THE FOREST REPUBLICAN ! pobll.hed ever? Wedneidajt ky J. E. WENK. O Woe In Bmearbaugh Co.'a Building KLM ITRRKT, T10NRSTA, Pa. Term a, tl.BO prTar. No nhMrlptlont received for 1 snorter period limn lb pre mouth.. Cirraaiiondnnce olieltsd from at) pute of Itie eoniitry. No notice will bo Uken or aooarmou. nsaninnrcailon.. It has been recently shown by statis tins that tho dilTcrence between the wages of men and women in this city who dn tho same work ta from $1 to $12 a week In favor of the men. The New York llera'd thinks "Itlsmoro thnn probable that Do I e-'seps' Panama ilitch, if it is ever finished, will not bo big enough to hold nil tho poor fellows who havo died while digging it." Dr. Gross, of Geneva, Switzerland, bus Intely evperiniented with himself in hanging. His experiments established thnt the sensations were only warmth and a burning in the head, without convul sions, of course his experiments didn't go very far. During the hint season on the great llftcs, it is estimated, more than two hundred lives were lost and $2,500,000 worth of properly destroyed. Seventy six steamers, forty-three schooners, six tow barges, and ei'ht tugboats were lost or damaged. . Indiana is proud because she claims to be tho tirst Stale to adopt a daily weather ecrviec. The headquarters are to bo at Indianapolis, from which onu hundred telo-trams wi:l be sent out each morning early, giving the probabilities for twenty four bours in advance. Saxony anil Thuring'a are the home and paradise of dolls. Tho annual pro duction of dolls' stockings alone in Saxony is 3.1,000 dozen. Thousands of shoemakers find constant employment in making dolls shoes. The export of dolls to Fngland, France and America is very large, aud increasing every year. The K'vTfriat1 Heri'ie says that the usclcesncs of the lightning-rod is bo coming so generally understood that the agents (1ml their vocation a trying one. Fewer Hnd fewer rods arc manufactured each year, and "tho day will come when lightning-rod on a house will be re garded iu the snmu tight as a hoiseshoe over a umn's door.'" San Francisco has more representatives In the United States Senate than any two other cities in tho country. The Cali fornia Senators, Stnndford and Hearst, havo residences in Shu Francisco, as have also thu Nevada Senators, Stewart and Jones. Stewart practices law at tlie San Francis o bar, and 'ones is a mem ber of tho San Fiaucisco Exchange. Alabama is ging ahead fast, accord ing to thu reKi ts of a correspondent, who writes that in ten years the State has increased her ta .ablu property from $l.J.0ii0,000to$2l0u0,00!); aud in thu past year Jefferson County, of which II rminghain is the county seat, has in creased $23,000,000 in tax value. The total increase in tho Statu for the year was $11.UU1,;03. -, Albert M. Thompsou has arrived in this country and is going to study medi cine in tho .Medical College of Indiana. The iutcrest of this announcement is in the fact that he is a full blooded Vey neg o, the sou of Dowauna, King of the Upper I eron County, and Sandymanda, Queen of Jarbacca. His African name is Moinora. lie is twenty years old and well educated, having studied at Cape Mount, West Africa. Cremation is rapi lly pushing to tho frorit in Kuropo. The new crematory at Stockholm, Sweden, burned its first body, that of the late rendant of the Likbraenuingsfoercniiigen (cremation so" . cietj) KjclleMedt, on October 15. From that day to December (J nineteen corp.es were incinciaiel. A creinat iry is in course of erection at Zurich, Switzer land. Another is to be built at B.tsul on the same plan. At Hamburg, Ger many, the erection of a crematory will commence next spring. The cremation society at Berlin has secured the ground for a crematory. The Albany Arju-nys that a crusade against cigarette smoking has been in augurated along the Hudson liner, and what is termed "a moral boycott" is the instrument used to bring about the de sired result, Physicians say the number of cases of serious illness traceable to the pernicious effects of cigarette smoking is very large, and that it is high time to call a halt. lb-suits of thu crusade cau be seen in Kingston, Poughkecpsie, New burg, eto., where signs a e displayed: "No Cigarettes Sold to Hoys Here." The movement is b ing warmly indorsed by clergymeu, educators and others. Bush Otter, a young Sioux, is the only full-blooded Indian who was ever em ployed by an Fxeculive Department of the United Slates Government. The Geological Survey has far some time past employed Otter, who is well educated, to prejmre for publication a series of Indian legends which he learned in his father's yigwam when a child. Otter repaired to Hedgesvillo, W. Va., last summer to pursue his literary work in that quiet town. There he met a charming white g rl with whom he fell in :ove. His pay of i a m'oii ill did not seem suitic cnt to him in the liht of contemplated mat rimony aud he struck for higher wages. Iliu Geological Ku e hi refused to ruisa liis salary aud Otter became a man of Forest VOL. XX. NO. 43. MY LIFE. O life, my life) Child of the