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VOL. XXIII. NO. 5. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1890. S1.50 PEll ANNUM.
V IJL,
Iu tlio United Slates them Hro 100
weekly papers conducted by colored men.
Tho hit est measure for recruiting tho
United States uuvy provides for the
enlistment of only native-born Ameri
cans. While new States lire springing up in
tho fur West, California is getting ready
to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
her admission into the Union.
The Thirteen Club, of New York city,
will stilt further test the superstition
which created it by purchasing and mov
ing into the house nt 13 West Thirteenth
Street.
The French Government has decided
to again undertake the manufacture of
lueifer matches, and to avoid the expense
of creating a special department will
place it under the tobacco bureau.
At the recent thirty-fourth anniversary
of tho .Maryland Sunday school Union in
Baltimore, President Griffith said that
there wore 140,000 Protestant Sunday
schools in the United States, 1,. '500,000
officers and teachers, and 10,000,000
scholars.
Mr. Randall's death removed from the
Houso of Representatives tho last of a trio
of notuble men, who havo died within
eight months. The first to go was "Sun
set" Cox, of New York, and following
him was Judge William I). Kelley, of
Pennsylvania.
For a long time the stealings by tho
operatives in the diamonds mines of
South Africa were, it is estimated, one
half of the production. Very stringent
regulations havo of late beeu put in
forco, nuil, although tho bus from this
source has beeu greatly rcduced.it is still
believed to amount to 750,000 a year.
"For tho hundred years or more of our
country's history, the dogs have becu after
the sheep," exclaims tho Prairie Farmer,
"but now for tho first time tho census
will bo after the dogs; they will bo ac
counted for tho same as tho horses, cat
tle, sheep, swine mid ether uniinaU on
the farms, and iu cities and villages as
well." '
i Canada will no longer be a harbor of
safety and refugo for thieve, for tho ex
tradition treaty with Great Urilaiu has
been formally rati tied, and is now, iu tho
language of tho Constitution, "tho
supreme law of tho land." Tho Boston
Cultivator thinks that hereafter thos?
who seek nu asylum where they may bo
safo from tho clutches of the law will
steer south instead of north, and that
Buenos Ayres will have a boom.
Tho reignig beauty of New York so
ciety is now Mis Julia Screiner, a niecu
of AVillium Cullen Bryant. She is six
Xeet tull, Bud tho Prime of Wales says
she is tho most distinguished-looking
American woman ho ever met. Where
aro our American poets? laments tho
Chicago Herald. Tennyson, if ho could
see her, would weave another "Princess"
about this Amazonian beauty. And how
Byron would have raved over her! "Her
stature tall," says he, "I hate a dumpy
woman."
That the higher education of woman
iu this country Is something of very re
cent growth is a fact, says tho New York
Star, that is apt to get out of mind. We
realize it in a forcible mauuer, however,
when wo read that Vussar College is
about to celebrate its twenty-fifth anni
versary. That is u short career; but few
institutions of learning have, in their
first quarter century of existence, a rec
ord of more brilliant achievement than
that which pertains to this pioneer fe
male college.
"Of all the accidents which occui
daily in a largo city, perhaps burning is
the most alarming," says tho Loudon
Hospital. "It is well to remember thai
in severe cases tho shock due to the
fright as well as tho bum is the first
thing to be considered. If medical help
is not obtainable at once, the best thins
to do is to wrap the burnt person up iu u
bluuket, put him iu a warm place with
hot bottles to his feet, and give him s
little hot brandy and water or something.
The easiest applications to procure in ud
emergency with which to cover up th
wounded parts from the air tiro Hour oi
salad oil."
Artificial ice is now an assured com
merciul fact, unnouuees the Manvactur
era' Ikcord, thunks to the costly experi
ments that havo been made in the Soutl
to secure it. Its manufacture has beet
reduced to such a science and degree oi
economy that several plants have beer
established in the North. Tho most
significant fact iu regard to its iuanufac
tiue is tho report that the Penusylvatiii
liplroad will enter upon the muuufactun
of their own ice. This company usei
some 45,000 tons a year, and are reporter.'
to have arranged to extablish five 25-toi
plauts along their lines to supply all tin I
ice used, both in the passenger and re
frigerator service. One pluat is reporter
as already under wy.(
SLEEP.
While children sleep
They know not that their father tolls;
They know not that their mother prays
Bending in blessing o'er their bods,
Imploring grace for after days.
While children sleep
They never dream that others work
That they may have their dally bread;
When morning comes they rise and eat,
And nevor ask how they are fed.
