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Nebraska Populist papers want de partment stores abolished. Paris florist are already sotting out plant. 10 they may .ell flowers from the grave of Lafayette to patriotio Americana during the exposition of 1900.- . Says tho Montgomery (Ala.) Ad vertiser: In the last twenty years tho Southern States have expended $80,' 000,000 for colored schools, -Nearly ovory dollar was furnished by the white people. A writer on beauty says that to ob tain a perfect .ideal of the fomalo foim divine? one shonld study Greek models for the head, English for the complex ion, Irieh for the hands, American for finger-nails, Hindostuneo for the feot and Spanish for the carriage The notion that tho inhabitants of the South Sea islands aro everywhere dying out is not borne ont in Nauru, whoro the Qrrman residents made a census of tho natives on Soptember 3, 1890, and found 1317, while in 1803 tho number had iuoreonod to 1377. The State of Massachusetts has alone and unaided fotK-ht the gypsy moth, and has thus far promoted it from spreading beyond its limits. It has within tho past four years expended 8450,000, with tbo result of keeping the pest from spreading and eradicat ing it in a few localities, Ontario farm lauds have taken a big drop in value during the past twelve years. The total value 'in 1883 was nliiou.l af OHM 7'1't nnn . in 1 Qnr. 11.. valuation was reduced to 8572,98,000. The bringing of tew wheat districts into competition with the Ontario fields is given as the cause of tho rapid dooliue. i One historical authority states that the earliest discovery of iron within tho present limits of this country was Xhe mountain range of' western North Carolina, and tho first effort to manu facture it into merchantable form was made in the Stato of Virginia in 1619. Ihe foundry was destroyed by th In dians in 1C22. Tho Couuty Court Judge of Oldham, T'.nslnn I. has recently decided that a cutis "a quasi-domestic animal," and that its owner is not responsible for its actions. In tho courso of his de cision, t tie judjjo said tbe feline's "intellect is not so extensive as to tender it able to distinguish between chickens and small birds." A Philadelphia pa er gathers a cer. tain amount ot comfort from the faot that the "scrapple" of the Quaker City aud the baked beans of Boston are to be found on the menu cards of the.New York restaurant's. It argues from this cnatrouomio fact that the above alimentary tit bits have put the three cities on a more friendly foot ing. An impressive instance of patriotio service is presented in tho case of President Britlin, of the New Orleans City Council, who has directed the Committee ou Budget and Assessment u irausior ms amount ol ins salary, $0000, to tho contingent fund, as he does not intend to accept any money consideration for his offloial services. It is not believed that this sort of thing will ever become ohrouio. Japan is a country already begin ning to suffer from the "disease of civilization," although but a few years have elapsed since it emerged from primitive and comparatively innocent conditions. Acoording to Mr. Saito Wokofu, a styistioian of noto, sui cides have been extraordinarily fre 'quunt during the pat ten years and are steadily ou tho increase, especially among womeirf The Japanese statis tician, pursuing his investigations further, finds that about one-half th saioiaes are persons oi unsouna mind ; aad among men the most' frequent causes of insanity is finanoial trouble. The people seem to be getting only what is worst iu Nineteenth Century civilization. The French Minister of Agrioulturo has instituted an extra parliamentary commission for tbe purpose of study ing certain proposals for the improve ment of agriculture. Franoe oontains about 15,000,000 acres of uncultivated land, and for some years there have been disoubsions as to the bebt mode of utiliziug it. Tbe proposals were reofforebtiug, irrigation, water supply and restocking with fish the pouds and streams. The area of lund unculti vated is as follows : Moor and heather, 9,722,500 acres; rocky and marshy land, 4,81)5,000; bogs and swamps, 820,000, aud peat land, 115,000. These figures show thut out of every nine acres of laud in France nearly