THE FOREST REPUBLICAN It pobllilifd aver j Wedm-iiUy, bf J. E. WENK. Otlljein Bmenrbaugh & Co. ' Building ELM STREET, TION'ESTA, Pa, Terms, tl.DO per Year. No nbcrlplloni received for a fhorter period thin thcM lupnDit. Onrraaponfonce lollelted from all parta of the oanary. No notice will be taken of anonymous comitiuMcatloua. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Bqnare, one Inch, one ImertScn-.........! 1 0 On Square, one Inch, one month...... I of) One Square, one Inch, three mntha...M.... M One Square, one Inch, one jaar IP M Two Sqnarca, one year 14 (0 Quarter Colnmn, one jear .............. a 0 Half Column, one yenr M SO One Colnmn, one year ....... .....ICS to Wal advertlaetnanta tea et tr Um eatfe la ertioo. Carriage end death notice, gratf All bill, for yearly adTmi n iaflne.4 aar terljr. Temporary adTerMaememta i paw to advance. Jo work euh on deUTery. VOL, XVIII. NO. 39. : TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20. 1886. $1.50 PER ANNUM. ' Tho most profitable way to advertise is through tho newspapers. Thoy aro tho "abstract nnd brief chronicles of tho times," and thoso who want information on any business subject consult their col umns, and almost involuntarily run their eyes over tho advertisements whilo they nro in search of tho news. The French railway companies aro employing women in all positions on their roads. Thoy aro ticket sellers, account ants, gato tenders, bookkeepers, lottor copycrs, clerks in transportation and Bloro departments, and thoy have chargo of lunch' rnoms nnd newspaper stands. Altogether there are 2,500 women em ployed, of whom A'lO nro widow, who provide tho solo support of thoir families. Mississippi is rapidly coming forward as a dairy Stata. Ono county with tho rcmarkablo name of Oktibbeha has twenty silos, built tho present year, whilo thcro wcro previously five others in uso. Thero is also a creamery in full blast in tlt.it county, nnd if a year's ox pcrieneo proves a success more of them may bo looked for iu the immediato fu ture, for th-y tire rushing things down thcro now. Of tho 300,000,000 eg;s annually used in Paris every ono is inspected by being held before a candl.'. Botton ones are thrown into a vat, which is emptied daily. Thoso '-spotted" and unfit for food nro sold to manufacturers, who ex tract their nlbumen and other chemical ingredients. The prico of eggs is rising iu 1'nris, owing to tho increased demand of other countries and to ouerous cus toms duties on thoso imported. Victoria, born Morosini, married to llulskarap Schilling, her father's coach man, has now securod a permanent posi tion as a minor performer in a light opera company, whore sho sings five bars of music during tho evening. Her husband, tho famous Ernest, fallen from his liili cst-ito of coachmau, conducts a raging horso car on Sixth avenue, New York. Tho young coup'o may never sot tho world afiro again, nnd yet, avers tho Current, they tiro undoubtedly earning moro money than Victoria's father and mother made at tho same aire. A steam sheep-shearing mnchine is succcs-fully used in Melbourne, Aus tralia. It consists of a cutting wheel geared to tho shnft of a small turbine, about threo inches in diameter, and which is operated by a current o"f steam conveyed from tho boiler by an india rubber tube. In front of tho cutter is a comb which serves as a guar! against cutting tho skin of tho sheep. Tho apparatus is made of brass, something in tho shape of a small trowel. It is used iu the same fashion as tho shears, but cuts much moro rapidly and (cleaner, without tho least danger of in juring tho fleece or the sheep. Many of tho o'd railroads in tho South in existenco in 1880 h ivo been purchased sinco by syndicate!, and vastly improved and extended sj as to develop new ter ritory or make now connections. Besido this, however, many millions of dollars have been expended in building new roads, and a wonderful impetus has been given to the development ot the resour ces of tho South. The increase in mileugo ulono in five years has been !,323 miles. Tho smallest increase of any State has been in Maryland forty-two milos and South Carolina comes next in smallncss with 1315 miles. Virginia shows an iucrcaso of 701 miles, which is exceeded by only two States Toxas and Ar kansas. For an American to marry iu Mexico Is a somewhat serious business. Ho must bo three times married, twice in Spanish