RATES Of ADVERTISING. On Sqniro, on Inch, on insertion .1 1 0 On Aqoare, on Inch, on month B 00 On Squire, on Inch, three month. 1 00 One Squire, one Inch, on year 10 00 Two Bqnere, or reaf t Quarter Colnmn, one year 80 00 naif Column, one rear 80 0 One Column, one rear 100 o Legal adrertitement ten cent per Un each lo eertion. Marriage and death notice, gratia, All bill for yearly adTertlMmente collected qnar terly. t emporary adrerUaementa ouat be paid Id ad ranee. Job work ih on delivery. Forest Republican He tnbeerlptlon retelTed for hortr period than thr month. OorrwSndne nllclted from all parti of the enntitry. No nolle will b Ukea of enonjmoin OMauiualcaUoa. VOL. XXII. NO. 27. TIONESTA, PA.; WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30, 1889. 1.50 PER ANNUM. THE FOREST REPUBLICAN b publlihaa rrery Wednesday, fcy J. E. WENK. Offlot in Bmaarbaugh & Co.'a Building ILK ITRXET, TIONK8TA, I". Term, . . Si.BO pr Year. Chauncey M. Depew, President of the New York Central and Hudson. Hivnr Railroad, say that there are 750,000 Voters in tliffwervico of the railroads of the United Stales. Tlie largo immigration of Hungarians to this country at tlio present timo is aid to to owing to the' brutal manner in which they bib treated by tjio nobility in thoir native, country. .A singular, cause, of bankruptcy was recently alleged by an Australian firm of graziers a scourge, of grasshoppers The insects had so completely devastated tho Jaiid thRt the owners became in solvent. A Mprmon elder says tho religious Mormons " are stendily drifting out of I'tah toward Mexico, where they can live up to the full requirement of their faith, and that altogether fully 10,000 will eventually leave the Territory. Switzerland wants a naval flag. As the country has no seaboard such un ensign would at first sight seem rather Useless, but it is needed to protect Swiss property abroad. The Federal Council are now considering tho subject. W. K. Vondcrbilt's steam yacht Alva, which is easily the handsomest and most perfectly appointed pleasure "boat in the' world, cost 1100,000, and the expense of running lier is gniio be about $150, , O00 a year. The royirr yachts of Europe are mere dugouts in comparison w ith the Alva, ' The younger Churles Dickens has more Kense than any great mun's son now liv ing. Ho has written a novel, but lias dtaaMcd not .to publish it because it may .utter by comparison with, the works of his father. AVben a man displays such judgment he has some of the elements of greatness. The New Orleans Titntt-Democrat't annual review of the progress of the South makes a most encouraging exhibit for the yoar ended August 31, 1889. There has been, it is shown, a steady ad vance everywhere and in every line of business. There has been no boom, except in a, few isolated spots, but there has been no set-back, no tluancial dis tress, no business depression to stay the march of improvement. The gtctal cost of supplying the British man-ovar Hero with ammunitiou for a commission is -estimated by a correspond ent of the London Daily AVirs at be tween $175,000 and $200,000. It costs about f 41 to- fire a singlo shot from one f her twelve-inch guns. The next great naval war, if tho world ever is to see another, declares the New York TeU- grant, will be so enormous that the ex haustion of one or the other party must bring it to a speedy close. Years of con tinuous warfare, such as England has known, would bankrupt a nation or tax her resources ao that the victor would be , crippled as well as the vanquished. War fare is becoming, among the more highly civilized nations, more and more n manw of money rather than of men, and those ' who hold the money bags dictate peace or war, ( . What did Sir. Gladstono mean when he said at Paris that America had a right to be considered "to some extent, at least, the great organ of the powerful English tongue?" Inquires the Chicago Jlernld. Mr. Gladstone says uiany tlajngs whereof the meaning is not clear, but in this aaitteraiice he appears even more Pelf ,lc than usual. If Mr. Gladstone ltiteil e to say that the huuhsh language su ;en in higher perfection in Ameri- i i iu Engluud he has a long reckon- lug ijSettle with his fellow imglishmcii when he returns home; for no opinion is more hateful to Englishmen than that the American "patois" is a superior article to the English of England. Perhaps Mr. Gladstone meant simply to grace a pleas ant occasion with a pleasant, but not too significant or lucid a speech. If so, it would. not ho the first time in his career that lie has displayed this amiable desire. I The courts have again dealt a blow at the effort of certain State legislatures to place a prohibitory tariff on dressed meat under the cluiin of required sanitary in spection within the 8tute"s borders. Judge Blodgctt, of Illinois, lias decided that Swift tic Co., the Chicago dressed beef concern, is entitled to heavy damages for the refusal of its ugeut in Dulutb, Minn., to perform his