ways. A French border is quite expensive and it is difficult to get a mould which will fit inside the rim of an ordinary meat plat ter. The best way is to cut out of stiff paper a mould of tho right proportions and sew the parts together so as to re present tho shape of the mould perfectly. Such a model may be handed to any tin smith, who can readily duplicate it in tin. It is best to be exact, as the average tinsmith never saw a border mould and wid not understand the order unless he bos such a model as described. Rioo can be prepared in two ways for a bor der. By the first method it should be cooked fifteen or twenty minutes longer than for ordinary serving. After greas ing the mould thoroughly the rice should be pressed iu aud allowed to cool for fif teen minutes. It can then bo turned out around the platter and tho fricaseo or other dish of meat heaped in tho centre. The second method is to cook a cup of rice in water for one hour, then drain, add a tublespoonful of butter and a tea spoonful of salt and mash the whole well, adding two eggs ond bcuting them thoroughly in with tho rice. Press this mixture firmly iuto a buttered border mould, aud in fifteen minutes after it has stood in tho heating closet of the stovo turn it out. A border mould should bo about two inches high nnd two inches wide. It can bo utilized for aspic jelly borders, which are served around boned turkey, for meat salads aud for other cold meat dishes. It muy also be used for a mashed potato bonier, to be used around curries, blanquettes of simple kinds, nnd stews. JVt-ia York Tribune. HOUSEHOLD IHNT8. ' The oftcner flour is sifted for sponge cake tho lighter the cake will be. A small piece of sulphur placed in the cupboard or drawer will drive away ants. The flesh of fresh fish should be firm, the gills should bo light red aud tho scales silvery. In making a mustard plaster for a patient with a delicate skiu uso whito of egg instead of water. Hard soap lust much longer if dried for several weeks before using it. It is also less hurtful to the skin. Wash mirrors in warm suds, then dust with whiting from a muslin bag aud polish w ith chamois skin. When eggs are scarce cornstarch is a good substitute, ouo tablespoon of tho sturch is eipiul to one egg. Brooms dipped for a few minutes in boiling suds once a week will last much longer than they otherwise would. Hub your lamp-chimneys after washing with dry suit, and you will be surprised at the new brilliancy of your lights. To prevent the smell of cabbage per meating the house while boiling, place on the stove u dish containing vinegar. If a cucumber is cut iuto strips and the pieces put into places , where auts are fouud it will surely 'drive them away. In boiling meat for soup. use cold water to extract tho juices, but if the meat is wanted for itself alone puttitito boiling water. To remove paint from silk I goods satu rate the goods with equal part of tur pentine and ammonia, then'wash in soap sti Is und let dry bctwecublotting-puper under a heavy weight. Alum water will restore almost all faded colors. Brush the faded urticlo thoroughly to Itw it from dust, cover it with a lather of castilo soap, riuso with clear water und then alum .water and tho color will usually be much ibrijj 'liter thau before. Tike a pair of shoes that! bus become still uud uncomfortable, by constant wear iu the rain uud apply a coat of vaseline, rubliiug it iu well withtu cloth, und iu a short time tho leather becomes as soft uud pliable us when it is tukeu lioui tho sheives of the sloo dealer. THE AVERAGE" MAN. His face had the grim look of granite, As wrinkled and browned with the sun As the coat on his narrow shoulders And his hands showed the work he haa done For his wife and tho babe on her bosom ; Yet he smiled through his pallor and tan Inpatient, sad way, as if saying: "I'm only the average man." "I can't be a hero or poet, Nora General, deekodwitha crown; I'm only a badly-paid servant For them set above me. I'm down. An' its no use complaining, ' I'll get along best way I can But one o' these diys '11 come mornta' An' hope f'r the average man." As I looked on this wistful-eyed toiler A fire flashed in my brain, An1 1 cvied from my heart's deepest oaatar Above the wild roar of the train: "I have seen the hero of battles, I have looked on tho hand for the plan The mightiest fores of