niKMIMJLKIWKUII IX)ST.
T. H. If ARTTR, Korrea aid Pte'a.
MIDDLRDiriHSH. PA., Al'U. 2. 1803.
Th prison population of India 1
only thirty-eight per 100, (XX) popula
tion, or lew than half tho ratio of
Oreat Britain.
Admiral llelknap, of the United
Rtate Navy, think that ill the day
of steam an.l electricity :ctnunship
will soon become a hist art.
Fifty-six year ago t'ie Idoek on
which tho Chicago 1'osto.lico uow
atiiida wa sold at miction fur d '05. It
i now worth $..MM,ot) .
Sitm i a country which will sooner
or later havo to full to cither Franco
or KnUti'l, and the probabilities nre
that France will get it, in considcra
tiun of her const lit in to the r.ritish
occupation of Kgypt. " riniK," intlM"a
th New York Mail and Kxpre, "tins
rohlx ry of tho weak by tho s'.roti,;
vver goes on."
Tho Vsndcrbilt are pWnniri? to re
produce the extended Knglish estate
in North Carolina. A resident1" in be
ing put up nt Aj1i'V i i ti which, it i
siid, will bo th' :no.t irunilioent pri
vate residence i:i the world, and re
cently 'Jit.Oit') a.-re of laud in the near
vicinity has been puicluocd, of which
it it proposed to make Ml" of th" iillcst
gam-1 preserve in the world. Kyi ry
farmhouse has been torn do n nnd
gutnekecpers are nliva ly in chure or
the properly.
It v.-i ; 1 n i d.iilt surprise many per
sons, thinks ti)'" New York Sun, to learn
that throo-iptartvr of the lu st Known
physician of New Yor City were born
outh of M.i.'oti and Pixon's line, and
are ootmcfju.'iitly only New Yorkers by
adoption. This ft iteMient is ma le upon
the authority of mi eminent physician
ou Madir-ou avenue, v h hud ii a occa
sion to investigate the subject. The
class of physician refi-rre 1 to are thoM
whose ijicomc nr. from ii',1';! u .nr
upward. They ure men who liiie at
tained rnuk in the (.'em r.ll pnetiiv of
. . 1- . f I .i t .
. , , , . . . . i
glllshed thems. Ives by H.iporlulit .l,s-
cowrie in medie.il scieitc.
an i nil -
fc'iry.
The Textile World, in its scini-annual
compilation tf Matistic rebttivc t
textile Industrie, show. th it tie
grow th of cott di manufacturing tl i
been greater ia t'a Nort'i than in t "Htf
7" find that there la no
uu re leinpf,-
r . c -
.i
r . tnnt tnero
wtl r State-, r
u. eitHU.se ox tne lormer. iun inero
ia decrease of t-.Ul productive cupa- j
ciy of tho cou itry nlo n marked j
t'tidencv towards the addition of looms '
it of 'proportion t n. v, npii.uitu: .
, 1 ' , . , . , .
tuat there l::is been tr.l l yc. """
prowtli of the knittiti go. i.l tn-l
an I a tendency to t'.rn r i;in'
that Sh -re is a t -n leri t -.var I e.
cut rat ion in v. ell .!ii:ied e.-tit re v. !: r.
h'iiliel help ill I U'll line is tl!o-f pi -!;
t i fill. This tto:;ll s-.-:i t- indicate
that ia the h.e-.tio:i ..f :i -u j l.mts, t!i
plentiful s:r., of skill.- I h-.-ip is .::
ei.b re I I.y r. i.-t :rer to be a nioro
imp irtaat :i--t jr ta:-.u ch-ip re::t ot
jow.r.
Aoor lir.g t . th- St. I.. i'.- ; il-Ii.-Mo'.ie
jat ti r -ver s J,.ji N" is a
ig:i cor.-pie'to'f'iy iiipl I us to
mike it no longer a n .v.-l'v r.ro itelllo
World's rur tir. ,!:;!-. The ;j;.o:i
cmpny, th.' gr--it So at. .rl'ih.. the
Columbian hute! :'. ( u-.;:.o within
the ut oainls. uud a hun ho 1 or mure
tfrnl' r or 1-n eiit-rpri-: com- u:i 1-t
the above list. So tur a- outside busi
ness has be n concerned th" Fnir is i
failure and tho many thi.u.in Is of dol
lars which it was thought the peoplo
would be compelled to spend for sub
(iitteuce ami lodgings, us will us th.)
extortions which it was int-nded shoul l
be practiced, have failed to matt ria!i.e.
