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New usos for petroleum are being dig- J eovered almost daily, but the novelty of , osing It for fuel on a locomotive hng been Introduced upon the London and Brighton Hallway. A yet iU use i only nn ex periment to test the economic and effi cient properties of this means of gen crating steam. Some objections to it have not yet been overcome. The American Exhibition, to be held In London next year, will be of great importance to this nation commercially, tfirtPninO- ma S f will fhrt Attnu .if TTntvlt.l.. j , - ...a., ... w wj VB V XJIIjlinil' rmen to many resources of this country, :nd leading to an increased salo of our productions. The time of the exposition is especially favorable, as next year marks the half-ccntury festival of Queen Victoria's reign. In the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea a curious phenomenon is in progress. Tho Kara Bobhaz is an estuary nearly separate from the main body of the sea by a bank through which there is an in- iet. i tie evaporation from this gulf is 'o great that a current continually sets in from the Caspian ; and as thero is no ireturn current, the water of tho gulf be comes more and more salifcrotiR, and a decosit of salt is in course of formation. la time this gulf will be cut oft from the Caspian, and will then be dried up and become an extensive salt-bed. Captain Lawton, of tho Unitod States Army, gives it as his opinion that the Apache Chief Geronimo ia fifty years of age, though the old reprobate will con ess to but forty-five. Ho is purely a self-made man. That is, he Is an accom plished murderer and a crafty cut throat, and is not a hereditary chief. The Captain says he is bright, intelli gent, a good talker, crafty, cruel and treacherous to a wonderful degree. During the past cightoen mouths Gero nimo and his followers are credited with Laving murdered no less than 400 per sons, a majority of whom were Mexicans, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. ' Captain Lawton has himself seen four teen of the victims after death. The world' blind are computed to number about 1,000,000, or about one sightless person to every 1,400 inhabi tants. In Austria, one person in every . 1,785 is blind; in Sweden, ono in eveiy 1,418; in Franco, one in every 1,101 ; in Prussia, one In every 1,111; in England, one in every 1,037. The proportion is ' rrrAnfnfif in Vfrvnt trhnrA in Pnirrv tVinrft " ' is one blind person to every twenty in habitants; while in New 7ealand it falls to one in every 3,550 inhabitants. Ger many has tho greatest number of Insti tutes for the blind, thirty-live; England has sixteen; France, thirteen ; Austria Hungary, ten; Italy nine; Belgium, six; Australia, two, while America, Asia and Africa together are said to possess only six. A most remarkable freak of nature has been secured by Mr. William Holland for exhibition at the Albert Palaco, in London, in the form of an infant boy.aged twelve months, who weighs upward of .... i. . a .1 . .1 - a ' mty-eignt pounds, anu Kianus mrcu ieci high. This phenomenal child, Ernest Middleton by name, is the offspring of healthy parents living in Porlock, a vil lage in Somersetshire. The child is well ' formed, and although fat, is not abnor mally to whon his size is considered. His chest measures thirty inches round, his arms eleven and one-half inches at the elbow, and his legs span no less than twenty Inches. There is nothing what ever repulsive about this gigantic baby, and Mr. Holland is to be congratulated on his latest acquisition, which will doubtless add to the already numerous attractions of the Albert Palace. Mr. Holland's baby was born on August If, 1885, and he is exhibited by his mother, who vouches for the child's ago by the production of his certificate of birth. What is known as the Great Southern Cross Pearl is one of the curious things exhibited at the Co'inderies, or Colonial Exhibition in Loudon. This object is one of the most remarkable freaks of nature as it is also one of tho most beau tiful and valuable. The jewel consi ts cf nine pearls naturally joined together t the form of a cross, and was found at Roeburn, Western Australia, in 1884, by a man belouging to the schooner Ethel. The owner, "Shiner Kelly," aud Clark, the man who found the pearl, were filled with amazement, and, thiuk'ng it was some heaven -wrought