THE FOREST REPUBLICAN Is pvblUhml trnj WadneSj, ky J. E. WENK. Offloe la Bmearbangh A Co.'i Building KIJI STR8ST, TIONMTA, t. Trm, tl.BO prTr. ttn tnrr months, Coire.ponln-i pollclted from an rtj sf ih "onmlcatloaa. ' " According to the Mail and Sspreiitht United States nov leads the world in the production of pig iron. Ohio oleomargarine men want natural butter iuspoctod, claiming that three fourth) of it isn't an good as oleomar garine. A significant educational tendency of the dny, thinks the Chicago Port, i the Increased interest in tlie study of history and politics at Johns Hopkins University. "It will not be long nt the present rate of progress," believes the Washington Star, until the oytor will have joined the buffalo in tho hnppy hunting grounds" In tho dentil of Huron Hausmnnn, Paris loses tho architect who, with the assistance of Napoleon III., raado her so beautiful. It cost a great deal of money, remarks the Cincinnati Enquirer, but in the long run it pnid. Within tho past thirty years, estimates the Atlanta Conttitution, the population of our cities and towns has increased 251 per cent., from 5,000,000 to 13,000,000, while the rural population has increased less than one-third as rapidly, or about seventy per cent. At the recent convention of street-car wen Jn St. Louis, Mo., it was shown by statistics, avers tho New York World, thnt after fifteen faros have been rung up on uu ordinary horse car all the re mainder of tho monoy taken in for that trip is profit for tho company. There are 6000 Indiaus still living on reservations in New York. They are civ ilized, well educated and never give anybody any trouble. The same is true of the C'herokecs in the Indian Territory, The Indians of the Northwest and fur Southwest give us more trouble than all of the others. The New York Mail and Etpreu al leges that one of the great railroad cor porations paid $300,000 last year for towing car floats around tho harbor. The amouut paid by tho five great trunk lines would equal the interest on (30,000,000 enough to construct two throe bridges and tunnels. The United States oiiened this year with 167,255 miles of railway in opera tion enough, boosts tho Cincinnati En quirer, to go around the globe seven times, and enough to reach more than two thirds of the way to the moon. If it were all iu a continuous line, and in ab solutely perfect condition, it would take our fustent express train six months to run over it. With regard to Germany, who can wonder, asks tho St. Louis Jttpublie, at the increase there of socialism in view ing facts. liko these: In Saxony 73.51 per cent, of tho population have an in come of less than $200 a year; and of this number 45.49 per cent., are wretchedly poor, having on income of less than $125 per annum. The middle class embraces 23.47. Evon thefe have less than $S20 a year. Only 0.C0 pos sess over $2100 per annum. America is credited with many labor- ""ivlccs, but thure are soma of irigin, acknowledges the Boston tt, that throw our best into the )ne of these for tho benefit of is described in an English con '. There are persons, it says, ith no fuculty of writing, who sum are prepared to contrive involutions and. evolutions of th a full complement of heroes, era, hcuvy fathers, sohemiug d ull the rest of it." . M. Johnson, now a practic t Kendall, Kan., tolls an in battle in which Custer was and Colonel Myers, com ;roop, wero riding on the . they saw a squaw prone sen ground dead, and be r or five year old babe cry ing her to arise. Taking apoose the Colonel ordered eaut to dismount and se igstor. lie did so, and i Colonel nonchalantly and I: "What shall I do with lenient that the Duke of ichweriu wanted Prince ?resideut of his Council ullieieut to prompt Em to abandon a pleasure trip jw conies tho news th t Buvtria decidedly object 'heir uriuy by the German ugh that army is an la lo defense of the Empire, i of Germany signs art rves tho Bt. Louis Star ho Hismarckisn fabric of atcs under Imperial rule is it wad on a curtain S'JO, when its founder u down and uuU ORE VOL. XXIII. NO. ! THK WAYSIDE WELb He stopped at the wayside well, Where the wator was oold and deep! There were feathery ferns 'twlxt the mo r atones. And gay was the old well sweep. lie left his carriage alone; Nor could coachman or footman tell Why the master stopped in the dusty road To drink at the wayside well. He swayed with his gloved hands The well sweep, creaking and slow. While from seam and scar In the bucket's side The water plashed back below. He lifted it to the curb, And bent down to the bucket's brim; No furrow of time or care had markod The faoe that looked back at him. He saw but a farmer's