The people who iilteul the World'
Fair are not u pc tiding crow.l ; tiiey
do not come here to spend their money,
and if any of them ii.ivo put off buying
articles of clothiu ;, dry goods or the
like until th"V reuelnd Cliioa th-y
find that the price on ell goods have
been advanced to meet the times, and
they do not buy. This is right; ii
aiouey is to bj .-pent for urticb.h :t
should be spent with the d t at
home, especially when ntirh i.rt, b-
can be bought ach-ap; an-1 I v.i .re
the assertion that in n1n t v-u:r.
out of a hundred they run be pur
chased cheaper. Th) (,'hu;'g' mer
chant MilhsoribeJ liberally to the Fair,
and they want to get their m iu7 b-vk
and they will do it, too, if p-oj,U ar
findirth enong!i to b:al wuh thera.
J'atronize home trvle and Lome Mer
chant and you will r aiony. 1'txr.n
tain 4 bef ir y,ji there, thn
coupard tliai, an 1 yu will lxn thi
in true.
LAUOHINO. PHILOSOPHY.
tf nature deign to Charm the era
With flower ot every hue,
rejoining, though at night tbev die,
Why Dot I happy, too?
Why not why not
Wry not b happy, too?
A thousand errature frisk and fly,
And seek, and spend, and woo .
Shall w the common law deny?
Why not be happy, loo?
Why not why not
Why not be happy, too?
Bquirrxl ami be with rapt f ply
The art their fathers kn'.sr
If those) rejoice, why no may 1 1
Why not be happy, too?
Why not -why not
Why not bo happy, too?
The boady brook go laughing ly,
Th birds ting In the blue,
The yory heaven emit, and cry
Why not be happy, too? .
Why not why not
Why not be bappy, too?
Dora Ilead GooJalo.
AFTERMATH.
ft Kjitu mahi Noann.
OIHL
passed
up the hot,
tbifctv htreet'
wherethew nd
blew acrapa of
dirty paper
atiil other re-
luse under the
feet of (,,, ,
pussers nud tlie '
enu miidtK i
fiercely upon
the not to,,
clean brick!
fho lumped be- '
rif t Ii r paveinrnt.
fore (iuii of n row of ihngy brick that the nerpent eater our Kh n,
houses, unlocked the door with her tmirriut( tho fair nceno by hi hideous
latchkey and pnsed in nnd uji three presence.
flights of narrow utiirs until he Such n ' rprnt had crept into poor
lea.-hed the topmost it;ry; here nhe I Yv'illium' Kden on thi sumnirr after
opened the door iiitijatiew world front noon, taking the form of a well-fed,
that of the stiir nnl h:.llny, wht-h ' well-dresne.1 nnd prospcron busincsa
were no fitting ladder to eiich a paru- man, with whito hand and diamond
disc as tliih -u parndise made by h:r n,'d eoft perMtniva upeech. Yo, by
own little capable hand, aided bv i "onie uuforeHeen chance the renegade
grutitudo dtcp-lyin in her loving father had learned thnt hi child, in
heart. ! stead of perishing in infancy a ho be-
A chr.rl would have forgotten hi ' lieved, hal been reared to wouiauhood
humors in th pleasant nurprise of ; by William Crump,
finding nt the top of the dusty htairs lie had come to J'orton to fee her,
so iptiet ii:id pleasant u place ns thi n,ld liiiknown to her hail Keen her ; hi
little Uo:m of four attic rooms. The -pride had been iullumed by the idea
walls wire papered with the liliteht that thi In nut i f ul girt wa hi dailh
nnd gayest of papers, beca-.ise, do n ; t'"r. Hi midilenly acquired fondnes
one would, one could hardly make too ! for her waa a hpeciea of personal con
bright n house on tlu hlftdy nile of , ceit, a feeling which is too often be
this narrow street ; for the name ron- lieved by it posM'H.sor to bo the much
bou the window were draped rather maligned parental affection.
than hhs led with the whitext of eni.i, I
tied buck with bright ribbons, flouei-H
. , , .
the window mIU; there was a canary t:iken place, and poor William Crump
hanging over one of them in n p:-tt-! v.-ould have beeii welcome to bear hi
bras cage, and tho pictures, tnovg'h, burden uloue. As it was, tieorge Wil
only cheap (iermnu lithogr.inhs, v. ore ' ""u had been urged to this nearch by
well chosen uud iievtly framed in
j white enamel. The furniture was old- j
lu.suiuncil, an.l irolalIy hhaidty, for I
the eaity chair an. loiiye wre' alike i
(;.-ri tiowrred chintz, w.vii.le
U(. three-ply c.riet wo covered byAifJvd thought it would be pleaunut
' " ou on w'"" nTt EM,,T,.!Hh. it tuv"-'l,v-,ipeifnl girl ncrs
eaoriuo.i gray cafwaH peaetIreu-1 bajis, too, the maternal longing which
;........., : in vnni..,'i. ir
jovi1 uer afternoon nap. .
