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JL J1 .JL A curious illnsf ration of the excited state of public feeling in Portugal with regard to everything English is BlTorded liy the boycotting of English medicines. The New York Worhl declares that the luring of pauper immigrants to these ahnrcs by agent of tho steamship com panies should bo stopped. Kffectivc regu lation of these companies will mark nn Important slcp toward tlic solution of the immigration problem. Electricity will be called iu to help in the computation of the results of the cen sus of 1800. Superintendent Porter es timates that with tho aid of nn electric computing mnehino which is to bo used, the totals of the census can bo approxi mately known within twenty days after the statistics' coiuo iu. The Rev. V. O. Morris, a noted Brit ish naturalist, is trying to procure the possagoof nn net of Parliament making birds' nesting illegal, in order to preserve some of tho rarer British birds from total extinction. The milliners are en thusiastically with him, for it is difficult to secure choico pinions for decorative purposes. A New York paper recently gave nn exemplification of the proverb "a rich ir.au for luck mid n poor man for chil dren1' by publishing a census showing that only six children hail been born imiong three, hundred rich Fifth avenue families during the past twelve months to one hundred mid eleven born iu three bundled poor Cherry Hill families for the same period. The influenza epidemic in Holland was due to tho census being taken, necording to a pious baker at the Hague. Ho re fused to till up tho census paper, declar ing that numbering tho people was cer tain to attract Divine wrath, and that the epidemic resembled the visitation of tho plaguo of old, which slew 70,000 persons, when David numbered Israel. Tho baker forgets that tho census was not taken iu other countries which were still worse affected by tho influenza. . Cargoes of bone are being collected on the great African Desert of Sahara and shipped to New York, just us buffalo bones have been gathered on our West era prairies for many years. They nre ground up and lined as fertilizers. Tho interesting query nt once presents itself as to what particular time, more or less re mote, those localities on the great desert where these bones were found were cov ered with verdure sufficiently luxurious to produce the food which gave suste nance to tin) animals whose bones are now being gathered. Chicago is getting plenty of ndvice nowadays. Here is a suggestion from the Sau Francisco Kvamiiur: "If tho Chicago people want a striking feature, why not lay out n twenty-acre park as a model of the American Continent, with nioiintuius in relief and real rivers, real steamboats and. real railroads? Such a model would give a better idea of tho achievements of Columbus nnd of the re- lations of the American nations than nuy number of maps.-" On a scale of three inches to the mile, Chicago would bo eight feet long, which would givo ample room to represent tho Auditorium, tho Kxhibition buildings and tho principal pig-stUking emporiums iu their correct proportions." 'he Argentine Republic has developed a remarkable degree of elasticity mulct adverse financial circumstances. Tho Washington Stur declares that "the Government financiering has been wretch edly bad, speculation has run riot under tho stimulus of inflation, and yet, al though this has been going on for years, there ha not yet been a pronounced panic, unless it has occurred since the latest advices were received. The paper money has been sinking in spite of all tho attempts that have been made to bolster it up, and yet the point of com plete collapse had not bueu reached. Tho bottom had dropped out of speculation, however, and the country seemed to have entered into such a period of depression us we had from 1873 to 1S7S without ex periencing any such panic as we did in 1873." The great Hear Kivcr canal, in Utah, for the construction of which $2,000,000 lias been provided, is expected to be one of tho most extensive inigution works in America. To get the river nlong the aide hill along Hear Kivcr canyon uud out on the plain near Plymouth will necessitate removing 220,000 cubic yards of solid rock, i'J,000 yards of loose rock, 1.52S, 000 cubic yards of earth and dig ging 1222 feet of tunnel. The canal wi!l irrigate 200,000 acres in Salt Lake vulley and 0,000,000 on Hear Kiver, increasing tho value of tho land to 50 per acre, while fencing, building and tillago are expected to double this valuation iu a year, ileal' Lake is iu southeastern Idaho. The reservoir for this canal covers l.'iO square miles, and the canal will secure the in igation of a territory extend ing to U-dcu. A QUARREL, There's a knowing little