THI FOREST. REPUBLICAN fbUk mrj Wttamdty, hj J. B. WENK. la BmMrtiili ft Co.'iWnlldlnff mm murr, noNMTi, n. rma . . . par Yar. Oorrapnil)e wllla4 fra tf Mtrtl af th. SATIS Or ADVERTISING! On Sqaara, on inota, n. lnMi-tio. .1 f On Bquare, an Inch, on month .... I On Bquare, on inoh, three month., M On Square, on inch, on yw...... WW Tiro bquars, on yesr .. 1(00 Quarter Column, on fMnim 0C Half Column, one year.... r 90 00 On. Column, on year. lOOtV Legal advert im man t tew eeats par Ma) arh insertion. MmB and death notion gratia. All bill, for yearly advertisements unOiami quartarlr. Tmporary adverbswDaate ot paid in adrano. i Job work oah on delivery. ( VOL. XXVI. NO. 39. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1? 1894. $1.00 PEIl ANNUM. Forest Republican. Tho phrnno in Chicago ubo1 to l "Before thn fire." Now it in "Before the Fair," A mile of hedge and ditch equals an acre of Intnl. Tim nmount of extra land that would ln rendered available for crops, were nil tlie hedges in tho United Kingdom trimmed properly, would be equivalent to 600,000 aoros. It is apparent to tho Toledo (Oh in Commereinl that the lnw must furnish morn severe penalties or tho erimes of train wrecking nnd train robberies. These crimes are becoming so numer ous, and it is so seldom thnt the per petrators nro caught, thnt tho most wevere punishment should bo dealt out when once tho outlaws nro brought to justice. Texas raises 1,200,000 bnles of cot ton, which yield nearly $50,000,000. The cotton seed product exoeeds 000, 000 tons. The sugnr plantations ori "the Brazos Mono produce 12,000,000 pounds of sugar and 1,200,000 gal lons of molusso. Texas has 5,000, OflO sheep and clips 25,000,000 pounds of wool. The pecan trees of Texas yield every yenr 9,000,000 pounds of nuts. ) There is a cross-country stago line Jrom Abbott Village, Me., on the Pis cataquis River, to Bingham, on tho Kennebec, the only intervening settle ments being Kingsburg and Miiyfiold, loth such small villages that they are ncarcely diHtinguishnblo from the sur rounding country. Tho length of the route is over twonty-fivo miles, and it is doubtful, declare the New York PoBt, if there are ninny more thau fifty occupied dwelling-houses on tho main road along tho line. It appears, according to tho regis tration report of Massachusetts, that nearly twiee as many women as men in that State live to bo over eighty years of age. This is accounted for, explains tho Chicago Herald, by the greater exposnro of men to accidents, to weather agencies, to the constant strain of business life, to tho anxiety of providing for tho family, all of which tend t- shorten tho life of men. The deaths by accident among men are more than three-fold greater thau nmong women and men commit suicide in about n three-fold ratio as compared with womeu. "Our neighbor on the sonth.Mexico, give us a great denl moro trouble," maintains tho New York Hun, "than our neighbor on the north, Canada. If gangs of Canadian rebels were in the habit of entering our territory as the Mexioau rebels enter it, Canada would J brought to order upon short notice Wo put up with a great deal from Mexico. Troops of our army are in service agaiust her rebels half the time. It is absurd in Minister Romero to say that these rebels are Americans. -We havo arrested lots of them, anil all bore Mexicau names, spoke Mexican Spanish and boosted they wero Mex icans. . Among tho 05,000,000 people in tho United States, the Chicago Herald thinks there are probably not 500 out side of tho locality who are aware that at the mouth of the Mississippi there is a little village built upon wooden piles stauding far out into the water. This village, which is called Bulize, is reached from tho mainland by canoes or boats, and its inhabitants have to climb a kind of polo ladder to get to tho doorways of their homes. This is probably tho only plnce in the United States iu which "pile dwell ings"occur, but all along tho Venezue lan const and at the mouths of tbeOri nooo and the Amazon, similar villages are frequently met with, mauy of them inhabited by the Iudiuu fibbing tribes of the Amazon estuary. Tho New York Press has compiled from the census report a tuble show ing the wages paid iu 123 cities as re ported by tho census of 1890. The aggregate iu the 123 cities was 2,451, 679 operatives and fl, 318,077,618 wages paid. The number of hands and the wages paid in the cities of the country, where over 25,000 appear in the list of employes, are