Auniee passed iuto tho kitchen,
qnite a. bright an 1 j retty in it way
a the more pretention hitting room,
.d a. she stood by the t.ible, covered
with neat oil cloth, on which she put
... ,i. ,....,.... 1. ....;...,'
' mi' i j-avv.T nurii.ruii; 11 , " g . T -
' i o ries, she made a picture fair to look "il i true that Anniceiyourdaugh
i'1 '. upon a picture of innocent, graceful b'r; you have given me tin oubtod
' girlhood. Not only was hhe one ,.f proof of your identity. Itistruetbut
, ! the very prettiest irls that ever b!os- ; yon are u rich mun, and that I am a
y so:r.ed in a dingy street, but she had r,,ur one ; 1 will not stand in the child'
" i the air which m-i do tieoide pronounce way, nor iullueiice her iu any degree
lo r ii '"most interesting t?irl ;" her '
very pres.-n , exlrded the idea of pu-
rity an I nol.iUty which is ho marked
in some y.e.ing women uu I is o
fctr.iny.-iy f.teeinating.
Fi r :i moment she was Jot in
thought us she it ood to take br.:ith
a:t- r h- r ar.liioUN climb, but the slrik-
i!i.' of a nctr-M- clock put her revery
to .'liu'ht. "
"Five o'clock," she said, with the
elock
habit of speaking aloud engendered by
long hour of solitude, "and uncle will
be in re at six ; I shall have to hurry."
Ka-stily removing iier hat and cajM-,
sh" busied herself in lighting a kern-
eeue cooktove and making other prep-(
nr.itiotis for the evetiiug meal. She
worked methodically and daintily and
the supper that presently wa set upon
the wbite draped tablo would havo
fcutind-d one hard to (dense.
Ann ice having put the finishing
touches to her arrangement., vanished
into her own room and emerged there -
from looking pi rilou.ily charming in a
dainty gow u of palu pink cheese cloth,
which contrasted v.ell with her rich
brow n hair, and gave the needed suy-
ge.-tion of color to her too-delicate
cheeks, just a a hind touched the
lisn He of the door and it owner in-
te.-.-d the room.
A tall, strong-faced rnn in Luruhle
gcrb u working mnn, industrious,
horny of Land and tend.-r of heart,
':c)i u William Crump, the bent,
the otdy friend that Auniee had
kfionn.
He it w-ji tvLo had taken the moth-
erl-s child in Li strong arm when
the mother lay dead, her heart broken
by the cruelty and desertion of the
(nan aha Lad eh sen for her husband.
Twer.ty year tefor the date of our
story, in a New Kngland village, a
girl and boy Lad grown np together
playmate, friends, lover; then in an
evil day, ambition entered the heart
of th girl, and she left the safe a-
elusion of her country home Ut dwell
in that great Live of workers, a big
city.
A worker hrlf, bright, modest,
intelligent, ahe !iad rnado friends,
many of tbrn donttles more polished
than Lr hoy lover in the distant Til
lage. Lot none more honest and true
bt Lxt. Once or take she Lad writ-
ten U her old frleo, tellinir him of
her life in th city, th tho letter
ceaaed, and later camo wadding cardn
and cake. Then he heard nothing
more for two or three year, w"ben a
whiHpT reached him that " 'Mandy
Jonea" had been deaerted bf her hna
land, who had gone to California,
leaving her in Boston.
Crump heard thewe talea and made
no comment, but he gave np hi. work
at home and nought employment in
Uoeton, hoping that he might be en
aided to htlp hi old playmate, whoso
parent were long since dead, and who
had no near kin to lend her aid.
Thi, the only hope of hi life that
waa to havo fruition, wo fulfilled, but
Mandy waa dying when he found her,
and her Iiat hour were aoothed by
the knowledge thnt hrr little girl had
found a new father in her old friend.
'Don't look for her father, William,"
the poor girl had implore hiro, "he
don't care for her, and likely he'd let
her drift. Ood know, nhe may be a
blcHsing to yon by-and-by.