proverb, From the sunny land of Spain; Put in Northland, as in Southland, ' Is its moaning clear nnd plain. Lock It up within your heart; Neither lose nor lend it Two it take to make n quarrel; On can always end it. Try it well in every way, HUM you'll find it true, In a fight without a foe, Pray what could you do? If tho wrath is yours alone, Soon you will expend it Two it takes to make a quarrel; One can always enl it. Lei's suppose that lxth are wroth. And the strife begun, If one voice shall cry for 'Teaee," Soon it will lie done. If but one shall span the breach, He will quickly mend it Two it takes to mnke a quarrel, One enn always end it, ' Tmixure Trove. ON BOARD THE COUNTESS. Tho other day I saw a notice in a Liv erpool paper to the effect. that the courts had decided to rehear tho case of Mrs. Allan White, daughter of Captain Thomas, of tho brig Countess. To the general reader those lines meant nothing. I do not suppose there nre iifty people iu all England to-day who c an recall the case of tho Countess, although tho par ticulars were published far nnd wide, and dually appeared in book form. It is thirty years since tho circumstances oe curted, and ns I was the sole survivor of the crew, and the one who gave all the particulars to the English press, perhaps I anil tell the adventure in a way to in terest you. The Countess was a Bristol brig.owncd in part nnd commanded by Captain Thomas, who was not only n thorough seauinu but a man of excellent heart. Wo were bound out to Georgetown, i:i British Guinea, with orders to call at Jamaica. This was my third voyage with Captain Thomas, the other two ex tending ouly to ports in Spain and re turn. I was an apprentice, or ship's hoy, linving nothing to do with the cabin but living with the crew in the fo'castle and learning to bo a sailor. On the day we left Bristol I was fourteen years of age, and stout and robust for a boy of my size. We carried two mates, a cook uud seven men before the mast. After wo left j ort und got things ship-shape I had opportunity to look over tho crew and sec what they were made of, and I was not long in making up my mind, boy that I was, that we hud shipped a hard lot. There is always a leader in the fo'castle, and in those days it was the best lighter. It wasn't three days before a burly big fellow, who went by the uatne of "Bristol Bob," but whose real name was Havens, hud established him self ns "boss." At sea tho first mate stands his cwn watch, w hile the second mate stauds for tho Cuptain. Our second mate was named Migtier, and I was in l.is watch, as was also Bristol Bob uud a couple of his chums. The tirst mate was named Parker, and it soon trauspired that he wi.s a good seamen but. a man of little tnct or judgment. While the Captain was too lenient he was too harsh, nnd we had not been nt sea a week before the second mute did not seem to bo clear as to whether he should side with the men or tho olticers. Before reaching Jamaica the crew had been on the point of mutiny half a dozen times. There had been blows and kicks and cuffs; the first mate had beeu knocked down ; the Captain had called the crew aft und made them a speech; the second mate had given the men to understand that he sided with them: on reaching Ja maica every oue of the tow would have deserted but for the plans of the ring leader. Ho hnd ulready sown seeds which were taking root. The Captaiu did ex pect the men to cut sticks, and was sur prised that none left. I heard him say us much to Mr. Parker. When tho lat ter found that the men were to stay by he threatened to go ushore himself, claim ing that such men could only be handled by enforcing the severest discipline, but the Captain somehow smoothed it over with him, nnd when we left the island we still had every man aboard wdio had shipped at Bristol. On several oeeusioiis I hud seen Bristol Bob and his chums in close conversation, and on several other occasions the cook had slipped into the fo'castle, where he had no business to be, to bold confabs. I could see plain enough that something suspicious was in the wind, and I think Mr. Parker also suspected the plotting, us we had no sooner left Kingston than I saw him t-lost.lv watching all tho men. Iu set ting the watches anew, Bob and two of his friends and myself wero placed iu his watch. For the first three days out nothing unusual occurred. The meu did their work us well ns could be usked for, uud wero so respectful as to create surprise. Kverthing was on the surface, however. When out of sight in the fo'castle the men were growling und cursing worse than before. One afternoon it was on the fourth day, I believe I was aroused from my sleep during my watch below uy a conversation netweeu lion and a man named Jackson. They knew I was iu the bunk, but believed