given iu the table following : Nam. 0Uve. Buffalo 43,'J'J1 Brooklyn luJ,6i3 Boston 90,178 Baltimore sl.OUl Cleveland 41,771 Clnoinnatl 8D,529 Cbioago 203,153 Detroit 3:1,014 home 1 2,0S Minneapolis 32,317 Milwaukee 41,127 Newark 41,302 Now York City 311,757 Pittsburg M,4!1H Provldeice 3a, 671 Philadelphia 253, 07J Koohester 31.47s Baa FraiK-ltco 4:,H50 JtOJ.,,. ... r......i.f SMiWJ Wage. Paid. 121,017,403 61,75,700 64.636,95 35,377,538 27,5'Jti.40i 43,931,884 119,146,357 19,277,248 10,695,545 16,322,013 19,248,998 21,5U8,9U1 22-1,537,295 33,898,152 19,068,687 i:u,436,2t;s 10,523,410 29,8(10,057 LADY BUTTON-EYE9. When the busy dny Is dono And my weary little one Rookcth gently to and fro t When the night-winds softly Mow And the crickets in the glen Chirp and chirp nnd chirp again Wh'n npon the haunted green Fairies dance around their queen Then from yonder misty skies Cometh Lady Button-Eye. Through the murk and mist and glonm To our quint, cosy home, Where to singing, sweet and low, Rooks a cradle to and fro ; Where the clock's dull monotono Telle) h of the dny that's done ; Where the moonbeams hover o'er rinytliings sleeping on the floor Where my wenry wee oue lies Cometh Lady Button-Eyes. Cometh like a fleeting ghost From some distant eerie coast j Never footfall can you hear As that spirit fnroth near Never whisper, never word From that shadow-queen Is heard. In ethereal raiment dight. From the realm of fay and sprite In the depth of yonder skits Cometh Lady Button-Eyes. T.syeth she her hnnds upon My dear weary little one, And those white hands, overspread Like a veil the curly head, Seem to fondle and enroM Every little silken tress ; Then she smooths the eyelids down Over those two eyes of brown In such soothing, tender wlso Cometh Lady Button-Eyos. Dearest, fuel upon your brow Thnt stressing mngia now ; For the crickets in tho glen Chirp nnd chirp nnd chirp ngnln, While upon the hnuntnd green Fnirii'i dnnon around thotr quoen, And moonbeams hover o'er Flaythings sleeping on the floor Hush, my sweet ! from yonder skies Cometh Lady Button-Eyes ! Eugene Field, in Chicago Record. rWO PIECES OF SILVER BY. UWIS H. EDDY. UERTEa los grin gos Blnck Rosa'i mall, augular form shook with rage. Her face grow blacker thau its natural hue, if thnt wero possible. Trem iinng in every nerve, she glared viciously, and shook a long, bony finger iu tho faces of the group of miners who, with jests and jeers, had met hor supplications for chantv. "Get out of this!" ouo shouted "Wo have had enough of yon." "She's got plenty of money," criei' another. "Wears dinmoudB in tho city, sneered a third, "Get out! No beggars allowed! thev all shouted. "Muerto a los gringos!" repeate the woman, witli a shriek which wotil nave chilled tne blood of men unusee to her vicious ways. Tho crowd pushe and jostled her, and laughed at her murderous denunciation Manager France, of the Bull Do mingo, hesrd the disturbance between the miners and the miserable old wo man as he cumo up tho gulch "Here, my good woman," said he. "here are two silver dollars. Y'ou had better not stay around here," h Added, kindly, as she took tho mone and called blessings upon, his geuerous soul. "I he men nro not used to givin aims, and iney win only treat vou uu kindly." "He'd a better bo savin' them tw dollars to help out the pay-roll of the Bull Domingo, remarked a saloon keeper, who had been keeping a slat for nearly three mouths for tho ac commodatiou of workmen on that property. "It's a woman as always breaks a sucker's heart' urged a miner. And then the crowd fell to discussing tho material affairs of a camp, and for a time forgot the Mexican woman who occasionally came up from Durango on a begging expedition. Souora Rosulina Ortiz oneo enjoyed a happy home in tho City of Mexico, her birthplace. Sho had all the op portunities of education, both iu Spunish and Knglish, and iu her early married life had traveled much. But misfortune camo to her in the death of her husband and two of their three children, after the loss of all the prop erty they possessed. They had for several years made their home iu the United States, where Seuor Ortiz had died, leaving his widow penniless. Poverty Bud sin were her undoing, and when the Colorado mining fever filled the mountains with fortune seekers of high and low degree, Senora Ortiz drifted to Durango. She had sunk so low iu vice and crime that she was accounted well fitted for any thing from begging and petty thiev ing, even