SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. XT. It is estimated that during tho lasl five years tho turpentine gatherers ol Georgia have destroyed $200,000,000 worth of pine timber. The total amount of deposits Jsnuarj Ist, 1893, in the ravings banks of the State of New York was $710,454,662 The number of o,.eu accounts was 1, G93.804. Tho voting ineu ot Gorin, Mo., formed a Society of Woodchoppers early last winter. The object of tho society, which was constantly carried out in the long winter evenings, was tho visitation of the woodpiles of the widows of the town and the conversion of cord wood into stove wood. Herbert Spencer, it is said, is the most fortunate writer of philosophy that ever lived, so far as his income is con cerned. His "First Principles" brought him $27,000; his "Principles of Psych ology" about fcW.OOO. It is reported that his total receipts from his works will,not fall short of §100,00'). The German Emperor uses as a paper weight on his writing desk tiie s imrnit of one of the highest mountains of Africa. Doctor liichner, aa African traveler of somu fa ne broke tiie pieco of rock from the highest point of Mt. Kitimandjaro, which is on German- African ground, and prcaeuted it to the Emperor. It is said that the university extension movement in this ciuitry has been a disappointment in oic rospiut. In Eng land, where it originated, it is intendo I to reach a large cla«s of people who have had little opportunity fpr education or culture. But here# explains the Chicago Herald, it has largely attracted people of leisure and culture. The New York Independent thinks that one of the interesting incidents in connection with the Panama trial in Paris is the refunding by M. Baihaut of the damages and costs which ho secund in a libel suit in ISSS. At that time M. Mariotte, a j mrna'ist, accused him of accepting Pana ni m mey. M. Baihaut denied tho truth of tho accusation, brought his accuser into ci.irt to vindi cate his character, and succeeded not oniv in obtaining damages an leasts, but in confining M. Mariotte twenty days in prison. Among the hopeful features in New Mexico is the fact that the public school system is growing in favor. Whilo not long since there were no public school buildings even in such cities as Albu quorque and Las Vegas, there are now four in Albuqueique, costing about SIO,OOO, and a high sc'ioal building is soon to be pu' up at a cost of i? 25,000. Las Vegas is not far behind. Each county has a superintendent of schools. Ono difficulty arises from the fact that the progress has been confined to the larger cities, the severe drought of nearly three years' duration having seriously affected many Sines of business. Pour fifths of tiie population of 17.">,000 art Mexicans nnd Indians. The Boston Cultivator exclaims: "Co operation is tho fanners' sheet anchor. Together, a commutity of farmers pre sent an influential aud powerful body. Individually, one farmer connot cope alone with contending forces. The banking, the merchant, tho manufactur er »fit! 'the railway king rnako their profits from the farmers' labor. How important then, that such labor should be performed un ler the best condition o and with fair remuneration. Farmers should seek couusel one with another. They should hold conference on com mon grievances and public questions of the hour. Sustaiu those institutions which have at heart the farmers' wel faro and prosperity." It is said that the strongest opposition to the general spread of the English language, which is rapidly forcing its way to recognition as tho universal tongue of the world, is found on English auii. Not long ago, relate? the Atlanta Constitution, the A^'omblvol Jersey rejected by an overwhelming vote a proposition to permit tiie use of Eng lish in *i>e Assembly, at the option of a member. This action, of couise, affirms the principle that French is the official language. Tae cuiutry parisies are re. solutely opposed to tiie iirro taction ot EnglisTi, although it has made great progress in the towns of la'e years, and it is said ma'iy of tie dc pa aes are now unable to express the'tnelve-; c .irrectly in French. Mr. Glu Istone's government has been asked by -several Welsh mem bers of parliament, at tho instancy of a large body of Welshmen, to make the teaching of Welsh in tae public schools of Wales obi /icory. It has always been taught in the nou-conloroiist Sunday, schools. The nu noer of Irish people who do not sp»i< E iglish at all is still lonsiderable, and in Sc >tlan 1 it is not jflnall, I SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE. IWer tell us that all the endeavor We make shall bring fruitage never; That there's no such place as heaven. That sinners cannot be forgiven, ' That gin, like the wound on the finger, May heal, but the scar will yet linger, Nor vanish through years or tears. The answer .speaks never to doubt us, ' Endeavor reaps harvests about us; While happiness comes to the masses, And Are may restore wilted grasses, "When wrong to the stubble field's rlghteJ. It blooms as it ne'er had been blighted, A meadow of fragrance for years. Edward 8. Creamer, in New York Sun A MODERN "INVENTION. BT MRS. M. L. ItAYNB. IIE telephone rang briskly in Mrs. Howard Bfi9Comb's '•'•fapleasant home, and stepping to it, she received this mes- sage from her hus j . "Hello! Is that Jjbj, you, Lottie? I've I IjwO concluded to leave I Mr ' or New York this (\lulß/kIL "MB DOOD - The boy is \ \ )itwini on t " ie wa y to t ' ie Voir \ JjM/fm house for my grip. You know what I'll need for a week or ten days' absence. Get your sister to stay with you for company. Good-bye, dear, s'long. Take care cf yourself." Then he rung off, and Mrs. Bascomb went in search satchel, which she packed with a deft hand. Sho was a young woman, sensible, well-balanced, and nothing ever disturbed or annoyed her to the extent of making her fidgety or norvous. Being in robust health, she hardly knew what nerves meant. She was self-reliant, but domestic, and absorbed in her home life, which com prised her world. And she never crossed any bridges until she came to them. She knew that her husband had intended going to Now York on the following day, and did not wonder or ponder over his chaoge of plans. When tho messenger came for the patchel she sent it carefully packed, just as she knew her husband wanted it. She added nothing to its usual contonts, and subtracted nothing. Yos, stay. She did take out his seven-shooter, every chamber of which wa« loaded, and laid it on tho tabic under tho mirror, in the back parlor. "Howdy has one revolver with him. That will have to do him this trip. I like to have one handy in case I should need it." Sho fmiled and smiled again without being a villain. The idea of needing firearms seemed so incongruous and absurd. In the afternoon sho went up to her home to "borrow her sister," as she ex pressed it. But Miss Madgie had gone away with some young friends, and was engaged to spend the night at the house of a schoolmate. So Mrs. Bascomb re turned home alone. Two men stood in tbo doorway of an unused flight of office stairs and read au evening paper. They were much occupied in discuss ing one item among the personal news. It was this: •'The Rubber Horseshoe Company is an assured fact. Mr. Howrtrd Buscomb drew $16,000 from the M. & M. Bank to-day, the investment of the branch company formed here, and will leave for New York to-morrow. A capital of 180,000 is assured. v "Do y'see!" ejaculated the younger and smaller of the two men. "Drew $1G,0()0 in spondulicks. Goes home with it in his vest pocket, blow me ef he don't." "Maybe not, pard. S'posin' it's a certified check?" "Then there'll be a reward offered to get it back—see?" "Jim, g'roun' to t.h' bank an' find out which and whether it were," suggested the older man. "Bank clusscd," remarked Jimsentcn tiouslv. "S'pose it air. Did yer expect to send in yer card to the cashier or the presi dent? Get aroun' an' interview th' jani tor. Represent yerself as Mister Bas comb's confidential bizness man carn't yer?" Jim started off at once without|wait ing to give his "pard" any outline-of his plan, fie was gone an hour, but when he returned ho was freighted with in telligence. "Bills," he chuckled, "five hundred and one thousand dollar bills—whew! An* he'll sleep with them about bis honorablo pusson to-night—mebbe." "Does yer know the house?" asked the other man, after a spell of silence. "I don't, pard. But I'veflooked it up in the d'rectory, and it's as handy as a mitten on yer nose. Let's go and get somethin' wet to improve our minds. It's 'tween us this time—you outside, me in—savoy?" The rascals, who, in appearance at least, might have passed for honest men, walked out ot the doorway and parted company, to avoid the eagle eye of the police, which would have recognized in their duality a conspiracy against law and order. When Mrs. Bascomb returned from her visit it was dark. She bad stayed to supper, and as the girl opened the door she saw that she was somewhat ex cited. "What is it, Kitty." sho asked rather gravely, because the girl was inclined to get flustrated easily. "Oh, mem, what was the name of the girl as lived here before I catne?" she responded with a counter question. "Here name? Sarah something, I cannot remember just now—why?" "Oh, there was a young man here looking for his sister, but her name was Annie Donovan. He said he hadn't ssen her in ten years, and she was grown up now, and he talked butchfully about LAPOKTE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 5. 