me to be sleep ing soundly. "This is thc.,plan as I have thought it out," Boh was having. "After we have got tho brig wo will cruise to the east ward for a spell. While I can't shoot the sun or figure up and get our latitude ur longitude, I can see a chart us well us anyone, uud the log will tell us how far we Jiuve run. We know that all. the islands are to tho northeast. Every one is down on the chart. Beyond them is the Atlautic. Tho island I am after is not down oa the chart. It is northeast of Trinidad, and may be 200 miles away. "Don't Mizncr know?" asked the other. "Never lieaid of it, but this is Lis first trip this way." "Is he aretd'C "Certain. Ho is to b-j first, you second." "But nil nre to live alike?" "Correct. Wo aro just officers in nnme. We nil eat in tho cabin, sleep where we please, nnd share nnd share alike. Nobody is to set hisself up as better than anybody else." JThnt's fair. And tho Captain anil rnffte are to go?" "Of course." "Well, we'll have it all understood, and the man who gives it away dies!" "I'll warrant'you that I'll cut his throat with my own hands!" The men presently weat. about their business, but I ninde the pretense of sleeping soundly until called to relieve the other watch. I was all in a tremble at what I had heard, and was nlso all at sea as to what course I should pursue. Whilst it seemed the proper way for me to go to the Captain or mate with my in formation, the reader must not overlook the difficulties in the way. I should have no opportunity to speak with Mr. Pnrker during the watch, nnd how was I to get below to interview him or the Captaiu without being seen? Had only part of the men been in the conspiracy I might have succeeded very well, but ns it was ull eyes would wntch me. They had not taken me into the plan because I was only a boy and of no account, but if they had any suspicion that I had picked up information they would watch mo closely enough. I planned a dozen different ways to reach the Cuptain or mate, and that I did not put the latter on. his guard was his own fMilt. One night during our watch he called to me to bring him something from his stateroom. Bob and his friends were forward at tho heei of tho bowspait, and as 1 came out of the cabin Mr. Parker was at the water cask. As I reached him I whispered: "I should very much like to speak to you or tho Captain, sir." "If you don't get forward I'll spuik to you in a way you'll remember forva year to come!" he growded in replv. No doubt he imagined that I had some complaint to make; but had ho permitted me to speak the words it might hnrvu prevented tho tragedy which followed. His rebuff discouraged me from approivh iug him again, or from seeking oppor tunity to speak to tho Captain, and from that night on I felt quite positive thnt some of the men were always watcjnu me. Wc had favoring winds and a faiij pas sage up tho Caribbean Sea, and one night I heard Mr. Parker say to tho Captain, ns that official was about frlcave the deck that Trinidad would be on our star board quarter by daylight. We were not to cull there, but round the island und head to the southeast. IMs was goon after 12 o'clock and shortly after my watch had. come ou deck. It was a fine, starlight night, with a five-knot breeze, and there was little work for the watch to do. I was at the wheel, for I could take my trick in fine weather with any of them. About 1 o'clock Bristol Bob, w ho was in his bare feet, came aft to the foremast and sang out, though not over loud, and iu a very respectful voice: "Mr. Parker, the brig teems to have picked up a lot of fioatiug wreck stuff across her bows. Will you plea?o come forward J" The mate growled out something nnd disappeared from my view. Five min utes later Bob and the entire remainder of the crew caiuo aft iu a body, nil in their bate feet. I couldn't make out yet what was going on, and Bob took thfl wheel from me and said : "Boy, run down and tell the Captaiu that Mr. Parker has beeu took very sick ou his watch." Some of the meu chuckled a bit over this speech, and then I mistrustod that the mate had been killed. Ou the instant I made up my mind to warn tho Captain. I found him sound asleep, but half dressed, and as soon as bo was on his feet I told him what I had overheard in the fo'castle, and what I suspected had just occurred ou deck. It was wonderful how coolly he took the exciting news: "Arc you sure both watches are on deck?" he asked. "Yes, sir." 'And the meu have come aft in a body?" 