THE FOREST REPUBLICAN I pnbll.hod every Wednea , by J. S. WENK. Olrloe In Smenrbnugh & Co.'m Building ELM STREET, TIONSTA, Pa, Torms, - 1 .00 per Year. No unbeerlptlons received for a shorter period limn three innnlh. Oorrpnpondcnre ollrltert from ill part of the country. Mo neilce will be taken of anonrmona communication!. THEN AND NOW. We laughed to see the whirling snow And hoar the racing tempest blow: We rocked not of tho ley blast, Nor how tho Btorm came wild and faBt Our hearts had sunny wonthor; Nor snow, nor hail, nor wild wind moan, Could chit! the plow around them thrown, For then wo worn togothcr. ' Oh, sweetest word together! I troad, In golden summer hours, A pathway through a land of flowers, Beneath tho blue of peaceful skios, With weary feet mid tear-dimmed eyes: I care no longer whether t he days tie bright or dark, nor how The lonely time goos by, for now Wo walk no more together, Ah, never moro together. Anna C. Bowser, in the Current "MISS FORBES"' FORGERY. Old t'njit am Jonathan Forbes was tear ing through the village in a state of piti able excitement toward his neat, com fortablo little cottage. A cottage vino clnd, flower surrounded, tree-shaded, end tended und cherished as few homes are in country or city. The captain had been a hard worker until within the last live years; then at tho ago of sixty ho had "given up tho sea,"' bought tho cottage, deposited all his earnings in a city bank, said to bo as sound as sound could be, and with his dour old wifo and his invalid sister had icttlud down to what promised to be a very comfortable old nge. In younger years the captain had been rather a spend thrift, inclined to profanity, following tho deplorable hubil of sailors in general nd swearing roundly when things did not work to his satisfaction. But his r-xtrcmo kindlieurtcdncss. also a dis tinguished truit of the average sailor. bad won tho lovo of a good, pious woman; una miner ner influence, tho captain had grown provident and saving; he also had given up tho use of profano language Hut give vent to his feelings in somo form of expletive ho must upon occa lion, so it had bocomo a habit with him under strong pressure to blurt out the name or names of tho first places occur ring to him at such times; and tho more wide apart and ineongmous tho mating of ports or places, tho better it answered his purpose'. And uow as lio wont rushing poll mell through tho fragrant country roads, ho ejaculated with distressing vehemence: "Jerusalem and Troy ! What shall we do! I'm a beggar man and worso than beggar man ! Now, if I'd only a list ened to Miss Forbes' advico, and not a gone and chucked all my Bavin's in one place, I shouldn't a been caught in such t miserable tight place as this!" "Egypt and Capo Cod ! Just to think of it! aud there her brother, a merchant of fifty years' standin', would ha' given us within ono per cent, as much interest as that rascally bank, But there! I long to get homo and tell Cvnthy all about it. PoorCynthy, whatever will the do! 'Wish to mercy Miss Forbes wasn't out o' town; dread tellin' her aw fully. Point Judith and Hurl's Gate, if don't!'' But tho captain had reached tho cot tage, and swinging wido the gate, he hurried up tho gravelly path, and soon entered the cool sitting-room, where his placid. Christian sister sat knitting, both feet wcro bound about and placed on a high footrest, as rheumatism in a severe form lcudcrcd Miss Cynthy Forbes a confirmed invalid, and often an intenso sufferer. At sight of her usually unperturbed brother mopping his warm and dis tressed looking face, she looked up with anxious solicitude. "Sing Sing and Bambny, Cynthy 1" ho burst out. "I'm a ruined man if ever thero was ono! What do you think? 1'he L bank has bursted and carried with it every cent wo have in the world!" "Why, brother, that's too hard. Can it bo true?" "True as the world! It's town talk! There's the greatest crowd tin at tho i po8tofiicc; there can't anybody thiuk of talking of anything else tit all. Somo others ruined besides mo, all because tho president of the bank was brought right up hero and nil thought him the very soul o' honor, confound him!" "Xow, don't, brother," said Miss Cyn thy, soothingly. "Perhaps it won't bo as bad as you think. May bo there's lomething saved." "Well, Turkey and Boston!" roared tho captain, "if there is, wo never shall ee the first cent of it." Then lie continued in a different tone, a tone full of distress and regret: "Oh, Cynthy, why don't they think of us poor fellows who've toiled night and day to scrape together a littlo some thing against old ago? Why don't they think of the poor widows? There's poor Widow Ellis most distracted, and old lame Captain Simpson, he's round a