contract in marketing the Chicago beef. Tlie Minnesota agent al leged the State law uguiust the selling of beef not inspected before death in thu Slate where it was sold; but thu court pronounced thu law unconstitutional, and awarded the plaiulilt P7500 damages. Iu previous-decisions under the new laws thu same decision has been arrived at in different form ; suit being brought by the Statu against the butcher selling the Chicago beef. The Commercial AJterlitr considers that ihe case decided by Judge Blodgctt i likely to be the first to come up on an appeal before the I'nited S,tuie Supremo Court. A SONO TO THE WORLD, A song to fha world the beautiful world In spite of Its clouds and Its cares, It trials and ins, its-shame and it stains, Its cruol deceits and Ita snares. With all IU sad faults, 'tis the best world we have 'Tis the only one givery o man Bo ret us accept it, with thanks, as It Is, And enjoy It as long as we can. Then away with the eyuio who cavils at life, And wishes his day at an end! Never yield to despair, but patiently bear Hitch mishaps as man cannot mend. What miner who works the auriferous earth, Its glittering store to unfold. Would be sour in mood, if the yield had was good, Because he found dross with the gold? Then while you are working the vast mine of life, Be humble, content and resigned Never worry nor fret; take the bet you can get. And whistle the worst down the wind. Then away with the cynic, etc. We were put here to struggle 'twas heav en's decree Each man has his mission to fill Misfortunes may fret us, temptations beset u. But we are (toil's children still. When ill fortune meets us and enmity greets us, We should then on ourselves most rely Be brave ! for it takes, when the storm on us breaks, More courage to live than to die. Then away with the cynic, ete. 'Tis a glorious worlil, if we look at it right. And we should rejoice to be in it There are birds iu each grove, there are sweethearts to love, And sucoess, if we struggle to wiu it. So let us determine that, happen what nicy, m We will stay with the weeds and tho flow er. And the friends and the foes, and the joys and the noes, Which make up this great world of ours. Then away with the cynic, etc. What folly to look on the dark side of life, While the world is refulgent with light! Creep out of the shade, and stand up undis mayed, Iu the raiment of reason bedlght ! There is room for us all on this widj-sproad-lng enrth. So, with Charity's banner unfurled, Iet us join iu one cry, while old Time hurries by, "Three cheers for this beautiful world!'1 .. Then away with the cynic, etc. FruHciv 8. Smith, ti AVie York Weekly. THE LOST iSHIP. In the month of June, 1854, the Eng lish brig lien Hammond, Captain John E. Clark, passed through the Straits of Sunda on her w ay into the Indian Ocean, bound for Melbourne. The crew, all told, numbered eleven people, and the brig had a micellaueous cargo. She sig naled "All well" when going through the straits, and that was the last heard of her for live mouths. Then a sailor named Charles Ucnfou arrived at Sydney, and told a very curious story. About forty miles oil the straits tlie brig fell iu with a small sandal wood trader in a sinking condition. She was currying a lot of natives from one of the islands of Sumatra to some port in Java, and had sprung a leak. The brig had either to stand by or take her people oil, and Captain Clark decided upon the former course. The brig had struck a log or some other floating obstruction while sailing at a fast rate, and had been badly damaged about the bows. This occurred in the early morning, and it was just at sunset that the brig came up with her. The injured craft had been creep ing in for thu Java coist, but as wind and current were against her she had made very slow progress. Her pumps were so small that they would not throw out what a quarter-inch hole would let in, and crew and passengers were badly rattled. It was a beautiful evening, with every prospect of continued good weather, and the first mate and live of tho men went aboard of thu trader to help him maku repairs. In the course of four hours they returned aboard with the lvewa, that the small craft was now tight aud dry, and they brought with them several bottles of wine and some dried fruits as presents from her Captain. Captain Clark v. as a kind-hearted man, and as thu men returned aboard he dis tributed one bottle of wine and a share of the fruit among tho men. The brig aud trader had been slowly drifting oft' before a light wind during the repairs, but now each hauled back to her course and they were soon separated. Keiifoe had not bceu feeling well during the day, aud he was the only man who did not partake of the stuff scut aboard. It was his watch below alter midnight, and he had been asleep about an hour when he was aroused by confusion aboard. Every man on watch below was suffering with cramps and vomiting, aud lie went ou deck to liud the tame state of affairs