THE FOREST REPUBLICAN U published trtrj WataettUy, bj J. E. WENK. Offlo In Smearbangb. & Co.'s Building XLM BTEXRT, TIONMTA, Pa. Terms, . . II.DO ptrYtir, Tie ntHwrtptl recelrel far period tn three nonths. wrr;iondeiie olIBltea from an pei tmnntrj. Me neilce will be Ukea of a rtt of the aaoajmon viniiiiicaUoa. f For nearly a month this winter the Union Pacific Railroad expended $5000 per dny for shoveling snow. According to advices from' Victoria, British Columbia, Chinamen and opium aro being smuggled into the United Statra from that city to alarming extent. Tho militia forco ot thn United States which may be available in an emergency, k placed at 7,352,171. Tho regularly organized militia, however, only num bers 203,392 men and 8052 officers. The 200 American medical students matriculated at tho University of Berlin were greatly agitated over tho refusal of tho German authorities to recognize their American diplomas in tho.rccently issued University Calendar. While the medical degrees of nil other nations were duly recorded, thoso conferred by institutions lu tho United States were entirely ignored. According to careful calculation made by a British clergyman of note, and just published, Protestants have increased during tho lust 100 years from 37,000, 000 to 134,000,000, or nearly fourfold. Roman Catholic during tho sarao poriod have increased from 80,000,000 to 163,- 000,000, or twofold. Tho Greek Church during tho century has increased from 40,000,000 to .83,000,000, also twofold. Tho captain of a vessel which arrived nt Baltimore recently, reports that when off tho Newfoundland Banks a phenom enon wo witnessed which appeared to bo nothing moro or less than a rain ol blood, covering decks, bridge, masts, boats and every exposed part of bis ship. When it camo down it was of a dark rich color like human blood, but it soon dried up and assumed tho color and con sistency of brick dust. Russia is at present in tho throes of a temperance campaign, which tho cen tral Government docs not seem to bo scc-on-ling to any extent, if ono may judge by tho news from tho department of Kiev. Iu that section thirty-six villages, lent petitions to St. Petersburg demand ing tho abolition of all liquor selling es tablishment within their boundaries. Thirty-five of theso petitions wcro re jected, but tho thirty-sixth being acccpt cd tho inhabitants of the village thus deprived of its drink turned out and beat to death the man who had drawn up tho petition. They said ho had been alto gether too eloquent. What tho Washington Star regards as a loner stun toward democracy is em bodied in a resolution to bo introduced iu tho English House of Lords, providing that a peer of tho realm shall have tho right to resign his place and stand for rlcctiou in the House of Commons. By this means tho youthful and energetic members of tho oldest and most uristo- cratic families of England may bo en ablcd to get from beneath tho burden of their birth and coming in touch with the pcoplo lead on moro speedily to that democracy which must come, and which will bo the purer and better and safei democracy if it have as its representatives and leaders the best meu of the nation, regardless of the distinctions of birth and class. Tho Journal de St. rtierittourg, in com menting upon tho German Emperor's plans for ameliorating the condition of tho workingmen, says that only a Gov eminent conscious of its own power would attempt such a tiv-k, for tho reason that it is absolutely necessary for that Government to be possessed of means of checking any misconstruction of its plans that might bo attempted, and preserving public harmony in the event of such mis understanding. The Berlin iW ricog. uizo the Immune sentiments thut prompted tho Emperor iu formulating the plans, but observes thut he has en tered upon a very dangerous path, and compares his proposal to the similar at tempt of Napoleon HI. iu 18C3, at which time tho French Monarch announced i European congress before he bad con suited any of the other powers. When we study the progress of agri culture we nmi, say mu xow iut ,. i j. . xr fr..i. " Tinief, most conspicuous illustrations of tho tendency of production to exceed the demands of consumers. Corn, for in stance, has increased iu quantity far ahead of the increase iu population. Iu 1874 the area in this crop was 41,000, 0U0 ai.'ie-i; in 1S8C it had grown to more than 75,000,000 acres, an increase of 85 per cent. During these twelve years the population increased ouly 80 per cent, The same excess has occurred iu the pro duetion of cattle uud hogs and the billa ble products of these staple agricultural products. It is not difficult to discover the cause of this great and dispropor tiouate increase. The extension of rail roads iu the great corn and cattle grow ing regions has forced u vat increase in flm noiiulation, uud has led to the culti i i vati iu of