roariu' liko a furious nor'eastcr. Why don't they think of us all, I say, before they go to speculatiu' and siukiu' the little funds we have to set such store by and become so dependent on. I sav it's inhuman, it's out o' all reason," it's worse'n swearin', ten times, Billingsgate and Carthage, if it ain't!" "Well, now, I'd calm down if I wcro you," said Miss Cynthy, again using her most consoling tones. "It's too bad Maria's gone to the city, but her week's most up, and I know she'll say sotnu thiug comforting when she comes." "She'd do just right to storm like a hurricane," said the poor captain; "course she won't say tho fust word to vex me, Miss Forbes uever does, but if I'd a listened to her, we might a'been com fortable, enough." "Straugo such trouble should come the first time in a dozen years or more she's been away for a week. But there, we VOL. XVIII. NO. 11 must do the best wo Can. You mustn't worry on my account, brother, you know the Lord will provide, somehow." "I'll have to sell tho cottage," con tinued tho capt ain, dcspondingly. But don't you go to worrvin', Cynthy; Miss Forbes and I, we'll look out that you get carod for, wo won't cither on us forget how you struggled and brought mo up, wicked little imp as I was, too. How in the world did you ever havo such pa tience, Cynthy?" "It was perhaps the hundredth time he had askod the same question and only to receive tho same comforting re ply: "Oh, I knew there was good in you somowherc, brother, and it would only take time and patience and plenty of prayer to bring it out, and sure enough." Two more days must clapso before Mrs. Forbes would return from tho city, and it was both pitiable and laughable to noto tho conflicting emotions with which her worthy but troubled spouse antici pated her appearance. "Of course she'll know all about tho failure and our losses," he said to his sister, repeatedly. "So, thank fortune, wo shan't havo to tell her about it, but I should think she'd hurry home on that very account now.shouldn't you?" "Well, I supposo she thinks sho might as well have her visit out," Cynthy would reply. "You know her brother's wanted this visit lor a long time." "iiope they ain't a urging Miss Forbes to stay away from mo in tho future." said tho captain tho afternoon of tho clay lus wifo was expected home. By this time tho poor man's anxiety and forebodings were truly painful to wit ness. "Now, Jonathan, that's downritrht naughty of you," said Miss Cynthy, "as if Maria would desort in trouble'of all times." At last tho stago coach stopped at the cottage door, but somehow, the captain could not go out, as expected to greet his wifo, longed for as she had been. He stood peeping through the blinds as tho stago driver helped her Blight, then rolled her littlo trunk into tho gravelly path. All at onco he turned to his sister, his faco fairly working with emotion. "Oh, Clnthy, sho doesn't know a thing about it. I know sho doesn't. She's a smilin' and a noddin' to the driver, an' her face is as peaceful as tho coral isles, and poor Miss Forbes don't know, I know she don't." But he could hold offno longer, his wifo was at the door, and the next moment had entered the room, given him it lov ing embrace, and receiving his sounding smack, then went over and kissed "Sis ter Cinthy" affectionately. The littlo maid of all work soon an nounced supper, and although tho cap tain sat with tho most lugubrious faco imaginable, yet throughout tho meal, Mrs. Forbes was as bright and joyous as a young girl, iicr round, dumplinglike face and figure shaking with laughter at tho queer stories she had to tell, and the amusing reminisc ences of her journey. After tea, when they were sitting cosily together, the husband, wife, and sister. Captain Forbes felt that at last his time had come, so summouiug all his courage, he said with a gigantic effort at calmness. "My dear, there's awful news." "Now.tbo littlo black kitty ain't dead or any of the chickens, I hope," said Mrs. Forbes. "Mercv, no!" Then as gently as pos sible, the captain broko the disastrous tidings, how the bank had broke, and they had lost all. "Law, ves. I knew it had broke." said Mrs. Forbes, complacently. "But thank a kind, merciful, Heavenly Father, it ain't hurt us any." 'Why, what do you mean?" gnsped the captain, fearing her senses had de serted her at the news; "all wo had was there, wife." "No, 'twasu't," sho answered placidly. "I'd drawed it all out three days afore tho smash came. Brother William has it all safely invested in his business." 'Why, but Maria, you could't draw it. I deposited that money, no ono could draw it without my order." 'Mrs. Forbes broko into a ripplinsr laugh. "Well, now, do you think, Johnny Forbes, I'vo lived with you all theso years without bein' able "to write ex uctly like you? I never did approve of all your money bein' in that bank, and William didn't, so I just writ out an order an' endorsed it. I had your book along, had an idee onco in tho city I might want it, so I just got the money as slick as could lie, an' its all safe an sound. I didn't tell William that." But Captain Forbes was regarding his wifo with distended eyes. Finally he roared in true sailor fashion. "Honolulu and all tho Gulf States!" Why, Miss Forbes, that's forgery." "What's forgeryi" asked his sleek, contented wifo. "Why, coppiu' my hand writin'. Didn't you know that;" "Sakes, no; I wouldn't a done wrong for all the money in the world! But how long since you and I havo been two, Jack Forbes, I should like to know.'" "When at last sho became convinced of her innocent wrong doings, Mrs. Forbes at onco wrote to her old ac quaintance, the president of the bank, confessing tho wholo transaction and asking what she should do. But the conscience st ricken man replied, that gravo as the mistake might have been under other circumstances, ho was yet oniy too glad that they were saved the engulfing ruin of the batik's collapse. Mrs. Forbes always speaks regretfully of having done a wrong deed, although unwittingly and for the best. But with generous hands, both she and the cap tain help to their utmost ability those TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY. JULY 22, 1885. who did suffer from the bursting of the bank, while tho captain often declare! with characteristic vehemence, that "women aro ama.in' cute and curiouf when they tako business matters into their hands. Heavens and earth! if they ain't." Mrs. Harriet A. Chenver. The Mind Cure. Boston's latest craze, mind cure, has appeared in New York, says a writer in tho Brooklyn JCagle. No less than three of the disciples of the new system have moved to New York, and two of them have set up gorgeous establishments up town. They all use tho prefix "doctor" before their names, and their establish ments are run in every way like those of prosperous physicians of tho old school. Ono of them, on Madison avenue, is reaping a harvest. lie charges $3 a visit, has a handsome brougham, a liveried man in the hall, and all the other acces sories of a fashionablo doctor of medi cine. These men aro rapidly building up a boom in tho line of quackery. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the novelist, who has written one good novel, "That Lass o' Lowrio's," and ono weak play, "Esmeralda," and gained considerable fame thereby, is the most prominent con vert the mind cure people ever had. They have been using Mrs. Burnett's name ever since she was cured or converted by them as a sort of trade mark, and, as the gen eral opinion among women seems to be that whatever cures Mrs. Burnett must bo efficacious, tho mind cure people find tho use of the novelist's name very profit able. I called on the Madison avenue men just to seo what the much talked of mind euro was. In tho first placo the man was as arrant and transparent a fraud as I have ever met. Ho was along bearded, hollow-eyed and nflfected crea ture who could not talk gramatically, or express two ideas consecutively in any thing like nn intelligiblo manner. Ho not only does not know how he cures people if ho does cure them but he also has not formulated any theory by which ho can account for his assurance in accepting money from pcoplo for al leged services rendered. He sat like Napoleon in a chair, while he talked to mo in tho most pomnous and stagey manner, and spoke somewhat as follows: "In the a first place it is a matter or somewhat extreme dillicult ness to account for my treatments. Firstly, disease doesn't exist. If a man has a boil it is because he thinks he ought to nave it, and not because he really has it, I devote my intensest mental activity to bear on that man's mind and that cures his mind of the delusion, which is that ho really has got a boil. After his mind has been cured this hero boil of his cures itself." If this is a fair specimen of the mind cure disciples of Boston, I am rather surprised at the extent of the craze there. The mind cure business is tho silliest humbug of all tho forms of quackery that flourish in New York. One Woman Tries Nino Husbands. Cynthia Board man was a girl of lov ing disposition and her affections were true as gold when onco they wcro fas tened. William Kawlings was the hap py man who first led Cynthia to tho al tar a blushing bride. A mule killed Mr. Hawlings. His relict then married Heury Ladd. lie was drowned. Mak ing a visit to Pennsylvania she was snapped up by Mr. "Henderson. Ho died. Returning to Ohio, her native placo, she became Mrs. Johnson. Hedied. Mrs. Johnson then took Mr. Dixon. He died. Again the widow goes to Pennsylvania, and again is she snapped up; this time by Mr. Maybury, and they move to Indiana. The ague killed him. Tho much-tried widow returns to Ohio, where Henry Ladd, a brother of her sec ond husband, married her. Ho died. She now takes a rest for four years, and then becomes Mrs. Tipton. " Ho died. Sho now went on her farm and proceeded to ornament her house with the portraits of her lamented dead, and hung them up as a general reminder of the fate in Store for the unfortunate man who should next marry her. She next married Mr. Dyer, a frail man, who was not as popu lar ns some of her other husbands; "but," she said, apologetically, "I was gottin' too old to bo peiticular, an' I took him. Ocorgo ain't overly stout, and I reckon his pictur'U soon so nlonn I with tho rest of "em." Cincinnati in quirer. The Dead Sea of the West. Tho famous Dead Sea of the West, Mono lakc, situated in Mono County, California, is thus described by a writer in the San Francisco Chronicle: Us water is so strongly impregnated with alkalies that the hand held for a few minutes in it will crack open and the skin will be eaten oil. No living thing exists in it, though it is said that often, after strong winds havo blown across its surface, there is a layer of worms several feet wido on its leeward shore. It cleanses cloth dipped in it almost instantly, and if they are not as speedily removed does worso. Its shores are barren, bleak and lonely in the extreme, boidered by a soil that will grow nothing but tho scrubbiest of sage brush. Ia the pros perous times of Bodie a steamer plied on the lake, but it is now laid up in ordi nary. Tho length of the lake is about thirty miles and its greatest width about eighteen miles. Seen from this magni ficent point, surrounded by the great walks of Bloody Canyon, it is ono of the noblest views on earth, but at the same time it only proves to one who has been about its shores and toiled across the de serted and sandy interval to tho wel come loot of the Sierra, with even no better way across than the Bloody Can yon, that truly "distance lends enchant ment to the view." A Texan, who las lived for years among the cowboys, says that many of them arc graduates of eastern colleges. P A QUEER RELIGIOUS SECT. MILT.I01TAIRE3 WHO HAVE SEVER HANDLED A CENT Or MOVES'. Tlic IVnnavlvmiia "Drnniomltea" A orlMy of About Thirty Members ultli Wealth of 1 00, 04)0,000. Ono of the most remarkable and ec centric of all tho religious sects to which tho fruitful social soil of this country has given birth is that of the Economltes, who aro located in this State, says a Pittsburg (Pcnn.) letter. The Kconomite society is possessed of great wealth; some assert it reaches $100,000, 000. At the present day there aro not more than thirty Kconomites. They aro oil aged, nnd in all probability ten years will Und them gathered to their fathers. In the last two years there have been twelve deaths. The houses at Economy are of . the plainest, built gablo end to the street. Modern wall paper is now on nearly every house, but all else is ancient. Rug carpet is mostly used, and everything is spotlessly claan. Miss Kapp, the daughter of the founder, is still living in Kconomy. Sho is a beautiful, silvcry-haircd, blue-eyed lady of seventy-eight ycara, but looks no moro that sixty. In her younger days she Tvas very accomplished, and to tliis day she furnishes all tho church music. She was a beautiful singer and her voice is yet musical and sweet. In her house sho has a little mahogany workstand and sideboard that belonged "to J. O. Blaine's father. She also lias two pianos that are over fifty years old. They havo four pedals instead of two, like the modern makes. One pedal will give the tone of an organ. They are fine toned and in good repair. Tho old fashioned garden is well stocked with modern and ancient flow ers. A high stono wall, covered here and there with ivy, fences it in. In the center, rising out of a lovely lake, is a high summer house, decorated with mar ble vases holding beautiful plants. In this the band plays once every week. To tho left is a large round mound, built of rough stones, over which climb a variety of vines. A back door leads into aground room, beautifully frescoed. Set around in this are four immense stones, on each of which is inscribed : : Geohoe Rapp, : t Founder of the Harmony Society : : Born 1757, died 1847. : ; Harmony, Pa., 1SU5; Harmony, Ind., 1815. : ; Economy, 1825. : When Mr. Kapp settled here he bought some property from Mr. Blaine, father of James G. The old Blaine homestead is still standing, and was used not long since for a school room. In the center of