oue i )U u uuoultivuWJ condition. A SMILE AND A FROWN. Only a frownl yet It pressed a sting Into th. day which had been so glad; Tit. red rose turned to a senseless tblog, The bird song ceased with dlsoordant ring, And a heart was heavy and sad. Only a smtlel yet It cast a spell Over the sky which had been so grayt The rain mad. music wherever It fell, Th. wind sung th song of a marriage-bell And a heart was light and gay. Emma O. Dowd. A BACHELOR'S DINNER, S Time is popularly represented as an aged man, with flowing beard and drapery of white, bearing in one hand an hour glass and in tbe other a soy the, so would I conceive a figure of Foverly, except that I would have him carry a bill or a sheriffs at tachment, signi fying that it was sot his province to cut mo off at oue merciful stroke, but to worry and bore me to death by oontiuually ringing my doorbell and thrusting the awful document before my bloodshot eyes. Branton is ot a different mind. "It is a misconception a gross mis oonoeption," he deolared the other night, resting his feet on the hand some brass fender and gazing medita tively into thi fire that glowed on the hearth of his library. ' 'Poverty should be represented aa carrying in one hand a heart, and in the other, perhaps, a dart." "Or a fat purse," I said to myself. But my friend's case is an unusual one. His kindly conception of what should be a grim, repulsive figure had its origin, and not without reason, in his own experience. With me it is different. My finanoial condition has ohanged but little sinoe tbe day we received my aunt's hurried note an nouncing that she had run down from Newport with my cousin Lyvja, who, by tho way, has not yot been intro duood to sooiety, and a charming girl from Han Franoisco. To be frank, I am still living in Holwood's pleasant apartment overlooking the avenue, and must of secosBity continue a recipient of his kindnets until he gets back from his tour of the world. -What I shall do then I dare not contemplate. But that does not concern Branton. When the note of my aunt's ar rived my fortunes wero at their lowest ebb, lor weeks I had been doing my own cooking, and Branton'a arrival from the West, .where, through no fault of bis own, he had lost the small fortune that had fallen to his posses sion on the doath of his father, an English oountry gentleman who had left a large number of sons to divide a moderate estate, added an additional burden to my thin pooketbook. Just why my friend had left the West he did not explain farther than that, cir cumstances had reduced him to a men ial position on a ranch, and he was in a fair way to rise when he suddenly made up his mind to go home, and landed in New York, penuiless and compelled to acoept my poor hospi tality. For four days he had been seeking work in vain when I heard from my aunt. It was early in the fall ; few people were in town ; her bouse was closed and she thought it would be jolly for Lyvia and a charm ing friend of hers to spend an evening in bachelor hall. Would I pardon the sudden notioe and expeot them at 7 o'clock sharp? At the time pardon was not granted, but I had to make tho best of circumstances. Even had I known just where to address my kind relative, I could hardly have dared asked her to excuse me, particu larly on the ground of my financial straits, for, bred as the ' has been in the lap of luxury, poverty is a thing beyond her understanding. To her it is a crime. She cannot imagine that a person with a normal amount of common sense should be afflicted with it. Fortunately I Lad still remaining 910 from the last remittance of my father, which oamo enolosod in an affectionate epistle saying that he had given me the best possible education, tltted me to battle with the world, and thought that thereafter I had better do for myself. With this money we procured the necessary supplies for a simple dinner, and I despatched a note to Carter asking him to join us. Then aroBO the - question of service. We had no servant, and naturally it was neoessary ttiat some one attend at tbe table. As I was ruefully eyeing my small stock ot remaining money, liran- ou, ever ready, oame to my assist ance. He knew no one in town and was going to sail for home just as soon as he oouid