enormous area and the pro duction of enormous crops and herds of tattle with the inevitable result of de- icbM.il valued, Fores VOL. XXII. NO. INSIGHT. On the river of life, as I float along;, I sea with the spirit's sight That many a nauseous weed of wrong Has root In a seed of right. For evil is good that ha gone astray, And sorrow Is only blindness, And the world is always under the sway Of a changeless law of kindneas. The commonest error a truth can make Is shouting its sweet voice hoarae, And sin is only the soul's mistake In misdirecting Its force. And love, the fairest of all fair things, That ever to men descended, Grows rank with nettlos and poisonous things Unlets it is watched and tended. There eould not be anything better than this Old world In the way it began, And though some matters have gone amiss From the great original plan; And however dark the skies may appear, And however souls may blunder, 1 toll you it will all work out clear, For good lie over and under. Ella Whetltr Wilcox. BLIND ! All Paris was oppressed by that over powering heat which often precedes it July storm. Low rumblings of thunder, liko tho distant roaring of a lion in tho desert, kept coming nearer, until tho storm-cloulds broke with the sharp crashing noise of splitting planks. Too next minute largo rain-drops be gan to pelt the faces of the passers, and to speckle with gray drops, the dusty granite ot tho sidewalks. A pretty branetto about twenty years old, overtaken by tho unexpected show er, hastened to seek refuge in a hospita ble door-way. Her clothing was not such as could be very seriously injured by the inclement weather; indeed her attiro was extremely simple, and indicative of tho strictest possible economy. A plain dress of block merino, well fitted and tastelully made, and a straw hat trimmed with poppies, showed her to be one of those lttio sewing-girls whose honest pover ty obliges them to runko there own clothes. Martha Dufiou, such was the young girl's name, was a pink of neat ness, from her bare white hands to her carefully polished low bhoes. It was only ten o clock at night, and the street was almost deserted. A young man came hurrying along, and al though ho had an umbrella, he ran for shelter from the rain to the door-way wht io Martha stood. Ho was so ab sorbed in watching tho progress of the thunder-storm that he had hardly noticed tho girl when a dizr.nng flash of light niug, followed immediately by a terriblo peal of thunder, illuminated the stroet, and at the same instant a shrill cry rang through the air. 'Merciful Heaven 1" exclaimed the young girl, "I cannot see it is all dark the lightning has burnt my eyes I am blind!" Instances of this kiud, though com paratively rare, are by no means unknown in the history of medicine; sudden blind ness caused by a stroke of lightuing is sometimes curable, but when it results from patalysts of tho optic nerve these is but little chance of recovery. A Hood of tears followed tho sighs and moans of tho terrified girl as she reflected that she could no longer earn her living. She could not even find her way home without help what was to become of hor must she be;; her bread? Bctr-ind Camusurd was a young clerk, and being accustomed to the dissipations of Paris, w as 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 skin, and her features were small and regular sho was very pretty, ho found. 'Is there no one to help-me?" the said, piteously, extending her hand. "Dot not cry. Mademoiselle, an swered Betrand in a soothiu; tone "I will take you home as it 1 were your dog." "Oh, thank you, sir." "Where do you livel" "At 12(5 Lacondauiuie street." "That is close to my house,' said Betrand to himself, and then be added aloud, "the ruin has stopped, will you tako my arm?" As they walked, the youug man looked at his fair charge in surprise; if she was nctiuir a nart she was doin? it to Derfec- tion. Leaning on his arm, iu a churm- iugly confiding way, sho told him that she was an orphan, that she had lately arrived from tho country with no bag- gage excepting a letter of recommenda- tion to a larL'O establishment where sho had received employment. Her lisU-uer paid but little heed to her recital and made a few jesting remarks about the whiteness of her dimpled hands, nud the becomingness of her costume, for he was firmly couvinced that the girl was trying to play a trick on him. At last, wearied by her sad air, ho determined to create a diversion, aud to show her that And, Pierre, I will not keep you waiting ho was too thoroughly a Parisian to be so any longer, if you wish, we can bo mar easily duped. ! ried." "Let us go and have a glass of beer," In his delight, Carlier imagined that he said guily, and with an exclamation her eyes were smiling upon him, but the of dismay the girl let go ol his arm - and ' next instant he laughed at his own folly stood still. ' iu