'Yes, sir." "Is Mr. Mizncr with them?" "I um sure I saw him." "And Mr. Parker is nowhero to!be seen?'' "No, sir." "Then I fear yon are right. Go and bolt the doors of the coiupauionwuy for me w hile I get my pistols." The men stood at the entrance to the companion, und as they caught sight of me they stepped back a little, supposing the Captain was following. I shunned uud bolted the swing doors, but not a second too soon, uud I was bolting the. door at. the foot of the tepE when I hard them crying out that they were betrayed. The Cuptuiu now joined me, uud in addition to tho bolt we pulled u lot of cabin furniture over against the door and got a brace against it ns well. The men ou deck went very quiet for the next half hour, no doubt holding a council of war as to what should be done. The first thing they did do was to alter tho course of the brig to due east, and the next thing was to ask for a parley with the Captain. He said not a word until ouo of them smashed a pane of glass iu tho skylight, and then ho de manded to know what was wanted. "The case is this," replied Bristol Bob, iu his gruffest voice, "Mr. Parker has beeu given a lift over tho ruil, und is now holding bis trick at the bottom of the sea. If vou will come up and surrender like a gentleman we'll turn you adrift iu the yawl to sail yourself to shore. If you refuse we'll make an end of you." "Are all tho crew iu this?" asked the Cuptain. "All of them." "I don't believe Mr. Mizncr is with you." "Aye, but I am!" answered that worthy, "and I'd advise you to do us we ask if you care for your life." "They'd murder mo the moment I stepped ou deck," whispered the Captain to me. "I'll be killed anyhow, and 1 lid" lit as vvvU Ji Uke a game man." Ho then called to them that he'd never surrender, anil that he'd shoot down any man ho could bring within rnnge. The fellows cursed nnd yelled in response, nnd though wc could hear them moving about the decks from thnt time till daylight, they mndo no new move. When day fully broke, BristolBob again demanded a surrender, but received the same an swer. We expected them to smash the rest of the skylight, but they hesitated to do, as they would have no means of repairing it wdien the Captain was dis posed of. There was not even u pistol among them, while the Captain had a revolver, a double-barrelled pistol, and a musket. He nlso had a sword in his state room, which would prove nn ugly weapon at close quarters. While I was ouly a boy, I had both pluck nnd neive, nnd I could handle a pistol to do an enemy damage. Dnvlight was not two hours old be fore the mutineers discovered that they liad captured the wrong end of the brig first. I hey hud the decks and the fo'castle, but the Captain held the cabin. By listening nt the stern ports and under the skylight we heard much of what was snid. The brig was holding due east, nnd wo heard words dropped about a mysterious island buried gold living like nabobs, and so on. How to come nt us was a puzzle, but. nothing was done until mid-afternoon. Then tho doors of tho companion were burst in, and the .men encouraged each other to attack tho cabin door. Each hung back, however, ns there was a bit of entry nt the foot of the stairs, with a turn to the right to reach the door. On account of this they could not bring a beam to bear.nor could more than one man work at a time. Kenlizing their disadvantage, nnd wish ing to come nt their end the safest way, they were rcudy to make any promise to bring the Captain out. He defied them, and thus two days nnd two nights passed. The brig had meanwhile been making good speed to the east, nnd we now henrd the men growling because the island had not been sighted. On the forenoon of the third day there wero several violent quarrels among them, and in one of these the second mate was stabbed to death and his body flung over board. Tho Captain had treated me very kindly, und wo had not suffered for food or drink, there being a full cooler of water in the cabin when tho row began. Ho had crackers, sardines and other fine provisions in his own pantry, nnd while I stood wntch threo hours he stood six He said tho end would be thnt both of us would be killed, and he was impatient for tho mutineers to begin their work, so that he might get a shot nt them. On this tho third day Biistol Bob stood on the port quarter, while haranguing in through the skylight, and the Captain located him, brought his musket to bear, and shot him dead. AVo knew this from what was said ou deck. Half an hour Inter, ns wo henrd one of them nt the cabin door, the Captuin made ready to tire a bullet through it, and, by some carelessness, dis charged the weapon prematurely and re ceived the ball in his throat, and he diod iurivc minutes. I was so overcome that I hid awny in his stnteroorn, and tho mutineers no longer had any one to resist them. Tho first thing I knew it was night, nnd it was so very quiet that I knew there could be no wind outside. I I crept out into the cnbin, but everything remained as I had Jeft it. For two hours I listened for sounds from