deep, unfathomable nightl Thou child of terror, child of Joy and light, Of peace and itrife, O thou, my lift) I O life, my life! Begot In passion, and In sorrow born I 1 By warring doubts bewildered and torn With tumult rire Art thou, my life. O life, my life I By shadows vainly vexed, by shadows Joyed; Vain hands outstretching to'ard the nnan swering void: With silence rife Art thou, my lifel Hjtilmar Iljorth Boyrsen, in independent, ARMSTRONGS LESSON. In the early days of California the olden days ot gold, or the golden davs of old, as you (.lease in a certain miner's camp on Yuba Kivor there lived a queer genious named Armstrong. He was an honest miner, not diilering materially from his fellows, excepting that he bad a curious habit of talking to himself. From tho simple rea-on that he depat ted from the common custom in this one par ticular he was of course voted cra.y by the other miners. To call all persons "crazy" who do not follow the customs of the ma.ority is a constant habit with men. Hut day after day Armstrong worked away with his p ck and shovel, caring nothing lor the remarks of his neighbors, and seeming to wish for no partner in bis toils or rest save the in visible personage, whom ho always ad dressed in the second person singular, and with whom he was almost in close and earnest conversation. The drift of his talk while at work would be as fol lows: "Bather tough work, Armstrong rich dirt, though grub $1 a pound no time to waste pitch in, sir hanged if I don't wish I was in the States. This mining's mighty bird work. Nonsense, Armstrong; what a fool you are to be talking that way, wiih three ounces a day right under your feet, and nothing to do but just to dig it out." His conversation would be duly punc tuated with strokes of the pick and lifts of the loaded shovel. And so the days would puss along, and Armstrong worked and slept aud talked with his invisible partner. Well, it happened in due course of t me that the class o. human vampires commonly called gumb ers made their appearance at the camp where Armstrong had been working. As he was not above fol owing tne example of his fellows, ho paid the newcomers a vis. t. It is the same old 'story. After watching the garni awhile he concluded it was the simplest thing in the world. So he tried his luck and won $100! Now, any new ex- fierience would set Armstrong to think ng aud talking to himself worse than ever. It was so this lime. ' Now, Ann strong," be said, as he hesitated about go ng to work the next mo n ing. "that is thu easiest $L Oyou ever made in your life. What's the use of your going "into a hole in the ground to dig for three ouq esaday? Tlie fact is, Armstrong, you are sharp. You are not rnude for this kino of worn. Suppose you just throw away your pi. k and shovel, lea e the .nines buy a suit of store clothes, dress up like a born gentleman, and go at some bus.i.ess that suit i your talent." Armstrong was not long in putting tu.se II. ononis aud sayings into action. Ho left tho diggings and invested in fine clothes. He looked like another man, but he was still the same Armstrong, neve.theless. He was not long in tin. ling an opHrtunity to try a new profession. Walking forth in his fresh outfit he had just concluded a long talk w.th himself about his bright prospects wheu he halted in frout of a large tent w.th a sign over it: "Miners' Best." Armstrong went in. It did not seem to him that he re mained very long, but it was long enough to work a wonderful revolution in his feol.ngs. When he eamo out he was a changed man that is to say, he was a "changeless" mun. He was thunder struck, amazed, bewildered. He had lost hi' mi.ney, lost his new prospect, lost, his se f conceit 1 st everything but his new clothes and habit of talking to himself. It is useless to say that he was inad. Armstrong was very mad. Hut there was no one to be ma I at but Armstrong him sel ', so self number two was in for a rough lecture. "Now, Armstrong, you are a nice spec. men you fool you inlk you dead beat you inf " Well, 1 need not re peat all the hard thing he said. Like King Kichard, he "found within himself no pity for himself." Hut mere words were not sufficient It was a time for action. Hut Armstrong ne er once thought of drowning, shoot lug, hanging or any other form of suicidr He was altogether too original, as well as too sensible lor that. et he was re solved on something real and pract cal in the way of refoimatory punishment. He felt the need of a self-imposed decree of bankruptcy that should render the fai.u.e ss complete as possible, and prevent a similar course in the future. So the broken firm oi "Armstrong oc Self" went forth in meditation long and deep. Some of his thoughts were almost too deep for utterance. B it finally he stood by the dusty road along which the great freighting wagons were hauling suppl es to the mining camp up the Sacra uiento. One of these wagons, drawn by six yoke of oxen, was just passing. Snap, suap.snap, in slow irregular succes sion, came the keen, sting reports of the long Missouri ox whip. ".! lang! g'lang! wo-haw ! ' shouted