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VOL. XXIII. NO. 52. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, APltlL 22, 1891.
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A reunion of (he blue and the gray at
the World' Fair is proposed.
The Massachusetts Bureau of Statis
tics finds that 120,000 acres of Massa
chusetts farms hnvo been abandoned.
Delaware Is said to have more living
ex-Governors than any other State in the
Union. Five of them B. T. Biggs,
John P. Cochran, Jiuncs Ponder, John
W. Hall and Charles F. Stoklcy are
still engaged in active business.
A number of manufacturers of Ger
many have determined to try a novel ex
periment. In order to procuro cheap
meat for their employes, they have es
tablished a number of breeding places
for rabbits. Tho rabbits will bo sold to
im men ni mo lowest possiuio prices.
Tho experiment is looked upou with fuvor
in Germany.
"Thoro is no annexation sentiment in
this country," protests tho New York
Tribune. "On tho contrary, if tho ques
tion catno tip in any practical form,
there would bo a powerful opposition to
it. And if Canada begged to bo an
nexed, it is possible Unit her request
would be declinod with thanks. Even
the million Canadians now iu this coun
try aro not agitating the question of an
nexation. Having annexod thamsolvcs,
they are not at all anxious to let others
in."
Senator Iliggins, of Delaware, says
that tho whipping-post and tho pillory
are still retained in his State" owing to
the fact that the 3tate lies in tho neigh
borhood of three great cities, and that it
lias to adopt uuusual means to protect it
self from becoming tho asylum of crimi
nals from these great ceutrcs. He is him
self opposed to tho preservation of these
forms of punishment, states the New
York Tribune, although he concedes that
their preservation has a tendency to mako
criminals give tho Stato a wido berth.
The wlipping of to-duy, ndds the Tri
bune, is merely nominal and in no way
resembles the brutul punishment of tho
past when tho cat-o'-nino-tails as a form
or punishment was first established.
Thore aro, according to recent reports,
135 medical colleges in the United States
whose diplomas are recognized by all
health authorities, entitling their holder
to the right to pructice medicine. Chi
cago has eight of theso institutions, St.
Louis and Cincinnati seven-, Louisville
five, Atlanta four, and these institutions
annually graduato 5000 students. Tho
United States accordingly havo one medi
cal school to every 400,000 inhabitants;
Germany, with her utimerous universities,
ono for every 2,000,000; Great Britain
one for every 3,000,000, and Franco one
for every 0,800,0.00. "It will be secu
from these presents,"' comments the St.
Louis Star-Sayings, "that American col
leges, on tho quantitative sido of their
endeavor, easily disUucc tho institutions
of effeto Europe."
"It is a significant fact," says the
CongregationalUt, "that fifteen minister!
are employed on tho daily press of New
York City, writing on religious topics.
It docs not indicate missionary zeal on
tho part of the newspapers, but it shows
that religion is a matter of growing popu
lar interest, and that the constituency
which is most valuable to tho secular
press demands to know what is gang on
in tho world of religions thought aud life.
It is encouraging to noto that scandal
concerning miuisters aud churches no
longer monopolize tho columns devoted
to religious matters. Another remarka
ble fact is that the greatest number of
books published last year inthis country,
next to works of fiction, were on religious
subjects, whiten largo proportion of the
novels also were written with religious
aims. No subject occupies so large a
place in current thought as that which
concerns men's relations with God and
their future destinies, and no other sub
" is so steadily increasing its hold on
attention."
In its career of more thau seven cen
ries, the Corporation of London has
d at its head a number of peculiar
en, states tho New York Timet, but
e present Lord Mayor, Joseph Savory,
ems to bo more kiuds of nn uss thau is
sual, even amoug city Aldcrmeu. His
xplolt in writing a letter to tho Czar
bout the Hebrews, which was returned,
"nnneucd, and his attack upou General
h themselves to settlo
the feeblo intellectual
oralty succession, but
t now iu a thing which
dicule. Ho preached
young men ut Poly
sek, which was print
rthand report in tho
s. It was theu dis
union was identical
by Spurguon in 1S61
anted series. Savory
iu had never seen the
whereupon tho two
larallcl col.tms, uuk-aiurstiikablo.
ORIATER THAN LOVE.
Why do they rave of love, these poets who
mpt heaven a very airs to hear them
raver
Is there naught else to praise 'neath heaven's
blue,
Naught else to sing above the sounding
wavef
Brave men lived long ere Agamemnon died;
What braver theme for aye than brave
men's deeds?
crave women their whole sex have sancti
fied
By gentle courage 'neath a woman's
weeds!
Faith toward God and man, aud woman,
too;
For all who suffer, hope and charity I
These are the heavenlinst things beneath the
blue,
The noblest themes abovo the sounding
seal
The Continent.
