RATES OF ADVERTISING. One H'piare, one inch, one insertion. it One Square, one Inch, on month I One Square, on inch, three month One Square, oni Inch, on year 19 Two Hqnarrn, one year 1" Quarter Column, one year n Half Column, one year W K) On Columnjon year ....100 00 Legal notice at established rale. Marriage and Tleath notice gratia. All bills for yearly advertisement collected qnar leriy. Temporary advertisement mnt be paid In advance. Job work cah on delivery. mm. 'WAV Terms, CI.BO per Year, N -nbacrlpMnn received for a ihorter porlil I lire ninnOt-. ( 'rre-pondence nollfllted from til part of the "ntry. No notice will bo taken of anonymom ' nunlction. VOL. ITII. NO. 24. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT 1," 1884. $1.50 PER ANNUM. m forest republican .aWlnhod every We Inetday, by J. E. WENK. 'ifica'.M famairbansh & Co.'m Building , ELM BTKKBr, TI02JESTA, l'A. A CHILD S FANCIE- 1 MB I,AK! Or rOUHTKUPANB. i I vvai gick and Inyibed, ! two pillows nt mv head, i nil my toy Inside mo lay I - i'p ido tmj'py nil Uio day. ' .- :r!imr5 for nn hour or ao ! lied my leaden soldiers go, ' !i flitToirnt; uniform. on;l drills, u (ing the bod clothe, through the hills. il l orri( times sent my ship in fleets " il up and down among the sheets; ( 'r Ill-ought my trees and houses out, And planted cities nil about I wns the giant great and still That Bits upon the pillow hill, And boos before him field and plain, The pKttsant liiud of counterpane. TUB WIND. V"'i tons the kit on high ' 'v the birds about the sky; ! n round I hoard you pass Bklrte across the grass nil, a-blowing all day tongl . . , " irid, thnt sings so loud a song I 'w the different things you did, nft always folt yourself you hid; I Ml you push, I heard you call, 1 could nil see yourself at all Oh, wind, a-blowlng all day longl . Oh, wind, that sings so loud a song! Oh, you that are so strong and cold, 'h, blower, are you young or oldl N re you a beast of Held and tree, j'mt a stronger child than me? : , wind, a-blowing all day longl . wind, that sings so loud a songl the cow. ; . ii'tidly cow, all rod and white, v with all my heart; ;;i ves me cream with oil hor might, i j rut my apple tort ' wnudurs lowing here and there, A nd yet she cannot stray, ' '1 in the pleasant open air, The plett8aiit light of daf. il blown by all the winds that pass, n l w ot with all the showers, i'Ics among the meadow grass 1 'His tho meadow flowers. t It. Stevenson, in Art Journal. JACK. . - , i i t ' I don t know about sending such a itrned little chap its he Is." " "That is the kind that need to go.rt ' Hut what if nobody'H lake him?'" "Then I'll bring him back." 1 . So enid tb.o superintendent of one of i earliest companies of children sent t by the fresh-air fund, and so it canio it Jack joined the eager little crowd iwn from alley and slum of the great "ilo is a tough one." said the super ''ndent to himself, watching Jack as lmlf carelessly, half wilfully tripped i one or two smaller boys in the rush hieh cniuo when they were leaving the ij'Hmbont in order to tako the cars. v'ile don't look like the right sort," s ud one or two farmers. If they were the right sort they wouldn't need our help," mid a plcasunt- i-icod womun who sat in a spring wagon. "Put him in here, please. Come, my " cy, will you go home with me?" Jack 'climbed into tho wagon, . but : ;ade little answer to the kindly attempts j draw him into conversation, Mis yeg were neyjjiai4 toward her as he mla aliing iu urrjr-A(Jlence, and Mrs. mu began to coucludu that she- had ken hold of a very hard case indeed. Hut it was quickly seen that there -c some things which Jack loved. Be- night ho had made friends with &:, cows, chicKens, ducks, geese and and lying under .a tree lit rapt ad ition of a pert jay which chattered ve him, and almost succeeded in iing it to light on his finger. " Come with nie, and Til show you something more," said Mrs. Lynn, tho next morning after breakfast. Hho put a pail of suit into his hand, and they walked up a liule glen, then up a steep hill, when she called : . " Kan, nan, nan, nan, nan, nan come nan, come, nan; come, my pretties; como, my pretties." A quiet little pattering wneard, and down along the path whic,l rfd higher tip Jack suw coming a lin A soft look- inc white thinus. " What's their nn he cried, in " Sheep. There af;rcat many more tip over the top of the hill, but they don't know me very well, so they don't come. V e must go further, Higher up they went to where a sunny pasture sloped more gntly down