to the cutting of a throat. She was married to a hardened char acter known as "Robber Dun," an American whose life both in and out of tho penitentiary was a series of misdeeds. He had earned his title us she had earned hers. They were well mated in their criminal careers, though the woman thus fur hud known no more of prison life than is afforded by county jails. The ill-treatment she had received at tho hands and tongues of the miners at Rico had burned into her soul like a hot iron, though the wound was largely healed by tho soft words and fcilvtr so kindly bestowed by Johu Fruuue, Dut, kiuvv ke wan uut likely ever to bo nblo to carry Outlier threat of denth to nil savd her bwn raco and equally incapacitated to insure the blessings which sho had invoked, neither her curses nor her prayers were heeded. However, nono who knew her had any faith in Black Rosa's possession of good will toward anyone of American or European blood. tven Robber Dan n male companions in crimo wuo formed tne most no torious nnd daring bnnd of robbers iu Southern Colorado did not escape tho vindictive spirit of Black Rosa. But the woman wns useful to thein and, when plentifully supplied with drink, theru was no crnno too black for her wicked heart, nor scheme too deep for her cunning brnin. If she possessed a single redeeming trait, no one hnd been able to discover it. Durango wns ablaze with tho glory of frontier life a glory which comes but once in tho lifetime of a new town. But there was then little regard felt for tho future by tho fortune-hunters who swarmed tho streets and filled up tho hotels and held high rovelry in the saloons and dance halls of that new camp. Honest men with capital, seeking to doublo their investments in a fort night, stood on tho same level of asso ciation with tho horse thief nnd the road agent. Mine prompters and gamblers drank over the same bar. Tho crack of the stage-driver s whip was but the echo of tho pistol shot, John Franco stood leaning with his back against the end of tho bar in the saloon attached to the leading hotel of tho town. His hands wero thrust into the side pockets of his sack coat, while his face wore a nuzzled look. John France's handkerchief, was missing. That was a mere incident, yet he con tinued to look puzzed. "Going back to tho mine in the morning? asked tne clem oi tne hotel a minute later, as France ap proached the desk and asked for writ ing material. "les, sure 1 "Stage leaves at 2 o'clock."' "Well, call me a half-hour earlier, and don't, for your head, let me mins tho stage. I mnst be at the mmo to morrow by all means, By the way, I have lost a large, white, silk handker chief, with a blnck border. Look out for it." A few minutes later, while France was Btill busy writing, Sheriff Barney approached him and presented a little Mexican chop, in whoso possession had been found tho silk handkerchief. "What shall I do with him?" asked tho sheriff. "L.oek . him up," answered the manager of tho Bull Domingo, sternly "lock hiin up! Thnt is the little rascal who came to mo a few minutes ago begging for money. I gave him two-bits, and he shows his gratitude by stcnling my handkerchief." Tho attention of tho loungers about the hotel otlice was attracted to these loudly spoken words of John France; but they did not henr what he said in a hurried undertone to tho sheriff, so there was n murmur of indignation nguinst tho man who would seek the punishment of a child for stealing a silk handkerchief and that after it had been returned. Johu France luughed and went to his room, while the sheriff smiled, as ho always smiled in danger and out, and led tho boy away. The crowd looked puzzled. "He had my boy locked up, did he!" shrieked Black Rosa when the details of this littlo episode were re lated to her. The face of tho little Mexican woman seemed ablaze with indignation. "Ho shall pay for this !" "Senora forgets the two silver dollars!" taunted Robber Dan; "I thought tho senora might feel sorry that we had planned to rob this fine Americano. But it's all right now is it, dearest?" ho added mockingly. "Rob him ! Murder him!" yelled Black Rosa, and bIio staggered from her chuir as if she would carry out her own command, but fell on the floor in a heap. Dan uud his puis lifted tho woman to a bed, and the loader remarked thnt sho would sleep till morning and be neither help nor hindrance. It had been knowu for twenty-four hours that the money somo ten thousand dollurs .for tho Bull Domingo pay