boy As he stooped o'er tbe brink to drink, Ana ruddy and tanned was the laughing race That met bis own o'er the brink. The eyei were sunny and clear, And the brow undimmed by care. While from under the brim of the old straw bat Strayed curls of chestnut hair. He turned away with a sigh; .. Nor could coachman or footman tell Why the master stopped in his ride that day To drink at the wayside well. Walter Learned, 33 RIGlTTffS FORTUNE. Short, thin, dry and wrinkled as an apple that lay withered during a long winter, such was the good man, Parmer Landry. Indeed, he was one of those closo-fistod old poasanU of whom it is graphically said that they can shave something from an ecrir shell. Since the doath of his wife he had re tired from agriculture and lived alone in a little house at tho end of the vlllaire. An4 yet, not entirely, alone, for he had wild nun his oia servant Brigittc. But the poor woman counted Tor so littlo in tho household, a littlo above the dog, but uut so mucn as lue donkey, that cost hundred and twenty francs. She entered his family at the age of twelve to guard the cows, and had been there ever since. She knew no other family life than this one, and the exceeding parsimony of the master seemea to her entirely natural. She was now a tall, hale woman of rlftv. red-faced, square-shouldered, with feet ana Hands that might have been the pride or a pugilistic trainer. While ex acting very little in the way of compon sation, she drudged like a pack horse; for indeed, she could not do otherwise in Jarnier Landry's house. Besides, in her simple mina existed a canine attachment aud real admiration for her master, who was not ashamed to take advantage of ucr goon nature. Of courso, in the service of this miser Brigitte had not earned a fortune. But the honest creature was amply satisfied when the old peasant, in a patronizing iuut, praiKu ucrzcai: "wnatagoou, simple creature you are, Brigitte, are you not" Then tho good woman's mouth would open into a loud laugh. "lie I he! he I master I You have al ways your littlo manner of joking ; ha ! iiei ue: One day while Farmer Landrv was him self replostering his garden wall, so as not to pay the mason, he made n false step and fell into the pool just over tho point wnnre the deepest holo was. Ho splashed wildly about for a few moments, calling vainly for help with all the power of his lungs. At last, worn . out by his efforts, he was about to sink from sight, when Brigitte at last heard him. The devoted creaturo courageously jumped into the water, at the risk of drowning herself. She succeeded iu pulliug him to the bank; he was entirely unconscious, but she raised him in her strong arms, us she would a child, put him to bed, and with rubbing and remedies recalled him to life. On seeing him open his eyes, the good Brigitte shed tears of joy. 'Ah, good master, how glad J am that you aie not drowned and buried in that hole!" The old peasant was glad of it, too, although he had one lively regret the loss of bis trowel, which fell into the water at the some time with himself. However, he had the decency not to ex press the wish that Brigitte should return and jump in alter that also. Indocd, in the first impulse of gratitude, he said to his servant with a touch of emotion : 'It is you who pulled me out of the hole; I shall never forget it, my good girl, you may be assured of that. I am gcing to muke you a present." "Ob, master, indeed there is no need of that 1" "But I toll you I will give you some thing; don't doubt it!" And really, the same evening, after a thousand hesitations, ho drew forth his long leather purse and called Brigitte to him. While making a grimace like one having a tooth drawn, he selected a sil- yer piece of twenty cents. Here, Brigitte, is your present. It shall not be counted in your wages, you know. Do not be extravagant with it; that would be a sin. For the service rendered it was not unbridled generosity on the part of the giver, and the former had some dim in. timation of the fact, for he added (as if to enhance its value) : "It is lust the price of a lottery ticket. Buy one, my girl, and you may win twenty thousand dollars." It was the first time in his life that tbe poor man allowed himself to be liberal, so the thought of it haunted him for a long time; he constantly wondored about the fate of his bright silver piece. He often asked the servant if she had yet bought her lottery ticket. "Not yet, master," was her unvarying answer. But at length she decided to end this constaut questioning by pacifying him. So one day she replied : "Ye;, master, I have bought one." 'Indeed! What number!" "Ot, the number u 31." 