afford it. With hi. clean shaven face he would pass for a uiffst respectable butler. Of course I de murred, but he insisted, and eventu ally won his point. To this little via tory can ba traoed his kindly concep tion of an artistio figure of poverty. Uolwood's silver service presented a stunning appearanoe when we ar ranged it on the table that evening. The soup as it steamed on the back of the range, the roast as it sizzled in the oven, the few simply cooked vegeta bles in the pots all ready for serving looked exoellout, and Branton made the most imposing butler I have ever set eyes ou, for he always was a hand some follow. Bo it was with a feeling akin to satisfaction that I threw my self into a chair in the study when the menial labor was over and awaited the coming of my guests. Already Bran ton was aping a well bred lackey, aud so inimitably did he play his part tbat I almost imagined myself tho proprie tor of a well appointed establishment, instead of a struggling young man with no occupation and but four dol lar, aud thirty-two cents in tke world, " 1 t At length the bell tang and my but-1 ler opened the door. It was Carter. lie passed through the opening in the portieres that the obsequious Branton had made for him and was seated be side me. After the usual compliments of the day had been exchanged he glanced furtively toward the hall, then whispered : "A new man?" "Yes," I replied, enveloping my self in cigarette smoke to hide the high coloring of my faoe. "I got him to-day." "Hum I" he exclaimed. "Mado a ten-strike at last, eh?" He referred to my getting a ten strike and a good servant on the same day, and 1 thanked him, but before I had an opportunity to go into particu lars, for it was evident that he was curious, I beard Branton open tbe door aud a confusion of soft voices. A moment later I had affoctionately greeted my aunt and cousin, made my obeisance to Miss Rosa Mell and ush ered my guests to the room sot apart for them, for my butler had suddenly disappeared and left this last duty to me. When I saw Rosa Mell in theTfull glare of the study lights I forgot the inconvenieuce to whioh I had been pat, tbat to keep up appearances I had been drivon to deception, and I was really honest in the thanks I showered on my aunt for the honor of her coming. She was a beautiful girl, with a tall, finely proportioned figure ; doep blaok hair and eyes, and a faoe no feature of which was perfect, but which as a whole, was most attractive. To be frank again, Miss Moll's charms were further increased for me by are mark my ami t made as I led her but to dinner. "Now, Frank, dear, mind your ps and qs," she whispered. "She's as rich as Mrs. Croesus, and the charm ingest it's the best word girl I know." "Thank you for your kindly interest, aunt," I replied in an undertone. In a louder voice I added, "I am well contented with my bachelor condi tion." "And who wouldn't be in such a jolly place," cried my cousin, as we were seated, and her eyes scanned tho walls, covered with curios that Hol wood had gathered from every quarter of the globe. "1 almost long to be a bachelor " That was as far as Mies Mell pro gressed, for as she was speaking her eyes fell upon the butler standing be hind my chair. She flashed, then the color left her face and sho stared at him, unconsciously. Her confusion was but momentary. She reoovered herself and with the greatest com posure added : "Yes, it must be jolly to be a bachelor and live like this." "Vandergnst is certainly an ex tremely lucky fellow," criod Carter. "Are you married?" inquired my port cousin. "Dear me, no I Never 1" my friend exclaimed. "Now don't you think he's a lucky fellow, Miss Mell?" She thought tbat I was, poor girl, but I did not have an opportunity for iearning her reason, for he engaged her attention with an extended ao oount of his idea of my luck. My aunt flowed off into a long recital concern ing the dulnets of life at Newport, whioh my cousin frequently inter rupted with expressions of dissent or approval. I responded with ohs, ahs and indeeds, and furtively watched Branton as he served the oysters. His usually ruddy face was as pale as my Poverty's, his hauds trembled as he moved about at his dutieB, and he seemed studiously to avoid