Ones In a Whllo. )Oate In a whllo tho aim shines out , And tho arching skies are a porfoot Hue, .Ones In a while 'mid cloud of doubt Faith's fairest star nrn praptng through. Our pnths load down by the meadows tnlr, Where tho sweotost blossoms nod and smile .And wo lay aelln our cross of pare, Onco In a while. t)nne In a while within our own We fnolthe hand of a steadfast friend Onoa In a whllo wo hear a tone Of lore with the heart's own voice to blond. '.And tho dourest of all onr dreams oomn truo, And on life's way Is a golden mile i Cash thirsting flower Is kissed with dw, Unoo In a while. Onoe in n whllo In the des"rt sand We find a spot of tho fitlrest urwn Onco In a whllo from whore we stand Tho hills of Paradise are seon. And a perfect Joy In our hearts we hold, A Joy that the world cannot defile i We trade ear.h drosa for tho purest gold, One In a whllo. WHAT HAPPENED. Aunt Tatty awoke our! with tho bright April morning, fooling sura something was going to hnppon. Sua had heard High Top Calvin, tba kiug of tho flock, orow tiiue timos at mid night, ami Lympalby Limp, tha lamo white pallet, was cackling before ana rise. Aa the momenta passed, and Annt ratty bognn patting on the gar ments that lay no smooth and orderly on a high-backed chair, she folt surer and anrer her aouviotione would come trno. She put one stocking on wrong aide out, the right shoe on the loft foot, and skipped threo boles la lac ing hor stays. She tried twice to pnt both arms intoono sloeroof her dress, nd bnttoned it by leaving two holes t the top with no bnttous, and two buttons at the bottom with no boles. She conld no longer atill her reason ing, bat bnrst out, "Patty Prentice, are yon a fool?" Just as aha bad got the refraotory buttons into plnoe there came a pro longed knock nt the porch door below. "Ob, doarmel" she eaid, "what's coming now? Somebody must be dead." Ilor thoughts and tongue ran swiftly as she triad to nntie the night cap strings that in her hurry bad got into a hiirdknot. "P'raps it's Doacou Hopkins' wife. Belinda Johnson said . last night the doctor suid she couldn't pull through; or maybo it's Martha James husband's mother ; she's awful feeble. Or what if it should be Joe Baokus' boy Jim 1 He always throws a stone at Sanoko every time he passes here" Sancho is her cat "They any Jim's likely to get killed any time." Aunt Patty had conquered the strings and hung the cap on the bed post. She started down the narrow ataira, atill thinking of Sanoho's perse cutor, and repeating, "The Lord, gave and the Lord hath takou away; blessed be tho name of the Lord." She crossed tho kitohon and reaching the porch moved aside from the door the woodbox with its pile of tin pans. Annt Patty bad not the protcotiou of a man in the house, "But tin pans make as much noise as a man, any time," she said, "and perhaps are as good in protecting." She slid back tho bolt, turned the button, and asked noxiously, "Whatis it?" "Mover wants you to ooroe right over.Aunt Putty, "a childish voioosaid. "She's got unexpected company. Don't stop to get any breakfast, I ain't bad none, noiver." ''Unexpected compiny," repeats Aunt Patty. "I wonder if tho day will ever come when I am not at the bock and call of everybody's company and pilcd-up mending basket." But sho - roaohes oat, puts tha child's bead,nnd kindly says, "Well, coma in.Johnuie, and you can eat aome doughnuts while I'm getting ready." Her doughnuts are known to every child ia the village; they are a gener ous kind, or, aa the ohildron say, "not all hole." It is a bright gleam of onshine in ber lonely life that chil dren love her, and many childish sor- rows and wrongs are aootbed by ber . ready sympathy and tho contenta of the never-empty tin bos in the square cupboard. Annt Patty ia soon ready, for she ia not a precise old maid who must leave everything at an exact angle. She often says, "There are old maids from compulsion, and old maids from choice, and I am a aort of betwixt and between." ..,'. . But many of the village people re member the lover of Annt Patty's girlhood, and often over the tea cups baa the prediction been given, "They'll both got tired of living alone, and make it all up. Ton sea if they don't" ' , - "' - Johnnie feed the bens while Annt Patty pate Ssocbo'e breakfast under tba doorstep, with the always added Jmouitioo . ' : " . ; i C?9, Sancho, If yon tea Jim i&k. ns eomiug, run right under the bon boitse." Bhe closes the gate, and stops to look at the lilno bush, nnd thinks of the purple plumes hidden so closely in the bright groen buds. "IIow kind Naturo Is to all lite en trusted ii ils cnrel" sho says; "and it never makes a mistake." Sho. thinks how sweetly the birds sing, and how rnnoh of life there is in the bright spring morning. She finds hersolf ringing, "If It were alwnys May, sweetheart, If It wero always May." She stops suddenly, remembering tho weight of nearly fifty year. But she cannot closo ber eyes to the swell ing buds aud aweet awakening that shows nt every step along the road side. They cross tho narrow bridge, and Johnnie, growing impatient, runs ahead and calls, "Lot us hurry, now, Aunt Patty, for mover is waitin'." She follows Johnnie into the house, through the long entry, and stops jnst at the parlor door to leave her bon net and shawl. Rbn hears the child's to loo, "I didn't toll I I didn't tell I Now, Undo John, dlr me the eandy." Mrs. Hastings meats hor at the door and says in a glnd voice, "UnoleJohn boa come bnok, Annt Patty, and wa wnut yon hire for a nice long day." 8bo bears another voice apeak ber name, aba fct lt a warm band clasp here, and like 0110 in a dream she en ters the room. She hours the ques tions and replies, but alt sound far away only Johnnie's bnppy voioe seems real. "Ton aiu't got to do nuf&V today Annt Putty not sew, mend, nor nnffin'. Mover said so didn't she, Unole John?" "Unless she will mend a broken life," he slowly answers. "I dess she oau," eaya Johnnie, "for my wookiug boss dot his tail bowked oft", and she stnckt it on jist as good as ever." Annt Patty tnkes tha mending bas ket, thankful for ones to busy herself with its contents. So the quiet spring day goes on. Neighbors drop in to see the wan derer. Talk of travels, Western life, and many changing sceuos she hears, but her own heart is treading tho path that thirty year have made. Many piotures wero dim and almost for gotten ; bnt today the fires of memory are all lighted, aud every image is shown in truthful outline. The basty word, the parting, the waiting nnd unoertainty.nud then tho lonely years. Tha sunbeams had just failed to enter the west window as Aunt Patty folded the last garment and put the needles and thimble into the workbng. She upoke of Sancho and the bens needing their supper, aud hurriedly pnt on ber bonnet nnd shawl. A tall form wnits at tho door, aud together they walk down tho patb, across the bridge and nloutj tho coun try road. They talk but little. Each heart is asking nnd nniworing its own questions. They enter the yard ; sho closes tho gate, and turning to the road, they stand nud gaze at the pio ture. There is tho groen in endow bo low with tho winding river, the blno hills beyond, nli softened with tho lights of tho spring sunset. She sees it all tonight with a gin's cluur eyes of years ago. He xpnuks her name; she tnrua to see him standing with head bowed aud baud olaspod. "Patty," ho says, "will yoa repeat the words you said here at the gate thirty yours ago: 'Yon are nil to blame, John Hastings, I will never marry you,' nnd loave the never out?" Her fuco shows a s tartlud look that changos to a tendor srailo, and softly she answers: "I will leave the never out." Aud that's what happonod. A Skull Like Iron. Tbe man with the thickest skull in the world lives in New York. lie made fonr ineffectual attompts to kill himself by shooting bullets into bis bend recently. Then ha gave it up in despair, as the ballets failed to penetrate bla sknll, although the pistol was held close to his bead. With threa big bullela imbedded in the aealp thia man with tbe tbiokest sknll in tbe world walked from Canal street to Bollevno Hospital, a distanoo of fully threa miles, and there placed himself under the care of tbe surgeons. He is John Smith, an,d he lives at No. 116 Forsyth street When Smith was examiued at Bellevno it was found that three ballets from a82-oalibre re volver were lodged in his boad. Ono wound'was directly in the con tre of htstoroneadY where' apparently be had held tbe pistol in tho hope of killing himself' instantly; ' The bnllet bad m'eVelf flattened itself against his Two other wonnds wore on the top of the bend. The bullets here bad plunged downward, but Smith's sknll was so strong that they failed evon to cause concussaion of tho brain, aud they flattenod out aud remniucd in tbe scalp. The fourth wonnd was in tho right cheek, and tho ballot had lodged in the fnco after falling to peuotrnte to the brain. Smith denied that ha had tried to commit suicide, but tha re volver, with four empty chambers, whs fonnd in bis room. The doctors say that if he had placed the ninzzloof the revolrer at his temple, he probably would have suc ceeded in killing himself, us the skull nt that point in thinner than else where, and is easily brokeu. Yet there bos never boon a pationt in Bidle vue whose aknll resisted fonr largo bullets front a 83-calibro pistol hold at close range Tbe pitionb, who had robust constitution, began to re cover rapidly as soon as tha fonr flat tened bullots were taken oat of his htad. New York Journal. Tho Colors of the Eyes, Into tbe realm of seutiment the so date and matter-of-fact stntistioian ob trudes bimsolf, intent on dealing, through percentages, with matters bich one might think would bo ex empt from suchprosaio consideration. Tho latest enbjeot of statistical in- qniry, nays the Philadelphia Times, is light nnd dark eyes, nud as tho result of sundry rosponses to questions pro pounded iu various couutrios nnd dnly authenticated it ha been discovered (nnd not merely dinoovored, but also proved) that, taking the average of En ropy and America, 410 is tho per centage of men having light cyos, in cluding blue and gray. Tho propor tion of girls and women having blue or gray eyes is by tbe same computa tion 313 por dnt Iu other words, blue eyes are decidedly rarer among women than among men, and it is for this reason perhaps that bluo eyes, es pecially in combination with blonde bair, are esteemed so highly ns n feat ure of feminine beauty. Men havo light eyos oftoner than women, bnt in the intermediate range of color between light and dark tbe perceutngo of tbe two soxca is very neorly.thougli not quite, the same. Ia this intermediate category ore. brown nnd hozol eyes, neither pnre light nor geuuine black. The percentage of these among men is 43.1 and among women 45.1. The peroontnge of dark, or more properly black eyes, is larger among women, being 20.7 percont of the whole number, while among man it is 13.3. Perhaps it is tho relative rarity of dark eyes among men which establishes the rule that dark-eyed men are estoimcd by women to bo more fortunate in tbe color of their eyes than blue-eyed men. He Raised Them. A fow nights ago a minor from the North who had lately sold a claim, had money to burn, and was in nn in cendiary inood, come down to Spo kane to make tbe onrreucy bontlro. Ho was rather l usty looking whou he struok Spokano, but he was hungry, and before going to a barber shop or bath, dropped iuto an up-towu restau rant to get something to eat. There was but ono waiter, nud he, busy our rying oliumpngue to a party at another tablo, paid little nttentiou to the hard looking miner. Finally the waiter was oullod over, when tho miner said : "See here, kid I Do I oat?" "Sorry, I can't wait on you now," was tbe prompt reply, "but tho gen tlemon there linvo just ordored a fifty dollar dinner." "Fifty-dollar dinner be hanged I Bring mo 9100 worth of ham and eggs and be quick about it I Do I look like a guy who can be blulTjd . by a mess of popinjays?" He was waited upon promptly. Spokane (Wash.) Review. Sharing a Log With a Dear. Incidental to the reoent great storm many stories will undoubtedly get in to cironlation that will exhibit hero ism, romance, and ludiorons inoidonts dovetailed with tbe aoooants of loss of property and tbe wrecking of fortunes. John Baker came down Miller Biver on a big fir tree. Mr. Baker seated himself at the butt of the tree, and after going down abont half a mile he had company. A huge blacks boar, swim ming for hi life in the seething watar climbed on the tree and stationed himself about thirty feet from the man. In addition to his already pre ourioue situation! that bear nearly frightened Mr. Baker to death. But Mr. Bear was about as badly soared as tbe other fellow, and wlfeu the our rent finally drifted tbe tree to dry land, the bear took to his heels with aa rnnoh. auority as -Baker. Seattle" Post" Intelligencer. WONDERFUL FIRE. A Paste Whioh When Ignited Nothing Can Extinguish. Useful Properties, but Danserous in Criminal Hands. There is a fire that never dies, aud it is hern, and in this world, too, says tbe Oinoinnntl Rnquirer. This strange fire is of tha consistency of paste, and is harmless while in a quiot slate. The friction caused by rubbiugit against a hard surface will, however, set it aglow, and nothing will extinguish the flames, which will burn with a blue light and an intense heat nutil the compound is completely destroyed by combustion. Water has no effect upon it; it can bo made iuto balls and throwu anywhere, nnd it wilt burn with a alow but fierce combustion which makes it unlike any known fire. Dynamite and gunpowder requires a apark to ignite them, and powder prodnoea an explosion, not a regular fire. To ignite this compound there is just tho slightest friction of rubbing it against Nome ordinary substance There is no explosion or rapid spread ing of flames, but a strange, pasty aubstanoe compctsod of living lire, which oanuot bo stamped out or killed iu nny known way. Johu Floyd, the discoverer, has boou for several year delving in alt sorts of chomlcalH, ns bis numorous inventions required constant study. One day be wished to make a oortain substance with whioh to experiment, and fur that purpose placed in liquid somo waste substnnos which he thought would, when , dissolved, pro duce the wishod-for compound. But he found the matorinl be wanted be foro tho liquid was dissolved, so be left tbe jar containing tho solution on the shelf for several weeks, thinking no moro about it. Finally he thought of using the jar nud, when lifting it dowu from tbe Bhelf, somo of tho liquid spilt on the floor. Mr. Floyd thought nothing about the matter till he noticed a sen sation of heat about his four, and on looking down found that the soft paste which had fallen out of the bot tle hud become a mass of soft, flicker ing flumes omitting an intense heat. He put his foot ou the spot, stamping it out, ns he thought, and turned to bis work. Wheu ho turned around again he bow that iusteud of going out the fire puste was steadily burning, that bis rubbing it had only smeared it over tho floor, aud it was eatiug into the wood every moment Ho thou threw severnl buckets of water on the Htuff, but tbe water had no effoot other thau to bo converted into puffs of steam, nnd tbo lire burned steadily on, cut ting its way through tho soft pine flooring. As tho experiments wero lining cundiiutod in tho buck of a drug store, which' was filled with dangerous chemicals, ho know that something must bo dona to put n stop to its rav ages or tho whole placo would bo blown to atoms. After many fruitless attompts to put it out lie procured n hatchet, and it was only by cutting out the eutiro fqimro of wood ou whioh tho pasto rested that ho succeeded iu stopping tho lire, which burned for at least nil hour. Afraid of the uses to whioh this dis covery might bo put, Mr. Floyd has nnvor niado tho seoret of the ingre dients public; but ho says that the cost of making it is so small that it cau easily bo used iusteud of tho cheapest waste materials. And for this reason ho will uot lot the formula boooino known, for iuoeudiaries would tako advantage of it nud no plnoe would be safe from burning. Those who use oil or dynamite or powder can be easily traced, as somo prepara tion is necessary, but with this liquid fire a oriminal who knew its composi tion could burn his way noiselessly through any door or sot any home on fire by throwing against it a noiseless ball of the oompositioa. . The cost of making this liquid fire is so small that it can be easily nsod instead of ooul in heating a furnaoe. But tbe most valuable properties are those which it possesses whioh are ab solutely foreign to those of fire aa known to us. All forms of heat ex. eept that of electricity, must be gen erated in some kind of a furnace and be constantly supplied with fuel, bat this fire is both flame and fnel itself. About a onpful oan be set ou tire aud it will burn with a steady glow for an hour. This wonderful fire can be utilized in the kitchen, and stoves oan be dis pensed with altogether - as entirely ilselew. In order to fry anything it ia only necessary to bang tbe pan from