THK FOREST REPDBLICAN b pblltk rrr w"t.t4ajr, y J. E. WENK. Offlooln Bmearbaugh A Co.'tWaUdliii KM ITRUT, TI0NB8TA, T. Term, f I.0O pr Y)ar, nbwt1rlni retT4 ft 1 skrtr Mrlod thus thr. month. Oornpont.nea teMelt4 frra tl Mrt f the country. N. ..tic. wUI aka f UMjmoai naiiniinlctUoa. RATI OF ADVERTISING Forest Repu On Sqnar, on Inch, en lnnrtiaa..t I W On Sqaar, on Inch, on month. . . , 99 On Square, on inch, thr month. , ( M On Pquare, one inch, on year... ., WOO Two Hquer, on ;mr IS 00 Quarter Column, on year. MOO Half Column, on year . MOO On Column, on yr. - ..... 10010 Legal advartlinots tea easts pss? Msm bob imwtton. Man-iace and death notion rr-wtle. ican. Ail MiistoryeariyadvertiaenMnt i quarterly. Temporary advrUeois be paid in advance Job work oa.h on delivery. VOL. XXVI. NO. 3. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNKSDAY, MAY 10, 1893. $1.50 PER ANNUM. It is cstinwte I tn'it 1 1 1 1 1 1 i if tlin Insl five rears tlio lisrpuutino unthorcrs ol Georgia linvo destroyed 00,000,000 worth of pine timliur. The total amount of deposits Jsnuari 1st, 1H93, in I lie invir.gs bunks of th Btato of New York was 710,454,662 The number of open accounts wrtS 1,. 693,804. . Tho young men 'ot Gorin, Mo., formed a Society of Woodchoppcrs early last winter. The object of the society, which whs constantly carriel out in thi long winter evenings, win the visitntion of tho woodpiles of iha widows of the town and tho conversion of cord wood itito stove wood. Herbert Spencer, it is paid, is the most forjuimtu writer of philosophy that ever lived, so far as his income is con corned. His '-First rriuciples'' brought him 27,000; li s "Principles of Psych- ology" about ?3y)0;). It is reportod that Ins total receipts from his works ' will not fall short of $100,000. Tho Gornriu Emperor use m a paper weight on his writing dunk tho s immil of one 'of tuo hig'iost mov tains of Africa. Doctor 1! i ner, i a African traveler of soiiim funo bro'te t ie piece of rock from tho highest point of Mt. Killtnandjaro, which is on German African grouud, aud presented it to the Emperor. It i said that the university extension movemuut iuthis country bu been a disappointment in oac rotp-jjt. In E in land, wiiero it originated, it is intcudo 1 to reach a large chm of peop'.o wlw have bad littlo opportunity for education or culture. But horo, explains the Chicago Herald, it has largely attracted people of leisure and culture. The New York Independent thinks that one of tho intorestiu: incidents in connection with the Panama'trial in Paris ' js tho' refunding by M. Baihaut of tho damages and costs which ho secund in a libel suit in 18 33. At that time M. Mariotte, a j mrna'ist, accused him ol accepting Pauuna uuney. M. Baihaut denied the truth, of tho accusation, brought his accuser into cj irt to vindi cate his character, aud succaedol not only in obtaining dura igei an 1 costs, but in eonfiuiug M. Mariotto twenty days in prisou. Among the hopeful features in New Mexico i the fact that tho public sc'iool system is growing in favor. Wbilo not long since there were no public school buildings even iu suca cities ns Albu quorque aud Las Vegas, there are now four iu Albuquoiqtie, costing about .$10,000, and a hiti so "tool building is soon to be put up at a cost of $23,000. Las Vegas is not far behind. Each county has a supcrintcudeut of schools. Que difficulty arises from tho fact that the progress has beon confined to the larger cities, the severe drought of nearly three years' duration haviug seriously allected many lines of busiuess. Four fifths of the population of 175,000 arc Mexicans and Indians. The Boston Cultivator exclaims: "Co operation is the farmer' sheet anchor. Together, a commutity of farmeri pre- .sent au iurlucutiul aud powerful body. Individually, oue farmer couuot cope uloue with contending forces. The baukiug, the merchant, the inanufitctur er and the railway kiu: mako their profits from the farmer' labor. How important then, that such labor should bo performed un lcr the best conditions and with fair remu ler.ttiim. Farmers should soek counsel one wit'i another. They should hold coufcrcuco on com inon grievances and ,iublic ques'ions ol the hour. Su-t:iiu those institutions which have at heart the fiutuers' wel faro and prosperity." It is said that the strongest opposition to the general spread of the Euglish language, which is rapidly forcing it way to recognition as 1 10 universal tongue of the world, isloiind on KuglUh Stm.. Not long ac;o, relate the Atlanta constitution, the l-fi't.iu., iwmblvol Jersey rejected by au overwhelming vote a proposition to permit t'uu use of rTTTg lUb in .!? Assem ly, at the option of a - member. Tuis action, of couise, alBrms the principle th.it Krjncii is tho official lauguage. Tjo-ciuutry parishes are ro. " solutely opposed to ti.e in'i i l.n-tion ot Euglish. aitliou,'.! it Ins mi le great progress in the to vim of la.e years, and it is said many of tac diou ies are now unable to express tiie n e.vas e .irroctly in French. Mr. Uiadstoue's government Las been asked by sec-ra! Welsh mem bers of parliament, a: the insiuuce of a large body of We s 1 nco, to make the teaching of We'.a.t in tne pii'ilic schools of Wales o'j! .utory. It has always been taught iu the nun conformist Sunday ichools. The nu n;wr of Irish people . who do not sii-tv :i ilisli at all is still considerable, aud iu .ScHimi 1 it is not small, SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE. Ne'er tell as that all the endeavor We make shall bring fruitage never; That there's no such place as heaven, That sinners cannot be forgiven, That sin, like the wound on the Anger, May heat, bnt the scar will yet linger, Nor vanish through years or tears. The answer speaks never to doubt u, ' Kodtavor reaps harvests about us; While happiness comes to the masses, And Are may restore wilted grasses, When wrong to the stubble field's righted. It blooms as It ne'er had been blighted, A meadow of fragranoe for years. Edward 8. Cresraer, in New York Sun A MODERN INVENTION. OT MRS. V. L. BATNB. HE telephone rang briskly in Mrs. Howard Bascomb's pleasant home, and stepping to it, she received this mes sage from her bus band : "Hollo I Is that you, Lottie? I've concluded to leave for New York this ooon. The boy is on the way to the house for my grip. You know what I'll need for a week or ten days' absence. Oct your sistor to stay with you for company. Good -bye, dear, s'long. Take care of yourself." Then bo rung off, and Mrs. Bascomb went in search of the satchel, which she packed with a deft band. Sbo was a young woman, sensible, well-balanced, and nothing ever disturbed or annoyed bcr to the extent of making ber fidgety or nervous. Being in robust health, she hardly knew what nerves meant. She was self-reliant, but domestic, and absorbed in her borne life, which com prised her world. And she never crossed any bridges until she came to them. She knew that her husband had intended going to Now York on the following day, and did not wonder or ponder over his change of plans. When the messenger came for the satchel she sent it carefully pac'ed, just as she knew her husband wanted it. She added nothing to its usual contonts, and subtracted nothing. -Yes, stay. She did take out his seveu-sbooter, every clmulber ot which wis loaded, and laid it on the table under tho mirror, in the back parlor. "Howdy has one revolver, with him. That will have to do him this trip. I like to have one handy in caao I should need it." She imiled and smiled again without being a villain. The idea of needing firearms seemed so incongruous and absurd. In the afternoon sho went up to her home to "borrow her sister," as she ex pressed it. But Miss Madgie had gone away with some young friends, and was engaged to spend the night at the house of a schoolmate. So Mrs. Bascomb ro turned borne alone. Two men stood in the doorway of an unused flight of office stairs and read au evening paper. They were much occupied in discuss ing oue item among the personal news, It was this: "Tho Rubber Horseshoe Company is an assured fact. Mr. Howard Bo'comb drew 16,000 from the M. & M. Bank to-day, the investment of the branch company formed here, and will leave lor New York to-morrow. A capital of V3U.0U0 is assured." "Do y' see!" ejaculated the younger and smaller of the two men. "Drew $16,0U0 in spondulicks. Goes home with it in bis vest pocket, blow me ef be don t. "Maybe not, pard. S'posin' it's a certified cbeekr' "Then there'll be a reward offered to get it back see!" "Jim, g'roun' to th' bank an' find out which and whether it were," suggested tne older man. "Buuk clussed," remarked Jiinsenten tiously. " . "S'pose it air. Did yer expect to send in yer card to the cashier or the presi dent? Get arouu' au' interview th' jani tor. Kcpreaent yersolt as Mister Bus comb's confidential bizness man curu't ycrt" Jim started off at ouce without wait ing to give his "pard" any outline of his plan. He was goue - au hour, but when he returned he was freighted with in telli'rence. "Bills," he chuckled, "five hundred and one thousand dollar bills whewl Au' he'll sleep with them about bis honorable pusson to-night mebbe. "Docs yer know the house I" asked the other man, after a spell of silence. lou't, pard. But I've looked it up