THE FOREST REPUBLICAN U pnbllabed trerj Wdaelr, ky J. E. WENK. nmo in Bmearbaugh At Co.' Building KLM BTMBT, TIONESTA, r, Trm, ... II.CO perTtlr. RATES OFAOVERTISINO. Sqwrs, 'h' 0M """J'"" - i M C. B,0. on.T-ch, on. month. ; On Bq0.. e. Inch, thrw months 0e flqn.ro, M Inch, out year To Scares, or r M0 n.rterCo!tni'S''T' n.lf CoInmn,R Te" ItOOt 0. Column, JI'VVsr ilii wl hv Mrtlon. Marrltu d 0th otlc' .rr,f All kill, for fi-nrly 'frtlm, aJU,t t. pl l-v lrly. 1'empor.ry .UTrrlUu)euU . .dr.nce Jk work ctih n delivery. Forest Republican "ertptlotn reel for i shuto frioi lhis- month!. 0.rreirjnifnc nollelted from aU puts f ih. VOL. XXIII. NO. . 40. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28, 1891. S1.50 PEK ANNUM. Statistic show Hint 20,000 females 10 arrested yoarly In New York City. Tho statement is mode that England hiis lost three hundred millions dollars in South American Investments. Of the 3000 breweries in tho United 3tutos, foreigners havo secured about ixty, representing something over forty companies. Activity is the order of the day in tho iron and stool mills of tho country, aud now works and improvements arc boing iddod rapidly to tho present facilities. Ex-Assistant Postmaster-General Clark -son said recently: "Tho Htato of Wash ington has moro coal than Pennsylvania, aiore pine than Maine, and moro fish thmi Massachusetts," Our gaiu in population for tho decado front 1M30 to 181)0 is 13,000,000, a mil lion for each rf tlio original States. "Who says thirteen is an unlucky num ber?" cxcluinu the Washington Star. A correspondent of tho London Sptrta !ir claims Unit by a mere suggestion of tgo ho can make a hypnotized youth sud ienly look old, to the extent of his faeo muscles "falling in," and the "hue of go" overspreading it. It is stated that tho Church of Eng land has raised and expended over 175,. DQ0,0l)0 on church building, repairing, etc., during tho twenty-five years ending with 1884. The church spends a million iolliirs yearly on thesis objects. Experiments nro about being tried in England in tho uso of tin: lanco by favulry regiment;. It is proposed that '.ho front rank of each troop shall carry 'jinco and carbine, only tho rear rank bearing sword and carbine as hereto fore. Ono thing specially noticed in Maine is the impetus given to the apple-canning business by tho partial failure of the apple crop. Fruit that was formerly considered only good enough for cider escaped the press this year nnd has gono iuto cam to help fur.iish tho world with apple-snuco. Tlu Salvation army has money and property in the different countries whoro it is established valued at i?3, 213,030. The trade effects, stock, machinery and goods on baud are valued nt $500,000. Somo idea of the trade department may bo gathered, suggost tho Chicago Il:ruh!, from tho fact that they sell 2'2, 000 army bonnets every year to tho female soldiers. The Cincinnati Christian Standard sarcastically observes: Poor, belated Japan has got uhead of us iu providing postal savings bauks for those of moderate means. They were established in 1875, ourugo thrift, ami the first year 20 JO depositors with 15,320 in List year's report showed 358, -isitors iu Tokio alone, with $10,. v 'heir credit, aud the deposits J. un utnountod to over $20,000,- iio American bison is nearly extinct, many a farmer lias regretted tho because it has cut oil the supply of alo robos" with which Jje was wont wteet himself from tho winter's cold i obliged to bo on tho road. If ro froiu Illinois nro correct, states tho nam D.iirtmtin, a substitute, having ho advantages of thooiigiual article, s been found in the hide of tho G.1II0 ay aud Angus cattle. If, as seems ikely, tho skins can bo readily cured to e.pial samples wiiicli have beeu exhibited, they will bo of c jnsiderablt valuo for uso is robes, nnd the breeder will havo n additional argument in favor of these ex cellent animals, which htive long been noted for their beef-producing qualities. Tho enterprise of Austin Corbiu, a wealthy New Yorker, iu establishing a game park in Now Hampshire, is per haps as innocent a mode of spending money, opines tho Hoston Cultivator, as millionaires usually iuduigo iu. Ho has purcha'cd 22,000 acres, a part includiug tho homo farm on which ho wus born, and intends to enclose it with a ten-foot wiro fence, forty-live miles long, and costing $73,000. Ho spends $2'J0, 000,000 in stocking tho park with elk, deer, buffalo and tho larger game, ami its lakes with valuable fishes. Tho larger part of tho tract is wild aud covered with trees. It includes two mountain ranges with a fertile valley between thoni. About 250 largo game animals now roam through this park. They comprise buffalo, elk, moose, black tailed deer, white-tailed deer, red deer, caribou, antelope