and onco iu English, beside having a public notice of his intention of marriago placed on a bulletin board for twenty days before the ceremony. This is the law. The public notice can be gotton around by the payment of a sum of money, but a residence of one mouth is necessary. Tho three ceremonies are tho contract of marriage, tho civil marriage tho only marriage recognized by law since 18"8 and tho usual but not obligatory church service. The first two must take phico before a judge, aud in the presence of at least four wit nesses and tho American consul. The civil marriage is the legal form of mar riage. These ccremouies are necessarily in Spanish. Most weddings are confirmed by a church service. There is one province of Turkey that even in time of peace suffers many of the horrors of war. This is the classic, province ot Maeedon. Iu that region it is not unusual to see a Greek, Bulgarian. Turkish and Albanian village standing sido by side, caeh as alien from tho others as though separated by the Alps. It results that tho dissensions vo uuiver ; pal throughout Turkoy in Europe find here thoir vital knot. Each race in Turkey claims this province on grounds which no ono can dispute. Even In times of peaco tho wholo province swarms with brigands, and one is hard ly safo outsido tho walls of Salonica. Of tho different competitors for tho owners ship of tho province tho sympathies of our pooplo rather side with tho Grcoks. Hut it is hard to boliovo that any small power will cmorgo from a general Turk ish war with any prizo of value. For in tho lap of that unhappy peninsula a new applo of discord has been thrown, on which is written, "To tho strongest." MoJern surgery has achieved a great triumph in Germany. Eleven years ago Professor Nussbaum, of Munich, took churgo of a boy so malformed and crippled that ho was obliged to crawl about on all fours. Nine serious opera tions wcro performed, four crooked bones were btoken, tLroo stiff joints forcibly extended, soveral sinews cut through aud nerves stretchod. Weights were then attached to certain muscles, and by means of massago baths, ointments and electricity, so much progre was mado that in a few years tho boy was ablo te walk erect with tho aid of crutches and a special apparatus fastened to his feet. Subsequently he was able to throw away this apparatus and exchange his crutches for a cane, and to-day ho is a healthy, vigorous youth, ablo to walk, dance and ride on horseback. In Hr.izil the telegraph lines havo to contend both with tho natural decay, rapid as that is in a tropical country, and with tho sudden fall of the tempera ture at sundown, that causes wires and insulators to break by contraction. All nature is leagued against them. The luxurious vegetation of the tropics, de spite all attempts to keep, it down, causes no end of trouble. Birds build their nests on top of the poles, and ants up their sides, while skunks and arma dillos undermino them and cause their sudden fall. Tho ants' nests have to be chopped off with axes, when old and hard. Wasps build nests in the bell shaped porceluin insulators, apes meddle with the wires, and enormous swarms of birds, flying by night, often wreck or tanglo them. Moro mischicvious than any of theso is a huge spider that weaves its web between the wires and interferes with tho electric currents. Worst of all, tho tremendous tropical thunderstorms smash wires, polos, insulators, and all. almost daily in their season, despite all precautions. A Missionary Romance. The story of an interesting romance comes back from Constantinople con cerning tho little party of missionaries sent to Turkey from tho vicinity of Bos ton, by the American board, some months ago. Among them was a Dr. Graham, uu estimable young man, a de scendant of Robert Bruce and a graduate of the university of Michigan, lie did not go under tho auspices of the American board, although traveling with tho party. Early last summer he volunteered to go to Turkey as a missionary physician. The officers of the American board wore very glad to gain so valuable a recruit, but tho young man was unmarried. It is an inflexible rule of tho American board not to send singlo young men to the mission fields. The services of unmar ried women aro readily accepted. Dr. Graham was urged to provide himself with a wife before the time of sailing. Tho young man hadn't thought seriously of matrimony. lie