supposing that she would speak thus "Oh, do not try to be so high-flown! he added, taking hold of her to lead her on, but Martha drew back in afrightaud : cried aloud, "Help, help!" j At the bound of her voice, another man, a well-built fellow, came to her rescue, exclaiming : "Let go of her, you rascal!" and deal such strong blows upon the shoulders of Bertrand Camusurd, that tho latter tkjught best to go his ' way without ar giOtf the mattw. Martha tlieu told her story to the new comer, who, iu his turn, informed her that his uume was Pierre Carlier aud thut he waa book-keeper iu the office of the Western Hallway, lie did not however, mention the fai t of his having been wounded iu the face during the war of 1870, and of his still beariug a frightful bear. 49. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1890. Sl.50 PER 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, and 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. Tho next morning Carrier brought a physician to examine the young girl's eyes, and his decision that the recovery of her sight was doubtful and would at best bo slow filled her with anxiety. Who would provido.for her while sho was unable to work?' Pierre Carlier read the question in her face and an swered quickly: "Dnotbe alarmed, your employer will allow you your regular wages whilo you are undw treatment. That is the custom ; I will go to him myself and ex plain matters." A few hours later ho came back and reported that the head of tho firm had promised not ouly 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 with her wages; it was butnat- ' ural that he should stay and talk with ' her, for Martha Dufiou had no friend in Paris excepting him, and sho 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 af flicted ones, the blind and the disfigured, soon developed into sincere and ardent lovo. Sho was in ignorance of the terri ble scar on his face, and his gentle kind ness and devotion won her heart. Thrco months passed and still Martha was not cured, and at last she began to wonder how it was that her former em ployer kept on paying her without mak ing any direct inquiries as to her condi tion. A suspicion of truth crossed her mind, and one day sho commissioned tho janitrcss of the house to go to the store and discover how tho mstter 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 think that the money you brought came from an employer who is utterly heartless 1 But indeed you ought not to have put such a debt upon me it is ab solutely necessary now for mo to regain my sight that I may be ablo to pay you what I owe." "You can more than repay me, very easily, if you will," he answered, gently. "How can I!" "By marrying me." "You can not mean that!" she ex claimed in astonishment, and when he repeated his words she began to cry with joy. "I havo not seen your face," she 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 ho could not bear to think of of seeing her turn away from him in dis gust the first time she beheld his face. "Let us be married at once," ho said earnestly. ' 'We shall be so happy what is the use of waiting?" 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 l WM 3U3t deckin8 tlle sliruo9 aQd trees iu UrilllnUb O.LIIIC, nil kuo mi emu n u .j 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 the loveliness of nature, for that would decide you not to postpone our happiness 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 Pierro called for his beloved. What was his surprise to find that she had taken . all the bandages from her eyes, and be j fancied vaguely that sho gave a blight start as sue turneu towaru mm. "Can sho 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, the doctor can do nothing more for me. , if ,o could see him. Tho wedding took place four weeks from that day. Wheu it was over, and the pair were told to sigu their names in the register, Pierro took, hold of his blind brido's baud to lead her to the book, but sho turned away from him saying gaily: "Let mo alone, I can fiud it by my self." Then, to his amazement, she went straight to the desk and took up the peu. "Vou uro not blind," he wbispe-ed, "you can see my scar ." "Oh, I saw that a month ago," she said, smiling al his distress, aud then the added softly : "Aru you quite tine now, that 1 love yon, Pierre!" Ji'tom th I'rrnth in icA, -. EPU 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 the Union which punishes by death the male partic ipant in a forced marriage. Eight horses and three calves were killed in one night recently near Ban Ding, Cal., by mountain lions. A Kansas City family consists of six brothers, whose names aro as follows: Jack Frost, Winter Frost, AVhite Frost, Cold Frost, Early Frost and Snow Frost. At Sonora, Cal., there was seen recent ly the novel spectaclo 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 hill, fifty feet high, to