THE FOREST REPUBLICAN If pubUihed every Wianeinay, by J. E. WENK. Offlo In Bmearbaugh & Co.'a Building XLM BTRKKT, TIONKSTA, T Term, - . . il.eo ptrTtar, He taftftfrtptlons received fot a shorter period laaa three aiontlis. Oorraavondanea aoltetted from ftU parti of the eonntry. No netlce will bt taken of aaOBjmoiit anumnlcailoas. f Tor uonrly a month tliis winter the Union Facific Railroad expended $3000 per day for shoveling snow. According to advices from Victorin, British Columbia, Chinamen and opium aro being smuggled Into the Uiitcd 6tutts from that city to alarming extent. The militia forco of the United Statc9 which may be available in nn emergency, is placed lit 7,352,171. The regularly organized militia, however, only num bers 2011,392 men and 80.12 officers. Tho 200 American medical students matriculated ut the 1'iiiversity of Berlin were greatly agitated over tho refusal of thd German authorities to recognize their American diplomas in the. recently issued "University Calendar. While the medical degrees of ull other nations were duly recorded, thoso conferred by institutions in the United States were entirely ignored. According to careful calculation made by a British clergyman of note, and just published, Protestants have increased during tho last 100 years from 37,000, 000 to 134,000,000, or nearly fourfold. 'Koman Catholics during tho snmo period have increased from 80,000,000 to 1G3, 000,000, or twofold. The Greek Church during tho century has increased from 40,000,000 to .83,000,000, also twofold. The captain of a vessel which nrrircd at Baltimore recently, reports that when . i .!. -V r....,11....,I n xlinnnm. OIL 11113 .ei luiuivimii'i ..n.s .. jii. enon was witiie.,sed which nppearcd to be nothing mora or less than n rain ol blood, covering decks, bridge, masts, bonts and every exposed part of his ship. When it catuo down it was of a dark rich color like human blood, but it soou dried up and assumed the color and con sistency cat brick dust. Russia is at present iu tho throes of ft temperance campaign, which tho ccu- tral Government does not seem to be sec onding to any extent, if ono may judgo by tho news from tho department of Kiev. Iu that sectiou thirty-six villages sent petitions to St. Petersburg demand ing tho abolition of all liquor selling es tablishments within their boundaries. Thirty-five of theso petitions wcro re jected, but tho thirty-sixth being accept ed the inhabitants of the village thui dririved of its drink turned out and beat li-ath tho man who had drawn up tho iVAion. They said he hud been alto-gc-fuer too eloquent. What ftio Washington Star regards as a long step toward democracy is em bodied iu a resolution to be introduced in the English House of Lords, providing that a peer of the realm shall have tho right to resign his place and stand for election in the House of Commons. By this means tho youthful und energetic members of the oldest and most aristo cratic families of England may bo en' abled to get from beneath the burden of their birth and coming iu touch with the pcoplo lead on mora speedily to that democracy which must come, and which " will be the purer and better and safci democracy if it have as its representatives and leaders the best men of tho nation, rctirdless of the distinctions of birth and class. The Journal de St. 1'iiertliourj, in com Hunting upon the German Emperor's plans for ameliorating the condition of Uio worKiugmen, says mac ouiy u uuv ernmcnt conscious of its own power would attempt such a t;c-k, for the reason that it is absolutely necefsary for that Government to be possessed of means of checking any misconstruction of its plans that might be attempted, and preserving public harmony in the event of such mis unitJMundiug. The Berlin 1'ott rccog . nizes the humane sentiments that prompted the Emperor iu formulating the plans, but observes that ho has en tered upon a very dangerous path, and compares his proposal to the similar at tempt of Napoleon III. iu 1S03, nt which time tho French Monarch announced a European congress before ho had con sulted any of tiie other powers. When we study tho progress of agri culture wo find, says tho Now York Times, most conspicuous illustrations of the tendency of production to exceed tho demands of consumers. Corn, for in stance, has increased in quantity far ahead of the increase iu population. Iu 1874 tho area in this crop was 41,000, 0110 aciei; in 1SS0 it had grown to more than 75,000,000 acres, an increase of 85 per cent. During these twelve years tho population increased only 80 per cent. Tho same excess has occurred iu the pro duction of cattle and hogs und the sala ble products of theso st:iple agricultural products. It is not dillicult to discovct the cause of this great and dispropor tionate increase. The extension of rail roads iu the great corn and cattle grow ing regions