prevailing. Captain and mutes were down, as well as the men, and the man at thu wheel fell to the deck anil began rolliug around just us Kenfoc came on deck. While the brig had ull plain sail ou her the breeze was light, and as tho wheel was made fast, she took care of herself. Time was no doubt that the crew had been poisoned by thu wiuo or fruit, though the trader must have been en tirely innocent of uuy such iulent after the services they had rendered. Ke coursu was had to the medicine chest, but nothing seemed to act as an untidote. The agony of the men increased with time, aud by three o'clock in the morn ing four of the foremost hands were dead, while thu others were without hope. Itenfoa was dazed and helpless, and lie could do nothing but pity the poor fellow surouud him. Half un hour after sunrise ho was tho only living muu aboard the brig, u'ld us lie saw one after another pa- uVvuV his feeliups were wrought up to such a pitch 'hut he illwiM lol hut uiiud. He vvuld not give a clear account of what, fol lowed. He could not say whether he de serted the brig that day or a week sub sequently. He did not remember whether he threw the bodies overboard or left them where they lay. Time was blank to him for the next ten days, when he was picked up by a trader two hundred miles below tho straits nnd twenty miles off tho Java coast. He was then afloat in tho brig's yawl, and had neither water nor provisions. His talk was flighty and received littlo atten tion, and he was carried to one of the eastern islands and was there seriously ill for a month with fever. When he be gan to mend of that the particulars of the tragedy came back to him, but as the brig had not been seen by any of the traders his story was not believed. He worked his way down to Timor, and from thence ncross to Port Darwin, and iie finally got ship from there around to Melbourne. The Ben Hammond had been reported lost iu thu Indian Ocean, but her fate was considered a mystery. Vessels which had preceded und followed her had met with tho most favorable weather, and there was much speculation as to what hud bronght about her loss. Benfoc's story explained a portion of the mystery, und several crafts were sent out to search for the brig. She could not be found or henrd of, and it was at last concluded that she had gone to the bottom. Iu the month of June, I8G5, eleven years later, I passed through the Straits of Sunda on the English ship Prince John, bound for the port of Melbourne. Wo had scarcely cleared the Javu cape when it came on to blow a gale from the west. The gale increased to a hurricane after a few hours, nnd, although we kept the old ship afloat, she was driven a long ways to the east. We had a ter rific wind and sea for four days, und by that time, our drift hud carried us well down to the eastern end of Java. One morning, about u o'clock, just after I had heard the Captain say that the gale was breaking, we were boarded by a sea which swept the ship from stem to stern. We were lying to, you understand, with the usual watch on deck. Three of us were carried overboard by tlie wave, but 1 did not sec either of the others. I was whirled end over end and buffetted about until I thought I should drown before I had seen the surface, but after a time I was heaved up to daylight, and I had no sooner got. my eves clear than I saw one of our quarter '.outs close to me. It had been torn loose by the same wave, and was floating right side up, but full of watei. 1 got hold of it, and after rest ing a bit I pulled myself in and secured myself by a lashing to one of the thwarts. The waves ran over me at brief interval!, but the weight of the water held the boat down until she drove like a log, und she could not therefore upset as she turned broadside to the sea. It was, as I said, about 9 o'clock wheti I went overboard. At about 4 iu the af ternoon I sighted land to the north, aud an hour later I found myself driving be tween two islands. Half an hour later u current set me to tho right, nnd I drove in for the laud nnd brought tip at thu head of a bay or inlet half a mile long and not over two hundred feet wide. Hard aground at tho head of this buy, with her bowsprit touching the trees on the trees on the shore, was the old Ben Hammond, the long-lost and nlmost-for-gotten brig. I drove right in past her, and was heaved ou the funds by the swell, and the first thing I did was to s-t down and wonder whether I was really iu my senses or hud gone daft. There rested the old brig on an even keel, niasts standing us plumb as ever, yards bruccd ns they were left years before, but the sails roUed and blown nway, and many ropes broken and frayed nnd stream ing in the wind. I had heard of her loss, and had read Ken foe' story ns related by the papers, and it took tho pluck out of me to find her there. Indeed I was so awed and overcome thnt I did not dare board her that night, but made my bed ! on the sands ami slept soundly till morn ing. I had secured my yawl