THE FOREST REPUBLICAN to pabllihed every Wdndj. k J. E. WENK. Offlo In Bmaarbaugh ft Co.'i Building - KLM rraEET, TIONKSTA, T. Terms, ... tl.BO per Yar. T1 talMcrlptloiit raeeiv4 for a shelter Mrlod than three months, OotTMpondcnc nollelted tram al nut at th. Country. Ne nolle, will ke taken of aaoarmou. aovauuuUcsUoaa. ' RATES OF ADVERTISING. M Sqnara, Inch, on. lnMrtloa $ 1 M Oae Rqnare, en. Inch, an. month .T. IN On. Square, oae Inch, thro, month......,.,, oe Oa Sqnare, ana Inch, n. year e M Two 8qneree, ana fur la ft Qaarter damn, an. j.ar mm Half Column, on. r ear , MM One Celnmn, on. year ,. 100 Of Laral adr.rtlMB.at. tea cents per lit each tm aartloa. ktarrlefe. and d.ath notice, gratia. All kill, for rear!? adrertltrmrat. eollarted que, tcrir. 1 tmporarj adr.rUnmeBta ami a. paid lai adrance. Jok work caah an dellrarr. Forks PUBLICAN. VOL. XXIII. NO. 20. TIONESTA, PA,, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10, 1890. $1.50 PER ANNUM. ' Seventy per cent, of tho voters of Kan sas are farmers. ' It is proposed to hare a permanent census department in Great Britain, whoso duty it shall bo to take the usual de ccnniul census. In a recent lecture on cookery at Chautauqua, Mrs. Emma P. Ewing de clured that good food is Indispensable to f if and temperance. v i Pages in tho National House of Repre sentatives are said to turn out badly, as a rule. Some of tho brightest of thorn fmd their way into jails and inebriate asylums, declares tho New York World, and very few of them really amount to much In. after life. Says tho Denver (Col.) Field and Farm: ''Tho country pays too much for its- milling. We sell wheat at ouo cent a pound- and pay two cents a pound for flour, tho miller keeping nearly half of the product of tho grain to sell for , Btork food. Tho miller's family wear ", better clothes than the farmer's." 1 A. Montcflore, who has been travel- ing in Florida and devoting careful study to tho fruit-growiug districts of that vast State, calculates that tho Americans cat more meat in the course of twenty -four hours than all tho inhabitants of Great Britain, Franco, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Holland aud Switzerland put together. According to the New York Commer cial Advertiser, Chaplain Parks, who has recently been on duty aboard tho receiv ing ship Vermont, is tho first Homan Catholic chaplain that tho United States Navy has had. Hu is said to have had a far lurger attenduueo at divine service ' than any other chaplain who has filled a similar position. The Drovors' Journal states that ""those who are laying out new industrial towns in the South are very wisely giving special attention to tho houses of wage workers, allowing them moro room. The $ workingtucu's quarters in Southern cities and towns will not bo so crowded s In the Northern cities, and will bo in every re spect more home-like." The arid regions of tho West com prise 800,000,000 acres, of which, asserts tho New York Voice, about 100,000,000 acres (equal to about eight acres for every family in America) cuu bo redeemed by irrigation and mude among the most for tile and valuable lands in the country. Of this vast region about ouc-hulf is al- rvmiy iu inn nanus oi individual settlers. Thc-othcr half is in Foderul possession. L . . . A cablegram from China says that a decree from one of the vicoroys imposing aupon opium has been abandoned because of the protests of Great Britain. Tin British Government holds a inouop. oly of tho opium crop in India. Under this opium is sold to middlemen at a pro- lit of six hundred per cent. It is then taken to China, but tho Chiuese are per mitted to impoeo only a nominal tax England holds it as a British interest in India, and iasisu that it shall bo so re ceived in China. The revenue from this monopoly varies from ioriy-five to fifty four millions of dollars a year, and with out it Euglaud could not govern India. Tho rapid increase of tho wealth, busi ness and prosperity of tho United Statos during tho past ten years, says tho Boston Manufacturers' Gazette, is simply marvel ous. According to the published figures, the total wealth of tho country is now 171,450,000,000, equal to nearly $1000 per capita. This is an increase in ton years of 118,000,000,000, or 43 percent. England's wealth in 18S5 is given at $50,000,000,000. The averago of wealth per head in Euglaud is $1545, in Scot land $1215, in Ireland but $565. The total wealth of Franco is estimated at $36,000,000,000. England exacU in taxos $20 per head of population, while each individual in the United States pays but $12.50. America will produces 7,00t)J000 tons of -iron this 'year, while England's greatest production is 8,600, 000 tons. ' The only genuiuo and reliablo canui bals in existence now are tho natives of Solomon Islands, a