certainly had no specific plans made. He did, however, make an earnest search for a wife during the few weeks interim. The dotails of his search no ono knows tut himself. At all events, the time for departure came, and ho was wifeless. The American board declined to employ him, and ho deeded to go at his own expense. Ho seated Aintab, Turkey, us his field of labor, and ho sailed from New York with the rest of tho party. Among his fellow missionaries was Miss Ella Bray, a young woman of twenty-three years, of great attraction of mind nnd person, who for gome time had been a teacher in Mount Holyoke seminary. Sho was assigned to Adana, Turkey. Intelligence comes from Constantinople to the effect that a mutual attachment sprang up between Dr. Graham and Miss Bray in the courso of the voyage. Tho romance culminated in the marriago of the couple at Con stantinople on tho 1st inst. Both Dr. and Mrs. Graham will go to Aintab. Tho American board will now probably make both husband nnd wifo its missionaries. Tricks of Memory. After Church. I wish that I could remember Our minister' Sunday text; My memory is so treacherous That I'm often really vexed. When askoil about some sermon Which I know was really tine, It is dreadful mortifying When I can't recall a line. fi'm Jfiuiifes Later. Did I uotico Miii Jenkins' bonnet.' Yes; what a horrid shape! And I noticed Miaa Brown was wearing Iter old lust season's t ape. She wears a different trimming last year, you know, 'twai Fur Hut I remember tha garment As well aa I do her. Lowell Courier. THE BOOS THAT NEVE 11 HATCH. There's a youn? man on the cornea, Filled with life and strength and hope; Looking; far beyond the present, With tho whole world tn bis scope. He ii grasping at to-morrow, That phantom none can catch; To-day is lost. He's waiting For Hi? eggs that never hatch. There's an old man over yonder, With a worn and weary face; With searching, anxious features, And weak, uncertain pace. He is living in the future. With no desiro to catch The goldon Now. Ho'g waiting For tho eggs that never hatch. Thero's a world of men and womon, With thoir life's work yet undone, Who are pitting, standing, moving Bonenth tho same grent gun; Ever eager for the future, Hut not content to .'snatch Tho Present. They are waiting For the eggs that never hatch. Merchant-Traveler THE NEW DECLARATION. 11Y MZ7.IK M. LATHAM. Alice Brown was kneading bread at tho low kitchen table. Tho melodious, whirring hum of tho reaper came through tho window, and the graceful shadows of tho morning glory vines danced upon her floury molding board, and the mass of yielding dough upon which she was bestowing a great deal of unnecessary energy. Evidently tho maiden's mind was not in harmony with the peaceful scene about her. A temperamental explosion seemed imminent, and Dorcas, who watched the gathering of the tempest, shrewdly rea soning that a premature outburst might mitigate tho severity thereof, hastened to provoke it with the inquiry, "What seems to be the matter, Alice ?" Tho girl turned quickly. "Matter? I'm sick of this everlasting cooking, eating, and scrubbing. There has been nothing else ever sinco I came homo from school, nnd there is no pros pect of there ever being anything else. I don't object to work; but I should like a little variety a chance to rest and read occasionally; though I'm sure I don't know what there is to read, if I had the opportunity." "There's a pnssel of books on the mantel in tho parlor," said Dorcas, placidly. ' "Oh, yegl Thero's an old dictionary, and last year's almanac, nnd 'Pilerim'a Progress,' and Baxter's 'Saint's Best' ono would have to turn into a genuine saint to get a chance to rest in this house nnd a few more antiquated volumes that give me tho blues to look at them. I'd like something a little more modern aud spicy. I want IIar,:er Man.;,, Kand the Centurv. and th Journal." "Well," said the practical Dorcas, "why don't you send for them?" "Because I haven't a cent to bless my self with, though I have worked in this kitchen steadily ever since I came home. Women never do have any money, it seems to me. Just think of it, Dorcas," and she gave the dough a vindictive punch by way of emphasizing her state ment, "here is my father, the richest man in the county, with the largest farm, the best stock and machinery, wirtplenty of leisure, and money in the bank; and my mother, who has