While children sleep
They do not see the shining sun
They do not see the gracious dew,
In daily miracle of love
Is ever making all things new.
Do we not sleep?
And know not that our Father works
With watc hful care about our way;
Ho bends In blessings from above ,
His love broods o'er us day by day.
Do we not sleep?
And never dream that others work,
Keeping the sheaves that might be ours;
We 8e not bow the shadows fall.
Which mark the swift departing hours.
Ah, still we sleep!
Our drowsy eyes see not the light,
See not the hands stretcho.l out to bless,
See not that waiting for in stands
Hod's kingdom and His righteousness.
Good Words.
THE PIRATES OF SARK.
HT 8. O. W. BENJAMIN.
When I was in the Channel Islands I
heard the following story about tho pi
rates of Sark, which is one of the most
curious islands in tho Atlantic Ocean.
Tho waves that beat ngainst its richly
colored but inhospitable cliffs, and roar
forever in its inaccessible caves, bristle
with rocks and reefs of many a grotesque
shape, which make the approach to the
island exceedingly dangerous. The peril
is greatly increased by the high tides and
furious currents that rush past tho Chan
nel Islands, of which Sark is the most re
markable. The shores of the little island
are lofty cliffs, steep as walls. There is
only one possible landing-place; this is a
shelving beach in a woe bit of a cove, and
the summit of tho island, where the peo
ple live, can only be rcuched by steps cut
iu tho face of the cliff, admitting only
one person to pass at a time.
The dwellers on Sark are now a pcacc
able folk, who raise a few cattlo and veg
etables, which they carry over to the Isle
of Guernsey when tho weather is clear
and the sea not too rough. But at one
time Sark was held by a band of desperate
pirates, who lured ships on tho rocks by
putting up false lights and beacons; or
they attacked them in boats when be
calmed in those uncanny waters, mur
dered the crews and smuggled the cargoes
into the ports of France.
This nest of pirates finally became as
pestilent as a swarm of angry wasps dis-
uiroing me guests at a sumptuous dinner.
It threatened to ruin tho commerce of
that region. And yet it was almost im
possible to reach the freebooters, for they
hud an abundanco of everything ou the
island ; and they could prevcut iiuy one
from landing with the greatest case. In
ihose days also, cannon did not carry far
mough to make it possible for a fleet to
jombard them from the distance at
which it would be safo for a ship to ap
proach the terrible cliils.
And yet something must be done to
root out this pest of tho seas and make
those waters safo for merchant ships.
Tho matter was all the more ticklish be
cause the pirates of Sark wcro perfectly
well aware that they could only be van
quished by stratagem, and, therefore,
would keep their weather eye open for
any attempts to subdue them by treach
ery or cralt. Those who should venture
ou any such attempt knew well, there
fore, that they exposed themselves to the
greatest- peril in any undertaking against
tho desperate sea banditti of Sark.
And yet such men were found, men
who for the common good were willing
to risk their lives. And this is the way
they went to work to circumvent the
pirates of Sark. They fitted out a mer
chant ship with a full supply of arms;
they also took a large, long-boat for
lauding in tho surf; and a company of
bravo nnd trusty adventurers; prepared
with the utmost coolness to execute one
of the most hazardous enterprises ever
undertaken.
One calm pleasant morning the look
out at Bark discovered a ship heading
for the island, as if with tho intention of
making a landing. The tidings flew at
once from one end of tho island to the
other, and produced intense excitement.
Tho surprise increased when it became
clear that the strange ship was uotauiuu-of-war,
but a simple merchant ship.which
one might suppose would steer as far us
possible from the island. She dropjicd
anchor less than a milo out, a still more
surprising circumstance. But when a
boat was lowered and was seeu rowing
toward the lauding place, every member
of tho pirate band was filled with sus
picion, although a white flag flew at the
masthead of the ship and another waved
at the bow of the approaching boat.
The men in the bout were also eutirely
unarmed, us became evident when they
drew near the shore.
Iu spite of all these signs that what
ever tho errand of the struuge ship, it
was peaceful the bold pirates of Sark
crowded down to the landing place brist
ling with arms, and ordered tho boat to
keep at a safe distance from the beach.
"What do you wunt at Sark! Clear
out from here; we allow no one to laud,"
cried the pirate chieftain, a tall, hand
some Breton from Marlaix, dressed in
bright colored, picturesque garb.
