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Job work cuh on deliver. mnmbl 01 Emigration this yenr, occording to the estimate of Superintendent Jackson, o' Custlo Garden, New York City, 'will add 800,000 people to our population. A steel cannon which costs $375,000 is equal to only 200 rounds, and then is worthless. Therefore it deteriorates $1, '875 worth every time it is fired. A writer in the Scientific American says that in experiences in Colorado and Utah ho never saw an Indian with a cold. Ho concluded that it was our hot rooms which give- us colds. ishop Warren, of tho Methodist Epis- tiftl Phnrch flnp rtnf Knlinvn in rrnntln tfl ' j,-.. j preaching to rich sinners. No says there are 'wmo pnstorsho go nt it in this "style: vrntlirpj-oii must repent, as it were: and befconvcrted, in a measure: or you will bp damned, tosomo extent." An International Congress of Science , and Industry is proposed for Brussels in 1888. Prizes to tho value of f 100,000 will bc awarded for tho best papers on , various stated subjects, and many of the implant applications of science will be discvVj. Tho commercial section will considcfrNnort and import duties. This somewhat novel idea is expected to prove a a welcome change from the round of in .tcrnational exhibitions. The Russian Empress leads an active and simple, life. She rises early and walks a great denl ; goes to bed late, reads enor mously, and, although she loves dress and damffig passionately, sho busies herself nt the proper times with works of chari ty, which she generously patronizes. During tho holidays she does not change her habits, except by tho distribution of alms and long sessions at church, which are more frequent than usual. The Kansas City correspondent of tho Atlanta Constitution tells a long and in teresting story of how a congregation in Southwestern Kansas placed on the spire of its church, as a weather vane, a largo srilded flsmnd how a fishhawk hover. .ingaboUio vicinity was so deceived by Its hfc-liko appearance that it swooped down upon it and carried it off. in its tulous. Tho most interesting point in the narrative is the presence of a fish hawk in southwestern Kansas. M New York physician writes that lent remedies, is upt to beget a habithat is almost impossible for tho individual to subdue a habit worse than that of alco hol, opium or chloral. lie recommends the establishment of asylums for the 3etims of morphine, chloral and cocaine. Le hypodermic use of morphine, he dc clareS is second only in evil to tho use of cocaine, and instrument makers should be prevented from selling, under any cir cumstances, an instrument to any one who is not a physician. Tho Toronto newspapers are boasting the possession of the champion shop lifter, who was captured in Montreal. In a pocket three feet long was an assort ment of spoons, thread, lace and other valuables. Her bustle wa formed of two bed sheets, a ludyV beautiful hat, and a colored glass jug. Her trunks con tained bedclothes, all kinds of wearing apparel, brushes, "combs, more than one thousand rolls of thread, a largo bag of needles, pins, etc., about fifty pounds of soap, matches, fancy cards, glassware, table goods, feathers, bottles, and jars of preserves. It is allirmed that the Hessian fly is so called from the traditional belief that it was brought to this country by the Hes sian mercenaries of Great Britain during the Revolution. It was first discovered, so it is said, in tho vicinity of a camp of Hessians on Long Island. Previous to that timo no mention of its existence in America is recorded. If this be true, says OurCountry Hume, the recent arrival of tho Hessian fly in England is but a piece of tardy reprisal. John Bull is now likely to have a chance to see how he ' , likes it himself. It is a notable illustra tion of the delightful custom of chickens comiBg home to roost. Iron, says that if a continuous telegraph wire were strung from New York to San Francisco and a rain storm should be in progress along the entire route, the shrinkage caused in the wire by tho rain would amount to 120 miles, and for smaller distances tho proportion would be the same. "The ubove shows," says yDi,"that underground telegraphs have become a necessity,for that system would obviate this contraction, which causes i-uuslant annoyance through interruption tu the transmission of dispatches during wirt weather, due to the pulling apart of wires at