worked just as hard, and helped to earn it all just as much as he has, is practically a pauper. She has toiled many an hour when ho was asleep, and yet she has nothing to show for her incessant labor, noth ing that she can call her own. Yester day when the agent for the Jlmteutld Magazine called, she wanted to subscribe, but couldn't, because she didn't possess the paltry dollar and a half, nnd father didn't think it was necessary. Poor mother! Her pale, patient face haunts me daily. No wonder she is old and wrinkled and worn out at filty, having had, nil her busy life, only what some one else thought was 'necessary' 1 If I thought my life was to be a copy of hers, I should want to eud it now. But it never shall be. I'll inaugurate a new system, havo a Declaration of Indepen dence, aud earn my own money." "What will you'do?" queiie'd Dorcas. "I'll apply for the school in this neighborhood. I haven't a very finished education, I know, but I think 1 could teach the 'deestrick school' as success fully as that beardless college boy who was here last fall." "Your pa will never let you, Alice." "I shall not ask him. I am twenty one, nnd shall do as I please. I will have ray papers aud mother shall have her magazine if she wants it. She has earned it a million times over." "And what will you do with Ralph Ellis?" asked Dorcas, slyly. The girl's face flushed a rosy red, but 6ho answered bravely : "I'll let him en tirely alone. I do not deny that I used to think 1 mi"hr bo willing tn iniirrv lilr.i if Y,n n t.A ..:.. T thought I could find my happiness in wasningnis num pans, making his but ter, aud cooking for his hired men; but I've changed my mind. I should only be his mald-of-all-work all my life, as mother has beeu father's before me. 1 should have to live on a daily diet of self-denial and' sacrifice, and I find I have no appetite for that sort of iood. There!" she added in a different tone, giving the shapely loaves a parting pat, "the bread is finished' "And it lookstiice, too," said Dorcas, admiringly; "but if it ever dares to come up after all that puinl.in' and pouudiu' you have given it, I shall have are at respect for that jeast of mine." ''Oh. it will tome up, never fear. There are sumo things iu this world that cannot be kept down." "I believe you, Alice, and I shouldn't wonder if you was one of them. But, dear me ! here it is coming on ten o'clock, and the chickens ain't even killed yet," and snatching her gingham sunbonnet from its nail, she left the kitchen in haste. Dodging sround the corner of the weod-shed in her usual hurried fashion, she came unexpectedly face to faco with a handsome, sunburned young farmer, whose mischievous smile told its own story of listeners and the old adage. He held up a warning finger. "It is all right, Dorcas; don't say a word!" and comprehending tho situation at a glance, Dorcas, with a nod of her wie head and a suppressed g'gs;lc, dis appeared in the direction of tho barn yard. Alice carried out her intentions be foro she slept. Sho walked, unan nounced, into the presence of the nearest school-director, and shocked that worthy individual into a state of temporary stupefaction by announcing that she would like to engage tho district school for tho fall terra, at the same rate of compensation given the young man they usually employed. Tho spectacle of tho rirfa Farmer Brown's daughter wanting to "earn her own liv ing" so overcame her listener that it was some time before Alice clearly under stood that so important a matter must be laid before his brother directors be fore a decision could bo rendered ; butt having understood it, sho went quietly homeward to await the result. Ono thing was certain, whether her applica tion were successful or not, she would never settle down to a round of ceaseless toil with no money and no privileges, such as had always been her mother's portion. Life must hold something more and bettor, or it was not worth the having. Threo weeks later a tow-headed boy, with bare brown feet and a perilous need of the ministrations of a handker chief, appeared at tho Brown domicile with a mystetious package for "Miss Alice." "Where did you get it?" questioned Alice. "Ho gin it to mo. Mr. Ellis, you know. lie said he'd gin me a quarter if I brung it home.'