small group in the South Pacific. To bo truro cannibalism is pursued iu a desultory way elsewhere, but its devotees would prefer kid, kan garoo, monkey, cockutoo and snakes, and cat the human kiud only when hungry from the lack of their usual game. But the Solomon Islanders will cut a tough sailor, a hardened trader, or even one of their own tribe in a mcro spirit oi wan ton gormandizing when they are far from starvation and other meat is plenty. They have just had a barbecue consist ing, with the usual side dishes, of Lars Nielsou, a Norwegian trader, and his three native assistants. They have eaten six white men within the past few mouths aud are really transacting about all of the geuuiuo cannibal business at present V...1,,.. rl.,1,. TO AN OLD APPLE-TREE. Those maimed limbs plead thy storyj The wounds upon thy body speak for thee: Thou art a veteran soldier scarred with glory, My brave old applo-treol Oft hast thou borne up under Onset of storming wind and shot of ball; And ouce a sword-lunge of assailant thunder Slashed down thy barken mall. Old age, disease, and battle Have scathed and crooked and crippled all thy form; And thy Brlarean bare arms clash and rattle, Tost in the wintry storm. I seem to fool thee shiver As on thy nakedness bangs rags of snow; May charitable Spring, the gracious giver, O'er thee her mantle throw I She will; and sunshine spilling From blue skies thou again shalt drink as wine. And feel afresh the rush of young blood thrilling Through that old hoart of thine. For in the season duly Each year there rises .youth's perennial power Within thee, and thou then rojolcest newly In robes of leaf and flower. Ay, though thv vnara era n,nnn And sorrows heavy, yet from winter's gloom Thou issuest, with the young trees, glad as BUT, As quick of green and bloom. The bluebird's warble mellow Returns like memory and colls thy name, And, as first love, the oriole's plumage yel low Burns through thy shade like flame. Thou qutver'st in the sunny June mornings to the welcoming of song, And beee about their business of the honey Whisper thoo all day long. Thus thou art blest and blessest Thy grace of blossoms fruiting into gold; And thus, Iu touch with nature, thou pos sessest The art of growing old. Coattt Kinney, in Harper' t ilagazin. AN AWFULTdFe, ST ANNA SHIELDS. It was an awful time. In the first place, It was thu middlo of July, and we had to move. Old Mr. Towusend died, and every stick and stone that he owned inDollIver was sold. His heirs, two sons (oh, how we hated their very names, knowing no more of them), had been abroad, had como home, intending to divido their time between their New York residence and the family estate at Chester Grove, but they didn'4, want to bother with a lot of rented houses in Dolliver, and these wero peremptorily doomed to bo sold. Old Conway pounced upon ours at once. Of course he did 1 Mrs. Conway and her two homely daughters had been hankering for our house for years, for, though wo did "only rent it," wo had lived there for thirteen years, and, oh, tbe additions and improvements we had made to itl We had doubled its value, I am certain. We beautified it, inside and ont; we lavished our artistic tastes upon the pauels; we adorned tho walls; we had tho floor puttied, painted aud polished, and Teddy had actually paint ed the most beautiful border and corner-pieces of oak leaves and acorns round the entire sitting room. And now, to give it all up! Oh! those hate ful Townsends. What added to tho distress was the fact that the only house we could fiud in all Dolliver to rent was a little two story cottage, quite a distance from all the neighbors to whom we had become attached, and in a locality we detested. However, there was no help for it.aud ai I said before, wo had an awful time. It was bad enough to know tho dear, old home was lost to us, and that the Con ways were to enjoy all our labors of love on We walls and floors ; it was sufficiently exasperating to be compelled to take up our abode at Jenk's Corner, a locality we abominated, but these were only the be ginning of our tribulations. The day we were to move was hot oh, so hot I and the dear mother having done the work of about three men, the previous week, and weighing at her best times about ninety-four pounds, broke down with a blindiug nervous headache Martha, a treasure of a servant, had already laid herself up by spraining her wrist, in moving a trunk, so there wero Teddy and Jim and I to "do" the mov ing. Teddy is my elder sister Theodosia, and Jim is Jemima, my youngest sister; I am Thomasine, always called Tom in tho bosom of my family. We are all young, we are all blondes, we are all small, aud we are all pretty. We have incomes of our own of three hundred dollars a year, and tho dear mother has about twelve