A Messina sho was from that moment
to the aolitary mnu, who loved her
with the intense affection which wa a
part of hi nature. He got board for
t'neni both with a woman who wa will
in to cure for the child, and be loved
l',,,n" Ht '"K" n" eel tne clinging
1 ", l"'r ' "r!ll, ,,,e hlM "rT oewy
i ''l'"' ,n'' Mt'rtr ,,'r n'l'l,v infantile
So the little one hail grown, know-
ins no love or care save that of h-r
"L'ucle AYilliam ;" and when at hint
i B1Dl"d hal coased him to
''he inene lour room, ana hail made
'"r M'm home a he had nev r
''r,,lll"'1l lHiwshing. Truly, hi
'''""'"o 'ts fullest meaaurj hnd
lnt, ala. for hnmnn hopesl It i
when our happinvs is nt its fullest
Had Ami ice been described to him
n plain, ill-educated and ill-mannered,
his search for her wmiM ve l..v.
i secon I wife whom he had married
Q hi j)rosperity, but who had given
'"m no cniiiiren. tie liatl grown tired
of her puga, and having rather more
("y than ahe knew how to upend.
jink in every woman' brea-st wo
btrong in her.
' At any rate, Wilson hid ma le it Iiis
j business to seek Mr. Crump at hispiace
ofLttinoM .and had there made large
1 offer which were lmlignantly rejected
l.v th.. i.rou.l lionest i...in
"Vimst takiug the better fortune that
o!!'. rod her I love her too dearly,
1 u"Mt " recompense for what I have
done in the pnst ; you eaunot reeom-
jien-e me for w hat you take from ine
if you take her."
''''' WUH VVilliuin Crump' Bnswcr,
and it hnd been arranged that Wilson
, oauvmor lor ine nrsi
time, to her knowledge, that evening;
ind William, in the meantime, had J
I lomisea to suy notniug ol tne matter
to her.
So William' step wn slow and
heavy us he climbed the familiar
stair, and hi utmost effort could not
make hi greeting cheerful a he
e.itered the room. For once he wa
' glad to es-apo her caresses and made
' hi way to hi room to chango hi
clothing, its hud been hi invariable
custom siiiee he had felt himself uuttt
in hi oil-grimed garment to nurse
! the baby girl in her dainty white
j raiment. A La entered in his cool
; clean seersucker coat, Auniee led him
j to the table and waited on him deftly,
, chatting merrily the while, for she had
noticed that he wa not in hi nsual
j good spirits, and thought that tho heat
and Li work had wearied him.
So sho lavished caressing attentions
upon him, ttnw lttiug that each dear
way but ad led to tho sum of Li
auyuish and despair,
Yes, despair, for never father loved
1 child better than he did hi adopted
j niece, and in hi care for her he had
j allowed himself to form no other tie.
j Separated from her, he would bo like
' a tree blasted by lightning, like a ship
i denuded of it rudder Mid rnast ami
; forced to complete a journey oyer
' rough seas.
j At lost supper, which hsdseetned an
, eternity to him, wa over, the dhthes
put away, and then Annice brought
her violin, and heavenly strain filled
the garret room. To William, the
! music-lover, the rapturous strain
j sounded like a requiem ; strange he
! thoughtfor feeling bad made hi
brain strangely benuinld and cloudy
that Anni ahould play her own
re.piiem -or was it his? Then came
the dreaded knock at the door ; he
arose and felt that life waa ended for
him a the stranger came is at the
door-
"Annice, dear, thi gentleman i "
he panned, unable to tell her more,
and hie hand trembled as he steadied
it on the back of a chair and ahe,
divining trouble, gaced intently on the
visitor who had invadod their peaceful
privacy.
"I am a very near relative," said
the stranger in a suave voice, in answer
to her look $ "in fact, the nearest that
ou could have. Can't you guess who
am?"
"I don't know. I didn't know that
I had any relations, except Uncle
Will."
"Did you never hear your father
spoken of?"
"My father!" eiclalmed Annice in
a-nar.ement, "no; I always supposed
thnt I wan an orphan."
"Would you hove wished me to tell
her what I knew of her father?" aaked
William slowly.
A he spoke a picture rose before
George Wilson. A bare, miserable
room, himself ah, waa that disreputable-looking
loafer really George
Wilson a he had been a shabby,
worn woman, whose tear and re
proaches half maddened the wretch,
until he forgot his manhood and struck
her, awakening the sickly infant,
which began to wail, and ho slunk
from tho room forever.
Hie portly, prospermia man shud
dered und put forth hi hand n if to
push something away from him :
"Xo, no, no!" ho reiterated, "I
tlmnk you, sir, as much for your re
servation, a for your care of my of
my daughter."