the glances of the whole company. I wanted to smile at him aud if possible oheer him up with a wink, but he simply would not be winked at. "What a lovely butler you have 1" exclaimed Lyvia, as he loft the room for the third course, the roast he had taken so muoh pains over, the pota toes I had cut my hands in peeling, the peas we had purchased in a can and boiled or stewod, or something like that. "A splendid-looking fellow, I re marked to VaudegUBt just before you oame," Carter said. "I think he was lucky to get him. Don't you think ho was lucky,' Miss Mell?" llor reply was inaudible. Bran ton's retarn necessitated a new line of conversation. So that he might have a littlo fun out of it, 1 spoke of the cook. "If you will pardon my burdening you with my housekeeping woes," I ventured, "f will ask your advice about a cook, I can't get a good one." "I think he or she does very well indeed," said my aunt. "Bui good ones won't stay." "A matter of days out 1 suppose?" "Perhaps you don't pay them, "ven tured Carter, facetiously. I laughed at this, and succeeded in bestowing a wink on the butler, where upon he immediately dropped the precious dish of potatoes, so that they went tracking over Holwood's fine old Turkish rug. The miscreant servant, in a moment of oonfusion and forget fulness, fell upon his knees and tried to sweep them back into the dish with his arms, as ho would have gathered in an abnormally large stack ot chips. My guests and I assumed au air of complete obliviousness to the inoi deut, and by the time he bad arisen from the floor, with bair disheveled and burning faoe, and escaped from the room, we were talking of the West. "You know, Frank," laughed my aunt, "you Eastern mou have abso lutely failed to make an impression on Rosa." "I'm certain Miss Mell has not failed to make an impression, a deep impressiou, on us Eastern men," observed Carter, gallantly. "Do you think she has failed, Vaudergust?" "I'm oomp'etent to speak for but two," I replied, "but I will say " "Mrs. Vandergust does me an injus tice," cried Miss Moll. "I do like New York Well" ''But none are quite so faroinating as a certain person you met on your ranch," interrupted my cousin. "A cowboy I" asked Carter, sudden ly becoming intensely interested. "A cow-punoher. if you will." laughed the fair girl, "with a re volver, a rod shirt, and all tbe appro priate settings." "She trioa to laugh it off," cries Lyvia. "But really, Mr. Carter, it's true." "Nonsense, Lyvia," Miss Mell ex claimed, with the most charming possible frown. "Don't deny it," said I, for 1 was really getting just a bit anxious. "I can imagine him myself a tall, bronzed chap, with flowing black locks, piercing eyes, a noble brow" "And a beard a lovely Vandyke ; don't forget that," my cousin inter rupted. "A cowboy with a Vandyke! Hum; Dangerous !" exolaimed Carter. "Don't yen think it's dangorous, Vondorgust?" I admit tbat Carter has not a great mind, but at that instant it ran in the same channel as mine, for to me had occurred the idea that a cowboy in a Van Dyke was suspicious. The thing savored of the gentleman ; perhaps one of those fellows down on his luck tbat I read of, or even like Branton. My aunt smiled complacently. Miss Mell leaned back in her chair and sighed, "Oh, Lyvia, why did you ever?" "Why, Rosa, you confessed it all ; you know yon did," oried my irrepres sible cousin. "And what do . you think?" She leaned over as if about to impart to my ears alone a seoret of vast import. "I don't think," I answered. "I simply wait." "Ly-yi-al" My cousin passed unheeded this gentle, plaintive remonstrance, and in a stage whisper said : "I found her one day shedding crocodile tears over his photograph a horrible looking thing, with fringy edges, you know, and a gilt border, and a " The burst of laughter tbat inter rupted this disclosure was drowned by a crash of china behind the screen that hid the door of the butler's pantry, a thud as of a heavy body falling, a moan. I sprang from tbe table and tossed aside the screen. Disclosed to our view, prostrate on the floor, his head resting in a mass of broken dishes, lay my friend and butler. "Branton 1" I cried, falling down at his side. . He mado no reply for he was nncofi soious. Carter and I