aud wild boars from Jciermany,tho hitler more dangerous limit ing than any American animal except thuri.ly bear. Such a park will iu from the IF FLOWERS COULD SINO. If flowers could shut, the poet's lays Would not be needed for their praise; They, of which men have sung so long. Would sing their own enchanting song. What fragraut accents oft would float From out the rose's VHlvet throat, What soulful solnce would tliijv bring If flower could sing. If flowers could sing how woflld tliey bless Tho love that Hps dare not confoss, How would they voice tho secret throe Of passionate and utter woe. How would they thrill the maiden fnlr Who wore them In her breast and hair. Whnt tender tidings would they bring If flowers oould sing. If flowers could sing the bird, would die; What use were It, for them to try By any means to e'er disclose Tho charms that render sweet the rose, Thoy lovely colors have, 'tis true; But, liave thoy lovely fragrance, toot The birds w onld die from euvy's sting It (lowers oould sing. Indeed, the world wo'jtd b too sweet If enrols sang tho m-irguertta; In that fonJ hour, when twilight's ear Is waiting woodlon t hymns to hear, The violet her np?nt ere long Would squander in the breath of song, And song would be too sweet a thing If flowers could siug. Ison Mead, in the Journalist. A CLOSE CALL Tho firm of which I was tho junior partner bought largo quantities of wool. I usually nmdo tho purchases, and at times was obliged to travel far into tiic Sierru Nevada, taking with mo several thousand dollars upon each trip. To carry this sum I used a pair of saddle holsters with a receptacle for tho money and a place for a pair of pistols. Tho latter were necessary; for much of my way lay amid tho wild and rugged mountains far from the main highways. Vhen I halted at the wayside hotels I was obliged to carry the money to tho table with mo and keep it iu my loom at night; for few of the stopping place? had any secure safes or vaults. Paper money wns not generally ncceptcd by the owners of wool, so the greater part of tho money was in gold. Two attempts had been made to rob me, and I had become wary aud suspicious; yet tho profit we made were so good that I was unwilling to give up the trips. One day we received a telegram that read: "Secure all the wool you can; it is sure to advance in price.' Tho telegram reached us at 5 in the afternoon. At !) tho next morning I was u the road, and had nearly four thousand dollars in gold coin. For tho first three days 1 gradually ascended tho mountains, and by midday of the fourth had reached tho summit. I was desirous of reaching one man, who kept his sheep during tho summer upon a high and rugged range some miles from my usual route. I halted for dinner at a small public house lately built to accommodate teamsters engaged iu haul ing lumber from anew saw-mill. While a half-breed Indian was caring for my horso I inquired of tho landlord if ho could direct mo to Iiucker's sheep camp. "Yes," was tho reply, "but it's a hard place to find," at tho samo time giving iiiO tho directions as nearly ag possible. I shook my head as he ended, saying 1 "I could never find the plnco in a year's time. Is there 110 one hero acquainted with tho routu who can go with mo?" Ho hesitated a moment and then said: "There's Bill, tho half-breed; ho knows the trail as well hs old Kttcker himself. 1 reckon you can get Hill to go." Hill was promptly interviewed. "You pay mc $2 and 1 lake my hoi.e nnd go," was tho brief but satisfactory reply. Tho required sum was promised, and he at once prepared to accompany me. The moment dinner wns eaten we set oil. Instead of being sullen mid morose like most half-breeds, my guide was a talka tive and intelligent fellow, nnd gave me much information about the surrounding regioii . Upon reaching Hucker'g camp wo found tho owner absent, nud it took us ttu hour or more to find him and tho band of sheep he was herding. He detained us longer to toll about tho bears aud panthers that annoyed his sheep llmu tho time consumed iu bargaining for his wool and milking tho necessary nrrauge menta for shipping it to us. When wo got back to the public house it was too late to go further that night, unless I traveled after dark, and to this I object ed on account of the gold. The landlord said ho could give mo a straw-bed, adding: "You see, the place is new, and wo have nothing better lor ourselves." I was willing to take tljo bed, and so turned my horso over to tho half-breed to take care of for the night. Just before supper two more travellers rode up and desired to stop. They were rather talkative, aud I overheard them ask the landlord my name and busiuess. My suspicious were easily aroused, ami I noticed that they seemed interested in uie aud tho