'The Forest Republican Ii publlshod every Wedn-j lay, by J. E. WE NIC. Office In Smearbaugh & Co.'s Building ELM STIIEET, TIONESTA, TA. Terms, - W 1 .00 lor Yonr. No subscriptions received for a shorter period tlinn tnroo month. (!orroipondoni'o solleito 1 from nil parts of tlio country. No notion will b3 takon of nnonymous ooaimuuloatlons. katis or ADVEKTISINOl On. Sqnar on Inch, vn InMrttaa. .9 I On. Hquar, on. Inch, en. month. . . On. Bquara, on Inch, tbrw month. . B 00 On. 8qur, on inch, on jmr.,,.., U W Two Kqusr!, on Jr IS 00 Quartw Column, on ;ur,n BO OC liall Column, on. yr BO 00 On. Column, on. ;mt,-i, ... ...... 100 'V Legal advertlMmaata tea enta ptt Um each lnMrtlon. Forest Republican Marriage and daath nottoM gratia. All bill, for yearly adrertlmnMnt. eof VOL. XXVIII. NO. 29. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 0, 1895. S1.00 PER ANNUM. quarterly. Temporary adverUienMBti I b. paid In advano. lob work cash on dal'rary. Fifly-fonr members of tlio new House of Commons, about ono in twelve, have written boohs. Lendon has deoided to convert into jinrks and playgrounds for children tho 173 disused graveyard in that city. Tlioy havo found out in California tbnt pench stones burn a well as coal and give out more heat. They sell at tho rate of S3 atoD. Secretary Morton shows that Groat Britain is our best customer. Our ex port trade to England alono is greater than with all tho rest of tho world put together. Perhaps tho now woman is responsi ble for tho falling off in marriages in Euglaud. For tho first quarter of this year only 10.C persons in 1003 married, which is tho lowest rate on record. Thero nro ono thousand secret or ders iu New York City, remarks tho Observer, and they havo not a einglo woman member, and three hundred churchep, tho membership of which is threo-fonrths women. More than 100 canning factories hnvo been started in North Carolina this year, and herenftor there will probably bo a groat increase in tho number of factories with each recur ring fruit reason throughout tho wholo South. In casting about for a suitable titlo with which to characterize the pass ing century, it is not improbable, suggests tho New York Telegram, thai tho "Ago of Speed" will bo found to bo tho most comprehensive. A glance at tho news of the day shows, in addition to fast yachts, the trial trip of tho fattest express train that has ever been run in America, a meet ing; ot tho three fastest four-year-olds that have ever run on tho American tiaek, the training of the fastest amo tenr sprinters for the international alhletio contest, tho fastest cablo messago ever handled by uny of tho cnblo companies, and tho attempt of tho fit. Louis, ono of the fastest of they ocean greyhounds, to break her own record. Torouto, Canada, seems, to Ilarpcr's Weekly, to be ono of the inobt rogu lnted cities in tho civilized world. Sunday is kept there liko a suit of best clothes. Thero are no Snnday newspapers ; tho street cars don't run ; nothing gooa on except interest. Even the tides in Lake Ontario omit to ebb and flow on tho Lord's Day. On week days you can rido on tho Toronto street car3 for four cents a ride, and if you are going to school you can rido at half rate, no matter how old you are or how big. The street railways pay tho city a juBt rent for their franchises, and tho re tultiug revenue is very largo and f aves taxes. Nevertheless, it is as serted from timo to time that Toronto is losing in population. The good people don't care, for they say thoy would rather livo in a good city than in a big oue, but covetous persons who do business or own real estate in Toronto grumble, and say tho town is too good to suoceed. The Chicago Times-IIerald observes : "Albert Bach, who suggested before the medico-legal congress that phy sicians should have the right to de stroy tho lifo of a person afflicted with an incurable disease and suffering in tensely from it, is not the first to ad vance the proposition. The subject, repulsive as it is to the imagination, has been discussed by more radioal European soieutiets, who would also disposo of the congenital! insane and persons deformed from birth and liable to protracted pain. Their sug gestions havo iitvcr amounted to any thing more than a temporary sensa- . tion. It may be conceded that in 