the tall, dust-begrimed driver.as he swung his whip and cast a sidelong glance at the broken firm, wondering "What all them store clothes was a doin' thar." Now, when Aim strong saw thu long column of white dust rising behind that wagon he was taken wilb an idea. So he shouted to the driver to know if he might be allowed to walk in the road behind the wagon. "Get in and ride," said the driver. "No," said Armstrong, "I wish to walk. "Theu walk, you crazy fool," was the accommodating response, as thediiver swung his whip. Then came the tug of war. Greek never met Greek more fiercely thau did the two contending spirits composing the firm of Annttrour & Self at that particular moment. "How, Aimstrong," said the impe rious head of the U'tn, "you git riht TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB, 22, 1888. in the middle of that road, sir, and walk in that dust behind that wagon." "Whatf with these clothes on? Why, it is fifteen miles, and dusty all the way." "No matter, sir: take the road. ou squander your money on three-card monte; Til teach you a lesson." "G'langl g'langt diawled the driver, as he looked over his shoulder with a curions, mingling of pity, contempt or wonder on his dusty face. More and more spitefully snapped the swinging whip as the slow-paced oxen toiled mile after mile under the beat of a Septem ber sun. . And therein the road trudged Armstrong behind the wagon; slowly, wearily, thoughtfully, but not silently. He was a man who always spoke his thought s. "This serves you right, Armstrong. Any man who will fool his money away at three-card monte deserves to walk in the dust." "It will spoil these clothes." "Well, don't you deserve it?" "Tho dust fill my eyes." "Yes; any man who gambles all bis dust away at three-card monte deserves to have dust in his eyes and alkali dust at that." "The dust chokes me." "All right; any mm who will buck at monte deserves to be choked. Keep the road, sir the middle of the road close up to the wagou. Do you think you will ever buck at monte again, Arm strong)" And so the poor culprit, self-arrested, self-condemned, coughed and sneezed and choked and walked and talked, mile after mile, hour after hour, while the trreat wagon groaned and creaked, the driver bawled and swuncr his whip. the patient oxen gave their shoulder to the yoke, and the golden sun of Sep tember fank wearily toward the west The shadows of evening were beginning to fall when the wagon hultea at the place called Packer's Koost, on the l una. "Here wo rest," sighed Armstrong, just above his breath, as he looked at tho stream. "No you don't," answered the head of the firm. "You buck your money away at monte and talk about rest. "Now, Armstrong, go right down the bunk, sir, into the river." As tne command was peremptory and a spirit of obedience see ued the safest. Armstrong obeyed without parley and down he went, over his bead and ears, store clothes and all, into the cold moun ts n stream. It was a long time that he remained in the water and under the water. He would come to the surface everv little while tot ilk, you understand It was impossible for Armstrong to for bear talking. "Oh. yes " he would say as he came up and snuffed the water from Ins nose, "you ll duck your money away at three card monte, will you? How do you like the water cure?" His words were, of course, duly punctuated by ir regular plunges and catcbings of the breath. It so happened that the man who kept the shanty hotel at the Packer's Roost bad a woman for a wile, bbe, being a kind-hearted creature, besought her lord to go down and "help the poor crazy man out of the water." "Pshaw," said the ox driver, "he ain't a crazv man; he's a fool. He walked behind my wagon and talked to bimsclf all the way irora rscrabDie town." Thereupon arose a lengthy discussion about the diirerence between a crazy man and a fool. Hut after a while the land lord and the ox driver went down to the bank und agreed to go Armstrong's se curity ag ii .st bucking at monte in thu future if he would come out of the walei. So he came out and went up to the hous. "Will you have a cup of tea or cof fee?" said the woman, kindly. "Yes, modain," said Armstrong, "I wdl take both." "tie is crazy, sure as can be," said the woman. But she brought the two cups as ordered, ".tlilk and sugar?" she in quired, kindly as before. "No, madam, mustard aud red pep per," answered Armstrong. "I do believe he is a fool," said the woman, as thu went for the pepper and mustard. Armstrong, with deliberate coolness, put a spoonful of red pepper into the tea aud a spoonful of mustard into the cof fee. Then he poured the two together into tin cup. Then the old conflict ragnd again, a id high above the din of rattling tin cups aud pewter spoons, sounded thu stern command: "Armstrong, drink it, s r drink it down." A momentary hesitation and a few desperate gulps and it was down. "Oh, yes," said our hero, as his throat burned and the tears ran down his eyes, "you buck your money away at three-card monte, do you?" Now, the Tbompsouian dose, above descr.bed, very nearly ended the battle