roll had been received, but, until an nounced by Manager Jt ranee, it was not known when that gentleman would start for tho mine. At twelve o'clock that uight four men, heavily aimed, rodo out of Du rango. Two hours later the stago followed them, with ouo occupaut on the inside and the driver alone on tho front boot. It was a lonely rido. Bloomer, the driver, might us well have beeu eu tirely unaccompanied bo fur as the in sido occupant of the couch was con cerned. But he was used to these lonely rides, and when a pussenger preferred to be exclusive it simply ex hibited to Bloomer the poor tuste of the passenger. So he tulked to his horses, and saug to them, and passed the lonely hours as comfortably as if ho had beeu surrounded by a half dozeu passengers, and soon forgot the fellow on tho inside. Coming to a beud in the road, where tho ascent of tho first steep mountain is begun, Bloomer fell into a reflective mood, and remarked to tho nigh wheeler that the fellow on the inside might possibly "rise to an apprecia tion o' the society of a stage-driver and his hosses if tho muzzle of a double-barrel shotgun should happen to appear at the window of the couch. Of course Bloomer wus not reully expecting such a surprise for his un sociable passenger i so when the shot gun appeared, with three others, uud ttocompnnied by uu order to "throw down them ribbons and throw up them hands," ho wus himself so completely surprised that he obeyed without word of protest. It Lv un.TUed. at this uJJvu appearance bf road-agents, ho wan I really dumfounded at what followed. For five minutes there was a rattlo of shotguns, as if a miniature battle were being fought. When it was all over, two stage-robbers were fatally wound ed nnd tho other two surrendered to Sheriff Barney and the man of straw on the insido wbs literally shot to pieces. And this is tho way it nil hap pened, as Bloomer himself was fond of telling it ! "You tee, they didn t put mo on Never seen a sheriff yet that thought a stage-driver hnd nerve enough to play his bnnd out in A game like that ; an' I don't know but a feller would git a leetle bit rattled a-wondcrin' how he's a-goin to come out at tho end o the game. It's purty ticklish bizness to bo a-Bittin' on a stago through the long, dark hours o' the night 'n' a guessin' whether ycr goin' ter drive back cr rido 'n a box. But tho way it all happened was liko this: "You seo thnt kid wa't Btole the hnndkercher dono that fer a blind, His ol' woman she put him on. Sho writes a note ter France, V tells tho kid ter drap it iu his pocket 'n' steal his hnnd kercher cr anything ehe ho could git his hands on, 'n' then kinder loiter 'roun' bo's to git caught. Well, sir, that ol' Black Roaa wns a corker. She gives the whole snap away in the note, 'n' she tells France ter havo the boy put in jail, V that'd be a tip fer her that ho gets the note. Then she sets up a howl 'n' throws the gang off, an" havin' bin drinkin' considerable 'n, feelin' a leetle bit skeered that her play wouldn't win, she was knocked clean out excited V fainted on the dead square. "So France, w'en he gits the ol' wo man's note, he just quietly lets Barney in, 'n' Bnrney he tolls him his system, n' they plays it to win. W'en France he goes up to his room, Bnrney he goes 'n' gits his team 'n' meets France at the back-door, 'n' they goes out V lays for tho gang. 'S only one place on the road where a job o' Btage-robbip' could be clone V the robbers git away, an' Barney be knows the place, an' that's where they campB 'n' waits for the gang an they gits cm dead to rights. That inside passenger sw at knock ed mo cold. They puts the stage- aaent onto the play, n he fixes up a straw man w'at ye calls a dummy 'n' he loads him into the stage bo's to fool me 'n' the road-agents both. I reckon Black Rosa didn't know how near sho was a-callin' the turn w'en she prescribed death for gringos. Sho didn't git tho ones sho was after in the fust place, but I reckon the death of her ol' man V Peto Johnson suited her notions better, w'en ehe come to size up tho job, fer they was both gringos ono was American n t'other a Swede. "They say them Mexicans has al ways got a grudge ag'in' somebody, but never remembers a kindness; but tho way that play was made, it looks like or Black Hosa didn t lergit John France's kind words to her w'en the miners was a joshin' her. "Yes; perrapsthe two silver dollars did havo somethin' to do with it sil ver was a great power 'n Colorado 'n them