4 few cases, such as acute mania or hy drophobia, where the patient is suffer ing from a pitiless malady without hope of relief short of death, the phy- . sician has taken the responsibility of ending the agony by administering au overdose of opiates. It is well known that during tho war surgeons some iimes gave the coup de graoe to tor tured victims of battle. But what a responsibility theo well-intondiug practitioners take I What an unholy function to gaiu the name of phi lanthropy or soieuoe 1 If the prao ticu is common or if physioiaus gener ally approve of it they keep knowledge and approval to themselves. Their offense is murder under all law, human and Divine. The sanctity of life is paramount to every other con sideration, aud it w ould be iudeed de plorable if the right to slay and fear uot should bo delegated to any cl.iss of men, either by law or by common consent." SWEET PATIENCE. Oh, trifling tasks so often done, Yet ever to be done anew! Oh. earns whieh come with ovnry sun, Morn afti-r morn, the. long vonrs through! Wo shrink beneath their pnltry sway Tho irksome calls of every dny. The restless sense of wnstod power, The tiresome round of little things, . Aro hard to bear, as hour by hour Its tedious Iteration brings; Who shall evado or who delay Tho small demands of every day? The boulder la tho torront's course By tide and tempest lashed fa vain, Obeys the wavo-whirlod nobble' force, And yloldH Its substaneo grain by grain; Ho crumble strongest lives away Benoatli tho wear of every day. a 1 Wo rise to meet a heavy blow Our souls a sudden bravery nily- But wo endure not always so Tlio drop-by- Irop of little Ills! Wo still deplore and still obey The hard behests of every day. The boart which boldly faces death L'lRiu the buttlo-flold and dares Cannon and bayoi.ots, faints beneath Tho needlo points of frets and caro." Tho stoutest spirits they dismay ' Tho tiny things of every dny. And even saints of holy fame, ' Whose souls bv fnlth havo overcome, Who wore amid the oruel flamo The molten crown of martyrdom, Bore not without complaint alway The petty pains of every iliy. Ah, moro than mnrtyr's auroolc, And more than hero's heart of fire, We need the humble strength of soul, Which dnlly tolls and Ills require; Sweet ratience, grant us, 11 you may, An added grace for evory day. - Elizabeth Akers Allen. THE MISSING WITNESS. IIAD just taken possession of the worst room in Diggs's tavern I was a fyoung lawyer on my first circuit, and Diggs kept his best ac commodations for the old stagers- when the words, "I say, Bill," and Tom Mansfield burst npon me at the same instant. Tom and I had been cronies from the timo we committed our first iuve nilo treepass on Deacon Boxley's wuicrruuiou paicn mi we ailerward studied the action of that name to gether in Judge Thompson's office. "I say, Bill, I ve got a case, and want your assistance." "Ah I" said I, in a consulting tone. "A will case," ho coutinued, "full of the nicest kind of points, and the prettiest woman in the world for a client. "What about fees?" I innuirod. "If we sucoeed there'll bo plenty of money ; if we don't, it will be a uoblo cause to fail in. "That's what thoy said of tho dash ing young chap that broke his neck trying to make two-forty time with the chariot of tho sun, but it didn't mond his neck." "Confound your mythology; busi ness is business. Let mo state the case." "State away." This was it: John Andrews had Bottled in the country when it was young. He had grown with its growth, and was the proprietor of half a dozen farms and "oue fair daughter." His wife, the partner of the earliest and severest portion of his struggles, had died many years before, and his daughter had become the mistross of his house whilo yet a child. As Effie inorof d in years her father pros pered and when at length he found himself the possessor of wealth, the ambition, so common under such cir cumstances, of elevating his daughter to a station in life above that in which she had been reared became a ruling passion. The first thing was to buy her a splendid education; and, like other not ovor-good judges of the ar ticle, he was governed iu his choice more by the gaudiuess of the ooloring than by the quality of tho texture. At the end of the usual period Eflie was sent home "finished." A