with poor Armstrong. He was silent for quite a time, and everybody else was silent. After a white the landlord ven tured to suggest that a bed could bo provided if it was desired. "No," said Armstrong, "I'll sleep on the floor. You see, stranger," said he, eyeing tho landlord with a peculiar ei pi ess on, "this fool has been squandering gold dust at monte three card monte and does not deserve to sleep iu a bed." So Armstrong ended the day's battle by going to bed ou tho Moor. Then came thu dreams. He tirst dreamed that he was sleeping on the North Pole and his head in thu tropics, while all the miners in Yuba were giound-sluieing in his stomach. Next, bu dreamed that he h id swallowed Mount r-hasti for supper, nnd that the o d mountain had suddenly become an active volcano and was vom iting acres and acres of hot lava, Theu thu scenes shifted, and beseemed to have found his final abode in a place of vile smells and tierce Dames, politely called the antipodes of hi aven. And while hu writhed and groaned in slee less a;ouy a fork-tail fieud was saying to him in a mo king voice: "You buck your money away at three-card monte, do you heyf " Hut. even ths troubled sleep had an end at last, aud Armstrong arose. When he looked at himself in the broken looking-glass that hung on the wall he thought his face bore tiaces of wisdom that he never nw there before. So he said: "1 think you have learned a les s m, Armstrong. You can go back to your mining now, sir, aud leave uioiiU alone.'' Time showed that he was rii;ht. His lesson was well learned. The miners looked a little curious when he reap peared at the camp, and still cal ed him cia.y. liut he had learned a lesson many i f theiu had never learned, pour fellwws. republican They continued their old ways, making 1 money fust and spending it foolishly even giving it to monte dealers. Hut the Armstrong firm was never broken in that way but once. After that, whenever he saw one of the peculiar signs: "llobbers' Hoost." "fleecers' Den," or " roots Last Chance," Armstrong would shake his head with a knowing air and say to himself as he passed along: "Oh, yes. Armstrong, you've been there; you know all about that; you don't buck your money away at three card monte not much. Ocerlanl Monthly, Some of Last Year's Inventions. According to the New York San, here are some of the inventions made during 1BN7! A small, round lubber mat, with litile spikes all over it, on which the cashier drops the silver change, and from which the customer easily picks it. A cheese cutter, consisting of a swing knife by which the grocer can, with cer tainty, cut ten ounces from the checso whenever the customer ordcis half a pound. A balloon which carries a lightning rod high in air over an oil tank. A cigar sel, ing machine that drops out au all-Havana, clips tho end oft, and ex poses a match and a piece of sandpaper, wheno er a nickel or lead blank is dropped In a slit in the side of the ma chine. A nose protector (Idaho invention), by which a woolen pad is snugly carried on tho end of the nose in cold weather. An electrical boot blacking machine, in which a brush is rapidly revolved in a non-rotating handle. The whirling brush brings the shine in one-tenth of the time of the old vibratory elbow method. A rubber funnel which may be fitted over the head, big end up, so as to en close all the hair while tlie barber sham poos a customer. A tube hangs down behind, so as to carry away thu suds, while a hose for flushing out the hair, a funnel and a tube are provided. A monster bicycle, with places for two men in a basket swung below ehe axle, who operate the machine with levers geared to the axle. A decoy duck with a variety of de tachable heads. An air pump to force oil from a tank on a ship over a stormy sta. A fa i rotated by the wheels of a baby carriage to keep the flies off the baby. A chur. h pew that looks like a pew, but has comfortable chairs within. A device wh ch will prevent the most restless individual lrom kicking tne clothes oil the bed. It is the invention of a Chicago woman. A new g n with a battery in the stock, and cartridges which have coils of pla tinum wire where the cap is. Pressing the trigger connects the coil with tne battery. A combined rocking chair and cradle (indescribable). A combined kitchen ventilator and clock winder, being a device for con necting the ventilator wheels commonly placed in windows with the lamily clock. Bismarck at Home. A German paper publishes some inter esting details of the daily life of Prince Uismarck. Everybody knows, says our contemporary, that the Prince hardly ever gets up before noon, unless he has to attend an important Parliamentary meeting. Hut it must be rcmembeicd that he only goes to bed after working till 'o a. m., every night, lu tne t han cellor's bedroom a lamp is kept burning all the night, numbers of messages often requiring his personal attention beiu brought in during thu night. In con siduration of the late hours kept by the Prince, supper is served late in the even ing, and seldom finished before mid night. Besidu the Princess Hismaick, Count and Countess Hantzau partakes of almost every meal, regularly leaving the palace at 10:45 i'. m., when a second class cab always takes them home. Bis marck's birthdav is always a great feast aud holiday for the servants of the house. In the kitchen a barrel of wine is pro vided by Princess Uismarck, two bands are in attendance, and the servants la n ilies appear on the scene. The Prince comes down, talks with the guests, and distributes sweets to the children. The pleasant relations between master and servant are also evident from the fact that the Princess always gives six Faster eggs to each of the servants. 