pioked him up and laid him in the heavily cushioned window seat. "What a clumsy butler I Bing for the servants 1" cried my aunt, who in the general oonfuBion seemed to think that she alone was calm, and by virtue oi that calmness in duty bound to take command. "He's not my butler !" I exolaimed, forgetting appearances. "It's Branton Jim Branton, the best fellow " "Water I Water I" screamed Lyvia, I dashed to the table and seized a glass, and when I turned again to my injured friend, Bosa Mell was on her knees at his side, wiping his forehead with her handkerchief. Suddenly his eyes opened and rested on hers. "Rosa! Bosa I" he muttered, and he suddenly reaohed out his arm and drew her head down toward him. I glanced at the other and pointed to the door. Silently we passed out of the room. "Well, I never !" my aunt exolaimed, as the portieres closed behind us. "I thought the oowboy was a joke, but a butler" "Sh!" whispered Lyvia. And through the heavy curtains came : "Why did you run awoy from the ranch, Jim?" "Why why because a poor chap like me had no right oven to hope." New York Sun. Amber aud Its Production. An enormous amount of amber comes from Prussia, where it is mined by what is practically a monopoly. The oompauy controlling the greater part of the output pay to the G overn inent over $100,000 a year for the privilege of control. It is said tbat over 85,000,000 has already been paid by this firm in royalties to the Gov ernment. The beach in East Prussia, after heavy northwest winds, is often thickly strewn with amber, whioh oomus up in tho seaweed that is ofton piled up to the height of throe or four feet along tbe shore. After a storm men, women and ch.tdreu swarm over tho beach, gathering ainber and find ing most proiituble employment there by. From a hundred to a hundred aud fifty tons of raw amber are worked up every year in one city. The great er part of it is melted to make varnish and lao. Beads are made of many of the best piccos, and theso aro iu de mand all over the world. Wearing Out Needlessly, Many people wear themselves out needlessly ; their conscience is a tyrant. An exaggerated sense of duty leads a person to anxious, ceaseless aotivity, to be constantly doing some thing, over-puuetual, never idle a second ot time, scorn to rest; such are in nnoonsoious nerve tension. They say they have no time to rest, they have so muoh to do, not thinking they are rapidly unfitting themselves for probably what would have been their best aud greatest work iu after years. Thq Ledger. Suow-Whlte Cattle. The breed of snow-white cattle which wero used in the sacrifices in Athens and Rome from 20U0 to 2500 years ago, is still in existence in Calabria, Italy. Great pains ure taken to main tain the strain of blood in all its purity, and calves showing a single hair of auy other color than white are at ouoe sotmratod from tbe herd, THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORTHS THAT ARK TOLD BT THB FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Depth, of Humiliation Kqolpperl He Had It Nice to Teach Hope Springs Kternal, Ktc. The Inoonslftnncy of man Is not a joke, but reals The more yon wll n fllow for, lue cheupcr he wit! feel. Judge. NICE TO TEACH. Madge "I wonder why Dolly getf taken out skating so much?" Majorie "It's beoause sho doesn't know how to skate." Judge, EQUUTKD. "One of your wife's lungs is gone, my dear sir." "That doesn't do me any good, doc tor; the ono she has left is a star." Truth. EVIDENTLY HIS OWN. Smithers "Do you think Charley Litowate's jokes are all original?" Nubbins "Yes; they are too stupid to be borrowed from anybody else." Twinklos. BE HAD IT. Conductor "Did I got your fore, sir?" Passenger "You must have. You didn't ring it up for the company." Town Topics. HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL. Jones "I hear that Simpson is hopelessly in debt." Smith "I guess not. Ho struck me for ten yesterday, and seemed to think he was going to get it. " Puck. AN IMPORTANT MATTER. "Just had a talk with Brainard, the inventor. He has a big problem on hand now." "What is he trying to do?" "Trying to make both ends meet." Puck. t'TILIZISO HIS MISFORTUNE. "No," said the dootor ; "your finger will never be in good shape again." "Well," said