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VOL. XXIII. NO. 3. TIONESTA, PA., "WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1890.
SI. 50 PER ANNUM.
Malms nre pending before the Commit
tee on Claims of tho House amounting to
more tlmn $100,000,000.
It is stated that 2,000,000 orange trees
have been planted in Sun Bernardino
County, Citl., since January 1,1890.
Tho number of floods In China Inst
year wna rcmnrknblc. Scarcely a province
cacaped, and tho distress was wide
spread. If the discoveries of gold in China
prove to be voluablc, the Chinese immi
gration question will, it is hoped, become
n Bourcc of less troublo to the legislators
on the Pacific coast.
J Tho proposed ftienrnguan Canal, to
unite the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,
will cost $05,000,000. Tho distance
between tho oceans is 1G9 miles, but only
twenty-nine miles of canal will have to
be dug. '
It may be interesting to some of the ex
pert baseball players, who think they are
making a good deal of money when they
nre paid salaries amounting to f fiOOO a
year, to learn that Francisco Snnelies, a
Spanish bull-fighter, nets SlO.uou lor a
single appearance.
Whnt promises to be one of the most
valuuble productions iu the newly opened
Sioux country, lies in what is known as
tho Grindstone Unites. Experts pro-
nounco tho stone superior to the Huron
(Wis.) ledge and the ledge nt Keren,
Ohio, where most of the grindstones of
the present market are quarried.
Sinco 1880 the value of Southern prop
erty has increased from $2,013,430,095
to (14,220,166,400. The lailroad mile
oge has been doubled, tho cotton crop
increased by a million and a half bales,
cotton mills have been doubled in nutu
bcr, and that section produces five times
as much pig iron as it did ten years ago.
The dwellers in northern countries are
beginuiug torfind out that beet sugar is a
product particularly adapted to their
cold climate. Russia has hundreds of
sugar factories. This is an industry
which should commend itself to the
farmers and manufacturers of the United
States, as it would render them inde
pendent, in the manner of sugar at least
of tho South American countries.
It seems America is not tho only
country where a vast discrepancy appears
between tho price received by the pro
tluccrs of many articles of food and those
ruid bv the consumer. Thus a Govern
mental inquiry has been going on
London upon tho milk question, and it
appears that for every twelve-gallon can
of milk the farmer receives six shillings,
tho railroad charges one shilling for
transportation, but the consumer pay
sixteen shillings, thus giving the dealer
much more than producer and carrici
combined.
The French Government, admonished
by the comparative dearth of births, has
decided to give certain advantages to
fathers of mora thau seven children.
census has accordingly been taken, and
'the results are of an interesting charaC'
ter. It appears there are 2,000,000
' households wbero thore has been no
child; 2,500,000 in which there was one
2,300,000, two children; 1,500,000,
three; nbout 1,000,000, four; 550,000
fivo; 330,000, six; and 200,000, Bevcn or
more. It is a curious fact, says the
Troy Pretn, that increase in wealth is
almost mathematically marked by a dim
iuutiou in progeny.
Out of a total number of 29,007
students at the German universities, 1930
are non-Germans, 1384 being Europeans,
nnd 54(5 having come to tho seats of
learning from other parts of the world.
Of these latter 430 are from America, 90
from Asia (mostly Japanese), 11 from
Africa and 9 from Australia. Of the
European foreigners, Russia sends 331;
Austria-Hungary, 293; Switzerland, 255 ;
Great Britain, 117; Greece, 49; Turkey,
44; tho Netherlands, 42; France, 37;
Luxemburg, 34; Roumauia, 33; Bul
garia, 31; Scandinavia, 29; ' Italy, 27;
Hervin, 27; Belgium, 20; Denmark,5;
Spain, 2, and Portugal and Lichtenstciu
each 1.
The subject of the economical prepa
ration of severul textile materials which
can bo easily grown iu the Southern
States is just now attracting much at
tention. Some experiments have been
recently made by the Agricultural De
partment with ohra fibre, which, the
New York Times says, shows that this
product may easily substitute the im
ported jute if it can be produced
cheaply enough. The whole difficulty is
in the waut of the requisite machinery.
The raw material is plentiful and cheap
enough, but its successful manufacture
has not yet been achieved. The same
may be said of the cotton utulk and of
ramie, but it stems that Americau me
chanics should be able to circumvent the
difficulty if only ,Ucir attention be drawn
to it.
THE BRIGHT SIDE.
If one looks upon the bright side
It is sure to bo the right Bide
At least that's how I've found it as I've jour
neyed through each day.