1 lie do nie-tic p dice for the Prince consist of a Sergeant and eight constables. If the Prince is away lrom home four consta bles o with him aud four remaiu at the house, and all of them are entitled to ar rest any suspicious person, be it at Her lin, at Fricdricbrsruh, or at Varin. It was at Var.in whe e Uistuarck's lar;o dog t-ultan was poisoned. The I'riu ce declared at the time that she would make provision for life for anyone who could poiut out the prisoner, sultan was more intell gcnt than Tyras, Lift 1 yras Is more faithful of tho two, and will take food out of the hand of any member of Prince Hismack's family, but never from a servant, as one of the foot men has lea ned to his regret. It is well known that at Berlin the Chancel lor is rarely seen, and only some of the inhabitants of thu Vor Scrape have the privilege of seeing him sometimes walk ing in bis grounds. Brain Development. The man who possessed the heaviest brain yet weighed was au American blacksmith, who does not seem to have been otherwise remarkable, even for the excellence of his iron work. Since that time, however, though great pains have been takeu to ascertain the brain weight of celebrated men, not one record exists of the Oram weight or famous women. The brain of George Lliot was specially remarkable. The following passage oc curs in her life : "Mr. Bray, the enthu siastic believer in phrenology, was so much struck with thu grand proportions of her head that he took Marian Fvans up to London to have a cast taken. He thinks that, after that of Napoleon, her head showed tho largest development, f i oin brow to ear, of any person re corded." Wouldn't W. rld. Prairie Dog Towns. There is a chain of pr;drie dog town along ihe Texas and Pacific Kailroad for a distance of 100 miles; some of the villages cover five acres of grou d. Hunters say it is almost impossible tc kill one of the dogs and get his body, so quick y does he cu.e iuto Ms hole at th explosion of a gun. Deluging theii holes wiib water will not drive them tut. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. the Kitchen Table. Anionp the verr nereasnrv thtnosi In kitchen is a good-sized, substantial table of white wood or pine whi h is needed for ironing and baking days. It should h ive three drawers; a large one for hold in? the shirt boards, ironing sheets and holders, and two smaller ones for spoons nnd knives used in crockery. It isa'soa good plan to keep the cook book in one of these drawers. Abo e this table can be fastened a hanging ra' k for ironing days. This ran lie closed asrainst the wall when not in use, but will be found a great saving in time and labor, as no one can quite eslim ite the number of steps taken from the table to the clothes rack when one finds it necessary to liana up each article as soon as it is ironed. Iteclpe. Moi.assf.s BnrTKit-scoTcn. One cup of New Orlears molasses, one cup of brown sugar, one-half cup of butter. Boil until it snaps when dropped into co d water. Scalloped ConFtsir. Mix together two teacups of mnshed tomatoe, 1 J tea cups of cold boiled codllsli, 2J teacups of milk, one-half egu, and one-quarter of a teacup of butter; bake a light brown. Rice Pdddino. Three tablespoonfuls of dry rice, half a cup of sugar, one quart of milk, put in a pan, flavor with lemon or vanilla and bake in a slow oven four hours without stirring. Serve either hot or cold. Salmon Salad. To a can of salmon take eight or ten stalks of celery; cut the celery into small pieces and mix with the salmon, which should also be picked into small bits; sprinkle over a little sdt and very little pepper, and pour on Buiuu goou vinegar. ..v small onion may be added, if desired. A NoiiRtsni.vo DfSH. Take one-half pint thick sweet cream, set on the stove to boil. Put into a saucer two table spoons sweet cream, into which stir thoroughly one teaspoon flour. When cream ou stove is boil ng add cream in which you have stirred Hour and let come to a bod. Set off. Salt and pepper a little if preferred. Buckwuf.at Cakes. Put one quart of cold water in a jar, add to it a tea spoonful of salt and three and a half cups of buckwheat, beat until perfectly smooth, then add half a teacup of yeast and mix well; cover the top of the jar, let stand in a moderately warm place until morning. When ready to bake dis solve a teaspoon of soda in ten table spoons of boiling water, add this to the batter, beat and bake on a bot greased griddle. Veum irKLLt. Put a tablespoonful