the base ball pitcher, "if I can pitoh at all with tbat finger, I ought to be able to send in some dandy new curves." Puck. nisi STATUS. "Whew I That fellow knows a great deal, doesn't he?" commented Poots when Gossaway hud departed. "Yes," replied Grimahow. "He knows entirely too much for oue man ; he ought to be incorporated." JAt's IDEA. Josh Medders "How does that nephew of Judge Tophill's, that is visitin' him, look?" Jay Green "Wa-al, he's so oross eyed that I guess he has to lay ou his back to look down the well." Judge. AN IMITATOR. "Tomlinsou imitates me in every conceivable way. He dresses like me, talks like me, acts like me and in fact, does everything like me." "Well, Tomlinson always was a lit tle bit inclined to make an ass of him self." New York Journal. MANIFESTLY UNFAIR. "Don't you want to get into this National Enoyolopedia of Prominent People oost you only 825?" "No sir; don't like the way it is run look at Goorgo Washington and John Quinoy Adams getting in for nothing." Chicago Record. A NEW METHOD. "Maria," said Silas Wintersmitb, looking toward the parlor-door, "Be linda an' her beau aro keopin' mighty quiet." "Mebbe they're courtin'." replied his wife, "by miu.l ro lin' or that bypnertisin plau I read about last week." ONE ON THE HUMORIST, "I have brought you a bag of pea nuts, thinking you would appreciate a change," taid young Mr. Pompon to Snickers, tbe humorist. "A change?" replied the humorist, thoughtfully. "Yes, acbnngo from ohestnuts, you know." Life. THE FLY IN THE OINTMEST. Visitor (in Ruralville) "This is a very pleasant aud home-like place,aud I cannot understand why so many families should have moved away from it during the po-t few months, as vou say." Native "You haven't henrd our young ladies' brass baud yot." ANNorscF.n. Prisoilla -"Jack is the oddest fe' low. He took mo driving yestoiday, and when wo wero seven miles from home he said, if I wouldu't promise to marry him bo'd make me get out and walk back." Penelope "Did you walk back?" Prisoilla "No, indeed; but the horse did !" TnE PhOHABILITY. "Does your wife worry about burg lars?" "Not much," answered Mr. Meok ton. "I wonder what she'd say if sho found oue in the house?" "I don't know. But I have an idea that she'd ask him how he dared coiuo in the house without wipiotr his shoos on tbe mat." Wabbiugtou Star. . On a conservative estimate tho apple orop of the United Slute.s this season amounts to two burrels fur evtry una, woamu aud child. SCIE5TIFIC AXD ISBISTHUL. Profescor Huxley says that an oyster is a far more complicated piece of maohinory than the finest Swiss watch. Tokio, Japan, has adopted tbe aroh system for the two miles of elevated railroad which it has boon decided to build there at a oost of $2,000,000. Health Commissioner StarklofT, of St. Louis, Mo., will at the next meet ing of the Board of Health recommend that preliminary tnbercnlosis be de clared infectious. Colcry is said to be excollont for the nervous system and is a fine romody for rheumatism and neuralgia. It may be taken in the natural state, or iu salads, soups and in tea. A horseless sleigh is one of the lat est inventions. Gasoline furnishes the motive power.and a sharp-toothed wheel under the centre of the Bleigh applies it to the frozen earth and pushes the sleigh along. Uln North Carolina the long piuo needlos of certain speoios of pine aro treated with a solution of soda to se cure the fiber, which is woven into coarse blankets, cloths and mats. This produot is also made in Germany and Swedon. A complete series of photographs of the recent Chinese-Japanese war, taken on the spot, forms a feature of the in ternational photographio exhibition now being held at Berlin. The collec tion has excited much interest as the most comprehensive photographio record of war yet shown. A productoalled "wire-glass" which, it is asserted, presents an effective barrier against fire, consists simply of a mesh-work of wire embedded in a glass plate. Even when licked by flames and raised to a red heat it does not fall to pieces, and it not only re sists the heat of fire, but also the shattering effects of cold water poured over it while it is yet glowing hot. At a Bargerton (Ohio) match factory reoently 177,920,400 matches