house was purchased in town, of which Etlie was inado tho mistress, and at which Mr. Belden, a young gentleman of city antecedents, and far too nice to have anything so vulgar as a visible call ing, became a frequent visitor, lie had just brains enough to think of providing for tho future by a schemo of which Miss Andrews and her appur tenances constituted tho central fea ture. But one difficulty remained to be en countered, llow to conciliate the rough old woodsman there was the rub. lie had permitted his daughter to amuse herself with tho young uaudy, much as he would havo allowed tier to play with a poodle. But could he have brought himself to tolerate the idea of her marrying anybody? V lien Uelilen reported at headquar ters and implored tho paternal mue tion of his suit he received no such thing ; "on tho contrary, quite the re verse. " When Efflo tried to talk her father over, for the first timo in his life he flew into a passion with her, and sho dared not renew the subject. But Love, tho little pagau, pays no respect to the fifth commamlment. Tho officious interference of parents and guardians only renders him the more impatient and unruly. Etlie, after protesting she couldn't possibly think of such a thing, and af ter ma.ny vain attempts to conjecture what people would sav, at last, with graceful heditancy, consented to elope. Bage, frenzy, despair are weak words to describe the emotions of John Andrews when he found his houso had boon robbed of its chiefest treas ure. His first impulse was pursuit. It was night when he set out. Mr. An drews's horse stumbled, preoipitntiug his rider to the ground and falling heavily upon him. Ho was taken up insensible, and carried to tho nearest house. A physioian was called, who pronounced the injuries of a most sori ous character. As soon as consciousness returned he dispatched a messenger for a nephew of his, a lawyer of not very good repute, residing in a ncigUbor ing town. Whe Jackson, tho nephew, arrived, he was left alone with his undo at tho lattcr's reqnost. At the end of an hour tho doctor was summoned and requested by Mr. Andrews to note his signature to a paper, to which ho then affixed his name, declaring it to bo his will. On his nephew's suggestion that an other witness was requisite, Mr. An drews named MacFherson, a Scotoh man, and requested the doctor to send him in. Macrherson, it seems, had been sent on souio errand ; bnt as soon as he re turned the doctor communicated Mr. Andrews's message, and wont himself to attend a sick call in tho neighborhood, not deeming his presence thero im mediately 'necessary. Whon he came back he was aston ished to find his patient dead. By tho will, which was published some days after his death, the entirety of his property was dovised to his nephew, who had attended him in his last illness. Everything was in duo form. Truo, MasPhorson, one of tho witnesses, pursuant to a previous in' tention, had sailed for Scotland short ly after tho funeral, and was not pres ent beforo the Judge of Frobato. But his handwritiug was proved, and the evidence of tho remaiuig witness was quite satisfactory. Foor Efllo's grief, when she received tho intelligence of her father s death, was too profound to bo docpened by the news ot her own disinheritance. Under all the circumstances, one would have thought that the young husband would have been unremitting in tenderness and sympathy toward his sorrowing bride, who had sacri' ficed so much for his sake. And so he wonld, had he loved her, but de did not. The fact is, his wholo heart and soul and mind were occupied with a previous attachment not for another ; tho farthest possible from that its object was himself. This affection, which was of the most ardent descrip tion, had met with a blighting disap pointment in his wife's loss of fortune; and with her unceasing grief and oontinned solf-aocusation she offered no reproaches to him he had but lit tle patience, and soon gave her to un derstand as much. At length he was found dead in his bed one morning, after a night of ca rousal. Effie's cousin, instead of making any provision for her whoso rights he had most unrighteously supplanted, loft her wholly dependent on others, and had she not found a homo iu the house of an old friend of her father, she might have gone