the street, was accom plished in San Froncisco lately, tho 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 steamship. The eggs of such fowls aro scarce at $ 1 apiece. Only six men in the country shoot wells. Tno work consists in exploding ' a cartridge at the bottom of a gas or oil I well to increase its flow. Ten years ago 100 were employed, but they have been blown to pieces. A dog belonging to Harvey Skean, of Pottstown, Penn., pays regular visits, al most daily, to the graves of the three little children of his owner, interred at Pottstown Cemetery, and scratches upon the graves. Ho and the children were playmates. White County, Ark., claims the cham pion big girl. Her name is Nellie Arilda Mulone. She was nine years old tho 14th of last August, nnd now weighs 230 pounds. Her father is dead, but she has two sisters nnd a brother, all younger than herself. The last Sultan of Turkey was accus tomed to shut himself up in a secret room of his palace and there gloat over his treasures. Plunging his arms in a heap of gold dust and letting it slip through his fingers seemed to give 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 in 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 noils, carpet tacks and 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. rearls. Pearls have been rising in vulue in the European market so long and threaten to rise so steadily that they may soon be 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, tho diamond is brighter, gold and silver are moro plastic as full of possi bilities as Roynard's bag of tricks. The pearl has but its mild satin skin, like an 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 more vivid and more robust material. True, it is mere carbonate of lime; true, its globing form comes but from the iickness of an invertebrate ; its colors are drawn, not from the living fish, bat from its putrescence after death. An ornament that owes its existence to nothing: but disease and decay cer tainly draws littlo from sentiment ; and perhaps the pearl owes more to its con stant association with tho noblo pict ures of beauteous women than to its intrinsic glory. For all thut, the deco rative position of pearls is quite unas sailable. In spite of their trrim ori-'in, a necklet of tine pearls remains a fur more refiued and dainty ornament than one of brilliants. Wo should naturally deck Aspasia with diamonds, but Poly- i xona Willi pearls, (though no doubt it ought to be the other way.) Perhaps one reason is the presence iu pearls of beauty without brilliancy. "Ouly the star glitters," said Emerson; "theplauet has a faint, inoon-liko ray." Enormous sums have been giveu for pearls in all ages, because they wcro so beloved. Cleopatra would have swal lowed a diamond had not a pearl been costlier, Arch-Snobbess as she was! aud the "pearl of great price" has been a synonym for tho most precious possession from time immeuioriul. (Jenlleman't Magazine. An Indian Snake Yarn. A remarkable snake Btory current throughout British Iudia is thus summed up iu an article on "The Naja-Kallu, or Cobra Stone," which Professor H. Hcn soldt, Ph.D., of Columbia College, New York, has written for JJarptr'i ilngatint: "Some cobras perhaps one in twenty are in possession of a precious stone which shines iu tho dark. This stone the snake is iu tho hubit of carrying about in ita mouth, regarding it as h treasure, which it carefully preserves and defend with its life. At night the cobra deposits the stone in the grass uud watches its, as if fascinated, for hours; and woe to him who theu approaches, for the cobra is never more dangerous than when occupied iu this manner." The Professor tells how he secured one I: these precious stone by tricking its pent owuer; auj how he accounts 6ci- ltitically for tho seuuing marvel ul The Na.ia-Ka.tu IT ANTIPODEAN FARM LIFE. COMFORTABLE EXISTENCE OF THE HEW ZEALAND SETTLER. The Hush Farmer m Race or Giant PurchaNins; Land on Kasy Term SnnK Farmhouses. For solid comfort and quiet enjoy ment of life, there could hardly be a more enviable lot than that of a bush farmer in New Zealand. The climate is truly temperate. The greatest summer heat never exceeds eighty degrees, and thero is so littlo frost in winter that ten der plants like geraniums and helio tropes remain out and actually blossom all the year round. Yet it is not at all an enervating climate. 