joints through the strain caused by violent contraction in length." BANG AWAY. First be sure you're in the right, In whate'er you wish to do, Even though you have to fight All the world to push it thro' Then hang away. Let no feeling of dismay Overpower your singlo aim, Lest the world may truly say To success you have no claim. So bang away. Fate disdains a coward heart, 8o do you, I dare to sny ; Let that never be your part; Whether work or whether play, Bang away. John D. Ilemslrtet. PROFESSOR CHARLES. BY FI.OIIIKR TIIAYER M'CRAY. It was the night before the summer vacation at the old Bradford Female Seminary. Studies and recitations had been carried on with some dilliculty and irregularity during the day, and a glimpse into the double room "44" would have shown the astonished principal that the girls were making a night of it as only boarding-school girls know how to do. Waterproof cloaks darkened the windows, a line of jaunty wraps of various styles hung up and down the cracks in the doorway, and a dark shawl spread and tacked carefully over the transom pre vented any ray of light penetrating tho dark hall after the bell should have rung, with all the young ladies supposed to be in bed. It was half-past niue, and, in anticipation of the provoking and quite inexcusablo custom of the institution which shut oil the gas from the halls promptly at ten, numerous candles, mostly reduced to stubs and placed in tho noses of blacking-bottles and small vases, burned before the mirrors of the dressing-cases and on the little book shelves and window-sills. Eleven girls, in various conditions of toilet, arranged entirely suit the taste of tho wearers, sat about the room, and while preparations for n feast were evidently complete, they waited. "Well," said Jennie Bemis, who sat on the floor with her plump little hands clasped about her knees, shaking her closely cropped curly head impatiently, "this is a little too much ! Now that we have everything ready for a lovely time, Ben must go and ah! absent herself." This remark, finishing with a perfect imitation of the most precise of their teachers, raised a general giggle, which was speedily suppressed by a whispered "Shi Do you want 'Prisms' herself to knock at the door'' "It is a cruel sin for Ben to stay away like this," said pretty Kitty Glazier, who sighed, and then proceeded to fish a small piece of candied ginger out of the jar with a hairpin. 11ns sweet morsel she was munching pensively, unnoticed by the girls who lounged around, until Fan Kendall a saucy, red-haired nymph, who lay upon the bed, her arms. folded under her bright head suddenly cried out in remonstrance: "Kit, I think you might wait for the rest of us! It is bad enough to see all these things spoiling for want of eating, without you picking around." Fan pouted, and us she arose to a sit ting posture continued: "Now, what's to be done ! We have waited for Ben one hour. If she chooses to keep away, I move that wo go on without her!" "Wo might wait fifteen minutes long er," said Florence Henley, a tall, dark haired girl, who sat in tho rocking-chair, in a white wrapper, and supported the dignity becoming the president of the secret society of "The Mystic Twelve," which, lacking a member, were there as sembled. "We cannot very well open the door, or Sue might go and look for her." She looked inquiringly at the others. "No, no! 'Prisms' would be sure to catch a gleam of light," said Jennie; "and 'lam surprised! At this hour, young ladies !' " again giving an inimit able representation of the manner of Miss Perrin, irreverently dubbed "Prisms" by the girls. Just then amutlled knock, re peated three times, was heard at the door. There was a general stir. "Ah! there is Ben at last !" "What can have kept you away until this time?" they cried. "We have been waiting a full hour!" "A petite figure, with curling brown hair, which was disheveled and part awry; a pair of brown eyes, which were large with mixed emotions and weari ness; and a bright flush on the fair cheeks this was Ben as she slipped into the room and threw herself down on the tumbled bed with a despairing gesture. "Don't speak to me! Don't say a word!" she cried. "I am almost dead. I thought I should have fainted away! Oh, how my back aches!" But she soon arose, and tossing back her thick bang with a quick hand, looked about the group of impatient girls with a face full of mysterious import, and