miracle and with a certain amount of superstitious dread, buried it for somo time. It is valued at 10,000, and is now the property of a svndicate of geutlemcn of position iu Western Australia, at whoso solicitation Mr. Streeter was induced to b ing it to England. It has changed hands many times and each time it has done so the 6eller has made 100 per cent, profit on the price paid. It naturally attracts great attention at the Exposition. A HAPPY HOMEJ. I have a very happy home, where peace Is evr found, Where gentleness and love their fragrance breathes around ; Where gladness and content makes pleaaant every day, While sorrow, tin and care are banished far away. Where, when the day is o'er, my darling one returns To share with those he loves the honest wealth he earns; Where happy children are without them home is naught Where truth i gladly learned and just as gladly taught, Where piety prevails, and faith In Provi dence, And each to each the choicest gifts presents. That Is a happy home where sadness is un known, Where loving words are said and loving precepts shown. Mrs. Harry Don, in Good Housekeeping. NARCISSA'S MISTAKE. It was "blackberry-jam day." Every nation has its movable and im movable feasts and festivities; every household boasts its great anniversaries, and to Narcissa Hall the blackberry-jam season always brought pleasant associa tions. 1 Thero was the gathering of the beauti ful, sparkling, jet black fruit, to begin with, not always unaccompanied with reminiscences of rustic swaint, who car ried her baskets and found the nicest vines and bushes for her ; the impromptu lunch eaten under the shadow of great, mossy rocks, with the mellow whistle of linnet and thrush ovcrheud ; the draught, In vine-loaf cups, pinned together by thorns, from somo deep-hearted wood land spring; the homeward walk in the lengthening afternoon shadows. And then Narcissa was a born housewife. Her jellies were always a success, her preserves were beyond criticism, and she was innocently proud of her prowess. She was a dark, brilliant little bru nette, with largo, liquid eyes, whose curled lashes turned piquantly upward, and a mouth as red and fresh as a wild rose. "The prettiest girl in all the country !" as Walter Milliman said to himself, as he leaned over the kitchen window sill, and beheld her stirring the bubbling mass of sweets with an immense silver spoon, which had come down, a sort of heir loom, through half a dozen generations of Halls. "Narcissa!" ho ventured to say, after a second or two or respectful silence, during which, although she must have known perfectly well that he was there, she never raised her eyes. "Oh! is it you, Walter?'' "Don't let me interrupt you," said Walter, a little stiiHy. "I've brought you one of Dora's little white puppies ncre in a oasKet." "A puppy !" cried Narcissa, contempt uously. "Me a puppy 1 I hate dogs!" Walter's countenance fell perceptibly. "I thought you said you would like one ol Dora a little ones," began be. "I don't see what can possibly have put any such nonseuse into your head!" tartly retorted jxarcissa. "Then you don't want it?" "No, I certainly don't want it. "But you took a gray African parrot Irom .Mr. Ssilber last week?" dubiously. "Well, why shouldn't I? I do so dote on parrots and this one says 'How d'ye do?' already." "Oh!" said Walter, bitterly, as be put tho little, downy, blue-ribboned puppy back into its basket, und addressed it satirically. "Yes, go back, Dorette; you're not a cackling, chattering parrot. We'll have to find another home for you, Dorette." Narcissa bit her lip. "I dare say Alice Jeffreys would like the dog," said she. "Alice is fond of pets." "I dare say so, too," Walter rejoined, dryly. "Good morning, Narcissa! Oh, by-the-wav " "Well!'5 Narcissa waa stirring away more vig orous'y than ever now. "About tho New Moon picnic. I sup pose you will be going wilh rilber?" "I shouldn't wonder," said Narcissa, coloring up. "Then I needn't trouble about coming for you?" "Certainly you need not." So these silly young people parted. AV alter Millinian would have given his life for Narcissa Hall. Narcissa loved the very sound of the young fellow's free, frank voice; and yet, nobody on earth knew why. they had both contrived to build up between themselves the lrameworK ot a ery preuy quarrel. "How ridiculous 1 One of Dora's pup pies, indeed!" said