days." Snn Francisco Argonaut. Swallowing a Fin. I have often looked with alarm at tho amateur nnd professional dress maker, who invariably makes a pin' cushion of her mouth, regardless of possible consequences, and in my ignor ance 1 have wondered, "iNow, if one of those pins lodged in that dress maker's throat, how should I attempt to extricato it. To-day I am wiser. If there were a brisk fire at hand, I should instantly proceed to make a stiff little dumpling of flour and water, bake it till it was quite hard, nnd then give the unfor tunute victim a piece about the size oi a small walnut to swallow. Tho chances are thut the point of the pin would adhere to thin, and loose its tension of the flesh. Another thing to do iu the event of swallowing a pin or tuck is to make a stiff poultice und to swallow quite a quantity. Ihc uen tlcwoman. Curious Anatomy ot the .Snake. Tho auatomy of the snake is pe culiar, and bus much to do with its peculiar motion. The ribs are loosely articulated with tho vertebra), and are movable. By bending the body iu laterul curves, which is tho only mode of motion, und not the vertical bend- iug, us mauy think, the scales, which are attached to tho ends of the ribs, uro separated, and, by their free edges, take hold ur on the ground When tho body is struightened out, the ends of tho ribs approuch each other, uud so force tho body forward, then, by tho bending of tho other side, this movement is repeated, and so the snake glides along, iho same move meut ot the ribs und scales forces the animal through the water, as it swimi with the head above tho surface, and with its body blightly submerged. New lork 1 lines. homo (Jueer Lullabies. Such lines us these tho Chinese mother chants over her infant: Kuail, suuil, come out und be fed, I'm out your horns uu ltheu your head, Aud lliy uiuiuuiu will give thee mutton, For thou art doubly dear to me. Tho Arab tuwuy treasure seems t be eauieHt sent into dreamland with tht following bucolic verse : Bleep, my b;iby, sleep ; Slurp u'ttluiutHT bale. Kwuftly rest till inoruiiig liht, My little farmer boy, to bright. And the little Zulu goes to : Hush thee, my baby, Tby luotbt-r's o'er the mountain gone ; Tbtru stie will dig the littlu gurdou putoti Aud water sbo'll lotob from tbo river. The ancient Romans had a unmbel of lullubies. One begun : I.ttllo, lullu, kiln, Aut duml, uui 1 'U, Scientific and IndustriaI.. The gnat is provided with a regnlal set of lancets and cupping glass from which tho air esn be withdrawn. Physiologists sav that the gastric glands of tho stomach of nn adult hu man being number over 6,000,000. At Great Falls, Montana, the mer cury hns been known to drop twenty nve degfees lusnlo of five minutes. Plants placed under blue glass w-ill Btarvei because they caunot absorb tarbonic acid from tho atmospherci It is said thnt blue-eyed cats are always perfectly denf, and thnt purd white ones are alllietcd with the snmo infirmity. Bartholomew, in his roccut articles on tho mapping of tho world, claims that only one-eighth of the lnud sur face of the globe may Btill bo described as unexplored. The Capitol at Hartford, Conn., is of marble aud local engineers claim thnt it expands ono inch to each 100 feet, being three inches longer in sum mer than in winter. The density of things at tho centre of tho globe is so great that, if a block of steel four feet iu cubical dimen sions were plnced there, it would be reduced to a nine-inch cube. Germany is the greatest zmz-pro-ducing country of the world. The main district is in Upper Silesia, whero the metal is made from cnlanine and zinz blended by distillation. The idea of nn ancient tropical con tinent at the South Pole nuiting South America, Madagascar aud Australia is arousing considerable interest and discussion in scientific circles. Sandpaper grows on trees in Dutch Guiana, for the leaves of the trees known botnnically as the Dillonia Bcabrelia ato so rough on tho surface that they can be used ss sandpaper. A multiple filament lamp which hns been used for some time in Germany is thus described : It contains a num ber of filaments united in common at the tipper part. Each half can, there fore, be used with any of the others, thus enabling nil but one-half of a filament to bo used up or broken bo fore the lamp must bo renewed. The extra expense of this arrangement, it is said, is much less than the equiva lent in new lamps. Furthermore, several of the filaments can bo used at once, thus increasing the caudle power. Horse as a Reasoning Animal. "It is a mistaken idea thnt nono bnt human beings can reason and that dumb animals have not that power," said rrofeesov Albert A. Palmer, of Buffalo. "I am fully prepared to demon strate that the animals inferior to man have reasoning faculties, and that what is generally termed instinctplnyg nn important part in their doings and actions. " Let me give a Biuglo exumple. 