THE FOREST REPUBLICAN la pnbllihed Try Wtdaetday, kf J. E. WENKi Offlo In Bmftaibaueh A Co.'a Building KM BTREET, TIONB8TA, Fa. Terms, I. 80 pr Yar. N mbMriptlon ncalrea for thrtr period Ulan three months. OtirrMpondenr solicited from all parts of the nrti?. No nolle will R Uka of aamrmoiit erniritr. xxaiuaalcstloa. ' A number of Fhiladclphians havo peti tioned Congress ti) authorize nnd direct tho coinage of fifteen cents coin. Oysters aro a fuvorito dish with our legislators at Washington. In thu Senate restaurant about twcnty-fivH liusheti a day nro served out, nnd fully the same quantity is dealt out in tho liouso restaurant. Upon tho return of the Squadron of Evolution to homo waters, it is thought thnt in combination with other vessels on tho coast there will be a grand binding of tho naval brigade for drill nnd instruc tion in camp routine. Not every person knows thnt the sum test of genuine paper currency is to hold tlio bill up to tho light so that you ran discern two lines running parallel across its entire length. These are a red and a blue silk thread inside the paper. No counterfeit has them. , . Europeans aro becoming alarmed over statements that another epidemic, also of tho "ncro malady" kind, is following in tho wako of the influenza. It has its homo in southern regions and its symptoms are a fading of paralysis in tho limbs and a tendency to lethargic sleep. Senator Sawyer has discovered the value of advertising. The fact wa mentioned in tho Pittsburg I)inpittih that ho was one of the wealthiest in tho list of Senatorial bachelors and widowers. Within a few days thereafter he received 7237 letters from spinsters willing to marry him. A wealthy citizen of Osaka, Japan, who is the owner of a rich copper mine, has celebrated in a rather peculiar man ner tho 200th anniversary of the mine coming into possession of his family. On that occasion each of his 3(H) or more employes received as a memento of the occasion a swallow tail omit. The duily rations of a pair of ostriches on tho Fallbrook farm, San Uirgo County, Oil., are forty pounds of beets for breakfast, and for dinner a gallon or two of graiu. JAr dessert tho birds are giveu bits of boue. "Gail Hamilton," tho pride of the farm, is two years old and stands nine feet five inches high. Though the King of Dahomey, against whom tho French in Africa are now at war, is a very bloodthirsty person, w'..ose fuvorito amusement consists in killiir' hiB subjects, he "appears to have ad vanced ideas on the ecpiality of the sexes. His army is largely composed of female warriors. In a recent battle a number of black amazous were killed by the French. Anelcctrirnl Instrument has been in vented, which is designed to remove tho pain incidental to the extraction of teeth It consists of adjtistab'e prongs carrying buttons nnd connected with an electric battery. Tho buttons arc placed on tho face over the' nerves leading from the teeth to the brain, nnd a circuit is estab lished thu moment the extracting in atruinetit touches tho tooth to bo re moved. "' According to' a recent official return the length of tho telegraph lines on th globe is at present about 000,000 miles, or twenty-six times its circumference ut the collator, lhe length ol wire is 1,088,880 miles, or eighty times the length of tho equator. Europe has tele graph lines measuring 232,270 miles; America, 176,2-10; Asia, 50,375; Aus traliu, 20,053, and Africa, 12,973. These are tho land lines. There are, besides, 950 sub-marine cables of a total leugth uf 112,701 mutt Seal luiies. Japan is going to hold an exposition of her own in the I'yeno Park of Tokio, this year. It is not to bo on the world's fair order, however; Government exhib its aside, only Japanese products and work will be exhibited. None the less it promises to be a show well worth sec ing. There are to be eight departments or sections Hue arts, agriculture, horti culture, live stock, sea food, forestry, mineralogy, nietallurgy and machinery Ample accommodations for visitors, in tho way of hotels and restaurants are promised, as ulso reduced rates from San Francisco aad other points. The while population of the Congo, in West Africa, is increasing at quite a rapid rate. Five years ago, after Sianley had fouuded his stutiors, there were only about 200 while nun engaged in the various enterprises along the river. The number has now increased to nearly 600, some of whom have lived on the river nine or ten years. The gratifying thing about it is that a fair uveragc of health is maintained among these colonists. The fact would attract world-wide attention if these pioneers were having the x perience which, it is said, wm formerly the fate of the Governors of Sierra Leone', the old Governor invariably going home in his coli'm while the new uliicial was traveling to his field of labor, FORKST