i .d'rectory, and it's as bandy as a irv 1 on yer nose. Let's go and get son. am wet to improve our minds. It's -ween us this time you outside, me in saveyl The rascals, who, in appearance at least, might have passed for bonost men, walked out ot the doorway and parted company, to avoid the eagle eye of the police, which would have recognized in their duality a conspiracy aguiust law and order. When Mrs. Bascomb returned from her visit it was dark. She had stayed to supper, aud as the curl opoued the door she saw that she was somowbat ex cited. "What is it, Kitty," she asked rather gravely, because the girl was inclined to get nustrated easily. "Oh, mem, what was the name of the girl as lived here before I camel" she responded with a counter question. "Here namet Sarah something, 1 canuot remember just now why V "Oh, there was a young man hero looking for his sister, but her uame was Annie Donovau. Ho said he hadn't sen her in ten years, and she was growu up now, aud he talked butcufullv about 5 bcr. It would bring tears till your eyes, ma'am, to hcv heard him." "Kitty, I wouldn't gossip with strange men if I were you. It Isn't safe. He probably was a tramp and all that slory about his sister was made up out of wholo cloth. What else did bo want!" "Nothing, ma'am, and I didn't let him inside tho kitchen door. He warn't no tramp, an' I'm sure he were tollin' the truth." Mrs. Bascomb did not prolong; the ar gument, but busied herself until bedtime with some household duties, which were really in the line of pleasure to hor wo manly nature. Then she saw that the bouse wasdocked up, sent Kitty to bed and went into ber front parlor, which was lighted and cosy, just as if the mas ter of the bouse were at home. "I must send father's message to How ard," she soliliquizcd, and seating her self at tho pretty littlo desk which bad been one of her wedding presents, she wrote a postal card. After giving the business from ber father, she added one for herself. When the card was a I drosscd she went to the window and looked out, wondoring why she bad not thought to write it earlier in tho even ing. There was a mail box diagonally across the street on the corner. "I'll lust run across and mall it. I'll leave the door open it won't tako a moment." Taking a wrap from the hat-tree la the ball, she threw it about her, saw that no one was passing, and slipped out. It took her only a momont to drop that card in the box and run back to the house. Ibe door was ajar as she had left it, no one was on the street; but in that ono moment- It was past midnight. Mrs. Bascomb was reading a very interesting novel. She was surprised when the clock struck the half hour, and laid her book down. Not that she felt sleepy, but she had just determined that she would sleep down stairs in tho new folding-bed in the back parlor. There were portieres between the rooms, but these were drawn back and hung limp on either side. The "bed" was a large handsome book case, with bric-a-brac on its top shelf. Mrs. Bascomb let it down and admired it from all sides. It took up all the space between the walls, excent iust room enough for her to pass to the little table under (be mirror, whoro Howard s revol ver lay. She now pushed this furthor back and laid hor watch and chain her wedding present from her father her diamond graduation ring, her diamond engagement riug and her purse, which sho took out of the pocket of her dress, on the table in a sbiuing heap. "I wonder if he marnei the tall, thin one, or the short, homely one," she said to herself, and, going out into the par lor, picked up the book again, and was soon deep in the plot. A noise roused hor. She looked at the folding doors loading into tho hall. They were locked, she knew. Then she turned her eyes toward the back parlor. "It's the new folding bed getting used to being open," she thought, con scious of a slight exhilaration in the re gion of her heart. Then she glanced at a mirror, in which she saw the full length figure of a man standing back of the portieres. I have heard it said, or read some where, that every man is ready to pro tect a woman from every other man ex cept himself. At that moment Lottio Bascomb would rather have seen a tiger standing ready to devour her. Her next surprise was at his manner of address: "Good evening, ma'am," and he stepped from tho portiere and stood be fore her. "You noedu't be frightened, I ain't goiu' to hurt you." "What do you want?" Her voice did not even tremble. "I want tho money your husband brought borne that he's goin' to take to Now York to-morrow." "I don't know what money you mean, but my husband is on bis way to New York