Narcissa, tossing her head. "That fat, old Silberl" pondered Wal ter. "A man old enough to be her father 1 And weighing two hundred and fifty pounds ut the very least! Is the girl crazy?" Tho jam was a success. Of course it would be, being Narcissa's work; and she was portioning it into glas jars w ith dainty precision, when she heard a heavy step among the sweet-williams and johnny-jumpups that bordered the paih outside. "That sounds exactly like Mr. Silber," she said to herself. "Horrid old mau! what brings him here again? It was only last week that he caine with the Furrot; und father is with him. Well, do hope father won't tell him that I sold the parrot to Billy Johnson for five dollars, because he pulled the roses off my best hat, and killed the canary, and kept us alt awake nights, shrieking 'How d ve do? how d ye dot' " And, thus meditating. Narcissa shrank behind the clematis vines, that made a curtain of natural green across the case ment. llusb I those were surely the rumbling, sonorous tones of the Squire himself! "I s'pose, Hall," said he, with a fhucklc, "you consider mo too old for that sort o' thing." "Well, I don't know," the good farmer replied, slowly. "Tastes differ!" "But ef I've took a fancy to the little thing" "Hum 1" said Mr. nail, doubtfully. "And I'll give her a real good home. Every bit as good as shs has here." "1 never doubted that. Sir. Silber." "I'll go bail she'll be happy with me." "She ought to bo happy with you sartin, squire." "Come," said fcilbcr, insinuatingly, "is it a bargain?" "I can't take it on me to decide," said Mr. Hall, meditatingly. "You must ask Narcissa your own self, Mr. Silber." - "But you don't think she'll object?" "I don't know," said Mr. Hall, shaking his head "I don't know. Girls are queer. There's never no telling which way they'll jump. You ask her yourself, I say." But Narcissa did not wait for the sequel of this strange discussion. Her checks blazed crimson ; her eyes sparkled like jet stars as she caught her pink gingham sunbonnet off its nail behind the kitchen door, and leaving the jars of garnet-colored sweetness ou the table, sped away over the daisy-spangled fields to a certain upland meadow, where W al ter Milliman was harnessing the old horses to a glittering mowing machine. "Narcissa!" he cried, in amazement. "What's the matter? .What has hap pened?" She caught nervously at his arm. "Oh, Walter," said she, ' I am so frightened 1 I I don't know what it all means. 1 don't know what I ought to do I" b He hung the bridle over an old stump, and led Narcissa into the shadow of an umbrella. like oak that grew near the stone fence. "Tell me all about it," said he. It was strange how each had settled into his and her relntive position Nar cissa clinging, trusting, hiding herself, as it were, under the icgis of his protec tion. Walter calmly superior in the midst of his tender solicitude. "Why, child," said he, "the old idiot wants to marry you I" Narcissa crimsoned to the very roots of her hair. "I thought so," she whispered. "I was almost certain of it. But but what am I to do?" He took both her little cold hands in his. "Don't be frightened. Narcissa." said he. "You can't marry two people at once, can you?" "No at leaBt, I suppose not." "And you're engaged to me, aren't you?" "If you say so, Walter," hanging down her head. "I do say so,' Narcissa I And now let me take you home. We'll see whether old Silber is to have everything his own way or not." "But the horses, Walter?" "They'll stay here, contentedly enough, until I come back, pet never fear. Oh, by-the-way, Narcissa 1 little Dorette is in the basket under the hedge. I haven't given her to Alice Jeffreys yet." "Oh, Walter, do get her!" whispered Narcissa. "The little, white, fluffy dar ling 1 I've been thinking of her ever since ever since you went away. And, Walter" (nervously playing with the button of Ins coat), "1 told you a norrid story about the parrot. I couldn't en dure tho screeching thing, and Billy Johnson took it away three days ago." ".Narcissa, you are the dearest little girl in the world !" cried the enraptured lover. "No, I am not," confessed the fair penitent. "I am a cross deceitful, treacherous " But here the catalogue of sins was cut short with absorbing kisses. 