And it's queer how shadows vanish,
And how easy 'tis to banish
From a bright aide sort of nature every dole
ful thing away.
There are two shim to a question,
As we know; so the suggestion.
Of tha side which holds the sunlight seems
most reasonable to me.
And, you know, we can't be merry,
And make our surroundings cheery,
If we will persist in coddling every gloomy
thing we see.
There' a aH-nslble quotation
Which will fit in every station
We all know it "As the twig is bent, so is
the tree inclined."
And the twiga of t hought we're bending,
If to ways of gloom we're tending.
Will be pretty sure to twist and dwarf and
quite deform the mind.
There's a way of searching over
Tho wide skies till we discover
Whether storms are on the way, or the
weather that wo love;
And the blue may fast be hiding
Back of clouds which swift are riding,
Yet wo knew the blue is shining still, and
spreading far above.
And while that will last forever
(For the true blue faded never),
Tho dark clouds must Boon or later be dis
persed and fade away;
Ami the sweet "bright side," still shining,
Will meet the eyes inclining
To watch for it and welcome it, however
dark the day.
So, my friends, let's choose the bright side,
Just the happy, glorious right side,
Which will give us health and spirits Just as
long as life shall last;
And the sorrows that roll o'er us
Shall not always go before us
If we keep a watch for blue skies, and will
hold its sunshine fast.
Mary 1). Urine, in Harper's Raxar.
WHICH TO MARRY.
BV WILLIAM II. VrsiINKLL.
Robert Ellis sat alone in the room he
was pleased to call his study, it was,
however, used more for smokiug than
any other purpose, he being one of the
wiso men who lenve "shop" behind when
business for the day is over.
Now his neglected cigar burned dan
gerously near his fingers. He was not
thinking of his clients' interests, but his
nwn All nf miml null siirlif worn rnn.
centratcd upon two photographs lying be-
fore him; iu studying the form, face and
expression reproduced; in endeavoring to
read character. So much was this the
caso that he failed to hear the rustle of
his sister's dress as she entered, crossed
the door, stood behind him and looked
at the cause of his abstraction.
For a few moments they remained
thus. Then Jeanette not Ellis any
longer, as she had wedded a few months
previously Jeanette Mason asked in a
hiilf-bautering, half-earnest voice:
"Which, Robert, which?"
"You here, Jean?" ho questioned in
astonishment. "I thought I was alone
and the dcuco take that cigar! It has
burned me nearly to the bone," and he
threw it spitefully away.
"And mind, Rob, one of these does
not burn you more deeply burn your
heart to ashes."
"Do you speak from experience,
Jean?"
"Very far from it. With me marriago
has been no failure has been the frui
tion aud glorification of love. But
which of these are you dreaming of mak
ing a wife, Rob!"
"What have you to say to this one?"
nnd taking from the table one of the
pictures he handed it to her for closer
inspection
It was that of a girl, below rather thau
above twenty years, blue-eyed, golden
haired, with skin as the lily and lips as
the rose, slight of form, with dainty
hands, whose unstaiucd whiteness aud
smoothness forbid the idea of labor.
"That, Jean," continued her brother,
"is Miss Annie Belford, young, 'fin
ished' (with a slight sneer upon the
word) nt a fashionable female academy ;
rich aud acknowledged to be beautiful.
I met her last summer at Loug Branch,
caught her as she was being swept away
by the undertow, and so became easily
acquainted and won her 'everlasting
gratitude.' "
"What of her chaiactcr, Rob!"
"Tho very problem I was studying. I
know she rides fairly well, can play aud
sing, aud can dunce gracefully for an un
limited number of hours."
"Well?"
There was something in his open,
manly face, in his accent, that told of
more thau a casual interest. It alarmed
his sister, for with the quick intuition
of woman she felt tho girl would not be
the wife she desired for her brother.
"The other," he answered, reading
the decision in the bright hazel eyes and
flushing a trifle indignantly, "is plain
Mary Jones."
"Plaiu enough, certainly, if judged
by the world s standard of female love
liucss, but of the kind to grow beautiful
with love and time. Did you also save
her life, Rob';"
"No, the circumstances were reversed.
Sho saved mine."
"And wou your everlasting grati
tude?" "Scarcely. You remember I was
hunting iu the mountains of Pennsylvania
a few weeks since. No, I was not about
to be devoured by bears or have my
bones picked scrupulously clean by wild
cuts, but lost my way, slipped upon a
mossy rock, hung suspended over a
dangerous precipice and would soon have
gone crashing to the bottom had not this
young ludy hum, she must be about
my own age heard my shouts, eoiue to
the rescue aud by strength of arm draw
me up to safety."