hundred a year, so we can live very nicely, indeed, in a quiet place like Dolliver. When mother patiently faiuted away ju6t as the first furniture van drove up to the door, Teddy aud I detailed Jim for active duty in tho hospital depart ment, and promised to have mother's room made ready the first thing. Iu the meantime, she was made comfortable in Jim's room, and Martha undertook to superintend the loading of the vans, while Teddy and I scampered oil to the new house, to see to receiving the furniture It was clean as a new pin ; that was one little ray of comfort, and we hung up our hats, and put on the biggest of aprons and Lady Washington caps, and were ready for action. Even in my misery I noticed how un usually pretty Teddy looked. Her hair is the purest gold color, and makes hun dreds! little rings round her face, and she has a color like a wild rose on each cheek. But on that day. the excitement. the hurry and the indignation combined had made her blue eyes blaze, her cheeks brilliant as carnations, and every little curl bristled defiance of the Townsends and our wrongs. But more was to come. Up drove the first van with one man. Both Teddy and I were at the door, and exclaimed; "Where's the other man?" "Sure, marm, he was Bint for by his old woman. One of the childer's scalded hissclf, and it's half over Dolliver I've been thrying to foind somebody to take the job, and nivcr a one is there doln' nothing at all, at all I" Hero was a dilemma. "Well," said Teddy, "those things have got to bo taken into the house. You and I can carry some of the light ones." Neither Teddy nor I know that we had an audience. Not until long after ward were we aware of the wicked trick that was at that inBtant devised. From round the corner of tho house appeared two men in flannel shirts, minus collars, neckties or hats; with hair in wild con fusion and extremely dirty hands and faces. In tho richest of brogues one of them respectfully addressed Teddy and requested work. I really wonder now that we didn't embrace them. But we engaged their services at once, and how they worked 1 They did a considerable amount of laughing whenever they wore alone, and they required the most minute directions for everything they undertook, but they put down carpets and put up pictures and carried in furniture and unpacked glass and china, in fact, worked with might and main, leaving to the driver of tho van only tho task of going to and iro witn tne goods, which he managed to load with Martha's assistance. At noon we unpacked a substantial lunch, and as Bill and John, our new help, showed no signs of going home, we spread out a meal on tho kitchen table nud sent them in to it. I never in my lifo heard men laugh so much over sand wiches, hard-boiled eggs and coffee. In all this time, you may be sure Teddy anu i wero Derating these horrid Town sends at every turn. We called thorn all sorts of names expressive of meanness anu scltistmess, hoped their own house would burn down and let them know how pleasant it was to bo turned out of a home they loved. We were sure they were sour, grumpy old bachelors, and we hoped they would never marry unless it was to some old witch who would worry all the year round. All this we said in confidence to each other, never heeding those quiet, modest young men who were so meekly obeying all our orders. The house was really in very nice order, and mothor's room as home like as we could make it, when at last the carriage drove up with our dear invalid, Jim and Martha. Mother was very palo and propped up by pillows, and I was worrying over the necessity of her walk ing upstairs, when out walked our two hired men, without any orders whatever raised her tenderly and gently, pillows and all, in their arms, and carried her upstairs as cajofully as her own sons, had she ever had any, could have done. Jim stared, as well she might.and Mar tha muttered "Holy Moses!" as she mado a dive for the kitchen. Teddy puid the men; Jim and I did the last few things necessary before rest ing; and then we all gathered in moth er's room. Such a chattering as followed, tho dear mother laughing and talking as merrily as any of us. "But, oh, what guys vou two are!" cried Jim. "Tom, you've torn yourself, as usual, wherever there was tho smallest opening for a rent, and your cap is hang ing half way down your back, while your hair defies description. Teddy always does keep nice, somehow; but now even Teddy will bear an application of soap and water." 