8 Uire Silber, a rubicund and portly gentleman, well on iu the forties, sat on the porch, fanning himself and waiting, while Mr. Hall peered restlessly up and down the road. "Hero she is now," said Hall, with a long sigh of relief, as his daughter came up, with Mr. Milliman carrying her pink sunbonnet as reverently as if were a queen's crown. "Narcisaa, here's Squire Silber wanting to speak to you." "Miss Narcissa" ingratiatingly com menced the stout gentleman. "It's of no use," said Narcissa, putting both hands to her little, pink ears, "i never, never will consent !" "Yes; but wou't you hear me, Miss Nar " "No, no.no!" and Narcissa stamped her foot with renewed emphasis. "Hear reason, daughter," gently urged the fanner "hear reason!" "But I don't want to hear reason," said Narcissa, almost crying. "He'd be just as good to the little horse aa you yourself would be," aid the farmer; "and $500 is a price that don't often come our way. He's going to train her fo.- a trotter, don't you seei" "To train who.'" said Narcissa. "What are you ta king about?" "About little Nannie, the bay marc," explained her father. "Squire Silber wants to buv her. He's taken a fancy to her, but I told him she be'ongs to you, and it is for you to decide the matter. Say yes or say no I won't interfere." "Oh, he may have her in wclome!" cried Narcissa, uncertain whether to laugh or cry. "I thought I supposed 1 don't know what I did think 1 " And she ran into the house and hid be hind the great .lapaneso screen in the best parlor, followed bbaigbtway by Wa'ter Milliman. "(h, go away!" she sobbed I feel as if I could fciuk through a cruck in the Door, I am so dreadful! horribly j ashamed of myself. It's all a Austtke." "No, it is not," said Milliman, reas suringly. "About our being engaged, dearest that's not a mistake? " "No, that isn't a mistake; but " "Then I don't care a straw about any thing else," said Walter, rapturously. "And it is a consolation, too, isn't it, to think that after all old Silber is not such a fool as we took him for?" "Yes," said Narcissa, In a low voice, "I think it is." Helen Forrest Graves. WISE WORDS. nave no friends you dare not bring home. Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life. Select a worthy object in life, and bend all your efforts in that direction. The censure of those that arc opposito to us is the nicest commendation that can be given us. Steadfastly set your face against need less delays in doing any work for the good of your fellow men. A wise man stands firm in all ex tremities, and bears the lot of his hu manity with a divine temper. Take up one by one the plain, practi cal duties that lie nearest to hand, and perform them as fast as possible. Wrong-doing is a road that may open fair, but it leads to trouble and danger. Well-doing, however rough and thorny, surely leads to pleasant places. There is only now and then an oppor tunity of displaying great courage or even great wisdom; but every hour In the day oilers a chance to show our good nature. No way has been found for making heroism easy, even for the scholar. La bor, iron labor, is for him. The world was created as an audience for him; .the atoms of which it is made are opportu nities. The meanest and most illegitimate of all human pursuits is the direct pursuit of a reputation. It is supremely selfish and contemptible; and there is no man who really deserves a good reputation who does not make its acquisition a sub ordinate aim in all his actions. The Puma. All who have killed or witnessed the killing of the puma and I have ques tioned scores of hunters on this point agree that it resigns itself in an unre sisting, pathetic manner to death at the hands of man. Claudio Gay, in his "Natural History of Chili," says : "When attacked by man its energy and daring at once forsake it, and it becomes a weak, inoffensive animal, and trembling, and uttering piteous moans, and shedding abundant tears, it seems to implore com passion from a generous enemy." The enemy is not often generous; but many gauchos (South American cowboys) have assured mc, when speaking on this sub ject, that although they kill the puma readily to protect their domestic animals, they consider it an evil thing to take its life in desert places, where it is man's only friend among the wild animals. When the hunter is acccompanied by dogs, then the puma, instead of drooping and shedding tears, is roused to a sub lime rage; its hair stands erect; its eyes shine like balls of green