.' Mindful of hor possible occupation, Alice paused to remonstrate with the un grammatical specimen. "You should not say 'brung,' Isaac; there is no such word." "Ain't there now, Miss Alice? Well, 'pears like there oughter be, it comes so easy and nat'ral like. ' But you'll tell Mr. Ellis the bundle was all right?" "Oh, yes, I'll tell him. Y'ou shall have your quarter." With a snip of her shining scissors, the cord was severed, and several fresh uncut magazines, with copies of the Woman"1 tttornal nnd other periodicals for which rue hungry soul had longed, fell into her l&p. As she turned them over and over, a note bearing her address, fell from the folds of one of the papers. Hastily breaking the seal, she read as follows: "My Dkar ;Amce Please accept the in closed with the best wishes of the giver; and permit ma to state that 1 am ready to sign your new "Declaration of Independence' whenever you will allow mo the opportunity. I believe most devoutly in its thirty -nine ar ticles or more, if it has them and shall be only too happy to indorse them openly, one and u.U. My home is a humble one, as you already know; but its mistress if her name is Alice. shall reign supreme therein. She shall wash no milk-pans, make no butter and cook for no hired man, unless she chooses; she shall have all the magazines and papers her soul longs for, an undisputed possession of half the contents of tho family pocket book, and the unswerving devotion of a man who believes iu equal rights aud privileges for even the weakest atom of humanity. It seems to me that together it will not be dif ficult to solve the problems of life, and make the most of its opportunities, ery truly yours, Halph Ellis. P. R. I am compelled to inform you that the "deestrick school" is already taken by Squire Jones' nephew, a circumstance which I cannot regret, as 1 think the other situa tion which is open to you can b? made far more pleasant and profitable. it. E. And Alice thought so, too. Woman' Journal. Government Farms. There are many queer attachments to this great and complicated ir.achinery of government, says a Washington letter. How many people know that the United States is a landlord on a large scale. Titles to no less than eighteen farms in South Carolina are vested in the nation. These improved places vary in size from 40 to 800 acres, the average being about 100 acres. The;? were bid in by tax commissioners of the United States away back in reconstruction days, and under the existing statutes no authority can be found to permit their redemption or to sell them. Congress passed an act twelve or fifteen years ago providing for the disposition of the income from the farms. They are ?n the custody of the internal revenue collector, who adds to his ordinary duties of looking to the tax on liquors and tobacco the renting and keeping of the property. Under special legislation to meet this case, the rents received are invested iu govern ment bonds, and the interest on these bonds goes to the support of schools in the parishes of St. Helena and St. Euke, South Carolina. Last year the farms yielded a rental of only $.j7.45, and the year before not half that. Tho endow ment fund grows. It now amounts to 47,800 in United States 4's and 700 in 4Vs. Tho income from the bonds is about $2,000, which is dlsbured in the parishes by a board called the South Carolina free school commissioners. A Pigeon Iu Love With a Piauo. A young lady in this city has a pet plgeou that is very fond of music. When he wants it she oes into the parlor and commences playing tho piano, and, no matter where the pigeon is, it will start immediately for the parlor mid )erch ilself on tho piano, it appears to be perfectly delighted with the music, show leg unmistakable signs of pleasure. CalumL'iii (('.) Cwjuirer-fyun. A WONDERFUL NEW DRUG. THE VSB OF COCAINE AS AH AS-AESTHETIC. History- of It Dlicovrrf-on l.pnrral ;rant-Vliat I. r ad Inf; Doc-tore Think of Its Kffccto. The excitement which prevailed in the medical world a year or so ago at tho an nouncement from Heidelberg by Dr. Henry D. Jsoyes that a new and power ful anaesthetic had been discovered in Europe is being revived asain. The honor of the discovery was given to a young student at Vienna who has since become famous as Dr. Kollcr. Ho sent a vial of his newly-discovered extraqt to a well-known physician ofTricste, to be used experimentally before the opthal mulogical congress Heidelberg, where it proved a most wonderful success. Soon after the communication reached America