has forced a vast increase in the population, and has led to tho culti vation of euoruious areas and the pro ducriou of enormous crops uud herds of cattle with the inevitable result of de- pi eted values, Forest VOL. XXII. NO. INSIGHT. On the river of lifo, as I float along, I sea with the spirit's sight That many a nauseous weed of wrong Has root in a need of rit;ht. For evil is good tlmt bus gone astray, And sorrow is only blindness, And the world is always under the sway Of a changeless law of kindness. The commonest error a truth can make Is shouting its sweet voice hoarse, And sin is only the soul's mistake In misdirecting its force. And love, the fairest of all fair things, That evor to men defended. Grows rank with nettles and poisonous things Unless it is watched and tended. There could not be anything better than this Old world in the way it began, And though some matters have gone amiss l'Yoiu the great original plan; And however dark tho skies may appear, And however souls may blunder, 1 tll you it will all work out clear, For good lies over and under. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. BLIND! AH Paris was oppressed by that over powering heat which often precedes a July storm. Low rumblings of thunder, liko the distant roaring of a lion in the desert, kept coming nearer, until tho Btorm-cloulds broke with the sharp crashing noise of splitting planks. Tho next minute large rain-drops be gan to pelt the faces of tho passers, and to speckle with gray drops, the dusty granite ot tho sidewalks. A pretty brunetto about twenty vears old, overtaken by the unexpected show er, hastened to seek refuge in a hospita ble door-way. Her clothing was not such ns could be very seriously injured by the inclement weather; indeed her nttiro was extremely simple, and indicative ol the strictest possible economy. A plain dress of black merino, well fitted nnd tastefully made, nud a straw hat trimmed with poppies, ahowcu her to be one of those little sewing-girls whose honest pover ty obliges them to mnko there own clothes. Martha Dufloti, such wa3 the young girl's name, was a pink of neat ness, from her bare white hands to her carefully polished low shoes. It was only ten o'clock at night, nnd the street was almost deserted. A young man came hurrying along, and al though ho had nn umbrella, he ran for shelter from tho rain to the door-way where Martha stood. He was so ab sorbed in watching the progress of the thunder-storm that he had hardly noticed tho girl w hen a dazziing flash of light ning, followed immediately by n terrible peal of thunder, illuminated the street, and at the same instant a fall rill cry rang through the air. "Merciful Heaven!" exclaimed the young girl, "I cannot see it is all dark the lightning has burnt my eyes I am blind !" Instances of thus kiud, though com paratively rare, are by no means unknown iu the history of medicine ; sudden blind ness caused by a stroke of lightning is sometimes curable, but when it results from paralysis of the optic nerve these is but little chance of recovery. A Hood of tears followed tho sighs and I moans of tho terrified girl as she reflected that she could no longer earn her living. I She could not even find her way home without help what w as to become of her must she beg her bread? Betraud Camusard was a young clerk, and being accustomed to the dissipations of Paris, was ever on the watch for a trick. When, therefore, the young girl bemoaned her fate, he looked at her curi ously. Her face was not in tho least dis figured, the large dark eyes shone brill iantly, a slight flush relieved the white ness of her skiu, and her features were small and regular sho w us very pretty, ho found. "Is there no one to help-me?" the said, piteously, extending her hand. "Dot not cr-, Mademoiselle," an- ; swered Betrand in a soothing tone, "I will take you homo as if I were your dog." "Oh, thank you, sir." j "Where do you live?" j "At 120 Laeondamiue street." "That is closo to my house," said Betrand to himself, and then be added aloud, "tho raiu has stopped, will you tako my Brm?'' As they walked, the youug man looked at his fair chargo in surprise; if she was acting a part she was doing it to perfec tion. Leaning on his arm, iu a charm ingly confiding way, she told him tlint she was an orphan, that she hajl lately arrived from tho country with no bag gage excepting a letter of recommenda tion to a large establishment where she had received employment. Her listener paid but little heed toiler recital and made a few jesting remarks ibout the w hiteness of her dimpled hands, and the becotningness of her costume, for ho was firmly convinced that the girl was trying to play a trick on bun. At last, wearied by her sad air, ho determined to create a diversion, and to show her that ho was too thoroughly a Parisian to be so easily duped. "Let us to and have a gloss of beer," he said gaily, and with an exclamation of dismay the girl let go ot his arm and stood still. "Oh, do not try to be so high-flown!" he added, taking hold of her to lead her on, but Martha drew back in afright aud cried uloud, "Help, help!" At the sound of her voice, another man, a well-built fellow, came to her recue, exclaiming: "Let go of her, you rascal!" and deal such strong blows upon the shoulders of Bertrand Caiuusani, that tho latter thought best to go his Way without ar guing tho matter. Martha then told her story to the new comer, who, iu his turn, informed her that his name was Pierro Carlier and that he was book-keeper in the oilice of the Western Hallway. Ho did not however, mention the fai t of his having been wounded in the face during the war of 1870, and of his still bearing a frightful bear. 49. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1890. S1.50 TEH ANNUM. Being deeply interested in the helpless girl who talked and listened to him without knowing of his disfigurement, I which had always rendered him repulsive to women, ho took her to her lodging place, nnd on leaving her at the door, asked permission to return the next day. She assented willingly for tho sincerity of his voice and manner in spired her with confidence. The next morning Carlier brought a physician to examine the young girl's eyes, nnd his decision that the recovery of her sight was doubtful and would at best be slow filled her with anxiety. Who would provide , for her while eha was unable to work?" Pierre Carlier read tho question in her face and an swered quickly: "Djnotbe ularmcd, your employer will allow you your regular wages whilo vou aro under treatment. That is the custom; I will go to him myself and ex plain matters." j A few hours later ho came back and reported that the head of the firm had promised not only to keep tho girl's situation for her but also to pay all her expenses until sho was able to work again. Medical treat- ( ment was begun, and Carlier came to her regularly witn her wages ; it was but nat- ' ural that he should stay and talk with her, for Martha Duflou had no friend in Paris excepting him, nnd she was glad to tell him of her doubts and fears. Grad ually his visits became longer and more frequent, and tho friendly sympathy al- ' ready existing between these two of- ' dieted ones, tho blind and tho disfigured, soon developed into sincere and ardent love. Sho was in ignorance of the terri ble scar on his face, and his gentle kind ness and devotion won her heart. Three months passed and still Martha was not cured, nnd at last she begau to wonder how it was that her former em ployer kept on paying her without mak ing any direct inquiries ns to her condi tion. A suspicion of truth crossed her mind, and one day she commissioned the janitress of the house to go to the store and discover how toe motter stood. That evening when Pierre Carlier came to see her she was deluged in tears. "I have found you out," sho said. ''Oh, how generous and noble of you to let me thiuk that the money you brought came from an employer who is utterly heartless! But indeed you ought not to have put such a debt upon me it is nb solutely necessary now for me to regain my sight that I may be able to pay you what I owe." "You can more than repay me, very easily, if you will," he answered, gently. "How can I J" "By marrying me." "You can not mean that!" she ex claimed in astonishment, and when ho repeated his words she began to cry with joy. "I have not seen your face," sho said at last, "but I am sure that it reflects the goodness of your heart. I will bo your wife, on one condition." "What is that?" he asked. "That we arc not married until I have recovered my sight." Her decision filled her lover with dismay, and involuntarily he almost wished that she should remain blind, for he could not bear to think of of seeing her turn awav from him iu dis- the first time she beheld his face. "Let us be married at once," ho said earnestly. "We shall be so happy what ? :.. .1.- .:.,..? But Martha was inflexible. "I have already been too much of a burden to you," sho said, "I will not con sent to becoming a mill-stone fastened to your neck. If 1 cannot be cured at all, I will disappear, and you will never hear of mo again." "A suicide!" ho cried, "do you wish mo to die of despair?" But Martha felt sure that she would be cured suddenly, miraculously, and she longed to be able to give her lover a joy ful surprise. It was the first Sunday in May. Spring was just decking the shrubs and trees iu brilliant attire, and the meadows had bo gun to smile under the sun's rays. Martha had promised to go with Pierre for a walk in the country, and he said wistfully: "What a pity it is that you cannot see tho loveliness of nature, for that would decido you not to postpone our happiuess any longer." "I can