now. Ho left to-day at noon." She had risen from her chair and started forward to reach the revolver. But she could not outwit the disap pointed and enraged burglar. He sprang to intercept ber, and struck bis foot against the folding-bod, throwing himself across it in his attempt to retain his balauce. There was a grind ing, whirring sound and a complete dis appearance of one of the principals in this affair. On that same night a belated citizen hurryiug home was accosted from the lower window of a house he was passing in the residence portion ol tho city. "Sir, oh, sir 1' He stopped, for it was a woman's voice, pitched at an alarm key. "Will you please find tho policeman on this beat aud send him here in stantly f" "Can I be of any assistaucet" "No. It's a burglar, and I have him safe." The policeman arrived, and with him the passer by sho had accosted, whoso services were not required, however. The policeman went to the telephone aud summoned help. Meanwhile he took up a position where earlier iu the evening the foldiug-bcd had stood. It was now shut up, aud looked merely a massive bookcase aguin. When the patrol wagon arrived, this desk became au object of immediate in terest. Oue blue-coated official was stationed on either side aud two at the foot. Mis. Bascomb and the now awak ened Kitty were detailed at a little dis tance. "Now!" said the sergeant, and be manipulated the desk as .Mrs. Bascomb had shown him how to do, a momeut before. It came down on the run, and there, limp and half-smothered, was the trapped burglar, his forehead cut and bleeding from a chance incision as tho bed had shut up with him in un explo-ive em brace. "So, Clever Jim, you're at it aain. Here you arn,"iii I one of tiie p ilicemea as be hiiuppcd the braceleU uu bis wrist. "You're pal's not in it this time," as be handed him over to two of the lorco. "That's him," said Kitty, "that's tho man that was lookin' for a girl as be said was bis sister. Oh, the villyunl" He was taken away, tried and con victed and sent up for five years, bnt he never opened his mouth as to his method of getting into the house. It is quite safe to infer that Mrs. Bascomb nevel resorted again to that very common practice of ladies who mail late letters, of leaving the house door car. And the folding bed will remain a desk tc the eud of its days, unless it should again be used as a burglar -trap. Detroit Free Press. A Remarkable Confederacy ol Savatrrs The Iroquois, as they were named by the French, or the Five Nations, as they called themselves, hung like a cloud over the whole great continent. Their con federation was a natural ono, for they were of the same stock and spoko the same language, and all attempts to sepa rate them had been in vain. Mohawks, Cayugas, Onondagas, Oneidas, and Scue cas were proud of their own totems and their own chiefs, but in war they were Iroquis, and the enemy of ono was the enemy of all. Their numbers were small. for they were never able to put two thousand warriors iu the field, and their country was limited, for their villages were scattered over the track which lies between Lake Chaiuplain and Lake On tario. But they were united, they were cunning, they were desperately brave, and they were fiercely aggressive and en ergetic. Holding a central position, they struck out upon each side in turn, never content with simply defeating an adversary, but absolutely annihilating and destroying him, while holding all the others in check by their diplomacy. War was their business, and cruelty their amusement. One by one they bad turned their arms against the various Nations, until for a space of over a thousand square miles none existed savo by sutler anco. They had swept away Hurons aud Huron missions in one fearful massacre. They had destroyed tho tribes of tho northwest, until even the distant Sacs and Foxes trembled at their name. They had scoured the whole country to west ward, until their scalping parties had come into touch with thoir kinsmen the Sioux, who were lords of the great plains, even as tboy were of the great forests. The New Eogland Indians in the east, and the Shawnees and Dclawares further south, paid tribute to them, and the ter ror af their arms had extended over the borders of Maryland and Virginia. Never perhaps in the world's history has so small a body of meu dominated so largo a district and for so long a time. For half a century these tribes hal nursed a grudge towards the French, since Champlain and some ot bis follow ers had taken part with their enemies against thorn. During all these years they had brooded in their forest villages, flashing out now and again in some bor