VOL. XXIIL NO. ONLY A PAUPER. Only the face of a pauper; Eagerly pressing the window pane; Heedlees alike of the snow and the rain; Watching the rich sit down to dine, To their smoking meat and sparkling wine, Hungrily eyeing the tempting fare, With a look that bespeaks the heart's de spair; Then turned again to the dismal street, To the piercing wind and the stinging sleet Only the face of a pauper. Only the hnnds of a pauper: Tremblingly clutching the tattered shawl; Bloodless and numh are the fingers email. Once they were rosy and plump and fair, A baby's fingers, untouched by care; Little more than an Infant's now Are the slim hands pressed to the throbbing brow, As with feeble steps she totters on, To be jostled and pushed by the heartless throng Only the hands of a pauper. Only the feet of a pauer: Bleeding and bruised by the icy stone, Shoes and stocking are all unknown. Senseless now to the freezing air, As she hurries on, she knows not where; On through the streets unshod they roam. Sheltered no more by the warmth ot home; While the fierce wind roars, and the storm beats wild On the ill-clad form of the shrinking child Only the feet of a pauper. Only the cry of a pauper: Wrung from the lips by the heart's deep woe, As the frail form sinks in the drifting snow. Drowned at once by the Bhrieking gale, All unheard is that feebl wail. Yet He who rules from His throne on high, Who heareth even the raven's cry, Think ye not Ho hath caught the note, That rose from the dying wanderer's throat? Only the cry of a pauper. Only the soul of a pauper: Freed at last from its earthly thrall, Kisiug up at its Maker's call, .caviiig forever the want and woe, The pain anil heartache it knew lielow, Home aloft to that blissful Nhore, Where cold and huuger shall pinch no more; Through the white gaU's of the city of love, Into the pretienee of Clod nbove, Flouteth the soul of a pauper. .Vorf liner C. lirown, in Yankee Blade. ixTiTvporTii i) i rvnvnncimn Al VMUiVALt riUlllMUllOllll. Never dawned a brighter morning than that which ushered in Kay Huntington's wedding day. Never throbbed a happier heart than that of the fair girl who, for saking home and friends, vowed to love, honor and obey him "until death do us part." "She was the belle of tho village, and ought to have had her choice among us all," exclaimed Carl Trenton, who, everybody knew, had been refused by tho bride at least half a dozen times. "lie is so handsome, and rich, too, they say. Really Nell Alden has doue remarkably well," said more than one envious maiden. Hay Huntington, although he was not a rich man, was advancing rapidly on the road to wealth. As he was a lawyer in a distant city, tho wedded pair at ouec went to the home which ho had provided there, a modest cottage in tho suburbs, very plainly furnished, but as beautiful as nVpalaco in the eyes of tho loving bride. "We shall be away from the disagreea ble and bustle, dearest," said Kay, uu easily. "I can lunch nt Koger aud Allen's, and be home for an early tea, except, perhaps, in very busy seasons Besides, I got this place at a bargain it costs dreadfully to rent and we must really economize in every way possible. Wo must creep before wo can walk, Nellie." "1 am sure evcrything is as nico as it can be," said tho wife. "It is much better than being right in tho city. I am sure that 1 should bo crazy in a week there." "I don't doubt it," returned tho re lieved husband. 'But you will not be bothered hero at nil. I will attend to tho marketing each day as I go to town, and wo will have a quiet little homo of our own." That was tho beginning. Kay Hunt ingtou's boasted creed was that marriage was simply a partnership of two con genial souls; a blending of two lives into a perfect whole, whoso thoughts, whose aims, whoso energies, were one. That was all very well, if -our legal friend hud lived up to his professed be lief. Hut, like many others, ho pro fessed one thing and lived another. While he often declared that a man and his wife were one, his daily life added most emphatically, "and the man is that one." Pretty Nellie was not long in discover ing that fact, and, although grieved that her exaltej idol proved to be but com lnou clay after all, she made tho best of lite as shu found it, and succeeded in ..... .1 ..Il.......nn .1. . . . J .... was grudgingly given to an extent which surprised and delighted him. 