were made in a day. At that rate that factory can prodnce in a year 64,943, 136,000 matohos, which means 927 matches a year, or nearly three matches a day for each one of the 70,000,000 inhabitants of the country. All this work is done byautomatio machinery, that is without its equal in tho work. A double-deck tunnel is the project of tho Metropolitan District Railway, of London, for facilitating tratlio on its underground line in that city. The present underground lino has a double track and it is proposed to build two single track tunnels at some distance below this line, to be neod for express trains, there being only one station between the terminus and tho point where the low level line will rise to the grade cf the existing line. Should One Sleep Alter Ealing! We would not now revert to this oft-diBOUtised question to give auyoue's thooretioal views or personal belief iu tbe matter, or to bring forward the familiar argument, that because ani mals sleep just after they have eaten, hence the human animal should do the same, says tbe Medical Record. Doc tor Schule, of Fribour, has, however, approached the subject from tho chemioo-experimentrtl Bide, and his re- I suits are worthy of reooid. Having j analyzed the stomach s contents in two normal subjects a few hours after meals, some of whioh were followed by sleep and others not, he finds that sleep has for its constant etlect tho weakening of the Btomach's motility, and at the same time there is an in crease in the acidity of the gastric juice. On the other hand, simple re pose in the horizontal posit ton stimu lates the motive function of the stom ach, but does not increase the aoidity of gastrio juice. The oonolusion is hence reached that, while oue should stretch himself out for a rest in the horizontal deoubitus after a hearty meal, he should resist the tempting Morpheus, especially if there be pres ent a dilated statu of the stomach or if its juices be hyperaoid. Power of Pedaling, A scries of experiments have been made by M. Bouuy, of Paris, says En--gineering, to determine the power ex erted in propolliug a bicycle at diller ent speeds. Tho method adopted was to take an autographic record of the total foroo exerted on tho pedal through a oomplete revolution. Au examina tion of tbe records showed, in the first place, that there was no absolute dead point such as occurs with an ordinary connecting rod und crank motion ; and, secondly, that there is always some pressure on the pedul during the rise, and this, of course, tends slightly to reduce tho speed. For a speed of ton miles au hour niueteeu foot pounds of work was done per semi revolution, aud for a speed of twenty miles au hour tho work done was sixty seven foot-pouuds. Theee figures show tbut the average pressure of the foot required on tbo pedal increased very rapidly with the speed, treble the work being needed in order to double the velocity. The biovclo was run on a woodeu raoin taok, and tho result would probably di.Jor considerable if the trials were made on a rough road. Copper Coins for Russia. The Birmingham (Englaud) Mint has just received a huge order from the Russian Government for copper coin?. Tho total number of ooius re quired is over 70,000,000. Tho coins, which oousibt of throe, two, one, half und quarter kopeck pieces, aro already being struck oil'. A (noU Ju'igo of Art. Queen Victoria's judgment of pio tures has bleu remarkably accurate, aud pictures for which she gave a com paratively small sum a few years ugo would now fetch big figures. The value of her pictures by Ltindseer alone l. over 500,000. 'THEY SAY." "They say" ah! well, suppose they if But ean they prov. the story true? Suspicion may arise for nuufiht, But malice, envy, want of thought. Why count yourself among the "they" Who whisper what they dare not "Thoy say." Bat why the tnle-rehearso And holp to make the matter worse? No good can possibly nccrue From telling what maybe untrue; And Is it not a noble plan To speak of all the bost you can? "Thoy say." Well, if it should be so Why need you tell the tale ol woe? Will It the bitter wrng redress, Or make one pang of sorrow loss? Will It the errtn? one restore, v Henceforth to "go and sin no more?" "They say" Oh! pause and look withlni Bee how your heart inollnes to siu, Watoh! lest In dark temptations hour You, too, shout. 