1 have a friend of tho namo of Down ing, who owns a string of valuable race horses. Iu his string is a horse known as Speedwest. A day or so be fore a race in which tho horse is en tered he generally sends him out ou the track mounted by a stable boy for a little preparatory work. This horse will not take kindly to his work, and no nmount of persuasion with whip or spur can get bim awuy from a common canter. " I noticed this peculiarity in tho animal, and ono day suggested to Downing that perhaps tho horse knew that ho was not expected to race, and for that reason could not understand exactly what wns required of him. I prevailed upon hiin to dress the Btnblo boy in tho colors usually worn in a race and try the horse again. He did hi and the boy was placed in front of the animal for a moment thut he might see the colors. " The result was thut when tho boy mounted again tho horse broke nt tho word of command and set off at a long swinging gallop, which he increased to a run, finishing tho work under a strong pull. Auother stable boy was put up without the colors, and the horse refused to leave tho lopiug gait nt which ho started out. A secoud time tho colors were used und ugniti the animal set out at a rate of speed calculated to break tho record. " Whut do you call that, instinct or reasoning? I contend thut tho horse hnd a rational faculty which ho exer cised at will. Ho knew that without the colors he had nothing iu particular to gain by exteudiiig himself to u swift ruu. When the colors wero put ou the horse reasoned thut thero was Nome object in view. Ho reasoned thut ho was already prepared for a race uud made his puoe accordingly without being urged." St. Louis G lobe-Democrat. Nine KmI on Oue Itnilronl Ticket, A widow who gavo her Sittme us Mrs. Simpson came into t!'e t'nion Depot Thursda y over thoC. B. aud Q. Road from Pierre, South lUkota, with eight childreti. They nil rodo on one ticket. That wan the ono the mother bought for herself. Tho entire Union Depot force was bttghing about it. The widow had changed rouds severul times. Each time sho met a new con ductor u row ensued, but sho came out victorious every time. Tho children were all smull. The riilwuy rules al low children under six yeurs of age to ride free. "Are they all your chil dren?" the conductor would ask. "Yes, sir, they are. Don't they look like ineV ' "Well, I can't carry all of them, for some of them are over six yeuis old." "Why, there are two pairs of twins iu among them," sho would exultingly cxcluiin ; then ull thy puKKi-ugci'M would Iniigh, uud tho entire delegation got their little feet ou the one ticket aud rode safely through. Cincinnati Enquirer. Careens, the capital of VenezutU, u lo'iu'.le 1 thrvu cvhturWt ago, IT FEEDS ON CARPETS. THE TROUBLESOME "CARPET BEE' TLB" OR "BUFFALO BUO." First Discovered About Twenty Years Ago The Pest Described --How It May He Destroyed. TTT H I sr hi HE carpet beetlo (Anthrenus scropulariH1) also known bs 'tho buffalo bug, was, like hlmost every other noxious insect to bo found iu this country, in troduced from Europe, and, though it has hftrdly been in the country twenty years, has thoroughly made its homo among us and has done incalculable damage. Professor J. A. Lintncr, the State entomologist, in one of his reports says thnt the insect was first discov ered in 1874, nnd he found it in his own hoilsa nt Schenectady in 1H76. In describing the pest he writes : Tho earliest beetles eniergo in Octo ber nnd continue nppearing during tho fall, winter nnd spring months. They pnir soon after appearance, and tho female almost at once lnys eggs iu cracks of tho floor and in nooks, so that during the next summer the car pet may be yet more cnten. The beetle is quite smull, smaller than would be ordinarily expected, considering the size of the Inrvn be ing only about one-eighth of an inch long by one-twelfth of an inch broad. It is almost a perfect ellipso aud its bock and under surface are rounded. When turned upon its back it coun terfeits denth, with its logs bo closely folded to