the deck, but heard nothing from the mutineers, and finnlly fell asleep. It was morning when I was aroused, and then by men dropping into the cabin through the sky light. They belonged to the Scotch whaler Bruce, which was lying near by, and which had had us in view ever since daylight. Tho mutineers had taken tho long boat and abandoned the brig, which was driving nt her own sweet will, and to this day not one of the men has ever been heard of. No doubt they met with some accident by which ull perished at sea. Keu York Sun. A Cure for Squealing Shears, Standing in n prominent hardware store the other day, the Stroller watched a lady purchase a pair of shears. Sho decided upon tho size and stylo desired and tried four or live pairs, rejecting them all becuus", sho said, they "squeaked." But she was finally suited with a pair that didn't "squeak," und went her wuy. As the accepted pair happened to be one of those first re fused, the salesman wus asked how the metamorphosis was effected. "That," said he, "is one of the very simplest se crets of the man who sells shears. Ob servo this." Ho (licked up a pair of scissors which "squeaked" woefully when worked. Then he ran his forefinger thoughtfully down the side of his nose and rubbed them over the scissors, which came together as gently und noiselessly us though saturated with oil. "That's all there is of it," he said. "You see, there is always a little oil col lected in tho corners on tho outside of your nostrils. Scrub your nose as hard as you wHl, the oil w ill be back there in live minutes. Ho when a customer comes in, tries a pair of shears and complains that they squeuk and come together hard, wo can oil them up and make them ruu smooth without exciting suspicion. What was the oil put ou the nose for? To help the hardware man out, I suppose. But then what I have told you is a good thing for all nervous people who don't like squeaky shears to know." Ciiiat-jt Journal. A Curiosity in Figures. I have an estimable friend who is con staLtly bothering his brains over every suggestion of a puzzle. It is his fad, and ho can't help it. He met me yes terday, and insisted ou my hearing the latest discovery, as he culled it. "Just put down tho figures of your ago and multiply that by two. Then add to it 370S. After that result is had, add to it twelve, uud then divide by two. Now, when you've done this little sum, sub tract from the result obtained the num ber of your years on this mundane sphere ami the result will ulways be J!JH0." -Sta York Star, PAPUA'S BIRD OF DEATH, IT IS CALLED 1VE RPIR N'DOOB, AND IS ALMOST EXTINCT. DcaOi Surely Follows the Feathered l.iped Ititc The Poison Llea tn Its Iteak. Rev. H. M. Masterson, who has jtVt returned from New Guinea, where he has been for the last seven years as mission ary, in a recent, conversation with a Phila delphia Time correspondent told of n most remarkable bird he had seen in that country. The bird, which is called by the natives the Kpir N'Doob, meaning the bird of death, produces by its bite a madness ending in death. They are very rare, nnd are fast disappearing as the country becomes more civilized. Mr. Masterson had no opportunity of personally observing the effects of its bite, but was credibly informed that the victim is almost instantly seized with violent pains in the member bitten, which pains soon spread over the entire body, but uro especially excrucinting in the bowels. Loss of sight follows, nnd rush of blood to tho head. The limbs quiver convulsively, and a white, offensive froth breaks out of the ItnTapth. A sort of frenzy takes possession of the sufferer, iu which he shrieks and howls, occasionally laugh ing uproariously, nnd capering to his own chanting or singing, until his strength is exhausted and he sinks to the ground, when he becomes unconscious nnd rigid in every limb, with his tectfi firmly locked ns in tetanus. Mr. Mastcrson describes the rpir as small and about the size of a common pigeon, but of a slenderer, longer build, and of n peculiar gray plumage lacking entirely the glossy appearance of feathers. Its tail is extraordinarily long and runs to a sharp point, ending iu a blood red tip. No other color is to bo seen when it is not in Might, but the extended wings show bright yellow beneath, sometimes varied with an intense lustreless black. Its bill is very powerful, though thin nnd long, and is perfectly straight, ex cept at the end, where it curves sharply with an abrupt dip. Tho feet are coal black anil resembles somewhat those of tho African parrot, but have very sharp nails curving almost itito fish hooks. This singular bird is to be found only on tho reedy shores of the low-lying lakes of New Guinea, which nre often only immense stagnant ponds or marshes. Tho eggs arc laid in tho