the other side, and there weje hundreds of the pretty creatures niminr the short gntss or lying under the lives. They looked nt the stiuugerg with shy, gentle eyes, but gathered ucar" Mrs. Lynn repeated tier c;all. Jack laughed and whooped and rolled on the ground in the excess of his de light at first frightening them away. Buthe was soon in among them, winning them by his coaxing tones to taste the suit he hel l out to lhem. The boy's face stfiued tjufWoiined as Mrs. Lynn got her iirst full glance at his eyes, anil wondered at them. Tli were lago aud clear and soft as he laid his hands lovingly on the heads of some half-grown lambs, und presently tenderly lifted one which 'emed a little lame. "You may take that oneto the house, if u like," said Mrs. Lynn, "and 1 will id up its poor foot." ile did so, and when he carried it back '.he lloi k he remained all day, only i to the house when called to dinner ! ue sound of the couch-shell. And ry day afterward the most of hie time j pat on the breey hill side, per- hnps taking in the beauties of valley and stream and woodland which lay below, but finding his (ill of enjoyment in the sheep. lie was little seen nt the -house, secminff not to care for anv human soci ety, but he took long walks at his will, from which he once brought home a bird with a broken' wing, and again a stray starved kitten, both of which he carefully tondod. "Hear html'' said Mrs. Lynn, one day, when she had gone out into the meadow where her husband was at work. "I be lieve he knows every sheep there." Jack's voice came ringing down the hill. "Iliho 1 hiho I hiho ! hiho-o-o-o-o-o! my baauticst Come, Daisy face, come, Cloutf-white, como, my Trigsy-tocs and Hippety-hop and Hobbldehoy. Ililla, hilla, ho! my llop-and-skip and old Jttmp-the-fencel Como with ycr patter- atter and yer wiggle - waggle, my icautics, ohl Where be you, Flat and Flinders and Foam? Come here, my jolly boys, and kick up yer heels on the grass In the mo-o-o-o-rning." "He gets off some such rigmarole whenever he goes near them," she said; " and I'm sure every sheep knows him." Jack staid for a month among hi floecy darlings, and when the time came for saying good-bye to them, nobody was near to hear him say it. lie allowed Mrs. Lynn to shake his hand as he stepped on board the train which was to bear him back to his home, or rather to his homelessness, but with little re sponse to her kind farewells. the had tried so faithfully to impress him with tho idea that there are plenty in this wide world whoso hearts the dear Lord has filled with the tendcrest pity and love toward those whose paths seemed laid in shadowed places, that she felt keenly disappointed in fearing she might have entirely failed. How ever, she remembered with comfort that just as the' last car was passing the plat form, from .which she watched it, she had indistinctly caught sight of a boy's face whose softened eyes seemed filled with tears as ho strained his eyes to gain a last glance at her, and she believed in her heart it was Jack's face. "It is no use trying to get the matter righted," said farmer Lynn to his wife, speaking in great veration. "This man Green's a tricky ,khave.- Ever since the daytiis sheep Uk-j-ftito my chj-iaud got mixed up with my flock' the fellow Has botn claiming some twenty or so of my best Atwoods and Cotswolds, and now he's going to law to make me give them up." "lVolI, if you're right, won't that be besf for you?" -, "Not with such a man as that. He's ready to swear the sheep are bis, and there's the trouble. I'm morally sure I know my sheep, but when it comes to being pinned right down to swear to each one among so many, I can't do it." She shook her head. "No, you couldn't; sheep are too much alike, and you would run the risk of thuking a mistake. When is the trial to be?" "Next Thursday week." For the next few days Mrs. Lynn went about with a very sober face. She took two or three rides to the village, actually had an interview with Mr. Lynn's law yer, wrote several letters, and one day the entire neighborhood was alarmed by a messenger impairing his way with a telegram for Mrs. Lynn, it being the first thing of such an exciting nature that had ever happened in the township. But after that evening everything went on very quietly until the morning of the day 6et for the trial. "Well," said Mr. Lynn, "I s'pose Green'll be out here this afternoon to swear my sheep are his. The lawyers are coming, too." The afternoon came, and with it came Qreen, the lawyers, and half the town ship beside. They cam.e, looked over the ground, saw the two fiocks fcediug in adjoining fields, and how, the fence breaking, they had become mingled. Then little re mained but for Mr. Green to declare which of his own sheep had remained in Mr. Lynn's flock. But Mr. Lynn strongly protested against the wrong being uono him, as a number of his choicest animals were picked out and put over the fence. His lawyer was restless, and seemed anxious to delay the proceedings, at length say fng. 