the surface as scarcely to bo seen, and in this state the ordinary ob server might be nt a loss to know the lower from the upper side. It is a beautifully marked insect, in its contrasting colors of white, block and scarlet, arranged ns follows : Tho edge of the wing-covers, where they meet on tho back, is bordered with rod, forming a center red line, with three deep red projectious from it out wardly one on the middle of the back and one other toward each end. At the extreme tip of the wing-covers is a widening of the bordering line, making nlmost a fourth projection from it. The first projection near the bond is connected with a white spot, running upward on the middle of the front border of tho wing-cover. On tho outer border of the wing-covers are three white spots, nearly opposite the red projections. Tho intermediate pieces are black. The segments of the body beneath are covered with pale red scales, and the thoracic region, which bears the legs, with whitish tculcs. Professor W. Beuttenuiuller ento mologist at tho Natural History museum, said a few days ago : "These insects have done considerable damage to carpets nnd rugs since tho little pests were introduced here, twenty years ago. Those carpets, however, which are frequently tnkcu up and shaken are little, if nt nil, damaged, for they are no longer a comfortable dwelling plnce for this in sect, which is of a secretive and re tiring disposition. "It seems probable that the pest was imported simultaneously by car pet dealers in New York and Boston, and thence shipped iu goods to inland cities. Dr. It. Hagen, of Cambridge, iu 1875, for instance, traced three quarters of the infected carpets brought to his notico to a particular lino of goods sold in a single estab lishment in Boston. At the present day this insect is one of the greatest household pests in tho New England States. It destroys carpets and all woolen goods, while furs do not escape its attacks. "The beetles fly to tho windows and may often be caught upon the panes of glass; they nre alsocuptured out of doors upon flowers. Tho insect gen erally attacks the carpets urouud the borders of the room. The remedies are benzoliuo and uupthaline ; but per haps tho best way to get rid of thein is to lay a wet-cloth over the carpet and iron with a hot flat-iron ; the steam generated will certainly kill every larva it conies in contact with. Other rem edies are camphor, pepper, tobacco, turpentine and carbolic acid." Inquiry was made of ono of the larg est carpet dealers ns to whi.t ho ad vised as the best way to destroy tho pest. "Pest! My deaf sir, we don't consider it a pest. In fact, the buf falo bug is one oT our bcstcousumerB ; but if people want to get rid of them I cu recommend tho following: Take every piece of furniture out of tho room and open every door aud win dow ; aud if it is a windy duy ull the better. Tuko a stiff broom and sweep over tho carpet with a strong hand, paying particular attention to tho edges uud those spots over which fur niture has been resting. This done, say once a month, will effectually keep awuy the curpet bug." It may bo uddud thut the name "buf falo bug" was not derived from the city of thut name in this Htate.Miut was given to the insect years ago ill California owiug to its miniature resemblance to tho now almost extinct animal. It had beeu probably brought to California from Europe by tho Spuuiards. New York Tribune. Youth uud Old Age. "Why is it," asked uu elderly gen tleman who has beeu all over the world, "that a young man will iusist upon having other people think ho is u much older man thau he reully is, and an old man makes himself silly by trying to pose as a young man? These uro cer tainly two extremes, but if you havo hud uuy experience t ull, you will re cognize the fact thut what I say is true. The, boys will simulate maturity uud the idd men will try to appear young. Which is the most luughuble?" Phila delphia Cull. About three hundred million fet of I'lmhcr sry cut anuually iu AMmmu. WINTER'S MINSTREL, Beside my hearth, In genial glow of heat, I close my book of soug nnd legend old to hear tho ancient minstrel of tho cold Rocite his saga with the rhythmic beat. Against the wlndow-psnes, of Kunlc sleet. He came at Bet ot sun across the wold Willi chilly winds his brother", warriot-bold- Thnt whirl Me leaves unto their last defeat And ponnd npon belated sails nt sea. , He chants the dirge of Iinlder lying low, Tbte minstrel boar, the while 1 listen