'bamo to yourself," said Teddy. "I guess you sent all the mirrors away be fore washed your face. You ve got what Martha calls a 'smooch' right across your nose. "Don't be personal, young ladies," said mother, iu a tone of extreme gentle ness, "but perform your ablutions, and sco if Martha can make out a tea." In a fortnight we had settled down in tho now house, but we did not occupy ourselves as of old, in beautifying our homo. We wero advertising far and wide for a house such as we wished, and we hoped to purchase ono. Tho price of the one we had left was beyond our reach, but we thought we could hoar of one at a more reasonable rate. During this time of waiting, feeling as if we really had no home, we had gone out but little. Mother was not well, and tho heat was very oppreisive, while Martha's lamo wrist threw considerable of the house-work on our hands. But one evening there catno an irre sistable invitation from mother's dear old friend, Mrs. Ilaymond, of Chester Grove, to a garden party and a dance. "You will stay all night, of course," she wrote, and I will send tho carriage for you at two o'clock. Bo suro you nil come. I cannot spare one of you!" But we did not all go. Mother was not equal to the eight-mile drive, and Jim stayed with her. Wo all wanted te stay, and finally drew lots, aud it fell to Jim. "I'm not really out, anyhow," said that young person, philosophically; "and, as you and Teddy soem awfully slow about leaving the family nest, per haps it is just as well that I am not brought forward just yet." "Tho effect will bo overwhelming when you ate," said Teddy, laughing; but secretly wo all thought Jim the beauty of the family, for, with the golden hair, she had soft-brown eyes aud dark eyelashes. It was with the utmost serenity that Teddy and I accepted Mrs. Raymond's invitation to stroll about the grounds a little with her, and see some new neigh bors only lately come to livo at Chester Grove. We were arrayed in the finest of linen lawns, white, with a small blue figure, with blue belts, and white muslin shade hats with blue bows. Blue neckties, knots of blue in our curls, and blue trimmed white gloves constituted our costumes; aud I can answer for Teddy's being exceedingly becoming. Strolling leisurely along, we met two gentlemen in white linen suits and straw hats ; we heard Mrs. Raymond say : "Allow tne to introduce the Messrs. Townsends, lately returned from Europe Mr. John Townsend, Miss Theodoisi Brent; Mr. William Townsend, Mia Thomasine Brent." I thought I was going to faint. ) heard Teddy gasp. I saw Mrs. Raymont sail majestically away; and then I lookec again. Yes, it was "Bill;" and Teddy was blushing, with drooping eyes, befon "John." "Would you please forgive us?" said John, presently. "We had just com over to Dolliver, and had heard for the first time that there was any persona) feeling involved in the sale of our fa ther's property, which we had regarded as a mere business transaction. We were coming up the street beside your house, when we saw your distress, and, having nothing to do, we took off our coats and vests and hats, and rubbed a little mud on our faces and hands and " "It was just for a lark, you know," pleaded Bill, as his brother paused; "and you did look just ready to cry, you know." "It was very good of you," said Teddy, looking very much as Bill had just de scribed her. "Yes, we are very much oblieed." 1 said, thinking of all they had heard us say about them, and wondering how much they remembered. But, somehow, just then we all looked up, and in another second tho air was filled with laughter. It was irresistible. The whole affair was too funny. After that, we were the best of friends. The Townsends camo often to Jenk'i Corner, and when Jim comes out remt- larly, next winter, she will have no sis terly compunctions about Teddy or mo, because there will bo a double wedding in about two weeks. Teddy and I are going to marry "those horrid Town- sends." The Ledger. Counterfeited Rnro Coins. A gigantic system of counterfeiting has its headquarters in New York, with branches in various other sections of the United States. During the last annual sale of valuable and antiquo coins by Dealer Hazletine, of Philadelphia what to all appearance seems to bo one of tho rare silver dollars bearing the date of 1805 sold for the sum of $500. This dollar was one of a number of spu rious pieces that have lately flooded the market. It was sent to tho numismatic association and examined by an expert. It was a dollar of the date of "1815" with the second figure "1" Btruck out and a cipher substituted before the "5" by means of a tiny block. This discov ery led to an investigation by the associa tion of all the principal coin collections in the country, and it was soon found that a systematic, counterfeiting of rare aud antique United States coins existed somewhere. One of the sources of this supply was found to be at Neoga, Cum berland County, 111. Recently a heavy letter was received by mail at the Indiana prison at Michigan City addressed to Pete McCartney, one of tlie most notor ious of Treasury counterfeiters. The