45. TIONESTA, Very good I" said her master, repeat ing the number to impress it on his mind, lie careful not to lose it t" "Never fear, master." "Because if you do fear sometimes to lose it i-" "Eh, master," "Well, you need only give it to me and I will hide it in mv bureau." "Oh, I shall certainly not lose it!" i ne nauiu of daily life in the little nousehold, disturbed by these events, soon settled Into their reirular course eating sparoly, very temperate drinking iow nours lor sleeping and many for work. farmer Landry wai almost consoled . ! 1 ... iui uia mreeu prodigality, when one morning, in the barber's shop, whore he went from time to time to read gratis tho Oiuette, terrible emotion struck him. He read the result of tho lottery drawing ana at tne bead these words, like lines of fire, flashed before the dajsled spectacles vi me gooa man : f "The number thirty-four has won the great pnio of 1OU.O00 francs. The old gentleman gave such a sudden cry that the startled barber, in turning towards him, almost clipped a corner from tho ear of the schoolmaster, whom he was snavmg. What's the matter. Father Landrvt" he asked. "Oh, nothing, nothing," answered tho farmer, who quickly recovered his calm ness. Kearranrnnsr his spectacles, he read again slowly, spelling each syllable to mane assurance doubly sure." mere was no mistake; the number 34. Brigitte's ticket, had won. U He dropped me journal ana started oil In great agl tation towards his house. Briiritte had prepared her master's frugal breakfast of nuts and cheese, ne placed himself at the table, but he could not eat, for his emotion seemed to clinch his throat and prevent him from swallowing. "What is the matter, master I" anx iously asked Brigitee. "JNr-tmng atall." "You are not ill t" , "No, I toll you," be answered angrily, During several days he secretly ob served tbe poor woman. Did she know that she had won 100,000 francst No indeed I Entirely ignorant that she was tbe object of such close scrutiny, she per formed her dally tasks with her usual good humor, while her master was in a fever of unrest. One day ho dared to asked her. tromb ling while doing so: "Is there any news, my good girl?" "Nothing, master, exoept that one of tne nens has the pip. " Very good I She inew nothing about her good fortune. As for announcing it to her-that was entirely too much for his nature and long life habit. It seemed to him monstrous that another should profit by this marvellous windfall of a hundred thousand franes, produced by his piece of twenty sous his own bright, silver bit! Time was lengthened from days to weeks. A notice in the journal (no rcuuy bought a copy of the one con taining the announcement) formally stated mat alter a delay ot three months the unclaimed prizes would be employed lor a now capital. lue poor man had no more appetite for eating or drinking, or power to sleep ; ho was dying of uneasiness. Twenty times he was on the point of speaking of tue ticket to Hngitte; and twenty times he bit tho tip of his tongue. One word only might put his sorvaut in the way to learn her good fortune. Ouo morning, after an unusually sloen- leea night passed in turning and return- lug in his bed, he arose with a smile on his thin lips. He had found the key to tho pioblcin. lie commenced by order ing Brigitte to kill tho plumpest chicken. and to cook it in the oven with a good piece of pork. And finally, ho gave his servant money to buy coffee and sugar. urigitte asked herself if her master had gone madt "Surely some demon has taken pos session of his mind 1" she thought with a thrill of fear. It seemed a fearful increase of the malady when the old gentleman, after having ordered her to lay the table for two, asked her to take -her place as his vis-a-vis. Ob, master, I should nover, never dare to do that I" Sit down there. I tell you, foolish woman!" Brigitte had heard that one must not oppose the wishes of maniacs. do, without answering, she seated her self in great embarrassment on the edge of the chair. "Como, eat and drink, Brigitte, my girl," he suid, filling her plate gener ously. However, this was not the last surprise for Brigitte. When the coffee was served the old gentleman auddouly said : "You see, my good llrigitte, this means that I am going to get mar ried 1" "Indeed, master, it is not yet too late: if you are old, you are still hale and well," answered tbe simple servant, ap provingly. "Since that is your viow, if you like, we will marry each other." After the roost chicken and pork, and the coffee and sugar, Brigitte expected to hear almost any strange thing on the part of her master. But that 1 Oh, not thnt 1 "You are joking me, master 1" "Not