'It isn't every man has a wtfo like mine," he often said to a friend, but never a word of praise to the toiling wife herself. What wonder that tho roses in Nellie's cheeks gavo place to colorless lilies, aud "crows' feet" multiplied in the fair face as added claims taxed her strength and economy. Tiny feet pattered here and there ; baby voices made the sweetest of all music to her mother heart, and the added numbers brought added labor to the patient mother. Kay Huutiugtou was recognized by the world by his world, in which his wife had no part as a successful mau. Hu attended his clubs, aud dressed in a milli ner befitting his station, while his wife wore shabby calico. "Because I must, my dear; you do not understand," he explained, when she gently chided him for Home extravagant outlay. "It is quite necessary that oue iu my position should do so. I heard it hinted that 1 was to run for mayor next year. Thiuk of that, my dear." Xu'i the uucomplaiuiug woman did 2. TIONESTA, think of the proposed honor thought of it with added dread as sho toiled in tho kitchen with no help except an ignorant Swcdo girl, whnso chief rrcommt'tidation was her patient love for t lie little ones. Once she ventured to suggest art al lowance for family uc, as tho busy law yer often forgot to order the necessary articles, but she was met with indignant surprise. "Women know nothing about spend ing money. Nellie, I am surprised! I will attend to it. What! Gretchen wants more money? Wasn't it last week that I gave you two dollars fr her!" "Yes, but she has been hero four weeks. Wo owo her five dollars now," Nellie begun with a crimson facet then sho went on desperately, "mother wrote mo that sho was going to visit us next month. She has never been here never seen our children. Charlie must have new shoes and clothes; baby needs new flannels, and and this is the best dress I have in the world. You would not want me to feel ashamed to welcome my own dear mother, Hay?"' "How much money do yon want?" he asked frigidly. "Fifty dollars, at least, to make us comfortable nnd respectable," sho re plied with painful hesitation. "Fifty dollar 1 I am not made of money 1" he exclaimed, even while his faithful conscience reminded him that he had paid more thau that for a club dinner the week before, aud paid it with a willing smile. "Here, this must do," and he couuted out four fivc-dollnr bills into her hand. With one startled, indignant glance, the wife's hand shut convulsively over tho money, and she left the room hastily. "She will make that do," muttered her husband, uneasily, watching her. "Next time 1 will give her more, aud I really think I will call at Blankton's aud order one of those new silks-" The silk came, and Nellie smiled bit , t , tcrly oshc laid it in the corner of her , bureau drawer. , Charlie rejoiced in new clothes and real --novs uooi, iiuij flannels, Gretchen was paid, but there was nothing left to replenish the mother's wardrobe. One evening Hay Huntington feturued to And his well ordered bouse in conf J sion. Hnby bad cried herself to sleep, while Charlie was crying softly by the chamber door, where Gretchen was vain- Iv li-vinir to Millet tllO lcvcr-strickeu J . 1 1 mother. "Oh, papa, will my , ! boo ful mamma Uicf pay, papa, win miu u.c. ""; I accustomed to see things at close dis Charlie, creeping timidly to his father s j t.m(.e3) amj thnt itg vyc had becomo side. rrradnallv suited to near obiects. Hut to Gretchen looked up wofully as ho en- , tered "I will do it in a moincut. Hay!" cried : Nellie, with crimson checks and strangely I bright eyes. "I only stopped to rest for a moment, my my head fuels so queerly ; but I will get your tea at once." "Lie still, dearest," he said more gently than he had spoken for many mouths. "Gretchen, take this noto to Doctor Davis, nnd call as you come back i aud ask Mrs. Hall if sho will ruu in for a few moments. Doctor Davis came, a gray-haired man who had read many of this world's les sons aright. "Overwork, my dear sir. System completely rundowu. I have noticed it. No help but that raw Swede girl willing enough, but not capable, sir. Men don't know tho value of good wives until they lose th?iu," said the old man, bluntly. "You don't think she my wife Nellie will diei" cried the startled lawyer. "Perhaps not hope not. But she is worked out. and the worst of it is bIic . wjji carry her worry und trouble with her through her ilclinuiu. hat is this about partnership, Huntington? I have heard you define marriage often enough. How havc you used this partner of yours? Have you shared tho profits honestly? Pit like to have you compare accounts; you will have time enough before your wife gets up again. . I suppose she has a mother? Send for her at once, les, ! ves. I'll bo round in the morning, but I more depends upon loving care than upon me; mind, 1 saul loving care, uoou night, sir." In the weary time of anxious waiting, Huntington learned a new meaning of his favorite creed. In her delirium Nel lie told him many things which she would never have mentioned iu' her ra tional moments. At last there came a day when tho lit tle cottage was as silent hs death ; when the dread uiij;el hovered on the threshold, i then passed mercifully by; when a hu man flower uloomeu mil to pensn, ami a