experiments were tried here by Dr. Charles" It. Agnew and several of his assistants with similar success. This new anaesthetic is cocaine. It was used very successfully in the sickness of General Grant, and in that way it was brought before the notice of the public. The people caught up the cry of a universal panacea and cure-all, and tho demand for the drug was enormous. It for tunately, however, was very expensi7e, and could be afforded only by the rich. Since then the price hts been very much reduced, and the use of cocaiue is now said to be very extensive. In speaking of the matter Dr. Douglas, who attended General Grant during his fatal illness, said yesterday: "I have used cocaine very little since its .discov ery, and only in weak solutions. I have never used it internally or hypodermi cally. In tho case of General Grant it was most cfiicacious and was entirely successful. The first time I used it was December 10, 1884. when the general came into my office and complained of his throat and the trouble he had in swallowing. He had not been able to drink a class ot cold water in many days. He sat down on the sofa there, and I applied weak solution to his throat. He telt almost immediately relieved, and in a few moments was able to swallow a glass of iced water without any pain and with the greatest satisiac tiou. We used local applications of the drug several times again when he was suffering great pain, and always with most marked success. The public is creatlv mistaken in thiuking we used the amesthetic constantly, for there were several weeks in the spring when we abstained from its use entirely. We began its use again in May some time, I think, and continued applications when ever it was absolutely necessary to kill his pain, which was intense. He was never allowed, however, to treat himself, and a physician always watched by him after the anesthetic was administered. We never dared to use a powerful solu tion four per cent, was the strongest we ever used foritwastoo great a case to experiment with. We confined ourselves strictlv to treatment wiuou liaa been verified in hundreds of cases. I havo a statement in the general's own hand writ ing as to what ho thought of cocaine, and some time, perhaps, I may publish it. "I would not, however, like to ex press my opinion yet, ns I hardly leel that I have tested the matter sufficiently. Cocaine is, of course, an intensely pow erful drujj, and when taken in excess is, like any other drug, dangerous. It is not the" use but the abuse of cocaine that the papers should decry. I can only say this, whenever I have used it, it has been very successful." Dr. Doremus, who has made a special study of cocaine and its use, could not speak too highly in its praise. "It is too bad," he said, "that tho benefits which might accrue from the proper use of cocaine are very much hin dered by the abuse which witless peoplo indulge in. I have suggested to one or two medical associations that the drug gists bo instructed to label the drug poi sonous, which has not been done before. Tho advent of this splendid amesthetie is a great thing, and the drug has become invaluable. 1 havo made very complete tabulations respecting the various symp toms of cocaine treatment, and I have yet only been ablo to ascertain one death, which occurred in the West. The person who died from the effects of the drug was a woman who was her own physi cian. She probably did not know how to treat herself." Dr. Leonard Coming said: "I hold that cocaiue is almost as wonderful and important a discovery as electricity. It is a most effective anaesthetic. Its prov ince has been mostly confined by spe cialists to the eye aud ear, but it has been employed in nervous diseases with the best of results. In my own particu lar case it has never failed. The exper ience of other physicians with whom I havo consulted confirms my own. I am very sorry that it is gaining such a fear ful notoriety by its improper use, for it can only retard medical progress by the false antipathy peoplo get against it." 2iev York World. Ills Choice. See the pretty chickens root among the bottles, See their shining feathers, see their scarlet wattles. AH the day they're scratching in tho garden cool, And they never, never have to go to school. Bleeping in the tree-top, down they conio ut morn, When they hoar the shower of th golden com. Along on merry wingluts they can