asked, with a touch of her forefinger on the knee of the nearest: "Where do you suppose I have been for the last mortal hour.'"' "Iu F. W.'s study, getting a lecture for laughing at prayers." "In the music-room, receiving a pro posal of marriage from Professor Charles." The last sally provoked ft loud titter, for Ben had taken it upon herself to be sentimental over the handsome professor, in spite of his announced engagement to a young teacher, and had raved about him to her eleven confidential friends in li manner which was the more affecting from Hie hopelessuess of her assumed passion. But Florence Ilealey blushed almost angrily, and said : 'Nonsense! Come, Ben, let u know what has detained you so long." "I will," was the answer; "but pre viously let's have soin: thinu to eat. I um nearly furnished. 1 will take two sardines on this piece of brown bread." She held out her mug for cotfee, which was cold so that its aroma might not penetrate the nostrils of the wutchful teacher referred to as "Prisms," and soon all were fairly at work upon the edibles. When Ben had finished her first course, and was reaching for a liberal piece of raisin cake, she said, solemnly: "Girls, I havethe most astonishing and wildly interesting thing to tell you that you ever heard. No novel could be stranger or more thrilling 1 But I am so tired I Oh, how my back and neck did ache 1 And it seemed as if my feet would come off!" And Ben put in a largo mouthful of cake and relapsed into silence, which in two seconds beenmc unbearable to her companions. "Come, tell us!" "Do let us hear it!" "What can it be?" "Has tho housekeeper discharged the cook?" said Florence Healcy, laughing. Ben turned suddenly upon her. "No; but Miss Lou Brown has dis charged Professor Charles." She turned back to get the effect of her stunning announce on the roomfull of girls, so she did not sec tho paleness that overspread the beautiful face of her in terlocutor, and laughed gleefully at the chorus of exclamations that came from the wondering girls. "No! Really? How do you know?" "How do I know? I should think I ought to know; I heard it!" "Heard it? O-oh! You heard it!" Ben was composedly selecting a large piece of preserved ginger from the jar, which she combined w ith sponge cake with evident satisfaction, and, ns her mouth was full, she merely nodded im pressively Tho girls were in a flutter of impatient curiosity, but Florence Healey said, in a low voice : "Ben, if you have by accident heard what was not intended for your ears, is it honorable to tell it to any one?" "That is just what I am thinking about," responded the tricksy sprite, gravely. There was a howl of disap pointment from ten of the "Mystic Twelve." "It would not be quite right ordinarily." Hope began to glimmer again. "But, you see, we are bound by our oath to repose perfect confidence in each other, are we not ?" She looked inquiringly around. "Of course we are. Solemnly bound! Indeed w e are ! Yes !" came an caper rush of voices. "Still," mused the young lady, choos ing a chocolate cream with scrupulous care, "that may hold only upon matters pertaining strictly to ourselves." "Ben, you are real mean, if you don't tell us, after all this!" protested Kitty Glazier. Florence Healey said nothing, perhaps because she saw that Ben fully intended to relate her adventure after sufficiently arousing the curiosity of her friends, and possibly because she herself had an inter est in the disclosure which overpowered her ideas of honorable reticence upon an other's secret. "But," said Ben, as a rebuttal, "this is something which may seriously affect any one of us" the excitement grew intense "so I shall waive my scruples and tell it but under perfect secrecy, mind ! Well," began Ben, hoisting herself with some difficulty upon the curved top of a large trunk, "you sec, when we came up from prayers, I happened to think that little Sneaky Palmer would go into the fourth recitation room to get her music. So, as I had for some time been intend ing to punish her for going back on mo to Professor Charles, iu the philosophy class, one day, I just slid iu there in the dark and crept in behind 'Skelly,' who hangs so sweetly by her skull in the small cupbourd." "Oh, Ben! How could you? I could not do it if it was to save my life," shud dered Fan Kendall. "That's just it," said Ben, bending a calm eve upon her; "neither could Sneaky Palmer. She is afraid of