at all," answered the old peas ant. He explained that he was growing old, was without children or family, and did not wish to die alone like a dog. Be side he was grateful! He could uot tor get that Brigitte had saved his life his faithful Brigitte. Oae must not be for getful of such a service. Finally, the worthy woman, whose head was turned by this stroke of good fortune, believed in his sincerity. She, a humble servant, marry her master! Think of itl It was, indeed, something , to turn one's brain. The bans were published, and the marriage followed. The couplo were greeted at the church by the good na tured smiles of the whole village. After the ceremony the new husband hurriedly conducted his wife home. PA., WEDNESDAY, Having crossed hastily demanded the threshold, h. in a tnyiui voice. while energetically rubbing his hands "Brigitte, my girl, where have you put your ticket!" "What ticket!" "Your lottery ticket, No. 84!" "What lottery!" "You know very well," he Cried, im patiently. "The one you bought with my twenty -sou piece, that I gave youl" The bride began to laugh stupidly. "Ah I the twenty sous 1 Listen, Mas ter. One seldom wins in those lotteries. It was very cold last winter, very cold." "Well, well!" interrogated Lnndrv. wno oegan to grow very yellow. "Oh, indeed," she concluded, "I did not buy the ticket. With the money bought me some good fur-lined slippers, which I was suro would do me good. V 1- J . t, .-. i iea, inaeca. jtrom tnt mm, in Amencan Cultivator. The Indian Witch Dance. The Indian witch, or medicine dance. is very different from the performances Dciore described. It is really a weird affair, and almost as difficult to witness as the celebrations that New England witches wore said to indulge in in the oldon time. It must havo some religious meaning, although tbe writer was never able to got exactly at what the meaning was. i ne medicine men of the Sioux d o not seek publicity in their incantations, and it was entirely by chance that I came across threo Indiaus going through some peculiar operations, at a point re- moto l.-otn their camp. A stick about three feet in height was stuck in the ground, and from it hung out in the breeze a long-haired scalp. The hair was dark, and looking on from a short distance I could not tell whether the scalp was that of a white woman or an Indian. It might have been either. The three Indians wero leaping and gesturing and at intervals mumbling something, not a song apparently, but disconnected words. Occasionally they would point toward tho scalp. Then they would mumble again and jump about. They were not painted, and their attire was different from that of the ordinary braves. They noticed me, and, while they made no demonstration of hostility. their expression meant plainly that they would rather be left alone. The chades of evening wore falling on prairie and hill and river. The Missouri stretched like a mighty serpent below, its yellow waters tinctured with a ruddy stain by the nnal gleam of the setting sun, and here on this hill, away from the painted tents and the silent Cottonwood, these children oi nature were cnactiug their strange enchantment to move in some way that supernatural power which seemed to have deserted the Indian race. With eerie feelings I withdrew, leaving them to their superstitution, and conscious that perhaps its parallel might be iound among moro enlightened nations. Chicago Herald. How to Tislt the Queon. Should you be invited by Queen Vic toria to dinner, the following, according to Edmund Yates in tho New York Tri bune, is some of the etiquette that you will have to observe: Guests are expected to arrive in time to dress for dinner, and they leave after breakfast the next morning. The rule is for guests to repair to the corridor in full dress at 8:30 o'clock, tho dinner be ing 8:45, and the Queen comes in from her own apartments just as the clocks chiuio the quarter, bows to the company and proceeds into the oak room, where he meal Is served. The dinner is al ways excellent and the wines are superb, but tbe conversation at-the table is of courso most vapid aud conventional. Af ter dinner the company usually stand about tho corridor, or go into one of the throe drawing rooms which adjoin it. The Queen speaks a few moments to each person in succession, then retires, and tho guests see her no more, as she never appears in the morning; so that a visit to the Castlo does not involve much personal intercourse with her Majesty. After the Queen is gone -to her rooms. the company remain in one of the draw ing rooms for music or whist, and when the ladies retire tho mon adjourn to the smoking room, in which is a