1 sink beneath its power Pity the frail, weep o'er their full. But speak of good, "or not at all." New navon Itogistor. HUMOR OF TIIE DAY. Mamma "Now, take this, Johnny. You like sugnr, yon know." Johnny "Yes, but pills spoil it." Puck. Teacher "Who is that whistling in school?" New Boy "Me. Didn't yoo know I could whistle?" London Fi garo. She "Strange how wot it is." ne "Be stranger still if it were dry with such heavy rains." Comio Home Journal. He "Miss Belle is easily deceived." She "How's that? "He "She thinks she's mad because I kissed her. Town Topics. He "May I kiss you? I have never kissed a girl before." She "You can't break any records with me." Town Topics. Beautiful Heiress (after tho ball) : "Mary, go back to the hall and see il perhaps there are any more hentenante knaeling about." Fliegende Blaottcr. His Father "Now you can see what your oourss of living has brought you to." Tho Spendthrift "Yes, indeed! I can't borrow another cent." Puck. "The man brought a ton of coal yes terday, and now it's gone. It must have been stolen." "Don't bo hasty. Perhaps you mislaid it yoursolf." Detroit Tribune. Prison Inspectors "That man over there seems to positively enjoy the treadmill." Wardor "Yes, sir. 'E's used to the haction. 'E was a bioyclo thief." Household Words. Mrs. Knight "Doaa your husband treat you the same now as he did when he was courting yon?" Mrs. Laight "Pretty much. He keeps me in tbe dark." Youkers Statesman. "Look here, Gerald! Your father and Captain Armstrong aro giving Ella a lesson on tho bicycle." "Yes, Mummie; but why does Ella always fall off on Captain Armstrong's side?" Punch. "I wonder what got Bluebeard starting to cutting off his wives' heads?" "Vory the likely tho idea socurred to him while he was at tho theatro behind a big hat." Indian apolis Journal. "Has your husband tho button jollooting fad?" inquired tho caller. "Well," replied young Mrs. Torkins Joubtlully; "he usuhIIv helps take ap tho contribution in our ohurch." Washington Star. In Russia teachers aro nouo too well paid. At a scholastic meeting soma one proposed the toast: "Long live sur sohool teachers." What on?" ssked a cadaverous-looking speoimcn, rising in his seat. Tit-bits. Cholly "I wonder if your father'y would fly into a passion if I were to " ask him for yon?" Adelaide "Not if you tell him first tbat he looks twenty years younger since he shavo off his whiskers." Cloveland Leader. Mrs. Tamblin (tearfully) : "Thoy brought my husbaud homo in a hack . from the banquet last night. How did yoursgot home?" Mr. Sanderson "I don't know, but I suspect that he was carried along by his breath." Clove laud Leader. Medium (to party at sittiug) "The spirit of your deceased husband desires to converse with you." Wife "Huh ! if he ain't got no more spirit now than he had when ho died, ho ain't worth troubling about." New York World. Ho "I have often wished, dearest, that we lived iu tho old days of shivalry, so I could do some brave not to provo my devotion to you." She "I have wished so myself, Edwin ; but itill, yon haven't asked pupa's consent yet." Lark. "How matrimony does change a man!" "Huh I It changes a woman, too. When wo wero engaged iny wifo-to-bo was always trying to make mo savo money. Now sho doosu't gimme a cuauuo to savo a cent." Chicago Enquirer. Magistrate "The gamekeeper says that ho saw you taking this pheasant. What have you to say to that?" I'risoner "1 only took it for a lark." Magistrate ".Six mouths for making juch an ornithological error. Cou iult your natural history iu future." Judy. "Have you beeu able to catch tho Speaker's eye?" asked the first lady member of I'arliumout. "llavo I?" rejoinod the second M. 1'. "Well, father ; I wore my uuvy blue bengaliuo A-itu tho heliotrope sleeves, aud tho Speaker couldn't keep his eyes oll'uio." I'oarjon's Weekly. The Dootur "Mrs. Briggs has sent lot uio to go and see her boy, and 1 uust no at once." "What is tho mut ter with the boy?" Tho Doctor "I iou't know ; but Mrs. Briggs has a book ou 'What to do Before the I'oo lor Comes," and 1 must hurry up belurJli due It." Collici's Weekly,
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