of lard in a porcelain dish; when hot put in the vermicelli, broken in small pieces, with some thinly sliced onion, pepper, salt, a few ctiminseud pulverized, and a sprinkle of red pepper. Stir to prevent burning, allowing it to become a light brown; then add a little hot water, and boil until tender. By the time the water is evaporated it will be done. Useful Hints. Keep large pieces of charcoal in damp corners and in dark places. Hub the hands on a stick of celery after peeling onions and the smell w iii be entirely removed. Let dishes be neatly washed, rinsed in hot water nnd drained, and then ruo them until they shine. When removed from the person cloth ing, if damp, should be dried before put ting into the clothes basket, to preveut mi. dew. Kqual parts of ammonia and turpen tine wid take paint out of clothing, no m itter how dry or hard it may be. Satu rate the spot two or three times, then wash out in soapsuds, To clean bottles, put into them some kerne. s of corn and a tablespoonful of ashes, half till them with water, and af ter a vigorous shaking and rinsing you will hud the bottles as good as new. Often lifter rooking a meal a person will feel tired and have no appetite' for this be;, a raw egg until light, stir in a little milk and sugar, and season with nutmeg. Drink half an hour before eating. A sewing apron, in whose pockets re pose a needle, thimble, smull scissors and reels of black silk an 1 cotton, with one of white cotton as well, if kept handy for emergencies, will save the hou-emnther many astep and considera te strain upon her amiability. To wash lace or fine embroidery with out wear, rub white soap on thu soiled parts, theu cover w.th soft water and set for twel e hours in sunshine, then rinsu in clear water, pull out each poiut wiih the l liters and pin upon a pillow or sheet upon the carpet to dry. Leigh screens of Turkey-red calico or unbleac hed muslin, scantily frilled on to uupainled wooden frames, are most use ful in the sick room either to prevent draughts or moderate the brat of uu open tire, which should always burn there if possible, as the most euicieut ventilator jet devised. Another Task for Explorer Stanley. The M'Urtwe d Geognifihiiue, of Brus sels, says advices fr.un Zanzibar are to the effect that the British Fast Afr Can Association hascoucludcd a treaty, undei which the t uitan of Zunzibar cedes to the association for fifty years' sovereignly overthe territory between Port VYaugit, at the mouth of tho Ouuiba liiver, and Vitu, a distance' of over thirty-live kilometers. This will facilitate the open ing of routes to Victoria Nyanxa, aud shows that Fug and is desirous of found ing a colony which will extend her in fluence to the source of the Nile. It is proha'ile tint when Stanley returns he will be asked to undertake ikid work of extending civilization. He Erred. "And are you angTy, sweetf He whispered soli and low; hut still she turn, hoi la.'e array. And not one little wont will aay To mitigate hut woe. Her tiny eyes grow pink He plainlv s ea it now: rsiie litis tier liltlu han-ls in shame To cover o t r a taee albtuie From dainty cliiu to brow. Her ttely head droops low: It luster his "young blood freeze," lb s ae bv kits ng uuo fair cbevk t'aus-d Iter Hi a sUaine, no real, so deep! A iaue, a frej-fui nee.o. i. L. kd.w, lit ftiUaUtlptiiu frtn. $1.50 PER ANNUM. THE GAS MAN AT FORD'S. (THE tAn Hit WAS TO PI.AT IN LINCOLN 8 ASSASSINATION. Arranging; to Plnnsre the TtiPrJtre Into Total Darkneas The Plad Spoiled bv ft Trivial Incident. .Tames Franklin Filts tells in the Chi ago Is'lgr how an employe at Ford's Theatre, Washington, would have p'ayed an important part in Lincoln's ass-isirm-tion but for a trivial incident which spoiled the well-arranged fcheme. Mr. Filts says : The man referred to was the gas man of the theatre. Such a person is an important factor behind the sccno-t. He has sole change of the apparatus, nnd at tho signal of tho Rtage-ma"ager low ers and raises the lights, turn oft and lights up the gas, etc. All this is done now-a-davs by merely touching difTirent electric buttons; but at Ford' tho clumsy system of that dav was in use, Turn-cock were attached to the pipes in a chest set well back on the stac, nut of sirrht The gas man kept the . V". and he alone had access to the chest. 1 it is a mistake to regard Booth as a desperado, bent on executing his scheme even at the sacrifice of his own life. Tho public manner of the assassination, and his leap to the s:ae ia full view of 2.0 I' people, was an afterthought, adopted on the pressure of the moment, when his own carefully matured scheme had been de eatcd. Much as he wanted to kill the President, he never wanted to be known a the assassin. His plan was simple, nnd its very sini- flicity seemed to insure its success. Tin; resident's party having been seated in their box, at a given signal the gas was to be turned off. leaving the whole house in darkness. Booth, having marked the exa t position of his victim at tho instant, and having access to the box, would promptly do the murder in the dark. So great would