billiard table, a very comf ortablo snuggery. A Mexican Farm. "On ono farm in Mexico I saw enough of the luxuries of life produced to make any man happy," remarked C. F. Wood, of El Paso, Texas. "The farm was not large as some farms go in Mexico.it was, to use a slung phrase, a 'stunner.' I don't think tho mind of man could imagine a vegetable product that could not be pro duced on that farm. At any rate I saw growing there coffee, sugar, rico.potatoes, rye, wheat, oats, corn, berrios, cabbage, tomatoes, apples, bananas, cocoa, figs, cochineal, aud a dozen other products. On the upper end of this farm you could find gold, silver, sapphires, onyx, and other precious stones. Some of these articles were not produced in quantities largo enough to pay to market them, but they were all found there, and all at tho service of the owner of the land. Oh, I suppose the farm contaiued 10,000 or 20,000 acres of land, but it extended through all temperatures and all eleva tions." Kanta City Tiirut. Where Coral Comes From. The lurgest quantity and the hand somest corals como from the Algerian coast. Thwso coral grounds have been worked since the middle of the sixteenth entury. Other coral grounds are found on the coast of Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, Spain, tho llulearics and Provence. More than 500 Italian barks and over 4200 per sons are eugaged in the corul fishery. Beside these, French and Spauish barks are engaged in the same occupation. The Ituliau fishermen pay a high royalty to the French Uoveruuieut for thuir right of fishing for corals on the Algeriuu coast. There are more than sixty work shos in Italy, forty of which are in the little town, Torre del Greco, at the foot of Vesuvius. These sho give employ ment to about ll'lU'J poisons, iuu'Jy women and children. MAR. 4, 1891. ' THE RAVENS OF ALASKA. FEATHERED SCAVENGERS OF OTTB ABCTIO TERRITORY. Their Movements and Habits Hold Ing a Conclave Their Peonllai1 13111-Why Natives Venerate Them. The raven is a bird deserving of re spectful attention. He is a bird of very ancient lineage, dating back to the Del uge, if not to Eden, and appearing in the history of England as the prominent figure on the banner of the hardy Viking devastators. In Europe and among the Mohammedans there is a widespread dis like to ravens; in fact they are regarded as birds of ill omen aud carrion feeders. But quite tho reverse is thought of the bird in Southeastern Alaskat where the natives regard it as a very unfortunate event should one be killed. One of the officers of the United States revenue cutter Service, who has paid sev eral visits to tho southeastern and other portions of the Territory of Alaska, men tioned to a San Francisco Chronicle re porter tho following facts about the ravens of our Arctic province. "Mv first exnerienca with nnm In Alaska was' at Oonalaska. There the birds fly around the beach and village in large numbers. On the hill top surround ing the harbor they breed unmolested, and were it not for their scavenger work the fish offal that lays around the shore and house would soon engender disease. The Alaska raven is a fine looking bird, as large as a turkey, and upon closer ac quaintance a real handsome fellow. His coat is indeed black, but of a black glossier and more rich than silk and softer than velvet, while in a semi-shade the feathers are tinged with that pe culiar color so often seen on well-preserved blue-black bronze. It is very funny to see these birdsholding, as4t were, a conclave. Ten or a dozen alight on the ground and walk to the meeting place with a stately, erect step, their every movement cool and assured. Then an old bird steps gravely into the middle ar 1 tho meeting begins with a series of guttural and harsh croaks, which gradu ally swell in volume until the entire lot of birds have joined in the debate. Along comes a dog and for him they scat ter, resuming thoir positions when he passes, until the meeting again termi nates, and they fly off to the beach and hills. These birds are very seldom killed unless it be by some sailor in pure wantonness. If you examine the bills of these ravens the peculiar construction is remarkable. Thoy are a combination of a clussel, scissors, dagger and gimlet. The bill forms an important factor in the raven's existence, for he has to dig on the beach for clams, bore the hard shell by repeated chipping, and again in pure mischief he will tear and break anything that his bright and unerring eye lights upon. "Just as soon as the bright sunlight appears the ravines leave their roosting places on the hilltops for the beach line, and over the village and shores of the bay they fly and