letter was from McCartney's wife, who naa so often engineered his escapes from prison. In the letter was inclosed a coin of the date of 1805 wrapped m a bluo ribbon. The clerk submitted the coin to an expert, and it was found under a mi croscopic examination to be a clear and well-executed counterfeit. Chief Bell, of Washington, was notified of tho dis covery and the movements of McCart ney's wife at Neoga were watched. It was found that she was in league with tho counterfeiters, and at last the mint was located in the garret of the house of one of the citizens of Neoga who lives on the outskirts of the city. Chicago Herald. A Toy for the Chinese Emperor. About two years ago they presented a complete miniature railway to the Em peror through Li Hung Chang, and the line, which is about three miles long, is laid down within the Imperial city. Tne young Emperor is very much interested in its works, and spends a great deal of his time riding to and fro iu tho beauti fully appointed little carriages. He was greatly struck with the toy railway aud its influence upon the recent decree has been very considerable. The old reactionary party among his advisers were adverse to the miniature line being lam oown wituin tne precincts of the se- cred city, and it was very near being re turned to ttio donors, Hut the Govern ment was afraid lest it should give offense to the French, who are greatly feared and respected since they burned and sunk the Chinese fleet. At first the high authorities would not allow any foreigners to have a hand in laying down or working the model rail way. 1 ho result was that when the? started the little engino they could not stop it, and great consternation was oc casioned to the occupants iu the palaco by their inability to control tho straniso contrivance of the foreigners, which dashed along the line till it was pulled up by coming In centact with a mound of earth. Since then, however, a French driver has been procured, and the Emperor is a frequent traveler upon tho cars. Tct Chickens are Dangerous. "Pet animals," says Dr. F. Sauui in the St. Louis Olobe-Democrat, "aud even chickens will often cause disease and spread infection. Some people let dogs sleep with them and see nothing wrong about the practice, forgetting that the favored camue may have smelt aud even lain upon infected rags and refuse dur ing the day. Pet dogs and birds con fined in sick-rooms with patients suffer ing from infectious or contagious dis eases frequently spread the disease to other members of the families. Careless ness about chickens is also a cause of a good deal of sickness at this season of the year. "In the country there is nothing so healthy as a chicken, but when kept in close confinement or allowed to range in dirty stables and alleys they become regular disease-spreaders. I know of several cases of serious malarial affections caught in this manner, and at least one of typhoid." AN EIDER DUCK FARM. ft, BIRD WHOSE DOWN IS AN 1M POBTANT ARTICLE OF TRADE. tmmenan Number of Birds Often In One Colony Bobbins; the Nests of Their Down. The colonics of breeding ciders often consist of an immense number of birds, ind the nests lie so thickly together that it is often difficult to avoid stepping into them. They are usually placed at some light elevation ; and here in any faint depression the duck collects a small quantity of seaweed and drift stuff, which the forms into a felty mass with her breast. Upon this four or five eggs are laid in the course of a week, these being of a pale-green color, and rather re sembling those of the htrou. Even be fqro the last egg is laid it is seen that a few feathers are scattered about the nest, ind as incubation proceeds these increase In quantity. The bird covers the eggs with down plucked from her breast, and this she docs day by day until a very con liderabk) quantity buries the eggs. It is this down which has become such an im portant article of commerce. If the eiders are hatching under ordinary con ditions, the young appear in about twenty -six days, and almost immediately betake themselves to the water. It is here that they sun themselves, feed and sleep. On a rock-bound bit of coast it is interesting to watch the ducklings paddling among the stones and feeding upon the tiny bivalves that are common among the bays and inlets. These re marks refer to the breeding of wild eiders', but unfortunately colonies of birds under natural conditions are be coming more and more rare every year. The coramVacial collector has everywhere Btepped in, and is putting a terrible drain upon the species. In Norway this bird is protected by law, though only to be persecuted tho more persistently by private individuals. On ono island, that of Isafjardarjup, eider ducks are said to nest in thou sands. Speaking