slimy, moist earth close to tho water's edge, and are most beautifully variegated, being of a rich crimson, dappled with blue, gold white, but uro very small and perfectly round. The male of tho rpir n'doob has no note, but the hen, which, is consider ably tho larger of the two, givisf a pe culiar, long-drawn cry, which has a piercing, melancholy sound, but which is repeated at short intervals but continu ously. The rpir being very awkward and ca pable of only short flights of two or three yards, can be caught without dif ficulty, but is let severely alono by the Papuans, who say that no ouo has ever survived its bite, there being no anti dote, a id death always ensuing within an hour or two, when tho body shortly turns purple and becomes much swollen, decomposition speedily settiug iu. Mr. Masterson succeeded in snaring one of the birds and confined it in a cage, intending to bring it home as a cu riosity, but it pined away in captivity, literally starving itself to death, as it re fused to partake of nny food whatsoever. Unacquainted himself with the art of tax idermy, the missionary found no one in that country capable of preserving it for him, so he was fiyced to throw away tho specimen. Mr. Mxsterson regrets that his knowl edge of natural history wasso slight as to forbid of his learning iu what the bird's venom lies, but gives as his opinion that its bill is hollow and charged with the deadly poison. This poison seems given merely as a means of defense, for, as nearly as the gentleman could tell from his limited opportunities ot observing it, the bird is herbivorous, feeding ou the tender young shoots of the reeds und water digs. Uobbing Peter U Pay Paul.' This expression arose thus. On De cember 17, 1540, the abbey church of St. Peter, Westminster, was advanced to the dignity of a cathedral by letters; but ten years later it was joined to Co diocese of Loudon again, and many of its estates ap propriated to the repairs of St. Paul's Cathedral. One hundred years later, in 101!), we find iu "Outlandish Proverbs," selected by George Herbert, priest aud poet of classic renown, the subject of oue of "Walton's Lives," thepioverb altered aud set forth as follows: "Give not St. Peter so much, to leave St. Paul noth ing." This proverb is quoted by Francis ltabclais early in t!it Sixteenth century. I pou the death of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, ill 177-S, each ot the metropoli tan cemeteries laid claim to the honor of burial. Tile city of London argued that so great a statesman as William Pitt shoti.J be buried iu St. Paul's, wh.lv Parliament took the ground tha the dust i f so great a man us he should come ucur to the !ut of kings,, and that not to bury him in Westminster Abbey would aguiu be "robbing St. Peter to pay St. Paul." Iktruit .eirt. Scales That Weigh a Hair. The fine gold weighing scales mndo iu Philadelphia uud intended for the mint at New Orleans a few years ago, arc marvels of mechanical invention and ex pert workinuushiji. Tho larger of the two pair has a cuoacity of 10,000 ounce troy, or about tiNti pounds avoirdupois, and when loaded to its full weighing ca pacity will indicate the variatiou of the one-thousandth of un ounce. The other and smaller pair are intended for lighter work. All i's bearings are of the finest agate, which liave been ground with re markuble precision. This instrument is believed to be tins most delicate in tho world, it will give precise weight of a hiimau hair, and it is.susi t-ptiblu to the slightest atmospheric changes. iit. Louta lifjiuhlie. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. "TUB LOSS OK I1CTTONS. Tho loss of buttons is a source of an noyance' to every woman. They are ironed off garments, washed oil nnd pulled olT. A lady gives two hints which will obviate this continued shedding of buttons. She says: "When you begin, before you lay the button on the cloth, put the'thread through so thnt the knot will be on the right side. That leaves it under tho button, und prevents it from being ironed or worn away, aud thus be ginning the loosening process. Then, before you begin sewing, lay a large pin across the button, so that all your threads will go over the pin. After you have finished filling the holes with thread draw out the pin and wind your thread round nnd round beneath the button. That makes a compact stem to sustain the possible pulling nnd wear of the but tonhole. rhiliiilil)iliia Leil'jrr. Plus KEET SDfSKU. Scald nnd scrape clean the feet; if the covering of the toes will uot come oil without, singe them in hot embers, until they aro loose, then take them off. Many persons lay them in weak lime water to whiten them. Having scraped them clean nnd white, wash them and put them in n pot. of boiling water, with a little