1893. her. It would bring tears till your eyes, ma'am, to hev heard him." "Kitty, I wouldn't gossip with strange men if I were you. It isn't safe. He probably was a tramp and all that ftory about his sister was made up out of whole cloth. What else did he want?" "Nothing, ma'am, anitl didn't let him inside the kitchen door. Ho warn't no tramp, an' I'm sure he were tellin' tho truth." Mrs. Bascomb did not prolong the ar gument, but busied herself until bedtime with some household duties, which were really in the line of pleasure to her wo manly nature. Then she saw that the house waslocked up, sent Kitty to bed and went into her front parlor, which was lighted and cosy, just as if the mas ter of the house were at home. "I must send father's message to How ard," she soliliquizcd, and seating her self at tho pretty little desk which had been one of her wedding presents, she wrote a postal card. After giving the business from her father, she added one for herself. When the card was al - she went to the window and looked out, wondering why sho had not thought to write it earlier in the even ing. There was a mail box diagonally across the street on the corner. "I'll lust run across and mail It. Til leave the door open—it won't take a moment." Taking a wrap from the hat-tree is tho hall, she throw it about her, saw that no one was passing, and slipped out. It took her only a moment to drop that card in tho box and run back to tho house. The door was ajar as she had left it, no one was on the street; but in that one moment—■ It was past midnight. Mrs. Bascomb was reading a very interesting novel. She was surprised wheu the clock struck the half hour, and laid her book down. Not that she felt sleepy, but she had just determined that she would sleep down stairs in the new folding-bed in tho back parlor. There were portieres between the rooms, but these wore drawn back and huug limp on either side. The "bod" was a large handsome book case, with bric-a-brac on its top shelf. Mrs. Bascomb lot it down and admired it from all sides. It took up all the space between the walls, except just room enough for her to pass to the little table under the mirror, where Howard's revol ver lay. She now pushed this further back and laid her watch aud chain—her wedding present from her father—her diamond graduation ring, her diamond engagement ring and her purse, which sho took out of the pocket of her dress, on the table in a shining heap. "I wonder if he marriei the tall, thin one, or the short, homely one," she said to herself, and, going out into tho pir lor, picked up the book again, and was soon deop in the plot. A noise roused her. Sho looked at the folding doors leading into the hall. They were locked, she knew. Then she turned her eyes toward tho back parlor. "It's the new folding bed getting used to being open," she thought, on scious of a slight exhilaration in the re gion of her heart. Then she glanced at a mirror, in which sho saw the full length figure of a mau standing back of I tho portieres. I have heard it said, or read some where, that every man is ready to pro tect a woman from every other man ex cept himself. At that morueat Lottie Bascomb would rather have seen a tiger standing ready to devour her. Her next surprise was at his manner of address: "Good evening, ma'am," and he stepped from the portiere and stood be fore her. "You needn't be frightened, I ain't goin' to hurt you." "What do you want?" Her voice did not even tremble. "I want the money your husband brought home that he's goin' to take to New York to-morrow." "I don't ktow what money you mean, but my husband is on his way to New York now. Ho left to-day at noon." Sho had risen from her chair and started forward to reach the revolver. But she could not outwit tho disap pointed and enraged burglar. He sprang to intercept her, nnd his foot against the folding-bed, ■throwing himself across it in his attempt to retain his balance. There was a grind ing, whirring souud and a complete dis appearance of one of the principals in this affair. On that same night a