U " tiny life went out with its first glimpse of earth. "Yes, she will live," said good Doctor Davis, suspiciously wiping his glasses. "You have learned your lesson easier than many men do, Huntington, for you will have your wife again. If you love her, cherish her, man make her happy. She is vour partner iu life. Shu has coin- j ,ll0n st.Use, I suppose? Wall, then, allow ! i i , .1... ......t;u X..... 1... , " ... .. , her be ashamed ; ol her husband, s manners. I am a bluut old man, but I mean well. I have seen much of this one sided part nership business among married people. Your wifo has as much right to her share of your income as you have. I hope you're nut offended, but I'm glad I had the courage to give you something to think about. Keep up the loving care, Huut iugtou, and your wife will be around iu a month." I That month was oue of pleasure and I sorrow to the repentant husband, but he 1 had resolved upon a uew course of ac- tion, and as they sat at the table on New , Year's Eve, he said tenderly : 'It was kind of the mother to leave us to begin the uew year together, ' Nellie; it shall bo the beginning of a new ' life for us. Henceforth my 'partner' is an en mil with invsclf. The household is i your brauch of the business. I will see that you have sullicient funds to cover all expenses in a creditable way. My wife shall never again feel ashamed be cause of my stinginess." 'I never was 1'iat," Nellie protested, loyally. "Perhaps you wvro uot sensible of it, REPUBLICAN. PA., WEDNESDAY, but tho feeling was there just tho same," replied her husband firmlyi "It shall ncvei happen again; Td-morrow the firm of Huntington and Wife: begins anew, and on A dillerent basis. I will cherish my family hereafter." And happy years have proved the truth of his vow. . The Trndo in Adulterations. Of all tho dishonest trades, the most interesting is that which supplies tho ma terials used in adulterating or imitating legitimate articles of commerce. I dropped into one not far from Chatham Square, and was astonished to Bed lifl ingenuity nnd scientific skill displayed, as well as the large amount of business done, It destroyed many romances td have the proprietor pour upon a piece of tissue paper a few drops of "Ilavann Ex tract" and produce a cigarette worthy of llouradez, or mixed raw spirits, burnt sugar and oil of otnrd and have a very palatable brandy. I asked the proprietor who were his chief customers, lie said; "All nnd every sort of people. Candy makers are lur" buyers. They want imitation flavors for their cheap, so-called 'French confectionery'. Cigarmakers use immense quantities of 'Havana Extract while tobacconists that article and Turk ish oil. Liquor dealers both wholesale and retail are the heaviest purchasers, using vast quantities of preparations to 'age,' blend nnd improve their goods. Spice men, who grind coeoanut shells into black pepper and cigar boxes into cinnamon, consume the extracts of these genuine articles or clso imitations of them. Of course we ask no questions, and generally we want cash down or else sell C. O. D. A'cie York .Star. The Eyes or Hie Mole. Carl Hess, the Germau naturalist, has proved by minute microscopical investi- gallon milt mu lju oi mwiv- i. fc.ctly capil))I(! of seeiUM, and that it is not short-sighted, as another naturalist wou havc m b(,lk.V(, n,,ss mujtains that, in spite of its minute dimensions 1 millimeter by 0.9 millimeter the eye of this little crcaturo possesses all tho necessary properties for seeing that the most highly developed eyes does, that it ii, indeed, ns well suited for seeing as the eyes of any other mammal, and that in the matter of refraction it does not differ from the normal eve. In order to bear out tho theory of Bhort-sightcduess, the physiological reason was adduced ,,,, .,,... .,,. fi, mni j. th!s Uess objects th;lt the moo wnen under ground most probably makes no use of his eyes nt all, as it would bo im- possible to sec anything, owing to tho absence of light, but that when he comes to the surface, and especially when he is swimming, ho does use his eyes. In order to accomplish this, he only has to alter the erect position of the hairs which surround and cover his eyes, and which prevent the entry of dirt when he is under ground, nnd nt the same time to protrude his eyes forward. Nature. lechery Dnst. Ouo of the most interesting contribu tions ol Professor Nordenskjold to popu lar science is his examination beforo reaching Parry's Island, to the northwest of Spitsbergen of the snow which cov ered tho icebergs, aud which had come from still higher latitudes. He found it strewn with a multitude of minute black particles, sprc.id over tho surface or situ ated nt the bottom of little pits, a grea nuinoer of which were to be seen on tho outer layer of snow; many of such parti cles were also