be the confusion and upronr in the immense audience that packed the h U9C, over the mere fact of total daik ness, that the horrible tragedy just se cretly and successfully accomplished could not be made known for some time so that it could be understood. Tho gns man would havo locked the chest a-id quietly depnrted with the key in his pocket, probably en route for Canada: it might be half an hour before the house could berclighted. In the meantime the commission of tho crime had been per fectly hidden by the darkness. It would not be a question in the case of the es cape of thu assassin; for although Booth had taken the precaution to have a saddle-horse ready in thu alley outside, ho deemed it a mere precaution. There would be no proof, nothing more thnn suspicion against him if his plot succeeded. Thu signal for the turning off of thu gas was thought to be the master stroke of the plot. None but a mm with a st ong dram.itio instinct could have chosen it. Let the reader recall the time. The fall of Kiclimond and Petersburg and the pursuit aud surrender of Leu had fol lowed in quick Buccess'on, occurring but a few days before. Tho North was in a transport of jOy; Washington wa full of soldiers; a thousand of them would be at Ford's Tbeatie that night, and it was known that the President would at tend. Tho manager saw that something besides the rather tame play of "Our American Cousin" must be presented to satisfy the patriotic overflowing of men's hearts. So it was made part of the pro gramme that, when the President's party was seated, several maie quartettes should take thu st gu, and sing the anthem, "My Country, 'Tie of Thee," the hou-e naturally joining in. A des ignated line of this anthem was to fur nish the signal for the gas man. With the last short line of the tirst stanza, "Lit freedom ringl" the whole theater was to be plunged in darkness, and the murder would swiftly follow. Down to a time possibly not more than one minute preced.'ig the singing of the fatal line, events seemed to march straight 1 on to the consummation of the tra-edy 'exactly as planned. The overture was done; the President Mrs. Lincoln, ' Major Iiathbonc and Miss Harris had ar I rived and weru seated, amid tho plaudits of the house; the singing of "America" from the s'ngu had commenced. Booth at the box door, one hand on the knob, the oiher on his pistol; the gas man be hind the scenes went to his chest. And then I It was the great Talleyrand, I believe, I who taid that "lrom the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step." The truth of the saying was never proved as it was iu that moment ! An actor of the company had for several days been ou what iu the-e days is commonly kuown as "a racket." He was lingering about the wiugs on this evening in a boozy condition, when the mnn iger caught sight of him and pro ceeded to give him "a wigging." To do so more at ease he plumped thu de linquent down on the gas-chest and took a seat beside him. The gns niiiu came up. and saw at ou e that thu "cue" could not be given. He did not dare to draw attcntiou to his proceedings by requesting the manager to move. To be watched was to insure him the scaffold ! The anthem went on. "Let freedom ring" w as sonorously rolled through th i house; the lights were iiudiinuied; thu piece was finished with wild applause; thu play was begun. Aud there iu the lobby was Booth, ragini; with disappointment, striding up and down, now seen by half a d..cn dilferent persons, nerving his hand and his braiu foi the public assassination that occurred au hour later. Millions Owe Him Gratitude. Argund, a poor Swiss, iuvcuted a lamp with a wick titled into a hollow cyliu- der, up whiih a current of air was per mitted to pass, thus giving a supply of j oxygen t.i the iuterior as well as the e j teri'.r of the circular flame. At tirst r- I gaud used thu lamp without a t.ia j chimney, t'ne day he was busy ic his i work room, and sitting before the b .ru ing lamp. His little brother was ainu i c I himself bv pla im; a bottomless oil l' i k ' over diliereut ariiclus. Suddenly i u plaoed it upon thu t'aine of the lamp, which instantly shot up the lonu luck of the flask with increurd brilliancy. It did more, for it fl.shed iut Aruaiid's mind the idea of a lamp chimney, by which his iuvcution w;.i perfect S-i I RATES OP ADVeHTISIWQi. One aqsre, one Inch, oe meertloi.. 1 1 One Nqnare, one Incb, one month One Square, one Inch, three month. Oi.e Square, one lr.eb, one year Two Sipmn one jear J (Josrter C olumn, one yeir w Uaif Column, one jeer j One Column, one year ,u l,eiral advert lMmCnu ten oenu per Up. each l Samoa. Harriet aad drath notloee (rratle. All bill, for tearlj edvertlwmrm. 'i? f? Url,. Teniporarj adTorUrtmcoi. mu be paid U advance. job work aab on delivery. THE AESTHETIC OWL. The owl sits perched on the hemlock tree As wide awake as an owl can be, The sky Is clear and the air Is still, And ha hoots to the niht as long ns ha will. Oh! the light of the sun Is no light for him, Give him the moon and the starlight dim. For all the hours of the garish day Deep in tlie thicket he blinks away. To-witl to-whoo! there's another shout, From the midst of the forest the cry breaks out; It comes from the heart of the doddered oak And te knows full well the voice that spoke. 