ono orchard of twenty-five acres is a largo mound, where, after the French and Indians had a battle, the braves were buried together with many valu ables. Mr. Rapp never allowed this to be disturbed, and now Mr. Ilenrici sees that Mr. Rapp's wishes are'obeyed to the letter. The mound is held sacred, and still holds its secret. Many beautiful (lowers at present are planted on it. Near by, in tho orchard, is tho Kconomite graveyard. Side by side the dead sleep in peace. No gaudy stones, no flowers, simply covored with tho bright grass. There are many men and maidens hired to do the work. These, of course, live together, but tho unmarried are not allowed to flirt with each other. If two are seen talking or walking together, or if they marry they ore immediately sent away. If a man smokes in the town limits ho is discharged. Whisky and beer are strictly forbidden. If any citi zen wishes to go out of town, or, in fact, wishes to do anything, he must first ask permission of Mr. Ilenrici or Miss Rapp. Groceries, dry goods, milk, bread and meat aro furnished at stated intervals in any quantity desired milk twice a day, meat once, bread three times, etc. The members of the society with tho excep tion of the managers never handle any money as thev have no need for it. Many would not know a piece of money if they should see it, never having han dled a penny in their lives, and yet each is worth at least $1, 000,000. The wash ing for every family in the town is taken to tho laundry, where hired help handles it. At five a. m., they breakfast, at six tho bell rings for them to go to work, at ten o'clock they have lunch, consisting of bread, butter, cheese, meat and cider; twelve to one is dinner hour, threo o'clock lunch again, and 0:30 supper. At nine r. r. the bell rings and every one must go to bed. Nine watchmen nightly guard tho town and enforco tho rules of the society, which visitors must observe. The church is built of brick, and sup ports a lirg'e bell and two town clocks. Straightbacked, uncushioncd benches hold tho congregation. At each side, directly opposite, are raised rostrums, ono for the pulpit, the other for the choir. Mr. Ilenrici preaches about nn hour every Sunday morning and evening. Nearly thirty young people compose the choir, over which tho venerable Miss Rapp pre sides at the orgau. The clothing worn is made perfectly plain. The dresses consist of a gathered skirt, plain waist, full sleeves and a square kerchief across the breast. The best of silks and woolens used to be man ufactured at Economy, but the factories stand silent and deserted now. The members are too old to work, and the hired help does jiot take interest enough in the work to insure success. Everything is raised in abundance. and tho largo wine cellars of the thrifty community contain over 20,000 gallons of the best article. Some of the choicest wines are lully fifty years old. Last year fjlJO barrels of cider were made. It is drank instead of water. No oueever be comes a drunkard here, aud a quarrel has never occurred or a cross word spoken. Mr. Ilenrici has built a scboolhouse, tnd pays a teacher to instruct the chil fl ft $1.50 PER ANNUM. dren of the people who work for the so ciety. Thus they live day after day peacefully, quietly, religiously, prepar ing themselves to meet the God whom they faithfully bolicvo in. Thev do not flaunt their great wealth in the "faces of tho deserving and struggling poor; neither do they count their gold liko misers . What w ill become of it all when the last survivor passes away no one out side of a small circlo knows. They are a living monument to the old adage that "Economy is wealth." They aro not miserly or uncharitable. No tramp ever passes Economy hungry. The poor of the vicinty only speak to bless tho plain folk, who by thrift and industry, have accumulated wealth and earned happi ness. Hott Clny Won a Picture. Senator Beck, of Kentucky, went to school as a boy at college near Ashland, tho residence of Henry Clay, and he de scribed tho other night a visit which a number pf the college boys onco mado upon the old statesman. Said he, "As Mr. Clay rose to meet us his face shone with smiles, and every boy in tho party was straightway his friend. In tho courso of the talk he asked us what we thought of his pictures. There was a number, some paintings and some engravings, hanging upon the walls in different parts of the room. We finally decided upon one, the picture of a woman holding a bowl of steaming mush in her hand as the finest one in the collection. As we did so, Mr. Clay laughed and said: Yes, boys, I think you have picked out my best picture, and as you nave dono so I must toll its history. I got that picture at Ghent, and in a curious