belated citizen hurrying homo was accosted from the lower window of a house he was passing | in the residence portion of the city. "Sir, oh, sir!" lie stopped, for it was a woman's voice, pitched at an alarm key. "Will you please find tho policeman on this beat and send him here in stantly?" "Can I be of any assistance?" "No. It's a burglar, and I have him safe." The policeman arrived, and with him the passer-by she had accosted, wheso services were not required, however. The policeman went to the telephone and summoned help. Meanwhile he took up a position where earlier in tho evening the folding-bed had stood. It was now shut up, and looked merely a massive bookcase again. When the patrol wagon arrived, this desk became an object of immediate in terest. One blue-coated official was stationed on either side and two at the foot. Mrs. Basco-ub and the now ened Kitty were detailed at a li*' , dis tance. "Now I" said tho sergeant, and he manipulated tho desk as Airs. Bascomb had shown him how to do, a moment bofore. It came down on the run, and there, limp and half-smothered, was the trapped burglar, his forehead cut aud bleeding from a chance incision as the bed had shut up with him in an explosive em brace. "So, Clever Jiin, you're at it again. Here you nre,"sii I one of tho poltceine* as bo snapped the bracelets on his wrist. "You're pal's not la it this time," as he handed him over to two of the force. •'That's him," said Kitty, "that's the man that was lookin' for _a girl as he said was his sister. Ob, the villyunl'' He was taken away, tried and con victed and sent up for five years, but he never opeued his mouth as to his method of getting into the house. It is quite safe to Infer that Mrs. Bascomb never resorted again to that very common practice of ladies who mail late letters, of leaving the house door And the folding bod will remain a dosk tc the end of its days, unless it should again bo uselas a burglar-trap.—Detroit Free Press. A Remarkable Confederacy of Sarahs The Iroquois, as they were named by the French, or the Five Nations, as they called themselves, hung like a cloud over the whole great continent. Their con federation was a natural one, for they were of the same stock and spoko the same language, and all attempts to sepa rate them had been in vain. Mohawks, Cayugas, Onondagas, Oneidas, and Sene cas were proud of their own totems and their own chiefs, but in war they were Iroquis, and the enemy of one was the onctny of all. Their numbers were small, for they were never able to put two thousand warriors in the field, and their country was limited, for their villages were scattered over the track which lies between Lake Cbauiplain and Lake On tario. But they were united, they were cunning, thoy were desperately brave, and they were fiercely aggressive and en ergetic. Holding a central position, they struck out upon each side in turn, never content with simply defeating au adversary, but absolutely annihilating and destroying him, while holding all the others in check by their diplomacy. War was thoir business, and cruelty their amusement. One by one thoy had turned their arms against the various Nations, until for a space of over a thousand square miles none existed save by suffer ance. They had swept away Duronsand Huron missions in ono fearful massacre. They had destroyed the tribes of the northwest, until even the distant Sacs a'id Foxes trembled at their name. Thoy had scoured the whole country to west ward, until their scalping parties had come into touch with their kinsman the Sioux, who were lords of tho great plains, even as thoy were of the great forests. Tho Now England Indians In the east, and the Shawnees and Delawares further south, paid tribute to them, and the ter ror Df their arms had extended over the borders of Maryland and Virginia. Never perhaps in tho world's history has so small a body of men dominated so large a district and for so lon* a time. For half a century.tribes ha 1 nursed a grudge towards the French, since Champlain and some of his follow ers had taken part with their enemies against them. During all these years they had brooded in their forest village!, flashing out now and ngaiu in somo bor der outrage, but waiting for tho most part until their chance should coine. And now it seemed to them that it had come. Thoy had destroyed all the tribes who might have allied themseves with the white men. They had isolated thom. They had supplied themselves with good guns and plenty of ammunition from the Dutch aud English of New York. Tne