wander until sundown invites them to rest. The raven is a fine flyer. On the wing his movements are well under command ; with strong, de. cided beats he winnows the air fast or slow, never seeming in a hurry. But if occasion requires the raven can travel at express speed, and when ho sees another bird feasting on some delicate morsel of offal down he comes from mid-air, with his discordant caw. readv to ahum nr (teal tho prize. "Ihe same characteristics are visible all along the Southern to 8:tka. The natives from Yak utatBav through the network of isluuds a far aa British Pollimhift hnvn nn qnniont lo,.A.wl - - Huua,uw ItgCUU that the raven was the bird that brought light from darkness when the world was created. On this account they venerate it, and the totem of a raven is regarded as denoting tho most illustrious de scended family. , "The raven does not appear to migrate, as the residents all over that portion of Alaska where the birds are found state they remain throughout the winter." Speed of Insects. The writer was traveling one day in autuuiu by rail at about twenty-five miles an hour, when a .company of flies put in an appearance nt the car window. They never settled, but easily kept pace with the train ; so much so, indeed, that their flight seemed almost mechanical, and a thought struck the writer that they had probably beon drawn into a kind of vortex, whereby they wero carried on ward with but littlo exertion on the nart of themselves. But this notion was soon disproved. They salliod lorth at right augles from the train, flew to a distance of thirty or foi tjeet, still keeping pace, and then returned with increased speed and buoyaucy to the wiudow. To ac count for this, look at the wings of a fly. Each is composed of an upper and lower membrane, between which tho blood ves sels and respiratory organs ramify so as to form a delicate network for tbe ex tended wings. These are used with greut quickness, aud probably 600 strokes are made per second. This would carry the fly about twenty-five feet, but a sev enfold velocity cau easily be obtuined, making 175 feet per second, so thut. un der certain circumstances it can outstrip a race horse, an iusect as large as a horse would truvel very much fastor thau a cannon ball A'cte York Commercial Ad- tertiter. Iuveutlou of I'opliu. mi. . , . . , ... inn ori'Mniii invention in nonlin i cluinied by Avignon, France, once a l'apul See. ou which account it w called papalino, in compliment of the reiguiug Fope, at which time (the Uftecuth century) this rich material whs produced to supply the gorgeous ecclesiastical vestments aud haugiugs iu use. The industry was introduced intn Dublin by French immigrants, refugees. at tho time of the revocatiou oi th Edict ol Nantes, who settled iu thnt part of the Irish capital called the "Liberties." The La Touehe fuuiily pj.t:irkltutifii fli tirut ii'1.uii'.a.l J.. . turv thus n'liicK ni ....... .....1 j : I j - " "'vu vuuiuiuugu VUVl tlUUiLk n ltSB3. ICAN $1.50 PER ANNUM. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Electricity has been put to driving drills. It costs sixty-four cents to run a train mile in England. Wooden-Spoon making is an extensive industry ir Russia, sbout 30,000,000,000 being the annual product. Electricity has just been applied to the reoling, weighing and making up into balls of silk and similar woven fabrics. Iron bolts exposed to water in the bridges over the Thames in England, have in twenty-five years been eaten away one-half. Silk from paper pulp is made smooth and brilliant, has about tho same elastic ity as ordinary silk, and is about two thirds as strong. Japan is about to enter the field as a producer of indigo. The soil aud clim ate of parts of tho island are stated to be favorable to the cultivation of tho shrub. An Austrian has invented an instru ment resembling a piano in appearance, which contains six violins, 'two voilas, and two violoncellos, and is manipulated by a keyboard. A machine, said to be a marvel of lightness and ingenuity, has recently been built id Australia for experiments iu fljing through the air. It is propelled by an engine fed with compressed air. The group of bodies termed by chem ists tho carbo-hydrates because they are composed of carbon united witli oxygen and hydrogen in the proportion in which those two elements combine to form water contain the well known series of sugars, gums and starches. A 9.2-inch armor-piercing shell, manu factured by the British firm of Thomas Firth & Sons, was recently subjected to being fired at a fourteen-inch compound plato. The projectilo passed clean through the plato. Furthor tests with this shell will soon