when 1 drove in. and as I came to examine it next morning I found it almost free from injury, while the mast and sail and tiller were soiflre under the thwarts. By this time tho irnle was over, nnd I was sur prised to see how fnrthe water had fallen away from the beach. Mv next move after inspecting the yawl was to board the brig. This was un eusv mutter, as the water at low tide i did not reach her foremast. I was des- i iierittely afraid of facing a skeleton as I ! drew my licau aoove tlie ran, ami i mane a lem'thv survey before I dropped to the ! deck. There wiu a great deal of litter ! about, and much of the exposed wood work had begun to decay. A more lone some sight one could not find. I moved slowly from stem to stern, and was re lieved when no ghostly relic of the dead presented itself. The brig hud the old fashioned fo'castle, and I noticed that the slide over the opening was secured. The. cabin doors were also shut. I dreaded to make a further investigation, but hunger and peace of mind com pelled ml; and I finally entered the ca bin. The medicine chest was upset iu the main cabin or eating room, and the bottles scattered about the floor. There was a spread ou the table, but it was black with mould, and, after a brief look, I had to retire until the fresh air could drive out the heavy odors. By mid bv I returned, and when I had looked into the berths aud found no mouldering skeletons, a great load was , taken off my mind. I had, however, to i examine the fo'ca&tle yet, but, being en couraged by what I had failed to find iu I the cabiu, I made short work of it. No I tt body had been left aboard, lteuio') J mast have heaved the dead overboard before he left the brig, although he had I no recollection of the act. I In the cook's galley I fciuud everything in good order, aud when I looked over ! the ston-s iu the puutry everythiug sinellcd and tasted as wholesome 'as if only tt week out of thu ware : house. Within an hour from the time 1 boarded her 1 Wdi cutiug a breakfast pre- pared iu the galley and v. at feeling quite at home. When 1 iid .ari tied n.y hunger 1 1 upcued up the halche aud the cabin skylight, and then turned to and cleared! the deck of much of its litter. hen things looked a bit more trim I went down and got the chart showing the Sunda Islands, nnd, after a little calcula tion, I located myself as being on the west side of Lombak Island. It was no1; the main island, exactly, but one lying so closo to it thnt it went by the same name, and wns separated only by half a mile of shallow water. Lombak proper was inhabited, but for many years post the western end of tho island had been avoided on account of n plague starting there and sweeping oft hundreds of na tives. It seemed strange that some of trading craft hud not entered the strait and caught sight of the brig, and stranger yet how the craft got in there. The chart made it plainer. A westerly gale created a strong current through the straits, and one which made its influence felt for several miles oft the coast. In ordinary weather, with ordinary depth of water, the channel was dangerous to any craft, many ledges and burs being shown. 1 suppose the brig's sails helped her along, aud she got just the right slant at the proper time to carry her into the bay nnd beach herself. The spot was sheltered by the trees, and one would havo hud to be very (dose to see her. I got hold of the manifest aud also in spected the hold, and I found she had a valuable cargo, and one which had not been damaged $10 worth. There were four or five steam engines, n great lot of agricultural tools, furniture in the rough, voodenwure of all sorts, scores of cases of boots and shoes and dry goods, and enough, in fact, to make up a cargo valued at 1135,000. The brig was ns dry us a bone, and after a little ventilation and disinfecting she studied as sweet as a peach. I was u week aboard of her be foro I decided what to do. The small bout wns iu good condition, and I took on water and provisions, and one morning ruu down the straits to the uorth for. the Elores Seas, feeling quite sure of meeting some British vessel before crossing to Borneo. I hud scarcely left my island behind when I saw H. M. S. the Dragon bound to the East, und by midafteruoon was uboard of her. After sending inu back with n guard to hold the. brig, she returned to Surabaja, on the north coast of Java, and reported to the Consul, ai.d within a mouth everything had been re moved from the old Ben Hammond arid she was left to decuy. Her cargo insur ance had leeii paid, but everything was recovered iu such fine order thnt tlie loss was trifling. Xeie- York Sun. A Table Showing the Importance of Irrigation. In order to convey at a glance thfc im portance which irrigation bears to the existent of the hiuueii race, the accom panying tables, showing tlie area of irri gating countries and their population, are worthy of study : f. Irrigation vountry. ntpumtton. India - 200,000,000 China 32,000,000 Japan 88,000,0011 lndo-China.... 