The mate of the strange ship replied:
"Wo are bound southwest, laden with
goods from Flanders. One of our crew
died this morning; he was a good Catho
lic; we wish to bury him in consecrated
ground; unless we go far out of our
course there is no such spot nearer than
your holy chapel built by the pious Bishop
of Dol. All we ask is permission to laud
the coffin containing our poor comrade
and inter it in the chapel. We will come
exactly as you see us, without arms of
my sort whatever. If you grunt us this
simple request, which as ood Christians
you can hardly deny, we promise to nlftkc
you a suitable present of some df the
goods we have on boArd our shipi"
After somo deliberation, the pirates
were so impressed by the earnest) confid
ing manner and straightforward honesty
of these good sea-folk, who were so will,
ing to place themselves unarmed in their
power, that they gave the desired per
mission, the strangers solemnly promising
that they would allow themselves to be
searched on landing.
The boat's crew returned to the ship in
high glee ; they hardly hoped for such
success. In anticipation of the plot they
had planned the ship's crew had brought
with them a stout coffin of sufficient size
to hold a large man. After dark the
coffin was brought on deck. The lid
was firmly fixed in its place, and yet so
contrived that it could be quickly de
tached. The next morning, the weather still
continuing fine, the colrin was carefully
lowered into the boat and a flag was rev
erently thrown over it. The pirates were
all at the landing to await the arrival of
this unique funeral processiou. Each
sailor, as ho stepped on shore, was care
fully searched. Relieved to find every
man of the landing party totally unarmed
the canny islanders laid aside all sus
picion and devoutly assisted to lift the
heavy coffin out of the boat. The cotlin
was large and heavy , evidently the dead
man must havo been of portly propor
tions. The seamen seemed tenderly at
tached to their dead comrade. They in
sisted on lifting the coffin themselves. It
was a most anxious moment for all con
cerned. But the invader still had a fnr more
laborious and dangerous task before them.
The summit of the island where tho peo
ple lived, and where the church stood,
was over one hundred feet above the
landing and could be reached only by
narrow, steep steps cut in the rock, up
which it was simply impossible to carry
the cotlin. There wis only one way of
getting it to the top; this was to hoist it
with stout ropes by main force. Surely
never was a dead sailm buried under
greater difficulties? Not only did the sail
ors have to do this very hard, severe duty,
harder far than hoisting a wet topsail,
but it was also nccessory that not one of
ths pirates should lend a baud in haul
ing up the cotlin; at the same time the
tusk had to bo done without arousing
their suspicions. Death was in the air;
blood must flow before the day would
close.
Tho pirates were not men to show
mercy, and the least suspicion on their
part meant the massacre of every one of
the iuvaders if attacked before they were
ready. The landing party contrived to
start up the cliff steps first, and while
some, nimble as cats, skipped up
quickly and proceeded to hoist the coffin,
the others lingered along the steps keep
ing the impatient, but yet uususpicious
pirates in tho rear.
While the above incidents were occur
ring .several of the pirates, moved by
their covetous and treacherous natures,
thought it would be a good idea to take
the ship's boat and steal on board the
ship, whose crew they supposed to be all
on shore engaged in the funeral cere
monies. They hoped to be able to
anticipate the reward promised them by
ransacking the cabin. But when they
sprang on deck they were fearfully
taken aback to see a number of lustv
fellows spring up armed from behind tho
bulwarks, who flew at them with great
fury, overpowered them, and gagged
and chained them to ringbolts in the
deck.
This done, the sailors sprang into the
boat and rowed to the aid of their com
panions on shore. As we shall see, they
reached there none too soon. Immedi
ately on getting the coffin to tho top of
the cliff tho invaders gathered around it,
and hurried with it to the chapel. The
pirates also hastened to arrive their first ;
it was nip and tuck which party should
first enter tho chapel. But the coffin
bearers, knowing well tho chances at
stake, put forth herculean exertions;
keeping together in a close group the
sailors crowded into the chapel with a
haste most unseemly for a funeral, and
closed and fastened the door. As soon as
this was done they opened the mysterious
cotlin in a twinkling. Instead of a corpse
it proved to bo packed with daggers,
cleavers, halberds, swords and a blunder
buss or two, with which the sailors hur
riedly armed themselves and were soon
ready for the deud ly affray.
The pirates were now furiously knock
ing for admittance. If not exactly sure
of tho purpose of the invaders, they were
by this time exceedingly suspicious that
such singular proceedings at a funeral
boded no good. lucre was mischief
brewing, uud it behooved them to find
out what all this meant without a mo
ment's delay.