her own shadow. So I meant to rattle the bones of the late French lady, whose use fulness continues ufter death as an ad junct to the physiology class, just click her toes together, you know, and moan. How Sneaky Palmer would have run!" Ben beamed in enjoymcut of what might have been, but suddenly became grave again. "Instead ol which, wnen 1 heard some one come iu, and was just about to give a dismal groan, 1 fortunately peeped through the curtains aud saw Miss Brown. She came in and sat down, rest ing her face on her hands. Then I thought I would come out and confess my base intention, for Lou never scolds, you know " "Dear Lou! She is more like a sister than a teacher." "Lou is only twenty-five," mumured Florence Healey, from her place iu the shadow of the bureau. "Well, as I said, I was just coming out, when in walked Professor Charles. And. girls, he did look too handsome for anything! He never looked so elegant in this world as he did to-night. His face was flushed, und well, here was a pretty how-de-do! 1 could not know that their meeting was anything but uu accident, and while I hesitated to place myself in such an awful light as to craw l out aud explain things, he began to speak. ' '1 understood you. Lou,' he said, standing before her, 'that you wished to see me here.' " 'Yes,' she answered, in a low voice; and I saw, as she looked up ttt him, her lips trembled. 'I wished to talk w ith you, Charles, before we go away for the vacation, about our relations to each Other.' "There I was, iu a most paiuful posi tion, in that narrow box, peeping through the ribs of the French ludy, not daring to breathe for fear of rat tling her bones aud being discovered; but I wasn't a bit tired then. Pro fessor Charles rested his hand uu the back of u ht-uiU and l.okcl 'leva at her quietly. " 'Well, Lou,' he said, 'what have you to sny to me about our relations to each other? I have felt for some time that you did not love me thnt our engagement was bocoming irksome to you; but I deemed it best, for the sake of your example to these girls over whom you have so deep an influence, that y.m should not break it until I had left Bradford.' " 'Charles,' she cried, putting out her hand, 'please sit down by me. I like you so, ns as a friend, I Have you read so much of my mind? Believe me, I have tried to feel as I ought.' " 'How ought you to feel, Lou?' said tho professor, with a smile just curling his lips. " 'I know I ought to love you better than all the world beside ; that I ought to watch and wait and long for your com ing, to remember and dream over your every word, to to love you.' "Instead of which ' said the pro fessor, coolly. " 'I care no more for you than I do for thnt skeleton !' Lou burst out, in desper ation. She pointed straight to my eyes, which were leveled at them from below niadame's right elbow joint, for I had be gun to get tired, and lop a little. 'You may as well know it all,' she went on; 'the fact that we are tied together by the approval of the older teachers and the directors, who think it a most appropriate arrangement, has made me almost hate you at times. But it is not Professor Charles, as a friend, I dislike; it is ns a lover.' "The professor had blushed clear to his eyes at Lou's harsh remarks, but, com- Eressing his lips as he does when curbing is temper (for I believo he has a bit of his own), he said, still in the same quiet tone: 'You used not to feel so strongly against me ns a lover, Lou. Have I been obnoxious in any way, or has your fancy changed?' "If you will believe it, Lou commenced to cry. Professor Charles sat down close by her side, and taking her hands from her eyes, dried her tears with his own hand kerchief, and said : 'Lou, I do not mean to be harsh with you, although you have baen somewhat emphatic with me. Listen. I am fully content to be your friend your brother. But I am sure you have difficulties before you greater than the discarding of an uncongenial lover. Is there not one who has taught you to know so well what love is? I knew you never ielt it for me,but thought we might be happy in mutual esteem, and that re spect might grow into a tenderer feeling; but I see the fallacy or that now. is there one for whom you really care? If so, I gladly release you; but I do not ask from mere curiosity, iou will need my friendly offices to curb the expressions of displeasure that will assail you ; you will meet strong opposition from all your friends who are kind enough to like me. Is it " "He whispered a name in her ear. Lou blushed crimson, bending down her head for an instant: then raising her eyes, she looked proudly at him. 