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Oilcloth.

The body of all floor oilcloth is bur-
lap. The material is first sized, viii oh
is done by treating it to saturation of
dissolved glue. 1t passes then through
fifteen heated wire rollers, which not
only dries it, but presses the glue water
into the porous material and removes an
inequalities of surface. 1t then passes
to the paint-rooms to receive its first
and many subsequent coats of paint, the
principal ingredient Of which is ochre-
The paint is literally put on, and the
cloth, after passing under roller to
press out superfluous paint, is run on
long racks through room in which are
heated steam pipes. After remaining
on the racks prescribed number d
hours the cloth is run through a ma
chine, where it is pumice-stoned down
to q perfect smoofhness. 1t then re-
ceives a second coat Of paint and IL
again pumice-stoned. and SO on until
the requisite number of coats are put on
both sides. The well-prepared material
now goes into the hands of the printer
This work is all done by hand, and It
requires considerable experience on the
part of the workmen to make good
job. Every color requires separate
impression. the blocks in the hands OF
the workmen being about eighteen
inches square, and great care must be
taken that the block is placed in the
proper place. as hairs breadth dis
placement would show. 1t is then varS
nished. dried by steam. and IL ready fol-
market = Chicago Herald.
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A GREAT IRON FAMILY.


Some Interesting Facts About the Grub
Estate In PennsyivAziA-
On the 26th Of May, writes tahcAs-
ter. Pa. correspondent Clement Brook
Grub repurchased the old Mount Hope
furnace property in this county, for the
sum of $500. 900 cash. This is one Of THE
finest old iron properties in this country,
embracing 1850 acres of land, with
fine farm, and the mansion, although
built by Henry Bates Grub nearly one
hundred years ago. Is one of the fines'
In the State, and is. really of modern
style, having an immense hall and cell
ings fifteen feet high throughout. 1t is
situated on an eminence which affords q
front view of almost unprecedented
beauty and grandeur extending to and
over the city of Lancaster, which city Is
fifteen miles distant, and it is flanked on
the east by beautiful and extensive
terraced lawn and garden, making il
one OF the most lovely summer resi-
dences possible to conceive. The con-
nection of this estate with the great
Cornwall ore mines, in which 1t has a
perpetual right for full supply Of ore,
Is what gives II its great commercial
value, and the desire to again possess
the old homestead where he was born,
and to regain that ore right which was
conveyed by him TO his brother, A. Bates
Grub. more than thirty years ago, IN
duced Mr.. Grubb to make the purchase.
Mr.. Grub is now, by Inheritance, the
patriarehal ironmaster of the United
States, being the oldest member OF the
Oldest iron family In this country. His
neutrality-suspicious., Peter Grub,
came from Wales, near Cornwall, to
this country in 1879, and made large
purchases of land in what are now Leb-
anon and Lancaster Counties, from the
Indians, and subsequently had the titles
confirmed by William Penn, and upon
one of these tracts he found an immense
deposit Of iron ore, which he named
Cornwall, and which mine is still the
wonder and admiration of all who visit
it. Mr.. Isaac Lowthian Bell. NJ p,
and the greatest ironmaster In England,
and whose opinion is considered au-
thority throughout the world, told me
when he was in this country in 1875 that
he had visited most of the great iron
mines In the world, including those OF
Spain, Algeria, the continent of Europe,
England, Scotland and Wales. and many
in this country, including those of Ala
bama and the iron mountain of Mis-
souri,, and then said: "But Cornwall
bears the palm as the greatest iron
mountain In the world" From geologi-
cal investigation, aided by tests made
with the diamond drill, it has been pretty
well demonstrated that Cornwall can
produce 100000 tons of ore per year
for three hundred years to come. The
original Cornwall furnace was built by
Cirtus Grubb in 1928, who operated It
for many years. Peter Grub, the Sec
ond, built Mount Hope furnace In 1884.
The Cornwall ore mines are now owned
and worked by the families of the
Grubbs and Colemans under the head
of the Cornwall Ore Bank Company.
PHILADELPHIA Tins.
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COOKING FOR THE PRESIDENT.
The White House Kitchen and the Way
Things Are Done In 1t.