lodged iu the lower strata. The dust, which became gray on drying, the Professor found to contain a large proportion of metalic particles attracted by the magnate, and capable of decom posing sulphate of copper. An observa tion made a little latei upon other ice bergs proved the presence of similar dust iu a layer of granular crystaline snow situated beneath a stratum of light fresh snow, and another of hardened snow. I'pon analysis, Professor Nordenskjold found this matter to bo composed in varying proportions of metalic iron, phosphorus, cobalt and fragments of Dir.tomaceie. Vegetaiians. A chat with the keeper of a vegetarian restaurant tevealed the fact that he fed about two hundred people every 'day. There is something enticing about the appearance of a vegetarian restaurant. i Whatever may be thought of the fare, ! .1 !.... U !..... ..1 1 !.. . J are often too prevailing in places where the caruivori meet. 1 he waitresses aro I generally neat and trim, too. the cus I tinners at this restaurant are chiefly j dressmakers and shopkeepers' assistants. Perhaps twenty-five per cent, are women. The manager said he didn't thiuk there were many among his customers who were vegetarians from conviction. "They . mine hern for cheantiess iintl chinure. iiSomo . every others come three or four times a week. The average price a man pays for a vege tarian dinner is 10d.; but tho women only average Oil." The manager added that if there were any complaints they always came from women. J'nll Mult Utnctte. A Itcmetly for Bums. Tho celebrated Germau remedy for burns consists of fifteen ounces of tho best w hite glue, broken into small pieces, iu two pints of water, and allowed to become soft ; then dissolve it by means of a water balh and add two ounces of glycerine and six drams of carbolic acid ; continue the heat until thoroughly dis solved. On cooling this hardens to an elastic mass, coveted with a shining, parchineut-like skin, njd may be kept for any length of time. When required for use it is placed for a few minutes in a water bath until sullii iently liquid and applied by means of a broad brush; it tiirms iu about two minutes a shining, smooth, flexible and nearly tiuuspurvut skiu. MAY 7, 1890. $1.50 PER AXXUM. A BIfi COLONY OF CROWS. HOW THEY WERE DRIVEN AwATf AND THEN COAXED BACK. Tlio Itinlt Having Vanished, Grubs InirciiMcd Tlio Crown ISrouglit Hack, Slaughter the Grubs. The crow is so universally looked upon ns a sort of vermin which no pains should be spared to rid every community of, that it will be hard for most peoplo to believe thero is at least one spot where he is not only mado a welcome visitor, but to which he wa actually coaxed and begged to return, after hav ing been driven away by years of merci less persecution. That spot is tho por tion of K.dgitr County, III., known as Ashmore's Grove. Twenty years ago there had never been ninny crows in that vicinity, but one season about that time they began to arrive in countless num bers. There scorned to be no end to their coining. They occupied every piece of woods for miles arnuud, aud it was esti mated that the colony contained not less than 500,000 of what the farmers sup posed were winged liiaraudurs. It is ricli prairie land out there, nnd sixty bushels of corn to the acre was not too much to expect as an average yield. Naturally, everybody believed that this great army of crows had heard of that garden spot, nnd had marched upon it to devastate tho newly planted fields, aud leave ruiu aud famine in their wake, so men, women, aud children organized in a systematic campaign against the black destroyers. They were huuted iu their roosts, they wore trapped, they were poisoned, and they were even pursued by tire, the torch being applied nt night to woods where they roosted, and the loca tion of which did not endanger other property. Thousands of crows were killed every night, but still tho survivors of the colony lingered iu the locality and swarmed upon the fields. Tho farmers of Edgar County noticed another new visitor that season a grub that not only attacked tho roots of the young corn, but also played havoc with the grass. Tho farmers bemoaned these disastrous visitations greatly, for it never occurred to them that the crow was among them for any other purpose than evil. So the warefare on the crow was carried on with merciless vigor, nnd the next season there was a very decided de crease in the crow colony. It grew smnller and smaller year by year, until only a few wild aud straggling flocks put in an appearance. During all this time tho yield of corn per acre had gradually decreased, and the crow was credited with being tho principal cause of tho loss. The grub was still at work, but the farmers hail no idea that they wero not able to handle him. But tho first seasou tho crows failed to appear the