way. Albert Gallatin, John Quincy Adams and myself were there making the treaty, and Mr. Gallatin and myself took chances in a picture ratlle. My prize turned out to be that picture,' pointing to an inferior en graving on tho other side of the room, 'and Gallatin got this. Now Gallatin knew very little about art, and I did not know very much, but I could see at a glance that his picture was far better than mine, and that I should be laughed at if we took the pictures home and com parisons were made. I saw that I must get hold of Gallatin's pictures, and I said to him: 'Mr. Gallatin, these two pictures were made to match each other, and the man who has one ought to have both. Now I will tell you what I will do. 1 will put my picture against yours and we wiil play a game of cards for them. The man who wins shall take both pictures, and you may name the game.' " 'Mr. Gallatin thought a moment. consented, and said "seven up," and," continued Senator Beck, "I can "hear Henry Clay's hearty laugh now and see his smile of intense merriment as he concluded. As soon as Gallatin said "seven up" I knew I had him. He knew but little about cards, and I was one of the best seven-up players in Kentucky. The result was as I had anticipated, and X got the picture.' " Cleveland Leader. Fifty Thousand 31 ilea on Horseback A minister of the gospel in Western Ohio, who was long engaged in homo missionary worK, writes the New York Evangelist of tho way in which ho used to get about his field of labor: "It has been my lot to occupy a home missionary field nearly all my ministerial life for about forty years. When I first came to Western Ohio we had no rail roads, but a plenty of woods, swales aud mud. My mode of traveling to my ap pointments was unitormly on horseback. On my field in Western and North western Ohio, I have ridden on horseback more than 50,000 miles. For several years I occupied a field which required me to travel in going and returning, as follows: One twenty-four miles, another forty miles, another nfty-two miles, an other seventy miles. And for tho first eighteen years of my ministerial life I. failed but two Sabbaths to meet ray reg ular Rppointmeiits. JHv salarv never exceed over 4300 per year, aud proba bly did not average more than $430 por year, l nave cause lor thankfulness in believing that the Lord made me useful in building up His kingdom. A Tlace Where Women Kulo. Among tho dependencies of Holland there is a remarkable little State which, in its constitution and original costumo of its inhabitants, surpasses the boldest dreams of the advocates of women's rights. In tho Island of Java, between the cities of Batavia aud Samarang, is the kingdom of Bantnam, which, al though tributary to Holland, is an inde pendent State. The sovereign, is, in deed, a man, but all the rest of the gov ernment belongs to tho fair sex. The king is entirely dependent upon his Sta'e council. The highest authorities, military coramauders and soldiers are, without exception, of tho female sex. The Amazons rido in the masculino style wearing sharp steel points instead of spurs. They carry a pointed lance, which they spring very gracefully, and also a musket, which is discharged at full gallop. (J lube-Democrat. Cold Found Everywhere. It has long been well understood that gold is the most universally distributed of metals, being found in all parts of the world, but most readers will probably be surprised at a statement recently made by Professor A. K. Foote, of Philadel phia, to the effect that there is more gold in the clay under tho city of 'Philadel phia than would equal the cntirii valu ation of the city. In IB I '2 men inaJe sixty cents a day washing the sands near Chester, on the Delaware river, where William Penn first, landed, aud quite re cently several dollars' worth of gold in grains were taken from a well 150 feet deep within twenty miles of Philadel phia. Heientijie American. A swell gatheringA boil. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Sqnare, on Inch, one Insertion. 1 1 00 One Sqnare. one Inch, one month I 00 One Square, one Inch, three month. 