Things Are Done In It.
In the basement of the White House,
on the north side, are situated the kitch-
en-, laundry and bedrooms of the Pres
idert's household. A French cook pre-
sides in the kitchen, and all his sur
roundings are as neat as could be i'm
agined. There was not a speck of dirt
visible when Post reporter went
through the room one day last week,
and the chief, as he delights to be
called, was anxious to point out all the
details of his department.
Very little trouble has been expe-
rieneed under the change of admins
tration, and the President has not man.
Tested any disapproval of the delicate
dishes prepared for him by the cook of
his predecessor. Including the stew
ard there are four servants in the employ
of the President, and when there is
rush in the laundry the woman in
charge has authority to employ assist
ants. II would be difficult to find
brighter tins or cleaner china than there
are on the shelves of the White House,
and the floors in the easements are
bleached white from constant applica-
tons of soap and sand. The kitchen
is in the northwest angle Of the White
House, under the vestibule, and the
sleeping-rooms are adjacent, facing
north. They are not generally occu-
pied, for the help at the White House
have the privilege of going home at
night, and only on rare occasions do
they use their rooms.
The steward and his assistants in
waiting upon the President and his
guests always wear swallow-tailed coats,
black trousers and white vests, and
everything must be scrupulously clean
about waiter before he is allowed to
go into the private dining-room. As
fast as course is ready for the table it
is sent up from the kitchen on dumb
waiter, which is in recess back of the
ante-room on the right of the principal
entrance to the White House. INQUIRY
among the oldest servants of the execu-
tive mansion revealed the fact that
none of them had ever seen rat about
the house, although there were no cats
or dogs on the premises. Even the
kitchen and store-room are free, and al
ways have been, from these pests, al
though the building is half century
old. On State occasions or for large
reception the corps of assistants to the
cook is increased, and men cooks are al
ways employed. There is plenty of
room at the large range for all, and
there is no confusion, no matter what
the demand may be. A colored man is
steward at the White House at salary
of 81 800 per annum, and the cook IS
paid a similar amount. The other SER
wants are paid at a rate of S1.25 day,
and all the help are colored persons,
even to the boy who dusts and sweeps
the parlors. Washington Post.
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FARM AND ElREslpE.

II the hands are Stained there b
nothing that viii remove the stain 50
veil IS lemon Cut lemon IN halves
and apply the cut surface rs II it were
soap.-Erchangs.
If. upon weaving 9 calf or other
young animal. il Is 20 far separated
from the dam that one can not be
heard by the other, from one to three
days will suffice 10 render them quiet
Prairie Farmer.
Layer Cake; Four eggs. one cup Of
white sugar, butter the size of walnut.
one and half cups Of flour. one large
teaspoon of baking powder, six table,
spoonfuls of water; flavor to taste; bake
in moderate oyen.-The Household.
A farmer is mentioned In the late
discussion of New England farmers
reported In the Massachusetts Plough
man, who for two years planted seed
from the seed-end and stem-cnd of the
potato separately. Both years the seed
end gave him a crop from twelve 70
fourteen days earlier than hon the
stem-end.
Milan cakes are nice for tea Hail
pound of sifted -four, a quarter Of q
pound of butter. six ounces OF sugar.
two tablespoonfuls of thick. sour cream
and one egg. Mix paste Of these IN
gradients, roll it out and cut It in dia-
mond-shaped pieces; glaze with egg and
bake in hot oven; when cold place o
bit of jam or jelly in the center 6f each
and serve.-M y Commercial Adoer-
User
-Gapes are produced by q parasite
in the windpipe of the fowl. 1t may be
removed by thrusting feather into the
windpipe, twistingit around and quickly
Withdrawing. II is said that combining
fowl in box and filing the air in Il
with lime dust will sometimes cause the
fowl to cough or sneeze up the intruder.
No preventive is known, but an occa-
sional dose of turpentine IL recon-
mended.-7roy Times.
--Deft-fngcred maidens may make q
pretty fan to suit each toilet. Take
round or oval fan of pasteboard and
cover it with tulle in folds and have a
full putting of the tulle about the edge.
On the side on which the folds are
fastened arrange mass of loops of
narrow satin or velvet ribbon and place
three or four velvet butterflies as il
hovericg among the loops. The handle
is wound about with the ribbon and
loops and ends depend from the point OF
union with the fan. Hdrper's Bazaar.
For coffee stains try putting thick
glycerine on the wrong side and wash
ing it out with lukewarm water. For
raspberry stains weak ammonia and
water is the best Stains Of fruit on
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-09-05
Mourning Costumes.