a wire aud smear over the bottom with a spoonful of the liquid. Ia an in. Btaut there will bo a hot fire which will burn for over an hour. So that the cook of the future can tako her fire out into the country; it can be used in cooking Iu camping; there will bo no coal bills, bnt tbo work of boating furnncos, of burning fires in grates, or running motors can bedone by a harmless little spoonful of paste, whioh con be taken around in tho vest pocket. Of its practical uses there is no end, for tbe subject is yet in its in fancy, the inventor, thinking but of the harm that might come, having stopped his experiments. He, how ever, aays be intends to resume them and find out more abont thia ex plosionless, unquenchable paste, which is fire pure and simple, Por Coaching the Pole. An entirely new scheme looking to aerial navigation and flight has been suggested by A. N. Nitsob of Boston, says the Chicago Tribune. It is such a decided departure from all the propositions advanced heretofore for otiliziug the atmosphere for purposes of transit as to command serious at tention from scientists and others to whom it has been presented. It is the idea of Mr. Nitsoh that the snbtle magnetic attraction that holds the needle of the mariner's compass with unswerving fidelity to the north oan bo used in a magnified form for man's oonvonience, profit and pleas ure. Accepting the theory advanced that vast deposits of magnetic ore exist in the immediate vioinity of the north pole, nnd from there come the mag netio currents distributed over tha globe, and thnt it is the attraction of this thus far nnbonnded field that draws with magio power the needle of the compass, there is nothing, as Mr. Nitsob looks at it, to prevent its being made of real aervioe. "I believe'" said he, "that magnets conld be suspended in the air of suffi cient force to counteract the resistance to air, overcome tbe adverse currents and move more or lees rapidly toward the north." Mr. Nitsob says that it might not prova possible, but it was opeu to argument and experiraout.nud there was no telling what might come of it Aa to the methods of return, should snch a flight ns piotnred ever be taken, that was spoken of as a problem that would be solved quickly. Deaf Mutes Dancing. "One of the most interesting fea tures of tho education of duaf mutes a thuir dancing," snid P. O. Qillotte of Chicago, one of the loading dosf mute instructors of the country, at the Arlington. "It was discovered by accident that deaf mates enjoyed music, and now dauoing is a common pastime with them, they kooping time batter as a mlo than those who nro in possession of all tboir faculties. One who is not a doaf muto is inexpress ibly lonely nt ono of their parties. Ho can understand nothing, whilo they converse with tboir bauds nud have a good time. When tho music strikes up they dance. It would be supposed that it was essential to hoar the rhythm iu order to dance, but snob, is uot the case. They feel it, wbiob is just ns effectual. When tbuy employ nn orchestra, they stipulate for the larg est bass drum nud viol, for tho renon that tho louder tho music the greater the vibrations. Almost all deaf mutes are passionately fond of dancing, nnd there are fow poor dancers among them. Washington Star. Tit for Tat. A British sailor being a witness in a murder case, was called to the stand, und.wus asked by the counsel for the Crown whether ho was for plaintiff or defendant. 'PlaiutilTor dofendant?" said tho sailor, sarntohing his bund. "Why, I don't know what you mom by plain tiff or defendant. I came to speak for me friond," poiutiug to tbe prisoner. "You're a pretty fellow for a wit- noss," said the counsel, "not to know what pluiutiff or defendant means," Later in the trial tho counsel asked tbe sailor what part of the ship be aa in at the time of tbe murder. "Abaft tbo binnacle, me lord," said tha sailor. "Abaft the binnaole?" replied tbe barrister. "What part of the ship is that?" ''Ain't yon a pretty feller for a coousollor," said the sailor, grinning at tbe counsel, "not to know what abaft the binnaole is I" Tbe Court laughed. Harper'a Bonnd Table. Polite Neighbors. "Oar new neighbors are very po- lito," said Mrs. Perkasie to her hus band when he came home at night . Are they?" "Xes; I sent to borrow their step ladder, and