der outrage, but waiting for the most part until their chance should coino. And now it seemed to them that it had come. They bad destroyed all the tribes who might have allied themseves with the white men. They had isolated thorn. They bad supplied themselves with good guns and plenty of ammunition from the Dutch aud English of New York. Toe long thin hue of French settlements lay naked betore them. They were gathered in the woods like bouuds in leash, wait ing for the orders of their chiefs which should precipitate them with torch aud with tomahawk upon the belt of villages. Harper's Magazine. Cremating- Garbage. The consumption of garbage by cremation has beon bogun in quito a uumber of places in this country, and the oue which is an object lesson to our other cities in Massachusetts and New Eugland is the double-tire system now iu use in Lowell aud in other parts of the country. Tho crematory is a brick structure, forty foot long, ten feet wide and twelve feet high, with a stack seveuty-tive teet in height. The top of the furnace is reached by a platform, uud the garbage is collected in curts and dumped down tho slopes into the feed boles in the top of the lurnace. A f tor tile furnace has been c'lurgei two tires are lighted. The dames pass from the first fire to the garbage piled on the grates and the gases and smoke attend ing the combustion then pass to the second fire, where they are consumed. All the products of the burning ot the garbage must pass thiough one ot these fires. We have not room lor detailing how this system is managed, but the re sults are such that it works successfully wherever it has been tried, and its adop tion in many of our largo cities is appar ently ouly a question of time. Boston Herald. Oregon lias a liabhit l'esU A Westerner, speaking of the uumber of rabbits in Oregon, used a somewhat startling phrase to emphasize the fact that the State is overrun with the pets. Ho said in the most serious way possi ble: "There are enough rabbit tails in an Oregon wheat field to patch Texas a mile iu iu raggedest place." Tins is supposed to be the language of the soil, the decadence of which causes the high literary critic to mourn. The quotation is literal with the exception of one word. He didu't say Texas. New York Tribuue. I run Eagle from Tukln. One ot the most curious exhibits at Chicago will be au iron eagle, made by a famous lacquerware manufacturer ot To uo. Thu eagle is two feet high, measures five feet from tip to tip of wings, and weighs 133 pounds. The head is made to move freely. Over 3000 feather are clearly defined, each worked by baud. Tho Hues ou each feather may be counted by hundreds, aud in order that they shoul 1 be uniform a difleruut tool was used after every third or fourth lino. The geuural posu of the figure i s iuipresivti. Cuicao Herald. FACTS ABOUT NEW YORK. OUBIOUS rNFORMATIOW OONOEBW 1H THE UMPIRE STATS. Its Great Bice and Immense Popula tion Plcturesqnelv Shown by Con trast With Other Places. TV TEW YORK STATE is neaily I g'n'a, wanting only 390 square miles. St. Lawrence County is larger than the State of Delaware and mora than twice the size of Rhode Island. Leaving out Prussia and Bavaria, New York State covers more ground than all the German principalities. Fifteen counties in this State occupy as much spaca as Connecticut, Massa chusetts, and New Jersey. Tho population of New York State, ac cording to the official State report, is more than one-tenth of the population of the United States. It is larger than Scotland and Switzer land together. The total area of Bel gium, Denmark, and Servia is less than that of Now York State. Add together the number of poop'o In Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands and the total is less than the population of New York State. In 1690 the population of the State equalled the preseut population of Ams terdam, N. Y. In 1790 it equalled the present aggregated population of San Francisco aud Seattle. The population ol the Empire State is now equal to one-fifth ot the population of England, more than half as large again as Scotland, and nearly half as large again as Ireland. Comparing the size of New York State with European and other foreign coun tries, its area is greater thau that of Greenland or Cuba, or of Ceylon and Cochin China combined. There is also room for favorable com parison outside of the United States. The population of New York City is greater than that of Florence, Geneva, Leipsic, Rotterdam, Smyrna, Venice, Antwerp, Dresden and JvJiuUurgn com bined. There are more people ia New York than in Ohio and Indiana combined; or in Indiana and Illinois; Illinois