holsters I guarded so closely. Determined to bo uu tho safe side, 1 pulled my bed ogainst the door when I retired for tho uight, and sc;uiely fas tened tho only window. I slept soundly till past midnight, when I was awakcued by a movement of the bed. It appeared as though some ono was slowly opeuing the door uud causing the bed to move across tho floor. I reached under tho pillow, firmly grasjxd one of my pistols, aud awaited developments. Iuch by inch I could fool the bed move slowly over the Hour. Tho door was not sufficiently open to ad mit the thief. It was too dark to dis tinguish his form, but I could tell his position from his deep breathing as he slowly aud cautiously approached the head of tho bed. At that iu.stnut 1 raited uiy pistol and cried: "Stop, or 1 will fire!" i'ii( k as a flash ho sprang for tho door and 1 tired at tho same iiistiul. It :r,ive. cry of pain, but continued bis lli-lit. 1 "ed from my bed, rushed to tlicdoor 't a'aiu at tho rotrealiut; figure. The ball evidently missed him, for it did not stop his mad race, and tho next mo rn 'nt we heard tho swift galloping of S couple of horses. The houso was in an instant uproar. Men cnine rushing from their rooms, each one crying aloud as to tho cause of the shooting. When day gave in light, spots of blood wcro visiblo upon tho hnll floor and on tho stairs, but a search for some distarco along the road revealed nothing of tho robbers, so it was evident that my shot had not beer, a serious one. Trusting that I had seen the last of my assailants, I mounted my horso after brcakfiwt and pursued my journey. My route lay for some miles through a most picturesque nnd scenic region. Volcanic rocks rose abruptly from the hillsides, assuming tho forms of temples and towers. Absorbed iu detecting these fancied resemblances to tiio most noted creations of man, I had ridden for a milo or moro without seeing or hearing anything to brer-k tho silence of my lonely ride, when a loud report rang out, my horse plunged violently, nnd a second later fell to tho ground, carrying mo with him. I lay upon my sido with my right leg under the animal. The two men, each with a gun in his hand, ran toward me from behind a neighboring rock, I was pinucd to the earth and unablo to move. Luckily my hands were free and I could reach one of the pistols in my holsters. I jerked tho revolver loose, raised myself slightly, and fired at tho robber nearest to mc. The ball struck him in tho hand and caused him to drop the gun. With an oath ho sprang back, and the two sought shelter behind n rock. I wns still in imminent danger, for they could make a detour and approach mc in such a manner that I should bo at their mercy. Their ndvnuce and my shot took but a fraction of n moment, so that both were over cro the death strug gles of my animal cuded. Iu these he partially raised himself from my leg, nud as his body was between mo and the two assassins, I crawled on my hnnds and knees to a low rock within a few feet of mc. Tho rock behind which I had sought shelter extended several rods, risiug in places ten or twelve foct above tho ground. 1 climbed up a few feet, and through a narrow crcviuo examined tho situation. I saw the glimmer of a gun barrel bo hind a low rock, and was thus euabled to locale at least one of my enemies. Stooping down, 1 ruu to the further end of tho ledge, hoping to got a shot at him. I was disappointed, for he was still hidden from sight. I saw that by crawling up the hill a (short distance I could gain tho protection of a second rock. This I iustnntly did, yet every moment fearing they would make a dash for the gold, which was still upon my horo. They evidently did not realize that I had moved from the rock near tho dead animal, end wero afraid to venture, lteachiug tho second ledge, I found to my anuoyauco that I could not yet soe the hidden robbers; but by pulling my self along behind a fallen tree I was at last within sight of them. They wero crouching on tho gr juud behind a low ledgo, each peering around tho end of it, intently watching tho spot where they had seen mo disappear. I now raised my pistol, took careful aim and fired. The ball struck tho man who was holding the gun, killing him instantly. The other, with a cry of rage, seized the rifle and firsd thrco shots at 1110 iu quick succession. Tho tree iu tailing bad struck an old log upon the ground nnd broken in two. Where tho two crossed each other was a space under tho broken treo through which I could see my adversary. I rapidly cleared tho earth away till I could get a shot lit him. Ho had ruu up some rods nearer, nud now stood par tially behind a small rock intently watching tho point where ho had hist seeu 1110. Just ns 1 reached tho pistol beneath tho log ho moved quickly, but I