be made. At a test of steel manufactured at Reading, Penn., the other day, a one inch bar broke at a strain of 233,833 pounds, "being about 20,000 pounds in excess of the highest record authoritavely known." The test was made under the supervision of Government officcis. At the Pechlney Works, at Salindrcs, France, caustic soda is now prepared for the market in leaves or flakes. This is . effected by allowing tho hot supersatu rated liquor to flow from a funuel be tween hollow rollers, which latter are kept cool down to a low point by the circulation of cold water within them. Clay which is pure white, and that also which is discolored, and has been washed to bring it to a uniform shade of color, is used by the manufacturers of paper hangings to give tho smooth satin surface to the finished paper. It is used by mixing it up with a thin size, apply ing it to the surface of the pieces of. paper, and then polishing it by means of brushes driven by machinery. Recent investigations by Professor Geddes, of Edinburgh, Scotland, have led him to reject the commonly accepted views of tho origin of thorns. He has found that there is a more or less devel oped general contrast in vegetative habit between thoralcss and thorny varietios. The thorny varieties or species show a more diminishing vegetativeness than their thorn less cougoners; in fact, they frequently develop their thorns by tho actual death of their germ points. The cutting of veneers inow done by electricity. The veneeriug machine, iu itead of cutting or shaving around the entire circumference of the log, as usual, takes a thin slico from the flat side of it, The logs are of any diameter, aud are cut into longths of ten fect. The veucer ing cutting knife is fixed between two parallel shafts, aud the log is carried up and down in front of it with a circular motion by revolving cranks, and is fed against tho knife by a rctchet and pawl, to the ordinary manner. Race Cliaugeg. Professor George Burbour, in his work on the resources of Florida, describes tho strange race of bipeds which isola tion aud abnormal climatic iufiueuces have developed on tho border of tho tropics, iu the next neighborhood of en terprising Yankee-like communities. But it is not possible that those com munities, too, will by and by experience the influence of a wiuterless climate! Thus fur their energy has becu sustained by a constant influx of Northern liiimi- gruuts, but thut influx will cease after the population of tho North aud South has reached tho equilibrium of its dis tribution, and the "cracker" of the hum mocks will then come to form the type of a now race. Strange metamorphoses have happened in Southern Europe, and only tho incontrovertible testimony of historical records cau pcrsvade au eth nologist to rccognizo tho present in habitants of Sicily as the direct descend ants of athletic Grcciun colonists and of the heroic Normans who followed ltotlcrt Guiscard across the Strait of Messina. Ar;i York Voice. Man-Food. On the large islands iu the delta of the Amazon River there are bauana gardens which havo coutiuued to produce enor mous crops for nearly a hundred successive years, though the cultivators never use any kind of fertilizers or think it neces sary to practice irrigation, or rotutiou of crops. Two hundred bushels of fruit per aero is considered only a moderate yield, while ou the Irish potato (arms in cessant toil and the use of all avuilublo fertilizers fails to insure tho tenth part of thut produce, and too ofteu evcu fails to prevent complete degeneratiou of tho plant nf which millions have staked their hope of survivul. It is true that the potato is not indigenous to the soil of the Kritiih Islands, but would it be possible to substitute any perfectly re liable food-plant, anil might it uot, after ull, Im the bent plau to adopt l'uul Courier's suggeatiou to devote the colder latitudes to pastures ami factories aud raise our field crops in the tropics! H(U l ork Voiin. RATES OP ADVERTISING. On. Sqnara, sv Inch, on. Imertlo. f t ( Square, on. Inch, n monfi m Ob. Rqnarw, Inch, thrca months im O. Sqnara, a. Inch, on je.r J. 94 Two 6qn.ro., en 7rr g Quarter Column, n. year..... , MM' B.lf Column, on. r.mr M M 0 Celnmn, on. yaar .'. MM Lfl ulTrtlM(int. tea eenU par U sacA hw sartloa. Murine, and aeath aotlcM gratis, All kill, for yearly adirtlif mrata eolict4 qvo lerl jr. Temporary adrarUMmaata bum e pais 1 aSranea. Jo. work aah oa daliTsry, A TWILIGHT STORY. "Auntie, will you toll a story)" said my little niece ot three, As the early winter twilight fell around oa silently, So I answered to her pleading: "Once, when I was very small, With my papa and my mamma I went out to make a call; And a lady, pleased to see na, gave me quito a large bouquet, Which I carried homeward proudly, smQIng all along the way. "Soon I met two other children, clad in rags and sad of face, Who grew strangely, wildly Joyous as I neared their standing-place. Ttrasso good to see the flowers! 