and Michigan; Miunesota, Iowa and Mis souri; Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi; Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and Texas. The entire population ot Canada is less than that of this State, which has more people in its sixty couctiet than thore are in Australia, including New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, New Zea land and Queensland. The population ot New York City is equal to the following group: Fall River, Macs. , Cambridge, Mass. ; At lanta, Ga. J Memphis, Teun.; Wilming ton, Del.; Dayton, O. i Troy, N. Y.; Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Reading, Pena. ; Camden, N. J. ; Trenton, N. J.; Athens, Ga.,and Chicago, III. The area of New York State equals that of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Marylaud, Massac'iusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Isluud and Ver mont combined. It is greater in size than Maine aad Maryland together. Add the area of Ohio and New Jersey aud the total is less than that of New York. The number cf inhabitants of this State is greater than the aggregate pop ulation of Connecticut, West Virginia, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, Florida, Col orado, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Wyom-ug, New Mexico, Arizona and Idaho. Going over to the European continent, it is found that the population of New York State to-day only lacks 202,000 of being greater than that ol Sweden and Norway combined. It is grester than Norway and Denmark; 1,500,000 greater than Portugal; nearly three times at largo as Denmark; half as large again as Holland, and 400,000 greater than Bol gium. Taking a glauce at some of tho more important cities, it is found that New York City has a population exceeding the total of Milwaukee, Wis. ; Newark, N. J. ; Miuneapolis, Minn. ; Jersey City, N. J. ; Louisville, Ky. ; Omaha, Neb. ; Rochester, N. Y. ; St. Paul, Minn.; Kansas City, Mo.; Providence, 11. I:; Denver, Col. ; Beaver Falls, Pa. ; Chattanooga, Tenn., and Hot Springs, Ark. New York Slato has more thau twico the populotion of Switzerland, and comes within 600,000 of being equal to the to'al of European Turkey aud Greece. It has a greater number of inhabitants than had Italy or Spain under thu En peror Augustus. More than ouu-fourtU as many people are now within its boundaries as occupied the whole of Europe at that time, and its present population is more thou one-third of tho wholo number known to bo living ou the Continent of Asia. Considering fcr a momeut the question of responsibility iu emergent cases, the Governor of New York State had in his bands a responsibility for human woal or woo equal to that of nineteen State or Territorial Governors. His rule, directly or iudirectly, affects tho welfare of more human beings than that of the Kings ot Denmark, Belgium, Greece, or Portugal, the Swiss Presidents, the Governor-General of Canada, tho Austrlian Governors, and a host ot British colonial Goveruors of leser degree. New York Suu. A Novel Set ol thiuaware. A Boston laly has bad a breakfast s rvicu of cups, saucers and plates pre pared for ber large family, on which are given from photographs the likenesses ot the m-.iubcrs; so that the waiter can propei ly plr.cn the china to bs used, come ono sugge.i that at any me. nor able diuner party the tame compliment ary p;ocss might be arranged for each cxpccel guest, in lieu ot dinner cards. ocieotitlo American. Aad!nees a o forbidden to applaud iu tiu..au tiieuUes. SCIENTIFIC AMI INUUSTKUL. The French Government still has faith In the practicability of submarine boats. The delicate threads for hanging the galvanometer needles are usually made of silk. Incandescent lamps are ridiculously cheap in Sweden, the price of those with all voltages up to 125 being about twen ty cents. A Russian Is now in Siberia prepar ing for the transportation of a mam moth, which was discovered frozen in the ice and In a perfect state ot preser vation. Professor Langley, of the Smithsonian Institute, is credited with having built a mackerel shaped flying machine, which is said to have solved tho question of Krial navigation. An alkaloid prepared from atro pine (an active principle of belladonna), which is used by ophthalmic surgeons to expand the pupil of the oye, is said to sell for $2100 a pound. Dr. Burchard, director of the Botani cal Laboratory and Seed-testing Insti tute at Hamburg, Goimany, states that old seeds are often bleached by a pro cess of dioxide of sulphur, which robs the seed of five per cent, of its growing properties. What is said to be the smallest elec tric light installation in the