A Wilson nttered the last word, do
what h ) would, William Could not re
press a groan, that one word meant to
him loss tliu deepest, the most irre
parable loss thut he could know; for it
meant that hi one ewe lerub, hi blos
som of love, phieked by him from the
gutter of poverty and neglect and worn
in hi bossom these many happy years,
waa his no longer, but had passed into
tho possession of another. Anuice, n
the sound fell on her ears, was nt hi
side in a moment.
"Uncle, dear ttncle!" she cried,
forcing him into a chair n sho spoke.
"Thin will make no difference to us;
no ditTereuee at all."
"Dear child, it must it will. You
must go with your father. He i rich,
influential, ho can give you what I
cannot mako a great lady of you,
Annice."
"A lady ttnclef I would rather bo
a working woman than an idle fine
lady. Do you think I could be happy
iu the midst of all sorts of gaieties, if
meanw hile you, who have been mother,
father, brother tome, were here alone,
toiling for your daily bread with no
one to sweeten it for you?"
"Mr. Crump shall be well provided
for; he will have no further need to
toil," interposed Mr. Wilson.
Annice turned with flashing eye;
"He will be alone!" she said; "do
you think your money will pay for
that !"
"Don't you think a daughter' right
place in with her father?" asked Mr.
WiUon, persuasively.
"Then," said ahe, "I have been in
the wrong place for a good many year;
so that now I feel it to be the fi&kt
one." .
Mifnf&rdeB'i-,"uiurta vVilliarai gently,
"you will go with your father, I shall
do very well. You can write to me,
yon know, and tell mo of all your gsy
doings, and I shall have my books nnd
my pipe, and I shall sit hero nnd think
of the happy day here in the time
w hen wealth and parent were unknown
to you. Oh, I shall do very well, deur ;
Very well, indeed!"
lint Annice stood by tho side of hi
chair stroking hi gray hair, and tho
tcr.r were running down her whito
cheeks.
"Uncle, you break my heart," eho
said. "What havo I done that you
should send me from yon? Don't you
know that no place, however splendid,
would be homo to me without you?
Sir," she added, turniug toiler futher,
"I eaunot go w ith you. 1 am of age to
choose, u:id I urn hi by right of all tho
year of care und tenderness he has bo
stoued upon me. He ha denied him
self n thousand thing that I might
have the best ; all that I am, I owe to
my Uncle William; I shall sttty und
work with him and for him until death
part. us."
Within the room a deep silenco had
fallen ; without, were all tho sign of
the common, shabby life of tho neigh
borhood clumsy step upon the stair,
children playing and shrieking about
the doorways, a late huckster crying
hi stale berries. William ami Anuico
were upon tho height, and even
George Wilson, whoso thought moro
commonly ran to real estate and dol
lars, caught the light from their tran
figuration. He was tho first to open
tho book of speech after thi sucred
silence.
"It i right; it is just," he said,
slowly. "I am disappointed, of conriie,
but 1 am not mean enough to grudge
you the daughter you have fairly won,
Mr. Crump; you and I are both reap
ing the uftermath of the seed we have
sown. Annice, you will write to me
sometime. I am to blame, bitterly to
blame, in this matter ; I treated your
mother, a good a woman a ever
lived, shamefully, and thi i my pun
ishment. A a proof that yon have no
hard feeling against me, you will ac
cept the allowance I shall send you,
daughter? Home day, perhaps, we
shall meet again ; till then, good-by."
He shook hand with William, and
then turned to Annico.
"(Jood-by, dear father," she said,
clasping his neck aud kissing him. "I
shall love you, too, though my plane
ia with him now." Yankee Ulado.
In the early year of this century
there were thirty-three ton of silver
to one of gold iu circulation.
The Roman loaned private or con
sular coins, which bear the nam of
Try leading Uomaa family.
to mro inert,
Tde best thing with which to darn
table linen and towel is thread drawn
from them in thoir early daya and
kept wound on a spool against the diy
of rent and tear. When these threads
have not been saved, embroidery cot
ton or floea ia the best thing to use.
to cuAif Atrn nuura.
Tiers i a never failing removal of
mildew from white goods: Dissolve
chloride of lime in hot water and
train it through a fine cloth. Dilute
it with cold water. This will also
bleach unbleached cotton or nnder
vrear which has grown yellow from
joor washing or lack of use. Wet the
good thoroughly before putting it
into the solution. Allow it to remain
in the solution over night.
A bath Arno.