18,0110,000 Afghanistan, etc...'.. 7.000.000 Persia 10,000,000 Arabia ll.ooo.noo Russian Central Asia. 6,000,000 Independent Tureo- ArraArea. 80, 000,000 0,000,000 11,000,000 8,000,000 1,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 500,000 uiauia fiOO.000 100,000 Turkey in Asia 17,000,000 3,500,000 Totals. 084,500,000 IN AFRICA. 7,00.,IO 1,000,000 3,400,KNI 1,500,000 3,000,000 119,600,00(1 6,300.000 50,000 200,000 75,000 200,000 100,000 25,000 Egypt , Tripoli Algeria Tunis Morocco Brit. South Afnc-a.. Orange Free State. . Totals 2,000,000 1,500,000 19,400,000 6,950,000 Grand Totals 703,900,000 120,550,000 In Europe irrigution is practiced in Italy, Prance, Spuiu, Englnnd, Turkey, Portugal und Greece. Altogether some !),000,000 acres ore under irrigation. Iu Mexico and South America 2,500,000 ncres are irrigated, and iu Australia 200, 000. Outside of the I'nited States there fore there are 138,250,000 acres culti vated by irrigation, and there ts a popu lation of between 700,000,000 and 800, 000,000 resident in irrigating countries. The proportion of population to irrigated area is thus seen to be a little over five persons to each acre, and it is also seen that ovirhulf the population of the world reside, in regions where irrigation is essen tial. Si u Frit n nitco Chi-ou uU. Fattening Slaves to Kill. Fattening slaves in a park aud feeding tliem up like animals destined for the table, and then leading them to u shambles where they are slaughtered like oxen, cut into pieces und shared bit by bit among hungry cannibuls such is the practice which is permitted, according to M. Eondese, u Ereuch explorer, in some of the French, Belgian, Portuguese and even British territories iu L'bunghi. M. Eondese was sent out three years ugo by the French Government to discover the sources of the Niuriguillou, und having returned ufter the successful accomplish ment of his task, tie hastens to tell his countrymen ull about the terrible things which he has seen iu his travels. The "fattening parks" or paddocks are, he says, to be seen iu each village, aud coutaiu men aud women who have been taken in war. The poor wretches take their doom philosophically, und some of them to whom M. Eondese offered freedom uctuully refused it. They eat, drink, dance und sing until the heud "Kctishmau" comes round, accompanied by un orchestra of toiu-tomuud tin-kettle players, selects a sufficiently fat specimen, carries hiin or her to the market place of the village, aud split his or her head with a hatchet or scythe-like knife. The eyes ami tongue of the victim are given to the "boss" fetish and thu rest of the body is divid'd among the anthropophagi. A Fortune for Soiuehoily. A splendid nugget of nearly pure gold, weighing 4 til ounces, has j not been found close to '1'anngullu, iu Vic toria, Australia. The locality of thefiud is u gully known us liouburk. The sinking is about tour Ucl, sird many niiL'L'ets of smuller sie have bceu found near the spot. HOI'SEHOLIf AFFAIRS. DKATII IS T1IK VISEOAB CKt'F.T. Acting under the provisions of a recent law the Secretary of the Indiana State Board of Health lias collected samples of the vinegar sold in Indiana cities, and has just completed a careful analysis. Of eight samples thoroughly tested, but one proves to be pure cider vinegar, and the other seven arc nothing more than a de coction of rain water and sulphuric acid. The largest vinegar manufactory in one city, which claims to sell pure apple vine irar. furnished the worst stuff that whs found nmong the samples. The Secre tary says that it will destroy the stomach even of an ostrich if used liberally. The law as enacted by the last Legislature pro hibits the manufacture nnd sale of any vinegar not the product of pure apple juice. It must not have any artificial coloring; must have an acidity equivalent to the presence of not less than four per cent, bv weight of acetic acid. KKKI'INIi MKATS Dr. Kitchener's remarks iu relation to this are concise, aud will be of benefit to our renders. He says: The time meat should hang to be tender depends on the heat and humidity of the nir; if it is not kept long enough it is hard and tough: if too long, it loses its flavor. It should be hung where it will have a thorough air. and be dried with a cloth night und morning, to keep it from damp and inustiness. Before you dress it, wash it well; if it is u roasting beef, pare off the outside. If you lear your meat, etc., will not keep till the time it is wanted, parboil or parroast it; it will then keep a couple of days longer, when it may be dressed iu the usual way, only it will be done in rather less time. The cook und the butcher as often lose credit, by meat being dressed too fresh, us the fishmon ger does by fish that has been kept too long. Dr. Franklin in his philosophical ex periments, tells us, that if game or poul try be killed by electricity it will become tender in the twinkling of an eye, and if it be dressed