They found out sooner than they ex
pected, and in a very unpleasant way,
when the Cuptain of the ship iu a tone
of thunder cried : "Open the door! And
now, my bruve meu, do your best! Cut
uud sluy! Givo no quarter! Strike
home !"
The door flew open and forth rushed
a troop of armed men falling into the
midst of the band of pirates, laken al
together unawares, tho latter, although
the most numerous, fled iu every direc
tion pursued by tho ship's crew. Some
were cut down on the spot ; others leaped
panic-struck over the edge of the cliffs
and were dashed to pieces on the rocks
below. Others threw themselves into
the sea and were drowned. But a good
number gathered in a rocky angle, uud
being armed prepared to make a desper
ate resistance which might have been
successful, as they still nearly equuled
the iuvaders iu number. But at that
critical moment tho other men from the
ship arrived ; after a short and desperate
fight the pirates were overcome. Those
who were taken ahve were thrown from
the cliffs, not one being left ou the
island. At sunset the other pirates who
had been seized ou tho ship were also
hanged at tho yardurm. Not one es
caped. The vengeance was bloody in
deed ; but then it should be remembered
that many a helpless crew had been sent
to the bottom of the tea by these same
cruel and treacherous ruffians wb,o for to
lottg a time htd ninde the island oi
Sark a teridr to tlio mariners of all
nations. Since that bloody tragedy the
island has been the abode df peucC;
The Indejienderit.
How Postage Stamps are Frrflnred.
As soon as they emerge from the hy
draulic press, postage stamps art
gummed. The paste is mado from cleat
starch, or rather its dextrine, which is
acted upon chemically and then boiled,
forming a clear, smooth, slightly sweet
mixture. Each sheet of stamps is taken
separately, placed upon a flat board, and
its edges covered with a light metal
frame. Then the paste is smeared on
with a largo whitewash brush, and the
sheet is laid between two wire racks and
placed on a pile with others to dry. Great
care is taken in the manufacture of this
paste, which is perfectly harmless. This
gratifying fact has been conclusively
proved by an analysis recently mado by
an eminent chemist. After the gum
ming, another pressing in the hydraulic
press follows. Then another counting
in fact, stamps are counted no less than
thirteen times during the process of
manufacture. The sheets are then cut in
half, each portion containing 100 stamps,
this being done by girls with ordinary
hand shears. Next follows the perfora
tion, which is performed by machinery.
The perforations are first made in a per
pendicular line, and afterward in a hori
zontal line. Another pressing follows,
this time to get rid of the raised edges
on the back of the stamps raised by the
dies; and this ends the manufacture. A
separate apartment is devoted to the
packing and sending off the stamps to
different pos'offices. It will be seen by
this account that any absurd rumor con
cerning the poisonous or unclean proper
ties of postage stamps is utterly without
foundation. United State) Mail.
A Submerged Bull n ay in Spain.
The somnolent couutry of Ferdinand
und Isabella is no slouch when she wakes
up and sets to work in earnest. Just
now she has a novelty in the way of a
submergod railway. It runs through
the surf off Oreton, near Bilboa, 650 feet
out into the ocean. The mines of
Orcton are extremely rich in iron, but there
is no harbor there and great difficulty
has heretofore been experienced in get
ting the ore off to ships. Now that tho
submerged railway has been built it is a
simple matter. It runs out into deep
wattr, and an iron tower seventy feet
high, worked by counter balances, runs
from the cliffs to the waiting vessels.
which was mocred bow and stern in the
roadstead. When the tower arrives at
the ship its top, bearing its load of ore,
is about even with tho vessel's deck. As
soon as tho iron is loaded on to the
ships the weight of the counter balances
pulls the tower back to the cliff, where
it runs up to the mouth of a chute and
automatically opens its mouth. The
chutes comes down from the mines, and
when it has dropped on the tower
enough ore to overcome tho weight of
tlie counterpoise, the tower starts away
to sea again. This sort of thing is kept
up until the vessel is filled. All that, is
necessary to do to start the tower on its
peregrinations and put tho submarine
railway in operation if for the miners to
drop ore into the chute. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
A Gruesome Bangle.
Of all the hideous, uncanny objects
the one that hangs in the window of the
Hall Hubber Company is the uncanniest
and most hideous. It is the preserved
head of a South American Indian.
The head is five centuries old and be
longed to an Indian chief named Iluam
brsa, who was killed during the war
with the Augarnua Indians, on the river
Santiago. The head was cut from the
body by its Brazilian captors, and, with
consumate art, all the bony matter was
removed from the interior, leaving noth
ing but the flesh and skin. Then, by
some long lost process, it was embalmed ;
so perfect is the work that all the features
are preserved in their exact proportions,
but so reduced in size that the whole
head is not larger than a good sized
orange.