Any little schoolgirl who can new can
easily make a pretty present to her
mother for nursery tie to be worn
when the small toddlers of the house
hold have their bath. One yard of
canton flannel should have a two-inch
hem ou either raw edge. The selvage
aide need not bo touched. Tho hems
should leave the woolly side of the
flannel at tho right side.
Around three sides of the apron,
about an inch from tho edge, work a
feather stitch in pale piuk or blue
washing silk or I1ax thread. Extra or
namentation in chain stitch may bo
added in the word "splash" across one
corner, and if tho young ucedlewotnan
can embroider, a little tlight of bird
or n duck with her duckling may be
worked iu outline or chain stitch across
the other comer.
A yard and a quarter of ribbon, 1
inches wide, my be slipped through
the hem at tho top ; lie tho npron
about tho waist.
Thi not only make n good protec
tive covering for mamma's dress, inex
pensive and easy to wash, but it serves
an a soft, warm wrap for baby frjsli
from hi dip. St. Louis Republic.
to itESTonn Btr.T.
If yon want to bo always prepared
u deal with grease spot on your silk
gowns, keep the following preparation
at hand : l'owdered French chalk wet
with soap suds, pressed into cakes ami
dried in the sun. Then when your at
tentive escort drops a cup of chocolnto
down tho front breath, sinilo amiably
and go homo happy in tho conscious
ncs that you can repair the damage.
Luy the stained piece on clean cot
ton cloth, the rik'htsido down. Scrape
j-our soap on tho spot. Cover with
H"V fold of tianuo paper and press
wit,'l"''''iot iron for n minute or so.
IU ii ' .iipcr. Scrape off the chalk.
P.ub the plai.-o with ii torn piece of
pipU'boaril to restore tho gloss.
n exccilleiit wuhIi for dark silk
(lre'ses is umde of a cup of cold woter,
a lfdf teaspoon of honey, a half tea
spion of soVt soaAiw i.x.'s wineglass
of iieoiio.i, xhe silk that are spc
.1 tt.i. .,...u,f!.M. nl.nnl.l !. r ..
in clear, cold water and prossod ot 1
watts r l A I II a-p-rawwuirfrariav ByBJLVaj
. , 1 , , i ...,. iT I
wrong side while damp.
To restore it pristine smoothness
to wrinkled silk, sponge it on the right
aide with a very weak solution of gum
arabic and pre on tho other side.
New York World.
WASHDAY
Even washday may be rn'obed of
soma of it terror by a little fore
thought, ltcmovc all stain from linen
before putting it to soak. Hub the
soiled fpot with soup. Soak in soft,
cold water, but not in and or with
washin:; powder. Wring the clothe
out of the soaking water into tho rub
bing water, n few nt a time. Hub tho
coarse articles on thti bor.rd and the
Hue one with the hand. Wring uud
turn into tho second rubbing water.
In both th '.'bo tuba tlui water should
bo warm.
To every two pnihi o" water for boil
ing mid n table. Hpootifttl of keroseun
nnd to the whole boiler il half bur of
soup ecrapt'd aud melted in hot water.
I'ut in tho clothes and note the tituo
wheu tho boiling begitm. Let them
boil about seven minutes uud then re
move, preparing a now boiler full of
water for tho next lot of clothe. Let
each lot ns it come out be put into n
tub with tho water from the boiler
over it. Do not boil colored good.
Wheu all have been boiled, rinse iu
clear tepid water, then ill cooler clear
water, und then in blue wuter. Sturch
very lightly those thing which ro
rpiire starching and dry. Colored cot
ton, if dried out of door nt nll.i lioiild
be taken in a soon u possible, for tho
sun fade them. Xew York World.
IIUCIVE.
Custard Toast Dring n quart of
milk to the boiling point, season uud
add two egg well beaten. 1'oil one
miiiuto aud pour over six slice of
buttered toast. l'llt iu tuu ovt'll liutd
the cuHtard i set.
Fruit Ithuio Mange Stew straw
berries, raspberries or currant and
strain off tho juice uud sweeten, l'lueo
over tho tiro and when it boils htir iu
one tabkspooiiful of mo.su farina to
every pint of juiei), Let it boil aud
pour iu a pint of milk. Set ou the ice
to cool ami servo with wh'ppod cream
and sugar.
Stuamod Urea I Ftidding Take one
half cap of sugar, oue-third cup of
butter, one-half cup of milk, u tea
spoon of croam tartar, one-half tea
spoon of sods, onn tahhtspoou of mo
lasses, one-half cup of raisini.and one
fourth teaspoon of cinnamon, allpioo
and clove. To theno add one cup of
milk, with all the bread crumb or
stalo cake it will nbtiorb, and Hour
enough to make stiff a soft ginger
bread. Htaatu iu a one-quart tiu pail,
three to four hour, covered lightly.