'I am looking for another witness." "It won't do much good, I fuuey," said Green, with a triumphant laugh. Mrs. Lynn drove rapidly up in her spring wagon, and her husband looked 1 1 eagerly to see w lio was witn her. 1 "Jack!" he exclaimed. "But what if "food can ho do, I'd like to know?" Mr. Green's laugh took on a scornful tone us he saw the new witness. Ho! ho! Mr. Bright, is hat your witness? A heavy weight, I must say, Whodo you s'posv Is going to take the testimony of a little scapegrace raga muffin like that, hey? And agaiust me!" "I am not going to ask the boy to tes tify. I am going to let the sheep testify for themselves. Now, gentlemen, Mrs. Lynn believes that their sheep know the voice of this boy, und will come at his call, and it is my purpose to submit their testimony to the decision of the court. Mr. tireen's sheep have only been lately pastured here. Now, my boy, stand on this fence, and let's see if the aheep will claim the, honor of your acquaintance." Jack leaped upon the fence which di vided the two fields, und run a little way along it. For a moment there was a huskiucss in his throat and a dimness in his eyes as ho turned to the pasture in which he had spent the only happy hours his life had ever known. He gave one look at his peaceful, white-fleeced pets, and then turning his face the other way, his voice rang out clear and distinct on the crisp air : "Hiho, hiho, hiho, hiho-o-o o-o-o, mj beauties! Como, Daisy-face, come, Clotid-whito, comu, my Tripsy-tons, and Hobbledehoy; coma, Jack and Jill, and Clover and Buttercup. Ililla, hilla, hilla, ho-o-0-o-o-o. my Hop, Skin and Jump, como with ycr patterin' ana yer wiggle waggle tail, my woolly backs! 'Where be you, my jolly boys, kickin' up yer heels in the wind ? Come, Snip and Snnp and Snorum and Flax and Flinders and Foam." At tho sound of his voice a few white heads were raised among tho grazing flock in Mr. Lynn's field; then more, and then a commotion stirred the quiet crea tures. Bleating, they ran to the fence where Jack stood, and crowded about him, almost clambering oner each other in their efforts to reach him. But little heed was paid to them, for all were watch ing Mr. Green's sheep. There was a stir among them, too, for nine-tenths of the flock, alarmed by the unknown voice cut ting so sharply through tho still air, had turned and lied, and were huddling in a white mass in a distant corner, while about twenty had bleated their recogni tion of a friend, and hurrying up with a run and a jump, were also gathering close about him. And Jack sprang dtwn among them, and with arms around the neck, and face buried in the fleecy back of one of his special favorites, was sob bing as if his heart were breaking. Mr. Bright danced about like a school boy, swung his hat, and pitched it high in the air. "Hurrah 1 hurrah! hurrah for boys and sheep! They are the best witnesses I ever want. Mr. Lynn's case is the sound est one I ever carriod before a court." "Witnesses!" growled Green. "Are you such idiots as to think this will amount to anything in law?" . It did amount to something in law, however, as Mr. Green found out when the judge's decision was given. As soon as the men were gone, Mrs. Lyon bent over Jack, whose head was still bowed. "Jack, my boyj don't cry so. Don't you know you have friends a,ll around you ?" "Yes. Look at 'em." He looked about with a smile. "Yes, the sheep, aud plenty more if you'll have them. Oh, Jack we're all your friends. The loving Shepherd I told you of has sent us to try to do vou good. He? wants you to follow him fust as. th,t sheep come'at the sound of 'your voicej because they love you and you love them., Do you want to stay here and take care of them ?" . - "Stay here, with you and the sheep ?" Jack's eyes, beaming with joy and grati tude, frankly met here. "I think we've found tho soft place at last," said Mrs. Lynn to herself, as she went home, leaving him on tho sunny hill-side, Young People. The Story of Lore Song. Upon one of the many hills surround ing this old Ohio