'Give us one oh, one!' they cried. But I passed them without speaking; left them with their wish denied. Yet the mem'ry of their asking haunted me by night and day. Give us oneT 1 heard tbem saying, even in my mirthful play. . "Still I mourn, because in childhood I re fused to give a flower; Did not make those others happy when 1 had it in my power." Suddenly I ceased my story. Tears were in my niece's eyes Tears of tenderness and pity while she planned a sweet surprise: "I will send a flower to-morrow to those little children dear." Could I tell her that thoir childhood had been gone this many a yearf Mary J. Porter, Harper1! Bazar, HUMOR OF THE DAY. A peck of trouble Hen peck. Can't be cured Tho stage ham. Brevity is often a sign of the poverty of wit. The gilded youth is simply fashion plated. Losing caste An operation for stra bismus. Sunshine is molasses on the bread oi nature. Wathington Star. We hate to see girls throw kisses., Tha average girl is such a bad shot. Mercury. Take love and taxes out of life, and not much is left. Indianapolit Journal. The man who can't sing and has a baby if usually made to sing. Elmira Oa utte. The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that wields the slipper u few years later. Life. People who live in glass houses should raise early vegetables for the New York markets. Life. The New Theory: "Do you believe in a single taxi" "Not a singlotaxt" Lowell Citizen . You cannot toll from the number of us icet now long a run a poem win have. NorrUtown Herald. Funny, when a man starts out on a business career the moro checks he re ceives the sooner he gets there. Bii.j hamton Leader. It is one of the curiosities of natural history tha a horse enjoys his food most when he hasn't a bit in his mouth. Texat Sifting: "It seems that I am not iu it," said the boy to the shark. "No," rcpliod the shark, picking its teeth, "you'ro out of sight." Chicago Neut. What is moro pathetic than to see the simple faith with which a bald-headed man will buy an infaliiblo hair restora tive from a Said-headed barber I vuuiue i-erson "i am extieuiciy sorry my dog bus bitten your wife, sir. " Affable Old Gent "Dou't mention it, I pray, sir; I like a dog to be a dog." Juihj. . , The kiss I stolo from Eulie, With uiy choicest poom runkn ... . Because, to toll you truly, It was, "Returned with thanks." Jlltf(0, Barker "She didn't return your bow, did ahel" Parker "No. The next time I meet her I will explain to her the rea son I was with you." Manny Weekly. "Thut Sullie Hurkins is tho greatest girl for getting bargains at sccord band." "Isn't shot 1 understand she's going to marry a widower." Jio York Sun. A lady who advertised for a girl "to do light housework," received a letter from au applicant who suid her health demanded sea uir and askoil where llio lighthouso was situated. Mrs. Homesecker "These apartments bio charming and the prioe is certainly reasonable. Are you suro thuro are no nuisances connected with th' building?" Honest Agent "Well, mum, it has a junitor." How She Impressed It ou Ills Mind. Have our readers ever tried to remind themselves to atteud to something ot im portance by tying a knot iu thuir hand kerchiefs und tlieu wheu they camo to take it out, rac ked their brains iu vain to recollect what the knot was iutended to recall to them? The housewife iu the Bubjoiued anecdote was evidently de termined to tuke no chances iu the mat ter. A wife recemtly gave her hu.sbund a culed letter, beggiug him not to open it till he reached his place of business. ' Wheu he did so he read: "I am forced to tell you something that I know will trouble you, but it is my duty to do so. I am determined you shall know, let the result be what it iiuiy. 1 havo Known for a week tliut i mam coining, but kept it to myself uulrf to day, when it lias reached crisis, und I run not keep it uny longer. You must uot censuru me too harshly, for ;ou must reap the results as well us ui -self. I do hope it wou't crush you." By tins time cold perspiration stood on tuo uusiiunus lorcUeuJ with the fear of somo terrible unknown calamity. Ho turn I tho pu,'e, his hair slowly rising and read : "The coal is all used up! Please Val and a.sk for somo to be sent this ufb r uoou. 1 thought by this method would not forycl it." lie didu't. '1 J- 1
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