loug thin lino of French settlements lay naked betore them. They wore gathered in thp woods like hounds in leash, wait ing for the orders of their chiofs which should precipitato them with torch and with tomahawk upon the belt of villages. Harper's Magazine. Cremating Uarbnye. Tho consumption of garbage by cremation has been begun in quite a number of places in this country, and the one which is an object lesson to our other cities in Massachusetts and New England is the double-lire system now in use in Lowell and in other parts of the country. Tho crematory is a brick structure, forty feet long, ten feet wide and twelve feet high, with a stack soventy-tive feet in height. The top of the furnace is reached by a platform, aud the garbage is collected in carts and dumped down the slopes into the feed holes in the top of the furnace. After the furnace has been charged two tires are lighted. The flames pass from the first fire to the gaibage piled on the grates and the gases and smoke attend ing the combustion thou pass to the second fire, where they are consumed. All the products of the burning of the garbage must pass through one of these fires. We have not room for detailing how this system is managed, but the re sults are such that it works successfully wherever it has been tried, aud its adop tion in many of our largo cities is appar ently only a question of time.—Boston Herald. Oregon Has a liabbit Pest. A Westerner, speaking of the number of rabbits in Oregon, used a somewhat startling phrase to emphasize the fact that tho State is overrun with the pests. He said in the most serious way possi ble: "There are enough rabbit tails in an Oregon wheat field to patch Texas a mile in its raggedest place." This is supnosed to be the language of tho soil, the decadpnco of which causes the high literary critic to mourn. The quotation is literal with the exception of one word. He didn't say Texas. —New York Tribune. Iron Eagle from Tokio. One of the most curious exhibtts at Chicago will be an iron eagle, made by a famous lacquorwaro manufacturer of Tokio. The eagle is two feet high, measures five feet from tip to tip of wings, and weighs 133 pounds. The head is made to move freoly. Over 3000 feathers are clearly defined, each worked by hand. Tho lines on each feather may be counted by hundreds, and in order that they shoul I be uniform a different tool was used after every third or fourth line. Tho general pose of the figure i • impressive,—Chicago Herald. FACTS ABOUT NEW YORK. OTTRTOTTS INFORMATION OOWOERW INO THE EMPIRE STATE. Its Great Size and Immense Popula tion Picturesquely Shown by Con trast With Other Places. -JC -fEW YORK STATE is neatly |\l twice the size of West Vir- I giuia, wanting only 390 square (Z miles. St. Lawrence County is larger than the State of Delaware and more than twice the size of Rhode Island. Leaving out Prussia and Bavaria, New York State covers more ground than all the Gorman principalities. Fifteen counties in this State occupy as much space as Connecticut, Massa chusetts, and New Jersey. The population of New York State, ac cording to the official State report, is more than one-tenth of the population of the United States. It is larger than Scotland and Switzer land together. The total area of Bel gium, Denmark, and Sorvia is less than that of New York State. Add together the number of peop'e in Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands and the total is less than the population of New York State. In 1690 the population of the State equalled the present population of Ams terdam, N. Y. In 1790 It equalled the present aggregated population of San Francisco aud Seattle. The population of the Empire State is now equal to one-fifth of the population of England, more than half as large again as Scotland, and nearly half as large again as Ireland. Comparing the size of New York State with European and other foreign coun tries, its area is greater thau that of Greenland or Cuba, or of Ceylon and Cochin China combined. There is also room for favorable com parison outside of tho United States. The population of New York City Is greater than that of Florence, Geneva, Leipsic, Rotterdam, Smyrna, Venice, Antwerp, Dresden and Edinburgh com bined. There are more people in New York than in Ohio and Indiana combined; or in Indiana and Illinois; Illinois and Michigan; Minnesota, lowa and Mis souri; Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi; Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and Texas. The entire population of* Canada Is less