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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
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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
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