yield of corn was smaller than it had ever been, and tho season was one of the most favorable for corn in tho history of the country. Some of .tho farmers went to thinking. The grub increased in numbers. Tho corn crop kept on growing less and less, until ten bushels to the acre was as big a yield as that rich prairio bottom would return aud the crows had not been permitted to get another foothold iu the region cither. Then the thinking farmers mado up their iniuds thnt the reasc )the crows had put in such a large and sudden appearance at Ashmore's Grove a few years before was that they had f imply followed the wake of tho grubs, aud had coino to feed on that irrepressible pest, and then tho com munity felt like kicking itself clear out of tho State. They went to work to try and get tho crows back again. They sent clear to the AV abash country, where the biggest crow roost on top of eartb is located, and had thousands of crows captured aud forwarded to them. These were released at Ashmore's Grove, and finding everything pleasant and peaceful there tho crows remained. More than that, news of the situation must have been communicated by these crews to others, for in a few weeks there wero more crows iu that locality than had been known for years. The next season some thing like the old-time colony took up its quarters in the woods, aud that fall the biggest crop of corn that had been known iu the region for five years was gathered. Nobody disturbed the crows, and the man who would have dared to molest one around Ashmore's Grove would have beeu lynched. In four years that prairie was raising sixty bushels to the acre again, and tho blue grass was back to its old yield. As the corn crop in creased the number of crows that made their home thereabout decreased. Thai was because they had lessened the grub crop, so that there wan no use for so large a force to work there, aud they went to other fields of usefulness. But there have ulways been enough crows around Ashmore's to keep down the grubs, aud what coin the big birds eat by way of dessert is uot half what the farmers consider that they cam as a premium for the good they do. Aud there is one thing certain: It won't be well for any oue who goes) out into that part of Edgar County aud says hard things against the crow. AVie Yuik Htm. They Mysteriously Died. Three or four years ago young Adam Forepaugh, the son of the late showman, was over iu Loudon. He had spout about If 10,000, and didn't daro ask fuV any more money so ho wired over to his father that he had a great chance to get some new attractions for the show. He said that he could get two monkeys that were larger thau horses for liTiOOO. The showman congratulated himself 'on having such a smart boy, aud tabled him the money. He was telling every ouo about his new attractions, aud if any one doubted tho reality of the alleged big monkeys be would answer angrily, "Pshaw! What do you know about the interior of Africa? Of course they have monks there as big as horses." Next day came a cablegram saying: "Money received ; monks dead ; nint h obliged, pap." The old showman never could .tauda joke about monkeys after that . I ( hiid'jii Jlr-i olil. - - HOl'SEHOLH AFFAIRS. MAKEINO CLOTnES. It is of essential importance thnt clothes should be marked and numbered. This is often dono with ink; but as some persons like to mark with silk, we shall describe the stitch. Two threads arc to be taken each way of tho cloth, nnd the needle must be passed three ways in or der that the stitch may be complete. The first is aslant from the person toward the right hand ; the second is downward to ward you, and the third is the reverse of the first that is, aslant from you toward the left hand. The needle is to be brought out at the corner of the stitch nearest to that you are about to make. The shapes of the letters or figures can be learned from an inspection of any com mon examples. Obstrrcr. WASTEFUL KONOtV IS THE KITCHEN. "Many a young wife," said a motherly woman the "other day, "would find the wheels of her household moving much more smoothly if she would spend a little less money on the furnishing of her drawing-room and devote it, instead, to supplying her kitchen with labor-saving appliances ami piemy oi uiensns. ."u omy in kitchen utensils may easily be pushed too far, and if there is another place where a woman maybe more read ily excused than another for extravagance it is just there. "To have to stop iu the mUdle of ninking a dessert in order to clean a saucepan or a kettle in which the soup had been prepared, because you have not another, is folly when soup kettles can be had for twenty-five ceut3 each. To have your kitchen knives of such poor mctafthat they will not stay sharp, or to let a good knife remain dull because you think you cannot nfford to spend ten cents to