than that of this State, which has more people in its sixty couctiei than thore are in Australia, including New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Now Zea land and Qucerishind. The popuiatim of New York City is equal to the following group: Fall River, Ma»s., Cambridge, Mass.; At lanta, Ga.; Memphis, Tenn.; Wilming ton, Dol.; Dayton, 0., Troy, N. Y.; Grand Rapids. Mich.; Reading, Penn.; Camden, N. J.; Trenton, N. J.; Athens, Ga., and Chicago, 111. Tho area of New York Stato equals that of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Ver mont combined. It is greater in size than Maine a id Maryland together. Add the area of Ohio and New Jersey aud tho total is less than that of New York. The number cf inhabitants of this State is greater than the aggregate pop ulation of Connecticut, West Virginia, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, Florida, Col orado, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Wyomintr, New Mexico, Arizona and Idaho. Going over to the European continent, it is found that the population of New York State to-day only lacks 262,000 of being greater than that oi Sweden and Norway combined. It is grciter than Norway and Denmark ; 1,500,000 greater than Portugal; nearly three times as large as Denmark; half as large again as Holland, and 400,000 greater than Bel gium. Taking a glance at some of the more important cities, it is found that New York City has a population exceeding the total of Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Jorsey City, N. J.; Louisville, Ky.; Omaha, Neb.; Rochester, N. Y.; 3t. Paul, Minn.; Kansas City, Mo.; Providence, R. I:; Denver, Col.; Beaver Falls, Pa.; Chattauoogn, Tenn., and Hot Springs, Ark. New York Sfato has more than twica the populotion of Switzerland, and comes within 500,000 of being equal to the to'al of European Turkey aud Greece. It has a greater number of Inhabitants than had Italy or Spain under the En peror Augustus. More than one-fourth as many people are now within its boundaries as occupied tho whole of Europe at that time, and its present population is more thou one-third of the whole nunabor known to be living on the Coutinent of Asia. Considering fcr a moment the question of responsibility In emergent cases, the Governor of New fork State has in his hands a responsibility for human woal or woo equal to that of nineteon State or Territorial Governors. His rule, directly or indirectly, affects the welfare of more human beings thai) that of the Kings of Denmark, Belgium, Greece, or Portugal, the Swiss Presidents, the Govemor-Gea eral of Canada, the Austrlian Governors, and a host of British colonial Governors of lesser degree.—New York Sun. A Novo! Sot of Chlnawnre. A Boston lady has had a breakfast s-rvico of cups, saucers and plates pre pared for her large family, on which are given from photographs the likenesses of the members; so that the waiter can propei ly plr.oe the china to bs used, noffle one suggpfs that at any memor able dinner party the same compliment ary process might be arranged for each cxpcc'c i guest, in lieu of dinner cards. —Scientific American. Audiences a e forbidden to applaud io Ruao.au theatres. Terms—sl.oo In Advance; SI. after Three Months. (SCIENTIFIC AMI INIHJftTKIAL. The French Government still has faith in the practicability of submarine boats. The delicate threads fot hanging the galvanometer needles are usually made of silk. Incandescent lamps aro ridiculously cheap in Sweden, the price of those with all voltages up to 125 being about twen ty cents. A Russian is now in Siberia prepar ing for the transportation of a mam moth, which was discovered frozen in the ice and in a perfect state of preser vation. Professor Langley, of the Smithsonian Institute, is credited with having built a mackerel shaped flying machine, which is said to ha7e solved the question of eriaV navigation. An alkaloid prepared from atro pine (an active principle of belladonna), which is used by ophthalmic surgeons to expand the pupil of the eye, is said to sell for S2IOO a pound. Dr. Burchard, director of the Botani cal Laboratory and Seed-testing Insti tute at Hamburg, Germany, states that old seeds aro often bleached by a pro cess of dioxide of sulphur, which robs the seed of five per cent, of its growing properties. What is said to be the smallest elec tric light installation in the world is to be found In the village of Bromon, near Dormbach, in Thuringia. It comprises a single arc lamp installed In a church, tho lamp being operated by a S'nall dy