fired, and kuockc I tho guu from his bauds. I instantly sprang up, crying, "An other movo and I will kill you." Ho turned nud attempted to gaiu tho protection of tho nearest ledge; a he whirlvd around, I fired again and he fell. I lushed upun him, but he wa 011 his feet at once and caugh tho rifle. I fired ouco more, breaking his wounded arm nnd causing him to let fall the gun. I exclaimed, "Stop, before I kill you." Iustcud of complying he answered fiercely, "I will cut your heart out," and sprang toward mo with a bowiu kuifo in his right hand. II y this tine ho was within reach und made a savage thrust at 1110 with tho knife. I sprang aside iu tiuio to avoid tho blow, aud onco more pulled tho trigger. No shot replied tho pistol wus empty. My ouly chance was nt close quarters, and catching my revolver by the muzxlc 1 struck him a blow ou tlio head, at tne samo time receiving a slight cut iu tho shoulder. Ho fell ut mylect, and before b could move I sprang upon hiui, kicked tho kuifo from his hand aud" caught up tho ritlo ho had dropped iu tho light. He cried, "Ilo'.d I givo up; dou't murder me." ' Lie till, theu," I said, "aud don't move." I now ran to my dead animal, pulled the holsters from tho saddle, pushed tho empty revolver iuto theiu and took out tho loaded ouo. Theu I said, "(Jet up uow." lie was a pitiable looking object, and weak from tiie loss of blood, lie had beeu twico wounded, once iu tho baud and again i:i the arm, while my blow on his head had cut an ugly gn.-h from which tho blood trickled down over his face. 1 took my handkerchief aud mude a bandage for his urm, und by twisting it tightly witli a slick, managed to stop the Mood. 1 uow bade the fellow go ahead, und taking my holsters iu one l:nd and tin: luadod pistol 111 the otiiei, I o ! i I him I to walk iu flout of uie li.a to aj tan ' where we had stopped tho night before. Of the excitement there caused by our appearance I need not speak. Tho near est Justico of the Peaco was sent for, a coroner's jury impaneled, and tho state ment of myself and the wounded robber taken down. I was exonerated from all blame, tho body of the' man 1 killed was buried, and in the course of a few wcoks his wounded companion was sentenced to a long term in prison. 8. S. Boynton, in The Orerlttnd. "Going flown to Mary's" lie was a queer old man who boarded the train at a small station in western New York. Two young men who were probably his sons, brought him to tho steps of the car aud helped him on, nnd ns he entered wo Bnw that he leaned j heavily on a enno ami was very feeble. "The children kept at me till I had to promise to go," ho said as he sat down. 'Hain't bin down to M-iry's in fivo yenrs,, and I've got so old I dasn't wait any lon-t gcr. It's purty tough on an old mnn like me, but I want to sco Mary and the1 grandchildren." "I tako it you are going to spend New Yenr'a with your daughter?" remarked the man on the seat ahead. "That's it. Mary's my oldest gal. Got five of 'em, and all married off. Sho livesdown at , aud sho would have me como and make a visit. Mary was alius a good gal, and sho merried a good man. You'll tell mo when 1 git there, won't you?" "Oh, yos." "Cause they'll all be there atthodepoti to meet mo. My son Steve writ that wnS coming." Ho had about forty miles to go, find, when wo passed tho first three or four stations ho was anxious for fear that ho would be carried by the right one. Af ter that ho leaned over ou the window and fell asleep. Just before the train arrived nt tho man who had spok en to him turned about and said : "Come, grandpa, you get off here." ,' The old mnn did not movo, and tho stranger arose and shook his arm and said : "Wake up grandpa! This is yout1 station, and Mary aud the children aro; waiting. Come, now." But ho spoke to tho dead. Tho old man had died whilo he slept passed away so peacefully that not a line of hia face had changed. And wo wero stun ned and grieving when Mury and her1 husband and three happy children camel hurrying into the car aud shouted: 'Hero ho is, Here's our grandpa, como to spend New Year's. liutho was with bis God. iViio York Sun. Queer Facts About Heavers. James Sherman, of Clifton, who is trapping beaver at Knnppa, was telling reccutly soino queer thing about beaver and beaver trapping. Tho animal, he says, has the most acute sense of smell of any animal that exists. Iu setting the traps you must wait till low water, in order to havo tho tido when it comes iu obliterate all traces of your presence. When a beaver is caught iu a trap tho other beavers at once enable him to make good his escape by seizing him by tho tail nud hauling him nway until they re lease him, oftou leaving a limb iu tho trap as au evidence of tho siruggle that ensued. He caught a benvcr last