To be eateu with liquid sauce.
KEYSTONE STATE CULli;;
PENNSYLVANIA FARM?,
rat KtfustR is kacsj covtrrT accord
thi CRKkr or 1890.
TTiraaeBfi uflMMlit, IM-. if .l .
k..j .r i i. t .. "H
... - ... (sj
ni Dure a at v astiington a ubgi..
Statement showing tbs anmbsr offirrmJ
counties sccoruinR to ia csnn of in
Lancaster county bead th list with J
wbll ths smallest number Is In CtranJ
wdicd no out i ns number In
other counties of tbs Btats ars sjlyea n .
lows:
A flam 3.3.1 Allegheny 8,311; ArttiH.
liii pnTcro.nu; onmiiru, o.tfjh Ik
H Wl; Hlalr 1.4'sT; llrsdfortl iT
H.3tM; Duller 5 .Wl; lmbrla 2 241;
02; tntr J.18D; l'hter a,tl;(;irnnJ'
CUsrllsl.l 2M'2; Clinton l.l'l'i c,)utl
J. I.V Crawford 7.7; Cumberlsn.l jV'
Hannhin 2.077; ftlwre 4(J!, Klk?Yt r
MSI; Ksyetts 3..TJD; Komi n; pri'., '
3.a; Fulton 1.304: Urren 2.02U; HunuJ
don 2.3tM; Imlisna 4.014; JrfTrvn n
Juniata l.HOO; ckwanna I.ISTM; Ur J
S..VW; Lebanon 2. nit; l.el.ih 3.37: .Jj
2.fcV. Lyoun Ins 3.872; MeKesn l,4W v.J
6,021; Mi 111 in 1.1 43: Monro 1.7(17; M,ii,t,vl
fj 6..VI1; Mnntonr 1 14; Nortnbsmptin 3 1.
Nurthumherlsml 2..WI: Pvrrv l:tu k
delphlsSOl: Pik 0 1 1; I'ott-r 2.T2; Nrnh ,1
Hii..i.. i nt?. a..M.k..i ii u..ti:...
8nittlititiA 4.710; Tlona 4,Vi.'i; ,
1.2. M; VennnKo 3.0ol, Wrre.n 2.HM; W
Inston 4. Ml; Warns 3,llji; tVeinior,ii
6.3. UJ: Wyoming 1.73.; Yor 7.730.
PENNSYLVANIA CR0M.
DROUTH SIDUL'M TH K Vlll.0 OP Co lit,
TOTS, AfPl.tl ASOrSACHM.
ro?i
HiRRtitt'su Secretary Kilgs. of iIksu
jinsra ot Agriculture, say ot in cr
"Tli cron of corn and Ut potato ,
utfielently advanced to ftiow coiirlu.;,,
that the recent drouth will great y rlai
their yielding. The sm ctnie tj.
creased the yield and tlz of app'n u
I. t
j" practically cut down .5 per cent., nnj ti,
fipnriirs. i iia cmn ui u id D.rr p. .
few thst were picked were Inferior in u,
ty and sir,.
"In ninny places th grape crop hastm
very muoli dweised. la Suuiheiiir
Pennsylvania dairymen have been ot
felled to feed hy and grain to their crt.
to mk up for ths ret decreuso la U,
mount of pasture."
CROPslintNKI) I'P
T Til lwoi Tii tii,t ii as rsrvnurs n
ckntsai. rr.sNsri.VASn.
Joiikstowji liciKirl to crop cntiriwv.
for (ioveriniinit liiformstlon aro tlmt
country i:i tlm cctio:i of l'enieylrani i
In Wore cmic'itioii th refill ol pru'og,
il iliouth. tbNti it bus been from the i.r..
rnuen in I vests. I tiers are laifs ra. -this
mid ailjacent cnuutiis wliere cruji-ru
tiirimt in tliese laiitude early Iu Au.i,.
and until tin m ddle of Septemlior
yie d only 4 pvr cent of the averse f
dud ion Thee rrop have been 1 itcrj
burned up nml mins now would not m.
to restore tlictii, slilioinrh it wnulil ttc,
the dainnire to grow th maturing Inter.