namo driven by tho wheel of tho vil lage mill. Many of the stars are heavier than our sun. For example, Mizar, the middle star in the tail of the Great Bear, is forty times as heavy as the sun. To tho naked oyo there aro five or six thousands of these heavenly bodies visible. In all probability there are worlds revolving around them. A further test of tho curved plate* treated by the Harvey process has been made at Indian Head, Md., and the Navy Department was satisfied with the ro suit, which showed conclusively that ves sels armored with Harveyized plates will prove vastly superior in combat to thoso covered with ordinary plates. An automatic bottle stopper is A new device. A swinging lid is connected to a rod which runs down the side ot the bottle. If the lid is open tho rod will project below tho bottom of the flask. Therefore, when the latter is set upon the table, the rod Is forced up, throwing the lid down upon the bottle, opening and closing it. The Southern Paclflc Railway Com pany, after many disappointments, ex tending ovor a number of years, has suc ceeded in striking wafer in the Colorado Desert. The well yields 9000 gallons an hour, and if several more of equal ca pacity can be drilled not only will the railway be greatly profited, but the des ert itself may be redeemed. The price of platinum recently rase, under a speculative combination, noarly to that of gold. This stimulated tha discovery of new sources of supply, and the price of the metal went down again. There arc now forty mines aljng the course of a single river in the Ural. Tho grains of ore are obtained from tho sand by washing. The metal as found is usually associated with gold, iron, os mium, iridium, and other rare metals, and ha 9 to bo purified from t'aem. A Snchiue for Cheeking Hoaeya. A useful machine has been construct ed for recording and checking moneys received. The device consists of a stamp which bears on it« base an impression plate holding the words received, name and. date. Figures are placed on three wheels, on the shafts of which are a sec ond series of wheels, so arranged that, any combination of figures shown out sidp the stamp are also shown inside, and the same figures are thus printed on the record paper in the top of the stamp us are imprinted on the invoice paper un derneath. Eacli time the stamp is used the recoil of the handle carries forward the record paper so as to preseot a fresh surface for tho next printing, and by a simple arrangcineut inside the stamp no receipt can be given without the record j aper being moved. It is therefore im possible to give a receipt without record ing the transaction inside the apparatus. The stamp can be adjusted and a receipt given in one-tblrd the time occupied in writing a receipt, with the furtber ad vantage that the apparatus cannot make mistakes.—Chicago News Record. iSmart Conjuring. A corporal and two privates, having in their custody a deserter, were resting thorns-elves at a country tavern not long ago. Toe deserter amused his guardians with several entertaining sleight-of-hand tricks, but being encumbered with hand culls, complained that he could not dis play his skill to advantage, and re quested to having his hands at liberty, whilst he exhibited a trick which he de scribed. This being agreed to, he proceeded to tie the hands of the three soldiers and his own together with a handkerchief, and he was to loose the four with ono motion simultaneously. The magic knots were tied, but they all remained firm except the one which hold tho deserter. This came asunder with a touch, when he lifted up the sash and darted through the window, leaving his keepers raging at each other like ill-coupled hounds. The deserter has not been seen since.—Yankee Blade. Epileptic Infancy of Great Men. Sir Andrew Ciark is quoted as saying at a meeting rcceutly held in L jndon to promote the fouudingof a colony for ep ileptics: "It was a singular fact, and had been proved by specialists, that a largo proportion of our great men, from New ton to Charles Darwin, were sickly in their infancy—in fact, they had been ep ileptics—and yet whep they bad attained to manhood they were callable pf doing great things."