'Yes; it is George Lee; the grocer man! He is not handsome, not distinguished plain of speech and devoted to business. The very antipodes of a professor of ancient and modern literature and language! Ho cannot read a word of Greek, frets not his soul with evolution or questions in theology, but I love him! You and I have literary taste and artistic ambi tion in common but I love him. You are handsome, cultured, the beau ideal of all my friends and associates of a husband for me; he is joyous, hopeful generous, devoted to me, and I love him !' "How her eyes shone as she spoke! Professor Charles regarded her with a quizzical expression, and added, as she paused: 'And Lou, the fact that he has made a small fortune in his wholesale store, on account of which you call him a grocer, and that he owns a cozy home and drives a pretty turnout, does not hurt him a bit, and may in time stand off with your friends against my distin guished appearance and supposable cult ure.' Professor Charles actually laughed Lou seemed surprised at him, us I am sure I was. 'You know I have received the appointment to Harvard I was so desirous of,' he continued: 'and Lou, I believe I ought to make a confession to you. I should never have allowed the thought to come iuto being but for your refusal of me for a husband. I am begin ning to feel a stronger affection for a young girl than my engagement to you w ould have in honor permitted. It is no in re than fair to tell you this, Lou; but it is so unlikely that I shall ever win the heart of a capricious girl when a reason able woman sees nothing in me to love ' Lou started to interupt him. but he put his fingers lightly upon her lips and shook his head 'that I shall reserve her name.' " 'Charles!'' exclaimed Lou, jumping up, 'let me kiss you! I was never so near loving you as at this moment! You are just as bad ns I. We will defend each other in mutual untruth as lovers, und be always faithful as friends.' " 'We shall keep each other's confi dence, Lou,' he said, us they arose; 'and you must go forest. Good-night.' "The instant it was safe, you may be lieve, 1 came out of the horrible closet, aud staggered to your door. Honestly, 1 was never so tired in iny life. But," said Ben, looking around the room upon her earnest listeners, "w ho do you sup pose it is: I hope it is not me, for, much as I admire the professor, 1 really couldn't reciprocate his feeling, and it would be awful to have him jilted again. But Florence, dear, what is the matter" Florence Healey arose, very pale, und was hastily making her way out of the room. "You will have to excuse nie, girls. That ginger or something has made me ill. 1 should not have eateu it. 1 will go to mv room." 'io lien's solicitous "Let me go w ith you, Florence, she uuswered. "No, no; 1 shall be better soon.'' ulidshe was gone. But kind-hearted Ben scftlv followed the swayintf while figure to the turn ii the long hall, to know she was safe in hci f own chamber, when she saw a tall form i approaching from the other way. Flor ence held out her hands ns if about to ' fall, and murmured: "Charles!" The professor caught her to his breast I and kissed her sweet face as she clung to him, and cried, joyously: "My darling I am free at last to tell you ! My own 1 ' Ben came back into "44" nearly para lyzed with this last shock. She soon re covered, however, sufficiently to tell the astonishing sequel to her romance, and we girls drank the health of both couple enthusiastically in mugs of cold coffee, so that we scarcely slept a wink the whole night before the Summer va cation nt the old Bradford Female Semi nary Frank Leslie'. The Food of Snakes. "Snakes are very particular us to their diet," said Head Keeper Byrno of the Zoological Garden. "They will not touch any food that is smeared or has any odor, and they will not eat anything un less allowed to kill it themselves. I hey arc often very irregular in their eating, and under such circumstances they will eat only the most tempting food, if in deed they can be induced to take any thing. Now, there is our big anaconda. He camo here last July and has not eaten anything since. When eating regularly 1 ought to feed every day. He has pist shed his skin, and