The new fabrics for dresses worn by
those in mourning have the canvas ef-
fects now so popular in colored goods,
and are made up of pure wool canvas,
the sitter and more firm mohair canvas,
and various mixtures of silk and wool.
The latter are Of several different kinds
of weaving, some being smooth sur
face, straight yet slesxy, and therefore
Of light weight, while others are woven
in open squares of uniform size, and
still others have oval meshes that re-
semble knitting and laee-work. Some
of the mixed canvas stafs have bor-
der woven along one selvedge, while
others are striped half their width, so
that the drapery mat be partly plain,
partly striped, the skirt may have a
striped border and the basque may be
made of either plain or striped stuff,
as best suits the wearer's figure. The
striped patterns are used by those In
colors as well; hence they are coed Sc
lection for light mourning which is soon
TO be laid aside, as the dress may still
be used. What is called grenadine
bunting ia also eanvas-like stuff which
is suitable for midsummer dresses.
Nuns yelling of fine smooth wool, as
sheer as the thinnest lawn, remains the
choicest fabric for very deep mourning
dresses, and 1t is the present sensible
fashion to make this up without Grape.
using folds and pleats of the materialfor
trimming. Some folds of lisse or of
Grape at the neck and wrists, and bon
net and veil OF English Grape, are con-
sidered all that need be added to veil
ing dress to represent deep mourning
for the nearest relative.-Harpr's Ba-
ear.
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AMERIcANlzED CHINESE.

How the Celestiais on the Pacific Coast
are Adopting American Habits and In
situations.
The Tapes have been raising tapagc.
1t was through the application of the
Tapes to the Supreme Court that the
Chinese public school was opened in
San Francisco. The Tapes are Ameri.
canized Chinese, and how Americanized
the following story will show: John
Tape is an expressman, drives one wag-
on aud owns another, wears his hair cut
short and goes to Sunday-school. In
taking goods to the mission he met
Mary, a servant, who wore her hair In
butterfly chignon, painted flowers and
did embroidery. John and Mary courted
and were married. John built neat
little house out in the western addition.
where in due time appeared two little
Tapes-Mamie and John. 1t was an
American family in custom, costume
and speech, and the mission folk used
to take visitors out to the Tapes, and ex-
hibit them as examples of how very
Caucasian the Ntongolian might be
made. A little while ago, however, John
came to the mission in very unpleas
art frame of mind. Something was the
matter with Mary He could not for the
life of him tell what it was. but Mary was
not herself She was neglectful and list
less. but would give no explanation of
her behavior. Would some of the ladies
60 up and find out what was the matter?
Nothing would please the ladies better,
and the very next morning they paid a
visit to the Tape residence There was
plenty of evidence in Mrs Tapes man.
ner that Johns complaint was well
grounded.
whats the matter. Mary?' asked
one of the visitors; has John been
doing anythingp'
mo: Johns all right" said Mary.
"Have the children been m;sbe.
havingP"
mo; the children are all right"
"Well, what is the matter, then?"
"Another man. said Mary. plainly
Without any more pressing Mary con-
fessed that she had fallen in love with
the Chinese interpreter of the Sacra
mento Courts, and that she did not care
any longer for her husband. Attempt.
to impress her with the Nervousness OF
this domestic offence were fruitless, and
the ladies left much cast down. When
John came home that evening Mary
told him the terrible news with as little
circumlocution, and added that she in
tended to pack up and leave the next
day. Arguments and entreaties were
fruitless, and, sure enough. next day
Mary placed her children with mutual
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-09-05
The Solitude of Sleep.