hear tho birds sing, and smell tho perfume of tho flowers," had been the blind girl's answer. The appointed time had arrived and Pierre called for his beloved. What was his surprise to find that she had taken all the bandages from her eyes, and he fancied vaguely that she gave a blight start as sho turned toward him. "Can she see?" ho thought, growing palo with apprehension, and Martha asked " "What is tho matter, dear? Ah, I know; you are astonished at my having no bandage on my eyes. There is no use iu wearing it. I shall never see again, tho doctor can do nothing nior! for me. And, Pierre, I will not keep you waiting nuv longer, if you wish, we can bo mar ried." In his delight, Carlier imagined that lltr eyes were smiling upon him, but tha next instant he laughed at his own folly iu supposing that sho would speak thus if she could see him. The wedding took place four weeks from that day. When it was over, aud the pair were t.dd to sign their names in the register, Pierre took, hold of his blind bride's baud to lead her to the book, but sho turned away from him sayiug gaily: "Let me .done, 1 cau find it by my self." Then, to his amazement, sho went straight to the desk and took up the pen. "You aro not blind," he whispe-ed, "you can see my scar ." "Oh, I saw that a mouth ago," she said, suiiliug at his distress, aud then biie added softly : "Are you quire nue now, that I love on, i'i' nt :" J"'ion tte trrmh i , JJvck, ... .... Reptj SELECT SITTINGS. The sweet orange was first brought from China to Europe, by the Portuguese in the year 1547. Arkansas is the only State in tho Union which punishes by death the male partic ipant in a forced marriage. Eight horses and three calves weto killed in one night recently near Ban ning, Cal., by mountain lions. A Kansas City family consists of six brothers, whose names aro as foilows: Jack Frost, Winter Frost, White Frost, Cold Frost, Early Frost nnd Snow Frost. At Sonora, Cal., there was seen recent ly the novel spectacle of a rose bush loaded down with snow and ice bearing at the same time a red rose in full bloom. The feat of lowering a house intact from an undesirable location on a bill, fifty feet high, to the street, was accom plished in San Francisco lately, the cost being $700. The landlord of a public house at Birmingham, England, has a canary bird that can speak several words distinctly, having learned them from a parrot with which it had been brought up. Poultry fanciers will be interested to learn that a breeding pen of eight white Langshan fowls arrived at New York re cently from London on Bteamship. The eggs of such fowls aro scarce at $1 apiece. Only six men in the country shoot wells. The work consists in exploding a cartridge at the bottom of a gas or oil well to increase its flow. Teu years ago 100 were employed, but they have been blown to pieces. A dog belonging to Harvey Skean, of Pottstown, Peun., pays regular visits, nl most daily, to the graves of the three little children of his owner, interred at Pottstown Cemetery, and scratches upon tho graves. Ho and tho children were playmates. White County, Ark., claims the chnm- j pion big girl. Her name is Nellie Arilda Alalone. sue was nine years oiu me mu of last August, nnd now weighs 230 pounds. Her father is dead, but she has two sisters and a brother, all younger than herself. The last Sultan of Turkey was accus tomed to shut himself up in a sjerct room of his palnco and there gloat over his treasures. Plunging his arms in a heap of gold dust and letting it slip through his fingers scorned to givo him more satisfaction than gazing on his pile of jewels. A child has been born in Taos, New Mexico, without cars, and with a per fectly shaped leg growing but of its back, just below tho shoulder blades. Tho doctors say it may live for years, and the people iu tho locality are busy praying that no evil may come to them with the appearance of such a prodigy among them. In the stomach of a cow which was butchered at Washington Court House, Ohio, the following articles were found : Several nails, two and three inches long; screws, brass nails, carpet tacks nnd a number of small stones. There was fully a quart Of these articles in the animal's stomach. The cow was apparently in good health before being butchered. Tearls. Pearls have been rising in value in the European market so long and threaten to rise so steadily that thev may soon De come the costliest, as they have long been the most elegant, ornaments of a beautiful woman. Many a jewel is fifty times as effective ; the ruby is richer in color, the diamond is brighter, gold nnd silver aro moro plastic as full of possi bilities as Reynard's ba; of tricks. The pearl has but its mild satin skin, liko au angel's shoulder, its rounded curves; yet its shy, moony lustre seems to have a more permanent hold over a dainty fancy than many a moro vivid and more robust material. True, it is mere carbonate ot lime; true, its globing form comes but from the sickness of an invertebrate ; its colors are drawn, not from the living fish, but from its putrescence after death. An ornament that owes its existence to nothing but disease and decay cer tainly draws little from sentiment ; and perhaps the pearl owes more to us con stant association with tho noble pict ures of beauteous women thuu to its intrinsic glory. For all that, the deco rative position of pearls is quite unas sailable. In spite of their grim origin, a nccKlet ol lino peans remains a iar more refiued and dainty ornament than one of brilliants. We should naturally deck Aspasia with diamonds, but Pol- i xena with pearls, (though no doubt it ought to be the other way.) remaps one reason is the presence iu pearls of beauty without brilliancy. "Only the star glitters," said Emerson; "the planet has a faint, moon-like ray." Enormous sums have been given for pearls in all ages, becauso they w ere so beloved. Cleopatra would have swal lowed a diamond had not a pearl been costlier, Arch-Suobbess as she was! and the "pearl of great price" has been a synonym for the most precious possession from time immemorial. O'eiUUmnn'' Magazine. An Indian Snake Yarn. A remarkable suako story current throughout British Imlia is thus summed up in au article ou "Tho Naja-Kallu, or Cobra Stone," which Professor H. Hen soldt, Ph.D., of Columbia College-, New York, has written for JJurjier'i M I'juii'ie: "Some cobras perhaps one in twenty aro iu possession of a precious Mone w hich shines in tho dark. This stone the snake is in tho habit of carrying ubout in its mouth, regarding it as a treasure, which it carefully preserves and defeuds with its life. At liiht the cobra deposits the stone in the grass and watches its, as if fascinated, for hours; and woe to him who then approaches, for the cobra U never more dungerou! thau when occupied in this manner." The Professor tells how he secured one of these precious stones by tricking its serptut owner ; nud how he 'counts sc i tiitilically fur the riling iua:vl ol "The Naia Ka.ni ANTIPODEAN FARM LIFE COMFORTABLE EXISTENCE OF THE NEW ZEALAND SETTLER. The Dush Farinorn sv Race of Giants I'lircliaNliiif Laud nil Easy Terms Sunn Farmhouse. For solid cot;Jort and quiet enjoy ment of life, there could hardly bo a more enviable lot than that of a bush- farmer in New Zealand. The climate is truly temperate. Tho greatest summer heat never exceeds eighty degrees, nnd thero is so little frost in winter that ten der plants liko geraniums nnd helio tropes remain out and actually blossom all the year round. Yet it is not at all an enervating climate. The bush-farmers arc a race of giants, and all domestic animals grow to a great size, and are of prime quality. The bush-farmer usually buys his land from the Government, on deferred pay ments, or else gets a perpetual lease. That means that he pays a very low rent for it until he has saved enough money to nmkc it his own, when he pays from $5 to 10 an acre for it, and gets a title guaranteed from the Govern ment, which cannot afterward be ques tioned by anybody. He can buy from twenty acres to 620. Most of the bush- farms are about 150 to 2UU acres, and that makes a very nice little property in deed. The land, when bou;;ht, is covered with what is called "virgin bush" that is, primeval forest, cypress nud yew trees, 100 feet or 150 feet high, with a dense undergrowth of smaller vegetation, tangled and matted together by canes and wild vines and creeping brambles. It is all very lovely to look at, but it has to be got rid of before the land can be used, nnd unless there is a sawmill handy. where the timber can be sold, the only thin? to do with.it is to fell it nnd bum it. This takes two years before it is thor oughly done, but by that time the land which is exceedingly rich is covered with a magnificent crop of gras, nnd the farmer is already in a position to start his dairy and to rear young stock for market. The bush farmer builds his own houso of totara slabs, with the rugged brown bark left on, nnd a good roof of thatch, mado of the rushes which abound on the edge of the bush. Timber costs cothiug, so ho need not stint himself for space. He generally begins with four good-sized rooms, besides a loft overhead, nnd a cook's hut outside. He makes his own furniture, too, unless he has some house hold goods which he brings with him in a bullock dray. Many of the farmhouses in the bush are extremely snug inside, with every domestic convenience, nnd all sorts of little comforts and refine ments. In the rougher ones, tho furni ture is limited to plain bibles and benches of sawn timber, with bunks against the wall to sleep iu; and the cooking utensils are only two in number a frying-pan and a "billy" or tin pot, for boiling or stewing. But