the world is The arm of the average man I "He wages all battles and wins them, He builds all towers that soar From tho heart and the heat of the city; . His hand sets the ship from the shore Without him the General is helpless, The earth but a place for a plan, . lie moves all, and builds all and feeds all. This sad-smilin 3, average man '." Then I lifted my hand in a promise, With teeth hard-set and my breath Held close in my throat, as I uttered In a vow that shall outlive death: "I swear that the builder no longer To me shall be less than the plan; Henceforth I give honor and glory Being just to the average man !' (Hilda Garfantf, in Exchange, HUMOR OF THE DAY. Making lots of money The mints. Everything goc3 Except tho Sunday night culler. True charity Raising the wind for cyclone sufferers. Courier-Journal. You can sometimes get a square meal, but boardiug-houso steak is mostly round. Tinc. Suggested new reading of an old say ing A green winter makes a fat doctor. Buffalo Express. The railroad engineer mny not have much stylo about him, but wealth and fashion follow in his train. A young lady has had a pair of lur mittens mado from the skin of a pet cut, and sho is purr-mitted to . wear them. "Aren't you going to divide your jum ble with your littlo sister, Willie?" "Yes'm, I gave her the hole five minutes no."Munsey' Wtckly. She-"I think cigarctto smoking is something vile. What do you smoke mostly in Chicago?" He (of the Lake City) " Hams. " Time. A contemporary asks: "Shall the coming woman' propose?" If she doesn't intend to she may us well be notified first as lu.st that sho needn't come. Time. "Yes," said the poet to the boy, as he stepped into the elevator, "I am going up. I want to feel for once in my life that I'm arising poet." Neu YorlcNewt. Ago was never so painful a subject to any woman as it is to tho boy who is trying to raise his first moustacho, and court a twenty-fivc-ycar-old girl. Time. This we can say for bim who's mum: No one has ever heard Of any porsuu deaf and dumb Who doesn't keep his word. Chicago Herald. Thcro aro two reasons why some peo ple don't mind their own business. One is, that they haven't any mind; the other, thrt they haven't any business. Harvard Lampoon. "What's papa's boy going to be when he grows up?" "Policeman." "And what'll ho do when he's a great big po liceman?" "Club tho stufiln out of pupa." Keu York Sun. "See that man? Well, he employs no traveling agents, and yet his runners are all over tho State." "How is that?" "He's a sleigh manufacturer. t I'll have a cigar!" Lawrence American. Littlo Angel (sent down to tho parlor to eutertuiu a caller) "Oh, yes, my sis ter will bo down iu a minute. Sho is getting over a crying spell because het other beau diun t come. His purse was low, It in honor scant; 11 did all torts of tiling lie shouldn't, He was, in truth, a mendicant, Aud what is more, amend he wojldu't. Merchant Traveler 1 Tho lfev. Dr. Primrose "A re you not ushuincd to bo iu a class with buys so much smaller than yourself?" Little Johnnie "Not much, I ain't. I can lick every mother's sou of them." New York Hun. Tailor "You promised 1110 faithfully yesterday morning that you would cull iu and settle for that suit iitst night, if it rained pitchforks." Customer "Yes, I know; but it didn't ruiu pitchforks. " Time. An ordinary clothes-pin factory will turn out two hundred and fifty clothes pins a minute. And yet somo people thinks that tramps have a hard time. If they don't get clothes enough to keep them warm they cau burn the clothes pins. Merchant '1 rn reltr. Novel Cure for 11 Kat Bite. ' Mrs. Inaba, who lives iu Iyo prov ince, was bitten by a rat twenty years ugo, which nipped her ton ouo .night while she lay asleep. For sixteert rs sho felt the effects of this bite, uud . times the wound would swell und fester. Last January she suffered acutely and her limb swelled up to a great extent. Just then she heard that for the bite of a rat thcro was no better remedy thau tho flesh of a cjtt. She at once ordered ouo of her servants to go into the village uud catch the first cut she caiuo across. This (lone, it was cooked and Mrs. Inaba set to work to cut it. N -t morning sho was much better, my' 'wo ur three days the swelling down and she wus quite well Mlit (Jjj.au) Mainichi Hhimbun.
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