Seek some spot where no foot of man
has trod. There the wild bird gives
you shrill, sweet greeting and the
CHEEKY insect vibrates in its hidden
nook with murmur of companship
Forsake humanity as far as may be and
the echo of the great pulsating machn-
cry. Of which. even against your will,
you are a part. will never leave you.
You may be onely-lonely in the heart
of a crowd. You may in the circle
round the firesido, in the busy streets,
in great assemblies or friendly gather
ings, feel yourself utterly alone. That
is different thing; it is loneliness, not
solitude. Life has no solitude save the
strange, sweet solitude of sleep. For it
is only in the sleep world, so Sphinx
like in its reserve, SO grave like in its
absolute silence, so death like in its
complete separation, that we go away
off by ourselves, leaving even our near
est compan on. this dearly cherished
body Of ours. aud wandering. who
knows wherep - Charleston S. C.l
Ves1s
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"A plumbago mine has been dis
covered in Mercer County, Pa.


In the campaign of 1884 the two candi-
dates for Governor in "pivotaP' w est
ern State arranged for series of joint
discussions. Both men were popular, both
of fine appearance and were so well
matched In mental force and as orators
that the contest between them promised to
be a magnificent one For several weeks
the scales balanced evenly.
But one day the brilliant Republican can
didate came up ailing. He seemed over
come and spoke laboredly. The next day
he was even less effective. Later he was
compelled to ask his opponent for post
ponement Of certain appointments, which
was granted. Before the campaign ended
he had abandoned the field altogether.
Meantime the Democratic candidate con-
tinued his canvass, seeming TO grow
stronger, cheerier and more effective with
each succeeding week. He was elected.
One evening In December while entertain
ing several gentlemen he said;
al will tell you a campaign secret
which gave me the election. With the
opening of my campaign l began caring
for my liver. knew that a disordered OF
torpid liver meant dizziness and possible
sickness. took something every day.
When my opponent began failing ! knew
his trouble to be his liver and felt like pre-
scribing for him, but feared If ] did so he
might beat mel / grew stronger as the
campaign progressed, often making two
speeches day. Even my voice, to my
surprise, did not fail me once. All because
Warmers safe cure kept me in l trim"
Ex-Governor Jacob, of Kentucky, also
made a campaign tour under precisely
similar circumstances and says he kept W
under the exhausting strain by use OF tht
same means.--ROchester Union.
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Casting the Squid.

Standing upright in his boat. the ex-
pert bass fisherman grasps his rod firmly
below the reel, which must be one that
runs with the least possible friction and
holds 300 or 400 feet of line, and whirls
it with the squic and several yards OF
line free. Whe1 the whirling squid is
brought to certain velocity. which the
feeling and instinct of the angler must
Judge to a nicely he thrusts the rod for.
ward quickly W tn graceful movement
that can only be understood on being
seen. The whirling squid instantly re.
spends to the movement. 1t shoots out
with amazing velocity as straight as a
bullets fight. The whizzing reel pays out
the unresisting line. and II the cast has
been made by an expert $50 feet of line
will have left the reel before the squid
drops into the water Just at the spot it
was launched to reach. 1t will not be
long before some monster of bass will
show his appreciation of the skill with
which the least is made. by swooping
upon the attractive lure. and then will
come a struggle that may last an hour,
and perhaps two, before one or the
other of the combatants conquers
longer the struggle the more favorable
Its result to the angler.-M Y zsnssa
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FAMILY BOXES.
Suggestions to Those Who Live in Re
strictcd Quarters.