city, pays a letter from Zauesville to the New York Sun, is a beautiful homestead which overlooks the sjnoky expanse of tho town and the shin ing course of the Muskiugum river. Thirty years ago a young preacher walked down the hill from this home heavy at heart and weary of the world. , Two years before he had come to Zanesville fresh from the old collegian institution in Columbus as the Rev. 11. D. L. Webster. Ho soon fell in love with Ella Bloxom, tho daughter of Judge Bloxom, who sang in the choir of his church. Ho was priv ileged as a pastor to call upon his fair chorister at the home of her married sis ter, Mrs. Henry Blandy. The young, pen niless preacher proposed marriage to her, and was rejected. The refusal was given in a kind though firm manner, and the young man persuaded himself that his suit was denied because of his poverty and tho pride of the girl's family. Ho left Zanesville, for he could rrot be at peace where the woman he loved was shining in society. In 1850 he moved to Racine, and soon afterward wrote a song and crave it to J. 1'. Web8ter,tho composer. This song was tho once popular "Lorena." In it Web ster wrote .he sentiments of his heart to the memory of the woman he had loved, l'eople who remember the songs of twenty years ago will readily recall the opening lines: ' ' The years creep slowly by, Lorena, The snow is on the gra-s anin,. The sun's low down tuo sky, Ixirena, The frost gleams where the flow'rs have t been ; But the heurt throbs on as warmly now As when the kfimmcr days were nigh. . Oh, the sun can never dip bo low Adown alfeetion's cloudless sny. In the days of the var the song took a firm hold on the popular fancy. Soldiers in the camps of both urmies sang the plaintive verses. It was the "Annie Laurie" of America. The name "Lor ena " was given to ull sorts of things, aud the young ladies of to-day respond to the same musical name which senti mental mothers of that time bestowed upon them. When it became known that Webster wrote the song many of his acquaintances in Zauesville remembered his love aHair there, ami concluded at once that Klla liloxoiii was the original of Lui'ena. Miss Bloxom was married to William W. Johnston, a young lawyer of lronton, who hud been educated in Zanesvillo, and who is now the chief justice of Ohio and the Wcpuhlicun candidate for select man. Mr. Webster, who has drifted about from pastorate to pastorate, was recently stationed in Oak Grove. . llu also is married, having now a wile and several children. It is stated flint Mr. John Robert", t British member of parliament, owns about 'M0 acres of the land 6a which Liverpool it built, containing at present 7,500 h res with a population of about 40,000. HUMORISTS OF THE TRESS. W1G3, Wo n mrimlrnl I'.nr A narrow r rnpei A TOtNti-r Itonled The Ilailrond Iloa; Dna; and Crab. "My dear, I wish you would tell the servant to stop moving that furniture around in the parlor. I'm sure she has broken some of the vases and Sevres warn." "I hear no noise, Christopher." " There 1 She has dropped the clock 1 I heard the shade smash 1" " Why, Christopher, how silly you are I That's not the servant moving the furni ture; that's Birdie practicing a Wag nerian sonata. Chicago Newt. A NarTOiY Escape. "Sister I" cried a little boy, running into the room, "your little pug dog has bit me on the leg." "What!" exclaimed the frightened young lady. "Beauty has bitten you on the leg? Let me see." She hastily pulled down his stocking, and sure enough thero was the impres sion of his teeth. "You naughty boy," said his s'yrter, shaking him violently, "don't yojtiow better than to teaso Beauty? Someday he will bite a big lump out of your leg, and it might make him deathly sick." Philadelphia Call. A maalier Routed. A lady, young and handsomely dressed, entered a Woodward avenue car and sat down opposite a passenger who had the appearance of a gentleman, but soon showed himself to be that con temptible creature, a masher. He took no notes on time, but at once proceeded to mash ; he stared, ogled, srai fed insinu atingly and made a second-class fool of himself at sight. The lady was discom posed. She seized her parasol and every one present hoped she was about to mash the masher. But she simply raised the parasol and spread it in his face. Under its protect ing screen, she calmly continued on her way, but the chagrined masher got out at the next crossing and made himself scarce. When he was gone the lady closed her parasol and said: "I haye heard of frightening wild beasts by such