Attached to the top of the head, and
run through the upper lip, are long
strands of bright colored hemp, used iu
carrying the head at the waist as a
trophy, after the fashion of the North
American Indians. Black silken hair,
about eighteen inches long, haugs down
on either side, and the chin is adorned
with a black imperial. Even the eye
brows and the short hairs within the
nostrils are preserved. The curiosity is
valued at $5000. Button Glvlx.
A Curious Draw-Bridge.
"One of the most curious draw-bridges
iu the world," said an officer of a West
Iudia fruit steamer, "is iu tho harbor
called St. Ann's Bay, in the Island of
Curacoa. It is called a pontoon bridge,
and one of tho pontoons is a steamer.
The steamer was built in Camden, Me.
It is a scow forty feet long, twelve wide
and seven deep. There is a single shaft
that runs clear through the boat, and has
a forty-inch screw propeller on each end.
The shaft is turned by two 9x12 steam
engines. When the draw is to be opened
the Captain of the steam pontoon casts
off tho lines, gives a toot on the whistle,
und sets the propellers a whirling, and
thereupon half tho bridge swings round
far euough to let the coming ship pass
through. Thcu the wheel is reversed
ami the gup is closed." JVew York Hun.
Revenge on au Autograph Fiend.
Dumus Fils is not the politest man in
the world, judging from a letter of his
recently sold in l'aris. The communica
tion is addressed to a man who had asked
for the dramatist's siguaturc , uud reads
thus: "Dear Sir Do me the favor to conn
und dine with me to-morrow. I shall bt
having several men of wit, and do not
want to be the only donkey at table.
Yours sincerely, A. Dumas Fils." Thil
is a terrible setback, but it is safe to say
it did not anuoy the autograph collector a
particle. He got M. Dumas's writing,
und your true autograph fiend is dis
turbed at nothing, if he accomplishes
bis eua. nicwjo JJeraia, J
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
tltUVV EOOS.
Lovert of hard-boiled eggs will find
Variety as well as neatness in serving
gravy eggs Make a brown or butter
gravy seasoned with cvjrry, gumbo, pep
per or parsley, Remove the shell front
the hard-boiled eggs, place them in
deep dish and pour the hot dressing ovet
them. In a large family this is a time
saving as well as a tidy way to serve the
dairy product. Nea York WorUt,
CARAMF.I. BI.ANC-MANOE.
Soak a box of gelatine in cold water
enough to just cover it. At the end of
two hours pour two cups of boiling milk
over it, and stir the whole till it is well
melted. Melt a cup of sugar over the
fire, with a tablespoonful of water, and
stir it till it is liquid and begins to
brown. When it is a nice caramel add
it to the gelatine and milk, and con
tinue stirring. It may be lumpy nt first,
but will come out smooth if it is stirred
long enough. When it is smooth strain
it into a pint of milk and a pint of
cream. Taste to see if it is sweet
enough. Add a little salt and pour in a
porcelain mold, and set on the ice to be
come firm. Serve with whipped cream
around it. New York Tribune.
POTATO CROCjUETS.
This is my favorite method of serving
potatoes for tea, writes Miss Pollock in
the Prairie Farmer. It also makes a very
nice breakfast dish, as mashed potatoes left
over from dinner the duy before may be
used, but fresh mashed potatoes are best,
so I prefer the dish for tea. Allow one
egg for about half-a-dozen potatoes;
mash them well, beat the egg, stir it
with the potatoes, season with salt and
white pepper; add enough butter nnd
nice sweet milk to make them soft
enough to form in flat balls, make them
pretty firm and perfectly smooth on both
sides; dip each one in egg, then in fine
cracker or bread crumbs and fry a deli
cate brown in hard lard or suet. Drain
the grease from them and servo very hot.
8CALLOFED FI81I.
Break one pound of boiled or broiled
fish cold into small pieces, carefully
removing the bones and skin. Add one
gill of milk, one gill of cream, one table
spoonful of flour, one-third of a cupful
of bread crumbs. Boil the cream and
milk, mix the flour with one-third of a
cupful of cold milk, and stir into the
boiling cream and milk. Season to taste
with salt and pepper. Put a little of the
cream sauce in the bottom of a small
pudding-dish, then a layer of fish,
seasoned with salt and pepper, then an
other layer of sauce, and another layer
of fish. Finally, cover with the bread
crumbs and bake until brown. This
quantity will probably require about
twenty minutes cooking. Ladies" Hume
Journal.