"A mouutain," with a little confused
pause at her inability to command the
word she desired, "whatever the term
for a feminine Hercules may be."
"Not so. She was a city production
who chanced to be visiting some distant
relatives and sketching. Look at the
photo, Jean, nnd give me your opinion."
Tho picture was of a girl who had
reached the age of twenty-five, tall, rather
a Juno in figure than a Psyche, with
eyes and hair of the darkest brown, nose
nnd month too large for symmetry, com
plexion wanting lily whiteness and rose
tinting, hands not of tho dainty order
and evidently used to toil.
"A strong and good face, Hob," was
tho comment of the sister. "Who is she,
Hob,"
"The one child of a ruined merchant,
with an invalid mother to support."
"And does her life work well and
bravelv, you may be assured. The other
is?"
"A petted child of plenty, luxury
and"
Of fashion and frivolity. Oh, brother,
Hark! my husband is calling and I must !
go. omeotner time we win taiK iarincr
on the subject."
"Very well."
The answer was fair enough, but
Robert Ellis iuwardly determined that
time should never come. Ho had taken
the pictures from their secret resting
place not to decide between them ; simply
to make one act as the foil of the other,
to render tho beauty of Anniu Belford
more supreme by contrast with the one
less favored, and the words of his sister
grated upon his ear and heart.
"Women aro nlwnys savagely jealous
of any one better looking than them-
j selves," he grumbled as he put the pho
tographs away and dressed to go out.
His sister intercepted hiiu and asked
whither he was going.
"Nowhere in particular; simply for a
stroll and well may drop into the
club." was answered positively, though
his decision had already been made, aud
he walked as rapidly as possible to the
home of Anuio Belford!
A luxurious homo it was, and he found
the young lady radiant iu dress and
smiles, and the reception he received was
flattering in tho extreme. Again aud
again he was thanked impressively for
saving her life from "those horrid waves."
AVith deft lingers the keys of tho piano
were touched; with the sweetest possible
voice she sang for and at him ; in every
way she endeavored to charm; with
blushes tempted and with eyes magnetized
and sent the young lawyer home with his
blood at tho fever heat of love.
A nolo addressed in a firm and re
markably beautiful hand awaited the
opening upon tho table in his study when
he returned. It had no particular temp
tation for him, so he leisurely lighted a
cigar. Then ne carciessiy ioob. u, up.
mentally commenting as he did so,
I might as well know the contents,
but wish busiuess had kept at a distance
and left this night for hum, Mary Jones!
What iu the name of humanity can she
be writing to me about? Wants me to
call as early as possible to-morrow? Well,
I shall have to do so account of gratitude,
if for no other reason. So long, Miss
Mary." -
He carelessly tossed the note aside,
finished his cigar, as soon as his head
touched the pillow and (rave himself to
dreamiug such love-tinted dreams as mo
mentarily turn earth into a heaven of an
ticipation. It was a trivial matter concerning
which Mary Jones wished to consult the
young lawyer, quickly disposed of and tho
interview could soon have ended. There
was, however, a quiet charm about the
modest house, a ladylike repose and self
possession about her manner that inter
ested and detained him; no effort to
"show off," although her conversation
revealed extensive readiug nnd culture;
an open piano that sho was no stranger to;
to "words wedded to melody, and pict
ures upon wall and easel that told her
brush was a gifted and not idle one.
"You are blessed," he said to the in
valid mother, hoping to draw her out,
"in having a remarkably brilliant
daughter."
Mary is a goou girl, wns an mc re-
spouse ho was able to obtain, but there
was much more in it to him thau the most
fulsome laudation.
He thought of it as he hastened to his
office, more than once during the day,
and the seed thus sow u might have blos
somed and fruited had not the gloriously
beautiful vision of Annie Belford con
stantly obtruded itself and dazzled his
eves. For beauty to the great majority
of men is as sunshine to the flower and
dow sparkling in lily cup to thirsty bird.
That Annie Belford was determined to
win her brother her sister saw with mis
giving aud regret. Scarcely a day
passed without some token to him, a
flower, an iuvitatiou to a seat in "our
opera box," to accompany her in a
horse-back ride a something to bring
him to her side. But Jeanette Mason
was too wise to interfere. She knew how
much love crew bv opposition; how
j mauy a man aud woman had married
from Diuue aud defiance ami careiuuy
"held her tongue," hoping that time
would work a cure.
AVould it? Marry iu haste aud repent
at leisure seemed destined to bu the
bitter exnerience of Robert Ellis, and
I when "righting up" his study one
' morning his sister found a costly soli-
j tairc ring, she began preparing herself
lor the coming of a sister-in-law sue
feared she could never love, even re
spect. With tears starting from her eyes she
watched her brother as ho came from
his chamber that evening and saw he
was dressed with more thau usual care;
saw that an hour would settle his fate
and her heart sank within her. But
hiding her feelings she asked:
"Whither to-night, Rob?"
"To wiu you a sister, Jean. Bo pre
pared to take her to your homo and
j heart.'
Then vou have fully decided?"
"Beyond change."
' Between the photographs'!"
"Between them."
"Will you let mo speak, Robert?"
"No. I will have no interference iu
my love luattt rs. I am fully able to de
cide for uiysclf."
"liisa me, Rob. God bless you, my
dear brother," and as he shut the door
behind him she stole away to the privacy
of her chamber to emphasize her blessing
with a prayer.
It wa early to call, would tot bo
etiquette to do so, but his restless spirit
would not permit him to remain within
doors. A walk was necessary to calm,
him, nnd he turned into a neighboring
park. From there he could see the
house of his charmer, perhaps even catch
a glimpse of the face and form to him
now the most beautiful of earth.
The house wasunlightcd; his divinity
absent. He wished the wings might be
swift that brought her return aud
thrilled with exultation as he saw his
de3ire gratified. Almost at the instant
the girl dashed up upon a spirited horse.
No groom wns in waiting. A little beg
gar boy volunteered to assist her, hoping
to earn a few pennies. In his eager
haste his foot slipped from curb to gutter
nnd the costly dress nnd pink and lily
face ol tlie lair rider were nucraiiy ue
spattered with mud.
"You miserable little wretch," wns
passionately exclaimed, "take that for
jour carelessness and stupidity, " and the
riding whip sang in its passage through
the air and half a dozen stinging blows
fell upon tho sad, pinched little face.
In his efforts to escape the boy fell
with his head striking tho sharp edge of.
tho curbstone, anil he lay stunned and
bleeding. The angry girl gavo him not
even a glance of pity, resigned her horse
to the groom with loud, sharp words aud
swept proudly into the house, leaving the
injured boy to his fate.
But if she was regardless of human
suffering another was not. A lady who
was passing along saw tho unpleasant
episode, crossed the street, raised the
child, wiped tlie Uloou ana nun irom ins
face, bound up his head with her dainty
perfumed handkerchief and, giving him
some money, sent him upon his way re
joicing to bo shortly interviewed by
Robert Ellis.
Half an hour later the lights flashed
out from the parlor of Annie Belford.
She was listening to flattery and glibly
responding, though often her heart
leaped at the sound of the doorbell nnd
her eyes were turned wistfully to sec who
should enter.
In the study of the lawyer was the man
she longed for, but who came not. A
soiled handkerchief lay upon the tablo
beside two photographs and plainly WB3
given to view, tlie initials exquisitely
embroidered upon it. As once previous
his sister came spftly in, saw how he
was engaged and for the second timt
asked :.
"Which, Robert, which?"
From his pocket he took the costly,
flashing diamond, laid it upon the lips ol
one of the pictures, and it was not upon
those of Annie Belford.
Big Storing in History.
In 944 a storm in London destroyed
1500 houses. In 1091 another storm it
the same city destroyed 500 houses. Ir
1096 a storm on tlie const of England
destroyed 200 coasters with most of theii
crews. One of the greatest storms evei
known was that of November 20 and 27,
1703, which caused in London nloue a
loss of over $10,000,000. It is estimated
that over 8000 people were lost in tin
floods of the Thames and Severn, and oil
the coast of Holland. During the samf
storm twelve English men-of-war with
1800 men ou board were lost iu sight ol
their own shore. The famous Eddystoui
Lighthouse was destroyed, and with il
its ingenious contriver, Windstaulcy.
Seven thousand Swedes perished iu a
snow storm in 1719. A storm iu India
on October 11, 1737, is said to have killed
30,000 people. At Havana a storm on
October 26, 176S, destroyed over 400C
houses nnd 1000 people. Ou April 22,
1782, 7000 people were destroyed by a
hurricane nt Seeiat, in the East Indies.
A terrible hurricaue swept the west coast
of England and Ireland duriug January
6 and 7 of 1839. Over 120 people were
killed in and near Liverpool. Iu Ireland
400 houses were blown down, and there
was great loss by fire. A big storm drove
14:j rcck8 on the British coast May 26,
hyci. On June 26, 1875, 250 people
were killed at Budah-Pest, Hungary. In
September of the same year a storm on
the coast of Texas swept many villages
away aud caused an immense loss of life.