a weapon opened suddenly, in their faces, and I find it serves as good a purpose with tamo ones.". . The passengers a applauded. De troit Free Press. The Railroad Hog. "Is this seat unoccupied?" a lady tim idly inquired. Her voice was not very loud. It did not recall the fat man from his reverie nor his gaze from something interesting in the brick wall of the depot. The lady passed on as though embarrassed at the sound of her request. "Is one af these seats disengaged?" The question was asked in a firm, clear voice by a young woman, who looked steadily into the monopolist's eyes as though she understood him. His head turned slowly, and he coldly replied: "All engaged." Then he resumed his study of the wall, and the train moved slowly out of the depot. , "Oof!" The exclamatiorresembIed exactly the grunt of a pig. It was made by a young man with a dimple in his cheek and a twinkle in his eye, on a seat diagonally across the aisle and behind the bald headed man. He was absorbed in an in teresting article in a newspaper. The ex clamation was not noticed. "Oof t Oof I Oof!" A young ladv in the seat behind the person intended to be described by the young man with the dimple, tittered aloud. The fat man with four sittings stole a wicked glance at the young man with the newspaper, and then settled back with a determined gesture of his head and neck as if he wasn't going to mind it. "Oo-bo-oofl kweck! kwe-e-cek! oof! oof" The passengers turned their attention to the passenger with the four seats. Tho bald spot on his head began to get red. "Kwe-e-cek, kwe-e-eek, kwe-e-eek! Oof, oof, oof, oof!" A tittering, and giggling broke out spontaneously up and down fhe car. The bald spot on the fat man's head blazed. Then one foot was dragged slowly off from the front seat, then tho other. A hand reached out carefully and set one valise on the floor. Then the other valise followed. "Seat here, I guess, ladios," he growled. Three women threw grateful glances at the grunter and took their seats. The grunter, who had not lifted his eyes from his newspaper, turned it over to continue reading, but just at that instant the train glided into the tunnel. Xea York Hun. Iog and Crab. Some years ago my neighbor had a dog of un inquiring turn of mind, which he called l'hilosopher when hewas not iu a hurry. l'hilosopher was in the habit of coining over upon my premises, and tryjng in various ways to win my respect aud esteem; but he never suc ceeded to any great extent, l'erhaps he did not go about it in, the right way. Ho came oft in the stilly night, aud sat under my window and poured out his soirow to the moon. Tho moon seemed to stand it, but 1 couldn't. I went to my neigh bor with a protest, but he said he could do nothing; that he didu't like to hear a dog howl ay better than I did; but, according I divine law, that was the only way iu which a dog could give ex pression to his deeper emotions, and he thought msn ought to try and put up with it. Beside, he said, he believed that the howling of a dog waSjanaomen ! or-rjcatn. I told him I thonght so, too, especially when the dog howled under my window, and then I went and bought a shot-eun. But after that Philosopher seemed to reform and lead a more joyous life. He stayed home of nights, and if he was ever sad,, he brooded mostly in silence. One day I came home with a basket full of crabs, and found Philosopher sit ting in my yard with a look of mingled curiosity and pleasure on his open and expressive countenance. -He seemed to bo glad to see me, and when I set the basket upon the ground and turned aside, ho went up to it in an inquiring sort of way. As I have said, he was of a very investigating turn of mind. He would sit by a hen's nest half an hour, waiting for the hen to get through lay-, ing and adjourn, so that ho could form himself into a committee of one and in vestigate the proceedings. And his1 in vestigation of a hen's nest wa9 always systematic and thorough., When he saw something move in my basket, he appeared to grow more than usually curious. He seemed to be both surprised and delighted that I had car ried home something that was alive. He smelted cautiously around the basket, wagged his tail with a graceful easy rao sion, and then, growing more curious and bold, he stuck his nose down among the crabs and picked a largo one up. He did not intend to pick it up so suddenly ; it was all the crab's doing. It got one of its claws tangled somehow with Philos opher's noso, and then there was a sound of revelry Jby day. I never