lightly skim; But do vu in the duck oiid they can never tyun. No I thihk I'd lather bo a little boy, With a double barn-led pistol for a toy. I would be no chicken here's the reason why; S should foul a funny, nrnde int pic. .. r,u-h. COULD WE BUT HAVE OUR WAY. This world is not so very bad An some are prono to say, But we could make it much more glad Could we but have our way. We very quickly would doitroy Some fors to earthly bliss, And bores who now this apace enjoy. B We'd bottle up in this: B Xow there's the Individual, The hero quite unknown, Who oft his wondrous tales will tell Of doings all his own; His future fame he paints for you, Or pictures what he was, nd this is what he's going to do. o While this is what he does: O There's the ever omnipresent hog We meet on railway train, Whose etiquette would shame a dog Of average canine bralni. His is the class of all our race ' We could most gladly miss, For while he spreads o'er this much s pace R Tirod women stand on this: R Then thero's another common bore, A female, by the way, Who on her round from store to store Is sure to go each day; She lingers longest "opening days,,' And the salesman's patience tries, For here's the goods which be displays E And this is what she buys: E And at the opera and play AVe meet another class, We sometimes wish were far away. But they never are, alas! At. bonnets huge as Ararat Iuternnally we rage, And watch this ranch ot woman's hat s And this much of the stage: S HUMOR OF THE DAY. Quite well off Tho leaves. An amendment to the constitution A wooden leg. Hot Htriittf jVtfiM. The Russians are light eaters. At least they cat lots of candles. Danville Dreeze. Curious invcstigAtors havo discovered that the Siamese twins were well con nected. Life. "I haven't a wrap," said she, sweetly, one day, "Never a wrap to wear." "And I haven't a rap to buy you one," .Said he, with a saintly air. Boston Budget. "The old scratch is iu it," said a man as he contemplated a fine, large, fat buckwheat cake. Merchant- TraveUr. Sonio men will take more time to name a dog than others would spend in build ing a house. Chicago Ledger. Dudes have begun to wear bracelets. An old-fashiuued cuff alongside the head will show them how an ear rings. New York Journal. Oh, I w ear a celluloid collar, . I cau buy four of them lor a dollar, I'm a undo from Wayback, Who never could stay back, I'm a regular band-box Apollo! Lynn L'nioix. m Queer, isn't it? A man who will swallow auy kind of a dish with an im posing French name will be scared to death if he catches a cold with a Greek or Latin title. LvweH Citizen. There was onco a noted detective, Whoj-e opinion was fur from defective, When he looku.l in thegla-s, lie ivinarkid: " You ro un uss," Which showed that his mind was reflective. LioodnW Sun. , When one hears of the largo amount of lead thut is being shot into the lakes and ponds every year, in proportion to the duck taken out, ono cannot help thinking of the valuable lead mines that are being formed for future generations to discover. Sitingr. THE MKHKY MILKMAN. The milkman merrily wiiuloth his horn, An t hi feuleth as tine us silk, As he lilletii the pails by the pump at morn, Wiih his beautiful sky-blue milk. Oh, what is the joy that fiileth his cup, And why dotli he gaily cavort! Ili.( auso the price of the fluid's none up 'lljut u penny or two h.t quart. New Use for tho Nose. The old story of how Mozart made use of his long nose when exocutiug a piece on the piano which would have been impossible but for this way of making up for the want of un eleventh linger, has often comforted people afflicted with an olfactory organ of unusual length. But the full use of tho nose has only lately been discovered by a community of youiiir Italians, who claim that by the adroit pressure of the nostrils with thumb ami forefinger, supplemented by judicious breathing, the softest, sweetest irelodies can bo executed, and that tho Italian's favorite air, "The Delight of Love," is never more charming than when executed ou the naophone, this being the aristocratic name by which the new-boiu art has beeu called. Novel, indeed, and original is this musical iu Blnimelil. but, coiihidci iug how many lieonle sing through their nosi-s already, U is doubt tut whether the uew invention will add to the sum of human happiness. J'at Hall (,W.V.
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