On December 28, 1879, the Tay bridge
in Scotland was blown down, and over
100 persons were killed. Destructive
tornadoes iu the western part of this
country caused great loss of life and prop
erty in April, 18S0.
The grent Johustown disaster of last
May iu Pennsylvania is still fresh in the
memories of all. Millions of dollars'
worth of property were destroyed, aud
nearly 4000 people were killed.
Devoted to Art.
In Paris tho highest perfection of the
building trade is attained. The city,
as a building center, is the queen of the
world. Everything is artistic, from tlie
beginning of the building to the last
stroke of tlie painter's brush. Every
artisau and mechanic iu Paris isanardst.
He has every opportunity to develop his
tastes for the beautiful in art, for on
every side he sees everything done with
a view tt the artistic and the beautiful.
For the Frenchman's benefit and educa
tion the State maintains the museums,
art galleries aud gardens, which are free
to all comers, and the Parisian workman
avails himself to the fullest extent of
those opportunities. As a consequence
he becomes not only a better mechanic
but an artist.
Teeth Planting:.
A dentist at Rockvitle, Me., has suc
cessfully replanted f'jur teeth in a boy'i
mouth. The boy was taken to the den
tist eight hours after au accident, when
the hemorrhage had ceased. The lattci
leplaced the fractured lalaal portion of
the process, syringed the sockets with a
solution of phcnal sodique and replaced
the teeth in their natural position. He
then braided them nil together with
heavy linen thread. Three weeks after
be removed tlie support and found the
teeth implanted as if they had never been
knocked out.
Household affairs.
tlOMEMADF! LINIMENT.
Ah excellent and snfe liniment, though
simple, for weak backs, the result of a
fall or overwork, is made of two ounces
of alcohol, two ounces of hartshorn, and
and two tablcspoonfuls of salt, mixed in
a quart of rainwater and bottled. Hub
the back freely with it night and morn
ing. Of course in any serious rase of
strain a physicinn should be sent for; but
n simple home remedy like this is sooth
ing, and can do no harm. A( York
Tribune,
CATCIIAI.I..
Get a small mustard or oyster barrel,
stain it with onk or walnut stain, paint
some rather large aud effective flowers
on it (yellow "dahlias), line it with
sateen, either the color of the wood or
some harmonizing tint, finished off with
a little gimp or fringe at tlie top; tie ou
the lid, which of course must match,
with ribbon (by means of holes made
with a red-hot pokcror knitting-needle,
in both lid and barrel), nnd you have a
splendid receptacle for work, waste paper
or anything that is wanted to be out of
sight as well as an ornament. Yankee
CHILDI1EN S TF.F.TII.
The teeth of a child or adult should
never be neglected. The most serious
diseases of the throat have been traced
to decaying teeth. It is better economy
to pay a little more and employ an expert
dentist than to be a sufferer from the in
experience of a quack. The killing of a
nerve nnd tilling of tlie tooth afterward
is an extremely delicate piece of business,
which should be done by a man who has
principle enough todohis work honestly.
After killing the nerve, every particle of
the dead nerve matter must be removed
Unless this is done with the greatest
care, bits of the nerve remain, and after
the tooth is filled decay, and throw off
poisonous gases, which may pcrmpnently
blacken the tootn or aiicci mc neaiui uy
producing serious diseases of the gum,
one of the least of which is a permaucut
ulcer. Xew lork Iribune.
FINCUSIUOX.
An English muffin pincushion is n
novel idea, aud is made as follows : Take
one yard of Canton flauuel, cut in strips
one and one-half inches wide, sew the
strips together at narrowest part till you
have one very long strip. men com
mence aud roll tightlv, as tape is rolled
or as uhvsiciaus roll bandages. The
cushion when round should be four and
one-half inches in diameter. Cover with
one layer of cotton batting. Cut pieces
of plush one-half inch larger than the
cushion, cover neatly and sew to tho
flannel. A narrow atrip of the batting
is nut around cushion. This is covered
with three-quarters of a yard of robi
shade of plush. The ribbon may or may
not be feather stitched ou each side
Make a loon of one-ouarter of a yard of
some kind of ribbon to hang by. till
small brass ring with single crochet, ru
the loop through that before fastening to
cushion. Stick sixteen inns, lour in
row. on each side of cushion, to looli
like a cracker. Yankee Made.
KECirKS.