even such primitive habitations as these are by no means to bo despised. They are warm aud wholesome, and when kept clean are really very comfortable. Outside, the bush-farmer usually plants some scarlet geraniums, honeysuckles and climbing roses, which soon spread nil over the house nnd convert its rough slabs and thatch Into a bower of beauty. Food abounds on bush-farms, nnd the universal rule there is for men, women and children to cat three square meat meals a day. The bush is full of wild cattle, wild pigs, wild goats and wild birds, so that there is no butcher's bill to pay, and the larder is always supplied with plenty of the uest at the cost ot a charge of powder and shot. Then every creek swarms with eels which aro a favorite article of diet and an excellent vegetable, called Maori cabbage, grows all around. All that the funner has to buy is flour, sugar aud tea, and these are to be got cheaply enough at the nearest village store and carried up to the farm on a pack-horse, or on tho farmer's own back. Tho sturdy folks there think nothing of carrying a "swag," weighing 1U0 or 150 pounds, for fifteen or twenty miles in a day. The farmhouse is us ually well stocked with hams, bacon, smoked beef or mutton, and all descrip tion of stores; and if any number of vis itors arrive, they are heartily welcomed, and pressed to eat aud drink as much as j they like. I When once the bush is cleared and the land paid for, the profits of tho farm are considerable, and the bankers say some of the snuugest accounts they have are those of the bush-fanners. Oiice-a-V'ect. A Physician's Comprehensive Rule. An old physician, being once appealed to for some general comprehensive rule for the preservation of good health, re plied, "Keep clean." Cleanliness, from a medical point of view, generally means the absence of noxious germs. The laity generally comprehend in the term free dom from foreign substances, whilo the psychologist uud moralist have reference to the purity of tho mind aud soul. All these combiued would form tho fust principle of good health. Freedom from ull tilth with reference to tho body umi its surroundings, freedom from contami nation of mind and soul, would make the individual not only free from mate rial pollutions but would in.-pire bi:i. with a sense of cleanliness, a feeling ol purity that would cleanse lifo und glorify tho consciousness of living. There is a meaning iu the word "clc.iu" that pene trates beyond things seen, uud touches the mental und spirital nature of human ity. Cleanliness iu n material sense may not abhor dissipations und debauches which oppress lifo with a sense of impu rity, vitiating the sources of health and impairing its enjoyment. "Keep clean'' is an admonition carrying with it an in spiration which not only invigorates life, but makes it enjoyable and beautiful. Cleunliuess brings not only comfort aud health, hut it adorns living, gives exist ence a charm, imparts consciousness of life, real enjoyment, thought anil feeling of existence, the purpose und sanctity of living, There is u world of liieauiug in tho two words "keep c kau."- tuni tury Ktvt. ICAN HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. now to utoN A smnT. First, iron the wristbands dry and then the sleeves. Open the sleeves before they dry sticking together because of tho starch. Then pick up the shirt at tho shoulders and iron the yoke. This done, iron the back by folding down the mid dle, ironing toward each sleeve to avoid touching the bosom. Now lay the shirt down with the bosom uppermost, and iron the neck baud. As you iron tlicband pull the body of the shirt at the neck up at right angles to the face of the iron. When your band is thus ironed dry you will find it nicely in shape. Now iron all the front of the shirt except the bosom. Put in the bosom board, get a nice fresh iron which is not too hot, rub off your bosom with a bit of damp cloth, stretch tiirht and iron dry. Now for folding. Lay the shirt on the bosom, take up a plait in the back, then fold' one sido over from the edge of the bosom and lay the sleeve of this side upin it; fold tho other sido upon this, nnd the sleeve on top of this. Now you can pick up without disarrang ing, place on lino over quick h-nt, and vour work is done. Ai?w York Herald. FOll FKKf'KLM. A young lady correspendent requests a cure for freckles. The golden-brown variety, that appears only in the summer, may be readily removed, but those of a more permanent kind arc dillicult to get rid of, nnd many can only bo mitigated by au acid lotion and avoiding extreme exposure to the sun. We givo a few simple remedies, recommended by tho best authoritcs, nnd hope they may prove of use to some girlish readers, who, how ever, may console themselves with tho fact that "the distasteful brown specks are an evidence of a good complexion. Take finely-powdered