flame ; it spits and snarls like a furious tomcat. The hunter's presence seems at such times to be ignored altogether, its whole atten being given to tho dogs and its rago di rected , against tnem. in 1'atagonia a Bheep-farming Scotchman, with whom I spent some days, showed me tho skulls of five pumas which he shot in the vi cinity of his ranch. One was of an ex ceptionally large individual, and I here relate what he told mo of his eucounter with this animal, as it shows just how the puma almost invariably behaves when attacked by man and dogs. He was out on foot with his flock, when the dogs discovered the animal concealed among the bushes. He had left his gun at home, and having no weapon, and finding that the dogs dared not attack it where it sat in a de fiant attitude, with its back against a thorny bush, he looked about and found a large dry stick, and going boldly up to it tried to stun it with a violent blow on the head. But though it never looked at him, its fiery eyes gaz ing steadily at the dogs all the time, he could not hit, for with a quick side move ment it avoided every blow. The small heed the puma paid him, and the ap parent ease with which it avo'ded the best-aimed blows, only served to rouse his spirit, and at length striking with in creased force his stick came to the ground and was broken to pieces. For some moments he now stood within two yards of the animal prfcctly defence less and not knowing what to do. Sud denly it sprang past him, actually brush ing against his arm with its side, and be gan pursuing the dogs round and round among the bushes. In the end my in formant's partner appeared on the scene with his rii.e. and the puma was shot. In encounters of this kind the most curious thing is that the puma stead fastly refuses to recognize an enemy in man, although it find, him acting in con cert with its hated canine foe, about whose hostile intentions it has no such delusion. Longman's Muytuint. The Vowels of l.auirhter. Different people sound different vowels when laughing, from which fact a close observer has drawn the following conclusions: People who laugh in A (pronounce ah) are frank, honest, and fond of noise and excitement, though they are often of a versatile and fickle disposition. Laughter in E (pronounco ay) is peculiar to phlegmatic und melan choly persons. Those who laugh in I (pronounce ee) are children or simple, minded, obliging, affectionate, timid and undecided people. To laugh in () indicates generosity and daring. Avoid all those who laugh in U, as they are misanthropists. M usee dm Families, HIE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. CTTBIOTJS BIGHTS THAT ABE HELD BY A DIVER. BE- Relieving a Sunken Vessel of li Cargo X Treasury Box Marine Life and Vegetation. When a craft is once sunk in shallow water, efforts are made as soon as practi cal to relieve her of her cargo. This can be done in one way only by using the diving-bell or diving-dress. The wreck ing vessels, after making thair soundings in the vicinity of the disaster,placebouys directly over the wrecked craft, which greatly help the divers in their work. If strong ocean currents flow near the ves sel, considerable risk and danger to life is run by the divers. The rope secured to their belt may be parted at any mo ment, and they left to the mercy of the waves. In ca-e of such a mishap their heavy dress would instantly carry them to the bottom, and the air-tub being dis connected by the violent jerk, all chance of escape would be cut off. The experiences of a diver are many and interesting. After he has once reached the sunken vessel, whether by being lowered straight down from the wrecking craft or by walking along the bottom of the ocean to avoid currents, he must search through the hull of the ship as though she were floating upon the surface of the water. To do this he carries a small lamp with him which gives out a peculiarly brilliant light when under the water, and makes the surrounding objects glisten with all the colors of tho rainbow, ( are must be taken that the air-tube does not get tangled up in any way, or cut by fric tion against the side of the vessel. Un fortunate divers have frequently lost their lives by this means, when explor ing the intricate passages of a vessel at great depths below the surface of the water. Danger is also experienced from heavy pieces of timber, boxes, barrels, and