A GOTHAM INCIDENT.
CHAHACTnns:
Ethel Van Kkksskf.akr.
Haruy Shu-man, her cousin.
Dr. Potteii, arising young physician.
Anoiclo, a newsboy.
Passengers in a street car, et;.
Scene A crowded Madison avenue
car.
Enter Miss Van Rensselaer, in an ap
proved Lenten gown of pale gray, and a
demure littlo poke. She sinks into the
only remaining scat with a sigh of
relief.
Ethel (to herself): There is that good
looking young doctor I met at Mrs.
Sinythe's last week. I suppose he
thought me very frivolous. I wonder if
he would know mo if I should bow.
Glances with a careless air toward the
corner scat, and finds the young man
looking ut her with a puzzed air, where
upon she bows demurely, and he raises
his hat, still looking as if he were not
quite sure of her identity.
Ethel (to herself) : I might as well be
ono of tho mummies at the Museum of
Art, to judge by the expression on his
lace. Indeed, I suppose if I were a
mummy ho would feel more interest.
Turns around and pretends to be dceulv
interested in a paper-covered volume of
Jjauclet winch she carries.
Dr. Potter (to himself) : There is that
pretty Miss Van Rensselaer whom I saw
somewhere oh, 'twas at Mrs. Smythe's
i m airam sue thought me awfully dull
because I talked of nothing but the
weather, iliats always an interesting
subject to a doctor, though, -especially
tnis winter, lleigho? I'm a fool to
imagine that sho gave a thought to me
after wo parted, favorable, or otherwise ;
probably 'twas otherwise, if anything.
At this point he is cut short in his re
flections by the car stopping at tho Park
Avenue Hotel, where a number of women
enter. As lie rises to give his seat to
one of them, enter a small newsboy on
crutches, with a dark Italian face aud
pathetic brown eyes. Ho holds a small
bunch of lead pencils, and almost in
stantly every lady in the car opens her
purse. The boy hr.s pulled off his red
cap to receive the liberal shower of dimes
aud nickels, but does not even mako a
feint of giving his papers or pencils in
return.
Dr. Potter (to himself) : If Miss Van
Rensselaer hasn't offered that boy her
seat! Lazy little rascal!
As the boy reached her seat Miss Van
Rensselaer had jumped up impulsively,
but tho boy rather shamefacedly shook
his head, and she sauk back, blushing,
and feeling that tho cjes of the whole
car were upon her. J . .
Ethel (to hersell): There I You have
made a goose of yourself, and all for the
take of making a good impression on a
young man who didn't even remember
you until you bowed to him. I'm
ashamed of you 1
Tho car stops, several people get off.
Dr. Potter draws Angelo to a scat beside
him.
Dr. Potter (to Angelo): Now, my
boy, I am going to buy you pencils, but
I shall not give you the money. I shall
pay for the pencils, and tako them.
That's a profitable trade you've just
carried on, but it isn't exactly uccordiug
to busiuess principles, you know or any
other principles for that matter.
Miss Van Kenssehicr rises to leave tho
car, dropping her book as sho does so.
While Dr. Potter is recovering it for her
she speaks iu a low tone to Angelo, and
then, having kept the car waiting a suit
able time, she smiles graciously on Dr.
Potter aud departs.
Girl in Redlern Gowu (to artistic girl
by htr side): Pretty? Ye-s but not
half so pretty as Eva. Still, her gowns
are always pretty, and that makes such a
difference.
Artistic Girl: She is the sort of girl
that men always admire. Did you no
tice hew that young doctor never took
his eyes oil of her! I met him at a dance
lost month, but ho doesn't remember me.
School-girl (lookuig after Kiss Van
Rensselaer): Mow perfectly sweet the
is I
Scene In the Berkeley Lyceum.
Ethel Van Rensselaer (to her cousin, a
youth who is carefully training a mous
tache): Do see Kate Schuyler's sweet
little pin not that ono, the enameled
ono with the diamond dewdrop. Do
you know, I nevrr have jewelry enough
People are always sending mo candy and
flowers. I do wish they would be more
generous!
A pause, during which her cousiu as
sists in removing her wrap
Ethel: I've been wearing nothing but
old duds all winter because I wanted to
save my money to buy gowns in Paris.
Wc are going over iu May. But, do you
kuow? I've already spent my allowance
up to July.
Harry: Last Julyt
Ethel: Next July! And, really, 1
have hardly a thing to show for it. You
see, papa gave me my Redfern hubit.and
niauimu gave lue my bridesnmi i'a drrss
that I wore at Mary's wedding, So, ac
tually, all n.y money was sciit ou my
Josephine gown. But it is perfectly!
iwtet you haven't seen it jell Well,
it hag a diagonal row of green -and-gold
beetles edging tho folds. Oh, I'm so
glad Mrs. A. sings nowl Isn't sho sweet?