niter (saltpeter), nnd apply it to tho freckles by the linger, moistened with water and dipped in the powder. When perfectly dono and ju diciously repeated, it will often remove them effectively and without trouble. An excellent freckle-lotion may be nmdo of two gallons of strong soapsuds, to which are added one pint of alcohol and a quarter of a pound of rosemary. Keep in a close jar, nnd apply w ith a linen cloth. Please remember that what will h,elp iu one case may bo quito useless in another. Amertmn A'jncuuurui. LETTING BABIES WALK TOO EA11LT. The senseless conduct of many parents in encouraging their babies to walk is pro ductive of lasting injury. Long before their soft bones ought to have any strain put upon thein, you will see theso poor in fants encouraged to stand, and even to walk, nnd by the time they are fourteen or sixteen months old their little legs have beeu bent very considerably, nnd the greatest care is needed to straighten tho bones again. Sometimes unsatisfactory operations are required; at other times cumbrous appliances nave to no used, which cause the poor child much trouble, and represent a very considerable outlay. Why not have a little patience? All in good time the tiny creature will learn to walk, and will walk well and safely, without danger of its tender bones bend ing. Under a year,-let the child crawl, but do not let it walk, seldom indeed stand, nnd then only but for a miuute, and from ono year to eighteen or twenty months do not allow it to walk much; and when grow-up people help it to walk, they ought to stoop very considerably, and not put any strain on its feeble little body. Many a cripple owes its life-long misery to the injudicious encouragement of proud but foolish parents, who could not be induced to wait for nature's good time. UM't Journal of Health. HEC'IPF.8. Stewed Carrots Cut three large car rots into small pieces, and put into sauce pan with sutlicient water to cover them; add a pinch of salt aud boil for fifteen minutes. When cooked, pour oil nearly all the water, add a lump of butter, a teaspoonf ul flour, and some finely chopped parsley. Then put them ou the stove aain too stew slowly for five minutes. Serve iu small dishes. Cabbage Salad Take one-third of a head of cabbage, chop very tine; season with pepper nud salt. To niako dressing tako three tablespoonsful of vinegar, heat until near boiling; take ono small tea spoonful of flour, one of butter, ono of sugar, ono half teaspoonful of mustard, one half of a beaten egg; stir iu vin egar until it thickens. Pour over cab bage whilo hot. Set away to cool. Cheeo Straws Gratu three table spoonfuls of auy kiud of cheese; add three tablespoonfuls of flour, a little red pepper aud salt, add to dry ingredients one tabluspoonful of melted butter, ono of water, and tho yolk of one egg. Hull thin as for cookies, cut iu strips tivo inches long and one-half inch wide. Bako fifteen minutes. Servo on plate and fringed doily. Build the straws up like a log cabin. They uio delicious with sahil. Scalloped Squash One small Hub bard squash; pare aud remove the seeds, cut iu sm ill bits and boil in salted water until tender; wheu done, pour o.I tho water und dry a few moments on tho stove; mash fine; add one tablespoon of butter, one of milk, a little salt and pep per, the raw yolk of ono egg; stir all together aud put iu a baking-dish; smooth the top ami cover with bread crumbs; moisten with a little milk; bako ou'j half hour. The Double Cocoanut. The Huyal Botanic Society of England has received for its museum a specimen of the double cocouuut, kuuwn also us coco do iuer. For hundreds of years tho ori gin of these nuts was a mystery, for they were never seen except when they wero waihed up by the sea. They weto sup posed to have wonderful powers in tho wav of curing diaca.-o, and wero the sub jec't of othe'r superstitious until the places v,heio they grew Was ut last discovered to bo tho Seychelles, a small group of isluu'ls in tho Indian Ocean. Formerly they wcro worth their weiyht in gold, und they aro rare uow. . RATES OF ADVERTISING. On Bqnare, one Inch, one Ineertloa ...9 On Sinre, on Inch, ono month One Sqore, one Inch, three month.. One Squire, one Inch, one year 1 To Hqoarea, ore year 1 Smarter Column, one year Ililf Column, one year One Colnmn, one yer 1l Leal advertisements ten cents per Une each la eertjon. Msm(". end death notice, gratia. All bill, for yearly edvi-rttarrrnriu collected quar terly. Temporary advertisement moat be pud IB advance. Job work aab on delivery. HAD I MY WISH. Had I my wish, the world should hold One nook entranced in fancy's mold ; One little spot where hud and vine Made nature drank with beauty's wine,' Where happy love could ne'er grow old. And here in simple ways grown bold We'd laugh at fame, nor sigh for gold; Our lives should be a sons divine, Ha l I my