winter ou Puget Isluud, and says that it had ouly two toes ou a hind foot, tho other thrco legs beiug amputated us close to tho body as if the limbs had never existed. Mr. Sherman says there is one faculty tho beaver possesses that would be a pro fitable and Interesting study for scien tific meu, nud that is the power of mak ing objects ndhero to the bottom of a stream without any apparcunt means of securing them. Tlio beaver lives mostly on wood, which it cuts und deposit on the bottom, where it remains, contrary to tho natural laws, which would iu ordin ary cases cuusu the wood to rise to tho surface. How this is accomplished it is difficult to decide, but Mr. Sbermuu as sures us that ho triel it timo aud ugaiu. Beaver trapping pays well where any considerable number cuu bo caught, the average price of the furs beiug from 3.50 to 5 per pound. Cul.'damct Uu tctte. Why Scotchmen Love the Thistle. This is the way .0 story goes of how tho thistle brought good luck to Scot land : Many years ago an army of Danes landed on tho Scottish shore, niiu, find ing that their approach had beeu un heralded, determined to attack tho Scotch army by night. Approaching the sleeping camp with tho greatest caution success seemed almost certain, when suddenly there arose from one of the Danes an awful scream, which aroused the meu they wero about to at tack. Tho screaming invader couldn't bo blamed wdien it wa knowu ho was barefooted and bad stepped on a thistle, but tho sturdy Scotchmen soon armed themselves, fought well, nud vanquished their enemies. To show their gratitude for tho plaut that hud beeu their salva tion, it was determined that the thistle should bo tho emblem of Scotland, and tho motto "Nemo me impuno lacossil" (No man provokes mo with impunity), is one of the uiost applicable extant. However, tho bride assumes it for good luck and not because she wishes to bo uggressivo. Detroit Fne J'nsi. American Iteef For England. The shipment of American beef to English markets was begun on a small scale in 1875. Tho t isportaliou was' from New York to Liverpool, aud a 1 laborious process of fanning by hand- I blowers wu required to keep tho meat I fresh and cool. Later ou blowers wero : operated by steam aud currents of frozeu uir were sent from uumcu.se boils -ji ice to the refrigerator iu which tiio meat was : stored. Largo amounts of Amcricau beef are shipped weekly to foreign market aud the Hade is uliout equally divided 1 between the tio.en lieef nud Hie liw. ' stook to be slao-ji't' red on tnuolucr side. ! JJilivU 'it L . .t, 1 TIIE CORK-CUTTER'S TRADE AN ODD LITTLE INDUSTRY AND HOW IT FLOURISHES. How the Cork Is Imported Tho Pro ecus ol Culling by Hand Cork in Its Native Regions. Hanging outside a commonplace East Sido dwelling, of a fashion antedating the era of great tenement houses, is a small glass case, within which is inclosed a cork model of the "houso that Jack built," together with thrco or four curi ously carved blocks and balls of cork. A swinging sign several feet above tho case proclaims that the occupant of tho houso is a maker of corks. A hall straight through the building leads to a small rear yard, in which stands tho corkmaker'g littlo workshop. Half the shop is filled with crude cork and little labeled drawers for holding corks of various shapes and sizes. In a loft, that is really only a gallery overhanging the lower part of tho shop, is the simple machinery of the corkmaker's trade. There arc, perhaps, half a dozen cork makers jn New York where work is done by the aid of knives and a simple hand run machine, looking like a great jack plane. A rod, currying the cork to be shaped, revolves under the piano's moving blade, and by adjustment this machine may bo made to shape corks of almost any size. Corks below half an inch in diameter are, however, mostly mado by the use of tho knife. A skilled cork maker can turn out from fifty to seventy gross of corks per dny. Tho cork facto ries where machinery is used a child can turn out 150 gross per day. There arc, however, no cork factories of the larger sort in New York, though there arc somo in Brooklyn, nnd the large factories in distant cities have agencies here. Tho handworkers struggle hard to compete with cheap machine made corks. Tiiey arc enabled to do by denliug directly with consumers nnd thus saving the jobber's profit. However, the small workers are constantly in danger of being driven out of business by the factories. The best cork conies from Spain, though much is brought from Italy, Portugal, France and Africa. Cork oaks have been planted in South America and in the sub tropical States of this country. As yet, however, little or nothing has come of this effort to introduce cork glowing into the United States. Tho bark comes in