The corn crown In the North run .ti
mer drouth and Imilier leniMraluri'i tU
Itnxt oilier of th native crops, ntul i i
yield will be next to nothing. The
croi) was not tsuuht lor to loins a si. te. k-
it wilt bo lUbt and Inferior. l'uUtov. Uu
sloppet erowniK In field aitifreustuiK raut
inoimiinii acres, ami uios mi eseaj'e u
dry rot will pcarecl'r ! tit for seed imri.m
bate berries bar dried on th Haiku,
in nesrly ti whol area of th I .ate tt
oi f'Tauiituiua (! blackberry crop ii i
.... prrspect aro t t at the fruit
aQ UI . . . i .
kre no better than the grain
JS'. I
t i. I
l ' I
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'1
vv 1
nn hi
iirip,
lot, r
nni,
and pear at this lime at n
.. ... I h sr linip'y rip'unir. si r
tbsn their normal n. Th crop i
six weeks sito ha been reduced
fully 40 percent. Th scitreuute
can only be approximated l minuinni
of returns from wide.y s' a rated diiru,
but it will run into lh millions of dot, r
in tho l1liiiii)t scrtionn of i'enniylvnm,
Ohio and Weet Virginia. Many f.irmea.
rnif s,
I j
iciil.7 k
accord i ni: to the retmrts otaccnM In
sition to know, will be aocriopled Hiianciil.i
that they will not recover lor years,
Amoxo the pensions l-nud nt W.vhin
ton, Inst week were the folllowni loriVim
sylvauiuns: UrlKinul, Aielrcw I,. .S'.v.i , A
Albion. lie county. Oriitiuul. wi.!"'
etc., I-ah Krazel of bono PI ue, WhIiip
ton county, and Kva 7.. Clark, of ISrmltonl
Mclvean couutv Increase. John M
Kotliih, Mt. I'le:nnnt. Original w idow,
etc. Sarah Shearer of Leechburg, llarii
Taylor, of beernysvillo. Miirtha .1. Il'iri.c
of 'Altoond. I luster A. Hradley, of l'.lliri.Ui
Mary Moore of ICrie, C'liriilma 'feliiMtfrl 'ii
i f Pittsburit and minor children of t'lms. I
llutterticld in Crawford county.
Tur 11 year old son of J. II. Fimnion
Rochester, while playing on a lariie Iir
a slops near the Tumbler work, startol ill
log rollinif. He fell ol! and the l"i; cmvM
liiin and crushed the life out of him,
dtici:ij( hi body utmost to a pulp.
RtrtiARn Mi'Oskady. a well known fartn
er, wa killed TIniMday at Lawrence J imc
tiou, tifnr New (mile, white workitu; "
the Pennsvlvatila railroad const nuiiin
train, from which ho fell, being grouudw
piece.
I (iermnu township. Fayette roiintf,
locust tree sre havinx their 'second blim
which is reireenled as hoimt si full ss (I
tlrst was. oll citizens Buy they nuver
the Ilka before.
Karmkrs In Llsonier townshio. Vet
mnrlstid county, are excited over tli J"
enverv of thn-s vein of coal, tho first, th
feet below the turlac, being 13 foil thick
A nio!.tR stove exp orted st tne reuli-nf
of j. N Pur.lv. Mesdvillii. Mr l'ur.lya";'
s vonnif dauifhter wer frlulitfnlly btiinra
It is believed the former will die.
At Meadville, the Farmer' Co-orient N
Itank Iia4 cloed it lo ir. The stockho t
rs, who are iudiyidually liable, areubletu
puy all liabilities.
SwARWSof irraw hopper are destmylnl
th cro and even eating tip the fences mid
agricultural implement of Lawrence cuumr
farmer.
ItY the discovery of tool In W. J. Kiln"
cell, th authorities of th Ws-liln-""5
county Jsil discorered a big plot to r'9.
A rim D of Frank (illl. of Trntiirer, Wet
morslsnd county, waa crushed to death un
der tb wheel of a neighbor' wagon
Owino to the drouth the water company
at Wsynenburg Iia announced iu Uiubilny
to supply II paliuit.
Tan Arhmn tel cting compsiiT.
Rlmron, closed down, alleging Inuuility
gut iimiiey for wage.
A Kixkvah ulrl.Mnnd Uns, st leeereia
shortly rwr buying U wtli pulld. oh
hardly recover,
A Kkh.kto of on of lh flood lift'8
... f.,n,.i in lh Cambria river at J"w
town yesUrday,
It I Indignantly denied that th Uoclnj-
ter nimbler company win nui uowu
On lelv.
UssnsastiRii iprtnnad lb And frl
itlMSoll. Oil YVUIBily DlgUI.
'e.. t.mm .i,,i. w..l . nt a.ihI hifa bn
urd lieur (iresmb'l'f