world is to be found In the village of Bremen, near Dormbach, in Thuringia. It comprises a single arc lamp installed In a church, the lamp boiug operated by a small dy namo driven by the wheel of the vil lage mill. Many of the stars are heavier than our sun. For example, Mizar, the middle star in tbe tail of the Great Bear, is forty times as heavy as the sun. To tbe naked eye there are five or six thousands of these heavenly bodies visible. In all probability there are worlds revolving around them. A further test of the curved plotes treated by the Harvey process has been mido at Indian Head, Md., and tbe Navy Department was satisfied with the re- I suit, which showed conclusively that ves- I sels armored with Uarveyized plates will prove vastly superior in combat to those ' covered with ordinary plates. An automatic bottle stopper is a new device. A swinging lid is connected to a rod which runs down tbe side ot the bottle. If the lid is open the rod will , project below tho bottom ot the flask. Therefore, when the latter Is set upon the table, tbe rod is forced up, throwing ! the lid down upon the bottle, opening 1 and closing it. 1 Tbe Southern Pacific Railway Com- ' pany, after mauy disappointments, ex tending over a number of years, has suc ceeded in striking water In tbe Colorado Desert. Tbe well yields 9000 gallons an hour, and if several more of equal ca pacity can be drilled not only will the railway be greatly profited, but the des ert itself may be redeemed. Tbe price of platinum recently rose, under a speculative combination, nearly to that of gold. This stimulated the discovery of new sources of supply, and the price of the metal went dowu again. There are now forty mines along tho course ot a single river in the Ural. Tne grains of ore are o'ltained from the t m l by washing. The metal as found is usually associated with gold, iron, os mium, iridium, and other raro metals, and has to be purified from them. A Machine lor Checking .Uo icy a. A useful machine hss been construct ed for record i 11 and checking moneys received. Tbe device consists of a stamp which bears on its base an impression plate holding tbe words received, uame and date. Figures are placod on three wheels, on the shafts of which are a sec ond series of wheels, so arranged that any combination of figures shown out side the stamp are also shown inside, and the satno figures are thus printed ou the record paper in the top of the stamp ' us are imprinted on the Invoice paper un J derneatb. Eicli time the stamp is used the recoil of the handle carries forward ' tbe record paper so as to preseut a fresh 1 surface for the next printing, aud by a I simple arraugoment iusido tho stamp no receipt cau be given without the record I aper being moved. It is therefore ini- I possible to give a receipt without record ing the transaction iusido the apparatus. The stamp can lie adjusted and a icceipt given in one-ttird the time occupied lu writing a receipt, with tho furtler ad vantage that the apparatus canuot make mistakes. Chicago News Re;ord. Smart Conjuring. A corporal and two privates, having iu their custody a deserter, were resUug the utelves at a couuiry tavern not long ago. Tho deserter amused bis guardians with several entertaining sleight-of-hand tricks, but being encumbered with hand culls, complained that be could not dis play bis skill to advantage, aud re quested to having bis hands at liberty, whilst be exhibited a trick which bo de scribed. This being agreed to, he proceeded to tio the bauds of the three soldiers aud bis own together with a handkerchiet, and be was to loose the four with oue motion simultaneously. The magic knots were tied, but they all remained firm except the oue which held the deserter. This came asuuder with a touch, wheu be lifted up tho sash and darted through the window, leaving his keepers raging ut each other like ill-coupled hounds. The deserter has not beeu seeu since. Yankee Blade. Epileptic Infancy of Gn-ul Meu. Sir Andrew Clark is quoted assaying at a meeting receutly held in Lmdou to promote the foundingof a colouy (or ep ileptics: "It was a singular fact, au 1 ha 1 beeu proved by sjHH'iali-ts, that s large proportion of our great men, from New ton to Charles Darwin, were sick ly in their infancy in fact, tuey had beeu ep ileptics and yet when they had attained to niauhood they wcru caouble of doing great things." Cuicago Times, MY BABY. I awaited my baby this morning. As I wait for him every day. To come from his early breakfast) So loving and blithe and gay. With his books slung over bis houldr. And his little cap in hi han ',' To take tweet leave of bis mother. To