shelterless. Tom Mansfield, who had casually made the acquaintance of the young widow, became warmly interested in her eause, and, guided probably moro by sympathy than judgment, had com menced an action to contest the will. And this was the case in which ho wished my assistance. We sat up nearly all night in con sultation. There was a point which we both thought a "beautiful" one, and we devoted our principal efforts to strengthening it. Ours was the first case on in tho morning. Arrayed against us were throe of the oldest and ablest practi tioners ot the circuit. Jackson had plenty of money now, and was himself no fool in "putting up" a case. I felt not a littlo nervous. It was my first case of any importance. My courago revived a little whon our client came in, escorted by lorn, who introduced mo as his associate, and handed her to a scat near oar table. Almost immediately the trial began. The evidence varied but little from tho facts already detailed. The at tending physician was very decided in his opinion that the testator, at tho timo of signing tho paper in quostion, was in the full possession of his mental faculties. The signature of the absent witness was sworn, to by Mr. Jackson himself. who further test. tied that tho deceased had requested Mucl'hersou to witness the instrument, at the same time de claring it to be his will. At Tom s instanco I subjected this witness to a searching eross-eiumiua-tiou, but he stood tiro like a sala mander. He swore that tho testator had not only dictated every lino ot the will, but had heard it read, and had twice read it over himself, before executing it. I gavo him up iu des pair. At leugth the ovidenco closed, and I rose to present our point. It was put in the shape of a motion to direct a verdict for the contestant, on tho grouud thut the witnesses had uot subscribed in the presence of each other. I was about to adduce arguments and authorities, when the judge inter posed : "rhe rule you claim undoubtedly was tho law, aud should be so still, but a statute has changed it. The wit nesses need not now sign iu each oth ei's presence." A hasty examination proved his Honor was right, aud our main point was done for. To our great relief the court ad- journedifor dinner. We were to sum up in the afternoon. That task, on our side, was assigned to mo, but I felt it was hopeless. I was determined, however, to tuko what satisfaction. J could out of Jackson by abnsing him as roundly as the 'rules of the court would allow. And, after all, who could tell? The jury might take tho tho bit in their mouth, and give ns a verdict in spite of the law and ovi donco. llespousibility becomes amaz ingly light when divided by twelve. On the reassembling of court I was a littlo surprised as well as annoyed at Tom's absence. Could it be he was leaving mo in tho lurch, and staying away to avoid tho mortification of our final defeat? I had just risen to address the jury, when somebody plucked m by the eoat. It was Tom, his eyes fairly gleam ing and his whole frame in a tremor of excitement. "What's tho matter?" I whispered. "Macrherson's here." " Vhat I tho other witness?" "Yes ; just arrived." "But will it help us to call him?" "Trust mo for that. Put him on tho stand at once." "What Bhall I ask him?" "No matter ; you can't go far wrong; if you miss anything I'll prompt you." In a few words I explained to tho court our reasons for wishing to re open tho testimony. Jackson turned pale, and whispered to his counsel, but they shook their heads; our ap plication was one that would be grant ed, of course. "Ciill your witness," said the judgo. "Donald MacPherson!" shouted Tom. The witno3s, a brawny Scot, ad vanced to the stand and was sworn. "Mr. MaoPherson, look at that sig nature and tell as if it is yours," I said, "It is." "Do yon know the signature to tho right of it?" "Yes; that's the signature of Mr. Andrews." "Did you seo him write it?" "No ; but I am weel aoquont with his hand." "Wore you requested to witnesj that paper?" "Yes." "By whom?" ' "By Mr. Jackson." "Did Mr. Andrews say nothing about it?" "No; he was dead when I came in." There was no cross-examination. "I submit the case without argu ment," I said, resuming my seat. Our senior opponent was one of those lawyers with whom it is a mat ter of conscience