MACARONI, FARMER 8 STYLE.
Boil half a pound of macaroni, and
meantime stir together over the fire one
ounce each of butter and flour until they
begin to bubble; gradually add to them
a half pint of boiling water, stirring the
sauce with an egg-whisk until smooth;
season with a teaspoonful of salt and a
quarter of a saltspoonful each of white
pepper and nutmeg. Drain the macaroni
and heat it in this sauce. Peel and slice
an onion and fry in very little drippings.
Put the macaroni on a hot dish and pour
the onion over. To servo with a bechamel
sauce, merely substitute milk for tho
water and omit the onion. To bake,
put the macaroni, boiled and trained, on
a baking dish, pour over it half a pint of
the white or bechamel sauce mixed with
a quarter of a pound of grated cheese;
dust over the top with fine breadcrumbs;
dot with one ounce of butter cut into bits,
and brown in a quick oven. Yankee
Blade.
lIOl'SF.IIOI.U HINTS.
Tin cleaned with paper will shine bet
ter than when cleaned with flannel.
Emery powder will remove ordinary
stains from whito ivory knife handles.
Rub your stove pipe with linseed oil,
keep it iu a dry place, aud it will not
rust.
Clean the head of dandruff and any
warm, dry feeling, by rubbing the scalp
biiskly with alcohol.
Great improvement will be found in
tea and coffeo if they are kept in glass
fruit jura instead of tin boxes. i
The more often carpets are shaken
longer they wear; tho dirt that collet,
under them grinds out the thread.
As a supplement to a bath two ounces
of glycerine in two quarts of water will
render the skin fresh und delicate.
Tocleause the hair and promote its
growth, rub the yolk of au egg well into
scalp, and rinse out thoroughly with soft
wurm water.
Salt as a tooth powder is better thuu
almost anything that can be bought. It
keeps the teeth brilliantly white and the
gums hard and rosy.
For the face oatmeal made iuto a paste
with two parts of glycerine and one of
wuter may be applied at night under a
line-k, us a complexion improver.
Tho gilding on tarnished picture frames
may Imj restored. Dust carefully with a
soft brush, then wash the gilding iu
warm water in which an ouiou has beeu
boiled; dry quickly with soft rags.
When troubled with soreness or sense
of tightness in the chest, dampen a flan
nel cloth with kerosene, and apply over
the spot. Do not leave it on too long, or
it will blister. Oue uight will usually
relieve the soreness.
One teaspoonful of ammonia to a tea
cupful of water will clean gold or silver
jewelry; a few drops of clear aqua am
monia poured on the uuderside of dia
monds will clean them immediately, mak
ing them very brilliant.
Confectioner's sugar is very fine pow
dered sugar, culled by the trade XXX.
For all candy creams, iciugs, sherbet,
and sweets iu general, this sugar is pref
erable to either cut loaf or granulated,
snd its con is about tquul,
A QUEEN'S DOMESTIC LIFE.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S QUIET ANT
UNOSTENTATIOUS HABITS.
The Uoyal Honeholl Coats J2,
230,000 and Consist or lOOO lie
tuiucrs, Including a Hat Catcher
Of all the principal courts of Europe
that of England is the simplest, and yet
the household maintained by the Queen
consists of over 1000 persons. The dis
cipline is strict and admirably carried
out. The Queen pays the highest sala
ries paid at any court, and in return ex
acts tho most unswerving integrity, the
greatest discretion and most faithful
service. For her household expenses the
Queen receives a yearly grant of $2,250,
000. Her habits are very quiet and unos
tentatious. She rises at 8 a. m., and her
breakfast consists of a dish of oatmeal,
some fish and a cup of cocoa. The lords
and ladies in waiting, thirty-five in num
ber, breakfast in the most sumptuous
style, and it is principally for these im
portant personnges that the following
kitchen staff is maintained: One kitchen
clerk, a chef, six cooks, and fourteen
helpers and storekeepers.
At 10 o'clock her Majesty receives her
letters nnd news. In accordance with
stiict court etiquette the Queen is not
expected to handle a single newspaper,
magazine, or periodical ; neither does she
receive any written communication, ex
cept family letters. The newspapers are
read through by one of the secretaries
to the Privnte Secretary, who makes cut
tings of any news likely to interest her
Majesty, and these are fastened to a sheet
of silk and laid upon the table.
The principal attendants upon the
Queen arc six Pages of the Back Stairs,
whose offices have certainly not a very
honorable name, but who receive the
tolerable salary of $2500 a year apiece.