have it sharpened, is a real waste of strength out of all proportion to the saving. To have nothing by which you can measure your ingredients accurately, because it costs more to buy u set of weights or a graduated glass measure thau to trust to guess-work anil an om tea cup, has spoiled many a good dish that cost just as much and has brought humiliation on mnny a good cook. To scrape your porridge pot with a spoon because you will not buy a patent pot scraper for twelve cents wears out ten spoons to one pot-scraper, and the hired girl invariably selects your best spoon for that purpose. Sifting tho coal nshes is such a dirty business as it is usually per formed and the servant kicks against it so vigorously that the most economical housekeeper soon abandons it in despair. A patent ash-sifter that allows no dust to 1 . .... , escape and preserves ail mo nau-uurneu coal will pny lor itself in ono winter and last live. A cheap refrigerator can be had for one-third tho cost of a good one of the same size, but if you buy it your ice-bill will be twice as large. "There is hardly anything in tho kitchen of which there are not two varie tics, the cheap and the dear, and the re sult of the use ol either is generally its exact opposite in actual cash. But in comfort to one's self and to one's husband and children, a saving of time, temper, brnin-worry, aud back-ache, they repay their own cost many times over every week." JN'cw Tort Tribune. ItliClfES. Rice Fritters Three tablespoons ol rice, four csaa, oue teacup of currants sugar and nutmeg to suit the taste ; boil rice gently until swelled; dredge cur rants with flour; beat eggs: mix all to gether thoroughly and fry. Hermits One cup of maple sugar, one half cup each of butter and sour cream, one cse, one-half teasspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful each of cloves cinnamon and nutmeg, and one cup of chopped raisins. Kuoad as little as possible. Bake like cookies. Curried Eggs Heat a pint of milk; add to it two teaspooufuls of curry pow der, rubbed smooth in a little cold milk ; let simmer, ami thicken with a teaspoon fid of corn starch rubbed with the sauce of butter; boil six eggs hard, cut them ill slices aud lav iu the sauce; let them stand over the lire until heated. Mutton Chops Larded Beat chops flat nnd lard them with salt pork. Put in a saucepan, sprinkle with minced onions, pepper aud salt. Cover with soup stock aud let simmer one hour; thicken the gravy with browned flour, add the juice of a lemon, oue spoonful of mudiroom catsup aud a wine-glass of currant lei Lav the chops iu a dish and pour the gravy over. Serving Bananas To make a salad of bananas slice half a dozen and put m dish with layers of as many oranges also sliced. Over all squeeze tho juice of i lemon aud sprinkle plentifully with pow dered sugar. Serve very cold. Any deli icato cake baked iu layers aud put to gcthcr with layers of banauas sliced very thin will make a choice (lessen. 1 he cake should bo served with swcctcueil whipped cream or it will be too dry to bt palatable. Boiled Chicken with Oyster. Pre pare the chicken as for roasting, adding chopped oysters to the stulhUL'. rut tut fowl in a tin pail, tightly covered, and place the pail in a pot of cold water, lioil for 1 or two hours, as required. Make a gravy from the liquor in the pail, adding to it some of the oysters. Take a half dozen of the largest oysters cooked until the edges curl and lay over tht chicken. Put over it a little of the gravy, and serve the rest iu a bowl. Duck with Turnips Place in a stcw pau a tablespoonful of flour and twr tablespoonfuls of butter; let the rtmu brown sl'ghtly, then put iu a duck thai has beeu stuffed with au onion dressing , turn it about in this flour and butter, then udd half a pint of water and a gill of white wine, add pepper, nutmeg ami savory, cover the ttewpau closely and cook slowly. When the duck is about half dune add two turnips cut into ball. When the duck is done, place it on a deep platter, skim the gravy well, add a little thickening, pour the gravy and turaips around tilt duck and serve iitli pieces of fried toast and tuiraut jelly. RATES OW ADVERTISING. On. Squire, en Inch, on Iniertlon...... . 1 M On 8qore, on Inch, on month 1 00 On Square, on. Inch, three month.. 