to show fight to the last. In a brief speech ho admitted it to be essoutial that both the wit nesses should have signed their names before the testator's death, but olaimed that, inasmuch as the testimony of Jackson and MacPherson was in direct conflict on this question, it must be left to the jury. "Certainly, answered his Honor. But when he had concluded bis charge there wasn't much of Mr. Jack son or his testimony left. Tho iury gavo us a verdict without leaving the box. Tom, I am sorry to say, behaved very unhandsomely in tho division of the spoils. Although I was liberally pid, ho took the widow and her whole for tune for hh share. New York News. A Case ol Identification. A prominont uptown man tolls the following story on himself, He says: "1 was in Chicago a short timo a 70. and kuowiug thrtt I would receive through tho Poit OMco a money or der within the next day or two, I wont around to the Postoflioe to identify myself to them in advance. " '1 am expecting a monoy order to tho amount of ,' I said to the clerk in that division, 'and my name is .' I showed him some letters addressed to mo from other parts. 'Now,' I continued, 'if I am not the man I claim to be I must have killed him, and am now impersonating him.' The clerk luughed, but I thought that vis ions of more Holmes murders were floating through his miud. Well, the order came on time, and when I called to get the money the same clork was at tho desk. Ho took one look at me, sized me up and without more ado counted out the monoy and haudod it tome, saying: 'Oh, yes; you're the fellow who murdered tho man."' Philadelphia Record. 1 lie Upus Xrce My 111. Tho nonsense about tho poisono ns exhalations of tho upas tree wera dis sipated loug ago. It is, however, a good old myth, with many variants in folk-lore. Professor Weisner belives that the upus tree is the Autia-iis toxi caria, to be found in Java. There is one species, the innoxia, which is harmless, whereas a drop of the isi- pisatod juice ot the toxical ia will kill dog. Anyhow, there are quite a number of the so-called upas trees growing iu the botanical garden of Java, aud you may walk around the grove in the most comfortable man- uer. Sow lork Times. Working I'uJcr the Bel ol the Thames. For months meu have been working deep down beneath the bed of the lhames, in tho very heurt of London, u the construction of tne electrio rail way from the city to Waterloo. The only opening iu iu tlio middle ot the river, aud through this the excavated earth is romoved. The workmen have now passed beyond the river bel on either side, uu.l are miking their way uuder tho city. Tit Bits. .11 caul 11,' 01 uowu. ( Clown vtii at first a tattooed por- sou. Jn Iritam and 1 rauce the coun try people retaiuod the habit of tattooing? or of naintin? tho faces in imitation of tattooing long after it had been abandoued in the cities. Bait 'more Herald. .THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFJi STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY iVIT FUNNY MEN OF THE PRES3, Queen of ricj Cordial Assent IJafl Investment A Contented Hustler A Iloston llclle, Ktc. She Isn't versed lu Latin, she doesn't paint on satin, Bhe doesn't understand the nrtrul witchery of eyes; But oh! sure; 'tis true an t certain sir' is very pat and pert iu Arranulmr the component parts of luscioti; pumpkin pies. Bhe cannot solve or twist 'cm, viz. tin planetary system. She cannot toll a Vontu' from a Saturn In tho skies; But you outrlit to soe her irrnpplo with tho fruit thnt's known ns apple. And arrive at quick eonelusiou when silo tackles toothsome pies. She couldn't write a soum, and siin couldn't trim a bounet, Bhe isn't very bookish in her letter of r: plies; But she's much, at home j'j, very! when slio takes the juicy berry, Aad manipulates quite skillfully sympo sium iu pies. COnDIAIi ASSENT. Minnie "Tho man I marry must be a hero." Mamie "Yes, indeed." Indianap olis Journal, ' A DAD INVESTMENT. "I have loved and lo3t." "Did you get back your engagement ring?" "No; that's what troubles me." Truth, A BOSTON riELLH. Hicks "But, really, what kind of a looking girl is thiH Miss Beekon!" Wicks "Well, I can hardly say; yon sec, she didn't have her glasses on the day I s,awher." Boston Trau cript. WOMAN'S INnX'MANITY TO WOMAN. Clara "George, is