1 he bush-farmers are 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 make it bis own, when he pays from f!5 to $10 an acre for it, and gets a title guaranteed from the Govern ment, which cannot arterward be ques tioned by anybody. Ho can buy from twenty acres to 620. Most of the bush farms are about 150 to 200 acres, and that makes a very nice littlo property in deed. The land, when bought, is covered with what is called "virgin bush" that is, primeval forest, cypress and yew trees, 100 feet or 150 feet high, with a denso undergrowth of smnilcr 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, and unless there is a sawmill handy, where the timber can be sold, the only thing to do with it is to fell it and burn it. This takes two years before it is thor oughly done, but by that time tho land which is exceedingly rich is covered with a magnificent crop of grass, and tho farmer is already in a position to start his dairy and to rear young stock for market. Tho bush farmer builds his own houso of totara slabs, with the rugged brown bark left on, and a good roof of thatch, mado of the rushes which abound on the edge of tho bush. Timber costs nothing, so ho need not stint himself for space. He generally begins with four good-sized rooms, besides a loft overhead, and a cook's hut outside. He makes his own furniture, too, unless ho has some house hold goods which ho brings with him in a bullock dray. Many of the farmhouses in the bush are extremely suug inside, with every domestic convenience, and all sorts of littlo comforts and refine ments. In the rougher ones, the furni ture is limited to plain tables and benches of sawn timber, with bunks against tho 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 aro by no meaus to bo despised. They are warm and 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 all over the house and convert its rough slabs and thatch Into a bower of beauty. Food abounds on bush-farms, and the universal rulo there is for men, women and children to cat three squaro 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 best at the cost of a charge of powder and shot. Then every creek swarms with eels which are favorite articlo of diet and an excellent vegetable, called Maori cabbage, grows all around. All that the farmer bos to buy is flour, sugar and tea, and these are to be got cheaply enough at the nearest village store and curried 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 100 or 150 pounds, for fifteen or twenty miles in a day. The furmhouse 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 and drink as much as they like. When once the bush is cleared and the land paid for, the profits of the farm are considerable, aud the bankers say some of the snuggest accounts they have are those of tho bush-farmers. Qnct-a- Week. A Physician's Comprehensive Rulo. An old physician, being ouce 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 genus. The luity generally comprehend in the term free dom from foreign substances, while the psychologist aud moralist have reference to the purity of the mind aud soul. Al! these combined would form the fiist principle of good health. Freedom from ull filth with reference to the body and its surroundings, freedom from contami nation of uiiud and soul, would make the individual not only free from mate rial pollution but would inspire him with a sense of cleanliness, a feeling ot purity that would cleanse life and glorify the consciousness of living. There is a meaning in the word "clean" that pene trates beyond things seeu, and touches, the mental and sjiirital nature of human ity. Cleanliness iu a material sense may nut abhor dissipations and debauches which oppress lifo with a sense of impu rity, vitiating tho sources of health and impairing it enjoyment. t'Keep clean" is an admonition carrying with it an in spiratiop which not only invigorates life, but makes it eujoyablo and beautiful. Cleunliues brings not only comfort aud health, but it adorns living, gives exist ence a charm, impart consciousness of life, real enjoyment, thought and feeling of existence, the purpoau aud buuetity of living, There is a world of uieuniug in tho two words "keep clean. "Suni tary licut. CAN ' HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. how to inoN A sntRT. 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 the shoulders and iron the yoke. This done, iron tho 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 band. As you iron fhe band 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 tho shirt except the bosom. Put in tho bosom board, get a nice fresh iron which is not too hot, rub off your bosom with a bit of damp cloth, stretch tight and iron dry. Now for folding. Lay the shirt ou tho bosom, take up a plait in the back, then fold' ono side over from the edge of the bosom and lay the sleeve of this side upon it; fold tho other side upon this, nnd the sleeve on top of this. Now you can pick up without disarrang ing, place on lino over quick heat, nnd your work is done. Aeo lowucraia. FOR FRKCKLE8. A young lady correspondent requests a cure for freckles. The golden-brown variety, that appears only in the summer, may bo readily removed, but those of a more permanent kind are ditucult to get rid of, and many can only be mitigated by an acid lotion and avoiding extreme exposure to the sun. We give a few simple remedies, Tecommended