immediately will be deli cately tender. During the sultry summer months it is almost impossible to procure meat that is not either tough or tainted; thu former is as improper as the latter for the unbraced stomachs of relaxed valetu dinarians, (for whom nt this seasou, poul try, stews, etc., and vegetable soups are the most suitable fond), when the diges tive organs are debilitated by the extreme heat, anil profuse perspiration requires an increase of liquid to restore equilib riu:u in the constitution. KKCIl'KS. Lemon Cake One cup of butter, twi. cups of sugar, ouu cup of sweet milk, three cups of flour, the whites of live eggs, one teuspoouful of soda, two ol cream of tartar; bake in layers. Filling: Two tublcspoonfuls of corn starch, one cup of boiling water, one cup of sugar, the grated rind und juice of two lemons. ' Fish Pie Take any firm-fleshed fish, cut in slices, und season with salt and pepper; let stand in a cold place for two or three hours; then put the sliced fish in a baking dish, with a little creum or water and butter and flour rubbed to n cream, with minced parsley und hurd boiled eggs sliced ; line Ihe sides of the dish half way down, und cover with u nice paste. Bake iu an oven, quick at first, but gradually growing moderate Savory Custard Take a quart of good meat nicely flavored with vegetables; beat six eggs, mix with the soup, and season with suit aud pepper; pour this custard mixture into a deep dish, butter very thickly three or four slices of thin bread (the slices should not be thicker than a dollari, aud only lav enough to cover the top of thu custard, I meuu do not put one slice ou tlie other; bake till firm in the centre and the surface is pale brown. This is a very nice dish. Light Biscuits Sift three aud one-half pounds of flour into a bowl; make u hoh in the center and stir in one pint of hike warm milk and half a pint of yeast ; Mil iu iust Hour enough to make a thin bat ter; cover and let stand till light; melt one-half pound of butter iu one pint of warm milk; let tt stand till hike warm aud with a tablcspoonful of salt sift in the other ingredients; knead and let stand one hour; roll and cut into biscuits, lay two inches apart, let stand till light, then bake. Egg Soup With Ham For this soup a ham-boue, from which ull outside smok surface has been cut uwuy, is excellent, or if that is not convenient u slice ol boiled ham (or raw ham scalded in two waters after every bit of outer discol orcd surface is removed) must be used. Pour over it two quarts of cold water; let it simmer gently un hour, then beat eight eggs and add them to the liquor. Chop a tablcspoonful of parsley very line, ami stir into the soup with tw o scant tcu spooufuls of salt aud half a lev-l salt spoonful of pepper. Egg and Cheese Soup This is quickly made and very nourishing. Put four ounces of rich chctsc, cither shaved or grated, with two quarts of hot water (or milk if preferred) iu a saucepan over '.he tire; let it boil gently for a few minutes. Boil iu another saucepan iu sailed water, u quarter of pound ol u macaroni (broken into short Icugthsi, till tender jor u cup of rice may be used, boiled also till tender); when the che-.-e is quite dis solved season with two level tcaspoonfuls of salt and half a sultspoonful of sugar. Add the macaroni or rice mid six or eight cirgs well beaten. Practical Compassion. The seals that frequent thu Maine coast are easily turned. Thu mate of u coasting tchooiier has one that follows him like a dog aud is allowed to take a bath in the sea whenever hu likes, with no fear of his escaping. One would think n seal too repulsive ill his make-up o attract a ludy's affection; but we once saw a lady offer to j;ive n tUheiuiau who bad caught one of those ugly wallowing sea pigs, uf5 bill if he would throw bin, overboard and forswear his hidu and blltbl"-!', Lticittvit (,.1t.) JvUiH tl. HOW SAVAGES MAKE FIRE, SOME ACCOMPLISH IT IN FIVE SEC 0ND3. Fiie-Maklns; 1y Gyration, by Haw in it, by lMowiiiK.aiiil by Peecusslon Various Methods Described. Walter Hough, of the National Muse um at Washington, has been studying nnd cataloguing the fire making imple ments, of which the museum has a fine collection. Believing that nature an swers a question only thromjh an experi ment, Mr Hough has made tire by the various methods represented in the col lection. Iu speaking to a reporter of the Washington ttnr, Mr. Hough said the common belief that to make fire by rub bing two pieces of wood is very difficult, whs erroneous, lie hail, he said, repeat edly made fire in thirty secotids by the twirling stick ami iu five seconds with the bow drill. Mr. Hough in studying and arranginc thu collection in thu museum has classi fied them under four heads. The first class is fire-mukina bv iryrution, embmc- iuiz the sinnile two-stick apparatus found among the Indians of North, Central and South America, the Aino, of Japan, the Sonudis. of Africa, etc., and the four-part apparatus, used bv the Eskimo and soiul American Indians. 