of the breeding sights by tho shore, Mr. Shepherd, who visited tho colony, tells us that the b'own ducks Bat upon their nests in masses, and at every step started from beneath his feet. On this island, of three-quarters of a mile in length, it was difficult to walk without Etepping into the nests. A thick Etone breakwater ran along its coasts just above high-water mark. At the bottom and sides of tho wall alter nate stones had been left out, so as to form a scries of compartments for the ducks to nest in. Every compartment was teoantcd, and the visitors walked along the ducks flew out all along the line. These wero welcomed by the white drakes, which were tossing on the water "with loud and clamorous coo ing." A farmhouse on tho island was tenauted in like manner. The house it self was "a great marvel." Ducks were hatching on the turf walls which sur rounded it, in the window embrasures, on tho ground, on the roof. The house was fringed with ducks, and a duck sat in the scraper. Then a grassy bank close by was cut into squares, every one of which was occupied. A windmill was packed, as was every available ob ject on the island mounds, rocks, crevices. This was an eider-down farm. So tame were the ducks as to allow the farmer's wife to stroke them as they sut on their nests. Of course there is another sido to this pleasant picture, as we sco when we learn how the "good lady" of the island repays the confidence of the birds. And here it is by another observer: "The eider down is easily collected, as tho birds are quite tame. The female having hud five or six pale, greenish-olive eggs, in a nest thickly lined with her beauti ful down, the collectors, after carefully removing the bird, rob tho nest of its contents, after which they replaco her. She then begins to lay afresh though this time only three or four eggs and again has recourse to the down on her body. But her greedy persecutors once more rifle her nest, and oblige her to line it for the third time. Now, however, her own stock of down is exhausted, and with a plaintive voice she calls her mate to her assistance, who willingly plucks the soft feathers from his breast to sup ply the deficiency. If the cruel robbery be again repeated, which in former times was frequently the case, the poor eider duck abandons the spot never to return, and seeks for a new home where she may indulge her maternal instinct undisturbed by the avarice of man." CornhiU Maya tine. A Remarkable Railroad. The most remarkable short line of railway in the world is probably the sub merged railway at Onton, near Bilbao, Spain. It runs down an evenly sloping shore in double line to a distance of 650 feet, and has been constructed by a Spanish engineer for the solo purpose of facilitating the shipment of iron ores. The only car is a massive iron tower -on wheels in tho shape of a pyramid, rising seventy feet from the truck. Upon the platform of this tower the ores are placed, and thus they are conveyed to the vessel the pyramidal car, whose wheels are always under water return ing automatically as in as its cargo has been mechanically shot into tho ship's hold. Commercial Adeertiter. Simple Substitute for Sea-Water. A warm salt bsth is very refreshing to any one suffering from exhaustion ol travel or of a long shopping expedition which is as trying to mind aud body as anything that cuu be undertaken by a woman. Away from the seashore a very simple substitute for sea water is a cup of rock salt dissolved in warm water and added to the bath. When the suit is ir ritating to the skin, take a warm bath and spouge off with a mixture of violet or lavender water and alcohol, about half ami half, and rub briskly with a warm friction towel. Such a method prevents the exhaustion and dauger of cold which follow a warm bath. Chi cajo Timet, SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. A deposit of beautiful agate and car flelian has been found on Cedros Island, Lower California. Scientific: farming in Italy is to be un dertaken this year by a company with a capital of $20,000,000. Coffeo is boiled by electricity in a Ber lin cafe, gloss jars being used and plat inum wires passing through them being heated by the current. Women are longer lived than men; a woman of twenty may expect forty-two years more of Ife, a man of the same age only thirty-nine years. An electrician says that just what takes place in the human organism to produce death from an electric current seems to be an unsolved problem. The result of recent experiments with the heliograph demonstrate the adapta bility and v duo of that instrument for signaling to great distances. The whitish, vapory belt popularly known as the "milky way," is a mass of many millions of stars, the mingled light of which makes a bright belt. Tho water barometer