1 00 One Sqnira, on Inch, on year 10 00 To Pqnana, on year H Qotrter Colomn, one year M Halt Column, on year M 0 On Colomn, one year 10 0 Let-a! adrertliemenU tea een.a ?er lli each lav aertlon. Marrlafp and death notice gratis. All bill for yearly advertise merits collected nnar. terly. Temporary advertliement nut t. paid la adrance. Job work aih on delivery. A MEMORY. My heart Is far away to-night Beyond the blue of the southern seas, Where the world lies wrapped in mystic light. And the red rose sighs in the hush of night To her ardent lover, the tnveze. Where the pale acacia trembles and show ers Its petals of perfumed mow on the stream That hurries over its rock-bound bed; Where the jasmine lifts its golden head And the poppies nod and dream. Where the purple fox-glove hides tho bee That drowsily, heavily drones and hums; Where the silvery waves break on the sand. And the sea nymphs dince on the coral strand AVhen the hour of midnight comes. And I see his fare and I hear his voice; My prince, with the shining, soul-lit eyes; And 1 feel his arms about me twine. And the warmth of his perfect hps on mine, 'Neath the dusk of the southern skies. And oh, I am sad and luno to-night, And my heart is full of a lingering pain. And I list where the lilies breathe and move. For the tender, passionate whisper of love I shall never hear again. Washington Po'. HUMOR OF THE DAY. ! Tho office-hnuter knows no close sea-. son. There is one thing the hardware dealer always has on hand nails. llof.on. VulUtin. Isn't it rather remarkable thnt "tho oldest inhabitant" is never a woman? V'athiii'jton Har. "All the world loves a lover" except the young lady's father aud the dog. Iturlinijtoii trie t'rra. It is unfortunate for a shoemaker when his customers are unable to foot their bills. Sew Orlewt J'icnyune. "There's one of your patent fire-escapes," said the traveler as n cinder from the locomotive struck him iu the eye. Home Sentinel. Wife (groaning with neuralgia) "Oh, how my jaw aches! It almost drives me crazy!" Husband (significantly) "Think of me my dear." "Say. mamma," asked a sweet young miss of five, "why do peoplo havc two ears when they can only hear enc thing at a time?" Judje. A household paper tells how "to get grease 'out of white marble." An easier way is to get it out of the butcher shop, -llorheter Pott-Exprtt. The man who is always being found out considers himself unfortunate, unless, perhaps, it is the bill collector who hap pens to find him out. Statesman. Patient (on a diet) "Doctor, I have a strange craving for baked beans. Aro they healthy?" Doctor"! never treated any." Lawrence American. At the Hotel. Traveler (sitting up in bed, watch in hand) "Six o'clock, and nobody comes to wake me. I shall be sure to miss the train.'' France Mode. In the gloaming, oh, my darling, AVlien I come thine eyes to see, Tie the dog up, tie l-.ini tightly. Then I'll feel it's safe for me. I'liiladcljihia 'I tines. AVill "I believe editors weigh care fully all manuscripts seut to them." Bill (an nuthor) "Yes, iu order to ascertain tho amount of return postage necessary." Yankee Blade. Ho (cautiously) "What would you say, darling, if I should ask you plump ly to bo my wife?" Darling (even more cautiously) "Ask me and find out." '"-') H"ui ington Mar. A New York doctor says thnt travel ing on the railroad will cute dyspepsia. This doctor never can have heard of the railway ham sandwich. 1'ittnburg VhronicU-Ttlejraih. Algy (who has more than U,,"' "Pooh! Riches have wipv8- c-, j.. Landers. Jack (who hasn't enough) erui, 18W. Appeui they're mistily slow in li -7,?!"tss:.-,T,,, A veteran soldier fight: 'e ... aguiu. He is telling how by tho explosion of a shell. j. . 8. lie. "when 1 looked around " , ". that I was blinil- The average wife may say, "1 ff so" occasionally, but she is iik i-nought not to remind her husband oi the idiotic uonsense ho used to talk t her in their courtship days. 'vimri illt Ju'irnal. Transient '-Do yon thiuk there is much of a field here for a dentist?" Landlord "I should think so. There' one man up at the head of the street that's got au acher or two." JJin-j-hamton Lttider. "And what has become of your son Jiimnie?" "Jimmie's gone iuto jour nalism." "Why, he is only ten years old." "True for you; but he sells forty newspapers a day. He's a smart boy, that Jiinmie." li'iar. Things one would rather have ex pressed differently: Jones (nervously conscious that he is interrupting a pleas ant tete-a-tete) A "I'm sorry to say I've been told to take you in to supper, Ms Belsize !" lAindvn I'mirh. Chargit, 't'2 - -"Can I have this put on my account here?" Mr. Tick "Very sorry, sir, but we don't kuow you.'' Chargit (making a trial elsewhere) "Put this down for me, please. You kuowiue, 1 believe;" Mr. Hungup "Most un fortunately we do, sir. Sorry we can't accommodate you."--Yale lUcord. I. J A Hog's Scent and Sifht. Havt you -vcr thought bow largely a dog's "scent" really depend on his sight? Note bow confused he gets iu trying to follow his nose on a hard sur face. Then wateh how he stretches his neck aud throws bis head up. And finally consider how the puzzled guide or hunter gets down to, take a liogVcyc view of tht-kit nation, whence every bent twig or broken blade hccuiui-k plainly visible as a pathway in the wilderness - --V e York I Tribunt.
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