pieces varying from half an inch to over three inches in thickness, and sometimes measuring three and a half feet in length by eight een inches in width. It brings at whole sale, in crude condition, from five to seventy cents a pound. This indicates tho variety of quality that marks this article. The cheapest cork is full of great holes, and looks as if it were ready to fall to pieces. This quality of cork, cut into thin slices, is used to make shoe soles "water tight." As a matter of fact, it docs nothing more than mako shoos warm to tho feet by interposing a non-conductor of boat between the inner nnd outer soles. An extremely fine va riety of cork is used for movable insoles. Cork is put to all sort of odd uses, and , the corkuiaker must be prepared to shape his material into nu almost in finite va riety of forms. Tho cork house and carved blocks proclaim to tho world the corkmaker's readiness to perform nny function of his trade. There is a great waste in the trimming of corks, and the little East Side shop is packed thick w!th scraps aud shavings. Once theso wero salable us packing for life preservers and tho like, but now they bring little or nothing when sold for this purpose, and the corkmakers are glad to have them curried off free of charge. Cork sha diigs make an excellent kindling, and they arc used for that pur pose in somo largo manufacturing places. Half n dozen downtown houses import cork. It comes in vessels partly laden with heavy merchandise, und a sailor feels tolerably safe when he has ou board a cargo of cork. The crudo bark is stripped from tho trees when they havo attained considerable size, und the pro cess docs not destroy them. Indeed, if tho outer bark were not removed it would be cracked and shed in time by the growth of uew bark underneath. When removed, the bark is placed iu water und alcohol und weighted with stones, in order that it may flatten out from its semi-cyliudrical form and be tlio moro suug'y packed nnd the more satis factorily worked. When once a tree lii eon. c into bcariug, so to speak, it may without injury bo barked once a year, though ordinarily tho stripping occurs only once in six or eight years. It is only at the third strippiug that really good cork is produced. It is an odd fact that the cork cutter's tools require almost momentary sharpen ing, ulthough the material iu which ho worku is exceedingly soft. This for a long whilo made the application of ma chinery to cork cutting apparently un impossibility, uud it is only of recent years that the difficulties of tho case havo been surmounted. .Vci lurk Star. Tlio Tivo-IIurueil llliiiiocero. There nro very contradictory reports us to its nature, of tho two-horned rhi noceros, some accounts representing it ns a most dangerous beast, ami others, ns a particularly timid one. The only ono I ever saw, writes a traveler, had been killed by a purty of !'..itaks, two days fic fore, uud was in such u statu of decom position that it wu iinpussiblu to ap proach, but not u bit too "high" for tho hunters, who were gorging themselves like wolves around it, with tint nurot show of grilling the dreadful viands. The horns of this specimen were mere stumps, eight or nine inches long; b.it 11 Chinese storekeeper gau ti,; liutuliy $30 for one uud no doubt ui.ido a good profit by it, a the Chinese have tlio firmest belief in the Si raping ol'rliinoie ros hoiu asu uuivcrsd uie.lii inc. A European Klati,tici 111 tell.u-ith.it the. Sullaii of Turkey has live wives ol the t : i.st class, twenty four of the sccou I Class uud 2 50 ol tliu third class. SCIENTIFIC JNI INDUSTRIAL. Pasteboard pulleys arc mado in Ger many. In bstg the henrt is aided by rhythmic Contraction of veins in the wings. A. system lias been invented by which stringed musical instruments can be operated by electricity. In Belgium tho white insulators on telegraph poles arc so frequently broken that grayish brown ones arc being used to replace them. Tho welding of the spokes of metallic wheels to tho hubs by means of clcc tric.ty has recently been proposed and a process patented. The submarine war boat has led to the flying ef balloons from war ships. A balloon hovering over a ship can detect every movement of a submarine boat coming to the attack. It has been proposed to make tho up per half of war balloons of very thin steel and the lower portion of ordinary balloon material, the v. hole so constructed as to hold hydrogen instead of ordinary gas. Data of tho trials of three largo steam ers, showing tho comparative of largo and small screws, chow that propellers of small diameter have iu each case proved the moro economical and effec tive, both increasing tho speed and de creasing the coal consumption. Strctton,the eminent English engineer, says that a