'Tie the signal sliout that his mate has made. Awayl it is time for their nightly raid. Softly and slow through the gloom they go. Winging their way over field and wood, While their eyeball dV-tare with a fiendish glare At the thought of blood. Woe to the moose that is out of his bole. One squeak and the victim is swallowed whole. And struggling and raw in that ravenoue maw He lies by the side of the delving mole, The little songsters are all at rest In leafy covert or cosy nest. Not a thought or care or dream of fear, Though their deadly foe is hovering near. One blow and the sharp beak drips with gore And the hapless minstrel sings no more. Savage of heart with a show of sense, Made up of feathers and sheer pretense. Light-hatin; creature, moping and dull, Mere glimmerings ot thought in his muddy scull; What title has he to wisdom's crest? Out on the ownl he's a fraud at best, But when at last he has met bis fate; Like many a spoiler men call great, Aloft and mounted his praise is heard. And aesthetes say : "What a lovely bird 1" Hartford Courant. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Some acrobats are fresh, nnd somer sault. Circus tickets go with thi. The difference between an epicure and an anarchist is that one's a mighty diner and the other's a dynamiter. Wathing ton Critic. At the museum Mrs. N. "My dear, I wish you to observe this beautiful statue of Apollo; and this is his wife, Apolonaris. Life. The mau who says " I told you so," At each mischance, has been laid low. We knew that he'd get killed; yoa know That we have often told you so. TidBitt. There are lots of men in this wor'.d who are born to rule, bui the other fel lows are such a p ck of ignoramuses that they can't be made to realize it. iLr cmiU 'Jratx-ler. Ad all-round has placed the following placard over his coal-bin: "Not to be used except in case of fire." The cook's relati es are in consternation. Burling ton Free trts. Mrs. Chargeitplease "Good morning, Mr. Takemeasure. 1 should like to see something in the way of a small check." Mr Tapcmeasure (fervently) "So should I." Detroit Free Press. Very Sick Husband (to weeping wife) " It may come out all right yet, my dear; so don't cry" Weeping Wife " I can t help it, John. You know how easily I am moved to tears." Nie York Hun. A Mud river Indian was mistaken for a deer the other day and shot. As thejj picked him up he dech.i?''.nir tho pain was ussuaged by the l-Vlheuce that somebody had some use for bim. T.d Bitt. Country Minister (to deacon) "Dea con, you have a reputation of knowing some:hing about horses. I've got au animal that's balky. What do you do ia such a case?" Deacon "I sell him.'1 A& idcnt AVirs. There is one thing a woman can do which a man cannot, and that is ret a hen. All tho softer parts of her nature vanish in the contemplation aud per formance of the act she sinks her sex beyond Amazonian possibilities. l'hila dililiii Lrd.ier. "Joseph," said the merchant to the bright young man with the best of refer ence, "the book-keeper tells me you have lost the key of tho safe, and lie can not gut at his books." "les, sir, one of them; you gave me two, you remember." "ies, I had du plicates mucle, in case of accident. And tlie other onei" "Oh, sir, I took good care of that. I was afraid I might lose one of them, you kuow." "And is the ithur all right?" "Yes, sir. I put it where there was no dungur of its bo ng lost. It is in the safe, sir." liMon 1'iamcript. A Sceptic as to Hydrophobia. Hecent alleged cases of death by hydro phobia moves C. ,). Peshall, v. he is one of the greatest authorities living ou canine lore, to again lift Ins voice against a belief in thu existence of thu much dreaded disease. "I do not believe," he a lys, "there ia any such disease as labies. Dogs, like other a iimals, must pay the debt of na tuie and die from disease. A dog's brain may become atlected Loin a disease, und when so atlected the animal may even bite his own master, but if the wound is properly tieated by a physic ian no bad effect will follow. History teaches us thtit for thousands of yiarsthc dog has beeu domesticated and has become the almost constant companion of man. That man has made the most txt nsive use of tiiis animal in every way, and I now think it is time we should begin to give the dog his dues, and do justice to bim aud his race. Urn-lite ii eatiuent of On Is. A rural friend of mine, who enjoys trifling wiih old superstitions, has a pair of owls which be keeps Oil his p aza Summer and Winter. He enjoys the strange n.ri es which I hey make at night ; and iusti ail of attr.buliug them to w eird influences, assumes that tiny ro due to hunger or indigistiou on the part of the birds of wisdom. At all tvenls. he claims that by supplying the owl. with, raw meat and Jumaua gluger they ro apse into .deuce for the night. v:e
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