in St. Jacques Tower, Paris, has a glass tube over forty one feet long, and about thrco-quartcrs of an inch in diameter the largest yet made. The board of naval experts found the cophono a very accurate instrument fot locating the direction from which sound comes, its value being of greatest im portance in thick foggy weather. The experiment of producing rainfall by explosions of dynamite, has been pro posed. An item has been included in the Agricultural Appropriation bill, set ting aside $3000 for that purpose. Dr.Chsrles W.Dullas,s prominent phy sician of Philadelphia, in a recent papei on the subject of consumption, points oul that while in England half a century age there were 55,000 deaths annually among lS.OOO'.OOO people, there are at pres ent in a population of 40,000,000 bul 14,000 deaths due to phthisis. It has been discovered that a current of electricity passed through Impure water, restores it to purity by destroying any living germs with which it may bt impregnated. Animalculto which cscapt the eye, and which almost elude tin microscope, can not escape the all-searching power of tho electric flash. A New York man has invented a new modo of rapid transit for street railways. It is an application of the archimedcar screw principle to the cable Bystem. In stead of a wire rope in the conduit be Death the track, is a wrought iron tubr with a stout worm, and in place of the grip is a shoe pushed forward by the worm and raised or lowered by a rod. There are some philosophers who maintain that longevity is becoming more general than it was, even forty years ago. Thcro is no doubt, but that luring the first few centuries of the Christian era, the average duration ol life in the most favored classes was thirty years, while iu the present century, the tvarage age of the same classes is fifty years. To Curo Consumption. A great scheme has been inaugurated it Philadelphia to establish tho Rush Hospital for the cure of consumption and allied diseases. It will bo conducted on the same plan as the German aud Eng lish hospitals for consumptives, that is, to give the patients as much rest as possible, to reduce the fever and Jto nourish the body. In those foreign hospitals patients are kept iu bed or a room, or are carried out iu the open air on cots, aud, protected by clothing from draughts, are left to inhulo the fresh air. This treatment has been found not only to rest the patient, but at the same time to improve his appetite aud rcduco the fever. In the second placo the patient is in troduced into a cabinet room, which is an air-tight compartment, from which the- air has been exhausted. After the patient is placed in the room, it is filled with oxygen, or nitrous oxide, or any vapor containing medicine. By in haling this vaporous medicine the patient is liable to be cured of the terrib'e dis ease. As to nourishing the body, tho patients are given the most nutritious pro vender, chiefly beef, eggs and milk. Medicine is taken at regular hours. There is also a constant medical supervision over the patients. This is tho plan on which the Hush Hospital will be conducted. Statistics show this mode of treatment cures forty per cent, of consumptives placed iu such hospitals. In fact tho Germau and Eng lish claim a larger percentage of cures. "It is now an established truth in medi cal science," says Dr. Mays, ouo of the trustees, "that consumption can be cured. When I mako the statement I in clude all kinds of consumption, whether inherited or induced by exposure or ex cesses. The plan of treatment adopted by tho Germaus aud English cures the average consumptive in six mouths' time This is remarkable, but it is a fact." Xt York A'etci. Crowfoot's Quaint Gratitude for a Past Crowfoot, the Black foot chief, received a perpetual pass over the Canadian Pacific railroad, aud in acknowledgment of his thanks sent the following letter: "Great Chief of the Ibtilway: I salute you, O Chief. O great, I am pleased with rail road ej, opening road free to me. The chains and rich covering of your uain writing, its wonderful power to open the road, slnw the greatest of your Chirfness. I have done. Crawfoot." limei-Democrat. A Split Ear. The curious case is mentioned by i German doctor of a man who experi enced unpleasant cracking noises in the left ear during a period of a year and a half. These occurred every few seconds, aud could bs heard by any person at a distauce of a foot. There was no deaf ness or inflammation, but the drum wot found to have a split iu it through which air was forced by thu act of swallowing. WOMAN. Fairer than all the fantasies that dart Adown the dreams of our most favoredT sleep, Thy perfect form, since Eden's day, doth keep The constant pattern of a perfect art! Yet more must we admire thy bettor part, The spirit strong