Milk Soup Take one quart of milk
add a pinch of salt ; beat one egg well
stir in flour to thicken that has oue-fou:th
teasnoonful of baking powder niixe
through it. Mix the eggs nnd flour so
will form lumps; when the milk boil:
stir them in mil cook two or thrc
minutes, nnd you will have a nice soup
Stewed Meat Cut it iuto small pieces
not over a quarter of a pound each ; put
it into a covered vessel with only euoug
water to cover it, and let it simmer un
couple of hours over a slow fire, addiu
hot water from time to time. Seasou
with salt, pepper and onions, or un
other spice desired; dredge in a littl
flour aud bring to a quick boil for half
an hour.
Steamed Spring Chicken Take a half
grown spriug chicken, split down the
back, rub with salt aud pepper, place in
a steamer aud steam one hour. Picpan
a sauce of one pint of cream, half a pint
of boiling water, six spoonfuls of Hour,
tablespoonful of cornstarch anil liutti
each, with pepper, salt and a few drops
of extract of celery. Mix all together,
let boil one minute, aud pour over the
chicken.
Good Breakfast Muffins Break two
eggs iu a bowl nnd beat till very light,
add u pinch of salt and by degrees three
cups of sweet milk ami one quart of flour
in which is well mixed three teaspnonfuls
of baking powder. Beat this mixture
very hard and nearly fill the gem pans,
which have been well greased, and bake
fifteen or twenty minutes in a hot oven.
If these are made right, they will be
found delicious.
Veal Cutlet Breaded Divide the meat
iu pieces ready for serving, place these
on a board and pound them well with a
potato masher; then season with pepper
and salt and dip iu egg and either rolled
cracker or sifted bread crumbs. Fry
slowly, keeping the pan covered. When
nicely browned lift the cover and pour
into the pan a cup of cold water. Re
cover quickly nnd let the meat lie in the
steam for a lew minutes. Then thicken
the gravy with browned flour, and let
the cutlets simmer iu it for a few min
utes longer. Place the meat on a platter,
pour the yravy through a strainer over it
and serve.
Mice Had Katin the Money.
A Russian peasant in tho Siuiperfool
district had two sons, of whom the
younger was his favorite. The elder,
not liking this, took &UIII0 that the old
man had secreted anil hid it in a com
stack. When the old mail discovered
bis loss a few days later the elder sou ac
knowledged having taken the money and
offered to give it up if the father would
promise thereafter to treat him the same
its lie did the youuger son. The father
agreed, and both hurried off to tho corn
stack. But the mice had been there be
fore tUcui and the money was destroyed.
SOME FACTS ABOUT WOOL.
IT 13 A KIND CF HAIR AND GROWS
AFTEK THE BODY 13 DEAD.
inVrcnt Qualities What Cansoa It.
to I'all Off in Waiin Weather
Combing anil I'arilina: A oola.
Wool is n kind of hair. The l.air is a
plant rooted iu the skin. Its root is a
cone, connected with the sensative layer
of the skin, whence it draws sustenance,
s life is not identical with the life of
in body, for hair grows more or less
ofter death. This "root or the liair'
exudes tf hnir pulp, which i formed
into cellscontaining toe pigment giving
color to the hair, and each row of thes
cells forms a ring. As the ring of cc'.
is pushed nway from the skin by tne ;
ing out of fresh pulp, from the root, (-
ells dry, and scales nre formed, anno
like the scales of a ln.i. A hair scp
through a microscope is thus along tu.)f
formed by a sheath made up oi tuee
rina-s of scales. The human hnir i"
usually long, straight and regular, and
the scales are so tine and so close to
gether that the edge appears like the
teeth of a very lino saw. uoai
hair hns a more rapid growth
and longer cells, so that it is less regular
nd straight, and shows little of the
tooth like edge. The hair of sheep of
the common sort is also irregular, with a
tendency to curl or wave, but with marked
tooth-like edges. This is wool, and lt-ismc
tendency to twist and the barbed pro
jections which give this fibre its peculiar
advantages. But through nil this range
nature shows such close gradations that
it would be difficult to draw an exact line
jetween hair and wool, or in this respect
to separate the sheep from the goats.
Witness the Angora goat, whose iicece,
known ns mohair, is reckoned n superior
wool, and the Peruvian alpaca, or llama.