wish. And when en-h day s delights were toll And twilight came across the wold I'd look into your face benign Anil feel your lips pressed soft on mine, While on and on the bi-; earth rolled, ' Had I my wish. Chicayo Mail. HUMOR OF THE DAY. The onion is n scent ury plant. If the peacock could see his feet ho would never br.g of his tail. There is quite a difference between being wrapped in silence aud rapped into silence. J) tm:iVc lirtcze. A man never knows he is a fool, be cause when he learns that much he is no longer a fool. Wtsiiintjton Star. "I think we ought to have tho fuschia for our national flower." "Why so?" "We have a great fuschia before us." A sign on Tremont street, Boston, reads: "Fresh Eggs, 23 cents ;" "Strictly Fresh Eggs, i!0 cents." American Grocer. The gentleman who discovered that his wife was putting her pin money in the bank against a rainy day now calls it her safety-pin money. Xeu York Ke.ct. A household paper tells how "to get grease out of white marble." Petroleum producers prefer t ) get it out of tho ground. VittJairij Chrtnirl Ttleyrayh. Perhrcp the hi Jst lxre of nU, Who inn? nnr t'mp:-r soni'. Is le wa- stivs "he has no time,'1 Hut talks tor three long hfurs. i T'rre Haute Kspreis. First Physician "Any unusual symp toms about that last case of yours?" Sec ond Physician "Yes, he paid me fifty dollars ou account yesterday." .Vun"j i WeeVi. Hitherto Patient Boarder "Mrs. Star vein, I can-stand having hash every day in tho week, but when on Sunday you put raisins in it aud call it mince-pie, I draw the line." De Jinks "It's sad that Goodfellow absolutely throws his money away. Do you believe it?" Swipcsoff 'jWcll, I heard he lent you some last night." Vara Edition Herald. "It is really astonishing what immense progress the art of photography has mado these last years. Why, you really don't know your friends' pictures when you sej them." FlU'jende Hlactttr. It is estimated that 110,000,000 Euro pean eggs were eaten in tuc inucei miuci last year. Our people are good Republi cans, but they do have a lingering affec tion for tho monarchical yolk. "Do you want the earth?" inquired the haughty hotel clerk of a meekly coru pluiuing guest." "No," was the reply, "you can keep it a while longer till I ask you for it." Washi.i'jton rost. She "I am afraid, George dear, that when vou speak to papa, he may be very angry." He "J think not when I show him this batik book." She "Oh, George 1 Let me look at it first." Time. "Maria," said Mr. Bronson at mid night. "Go iu to Willie and make him Htop blowing that tin horn. This is no time for that!" "That's not Willie. It's the new nurse snoring." f'jioeh. Ho stole a kiss from an artless miss! "You'roa heartless tliiof," quoth she. . "I'm a 'heartless thief,' but you're the th' 1 That stole my heart," saith he. Pitcfc. Merchant (after refusing an applicant for work) "I'd liko to employ you, but you see how it is. I hope you appreciate the situation." Applicant "I could ap- preciate it better if I had it." Munseit Wctk'y. Stewardess "Madam, I've attended tci you the best I knew how, supplied every want, but you are still unsatisfied. AY hat do you want now!" Sea-sick Lady Passenger "I want tho earth." iluiiton Courier. Miss TiHHOuut "And to thiak that, after nil these thousand of years, there should bo so much water iu tho seal One would suppose it would have dried up long ago." Miss Kornpakir "Yes, that's so. But then, yau know, it had heaps of salt in it, papa says tho way salt preserves things is wonderful." The i;ill"yViM Paid. Dr. Mi-Lane, of the College of Physi cians and Surgeons, carries beneath his professional dignityau inexhuutible store of wit, humor mid anecdote. Iu a par lor, one evening this week, the conver sation chanced to fall upon Dr. AVilliarJ Parker, nnd he toll the. following story: "Winn Dr. Parker was ju-t beginning his famous career he w.u) sent for by a rich but avaricious man, v.ho had dislo cated his jaw. The young surgeon promptly put tho member in place. " What is your bill, doctor f asked the patient. ' 'Fifty ilollurs, sir.' " 'Great heavens !' And the man opened his mouth so wids as to dislocate his jaw a second time. Dr. Parker ugaiu put things to rights. "'What did you say your bill was?' again asked the patieat. ' -I siid it was fitly dollars; now it is one hundred.' "The man grumble 1, but paid it." AVu York Star. In the New Hebrides there is a babel of tongues, but the Presbytcrine mission aries have reduced twelve of them to writing. The seventeen missionaries la boring ou the group are ull busy with the v,ork of translation. Tho King of Siaui is about to send five Siamese boys to the United States to be educated ht his own expense. Tho ho a are to be placed in chaie of an Ameri can missionary, uud will probably be Kent to school in Pennsylvania.
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