1 lie secoiul-ciass fire-making bv suwinir, comprises tin ninmr.it us of the Malays and Burmese. The third class, tire-making by plowing, is represented by the imple ments used in Polynesia ami Australia. The fourth class is cov ered by the head fire-making by per cussion, nnd in it are included the nvrites- nnd flint of the Eskimo nuil Indian, and the Hint and steel still in use in manv hinds well advanced in civilizn lion. The simplest method of producing a tire bv gyration is by twirling a lire- stick between the imlms of the hand Mr. Hough says there is a great knack in twirling the stic k. It is taken between the palms of the outstretched hands, which are drawn backward and forward past each other almost to the finger lips, thus giving the drill a gyrating motion. At the same time a strong down wan1 pressure is given, which may be called a rotating pressure. The hands move down the drill; when th-.'V nearly reach the lower end, they are brought buck to the top with a quick motion. This ro tation is repented as rapidly as possible. When the motion begins a light colored powder, ground off, begins to collect in the slot. Soon the powder gets darker, the smell of burnt wood is noticed aud smoke is seen. Probably bv the next turn there will be u little curl of smoke of peculiar coloring, showing that active combustion had begun. The little pellet of ground-off wood may now be shaken out of the slot. At first it is dark ami a thin line of smoke comes from it ; grad ually the fire spreads through it until it glows a live coal. It is iu this semi charred dust that heat is held until it in creases to about -150 degrees or higher. Everything depends on keeping the dusi in a heap; it is impossible to make lire without doing this. With the bow drill the case is similar to that described. Iu the sawing method the dust falls through the small hole worn by the knife. In the plowing method the dust is pushed along until it forms a heap ut the end of the groove. By examining many specimens of fire apparatus Mr. Hough has found that the tire drill to be effective must meet several require ments. Either the drill or the hearth must be of dry, infianimable wood. Wood that is "punky" or soft from in cipient decay is generally chosen, most often pieces riddled by worms. Wood of this kind is not only easier of ignition, but it is ground off easily, und is more capable of retaining the heat generated byTriction until it accumulates sufficiently to ignite the powder. The Eskimo has, to a great cxteut, cinunciputed himself from the necessity of using any particu lar kind of wood by the invention of the compound drill, by which he gets strong pressure with high rate of speed, thus generating enough heat to fire wood quite intractable by the simple two-part drill. This invention was necessary from the conditions iu the Eskimo's frozen home, where drift-wood is mainly depended upon. The Eskimo, however, always secures a piece of good soft wood when he can. .Mr. Hough thinks the sim plicity of the thing itself and its wide distribution ainoni; the tribes of men argue in favor of the claim of the twirl ing sticks for priority of invention over thu more complex Hint and pj rites method. The aborigines of Australia cut with a hatchet a hole in a dry, fallen tree. This hide they fill with a powder made by crushing between their hands the dry ripe head of the Mower stalk ol a certain plant. Then they turn the stem head downward into the hole and tw irl it. A few seconds suffice to get fire. A tribe in South Australia obtain lire by using the grass tree. A split piece of the flower stem of the grass tree is placed upon the ground, the fiat side uppermost . A thinner piece is held between the paluis of the hand, the lower end being pressed upon the piece on the ground, and mi alternate re volving motiou is given to it by rubbing the hand backward ami forward until the wood ignites. Iu Java, loo, lire is some times produced by friction. D'Alineida, describing a journey iu Java, says: Be fore starting on our return I felt il, -irons to smoke a cigar, in order t. 'keep the cold out;' but fiudiug I had forgotten my fusees 1 usked one of the men if lie could give me a liuht. He immediately picked up a dry piece of wood, and, holding it fixed ou the giuiiud. asked one of his companions to i uh another across it. This being quickly done, in less than live minutes the friction caused the up right piece to bum. The man soon blew it into a 11. line uud handed it to me. Travelers sny that the .Maori gels lire by using the wooden knife. lie pushes the knife backward uud forward along a groove previously made iu a tint piece u! w ood, and the line i h ueoul dust which collects at the tUlvinity of the grout v when ignited is placed ill u lump of soli llax and wave.iito and fro until tt bursts into a tluuie. WHEN I'M CONE. When I'm gone; lips now that kiss ni Will they sigh, mid sadly miss me When I'm gone? Will the feet, all