locomotive of the present type can run only the least triflo faster than eighty miles au hour. A higher speed is prevented by tho resistance of the air, the friction, and the fact of the back pressure in tho cylinders because of the impossibility of getting tho exhaust steam out fust enough. A deposit of sand has been discovered in King County, Washington, which is reported by experts at Pittsburg nnd San Fritucisco to be superior to any other found In the United States for tho manu facture of glass. Appliances havo been ordered from the East, and it is the in icntion of tho discoverer to utilize tho Uud as soon as they arrive. Modern methods are changing con tinually towards simplicity and rapidity in the smallest things. The Pennsyl vania Railroad has introduced the meas urement of oil by weight in it. supply department. An odd number of quarts can bo run off much moro quickly by weight than by lading. Oil averages about seven pounds to tho gallon. Ib is now proposed to utilize the lig nite coal, which lies beneath tho wheat fields of Minnesota and tho Dakota aud which can bo bought for $2 per ton, nnd to turn back iuto tho fire the gases which it throws off. Under this nrrnngemeut there is no smoke, the heat is greater nnd tho fuel lasts longer. This can bo dono in furnaces, ranges, or cooking stoves. The investigations of fire ruins show thut porous terra cotta bricks best resist fire, ns well as water and frost; after these in fire-resistlug qualities como tho various concretes uud burned city work. Iu tho most approved building work now in vogue the iron part is incased iu terra cotta, tiio or brick work in roof, floor nud tile construction, and the hollow tiles are faced with vitreous tile, sluto or any good weather-proof coating, or with a single thickness of brick. Iron nnd steel work, incased in fire-proof materials, is just uow very much iu favor. Giitta-Pert'liii is Disiippcarin? It appears that there exists a serious risk of tlio extcriniuutiou of tho plant or tree from which gutta-percha is obtained. Tin gum is used iu many industries, hugely in tho manufacture of submarine cables, as'V is capable of sustaining it insulating qualities when submerged under water ut great depths; in fact, the insulation of Gutta-percha actually im proves with age when kept contiuually under water. Tiio disappearance of the curious tree from which gutta-percha is obtained would, therefore, bo u calamity of world-wide importance, yet it would uppoar from a report recently made to tiio French Academy of Sciences that wo are actually threatened with such a calamity. Mr. Sending, 11 French scientist, spent three years in Malay and studied tlio isouuudrn in till periods of its cxiiteuce, acquiring n complete knowledge of its natural history aud physiology ; but ho reports that there is absolutely uu method iu tho manner employed by the natives iu robbing tho tree of its sap, uud that 110 effort is mado to cultivate uud propagate o valuable a member of the plaut world. Tho native adopt tlio wholly barbar ous custom of cutting it tree ut the root in order to extract the gum; thus each treo only give ono yield, uud is tl.cu dead foiever. No wonder gutta-percha is rapidly gettiug to be worth its weight in silver. Jiteetrifil Ittcirtr. Tho Shah's Littlo Favorite. Muli Djeck (Little Sparrow), the favor ite of tho Si 1 oil of Persia, i hardly more than a pigmy in size, but his authority iu tho royal palace is undisputed. lie has tlio rank of a (ieneral in the army, keep un establishment tint costs the Shall nearly t7. 10,000 a ye ir, nnd. has horses and a military baud at his disposal, lie ticats the royal Princes as his eiiials,an I tho latest rumor is that ho has been I e trothed to the Shah's youngest daughter. The boy is tho son of a Kurd, who occupied a humble position in tho palace, but is now a man of authority. Cl'ieayo 2'iintn. Walling Oil' :i Submarine Line. A novel engineering work has ju-t been completed ut tho Dud lou cstu 11 y, on the Engli-h coast. A vulii.i'o'o hematite uiine extended out under tile sea, and iu order to work it a barrier two-thirds of u mile long au .1 li fty feet high for about hall the length h is been constructed. Tho sea is thus shut out from about twenty-six acres, on whic'i, it is e-,1 iinute I, tho mining of iron ore may bu coutii.ued fur tivi'iity-llvo 1 cir with 11 force of nbo'M 15'tO men. 2'ttntuu (A. Auici uau. IN WINTER TIME. In winter time where sleep tlio innumorous lives, That will the spring an ! summer time make gay, As pupae or in embryo, till arrives The lime to break their bonds nnd soar away? Now with bliqd motions only each one strives. Th lices, we know, bl le harpy hi their hives, But where are all the small birds nn.1 their wives, That bravo the snow and frost, nud near us stay, In winter time Where nro the brook's inhabitants' each dives Into what secret chambers? Whither drives The cold the del land woodland trib-js from day' In nir and water aaiu will niillims plaii The spirit, that animates them all, survives In winter time. W. L. Shotmnher, in H uAirjtu,i Star. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Brings tgars to the dryest eyes radish. "Because it is dog 011 icc."- -Horsc--Wah- ington Slur, Does things up with a bang Tho female hair dresser. Iu endorsing a check tho right end is always tho leftcud. Systematic charity diving a bald headed mnn a wig. Few lawyers can beat an earthquake ot settling a landed estate. Many a man is thought an intellectual athlete when ho is simply an intellectual acrobat. "Deaf uud dumb people are moro or less superstitious." "Why;"' "Becauso they believe iu sigu3." litsi Shore. Brindle (distractedly) "I don't know what to do; I cau't meet my bills." Litewnitc (sadly) "I wish I couldn't." This conundrum is now epidemic in our highest social circles "VIiy Is tbp terrier iu n refrigerator liko u kissr' Maud "I havo such a terrible paiu iu ono of my teeth, but I am afraid to lmvo it drawn." Cholly "Why dou't you havo it photographed?" "lias Mr. X. gono out?" asked a visitor in Paris of a concierge. "I hardly thiuk so," was tho polite iniswer of the janitor; "he died this morning." n...-- T ..I 1(1)..,. .nrt'ft A 1,,,., n,A l.ti-.trolnl ? My friend Alma has invited me to join tho bicycle club." "Sol Well, if you . want to uso your feet so much, I will bu N you a sowing machine." Flityer Dlattcr. -' "A man cawn't even wear a mousi without some cad making insulting re- mnwks,"suid little Du lekins. "I hap pened to stund up for a moment ut tho theatre, and n low fellah culls out, 'Down in front !' " ISoston Commercial ll'illetin. Mrs. A. "Doe your husband believer in corporal punishment in the house hold?" Mrs. B. "Ouly to a certain point. He's nlways whipping thec,li'' drcn, but ho thinks tho dust should 1 got out of the carpet by moral suasion." Chieogo Pot. Druggist "Why do you constantly look back of you, and smilo idiotically?" New Clerk "I read tho other day that, 'Deatli is always grinning over the shmil der of the man behind tlio prescription tniintiM ' nml T itHinf li!m Id vii I'm not. afraid of him.' " J'h(ir.ntif-;iiti'd Era. It does n't pay to do much talking whi-n you'ro mad euou-jti to cli ko, Because tiio word that, stings tii-j dcp-vst is . til one that's naver sp ko; l.Mt tlio otleM' fullow wruulo till th. siirn' bus blown away, f Theu h-'ll do a lump of thinking 'bout t things you did n't say. The Evening of ".'hirguin !) ' " Grump "Bless my" &.uj: M.mru are you going to do with all th' Mrs. Crump "O, I got it all at ..- ba gain, and you kjow it will all como . handy somo day." Mr. Crump "Son day yes but moucy comes iu haul every day!" Tix-t tiij'iiijx. "Is there any portion of tho fowl yi. prefer, major?" asks the sutler's will bluudly. "The lclt wing, it you p'.eiscj "The left wing!" "Yes," retorted tU m ajor, gazing dubiously ut the plailot "1 believe it is always good military tao tics to bring the left wing of a vclei corps iuto action first." Alie lor Jcral,. . She "Mr. Price, didn't you tell n yesterday that tho first of tiie I'rici camo over iu the Mayflower? lie " V es, She "Well, hero is the liciioalogiei Society's list of Mayilo.ver p.i-v a ;ei and I dou't sco the name." If.1 ""l you kuow he was a very di.stin.;iii.-.iie man, and always travelled incog. " Jlari'tr't Jl ir ir. , A Doctor' "More Bell." I A physician who was conHdemiM ty a visitor that nil physicians with u. 1 practice hail a bore bell. "And '-.vb.it, may a 'bore bull' hi-t asked bis visitor. . "A 'bore bell,' " said the Doctor, "is nu invisible bell arranged somen hero in ; the room, though generally iu the floor near the chair when; a physician is usu"1' waled at the timo ho receives hi When 1 feel that 1 have given & i v i 1 1 , e 1 1 my time I qui el'ct spot in I ic can say '.I J comer enough of my time I qui my toot ou the sci un I bc.'oic any 011c 1 sou' my man has appeared an I ' iqieaiea an 1 f ram, or ilia 111:11. diately. j v her-i If out I that I have a tel v iMies to see um mm tieiit naturally liow- il is gem-rally ,1 wom.i;,), a i l (.; of my li t r 1 0 sublerl.ige I ;.u .-.nir... I .1.. ,.,.t ' .. . ilil!iri.,l I., 11.,. !,., .!1 r .V X ccive u woman patient! Hal I have found it a lucky csca-u: It is all very well to listen o nil no n.li.ients an. I ;iv.- i.,.- r 4 amount nf.-.ui,atiiv to I in- cm., it I illinium ni - inpatiiy I yon, but when he ilia I, but v lien she drags iu all liei tel a' lew to be 11 stoppim p.;.. 4 v thu -boio bcil.' " .tu i. V .u
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