—Quicago Times. NO. 30. MY BABY. I nwilted my baby this morning, As I wait (or him every day. To come from bis early breakfast, ' So loving and blithe end gay. With his books slung over his should*. And his little cap in bis hand," To take sweet leave of his mother. To look In her eyee, an J stand A moment beside her, smile. As he goes through the pretty rule Of kissing her twice, "Good-by I Good-byf Ere he trudges away to school. I waited in vain for my darling! ~ I could not believe my eyes When I saw him bound over the threshold Out under the bright spring skies, So eager to joiD hlg comrades A moment he could not miss, He had gone away and forgotten- Forgotten my good-by kissl It seemed as some cruel monster Had snatched him away from my arms! My child I Had his mother's petting No longer its soothing charms? N Alasl'tis the old, old story The mother must take her place I Id his heart, in a far-off corner, s ~ With her dear old yearning face Shrined dimly within his mom'ry, Wtiile newer, more thrilling ties Wind in and out 'mong his heartstrings^' An 1 cling to his lips and eyes. Comrade*, and sport", and sweetheart, Now one thing, now another. Alas for my boy, he's my "baby" no more- He's forgotten to kiss his mother I Belle Hunt, in New York World. nUMOR OF TIIE DAT. Dissolved in tears—Salt. "Lights out"—The absconding cash ier. "I'll just make a night of it," said the sun as he went down. The largest part of most people is the wishbone.—Atchison Globe. Can a newspaper war properly be termed a scrap of paper?— Texas Sift ings. If a great lawyer is a legal light, is a great electrician an electric light?— Life. • » He—"lf I should—er—ask you to marry me ." She—"You'd make the thirteenth."—Life. He—"What can I do to prove my love for you?" She—"Don't speak about it any more.'"—Siftings. Women are not cruel to dumb ani mals. No woman will willfully step on a mouse.—Richmond Recorder. A despatch from Montana says the Crow Indians show fight. No doub* they have caws.—L iwell Courier. It is odd that there is one thing a self-made man was never known to do; and that is to "fiuish" himself.—Puck. "My wife," said Squills proudly, "is queen of tho tea table, and she never reign9 but she pours."—Drake's Maga zine. "That's 'a new way to pay old debts,"' remarked the tailor, when Chappy came in and paid him in full.— Truth." A Qermantown baker sent fifty big gingercakes to the local almshouse last week. A very nice dough-nation Philadelphia Record. She—"now did the amateurs do tho trial scene lastnight!" He—''.mraenae ly. It was the greatest trial I ever lived through."—Statesman. He—"What a beautiful picture Miss Blanche makes besides the por tiere." Sue—"Yes, she is exquisitely painted."—Texas Sil tings. George—"l thought you were stu ly ing oil wells in the West." Fred—"Ob, I gavo it up; it was such a bore, you know."—New York Mercury. "It seetns to me," groaned old Atlas, under tho heavy burden of tho earth, "that I've got a mighty poor geoijraplii oaj situation."—Chicago Tribune. "How do you like your alarm clock?" asked the jeweler. "First rate." "You didn't seein pleased with it at first." "No. But it's broken now."—Wash ington Star. "I don't seo why you think the cook thinks of leaving; she is well paid." Wife—"Yes; but she hasn't brought one of Bsrtha Clay's novels with her."— Inter-Ocean. Jackson—"l met a man on the street yesterdaj who reminded mo of you." Jenkins—"ls that so. How?" "He, too, has owed me ten dollars for more than a month." Clara—"l saw Ella on tho street to day. She was trving to travel incognito." Mamie—"You don't say so. What had si e done to disguise hersell?" Clara— "She didn't paint."—Grip. "Will I find your husband at the club this evening?" "I'm sure you will, for he kissed me good-by and said hi* work would keep hira at the office until late."—Chicago Inter-Ocean. She—"You are always sneering at women who talk too much. Are yon hitting at me?" He—"Not at all. There are lots of women beside you who talk too much.''—Texas Siftings. Ilnnt'ng the Alligator in Florlil*. L. J. Hill givo3 some lively experieuce of hunts after alligators in Florida. Ho says the hunting is done at night in a small boat. One man stands in the bow of the boat with a bultscye lantern; an other uses the oars; while a third is ready with a rifle to do the shooting. The lanteru shines the eyes of the alligator. On the dark and placid bosom of tho lake the 'gator's eyes shine like two balls of fire. Noiselessly the boat is moved to where the balls of fire glisten. Wuen within a few feet of the alligatoi the rifleman sonds a ball crush ing into his head between the eyes. If the shot is a good one, the 'gator turns over on his back and is hauled into the boat. Sometimes when only badly wouuded the alligator gives rauc i trouble and is likely to prove dangerous. —At- lanta Journal.
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