tired and weary Of a path grown dark and dreary Still trudge on? Will the eyes that sparkle brightly Sadly gaze on mine's unsightly. Deathly glaze? Watch the pale and dying embers Of a hojw. chill as December' Dismal day? When tlie stars of evening glisten, Lying 'neath the sod. I'll listen For you. dear; In the tender twilight hours. When you come with fragrant flowers, I will hear. When I sail on Death's dark ocean, Calmly rest from life's emotion Curtain drawn; Warm with love, one lip w ill kiss me. Oue true heart will mourn, and miss me When I'm gone. ll'iVi'iim H. Freemna. HTM OR OF THE DAT. fu poultry circles the old hen generally proves her good standing by her setting. It's odd how much food a horse can go without and still be no faster. Mcrrhnnt Trifeler. No wonder ships cling to the water. Thev have a strong hold. IJiiiiliiintmi Jtepiililirttit . Love is u weakness, but it is too strong for most of its unhappy victims. Sotntr rWt lunrmil. All air-ship cannot navigate the ocean successfully. Let the air-ship too much water and it is gone. Out in Oklahoma suspicious characters sometimes walk out of tow n aud some times thev go by rail. The porcupine has no more backbone than any other animal, though he has any number of pines. Corn is an emblem of peace, but it is never appreciated until it gets on its ear. Hi n ij m nit 'i, i Jit jut Mint II. When purchasing fruit by the dozen look out that your fruiterer doesn't count each pear as two of a kind. It is rather fortunate for many of us that our school days ended before the discovery of the electrical switch. One would naturally suppose that u boiler has to be hot before it call mie steam, but the fact is it has to be coaled. lie is a mean man who, on meeting an ucouuintance who is alHicted with the nunc, says, 'Shake!" Jimtmi Courier. There are very few things More amusing to see Than the tricks of a dog Who has bitten a bee. tYhy should a young man say he's raised" a mustache when the truth of matter is that it is "down;" Yonken XtilttaiHilli Trump "I have scarcely a rag to my back, mum; can't you help me out?" Lady "Certainly, sir; here's the rag bag, help yourself." Jimtijit. She '-I shall always he with you to comfort you through life." He "i didn't ask you to do that. All I wanted was for yo i to he my w ile." iMirrenvr Ameriritit. A shoemaker hung out a ne- sign, and then wondered what passers-by found so amusing. His sign read as follows: Don't go elsewhere to be cheated. Walk iu here." -Vir York 7Vi'ih'. There is u venerable Indiau named Gabriel, in Southern California, who is over 150 years of age. If he avoids usiug any of this Brow n-Seqiiurd elixir stuff, he may live to be quite an old man. German scientists declare tobacco is a germicide, and yet we are willing to wager that men will keep right ou sinok iug three germicides for five cents until the end of time. Jtutunttr I'uU-Kijmn. Mi's. Snugg's Boy ' You hain't got nothing decent over to your house." Mrs. Jones's Boy "That's so; masaid yester day that your folks had borrowed every thing wu had in '.he house." Krurmij tin ti'rjiriM . Higsby's Great Feat. Bloodgoud ' "Bigsby is a great walker; I understand that he covered a milu iu ten minutes yesterday. Do Smith "Pshaw! With his feet he ought to be able to cover a mile standing' still." f'i riiittnttiicii Tile- qrnj'h . "Haven't you got some ice that isn't quite so cold!" asked the lady of the house when the usual lump was left iu the morning. "Dr. I lammond says that ice water is more injurious to health than coals of lire. Hereafter leave us the warmest ice you raise." Xurrittotcu Jlirul.l. tiny Widow's Daughter "Mainmu, why did you tell Mrs. Lamode that I am only eighteen, when I am really twenty four;" Gay Widow "Because eighteen is six years under twenty-four, my dear." Daughter "Yes, 1 know; but surely 1 don't need the benefit of those six yeara ut my age, do I'.'' Widow "Not at all, my child, but 1 do." ISiutjIutmtoit He-pdbl'u-ttn. I wo Big Eaters. Two well-known men about town, one of whom was John Chainherlin, went out to look lor a littlu supper about 1'J o'clock a night or twougo. They strolled into un oyoter-houte on Forty -fourth street, near Sixth avenue, u famous place among the connoisseurs who know it well, and cat eighteen medium-si".! oysters apiece while they were wailing for the cook to broil a large lobster which, ail alive and savugc, they had seen him cleave with a great knife from Lead to tail bcloie their very eyes. All' r the oyttcts were eaten and this lobster disposed of, they still felt hungry and h id twelve morn oysters each, inoisteuiiig each oyster w ith a drop or two of a specially prepared pepper sauce. Hy this time it was resolved that a number two lobster inu-t be sacrificed, aud he wiis. WcUh larchil and two dolcu rested i tam, u!l of whn1! weie the climax of this " little supper," which was disposed of a a lueie tulle -tr i'uri Wjritl. I
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