strictcd Quarters.
To those who are living in close
quarters, whose closet room is not ex-
tensive, what boon is found in the
covered boxes that are at the same time
a convenience as seat and useful re-
ceptacle What a comfortable look a
sitting-room has if the windows are fur
nished with broad window seats whose
artistic covers do not give the faintest
suggestion of the motley contents OF
toys and books in one, or the pile OF
garments waiting for the leisure mo-
ment in the other. The stool covered
with carpet, with tassels at the corners
and rollers that allow of easy move
ment from one place to another, is just
the thing for fancy-work that is only
picked up when the friends make an
evening visit. Then there is the more
homely and less artistic soap box,
covered and lined, and standing ready
in the bedroom for the shoes that per
sist in tumbling out of the shoe-bag,
or, with pocket in the cover for darning-
cotton and darner, is used to hold the
damaged hosiery ready for the member;
for some people have the same repug-
nance to doing the family darning be-
fore the chance public of the sitting
room that they have to doing the family
washing. The Decorator and Furnishey
has suggestion for paper-box that
is timely and will be welcome:
"Ribbon-dec bamboo frames are
pretty and useful contrivances for hold
ing the current literature of the day, but
every woman knows that every man,
through some Unborn perversity peculiar
to his kind, is always liable to demand
the immediate production of some es-
pecial newspaper of date more or less
remote and, unless afraid of setting
small olive branches an example of pro-
family, is too apt to rend the air with
clearly expressed adjectives not de-
signed to compliment the mistress of a
house. ETC., etc. A happy relief for a
housekeeper who does not love to have
three hundred and sixty-five newspapers
upon her stting-room table simultane-
ously, is box to stand under desk or
table, or, not inappropriately, in cor
ner by itself. Take a soap-box-it
would be hard to find a paper upon
homemade furnishing that does not in
troduce the inevitable soap-box-nail
the top on closely, so that it is a COM
plete box, and have it sawed in two, d.
agonally Qet an expert handle the saw
or mutilation to box or sawyer may be
the result). Line both sections with
thick pink satin paper, and cover the
outside with dark felt, putting row Of
furniture gimp with brass-headed nails
all around the sawed edge. Put the
two parts of the box together with
hinges. and by the aid Of screw-eyes
fasten two slender metal chains on each
side like trunk braces to keep the lid
from falling back.
I'm putting on the hinges let the bot
tom pieces of the box be the highest in
the back. so that the opening is loves
in 'front.' A little experimenting with
scissors and paper matchbox will
make the position clear. No fastening
is necessary. but ahasp and paddock can
easily be added as a safeguard against
the ravages of combustible-seeking
house-maids and other foes to mans d.
vine rights. - Christian Union.
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The making of cheese is very i'm
portant occupation In Switzerland,
where the riches of man are esti-
mated according to the number Of
cheese he possesses. A strange custom
in the Valois is to make cheese when a
child is born, which is left untouched
during his lifetime. and is often cut into
for the first time at his funeral feast. A
rich man stores up wine as well as
cheese for his own funeral, and when
that event takes place a goblet of this
dead wine,n as il is called, is placed
on the coffin, the mourners approach,
take the goblet in their hands, touch the
coffin with it, and drink the contents to
a future meeting with their departed
friend
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Yann9 Men. Rad This.

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One of our townsmen who was re-
GENTLY in Boston was very much struck
with the show bills at dime museum,
particularly SO because it was an
nounced that there was on exhibition Z
cannibal from the FIJI Islands. This
was what he longed to see; therefore
money was no object and in he went.
While looking upon the different won
ders he was approached by the canni-
bal, who whispered in his ear: lis that
you, Jimp" Further conversation elicit
ed the fact that the FIJI was an old resi-
dent of New Bedford, and that he was
drawing @3 day and large audiences.
-NeW Bedford Mercury.
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The exnorts NJ glassware from I,

The exports Of glassware from the
small country of Belgium are equal in
value to half the total product of the
glass factories of the United States,
which in 1880 aggregated S21, 154, 900.
There are at least seventy establish
ments in Belgium, employing $4,000
hands, who receive annually in wages
5000, 600 francs ($3, 900, 00o), beirg an
average of three francs forty-tive cent?
mes (about seventy cents) per day.
The salaries in this industry are regard
ed in Belgium as excellent. Chicago
Herald.
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For information concerning rates of fare,
ETC., call on or address the following agents:
Albert Hutchinson, Fairchance: /. W. So
mans. Oliphants; G. w. Conrad, Unknown; 8.
Farr, Dunbar; David Barnes, Connellsville;
or Thomas L. Watt, Pass. Agent Western
District, Pittsburg, Pa.
CHAS. f. PUGH, Gen. Manager.
J. r. WOOD, Gen. Passenger Agent.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
SOUTHWEST BRANCH,

The shortest route to all points East and
West. Four trains are run daily between
Uniontown and Piltsburg, making close con-
nections Mt Greensburg with Main Line for
the East, and at Pittsburg Union Station for
the North, West and South.
All trains run on Eastern Standard Time.
On and after December 10, 1883, trains will
arrive and depart from stations as follows: