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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 181)8. $1.00 PER ANNUM. ) TLo reasou that Cerverawas bottled Ip ia that it wan Hobsou'a choice! Oklabama ia preparing to offer a 10,000,000 bushel ciav1 wbeAATi irgunicnt fur statehood. ' The whole number of inon ongagod on auditing work iu the offioes of American railroads is roughly esti matel at 10,000. Ex-President Harrison declared the heroic doed of Lieutenunt Hobsou il Binking the Jlerrimac ia the entrance to Sautiago without a parallel iu his tory. Truly, we livo iu au appreciative .age.' Bravery meets with prompt re ward. Fidelity to dutvrf-eeivesnuick favor. All commandiP officers of Dewey's fleet are promoted for gal lantry, aud all tho world applauds. Faith, hope aud charity are abroad in the laud. Tho crop expert ofthe Orange Judd Farmer figures it out from present in dications that we shall have a 700, 000,000 bushel yield of wheat this year. The outsido commercial esti mate of tho 1807 crop was 580,000,000 bushels, and the biggest harvest ever reaped that of 1S91 was C85, 000,000 bushels, bo it-can be imagined with whot a glow of prosperity the country will be paintod. Germany's dubt iu 1877 was $4, 000,000. In 1887 it had increased to ' nearly $125,000,0J0. It is uow $533, 250,000; and is still going up with a Bteaaliness which bears strong testi mony to the financial resources of the .frugal Fath'erlundi It will soon be able to point with pride to u national dubt of tho highest class, scientifically adjusted to tho capacity of the people to boar it, like a pack-saddle to tho back of an Andorra mnlo, just a shado easier to staud up under thau to lie down under. So finely are the scales of nnturo ad justed that it is probablo every defect has its compensation near at baud, MaVs part is to find ft. In Kansas aud Nebraska the rainfall is insufficient to supply tho needs of agricultural vegetation. Nevertheless it has re cently been ascertained that au inexhaustible- deposit of water lies directly below all the arid .region; while . the wind, nature's agent to lift the water, blows during the whole-sutumeK . It was from air registering oue hundred degrees below zero that Nansen, by means of a windmill, wrested the power to light anl heat his ico -bound Franu ""You may fire whon you ore ready, Mr. Gridley," said Admiral Dewoy to the Commander of tho flagship Olyui pia ou that memorable May day in tho harbor of Mauila, and tho battle be gan. Tho glorious victory was not se cured quite so cheaply as wo thought, after all. Captain Gridley was in jured aud, being invalided, died on his way home at Kobe, Japan. Ho is the first, officer of high rauk to perish as the resnlt of the war, and his mem ory will be justly honored as touch as if he had died ou the deck of his ship in the thick of battle ou that Sunday morning wheu he opened tho fire npou the Spanish fleet. " ' There are in the principal coltou spinning countries of the world about 97,000,000 spiiltles and. 1,920,000 looms. Of these totals 43,203,000 spindles and 000,000 looms are credited to England. Iu the lu.st ten years there has been an increase of more thou 3,000,000 spindles and C0,00( looms in Great Britain. Nevertheless, the exports of cotton have gono down instead of up during this period. The United State, now havo 17,300,000 spindles, against 13,500,000 ten year ago, and 351,000 looms, while the European Continent has 27,O00,O0C spindles (23,000,000 in 1837) aud 850, 000 looms. The exports of textile ma chinery from Great Britaiu have in creased from $2t,000,000in 1833 to $33,500,000 iu 189G. A powerful labor organization of Now York City, Typographical Uuion No. 6, is making the interesting ex periment of teaching its unemployed members how to' make- a living by truck-farming. The union has se cured from the city a tract of grouud comprising two hundred n:id fifty acres. Each applicant receives hall an aero for purposes of cultivation, and is expected to devote a minimum time of twenty days to tho task dur ing the seusou. Tho preliminary ex penses of the farming operations are borne by tho union, iu co-opeiation with a charitable organization of New York. So fur, many members of the union, who wo;:ld otherwise bo in idleness, are spcudin-j their 1 time profitably in proving the practicabil ity of this industrial experiment. A LITTLE A little path tliat 'mid the trees A narrow lodgement finds. And In and out, and all about it slyly crnops and winds; . . Rtill on and on as tf it tried , To lluj some Tii'A where It might hide. And you and I, this summer day, Together seek to trace The rambles ot this ruunway And find Its hiding place, Aud little feet that in the quest Grow weary often pause to rest. 1 HE OUBALTERN. $ 55- A TALE OF THE I3y THEODORE HE day had been overcharged with sun and uufauned by any wiud; the white sand in K the streets had EJ attained to such KVs- J a heat that peo- hJtelJ ,.m pie moved across it hur riedly: But at eight o'clock a fresh breeze blew in from the bay, and Sandy aiouuu oared nis loreueaa to it witu a sigh of relief. Saudy was sitting in front of the headquarters of one of the infantry regiments, talking with the colonel, two captains and a subal tern. The camp was set up iu a grove of flonda pines. McDutF hstouod very attutively to everything that the colonel and the captains had to say; for these mei had smollod powder, folt steel aud heard the Indian war- whoop. But he closed his ears to the sub. (who talked a great deal), aud put him down as a windbag.. Perhaps the reasou for this was that Sandy was a scribbler, aud felt that there was good copy iu what the older men had to sav. Ho lit a Cubau cigarette, and men tioned tho recent victory of the Ameri can fleet over the Spanish. The sub. shipped his kuoe aud turned to tho colonel. , "By thunder, sir," ho exclaimed; Vthoso fellows deserve all they get. It would give me keen pleusure to meet 0116 face to face aud shoot him dowu like V dog." The colonel looked at him for a few second) 'without speaking. Then he said: "Mr. Brown, you may hate a man, and thiuk nothing is too bad for him; but wheu you havo had to kill one you will not consider it such u keen pleasure."' T-Browu did hot reply to this, and the colonel scorned lost in somber thought. Sandy was rather pleased with what he considered the "sitting upon" of the young lieutenant. Quo of the dearest clauses of his philosophy was that tho men who talk least about fighting are tho ones who fight best. One of the captains, who served in the Cavalry against the Indians, told a story of a major of Irish extractiou. "We were out on rather a rough campaign, with this major iu com mand," he began. "Twenty-five friendly Blackfoet, hired as trailers and scouts, were put iu my charge. One night the major sent a note over to me which read something like this: 'Send over six of your crazy Iudiaus to do guard duty.' "I resented this term wheu appliod to my - own men, so the first thiug in the- morning I went over with them myself. I saluted, reported the men ready for duty, and then told the major that, first of all, my command was not crazy, and second, that they were here to act as scouts and trailers, aud knew uothing of regular military work. The major requested me to re member that we were a long way from thapost and that he was my superior officer. I howod, and returned to my own tout. Half an honr later those six Indians were back iu their quarters. I returned with thoni immediately and tried to make excuses for them, say ing again that they were unfit for sentry duly. The major was iu a woful rage. " 'You say they are trailers,' he cried; 'then bring thorn over here double quick.' "He called to one- of his men and ordered him to drive two stakes into the grouud at a distance of about two hundred yards from one another. Then the major gave a carbine to oue of the redskius aud told him to shoulder it. 'Now, you red idiot,' he said; 'do you see this stake here aud that stake over there?' "The man looked aud grunted. " 'All right; spend the next two hours trailing from this one to that one. See?"' They tried to laugh at the captain's story, and then McDutTsaid, "Good night," and started back for the town. At the hotel ono of the regimental bands was playing, and the grounds and the rotunda were gay with sum mer dresses and dapper uniforms. Sandy seated himself iu a quiet corner aud talked "war" with Billings, of the Exchange. "We will start for the island within seven days," said Billiugs. "That's been the time ever since I camo down here. Why don't you make it ten for a change?" replied Mo Duff. At that moment the band struck in to "The Star Spangled Banner," and every one arose. While standing thus McDnfT noticed a familiar head and shoulders at tho other side of the room, surrounded by attentive uni forms. Ho left Billings aud hnrried across, auj the uniforms made way for Uim. m PATH. And now we find a fallen tree That helped It o'er a brook; Thi'ii np a bill and down, until, Within a shady nook. There bangs a nest where thrushes Stay And sing to cheer it on its way. "Tw-UUlo foot that bide with me Where'or mfpaVk may tendl I sometime almost wish tW. me. . Might never And the end. But all our round of summers through This little path we might pursuo. Albert B. Palno. 35 CUBAN WAR. ROBERTS. 2 The band played its last selection and retired. The newspaper men 'drifted off to make copy for next day's papers. The girl in white aud blue sat on, and McDuff waved her fau. They talked like old friends, which means that sometimes they did not talk at all. Yet they had known each other only a week. McDuff talked about the North and she about the East. They discussed books and horses the press and the army. "I saw young Brown of the Tenth to-night. What a lot he has to say about things ho knows not of," said McDuff. . As the girl did not answer he continued, telling of the "call-dowu" delivered by the colonel. She laughed a little sadly. "The colonel knew that Mr. Brown would very soon have a chance to tost his emotions," she answered. McDuff smiled, feeling the weight of his wai pass iu his inside pocket. "We all expect to get to Cuba in side of two weeks," he said. The girl looked at her watch. "It is now eleven o'clock," ehe said. "At half-past eleven Lieuten ant Brown starts for Cuba on a tug loaded with ammunition and rifles. He has fifty Cnbaus and a few of our regulars under him and will try bard to make a landing. You see, Mr. Mo Duff, that it is considered a talent in the army to be able to talk a great deal without tolling anything. . ' Sandy had no reply ready for this statement. He wondered how she came to kuow it all. But he did not ask. He only remarked upon the late ness of the honr aud went oft towird his rooms iu town. Three evenings later McDuff re turned from a hot ride, and went up on to the second balcony to cool off. He unbuckled his leggings, pulled a cigar from one pocket and a newspa per from another, and dropped into a steamer-chair. The first thing he saw was an account of the landing of the tug "Lilly" ou the Cuban coast, of a fierce fight with a Spanish cavalry,and of tho heroic behavior of Lieutenant H. C. Browu and his men. The re port also said that a newspaper corre spondent with the party had escaped capture only through tho bravery aud skill of this same young Brown, who had freed the man, single-handod,from the clutches of three Spaniards. The enemy was defeated, the arms aud ammunition safely lauded, aud even now the "Lilly" was ou her return trip to Port Tampa. McDuff immediately refastoned his leggings and went around to call on tho girl iu white and blue. He found her iu a rustic chair, under a clump of yol low-stemmed bamboo. He took back all tho evil he had said and thought of Brown, and then praised him highly. "He was more successful on both his other expeditions of tho same kind," she replied. "They never had to fixe a shot before." McDuff was painfully surprised. "Why didn't he tell me that he had been landing Cubaus ever since the declaration of war?" he groaned. A week went by and still the troops were not ordered on board the trans ports, and still the war correspondents waited for the countersigning of their passes. McDuff grew tired of rushing about all day asking people what they knew, so he decided to lie low and do some work. He found that if he tried to write during the day he lost too much flesh, and at night he was near ly killed by divers insects. So he turned out a few hundred words every morning before breakfast, and spent the rest of tho day reading W. Clark Russell's icy novel, "The Frozen Pirate." This and au outfit of white duck clothiug kept him fairly cool. One night, much to his surprise, he receivod a call from Second Lieuten ant Brown. As they shook hands he noticed an expression on his visitor's face a shadow about the eyes which had not been there at their last meet ing. They sat dowu, and McDuff spoke about Brown's rescue of the war correspondent. "Yes," replied the officer, 'it made a good newspaper story; but I am sorry it came in my way. Remem ber what the colouel said the other night about killing a man? Well, tho colonel was right. Ono of the three fellows who had hold of tho corre spondent was a young captain a man who had received his education in America. He and I were very close friends once. About live years ago he went home to Spain, and last week I shot him while he was looking straight into ray eyes just beginning to recognize me. The man I rescued wasn't worth that, I think." Then Browu put his face in his hands and cursed the necessity of war. New York Independent. SpanLti Knn.hlne. Spain has more sunshine than any other country in Europe, the yearly average being 3000 hours. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL, Sugar alone will apparently sustain life for a considerable time. Of the shoes imported into Britith coiouies more than forty-five per cent are of American manufacture. The toxine remedy against the lo custs in Mashonaland, Africa, is said to be proving of some efficacy. A 'Frenchman, 51. Eleunard, uses the X-rays for measuring the altera tion of flour with cbalk and sand. Tho voice of a woman is audible in a balloon at tho height of about two miles, while that of a man has never .reached higher than a mile. According to Nilsson, tho zoologist, the weight of the Greenland whale is 100 tons, or 224,000 pounds, or equal to that of eighty -eight elephants, or 410 bears. The expedition of Major Gibbons, to cross Africa from Cape Towu to Cairo, Egypt, will have aluminum launches that may be separated iuto sections for carrying. Paper artificial teeth are now made iu Germany. They are said to be not brittle, to retain their color, and to be lighter than china teeth, and they do not melt in the mouth. M. Victor, the French naturalist, says that a toad will live twenty-eight months completely embedded in plas ter of paris poured on as a liquid, and then allowed to harden. The introduction of the electric light in the Roman catacombs has been chronicled already. Now it is pro posed to light the galleries of the great pyramids of Egypt in like manner. Glass bricks are gradually coming into use, and it is said that glass will soon be used for making statues for public squares, as it resists the corrod ing effect of the weather much better than marble or granite. Although this country has not the advantage of a location that Great Britain has as regards German mar kets, yet one-third the sewing ma chines and two-fifths of the bicycles imported into that country iu 1897 came from the United States. Rattlesnakes are said to have a na tural antipathy to the leaves of the white ash. Some naturalists assert that a rattlesnake placed iu a circle composed of half white ash leaves and half hot coals will cross the coals be fore he will encounter the leaves. The fibre of the ramie plant, origin ally an East Indian perennial of the nettle family, but now cultivated in the West Indies and iu the southern part of the United States, and used for almost every purpose heretofore served by cotton, is conceded to be the com ing textile fibre. The new oxygen treatment for wounds is regarded by the medical profession as of the greatest value aud as a distinct advance in surgery. Not only does it bring about healing in cases that seemed hopeless, but the new skin is wholly unlike scar tissue; it is soft, thick, smooth, fair, loose, warm skin, not ridged or seamed, and hardly to be distinguished from healthy structures. Witchcraft In llnvarla. The oldest mention of witchcraft in Bavarian law is the imposition of a fine of thirteen shilliugs (about twenty cents) upon persons who injure the harvests by magio arts; iu addition to this tine the sorcerer is also made pecu niarily responsible to the owner for loss of property. Penalties of a like character were also inflicted upon such as foretold eveuts, produced storms or caused horses and cattle to disappear by means of diabolical machinations. Iu Arbeo's "Life of Corbinianus," the first bishop of Freising, it is related that as he was one day riding up to the castle ho met an old woman repu ted to be a witch, accompanied by men bearing meat and one of them leading a live animal. On asking whence they came and what they were doing, he was told that the duke's son had been vexed by demons and that she had healed him. This informa tion so excited the wrath of the bishop that he leaped from his house and gave the old hag a sound beating; he also took away the gifts which she had received for her services and dis tributed them among the poor at the gato of the city. This incident oc curred between 718 and 724. Popu lar Science Monthly. American Ordnance In England. A significant item is found in the reports of an English ordnauce fac tory, where 1500 meu are now em ployed night and day. The manager, who is an ex-navy officer, has been authorized to spend $115,000 on new buildings aud $83,000 on new machin ery. It is stated that the whole of the last sum will be expended in the United States, as the Americans only produco such machines as are wanted. All this new plant will be driven by eloo tricity, an Ohio firm having got the contract for the whole of it. The ma chines are mostly vertical lathes, not obtainable in England. One of the novelties which the American firm is said to have disposed of a number to the English Government recently is a six-inch gun, which, iu consequence of the employment of a base riug of soft copper of a peculiar shape, press ing against a ring of asbestos, will show no signs of wear. At least, a gun from which 300 rounds had beeu fired, bad its muzzle velocity reduced not more thau 100 feet per second. A Vexed lurtioii Nettled. It is noteworthy, iu viow of tho arguments aroused ou ncoouut of America commencing hostilities with out first formally declaring war, thai of all the wars of the last 200 years, only ten have commenced with $ formal declaration of hostilities. Ac cording to French statisticians, 147 have commenced with hostile acts. Forty-seven of the latter broke out iu the eighteenth and sixty iu this edi tor v. London Tit-Bita. TIIE MERKY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THVT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Frsjlna; For Ills Girls Good Intent Su perlative No Excuse For lielng The First Disappointment Away Down Proor Positive-lie Know Hit Boy, Etc. He got his daughters off his hands, And thought it aulto a treat, Until be found he had to keep TlA'x husbands on their fuut. Ho didn't miud the Harrys or The Georgies with their UK, The Jacks and Petes be rather Hici'l But drew the line at Bills. Harper's Bazur. flood Intent. "Are you going to do anything for your country?" "Yes; I will try not to write any war poetry." Detroit Free Press. Wo Excuse For Being. Humorist's Wife "I don't see that this joke of yours has any sense to it." Humorist (wearily) "No, only non sense." Somervillo (Mass.) Journal. The First Disappointment. Millie "What does this motto on the ring mean?" Willie "Faithful to tho last." "The idea! I thought I was tho first!" Indianapolis Journal. ' Away Down. Patience "What is the cheapest looking thing you ever saw about a bargain counter?"- Patrice "A husband waiting for his wife." Yonkers Statesman. Proof Positive. Yeast "I understand Snapton has been after a political job." Crimsonbeak "Yes; I see he's not doing anything now. I guess he mu6t havo got it." Yonkers Statesman. Superlative. "She sobbed as if her heart would break." "Her heart? She could not have sobbed more bitterly had her chain less wheel been wrecked." Indian apolis' Journal. Often the Way. Browne "He was a great scholar. Why, it took twenty-five large volumes to bold all he knew." Towne "And yet ho didn't know enough to fill oue pocket book." San Francisco Examiner. One of the Kainori. First Citizen "Yes; there is news from Madrid, but I don't believe it." Second Citizen "What is it?" First Citizen "They say the Span ish Cabinet is organizing itself iuto a 'Don't Worry' club." Puck. Hard Requirement. ne "I'm about to get a good posi tion under the city. Nothing to do, practically, but sit still aud look wise." She "Oh, I do hope you'll be able to fill tho place." Cinciuuati En quirer. Sure Sign. "How do you know that illustration was not made by one of the modern humorous school of artists?" "Because iu putting the alleged humorous lettering upon it he has not misspelled any of the words." Chi cago Post. At the Boarding House Table. "It appears that the ancient Egyptians hatched out eggs in incuba tor ovens." "That accounts for it. I wondered where the chickens we have every Sun day for dinner camo from." Cleve land Plaiu Dealer. A Painful Itemlnder. no "How is it Miss Halftones never puts the date ou auy of her pic tures?" She "Well, you see, last year she signed one Jane Halftones, '97, and some one asked' her why she put her age on her paiutings." Hard Cash. "Are you going to use bricks iu the construction of your house?" asked a friend. "No," replied tho owner of tho property, as he glauced over the esti mate furnished by the contractor, "rocks." Chicago News. Her t'ndrratanilllig. "Has your measles gone, Bessie?" shouted a little friend to the tot who was looking wistfully from the win dow. "Yes, thcy's left. I heard the doc tor tell mamma that they broked out last night." Detroit Free Press. He Knew ills Bov. Mr. Beach "Here is a letter from Charles." Mrs. Beach "Read it." Mr. Beach (reading) "My dearest, darlingest mother " "Great Scott. The young scoun drel needs more money again already." Tid-Bits. Not llnylng. Proprietor "I thiuk that lady over there is not being properly waited upon." Shop-Walker "Oh, she doesu't waut to buy anything. Everything that has beeu shown her she has de clared perfectly lovely. She hasn't found fault in the least with any thing." Tit-Bits. Notice Before Boinhnrilinent. The Father "That young man who used to call on you and stay so late is in the navy now, I understand?" The Daughter "Yes, papa; and think of it! His boat has beeu dis abled! The last time I saw him he was being towed in." ' "Well, don't let me see him around here all boors of the night, or you will see him toed, out." Yonkers Statesman. ... STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. A Mountaineer Who Appreciated Keallr flood Cooking. As a rule the Western mountaineer is not a gastronomic connoisseur, aud the visitor at his table is quite as like ly to hear dried apples referred to as "fruit" as he is to tiud any other kind of fruit on tho table. Occasionally, however, one of them is sufficiently fortunate to get away from his fast ness, and living tompororily down in tho valley has an opportunity to ac quire some virtues not otherwise ob tainable. It was such a ono I caught tip with one morning iu June along the ridge of the Rockies. Tiu looking for a place," I said after a few pre'vainaries, "where I cau stop for a week or so wlvi'e I look up some timber I have in this uigh borhood. Do you know of any?" "Ther' ain't much uv thut sort orouud here," he replied, "exceptin' you go tcr 31 1. Pleasant, au' I reckon that's too fer. But hoi' on," he broke in with a suddeu thought, "thar's the Widder Tackett. She axed me yis tiddy to see some uv you folks at tho mill aud tell 'em she had a place to sleep an' eat two er three meu cf they wuzu't too pertickler." "Is it a pretty good place?" I in quired thoughtlessly. Tho young man's face flushed. "Well, I reckon," he said with some emphasis; "she's goin' ter be my mother-in-law, come next September." "Oh, I beg your pardon," I hastened to explain. "I only asked to know if she had good eating. Some of that we get in private houses even iu the cities, you know, is not the best in the world." "Cities be blamed," he said, with a fine feeling; "yer ain't never tried the Widder Tackett's pie yit, mister, an' yer want to keep still till yer t'o. Ain't nothiu' like it nowhar, no mat ter what kiud uv a pio she sets afore yer. It's all ne plusibns nnuui, an' no mistake. Why, I'm telliu' you that I sot dowu to oue uv her pies last week, blamed ef I recomember what kind it wuz, ef I ever knowed, au' I wnz eatin' right into it like a hot shovel goin' into a snow pile, an' Bill Rogers acrost the table frnui me called me a liar an' I never said a blamed word to him tell I had plum ct my pie and got my teeth picked. Blamo my but tons ef I did, colonel." I did not like to inquire further iuto the mystery of what happoued to 3Ir. Rogers after tho last taste of the pie was safely housed by my informant, but I made a fair guess and went on to seo tho Widow Tackett concerning board and lodging for ono mau for oue week. American Carpets. Of all the nations iu the world the United States is the greatest producer and consumer of carpets. Tho manu facture is confined almost entirely to the States of Massachusetts, Connec ticut, New York, New Jersey aud Pennsylvania. In 18110 there were 175 factories in this country which manufactured carpets other thau rag carpets, aud the value of their total product was nearly $48,000,000. About 30,000 persons woro employed as operatives in tho carpet works. Sales statistics would doubtless show a large increase over these figures, as they in turu showed over the statis tics of 1880. Not only aro Americau carpets suc cessfully supplying home wants, but they are also being exported to a con siderable exteut. The same mill which turned out the carpets iu a re cent sale supplied 25,000 yards which were sent to furnish two palaces for the present Czar of Russia. Tho car pot sent was a plain velvet, especially designed) The prevailing color was green, with a pattern of flowers. New York Tribuno. Indians In Wisconsin. Wisconsin has at this lute day about 9000 Indians of various tribes, all of whom, with the exception cf tho Win nebagos, wear practically the ordi nary clothing of the white man. Tho Wiunebagos alone cling to the native mode of living, occupyiug their wig wams in even tho coldest weather. One-half of the members of tho other tribes speak enough English for the purpose of ordinary conversation, and more than one-half road the English language. They are fast learning to recoguizo tho legality of mutrimouial relations. Eighty-tivo por cent, of them aro engaged in pursuits of civil ized life; teu per cent, in hunting, fishing aud root gathering and tho like; only five por cent, live exclusive ly 011 government rations. Of tho lHOOOneidas, the 1300 Mouominees, and the 500 Stockbridges and Mun soes, all live ou labor in civilized pur suits. 3Iany of the Oueidus compare favorably iu thrift, cleanliness aud rational life enjoyment with the whites in their viciuity. 3Iilwaukeo Senti nel. Building a Big War ll:illoou. An immense balloon for uso by the United States government is now in course of construction at Professot 3Iycrs' balloon farm, at Frankfort, N. Y. It is understood that this balloon is to be used in or rather above Cuba. In many ways it will bo remarkable in its construction. It will consist of 1298 pieces. Tho ordinary balloon has but thirty-six pieces in its make up. Tho idea iu making tho great air ship of so many pieces is that if iu any way oue piece should become torn, tho tear would extend only a short distance before boiug stopped by a seam. The currying capacity of this monster balloon will bo ono-hulf ton, the basket being made to accommodate four persous. India's Census, The lutest Government census In In dia showed 0,010,759 girls betweeu fivo and nine years of age who were already married, of whom 170,000 had become widows. DIRCE OFJHE DRUMS. Dead! Dead! Dead, dnnd.doad! To thesolnnin beat of the lust retreat That falls like loud, I!'ar tho hero now te his honored rest With the bmlgo of courage upou bis breast, While the sun sinks low in the gleaming west Dead! Deadl Dead! Dead! Dead! Mourn tho dea l! While the mournful notes of the bugles float Aitohs his bed, Aud tli guns shall toll on tbo vibrant air The knell of tbo victor lying there 'Tis a lining sound for u soldier's prayer Dead! Dead! Dead! Dead! De.nl! Dead, dead, dead! To the mullled beat of tho lone retreat And speeding lead. Lay the hero low to his well-earned rest, In the laud ho loved, on her mother breast, While the sunlight dies iu the darkening west Dead! Dead! Dead! Ralph Alton. HUMOR ur TrVL- DAY. lie "If I were not in a canoe I would kiss you." She "Take- me ashore instantly, sir." Tit-Bits. "Do you keep fresh eggs here, waiter?" "No, sir; but I cau have a couple laid to order, sir." Brooklyn Life. "What a strango expression on Schultz's face!" "Yes, he has either committed a murder or ho expects to be called on for a speech." Fliegeude Blaetter. "Jennie is awfully proud just be cause bar sweetheart is going to the war." "She isn't half as proud as Maud. Hers has just come back from the Klondike." Indianapolis Jour nal. Hicks "Do you think it will pay me to read Broshor's book?" Wicks "I thiuk it will. It will relieve you of all desire ever to read anything else from his pen." Boston Tran script. "General, iu my regiment I have a company composed entirely of Hol landers."" "All right, Colonel. When we form a Hue of march that company shall be tho Van guard. " Chicago Tribune. "There!" exclaimed Mrs. Upjohu as she wedged her way into the crowd ed elevator with her arms full of bun dles. "I cau breatho moro freely now!" She had just left the bargain counter. Chicago Tribune. Managing Editor "I tell you, sir, wo've got to bo moro enterprising." Trembling Reporter-J-"Whut shall I do?" Managing Editor "You must turn tramp, marry a queen and pawn her crown." The Jewelers' Weekly. "That hospital," said I ho guide, "was built and endowed by a deaf mute." "Indeed!" said the loqua cious lunatic; "thou it is tho first autheutic caso of being dumb-founded that I ever encountered." New York Journal. "I read tho other day," said Mr. Notthsido to his wife, "of a young cannibal who ate his father and mother, and I can readily understand what he bocamo." "What did he be come?" "An orphan." Pittsburg Chronicle. He "They say that Jack Crumley has been talking a good deal behind your back lately." Sho (turning pale) "I'd like to kuow what he's beeu say iuc." Ho "Oh, you kuow well enough. It was all done ou his tan dem." Tit-Bits. "This room is very close, "remarked tho guest to the head waiter; "can I havo a little fresh air?" Tho well drilled automaton raised his voice to a high pitch: "One air!" ho yelled; after a pause adding, "and let it be fresh!" Tit-Bits. "Yes," sui 1 Miss Passeigh, "I en joy tho society of 3Ir. Airyluud. Ho keeps mo interested. Ho is always saying something that ouo never hears from anybody else." "Really!" to joined Miss Cayenne; "has he been proposing to you, too?" Washington Star. "A dinner such as wo havo had to day," said tho elderly boarder, "mokes mo feel like a young man." "In deed!" was all Mrs. Hashcruft deigned to reply. "Indeed. When I think of that lamb wo had for dinuer I feel that if it was lamb I must be still a boy." Standard. Vibitor (at Sing Siug) "That cou vict is quite a joker. Ho says tho cells aro largo and airy, the views magniliccut and tho table unsur passed." Guard "Oh, he's no joker; ho really means it; housed to own a summer hotel before ho camo here." Puck. Lady (iu railroad train on windy day) "Dear me! I can't get this wiudow up." Gentleman (behind) "I would assist you, madam, but pre sume the railroad company has glued the windows down to prevent the loss of patrons by pneumonia." New York Weekly, "Where were you last night, old man?" "Oh, I was at a grand diu ner at 3Ir. Vauderdam's. Never saw so many rich people together before. The aggreguto wealth at table, not counting me, was ut least $100,000, 000. Counting me, it was about $99, 992,432.371." Harlem Life.' Brown "Mercy ou us! We are iu for it now. Here comes Trotter, just back from a six months' trip abroad; he'll bore us to death with his talk about it." (Groans from tho rest.) Trotter "Well, boys, how are you all? I havo just returned from a six months' trip iu Europe. (More grouns.) I am just going to sit dowu hero for two or three hours (more groans), and I want (groans) you to tell 1110 all that has happened here while I was away." (But they didn't; tho shock was too great.) Puck. Itlg I'oeketlxMiks. The Swedes and Norwegians carry their loose cash in imiueuso pocket books; some of tlieso have beeu in uso for two or three generations, and con tain almost enough leather to make a uir of IuxjIh.
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