looking very handsomo and brilliant this evening." Mabel "Yes, he proposed to me au hour ago." "And yon'vo refused him I" Chi cago Record. GROUNDLESS FEARS. The Philanthropist "In giviug you that quarter, sir, I'm nfraid l'vo "be friended a hard drinker." Tho Benoliciary "You're mistaken this time, sir; drinking is ono of the easiest things I do." Puck. now he was sonny. "Say you are sorry for throwing the book at your little .brother," said a forgiving mother, "and I'll nut pun ish you." "Yes, ma," replied little Johnuie. "I'm Borry it wasn't a brick." OUOHT TO 81TT. Woman "I want to buy a book for a little Boston boy. Have you nuy thing you cau reoommend?" Clerk "Yes, ma'am. We havo just reoeived 'Jack aud the Beau-stalk' in words of five syllables." Judgo. on I Irate Pa "Did you tell that youug man of yours that I'm going to havo the gas turned off at ten?" Trix "Yes." Irate Pa -"Well?" Trix "He's coming at a quarter past in future." Judy. A CONTENTED IIUSTLEn. Neighbor "Business picking up uy?" Brown "Yes; 1 am thankful to say that it has. Tho hard times aro over. I've got employment for my wife, aud both my little girls. Nothing liko hustling." Harper's Weekly. OS THE LAWN. Dills "Do you believe that the scientists are right in sayiug that we re taller in the morning thau in the night?" Mills "No; from personal experi ence I know that I am a good deal shorter in tho morniii" mit-tinulAi-l v after a night out with the boys."- ow lorn worui. COVERING A UKAVnit CRIME. Mrs. Outvi town-"That Mr. Sab bubs shows more consideration for his neighbors thau auy mail I ever saw." Mr. Oulertown (astonished! "Con sideration I Uuod heavens ! Did you call it consideration to wheel a lawn mower up aud down his grim plot every morning at six o'clock I" Mrs. Outertown "Yes ; but he does it so the neighbors will not hear his daughter piactieing singing letsous." Puck, A LIBERAL LANDLADY, New Boarder "What do wo get foi dinner to-night?" Old Boarder "This is the niyht wo usually have chiekeu." New Boarder "That's not half bid. Do wo often got chicken?" Old Boarder "Oh, about threo times a week. " New Boarder "Well, by jove I that's pretty hue; but I don't see how Mrs. Skiiuper c.iu afford ft." Old Boarder "Oh, it's the samo chiekeu." Bruoklvu Lifo. NOT ON A l'l KCIlASINd TOl'It. "Will you be my wife? ' She was very beautiful. Some es timated her beauty as liiU as $10, OUO.UOJ. "No!" bho answered. "I came abroad to shop, uud w ith no iiloa ot making any purchases. Not iu day, thauk you." Tho titled aristocrat KrouuI bis teeth in ruge. lie hail ground his teeth in nothing else since tho previous day ut luucli con. Detroit Tribune. SCIENTIFIC A5I) IXDUSTKIiL ! There aro 133 varieties of mos qnitocs. The yaoht Defender has a full suit of sails of ramio cloth. In the hope of overcoming tho ten dency to slip, bieyclo tires aro now being made from tho rough skins of sharks, spotted dogs and other fish. The amoko of London in certain states of the wind is found to con dense on the Boa as far nway ns Dev onshire, blackening the water for miles. Constant current machines are mado of an output up to as many as 2000 nro lights, about 10,000 volts and nine amperes, or ninety kilowatts capacity. Duiingtho year a mbnnmDnt is to bo unveiled at Osteel, in East Fries land, in memory of tho discoverers of the sun's spots, David and Johana Fabricius. A transparent mirror glass, recently introduced in Germany, reflocts light on one side, from which it is practi cally opaque, whilo from tho other sido it is transparent. During a thunderstorm, it is point ed out, the inhabitants of houses should not remain in the kitchen or other room where a fire is burning in the grate, as tho heated gases from the chimney top provide a lino of least resistance, and this is so whether tho house bo provided with lightning rods or not. In transporting tho great lens for tho Yerkes tele icopo from tho Clark laboratory, at Cambridge, it will be necessary to poise and balance it most carefully to roduoo jarring, and to change its position constantly in or der to avoid polarization of the mole cules of tho glafls by the swaying mo tion of the train. Tho reason why ships aro not strack by lightning is attributed to the gon eral nso which is now made of wire ropo for rigging purposes, as woll as