0 One Square, one Inch, one year 10 00 Two Kqnarea, one year u 09 Qnarter Column, one year 10 00 Half Column, one year bo 00 One Column, one year .....100 eo Local advertisement ten cents r line each la scrtlon. Marriage and death notices fratla. All bills for yearly advertisement collected qnar. tcrly. Temporary advertlement mnat be paid !n advance Job work cash on delivery. THE STORM. Ye hills and dales and rocks of ages, Ye mighty lakes and oounaies seas, And tempest dread, wmcu granary rage O'er hearts oppressed with fierce aecroe; Proclaim from whence, ye powers stupendous, Proclaim from whence' your terrors roar. Lashing the world with thews tremendous. Dashing mad seas from shore to shore, My oul is wrapt In styglan wonder O'er lurid burst and tongues of Are, As demons rend the vault asunder With rumblings vast and thund'rlngs ride Now madly sweeps the wlii i-ornodo, With lightning on his streaming hair; Now sovereign swellB the foil cruzado ' Along the win('d Cimmerian air. Erebus black outpours his legions, , Convolving on the lightning' beat, Then plunging into godless regions, To gambol in the rolling heat ' , The North and West in awe aajrmentlnf A huge Colossus rears hi form, And, to the furies mad consenting, He lifts the floodgates of the Storm, My life takes wing and upward charges The demons red to battle's wage; Valor the bounds of earth enlarges. And high transcends tho fury' rogrv From center wild to whirling border . Tho furies reek and rush in palnr While teems the spheres In crazed disoraeii Till hells are quenched fn torrent rain. Without tho cross thci s no apprlz-einent In sun or sky, on land or sc a; ' Like man, all things need God's chastisement To Him all worlds must bend the knee. Huoh Farrar HoVtrmotU HUMOIt OF TIIE lAY. Homo rulers women. One-legged orators are always success ful on tho stump. Siftingt. A wooden wedding Marry iagablock head. Oorhunx Mountaineer. A. forger should always write a run ning hand. Boston Transcript. An egg that gives birth to a rooster cannot properly bo called a hen's egg. The man who delights to get up with the lark Is never seen out upon one after dark. Boston Courier. A camel sometimes lives to the age of 100 years. No wonder he has a hump on his back. Boston Budget. ' A Kansas man has been fined $10 fot smiling in church. Kansas is a prohibi tion State this year. Graphic. I no extreme height of misery is a small boy with a new pair of boots and no mud puddle. Chica-go Ledger. Arkansaw has an agricultural organi zation known as the AVheel. Its mem bers are constitutionally tired. Chicago Sun. A Northern paper praises tho Indian hair restorer. He is a fraud. No Indian was ever known to restore any hair. Texas Hiftingt. A health journal says you ought to tako three-quarters of an hour for din ner. It is well, also, to add a lew veg etables and a piece of meat. Tell us not In mournful numbers Sorrow came by eating apples, 'Tis the man who eats cucumbers Who with keenest anguish grapples. Boston Courier. "In certain parts of Minnesota one can travel 100 miles aud find no one but Swedes," remarks an exchange. Tho eamo thing, we believe, hns been no ticed in Sweden. Xeto Yerk Graphic. Miss Corson makes a business of in structing people how to roast a chicken. This is the easiest part of it. How to get tho chicken to roast is generally the question that agitates tho public mind most. H'tings. Coddlcpato used to ravo over Miss Gurligurl's hyacynthine curls. Since he has discovered that they are fastened ou with hairpins ho has chosen a new floral emblem, end now calls them lie-locks. Jo.tt on Transcript. Inquisitive offspring (to fond father) "Papa, what is tho meaning of 'Tra-la-la, la,' in tho song I am learning 1" Fond father (perplexed for a moment, but recovering) "It means, my child, the same us fol-do-rol-lol' in tho song vou havc'alreadv learned." Offsnrins silent, but not edified. Sew York Jnde enJ,ett, THE SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCC8T. The seventeen-year locust comes Cp smiling in the West, And as he hugs lumsHf he huuc And slaps Ijh hollow i lie Thi n merrily He shouts with glee I will go for the oats, I will fatten on ryo . - v And will warble yy row's lu this wheat bv und by.' Sen1 1 in k Journat, Lightning Roils for Iliiinuii HeiiiL'S. Mr. P. B. Delanv, of this city, inven tor of tho wonderful synchronous tele graph system, has recently patented a lightning rod for the human body. It consists of a large copper wiro that passes down the back, with branches ex tending aloug tho arms to tho hands. and along the legs to the exterior of the shoes and to metal soles thereon. The wearer if provided with this rod may, if standing on the ground, handle elec tric light wires with impunity; ami if out In a thunder-storm, would stand n good chance of not being hurt if his rod were struck by lightning. .Mr. Dehiney ought to entry a brunch of his rod up the back of the uock, mid havo it con nect with a point on thchclmct of the policemen, and so give them protection. It has heretofore been proposed lo havo lightning iod timbre. I las. that is to say, an umbreila provided with a flexible wire that extends from the tip or fer rule over the outside of the umbrella, the wire reaching to Had allowed to trail on the ground. cintifg America,
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