to smile when others weep, And well know we who sail life's ocean deep There is no haven like a woman's heart. Thus, often weary ere tho strife la won, Tired of my task, my head I fain would' lay In some good lady's lap, as did "the) Dane." " And watch the action of the world go on, ' Knowing 'tis but a play within a play, , The fleeting portion of an endless plan. CharletH. Crandall, in Ltppiucott. HUMOR OF THE DAT. Told to make a noise A bell. Old as the hills Tho valleys. A catch question "Will you lid mine?" Man wants but littlo hero below; but when he gets on top ho wants tho earth. It is the small boy getting bis hair combed who knows tho pain of a part ing. Tho man who lives by his brains cer tainly has not a visible means of support. Puck. Ho "Are you fond of sports?" Sho "Well, I ought to be. I married one." Oazclte. Played oul baseball. It is one of tho games that can't be played indoors. Vhihulelphui I'rcM. Most proverbs aic founded on fact. Fcrhaps the straw that broke the camel's back was a bale. Puck. Of nil sad words ( Vocable, mailable, The saddest are: "It's unavailable." Pitch. Tho most popular woman in the United States is undoubtedly the golden haired ladv who adorns tho double eagle. Puck. When a man marries ho fully intends to be No. one in the family, but often the period drops out. 1'trre Haute Kit yrct. Wife "What do you suppose baby is thinking about?" The Brute "I 'sposo he's thinking what to cry about to night." Life. Book Agent (returning after having been fired down one flight, to irate bro ker) "But now, joking aside, won't you take one copy?" Flicgende Bluctter. "A new female pursuit in the larger cities is collecting bills." This is en couraging. The old female pursuit iu tho lurger cities was to run 'em up." A'orrittoicn Herald. Farmer Way "All my pigs broke out last night and the constable put them in the pound." Farmer Wise "Tuko care of the pens and the pounds will tako care of themselves." " 'Sh!" exclaimed Tommy, listening at tho door. "There's company iu the par lor." "How do you know?" inquired Willie. "Mamma's calling papa 'my love.'" Chicago Tribune. FaUtuff asks "What's honor?" as though it were hard to tell; but let ouo woman sit behind another in church, and she'll tell what's on her in less than two minutes. Harvard Lamjiooit. We all know the men who like to make Cruel jests, and think them immense; But give me the one who can always tuke A joke at his own expense. Judye. Would-be Facetious Teacher "Boys, there is an old saying that if you give a man an inch, he will take an ell. Now "an you tell me what would be tho result if you wore to give a man a loot!" Small but Bright Boy "Ho would kick." ' Nea York Tribune. Strive as we may we never can Tell who are happy, who forlorn; The cutest little shoe of tan May hide a very painful corn. Chicago Kveniii'j Post. "The time Iv'e lost in wooing," a young man said, "I do not regret, for I had tho fun and I gained the experience, liut I grudge tho time I habitually lose in trying to remember to spell Cincinnati with two 'u's' and one 't,' ami not with ouo 'n' and two 't's.' The cxerciso gives no pleasure, and leaves inn no wiser than I was. It is waited effort." Life. Fruits Prematurely Plucked. "At present tho troublo is to get things to eat," said a promiueut caterer of years gone by. "Fruits ami vegeta bles, especially tho earlier varieties, are brought from a great dUtunce, and iu order to carry well are picked green. Ripened artificially off the trees, vines ami plants, they not only lack flavor, but are positively unwholesome. Take the first tomatoes, for instance. ' You look iu vain for a ripe one, and the taste is frightfully unnatural and unsatisfactory. It is tho same with peaches, pears, apri cots, plums and smaller fruit. So fur as meat is concerned, beeves are driven for miles and miles, and when killed many of them are bruised, thiu and diseased. When they are brought iu c-attlo ears they are crowded together so closely that they cannot move without trampling on each other, and suffer terribly from lack of water and food. Sheep aud swine are in the same category. Under such con ditions it is no wonder that much objec tionable meat is offered for sale. Iu the past, fruits aud vegetables came from near at hand and were leathered almost ripe, while the beef, mutton, veal ami pork were from this State and New Jer sey aud were of excellent quality, to say nothing of being iu prime condition and altogether wholesomu. Things havo chauged in tho line of marketing, but the ihuugu has uot beeu for the butler. Ph iUidc !yh i't luu inr. Mrs. Emory Lane, of Marshfleld, Mass.,, has 'JU0U silk worms at her home, t-lio keeps them on an extension lublo aud focds them ou mulberry leaves.
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