One of them is in constant attendance at
the door of her Majesty's apartment from
eaily morning until she retires at night.
His position is no sinecure, nnd he has
frequently to carry the Queen's repri
mand to some member of the household
who may iiave incurred her displeasure.
He has also to keep a sharp eye upon
any unwelcome intruders, and must keep
'ever ulert to avoid any unpleasant con
tretemps that might come by announcing
a visitor when the Queen is closeted
with somebody antagonistic to the new
arrival. He must display great tact and
firmness, and yet great delicacy withal.
Recently, when Prince .Battcnberg had
incurred the displeasure of his royal
mother-in-law, she sent her page to sum
mon tho delinquent to her presence. He
refused, and was promptly informed by
tho page that "the Queen commanded
him to appear, and disobedience would
place him under the very painful ne
cessity of summoning tho guard?"
When the Prince complained of this in
solence, tho Prince of Wales, who was
present, and who cordially detests
"those German outsiders," informed him
that laws were made to obeyed ; that he
seemed to have succeeded iu making
himself exceedingly unpopular, so much
so that it might be of benefit to his
health to take a holiday and go back to
Germany for a month or two.
Dinner at the palace is served at 7
o'clock, and the setting and arranging of
the table is a most artistic performance
and occupies about two hours. For this
service a table decker is maintained at
$1000, who occupies a suite of rooms iu
the palace, and three assistant deckers,
besides a wax fitter to arrange the candles
and three lamplighters to light them.
The Queen enters tho dining room pre
ceded by the head usher bearing the
White Wand, the symbol of the "royal
command," and without which no Queen's
messenger cau appear in the House of
Lords to transact any affairs of State.
During dinner the proceedings are fre
quently enlivened by tho presence of the
Queen's piper, who marches round the
table discoursing music more or less
sweet.
Her Majesty always gives the signal for
rising from the table, and proceeds to
her private apartments, where she spends
the remainder of the evening, cither do
ing some fancy work, or listening to read
ing by oue of the ladies of the family.
During this time she also reads over the
various poems and congratulation, of
which she daily receives quite a number
from her loyal subjects, who dearly lovo
the letter of thanks which is sure to follow,
and which looks so well framed and
glazed ! Court etiquette demands that
II communications (excepting personal
s, which never reach her) shall be
inted in gilt letters on silk, und with
a bullion fringe round the edges. Some
London stationers make a sp -'the
work, aud know tho exact d(
bullion lace aud all the other
incuts. A letter of thanks is re.
aud is accompanied by the gold lace .
trimmings which adorned the loval tri
bute, aud the latter is filed away in the
archives of the royal dust-bin.
The Queen retires at 10 o'clock, ex
cepting ou special occasions, when she
retires us early as she can manage to
without disturbing her visitors. There
are eight Ladies of the Bedchamber, who
serve by turns, a fortnight at a time.
These ladies are all of the highest fami
lies, und rarely rank under a Duchess.
There are besides eight bedchambei
woman, also persons ot quality, who real
ly do the work of ladies' maids, and re
ceive $1500 a year. These women serve
by turns iu couples a month at a time.
There is a complete sanitary establish
ment, supported at a cost of $13,500 a
year. Perhaps of all the long list of ap
pendages to royalty no oue earns his
wages more fairly than the obscure per
sonage who figures at the end of the pay
roll the Queen's rut-catcher,whose duty
it is to keep the royul premises free
from "all rats und mice and such small
deer," aud who iu return for this service
receives the modest stipend of $375 a
yeur.
An Important arclucologicul discovery
is reported from New Zt-uluud. It is the
finding in a cave of many relics of men,
birds and beasts, including the bones of
au extinct species of mail,
A WOMAN'S TEAMS.
I hastened home one wfntar' eve,
When dark the drooping shailiiws fell;
I felt my soul disposed to grieve.
Yet what about I could not tell :
But grim forebodings filled my mind
Of some disaster near at hand,
My bosom to despair inclined,
My fears to fever-heat were fanned.
I hurried on with rapid pace
To reach my home and darling wife;
I longed to see the loving face
Which cheered and brightened up my life,
And yet there was a nameless dread,
A strange misgiving in my breast.
That I might And my darling dead.
Or by affliction sore oppressed.
E'en was it as I thought; for when
I reached the house and sought my pria-,
1 found her plunged in sorrow then
The tears were streaming from her eyes.
I clasped her in my arms awhile,
I begged her to explain her fear;
She answered, with a humid Binile:
"I've just been peeling onions, dear!"