salt, and let. them boil geutlv, until by turning a fork iu the flesh it will easily break, nnd the bones nre loosened. Take off the scum ns it rises, When done, take them from the hot water into cold vinegar, enough to cover them, add to it one-third as much of the water in which they were boiled; add whole pepper and allspice, with cloves and mace if liked, put a cloth and n tight-fitting cover over the pot or jut. Soused feet may be eaten cold from tho vinegar, split in two from top to toe, or having split them, dip them in wheat flour and fry in hot lard, or broil aud butter them. CANNED MILK COMMENDED. I am now using canned milk put up Bome weeks ago, against the time of need, when cows would be dry and as tho ladies say of many things, "it is just love ly." I suppose it is purified, as water is, by bringing it to the boiling point. Milk condensed has long been a standard article of commerce, but I do not recol lect of its being canned in its natural condition. I wonder at this, as it is thus in a much inoro desirable shape to be used for many purposes, nnd nothing is less trouble to preserve in this way. I think if I live to bo a hundred years old I shall continue to use milk, perhaps more and more, as my principal food. With some it docs not agree, but the stomach is capablo of education as well as tho brain, and I advise all invalids, especially dyspeptics, to try different methods and accustom themselves to its use, if possible. As a single article, it is the best known, if not the only known perfect food. To those who would like to use it, but whose stomachs rebel, I suggest that they make it the principal constituent of rice puddings, nnd use it as they can with oat and corn meal, etc., gradually increasing the quantity accord ing to circumstances. I think a babe was never known to reject milk, there fore it is a natural food, if not a natural medicine, and those to whom it is not acceptable in late years are abnormal in souie way. Afi Yori Tribune. RECIPES. Breakfast Cake One pint of flour, three tablespoons of butter, one cup sweet milk, one teaspoon cream tartar, half teaspoon soda; to be eaten with butter. Steamed Pudding Ono cup sugar, oue half cup butter, two eggs; beat all together. Add one cup sour milk, ono teaspoon soda, three cu s flour, one cup raisins, spico totaste. Steam two hours. Clam Fritters Take twenty-five clams and dry them in a napkin; to ono pint of flour add one pint of milk, half a tea spoon of salt, two well-beaten eggs, half a teaspoon of baking powder; stir in tin clums carefully after the batter is well mixed ; fry them very brown iu boiling hot fat. Cold Sliced Beef Slice thin sotre ot the cold, lean beef, lay on a meat dish and pour over a sauce made of n table spoonful each of walnut and mushroom catsup, French mustard, a beaten egg, hitlf a .teacup of vinegar, a tablcspoon.ul cf melted butter, the juice of a lemon, with butter, pepper and salt to taste. Stuffed Tomatoes Wa:h six large tomatoes and remove the stein ends ; re move the seeds and pulp carefully, uud mash them; add oue-fourth of u cupful ot cracker cruin bs, one tuhlf spoonful ot melted butter, a little pepper and salt; till the tomatoes with tho mixture, sprinkle crumbs ou top and bake them one-half hour. Macaroni Soup Break two ounces ol macaroni into pieces, put into a sauce pan, uud cover with one quart of boiling water; let boil for twenty minutes; drain, and cut each piece iu two ugaiu. Melt a teacup of butter, add to the macaroni; let simmer live miuiiles; sa son with salt and pepper, aud serve with a plate i f cheese. Flour Ball for Babies Pack one quart of sifted Hour solidly iu a cloth aud boil it four hours; after removing it frouiHhe cloth scrape off tho entire coating d flour, about a quarter of an inch; under neath tho remaining portion will be per fectly dry and hard, like chalk. To two teaspoonfuls of this grated Hour, previ ously wet with a little milk and made info a thick paste, add one pint of boil ing water, the same of good, rich ,mUL, two tublespooufuts of lime water, one tcaspoonful of sugar. After the. sixth mouth four tahlcspoonfuls may be; used. At Bcloit, Ohio, u tramp jumped from a slowly moving freight train, seized a gold headed cine that was standing ut the door of a resilience, got back ou the train and went his way. A .Michigan mathematician caU ulatis that 17,500,000 peop'.o in tho L'ui'ed States buve had the grip, TWO SUNSETS. Where the rolling meadow ended 1 I could scarcely tell. In the twilight gray were blended Meadow, wood, and dell ; But ablaze with golden splendor Shown the sky atiove. When I told, in accents tender Told to her my love. Nowljefore the firelight dreaming, Castles fair X raise. All enveloped In the gleaming Caught from those, bright days. We have