before saw a dog get so excited. Ho lost nil co'n trol over himself. His one prominent thought seemed to bo a desire to go ayvay somewhere and he went. Ho went with exceeding impetuosity. He went as nothing had gone before.cxccpt chahi lightning, perhaps, and ho took my crab with him. If any traveler in Europe, Asia or Africa has seen a yellow dog with a part of one ear bit off, and an expression de noting humblo birth, with a healthy looking crab hanging to his nose, the traveler will receive alarsre assortment of thanks by communicating with my neighbor. But I am rathor indifferent. I lost a good crab, I know; butthure is no loss without some slight compensa tion. Scot Jfav. in Puck. Early American Coinage. The earliest coinage that can be called American, in the seme of Anglo-Amen can, was ordered by the original Virginia company, only fiyo years after tho found ing of Jamestown, the coins were minted at borne rs islands, now known as the Bermudas. For a longwhilo tho stand ard currency of Virginia ' was tobacco, as in many of the early settlements oflhe Northwest it was beavarskins. 'Tli Ac counts of tho fur tradeSiand pioneer in their dealings with th 'Indians wire kept in beaver skins 'instead of dollars' until some years after the opening of this ce'ntury, and iu some parts of tho Domin ion of Canada they are still "kept so. In 1045 the assembly of the Virginia col ony, after a preamble reciting tliat "it had maturely weighed and considcredhow advantageous a quoine would bo to this colony, and the great wants and miseries which do daily happen unto it bjr'tho sole dependency upon tobacco," pro vided for the issue of copper coins of the denomination s of twopence, three pence, sixpence and ninepense; but this law was never carried into effect, so the first colonial coinage of this country was that struck off by Massachusetts under the order of the general fcourt of that colony, passed May 27, 1805, creating a "mint howse" at Boston, aud providing for tho mintage of "12 pence, 6 pence and 3 pence pieces, which shall be for foAne fiatt, and stamped on the one side with N. E., and on tho other side with XHd., VId., and Hid., according to tho value of each piece.''' In 1002, from this same mint, appeared tho famous "pine tree shillings," which were two-penny pieces. This mint was maintained' for thirty-four years. A the reign of Wil liam and Mary copper coins were struck in England for New England and Caro lina. Lord Baltimore had silver shil lings, sixpences, and fourpences made in England to supply the demands of his province of Maryland. .Vermont and Connecticut established mints in 1785 for the issue of copper coin. New Jersey followed a year later. But Con gress had the establishment of a mint for the confederated States under .ud- ! visement, and in this samo year agreed I upon a plan submitted by Thomas Jef- I ferson, and the act went into operation : on a small scale in 1787. After the adoption of the Constitution of tho ' United States in 178'.) all the State i mints were closed, as the constitution specifically places the sole power of coining money in the Federal govern ment. ' ' Mexican Etiquette. I was given a lesson in etiquette by a Mexican youug lady I met In the train, says a correspondent. I chanced to be the ouly man in the fclecping-car wheu it drew out from El l'uso, and after an in troduction by the conductor, to whose charge the young lady had been com mitted, she und 1 became quite well ac quainted. " I saw you eating an orange on the depot platform," she said. "In Mexico that would be considered un umiiuerly. There it is unmannerly to eat anytmng outsiue oi a uouse, even , candy. Aud I noticed when Mr. Ro- i mero gave you a Mexican match you threw it away after using but one' end of it. The other was still serviceable, and j you should have returned the match with your thanks. If you hand one a cigar i or cigarette to light with, you must take a whiff from it after it has been returned to you, though it may ba bo short as to burn your flngors." All this I received with cood orrace. pr inv younsr ladv wa but ten years of a;&- " w STRENOTH FOR TO-DAT. Strength for to-day Is all that we need, As there never will be a to-morrow For to-morrow will prove but mtbr day, With ite measure of joy and sorrow. Then why forecast the trials of life With such grave and sad persistence, And watch and wait for a crowd of Ills That as yet has no existence. Strength for to-day what a precious boo For the earnest souls who labor, For the willing hands