John 8. (Irtij, in Lippincott.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A mark of respect $
On a racket The tennis ball.
The last sad writes Epitaphs.
A well ordered life A waiter's.
The "flower" that was "born to blush
unseen," was probably a wall-flower.
A facetious dime museum proprietor
named his ossified man "Bonaparte."
Wattiinyton Star.
Fifteen inmates have just been ad
mitted to the deaf and dumb asylum, and
"still" they come. Life.
No one rides on a sheep ; therefore the
saddles of mutton are not put to their
proper use. New York Atiro.
"Johnny, what teacher are you under
most?" "They nil sit on me when they
get a chance." Munsey ' Weelly.
"What do you find is the first requisite
in business?" "Pluck," returned the
dealer in live goose feathers. Bazar.
A hook he wrote.
Ilis bosom heaves
When critics quote:
"Leaves naught but leaves."
Harper's Bazar.
The horse car conductor U like a
pugilist, because be punches a great deal
and knocks down occasionally. 'ah
intjton Post.
"Do your boarders loaf around your
parlor in the evening?" "No; my
daughter is learning to play on the piano."
Boiton Courier.
He "By the bye, talking of old
times, do yon remember that occasion
when I mado such an awful ass of my
self?" She "Which?"
An artist has just sold a landscape for
$24,000. It seems that au artist's views
are getting to be wortli as much as those
of a lawyer. Statesman.
They say love adds to youug men's sighs.
if it be so, what then !
No single woman, who is wise,
Opposed is to Hymen.
Yankee Blade.
John Doc "Are you carrying a mort
gage on your house?'' Richard Doe
"Yes; and, strange to say, I'm carrying
it because I cau't lift it." Bonton Trait
script. A man can now be cremated in Paris
for sixty cents. But the trouble is that
the man who has sixty cents isn't the
man who wants to be cremated. Yon.
kers Statesman.
Little Boy "Aud will you really be
be my wife?" Little Girl "Really and
truly." "Then run home and get my
penknife for me, and hurry up about it,
too." Chatter.
"What dancing eyes she has I" "Yes.
It's good the dancing stopped there, too.
If she's had dancing cheeks and a trip
ping nose and a waltzing lip, she'd havo
been in hard luck." Harper's Bazar.
She (1 o'clock A. M. , iu desperation)
"I like the Chicago young men best."
He (from St. Louis) "V'h why? may
I ask." She (earnestly) "They havo
some 'go' to tuein." Chicago Times.
"Oh, would f were a bird !" she sang.
And each disgusted one
Thought to himself tills wicked thought:
"t)h, would I were a gun!"
Chiraao Herald.
"By George!" said Hendrick Hudson,
as he entered New York harbor, "what
a beautiful scene! I could stand here all
day and drink it iu." "Indeed you aro
right," said his mate, "it is most excel
lent port." Harper's Butar.
"Why do we call a huudcuff a brace
let?" asked the commissioner of an Irish
recruit at a recent police examination.
"Faith, bekase it is intended for urrist,"
replied the applicant, anil he got tho
position at onco. Jitrelert' Circular.
unt Coupon "Aud now, Georgie,
do you like the tine gold watch I
t you on your birthday?" Georgie
. liked it pretty well, auntie. After
s an' Billy Smith got tired heurin' it
l.-'k wo busted it open und took out det
works. Bill's got iler spring tied onto
his dog. It's a bully dog, too!" Jew
elers' Jicvieie.
The Salmon as a Jumper.
When you study the mime of one of
our native fish, the blue-fish, you know
him as Pomutus sulatrix, because he is
sulutorious. In pursuit of his prey, to
swim as fast as a flush flics is not suffi
cient. He hurls himself clear out of the
water when chasing tho menhaden. All
tho Salmouidie have the same habit oi
jumping; but they spring clear of tho
wuter, iu some cases for feeding purposes,
but as often as not to clear obstacles,
such us fulls, when ascending thu streams
in order to spuwu. When it is rcmein
beied that the leaping salmon has tc
overcome the resistauce of the curreut of
water, the wonderful muscular power oi
the fish cau bo appreciated. Careful ob
servations made by experts, by means of
graduated stakes set iu tho water, show
that an adult salmon can make a perpen
dicular leup of not less than sixteen
feet. It must be, too, a cleau jump, the
tish taking the downward plunge, with
his head entering the water first; other
wise he would be carried buck to his
point of depart ure to tho fall he had
started from. Hurler's Weekly.
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