kept our troth together, Kept it through long years: Lif i's not always summer weather. We have felt its tears. Kept our troth in living-, dying Kept, it, whole till now; Thro' the trees the wind is sighiii-;, fr Falls the winter snow. Eyes of love nre brightly beaming, With affection rife, Softened by the sunset's gleaming At the close of life. Flarrl Scott Miiir, iti Frank Lrstu's. HlMOIt OF THE DAY. What is better than a promising young man A paying one. St. fui Mwjntine. The tailor is an obliging man. He tries to suit everybody. Mirrhunt Trim cler. The proper treatment of catarrh cut off tho last two letters from it. Dam title Brent. A man is known by the company he keeps, nnd by the company ho keeps away from. A correspondent calls attention to the fact that a windstorm is likely to come from a blew sky. Wtinhwytoii 1'ott. Bilby "Can you lend me a dollar, Wilbyi" Wilby "Yes, I guess I can . ufford to lose a dollar ns well as the next man." Yankee JiUulc. Bock Agent "Sir, I have here a, book" Intended Victim "Sir, I have here a gun." (Exit book ngeut.) Chicmjo Journal. Teacher "What is a bclaying-pin?" Boy (who reads dimo novels.) "Please, ma'am it's a thing that the Captain hits tho sailors with." Yankee Blade. Grocer "What kind of tea did you nsk for, madam?" Customer "Five o'clock tea, please. I Lear that's tho most stylish now." Mumey't HViWi. "EverTthing comes to him who weights. . 'Tis truth that tha ninxim-niaker stales," And into the sugar with skilful hand The grocer soou emptied a lot of sand. Washington Font. Recruit "May I offer you a cigar?". Sergeant "Have 1 not forbidden you above all other things to speak unneces sarily? Of course you may." Flieqemle BUuUev. Tho army lieutenant who married a Chicago pork-pnekcr'sdaughter and went into business with her father says: "Tho pen is mightier than the sword." HWi ingtoii St:r. First Clu") Man "Do you know, old man, Bootsey says he owes a grudge?" Second Club Man "Well, that's all right. Bootsey never pays anything he owes." Liylit. Goffers "She's nn awfully highly educated girl, that .Miss Smart." Cud lip "How do you know;" Goffers "Vhy, she gets off so many words that 1 don't understand the meaning of." Judge (to policeman) "How could iinyone throw a stone and break a window around the corner?" Policeman "But, your honor, please remember that the prisoner is a woman." Drake" t Minjazine. In my better-half's mother I find uot a flaw, And this is the reason, you tv, Tve made more out of uiy mother-in-law Than she'll ever make out of me. Chatter. Little Robert is making n vacation trip with his papa. "Well, my sou, how do you like Switzerland?" "It is lovely, but according to my map, 1 had im ugined it much more yellow." Lt JFiyaro. Fuluess under the eyes denotes lan guage. When the fuluess extends all over the system, the fellow is "chock full," and that's why he insists on trying to talk. It's the surplus language en deavoring to get out. Uanttille Breeze. Squeezer "Yes, by Jove! I went tc jump off the train, and fell, und scraped .along on my face for ten feet. Wasn't hurt a bit. Remarkable, eh?" Freezer "O, I don't know. You're used tc traveling on your check, you know." Muirnty' Weekly. The young musical enthusiast, after a fearful four handed sonata ou the piano addresses his uncle "I'nc le, would you liko to hear something that sounds even better than that?" I'ncle "Yes. Sup pose you let the lid down, hard." jh'lieitJuU Blaetter. ' Manufacture of Glass Eyes. A German paper makes the ustoundiug statement that more than 2,000,0 10 glasj eyes are made every ytur in Germany and Switzerland, while oue French house manufactures-. 'too, 00U of them annually. Tho pupil is made of colored glass, und sometimes red lines are painted ou t it inner surface to simulate the veins. The largest number of these eyes are bought by laborers, who are exposed to lire and aro consequently liable to lose an e; c. An artificial eve rarely lasts inure than five years, as the secretions of the lachry mal glands cloud the surface of the ' lass. Dr. .Magnus has pointed out thai the ex press, on of the eyes is almost solely due to the movement of the upper eyelids, and this is the reason that wc. may sec a mau w ith a glass eye a hundred lime ue foro we discover his infirmity. History of the "I." The small letter -i" was formerly w rit ten without the dot. The dot was in. troduicd iu the fourteenth century to distinguish "i" Iro u "e" in hasty uud iudisdinct writing. The letter "j" was originally used where "i 'i;, iuw employed. The distinction between "i" und "j ':i introduced by the Dutch printers at a comparatively recc.it date, and the was d-ittcd because the "i," from which it f,i diuivid, vtriiteu with d.'tj
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