will probably eat be fore long. We are trying him now with different kinds of food to see if he cannot be induced to eat. Every night we put before him a spring chicken, a guinea pig, or some other small animal, but thus far he has shown no inclination to partake of any of them. Difficult ns it is to in duce them to eat live food, it would bo utterly impossible to get them to touch dead meat, or to mix up any food which they would take. If we should be pro hibited from giving live food to our snakes we would be obliged to give up keeping them. I cannot see anything cruel about giving live food to the snakes. It is their natural way of living, aud I sec no reason why they should not live in the same way in confinement. Most people have an idea that we feed the snakes before the visitors, but it is not so. We never feed them until after the last visitor has left the grounds nt night, and then no one is present but the keeper. Philadelphia Record. Succeeded In Their Object. Many years ago, in this city, (relates an old chronicler) ten young dry goods counter-jumpers formed a society to marry rich girls. They swore to protect and aid each other, and all succeeded. This society of young clerks boarded general ly at twenty-shilling boarding houses, curled each other's hair on Saturday night, went to Sunday-school as teachers. and became members of the church that had the richest members and the prettiest daughters. lhcy went steadily and sys tematically to work iu the accomplish ment of their ob ject, conferring with and assisting each other in every case that re quired assistance. Their piety game was the card that won in every instance. Some of the old names which figure iu high society in New Y'ork are the direct descendants of these ten worthy young gentlemen. New York Dry Goods Chronicle. Proverbs. For a coquette Flames too soon ac quire strength if disregarded. For an old beau A bow long bent waxeth weak. For a glazier No gains without panes. For a man with gray hair Never say die. For a cribbage board Two can play at that game. For an umbrella Lay bv for a rainy day. For a modern novel Bad beginning, bad ending. For a atatuc of liberty By tho hands of many a great work is made light. Life. Chinese Sailors' Superstitions. Chinese sailors leaving port attract the attention of their divinity by the loud beating of a gong, the burning of fire crackers and incense sticks and casting food offerings iu the water. All this is to ward off evil influences. When start ing on a voyage they consider it unlucky und the forerunner of foul weather to ex pectorate over the bow of their vessel. They have a strange custom of painting eyes on the bows of their craft; large ami small, which are supposed to have the gift of sight by the superstitious; and when asked to explain the utility of the practice they stop further inquiry by re sponding: "Suppoe no have eye, how can see.'" Appropriate Links. The following couples were "pro claimed in marriage" in Chicago lust year, if County Clerk Wulff's record has been faithfully kept : Thomas llluek and Mary White, l'eter Duy uu 1 Kllcll KlOKht, Solomon Hank uud Kutharaie Yale, lames II ill uiul Suvoi I ;ib, Iiae Slat, r und Juno Thatcher, John Burlier and Mary lint her, Stephen lliiid and Naney Hi-art. Willium Stately Hint Jessie Smart, Joseph lleed an. I Julia llav. Thomas Spring and Mary May, Joseph ltrowu uud Kitty (ireeli, John Koliin and Jenniu Wrens, Willium Castle and Nuney Hall, l'eter Chatter und Kanioe Call, Joseph .Maun and Kliji Child, John Merry and I.tu y Will, Thomas Brum and Mary Bare, James Kox uud CuOiuriuo Haie, Andrew Clay und I.uey Stone, Michael It loud and l.u.i' Hone, John I'ini k uud Julia Hood, hdvturd Coal und Nuney oil, Jiiini'S Broom und KUeii Birch, t liurVi l'buK'l unit Kill n Church. fi-wUtl't tt'trUu- REMEMBERED BELLS. Chime, chime, O mellow bells, to ring The roundelays of timet Bring hack to me the budding spring; Kow, with her swelling blossoms, bring (Fond, fond the pealing chime ft That full, keen voice, that heart, which poured Earn fiery, melting, kindling word By which my life a bliss lecame And upward rose in flame! Bring back the rocking rose, the tender green, The morning passion and the morning sheen, The early grace, the happy mystery, The eager rapture, by a look set free, O'erjoyed that joy to share, Which filled tho breathing air. Lost Youth! Lost Love! O faithful Memory, Tlii.ie