look In her eyas, an 1 stand A moment betide her, smile, ' As he goes through the pretty rale Of kiwing her twice, "Hood-by I Qood-byf Ere he trudges away to school. I waited in vain for my darling! I could not believe my eyes When I saw him bound over tbe threshold Out under tbe bright tpring skies, 80 eager to join hi comrade A moment be could not miss, Re had gone away and forgotten Forgotten my good-by kissl It seemed as tome cruel monster Had tnatchel him awav from my arm. I My child! Had his mother's petting No longer its soothing charms? Ala I 'tis the old, old story The mother must take her place In his heart, in a far-ohT corner. With her dear old yearning face Bhrined dimly within his mem'ry, . While newer, more thrilling ties ' Win! in and out 'mong his heartstrings And clln to hit lips and eyw. Comrale. and tport-, and sweetheart, Now on thing, now another. Alas for my boy, he's my "oaby" no mow He's forgotten to kiss his mother! Bells Hunt, in New York World. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Dissolved in tears Salt. "Lights out" The absconding cash ior. "I'll just make a night of it," said the sun as he went down. Tbe largest part of most people is the wish bone. Atchison Globe. Can a newspaper war properly be termed a scrap ot paper? Toxas Sitt ings. If a great lawyer is a legal light, is a great electriciau an electric light t Life. He "If I should er ask you to marry me-.'1 She "You'd make the thirteenth." Life. Ho "What can I do to prove my love for you!" She "Don't speak about it any more." Siftings. Women are not cruel to dumb ani mals. No woman will willfully stop on a'mouse. Richmond Recorder. A despatch from Montana says tho Crow Indiaus show fight. No djubt they have caws. Lowell Courier. It is odd that there is ono thing a self-made man was nover known to do; and that is to "fiuisb" himself. Puck. "My wife," said Squills proudly, "is queen of the tea table, and she never reigns but she pours." Drake's Maga zine. "That's 'a new way to pay old debts,' " remarked tho tailor, when Chappy came in aud paid him in full. Truth. A Germantown baker sent fifty big gingercakes to tho local almshouse last week. A very nice dough-nation. Philadelphia Record. She "How did tho amateurs do the trial scene last night'" He ".mmense ly. It was the greatest trial I ever lived through." Statesman. He "What a beautiful picture Miss Blanche Rou;e makes besides the por tiere." She "Yes, she is exquisitely painted." Texas Sil tings. George "1 thought you were itu ly ing oil wells in the West." Fred "Ob, I gave it up; it was such a bore, you know." New York Mercury. "It seems to me," groaned old Atlas, under the heavy burden of the earth, "that I've got a mighty poor geographi cal situation." Chicago Tribune. "How do you like your alarm clock!" asked tho jeweler. "First rate. " "You didn't seem pleased w ith it at first." "No. But it's broken now." Wash ington Star. "I don't seo why you think the cook thinks of leaving; she is well paid." Wife "Yes; but she hasn't brought one of B-Ttba Clay's novels with hor." Inter-Ocean. Jackson "I met a man on the street yesterday who reminded me ot you." Jonkius "Is that so. Howl" "He, too, has owed me teu dollars for mora thau a mouth." Clara "I saw Ella on tho street to day. She was trying to travel incognito." .Mamie "You don't say so. What bad si e done to disguise berselll" Clara "She didu't paiut." Grip. "Will I rind your husband at the club this evening?" "I'm sure you will, for be kissid me good-by aud said bis work would keep him at t ie olli;o until late." Chicago Inter-Oceau. She "You are always sneering at women who talk too much. Are you hitting ut me?" Ho "Not at all. There are lots of womeu beside you who talk too mujh.'' Texas Siftings. limiting the Alli;itloi- iu Hurl la. L. J. Hill gives some lively experience of hunts alter alligators in Florida. Ho says the huutiug is douo ut night iu a small boat. One inuu stands iu the bow of the boat with a bullseye lantern; au other ui-es the oars; while a third is ready with a rillu to do the shooting. The lantern shines the eyes of the alligator. Ou the dark aud placid bosom of the lake the 'gator's eyes shine like two balU of tire. Noietessly the boat is moved to where the balls of fire glisteu. Wneu within a tew feet of the alligator the rillemau teuds a ball crush ing luto his head betweeu the eyes. If the shot it a good oue, the 'gator turus over ou his b ick aud is hauled mlo the boat. Sometimes wheu ouly badly wounded the alligator gives muc 1 trouble and is likely to prove dauyerouj. At lanta Journal. n
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