by tho best authorites, and hope they may provo of use to Boino girlish readers, who, how ever, may console tneinscives wim iuo fact that the distasteful brown specKS aro an evidence of a good complexion. Take rinely-powdered niter (saltpeter), and apply it to the freckles by tho linger, moistened with water and dipped in the powder. When perfectly done and ju diciously repeated, it win ouen remove them effectively and without trouble. An excellent freckle-lotion may bo made ot two gallons of strong soapsuds, to which aro added ono pint of alcohol and a quarter of a pound of rosemary. Keep in a close jar, and apply with a linen cloth. Please remember that what will lielp in ono case may be quito useless in another. American Ayricuuuriw. LETTING DABIliS WALK TOO EARLY. Tho senseless conduct of many parent in encouraging their babies to walk is pro ductive of lasting injury. Liong Deiore their soft bones ought to have any strain put upon them, you will see these poor in fants encouraged to stand; and even to walk, and by tbo time thoy aro fourtceri or sixteen months old their littlo legs have been bent very considerably, and the greatest caro is needed to straighten the bones again. Sometimes unsatisfactory operations are required; at other times cumbrous appliances have to be used, which cause the poor child much trouble, and represent a very considerable outlay. Why not have a Uttle patience? All in good time tho tiny creature will learn to walk, and will walk well and safely, without danger of its tender bones bend ing. Under a ycar,l'et the child crawl, but do not let it walk; seldom indeed stand, nnd then only but for a minute, and from one 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 littlo body. Many a cripple owes its life-long misery to the injudicious encouragement of proud but foolish purents, who could not be induced to wait for nature's good time. IlaWt Journal of Health. RECIPES. Stewed Carrots Cut three large car rots into small pieces, and put into sauce pan with sufficient water to cover them ; add a pinch of salt and boil for fifteen minutes. AVhen cooked, pour off nearly all tho water, add a lump of butter, a teaspoon! ul flour, and some finely chopped parsley. Then put them on the stove again too stew slowly for five minutes. Serve iu small dishes. Cabbage Salad Tako one-third of a head of cabbage, chop very fine ; season with pepper and salt." To mako dressing tako three tubleapoonsful of vinegar, heat until near boiling; take one small tea spoonful of flour, one of . butter, one of sugar, one half teaspoonful of mustard, one half of a beaten egg; stir in vin egar uutil it thickens. Pour over cab bage while hot. Set away to cool. Checso Straws Grate three table spoonfuls of uny kiud of cheese; add threo tublcspooufuls of flour, a littlo red Donner atiiUlilt, add to dry ingredients one table.piWn ful of melted butter, one of water, and tho yolk of one egg. Roll thin as for cookies, cut in strips five inches long and one-half inch wide. Bake fifteen minutes. Serve on plata and fringed doily. Build the straws up like a log cabin. They aro delicious with salad. Scalloped Squash One small Hub bard squash; pare aud remove the seeds, cutiu small bits and boil iu salted water until tender; wheu done, pour oj the water and dry a few moments on tho stove; mush fine; add one tablespoon of butter, ono of milk, a littlo salt aud pep per, tho raw yolk of ono egg; stir all together uud put in a baking-dish; smooth the top and cover with breud crumbs; moistcu with a little milk; bako ono half hour. The Double Cocoanut. The Royal Botanic Society of England has received for its museum a specimen of the double cocoanut, known also as coco do mcr. For huudreds of years the ori giu of these nuts was a mystery, for they were never seen except when they were washed up by the ea. They wera sup posed to have wonderful powers in tho way of curing diseaso, and were the sub ject of other superstitious uutil the places wheie they grew was at last discovered to be the Seychelles, a small group of islauds in the Iudiun Oceuu. Formerly they were worth their w fight in gold, and they are rare now. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Bqnere, one Inch, on inertlo .$ 1 One Biore, one Inch, one month One Sqnere, one Inch, three month. 0 On. Bo,ne, one Inch, one year 10 To Sqn.rws on jetr Charter Colnmn, on year Dir Column, one year On Column, one year " 10 o Ifal advertisement tea oent per Un mcb la Mrtioa. Marrlaf" dA loath notice gratia, All bill for yearly 1wrtUmnte collected qua. Urlr. Temporary adrertlMmaola moat be paid Is advance. Job work ca.h 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 bud and vine Made nature drunk with beauty' wine,' Where happy love eould ne'er grow old. And here in simple ways grown bold We'd lauRh at fame, nor sigh for gold; Our live should be a ong divine, Had I my wish. And when each day' delighU were told And twilight came across the wold I'd look into your face benign And fcol your lips pressed soft on mine, While on and on the bis earth rolled, ' - Had I my wish. Chicago Alait. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Tho onion is a 6ccntury plant. If the peacock could see his feet ho would never brag of his tail. There is quito n difference between being wrapped in silence aud rapped into silence. l):ini;iUc lirette. A man never knows ho is a fool, bo cause when he Icarus that much he is no longer a fool. Wisuinylon Star. "I think we ought to havo tho fuschia for our national' flower." "Why so?" "Wo havo a great fuschia before us." A sign on Trtmont street, Boston,-' reads: "Fresh Eggs, 28 cents;" "Strictly Fresh Eggs, ISO cents." American Grocer. Tho gentleman who discovered that his wife waa putting her pin money in the bank against a raiuy day now calls it her safety-pin money. Xeu Tort Keict. A household paper tells how "to get grease out of .white marble." Petroloum producers prefer to get it out of the ground. l'iththurg Chrcnide TtUyraph. Perhaps the b;ge?t bore of all. Who most, our temper sour. Is he who sav "he has no time," ! But tal:s lor three Ion? hours. Terre HauU Kj-preso. Fir.it Physician "Any unusual symp toms nbout that last case of yours?" Sec ond Physician "Yes, ho paid me fifty dollars on account yesterday." Mttnaey yVeclbj. Hitherto Patient Boarder "Mrs. Star vcm, I can- stand having hash every day in tha week, but when oa Sunday you put raisins iu it aud call it mince-pic, I draw tho line." Do Jinks "It's sad that Goodfellow absolutely throws his money away. Do you believe it?" Swipesofl "Well, I heard ho lent you some lo3t night." Parit Edition Herald. "It is really astonishing what immense progress the art of photography has made these last years. Why, you really don't know your friends' pictures when you sea them." Fliegende Blactter. It is estimated that 110,000,000 Euro pean eggs were eaten in the United States last year. Our pcoplo are good Republi cans, but they do havo a lingering affec tion for the monarchical yolk. "Do you want tho earth?" inquired the haughty hotel clerk of a meekly com plaining guest." "No," was the reply, "you can keep it a while longer till I ask you for it." Washington W. She "I am afraid, George dear, that when vou speak to papa, ho may be very angry.'" Ho "I think not wheu I show him this bank book." Sho "Oh.George! Let mo look at it first." Time. "Maria," said Mr. Bronson at mid night. "Go in to Willie and make him stop blowing that tin horn. This is no tinio for that!" "That's not Willie. It' the new nurse snoriug." Epoch. He stole a kiss from an artless miss: "You're a heartless thief," quoth he. "I'm a 'heartless thief,' but you're the tliief That stole my heart," saith he. Pucfc. Merchant (after refusing an applicant for work) "I'd liko to employ you, but you seo how it is. I hope you appreciate tho situation." Applicant "I could ap- preciate it better if I had it." Maruey't Weekly. Stewardess "Madam, I've attended td you the best I knew how, supplied every want, but you are still unsatisfied.' What do you want now?" Sea-sick Lady Passenger "I want the earth." JSostoH Courier. Miss Trimouut "And to thiak that, after all these thousand of years, there should be so much water in the seai Ono would supposo it would have dried up long ago." Miss Korupakir "Yes, that's so. But theu, y3U know, ic has heaps of salt in it, papa says the way salt preserves things is wonderful," The Bill Was I'uld. Dr. Mi Lane, of the College of Physi cians and Surgeons, carries beneath his professional diguityau inexhautiblo store of wit, humor and anecdote. Iu a par lor, one evening this week, the conver sation chanced to fall upon Dr. Williard Parker, and ho told the following story: "When Dr. Parker was just begiuniug his famous career he was sent for by a rich but avaricious man, who had dislo cated hi jaw. The young surgeon promptly put tho member in place. "'What is your bill, doctor i' asked the patient. " 'Fifty dollars, sir.' " 'Great heavens!' And tho ninu opened his mouth so wide as to dislocate his jaw a second time. Dr. Parker agaiu put things to rights. " 'What did you say your bill was? agaiu Hsked tho patient. " -I said it wus filty dollars; now it Is one hundred.' "The man grumbled, but paid it." AVia York Star. Iu the New Hebrides thero is a babel of tongues, but tho Presbytcriai- mission aries have reduced twelve of them to writing. Tho seventeen missionaries la boring ou the group aro all busy with tho work of translation. The Kiug of Siaui is about to send five Siamese boy to the United States to be educated at his own expen.e. The boys are to be placed in charge of an Ameri can missiouury, aud will probably be sent to M'bool iu Pennsylvania.
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