even dead bodies, which are often floating around in the hold of a sunken vessel. A diver, once telling of thetroublo that he had in exploring a wreck, said that he was constantly annoyed by sev eral heavy chests which kept moving about with every swell of the sea. One came so near to his diving-bell that he was forced to give it a violent push, which sent it against the opposite wall of the small cabin. Instantly it rebounded and came within an inch of the diver's head-dress, which it would have quickly broken had it struck it. But by dodging in time the chest passed harmlessly over him, and the next moment it collided with another similar chest. The force of tho collision broke one of the hoops of the huge box, and the next moment a glittering pile of newly stamped gold coins rolled out upon the floor of tho cabin. The chest had been used as a sort of treasury box by the captain, and ell of his valuables were locked up in it. Besides gold and silver pieces of money, rich jewels and pre ions stones escaped from the brass-bound chest and presented to tho diver's gaze a rare sight. The light from his small lamp, shining through the water, made the golden heap seem brighter than ever. Exploring a sunken wreck is like vis iting a submarine city, depopulated by a flood. The broken spars, torn rigging, and lallen masts and blackened hulk, ail suggest the presence of death and de struction. Through the black mass fishes of every size and species glide, and around on the rocks and sand beau tiful specimens of submarine flora and fauna grow. Hugo sea-spiders and crabs haunt these solitary depths, and make the wrecks their abiding places, even aa the lizards and reptiles of the laud con gregate in long-deserted houses and make them their homes. Floating sea weed and moss soon collect upon the spars and rigging, and in time the whole wreck is covered over with a light green ish mossy substance. The diver when walking under the sea is permitted to see some of the most beautiful and picturesque scenes the eye can imagine. For thirty feet below the surface of the ocean the solar rays are distiuctly visible through the watery mass, and all objects are distinguished for several hundred feet around. Beyond that the tints darken into tine gradations of ultramarine until they fade into vague obscurity. The whito sand, wrinkled as though each billow had left its impression at the bottom of the sea, seems almost like a reflector. His lamp seems unnecessary in this transparent fluid; but us he advances and the water increases in depth, darkness gradually settles around him. Dark objects are soon outlined in tho distance, and the line, white sand is changed to a slimy mud, composed of equal purtsof bilicious and calcareous shells. Flowers, plants, mollusks, prickly fungi, rocks, and various-colored shells seem to spring up from every side, and tho rays of the nun, striking the water and shading these submarine wonders, form a pcrlect ka leidoseope of green, ycliow.orango, violet, indigo, and blue. Plains of sea weed, of wild ami luxuriant vegetation, make a caipetof unr.valed softness, while a per fect net-work of marine plants and Bea weed float over his head. Bautiful stir-fish, queer shell-fish, and varieguted stones bedeck the rocks and bottom of the sea like precious gems. Thousands of fish of all varieties und fierceness swim around in flocks or singly, darting hiiher and thither after their prey, or quietly watching the daring intruder. In the midst of these submarine wonders, and under the arbors of ri h plants and flow ers, the diver unhesitatingly makes his w ay. A rquna ut. To be happy, the passion must be cheerful and gay, not gloomy and melan choly. A propensity to hope ami joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty. A double-hhell ruce Clams and oys ters. llartjurd 2' tint. DEVOTION. Xust as the hill-crowned lake reflects the sky That o'er it bends shines blue when it i blue, a gray when dim and hoary clouds float by, And bright when sunset limns a gorgeous hue The tapestries of eve with crimson dye, And gleams when night's soft dusky hands renew Hie heaven's star-studded diadem on high, Whose million jewels glisten clear and true. So is reflected in a maiden's eye, Through lashes long or drooping eyelids shy, Each changing mood cf him whom she loves best; Whether in sorrow dim or gladness