teen, ' Applaud his numbers, swelling ssd and free. Then tarn once moro unto my book and grow Oblivious, wandering tbrongh some mead ows green. --Chicago Record. HUMOR OF THE DAY. "All broke up" The World's Fair. Pastimes The middle nges. Truth. Lovers' quarrels should be soft snaps. Elmira Gazette. Debt makes a man look as nselesa as the letter b iu tho word. Hello. The messenger boy is wedded to his idles. Glens Falls Itcrmblican. t "This iB the lap of luxury," remarked the kitten as ehe came across a bowl of creBm. The astronomer's business, in spite of tho dull times, is looking up. Lowell Conritr. In tho shoemnking business the first is the" lost and the last first. Roches ter Democrat. ,; Since swells fight shy of polities, ' It must continue bad, Until, by one of fashion's tricks. It gets to be a fad. Washington Star. v Nell- "Miss Tnsso hasn't a very beautiful form, hns she?" Belle--"No, but she makes up for it." Phil adelphia Record. When you loan a man $10 yon nro apt to learn thnt it is no easy thing to "pursue tho even tenner." Gleus Fulls Republican. ! Buy your mushrooms only from your botanist, nnd be sure that your botanist understands his botany." Philadelphia Ledger. "The sentence is thnt ye be hanged," Baid a Welsh Judge to a poor criminal, "and 1 hope it mny prove a warning to you." Londou Tit-Bits. He may be called nn honest man As one could wish to behold But If you'll notloe yon surely will find He's not above taking oold. Chicago Inter-Ocean. . The Spinster "Those jokes on the nge of womnn nre so tiresome." The Debutante "Yes, I understand how you feel about them." New York Herald. "You ought to bo very proud of your wife. Sho is a brilliant talker." "You'ro right there." "Why, I could listen to her all night." "I often do.' Texas Siftings. rrofesBor of Logic "I put my hnt down in tho room; I cannot see it anywhere J there has been nobody in besides myself; ergo, I i:m sitting on it !" El Nervion. Father "Is that young girl you're going to marry economical?" Son (enthusiastically) ' I should say so! Why, hist year she spent &2500 iu bar gains!" Chicago Record. Customer "Have you a copy ol 'Fifteen Decisive Buttles?' Book seller "No, sir; wo nro. sold out. But we can give you 'Reflections of a Married Man.' " Tid-Uits. Codling "Why did you speak to thnt howid twamp, deur boy?" Softly "Why Bbtmld'nt I, old chappie? Ho isn't iu twado aud he doesn't work faw a living." Boston Globe. "It's wonderful, "remarked the editor, "how proud n man acts when ho is going to have his picture pub lished uud how humble he is after it has happened." Washington Star. I.ove hatli a million tender ways f For simples nnd for scholars. J Aud yet for love somo I'nvn no praisf Without a million dollar. . ' IMroli Free Tr 0 "I tell you thut idleness don't psy. The surest way for a person to get ahead is to keep moving." "Guess you're right. That's the way four or llvo tenants got ahead of me Inst week." Buffalo Courier. It is useless to tell n boy who has determined to become a barber that he must "begin nt the foot," aud it is equally a wnste of time to sny to a boy who intends to bo u chiropodist that ho will reach head somo day. Har per's Bitzur. Mr. Jones "So you are tho new servant my wife has hired. I suppose you had good references?" New Ser vant "Yes, indeed. I was in my lust place three years and they gavo me a time allowance of nine months for good behavior. "Texas Sifting. Chief Miller "Say, SIcuthpup, did you catch that thief?"' Detective Sleuthpup --"No, nil'." Chief Miller "Well, why didn't you catch him?" Detective Sleuthpup -"I don't know, Chief, unless it's because, I've just been vaccinated." Philudt. Iphia Record. Largest Itamre Light iu the World. The Lighthouse Board will shortly begin tho construction of tho lurgest range light in the world on the pres ent site of tho Waackaack Beacon, just eusi of Sandy Hook. The leus, which was on exhibition nt the Columbian Exposition, is i,ix feet high and three feet iu diuuict.T. Tho leus cost $12. 0(10, and is of tlic bet t'i'cucti make. When placed ou exhibition u small light was put behind il, bi t the ruys were so powerful that it hud to be re moved an '.I shown without a light. The light from tho ue.v beucoa will be equal to Unit of a seaich light. Tho light is a very important one, us it is used by mariners t-uttriug tlio mail ship channel alter luuuuiug Sandy Houkjbyuiid iu.Sdeutiilo Auicf Ktui.
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