shall tho chimes forever, ever be! Thine till the dream, the spell, the magic hour, Tho potency thnt sleeps within the flower. A maiden breast, with timid rise and fall, Ktill vields. and at that tone confesses all Time irks no more; I set my heart toward thee Ring! hollow bells; ring! bells of memory. D. II. Ii. Uoodale, in lnaepenotnl. HUMOR OF THE DAY. A tussle with a boarding-house steak is now called a "bull-fight." Houston Post. The author who wrote "There is' beauty in extreme old age," probably never tackled an over-nursed egg. Mer chant Traveler. Little Scholar Why is "man" called a noun ? Elderly Schoolmistress (with acidity) Because its the name of a thing. Xeio York Hun. Why is a watch-dog larger at night than he is in the morning ? Because he is let out at night and taken in in the morning. Sitinijs. A man has hard work to make his wife believe that he doesn't own the earth when she gets him into a bonnet store. Fall Piter Adcarwe. Break, break, break. On thy cold gray stones, O sea, Broke, broke, broke, Is the song that you sing to me. Louisville Journal. Johnson By Jove, Jackson, that baby looks tho very picture of your father. Jackson Well, when that baby has a set of false teeth, a red beard and the rheum atism, I'll believe you. In the meantime, excuse mc. Loicell Citizen. The deacon's wife wanted to jot down the text, and leaning over to her scape grace nephew, she whispered: "Have you any cards about you ?" "You can't play in church," was the solemn, reprov ing answer, and the good woman was so flustrated that she forgot her text. Cat taraugus Republican. A new baby had arrived at little John ny's residence, and the youngster was ad mitted to take his first look nt the little stranger, lie surveyed it calmly for a moment, and then looking up exclaimed enthusiastically: His face is just the color of Uncle George's. Gosh, but ho must be a hard drinker. Pittsburg Dis patch. A Deadly Arab Dish. Foremost among the most substantial dishes iu which the true Arab epicure de lights is a "sikbuj" or stew- of sheep's heads. The heads are carefully scraped, the ears aro left intact aud filled with flavored forcemeat; they are then "braised" and served with a sauce of olive oil ami vinegar. More than one good Moslem owes his death to a surfeit of this dainty. Motamid, the fourteenth abbaside klmlif, one day orderid such a stew of sheep's heads, of which he was inordinately fond, for himself, the court fool, Khalif-el-Mudhek, and the courtier, Khuf-el-Mulaqim, the "big glutton," and the trio dined so well that Mulaqim died during the night, El-Mudhek at dawn- nnd the hhaht early in the morning. A!t. Jttmis lliubjet. Bacteria in Water. Anothersphere for bacteria is presented by Dr. T. M. Prudden in a lecture upon ice. He says that a glass of ice water may contain u70,tMMI of these minute or ganisms, eat h one of which may be a com. muii carrier of typhoid fever or any other fever. But the uiiswer is what of it? Suppose it docs? Mankind has been drinking it u great while ami is here yet. Bacteria have been busy for many thou sands of years and have not "got away with us" yet. Perhaps if there were no bacteria we should liv to be 500 years old; but think of a world full of such old cripples. Let us avoid it. Success to the bacteria. Mail und Ftpress. Remarkable Recovery of a Lost Ring' Mis. Laura Joyce Bell lost an opal ring in London five years ago. On Saturday last Digby Bell saw the ring on the finger of a gentleman at the Philude! phut Opera House box office. Mr. Bell introduced himself to tho stranger, who turned out to be a well-known Lomlou lawyer, told him how the ring was lost, und raising the setting disclosed a miniature portrait of himself, the presence of which the wearer never had known. The lawyer stated that he found the ring in Hyde Park, and at once returned it to Mr. Bell. Y i0 Yuik Situ. A Good Reason. A little girl of eight summers, so the story is told by Suunterer, stepped iutothe store of an Italian fruit vender the other day iu order to secure some peanuts. She was going to make a call upon a little friend, und wished to bring something with her to add to the entertainment. Stepping up to the fruit vender she said: "I want llo cent-.' Worth of peanuts, and," looking uppe.i'.inglv into the Ital ian's face, "phase (.ive ine u lot, lor tin re's nine in (he family.' - Jntvit VudytL.
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