The microscope distinguishes very cle.'.r
ly, however, between wool aud silk, tho
fibre of which is an even double filament
of gum exuded by tho silk-worm . uud
between wool and the vegetable mires,
such as cotton, which, growing ns a tube.
dries iuto n half-twisted ribbon, having
no barbed edge. The root of the hnir
has a natural tendency to dry up as warm
weather approaches, allowing the hair to
fall free from the skin; thin animals
shed their coats." But when hair is
cut, as with human beings, or the fleece
sheared, ns in the case of sheep, nature
adapts itself to the demand upon it, aud
growth is continuous, mc numocr oi
these fibre? is wonderful. On the pelt of
full-blood ram. Dr. Cutting, of tae
Vermont. Board of Agriculture, reckoned
with his microscope 222,300 to the
square inch; au ordinary open-wool sheep
will have one-thirtieth as many.
Tlie cultivated sheep, yielding the fine,
regular wools for which modern ma
chinery calls, has been, liko that ma
chinery, virtually the development of the
last hundred years, and with the modern
race-horse, furnishes rno?t extraordinary
examples ol zoonomy as an intelligent
art. Of these wools two distinct colors
aro recognized. The longer staples, in
which nlso the fibre is struighter and the
barbs less marked, nre called "combing
wools," because they are straightened
out, much as hair U, by combs, and laid
flat together for spitining iuto the smooth,
hard, tightly twisted yarns which make
the fine, hard-fiuished fabrics called
"worsteds" so named from the village
of Worstcad, in Norfolk, where
Flemish weavers, brought over by
Edward III. nbout 1331, make this kind
of goods. The shorter staples, more curly
aud with marked barbs, nre called
"carding wool?," because they aro
treated by cards, like the curry-comb
used for horses, before spinning, and
these make the "woolens" proper,
thicker and softer aud more liko felt.
The shorter wools also make felt, which
is produced not by weaving, but by mat
ting or beating together the fibres, until
the barbs of the wood catch iuto each
other, and thus make a continuous fab
ric, somewhat as paper is made. But
these words grade into each other im
perceptibly nature rarely jumps; nnd
the invention of improved combs has
bro ight into use for "worsteds" many
staples formerly too short for uuything
but "woolens." On tho other hand,
the final result of these gradations is
found iu wools so various that they may
almost be called different fibres, so dif
ferent are their qualities, instead of be
ing grouped under one word "wool."
llaijier't Magazine.
A Substitute for Felt.
Many of the cheap derby hats that will
be woru on the streets of St. Louis this
season will be made of a new material of
which tho hatters have just got hold.
The stuff is called liuters. It is the short
cotton left ou the seed after the cotton
has been ginned by the cotton raiser. He
sells the cotton t3 the merchant, uud the
seed to a mill that makes cottonseed-oil.
The miller puts the seed through another
gill, specially made to clean short cotton
from the seed. In an oil null of small
capacity several bales of cottou are
ginned from the seed in this way. The
fibre is broken and very short, and up to
a few months ago the mills sold it to
stuff bedding with. Its price was about
half that of average cotton. The colored
people in the South were the buyers gen
erally, but occasionally the mills would
get a good, big order from concerns that
made pillows and mattresses. Suddenly
somebody found out that it could be
made to imitate felt for cheap hats. The
experiment then of making hats of liu
tcis was made on a large scale by u New
York factory, and thu bats were sold to
retailers lor introduction very cheaply.
The test showed that the hats stood wear,
and the oil mills were at once called on
by the niaimfactnrcrs to make contracts
for all the Liuters they could get nil thu
cottonseed. Now liuters has gone away
un iu urice. and is only a few cents a
pound cheaper than cotton. The discov
ery is likely to have a lowering effect
upon the kind of derbies whii h have sold
fur ?:), aud in lac srnuio merchants arc
already u.-iug the liuters derbies as "lead
ers" for their olhcr .goods, selling them
at half the coat jl the) felt hat. St. l.uuat
UivU-Jtinacrt,
WORTH WHILE.
tt !i easy enough to be pleasant.
When llfo flows by like a song. '.
3ut the man worth while is one who will
smile
When everything goes dead wrong,
for the test of the heart is trouble.
And It always comes with the years,
ud tho sniilo that is worm rue 1"
earth
Is the smile that shines through tears.
It is easy enough to be prudent.
When nothing tempts you to stray,
When without or within no voice of sia
Is luring your soul away.
But it's only a negative virtue
Lntillt is tried bv fire
And tho lite that is worth, the honor of
enrth
Is the one that resists desire.
By the cynic, the sad, the fallen.
Who had no strength t,jr the strife,
The world's highway is ctiiillra.l to-day,
They make up the item of life.
But the virtue that conquers passion,
And the sorrow that hides in a smile.