that minister To the-needy friend or neighbor. Strength for to-day that the weary hearts In the battle for right may quail not; And the eyes bedimmed with bitter tears, . In their search for light, may fail not. Strength for to-dy, on the down-hill track For the travelers near the valley That up, far up on the other side, Ere long they may safely rally. Strength for to-day that our precious youth . May happily shun temptation, " And build om the rise to the set of sun On a sure, and strong foundation. Strength for to-day in house and home To practice forbearance sweetly To scatter kind words and loving deeds, ' Still trusting In God completely. Strength for to-day is all that we need, As there never will be a to-morrow, For to-morrow will prove but another to day, With ite measure of joy and sorrow. Mrs. II. A. Kidder. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Drawing materials mustard and wa ter. Life. Never dispute with a woman about her weight. She's always bound to have her own weigh. A wall in the southern part of China is said to be entirely made of fish. It ought to be an easy one to scale, Statesman. A Philadelphia father makes his baby , sleep with tho nurse three-quarters of mile off. It must fce the second one. Courier -Journal. "Do cats' reason ?" asks a Correspond ent.; Cjtainly. There are two in our neighborhood that are reasoning with each other all through tho stilly night., Baltimore Ijay. ""Why am ilike a Wall street finan cier ?" asked a young farmer as he re- turned from the barn. "I give it up," replied bis father, been watering the Timet. ''Because I have stock. " Brooklyn The old saw, "Never kick a man when he is down" is a good one, because to kick a man when he is down is cowardly. . Now we give another, "Never kick a man when he is up," because it is reck less. EvansvilWArqut. The young mrfh who wrote to his of fended girl asking her to send him " line" informing him what she would like him to do. was surprised to receive by return mail a clothes-line with a noose at one end of it. Statesman. The boy who seeks the river's brim, Where he intends to take a swim, But runs away, Possesses wisdom, strength and vim; For he wilae.ly- live to swim Another day. '. . New York Journal. The wise men tell us that the. whale lives about 400 years. Since the days of the patriarchs, however, no man has ever taken a whale from the breast and raised it to old age. A whale would be a good thing' for a man to buy who hated to part with a pet' after he became attached to it. Burlington Uawkeye. ' "It seems to me," said a judge to hie . daughter, "that your young man calls . good 1 many times, a week. My court -doesn't sit anywhere near as often at yours does." . 'Oh, well, papa," wai tho blushing reply, "I am engaged to him, you know, and that entitles us to s court of special sessions." Tho seats in a Western church are set on pivots, like those in a dry goodi store. This enables the fair "worship er, who sits pretty well up, in front, to turn around and count the number o! new bonnets in the house without screw ing her head off almost, and going home with a stiff neck. Norristoxen Herald. A paragraph in a number of our ax changes says: "Napoleon was bow-legged, Alexander Pope was humpbacked, Hannibal had notoriously big heels and. was knock-kneed, Cicero was spindle shanked and Alexander's lofp leg was badly out of plumb." One might sup- pose that these old worthies wore alive and running for a political office. jTor rUtown Herald. A -DOWN THE BAT. 8h waa a vision of delight, When first she beamed Uxm my sight; I met her in a easuul way A-dowu the bay. What sUwner, I refuse to tell, Kiiough to nay. she pleased mo well ; You bet it a a txtuuteous day A down the bay. She seemed Do modest and discreet, ' I thought I'd atiked hor in torat; . It only cost me fvo wives' pay A-dowu Uio buy. l:oitun Star. Keutlis from Cholera. 1871 there were 300,000 deathl cholera in' Russia; in 1873 there In from were 10,000 deaths iu lj.aud; iu 1872 73 there were 140,000 deaths in Hun gary; 1872-73 there were nearly 27,000 deaths in Prussia; in 1MU5-U7 there, were 143,000 deaths in Italy. In Paris the mortality from cholera has been as fol lows: In 18:;2, 1V.S--1 deaths; in 18i, 10,184; in 1853-31, 8,0'JO; in lstl.ytm, 12,0S2; iu 1813, b85. In England iu 1840 tho ueuths from cholera woie 70,- 000. In 1817 the armv of tho Marquis i of llastlncrs loat in India 0.000 men io 1 . - . twelve da from Aiatio cholera. i V
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