they told me they hadn't one, bnt if I'd wait awhile they'd lend and buy one." Harper'a Bazar, roit THE HOUSEWIFE. BROWN CELERI BOCP. Four heads of celery, fonr Spanish onions, six potatoes, four onnoci of bntter,two quarts of brown stock, pep per and salt to taste. Slice the celery, onions and potatoes, and fry abont' a quarter of the quantity in the bntUr until a rich brewn; now place these with the remaining vegetables in ft stewpan, add the stock and seasoning, and simmer for abont one hour and a half, or nntil the colery ia quite done; rub all throngh a aievc and put back into tbe stowpan, boil np, and eerva with a littlo finely' chopped, scalded. parsley sprinkled on the top. cnicKBN rnirrans. Cut cold cooked chickon or turkey off the bones iu as large pieoos as pos sible. Spriukle with sail and pepper anu dip them in fritter batter and fry in hot fat until a golden brown. Place tho pieces when fried on a brown paper nntil all are done. Put them on a folded napkin and serve with a mayonnaise or tartare sauce. To make the fritter batter take two eggs, one tnblespoonfnl of oil, ono cupful of flour, one-half cupful of cold water and one saltepoonful Of salt Stir the salt with the egg yolks and add slowly tbe oil. When well mixed stir in slowly the flour and then the water a little at a time. Beat it well and set it aside for two honrs or long er. Whon ready to nso stir in tbe whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth. The bstter should bo very thick and of the consistency to coat completely the artioles it is intended to cover. If it is not soft enough add tho white of another egg. It is difficult to get old-fashioned field pumpkins. Dealers offer a "per fected" variety of pumpkin, whioh lo an iuforior squnsb. It is entirely dif ferent f-roni tbe genuine, golden fruit of the vine.whioh makes New Englnnd corn fiolds picturesque with color long after tbe sheaves of corn have been gathered. If yon are fortunate enough to ob tain a genuine pumpkin, out it in pieces without peeling. Scrape off tbe inner shreds that hold tha seeds. Boil tbe pieces of pumpkin with a pint of water in a thick porcelain-lined kettle, for five or six hours, or nntil - it has become sweot as well as tender. and there is very little liquid around it Strain it through a pnree sieve of the same eized mesh as a flour sier' To four onpa of this strained pnmpkii add four cups of milk, one even tea tpoonfnl of salt, two teaspoonfuls of ginger, one largo one of mace, five eggs well beaten, and a largo coffee oup of sugar. Grata in a half a nut meg. Boat the custard well and taste it to sea if it is sweet enough. Put this mixture into deep pie plates, lined with pastry, and bake for three quarters of an hour. It should than bo solid in the center and have a rich. golden-brown color. Now York Tri bune. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Good housekeepers toald their bread jurs at least twice a week. It keep the mold away. To improve the flavor of coffee, :.! i . : ! I. - priUKie wuu a liar gruiu ui nuib un ion adding tbe water. Tar may be removed from nny kind of olotb if you satur.ito the spot with turpentine and rub it well. Cold boiled water tastes flat, be cause it has been deprived of air. To restore air, pour tui witter quickly from one jug to another. Camphor gam should be placed iu the drawer where are kept dress waists that are trimmed with steel ; it prevents the steel from tarnishing. Rounds of folt placed between tbe different pieees of a diuner set keep them from becoming scratobed more effectively than do pieoes of tissua paper. White paint may be quiokly oloaned by washing it with water aofteued with spirits of ammonia. Be careful not to nse too tnuoh ammooin.or the paint will be injured. It is said that if parsley is eaten with onions or a salad containing onions tha odor of tha onion will not affect tba breath. The sprigs of para ley should be eaten aa yoa would cel ery. Iron-rust stains on marble oan lie removed by rubbing with leniou juice. Stains from any other causa can be taken off by mixing one ounoe of finely powdered chalk, ona of pamioe atone, and two ounoes of oommou soda. I Wash the marble after using the above mixture with soap and water, and tha ataina will disappear.
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