It Is theso that are worth tho homage of
earth,
For we flnJ them but once in a while.
Kiln Wheeler Wilcox.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
'Throw plivste to the dogs" he said,
bile did. -Next day the dux were dead..
tt'azliintitun l'vst.
"Papa, what is
"He's a grocer who
a green grocer:
tries to sell sugar
without sand iu it."
One can stand it, perhaps, from an
enemy, but no man likes to be cut by a
barber. AVio York 2ues.
It does not seem right to charge nn
enemy's battery after the guns have been
paid for. Pitt Aiirg Chronicle.
"Why do you cull your parrot Hon
esty?" "Because Honesty is the best
Polly, sec;" Philadelphia Time.
When you have chosen the propar way,
And the proper tiling to do.
There's sure to be some fool to say:
"I wouldn't if I were yon."
Ktu-Uet.
"Give me the man who sings nt his
work," says a writer. He can have him.
Also the man who whistles nt his work.
yea Yvrk yeirs.
Scribblerus "Did you like my last
book?" Miss Pert "O, have you
written your last one? I'm so glad!"
Lawrence American.
The mouth of the Amazon River is
six hundred miles wide. Good gracious!
Suppose it took it iuto its head to yawn.
l'h iUiilelph in Times.
"Do you believe in corporeal punish
ment, Major?" "No. I do not think
that penalties should ever do inuicteu oy
subordinate officers." Bazar.
Teacher of Political Economy "You
may mcntiou an infant industry."
Lively Young Student "Sitting still and
sucking one's thumbs!" Vhiavjo Timet.
"A little of everything, gentlemen,"
said the boarding mistress, affably, "in
the way of variety makes the spice of
life," and she told the waitress to bring
on the hash.
"Blood will tell, sir. It is blood
makes the hero." "You don't know
what you are talking about. Hero, in
deed. Yon evidently never saw how
blood runs in a battle." Bazar.
John "I started to read some of your,
jokes last night, but before I got half
through I was most unfortunately inter
rupted." Jack "How was that ?" John
"1 fell osleep." Yankee Blade.
Patient "I say, doctor, what sort ot
a lump is this ou'the back of my neck?"
Doctor "It is nothing serious, but I
would advise you, nevertheless, to keep
your eye on it." 7'e.ran Fiftintj.
Indignant Young Man "Waiter, yout
coat sleeve dipped into this lady's soup."
Obliging Waiter "Don't mention it,
sir, it will wash out. What kind of fish,
please i" Ph iladeljdi in Imt airer.
Scroggs "You look rather downcast,
old man1; anything of noto happeued to
day i" Griggs "Yes, mine for a thou
sand fell due, and 1 didn't have a cent
with which to pay it." llarcard l.am
joun. Miss Hyde Parker "Do you know
Mr. Stone, the sculptor!" Miss Breezy
(of Chicago) "Do I? Well, I should
twitter. I held his chizzles many a timo
while he sculped a burst of pa. Min
tei'n Weekly.
Mr. Rising Fuffiy "Sir, supposing I
should ask you for your daughter's hand,
would " -Mr. Stoekson Bond
"What!!!!" Mr. Fuffty (retiring)
"But, of come, sir, I am only supposing,
you know."
judge "Can you give auy reasons
why you can't pay your debts!" Delin
quent Debtor ' I have nine rersons,
your Honor; a wife, a mother-in-law, six
children aud au empty poeketbook."
Aio York 3'rili'ine.
"Are you sure you are strong enough
for my work?" "Oh, yes, sir, you may
be suru as to that. Why, the bet man I
worked for was bigger than you, and I
knocked him dowu and broke three of
his ribs with one blow." Flifjemle
Blaitter.
Mamma "You must put an cud to it
at once." Peuelope "Surely you would
not have me decline a man w ho saved my
life!" Mamma "lie may have saved
your life, my dear, but from what 1 know
of him it is the ouly thing he ever did
save." Life.
Doctor (to patient) "You are troubled
with stuttering, 1 believe. Patient (in
dignantly) "No, sir, I I I don't
Ktu stu stu slut stut stut stutter
at all, but I ida stu sta stain slam
stammer some, wheu 1 get excited."
Washington Star.
lltlpiiii an Author.
A French millionaire who wanted to
help a French author to some money, iu
un indirect way ordered 75,000 copies of
his book and burned them for luel. Then
he learned that the author hud sold hi
right, title aud interest before publication
for the sum of $150. Jktioit Pi
JW
Arthur Rothschild has s,.ld his famous
collection of pustage stamps for the sum
f $60,000.