to the fact that the hulls of ships aro usually constructed of iron or steel. Thus tho wholo ship forms an excel lent and continuous conductor, by means of whioh the electricity is led nway into the ocean before it has time to do any serious damage. Professor Frederick V. Coville, of the United States Department of Agriculture, recently climbed to the summit of Mount Saddleback, Maine. Professor Colvillo found thero many Arctio Alpine plants, including Green land chickweod, Alpine holygrns-i, mountain crauberry, Arctio rush, Arctio pinks and many others. His aneroid barometer gave tho altitude as 1100 foot above sea level. Bicycle Records. Tooplo who had paid no attention to bioycling matters will bo surprised to learn of the records for speed and en durance which have lately been made on the modern wheel. A rocout road rocord is that of Uolboin, who, on July 7th, covered 207 miles in twenty four hours on roads between Loudon and Peterborough, A track reoord is that which was mado ia a twenty-foul hour bicycle raao at Putney, England, on Juno 22 and 23. Ia this trial of enduranco aad speed A. O. Fouutaiae made 474 miles 1290 yards ia twenty four hours. But the greutest achieve ment in tho way of enduranco is that which was inadu somo weeks ago by a Frenchman namod Huret. Ho cav ered 015 miles in twenty-four hours upon a track. Leaving the question of enduranco and coming down to the question of speod, it will bo interest ing for those who have comparod the speod of bicyclists with the speed of horses to note this table : I-! ml .. 3-t mile. 1 mile. Johnson (bicvolist).. .48 4-5 1.11 4-5 1.35 2-1 Halvator f race horse). .47 1-2 1.11 1-3 1.35 1-i Flying Jib (paoor). .. .59 1.21 $-4 1.5S 1-4 Koburt J. (pacer). ..1.0 1 3-4 1.30 1-4 2.01 1-2 Alix (trotter) ..1.01 3-4 1.32 3-1 2.03 3-4 It will be socn from the forogoin r record that the bicycle has made fast er timo than any horse, either run ning, pacing, or trotting, and the cur ious fact is that tha greater the dis tanoo tho greater tlio aJvautiij iu favor of thj oyolist. Argonaut. A I,;ir'c L ihstcr. The biggest lobster ever caught ofl the Connecticut coast was brought to this city this morning by Captain Lord, of East Lyme. It was caught in his pond yesterday. The biggest lobster ever known hereabouts up to this timo weighed fourteeu pounds. A log of Captain Lord's mouste is as big as a man's thumb and the "wrist" at tho claw as big as a mau's wrist. The lob ster is from two and one-halt to threo feet long, aud its body is as big around as a good-sized pumkiu, say two feet iu circumference. Captain Lord will boil tho big fellow and test its llesh, which may bo too rank to cat. He will then havo the shell stutlod and placed on exhibition at Fiyuu's, prob ably. Tho lobster is tho smo as auy other lobster txcept iu size. It may be ago that has distended him, for ho may havo crept iu from tho great deep just for a lurk, a sample ot tlio giauts further out. His pugnacity is not great, but on tho trip ho was carefully kept in a strong box. Hartford Post. Slurs In t:ie Milky May. Duriug tho lust few days Professor Barnard, of the Lick Oosurvutury, has been ougagod in photographing iu do tail tho Milky Wuy. When tho plates are finished, which will not bo for three years, it is expected thut the facts revealed by them will revolu tionize tho old conceptions of this re markable phenomenon. Tho text books declare that tho Wilky Way probably contains 20,000,000 turns, but Professor lluruard estimates thut the camera will record the presence of at least 500,000,000, with the certuiuty that there must be a still larger num ber which are not visible. New York Telegram. HOW I LOVE HEN. now 1 love hor none may say Ju what sweet and varied way; Loving her this way and that For a ribbon on her lint; For her soft cheek's crimson dye For a trick of her blue eye?! IIow I lovo her none mny sny, l'et I lovo her all the day! llow I lovo her nono may know; Who can say how roses grow? IIow, where'er it brent hns nnd blowi, Rtlll the rough wind lov;s tho rosor For her lips, so hony-swot, For tho falling or her fe -t Who shall nil my lovo declare? Yet I lovo her nil the y nr! How I lovo her uonj may .ny In the winter, In the May la all seasons, dark or hrlgh'-. Lovo by day an 1 love ly ninlil! For hor glnnco her sniilo the mora Presenco of Iit here nnd thcrj; In my sighing. In my sins, Btlll I love her nil lifo lou ,': Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. 