bright, Love shines with constant and devoted light Through her soul's windows, ever self-confessed! -John M. Cameron, in Curreuf, HUMOR OF THE DAY. A sling at beauty moans a jaw forever. Lowell Citizen. Barbers, like editors, do a considerable amount of head work. Protidenee Tele gram. The man who goes around the streets . with a scythe is looking for mower work. u l a nn ? ... ' An exchange asks: "Where are we to . look for our rising young men?" Not in the street car, anyhow. Philadelphia CaU. "Tismp "I have lost an arm, sir; will " Passer-by (in great haste) "Sorry, but I haven't seen anything of It." New York Hun. "Pitch your voice in a low key," says a writer on etiquette. But how about when one is shouting to stop the last car at night, Boston Courier. By some remarkable oversight the views of Mr. John L. Sullivan on the C roper management of mills has not yet eeu reported. Boston Post. It is very strrnge that a boy's hands blister to much sooner when ho is wield ing a hoe than they do when he swings a baseball bat. Texas Siftings. "Papa," asked little Johnny, "what docs embodiment of unmitigated astnin itymean? ' "It means the other fellow," replied his pa, who is a politician. Mer chant Traveler. , "A cucumber four feet long is on ex hibition at Waterloo, Iowa." The man who undertakes to knock out this verdant esculent in a dozen rounds will moot his "Waterloo." Norristomn Herald. Watchmaker "What can I do for you, Madam?" Old lady (displaying a pendulum of a clock) "This pesky thing won't go, an' I thought I'd bring it around an' have ye fix it." New York JSun. "Come with me, little maid," Said a dude on parade. "We'll have lovo in a cot. I am very fond of tea, And that sort ot thiug, you Bee.'' "I will not, (Sir,'' said she, "Kly with thee; You're too much of a poodle for me." New 1 ork Journal. Eel fare. Lady Campbell says in her work, "Book of the Kunning Brook": The greater number of eels visit the sea, and the "passing up" a river of the young eels is one of the most curious sights of natual history. In thu Thames this celfare takes place in spring, in other rivers in the summer, and some idea of the num ber of these young eels, each about three inches long, may be gathered from the record of Dr. William Boot, who lived at Kingston in He calculated that from sixteen to eighteen hundred passed a given point in the space of a minute of time. In large and deep rivers, where they probably And the current strong, they form themselves into a closely compacted company, "a narrow, but long-extended, column." The perseverance of these little crea tures in overcoming any obstruction they may encounter is quite extraordi nary. The large rlood gates, sometimes twenty feet high, to be met with in the Thames, might be sup osed sullicient to bar the progress of a fish tho size of a darning needle, but nothing can stop them. As one writer Kays, speaking ol the way they ascend Hood gates and such like barriers: "Tho-e which die stick to the posts; others which get a little higher meet the same fate, until at last a sullicient layer of them is formed to enablo the rest to overcome the diffi culty of the passage." The mortality resulting from such "forlorn hopes' greatly helps to account for tho differ ence in the number of young eels on their upward migration, and of those who return dowu stream in autumn. Making Mexican Bread. At certain hours of the day a sound of slapping is heard in every house, says a letter from ! 1 1'aso del Norte, Mexico, to tho Cincinnati Fmuirer. It is made by tiie wife at her daily task of manufactur ing tortillas, the ..iexican staff of life, wliich nn ancient author designated as "buckskin victuals." Like her cousins on the Nile, the Ganges and the Eu phrates, t-he feeds her family on un leavened bread. It is made by simply soaking the corn in lime water and crush ing it into paste on a stone nictate with a stone roller; then small lumps of this putty lii e mixture are molded iuto thin cakes by patting them between the hands, after which they are baked quick ly on a heated stone or griddle. The '"kitchen" of the low-class .Mexican woman is the most primitive that can bo Imagined, any convenient spot gener ally out of doors answering for the purpose. Lawyers drc-s pretty well, notwith standing thu fact that they occasionally lose a suit.
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