11U.U0U OF THE DAY. Give good, sound advice and get yourself disliked. Judge. You may bo persevering yourself, but no need for you to try to perse vere others. Judge. "Some men," says tho Manayunk Philosopher, "never havo any spirit till after death." Philadelphia Re cord. Candidate "I can't imagine what caused my defeat." Friend "The election of your opponent, 1 should say." Albany Journal. Possibly what makes it more annoy ing and painful is, whatever he does for man, the mosquito preseuts his bill before beginning work Phila delphia Times. Fond Motbor "My darling, it is bed-timo. All the littlo chickens have gone to bod." Littlo Thilosophor "Ic3, mamma; anl so has the old hen." Judge. norso Doaler "Yon had bettor bay the horse, Colonel. You will never find a healthier animal." Colonel Jones "I believe it. If he hain't been healthy all his lifo he never could havo lived so long." Tammauy Times. Mrs, LTigbco "I think you had hot ter go for the doctor, George. Johnny complains of pains in his heath" Higbeo "I guess it is nothing ser- . ious. He has had them beforo." Mrs. nigbee "Yes, but never on ' Saturday." Brooklyn Lifo. He was a very brilliant manj Ho bad a master mind. In homely walks of drudgery His lofiy spirit pined. Prospectuses ami plans and schemes He could unfold to you; But somehow ho had never dono, But always meant to do. Thoy were telling of books that thoy had read, and the man with the high forohoad asked what the other thought of tho "Origin of Species." The other said he hadn't read it. "In fact," ho added, "I'm not interested in financial subjects." Boston Tran script. Mr. Noopop "My baby cries all night. I don't know what to do with it." Mr. Knowitt-'Tll tell you what I did. As soon as our baby com menced to cry I used to turn on all tho gas. That fooled him. Ho thought it was broad daylight and went to sloop." Pearsou's Weekly. "Yes," said the inventor, "X thiuk I see millions in it, if I can only get the thing to work." "No doubt," said tho doubtiug friend. "What havo you in mind now?" "A schomo for confining cyclones in bicyclo tires. See? There is your ideal motor, st merely tlio cost of capture." India napolis Journal. Mhat Water Cau Do. Tho effect of tho hydraulio motor, which is now used for tho purpose of romoving masses ot earth, well nigh passes belief. A stream of water issuing from a pipe six inches iu diameter, with a fall behind it of 373 feet, will carry away a solid rook weighiug a ton or moro to a distuueo of fifty or 100 loet. I (The vclooity of the stream is terrific, and the column ot water projected is bo solid that if a crowbar or other heavy object bo thrust against it tho impinging object will be hurled a con siderable distance. By this fctreum of water a man would be instuutly killed if he came into contact with it, even at a distance of 200 feet. At 200 ft'ot from tho nozzlo a six inch stream, with 375 feet fall, pro jected momentarily against the trunk of a tree, will iu a second denude it of tho heaviest of bark as cleanly as if it had been cut with an axe. Whenever such a stream is turnod against a buuk it cuts and burrows it in every direction, hollowing out Croat caves aud causing tons of earth to melt aud full aud be washed away . in tho sluices. Montreal Star. Signaling in a I'o,'. A novel arrangement for signaling at sea duriug fogs has been placed iu positiou on Winter (Quarter lightship No. 4", now repairing and relitliug at Wilmington, Del. It consists of two safety oil eugiues, supplying com pressed air to two upright boilers, which iu turn aro automatically acted upon by tinieelocks, placed above. These open aud close tho whistle valves alternately every fifty-five sc-ouli. No bteam power is use I, tho power bciug derived from explosions of oil vapor. Tho pressure of uir is icgula ted ut forty pouu Is, and gives a bhrill blast ut each explosiou. Tho new ap pliance is expeete 1 to provo effoctivj iu uiuiutuiuiug and opL-ratiug the fog whistle wheu coal might uot be ob tainable for fuel, aul iu transmitting a clear toue for intuy miles. New Orleans Times-Dcmociat. r
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