The other night, at Amy's musicalc, she
saug the cutest songs I
Quiet during the song. As the last
chord is played, Ethel coughs.
Ethel: There! I had to keep from
coughing so long it nearly killed me.
Low voice from next row (grimly)
Keep from talking, you mean. I should
think it would !
Ethel turns scarlet and looks intently
at her programme for a few moments.
Then glancing up, she for the first time
observes Dr. Potter, in the vicinity.
Ethel (to herself, in a horrified tone):
I am absolutely certain he has heard
everything I have said this whoio even
ing. What will he think of a girl who
talks about gowns and things all the
time? (To Harry, sternly): Did you read
Bryce's "Commonwealth?"
. Harry (uneasily) : No-o. The fact is,
a fellow gets behind in his reading when
he's training. You see, a senior has so
many clubs and then you girls are al
ways besieging us to go to your teas and
dances.
Ethel (still sternly) : You don't have
to go to dances in Lent.
Harry (assuming the offensive) : Well,
what do yon do in Lent?
Ethel (promptly) : Go to the Stoddard
readings and the Browning classes; and
there are tho Bulow reoitals. And then
I lunch somewhere every day and drive
in tho park afterward. Oh, and ride
horseback and go to church. I have the
loveliest new prayer book, Harry; ivory
bound wiih silver corners!
Dr. Potter (to himself) : How much
interested she is in that insignificant
young fellow. Wonder if she's engaged.
That is just like a fashionable girl, to go
and throw herself away on a boy with
out any brains.
Ethel (to Harry) : Isn't Mario Bash-
kirtseff charming? She had nu awfully
hard time, though. There's something
really pathetic in her struggles to reach
fame, buch undying energy resisting
circumstance.
Low voico from behind: Nothing like
energy I especially when it resists the ir
rational idea that music should preclude
conversation.
Ethel (with dignity): Socictv is so
mixed now. Even nt the Berkeley un-
desirablo peoplo will crowd in. Oh,
Harry, I haven't told you about my vio
let luncheon ! The other girls havo had
so many "rose" things that I was tired
to death of American beauties, and the
rest of them, and so I gave myself a
headache studying up something new.
I didn't bother about the menu, but lot
mamma arrange all that and just gave
myself up to the violet idea. I massed
violets in a centre basket, had wreaths of
violets around each plate, and tho cloth
embroidered with violets, all tho sweets
were candied violets, the candles were
violet-shaded, and the napkins were filled
with loose vioMs. The girls were just
enchanted, but I could seo they were
jealous, too.
Harry: I don't wonder. Come on,
Ethel. Stupid concert. Aren't you
glad it's over?
Dr. Potter (impatiently to himself): I
am thankful this thing is through. I
would go aud speak to her if she had
eyes for any one beside that callow youth.
As it is, I don't choose to bo snubbed,
even by a pretty girl.
Ethel (mournfully): Ho is going out
without even looking this way. I wish I
were intellectual and homely. No, I
don't, either. Probably he would fancy
a "bud" who kuows nothing at nil more
than a girl in her second season.
Scene On the steps of a small tene
ment on the East Side.
Dr. Potter: How did you come here?
Ethel: Why?
Dr. Potter: I beg your pardon,' but
it seems an odd place to find a youn"
iady.
Ethel (flushing): Angtlp is my pro
tege; I have taken him into my mission
class.
Dr. Potter: And so you come and
visit him, I see. He is improving great
ly. I did not know he was receiving
such instruction.
Ethel : I believe you are jealous of
any one but yourself teaching Angelo !
Dr. Potter (carelessly): Not at all.
He is merely an interesting study to me.
Ethek; I am interested in Angelo,
not iu u ceitaiu typo of boy at a certain
stage of development.
Dr. Potter; Perhaps not, but you
are
Ethel (interrupting) : I am not.
Dr. Potter: Not whnt?
Ethel: Not what you wero going to
call me.
Dr. Potter: Are you a sorceress who
divines the thoughts of men?
Ethel: It only required tho divining
powers of a nineteenth century young
woman to know that you meant some
thing disagreeable.
Dr. Potter: We will waive the ques
tion. Are you going up town? Shall we
tako a car?
Ethel: A Madison avenue car?
. Dr. Potter: Yes; it will remind us of
our first meeting with Angelo.
Ethel: Angelo has a great deal to
auswer for.
Dr. Potter: In what way?
Ethul: I never cared so much for ap
pearances before I suw Augclo.
Dr. Potter; What enigmas vou are
talking. Enlighten my stupidity.
Ethel: What an uuusual admission for
a man. Such huirility deserves encour
agement. As for an explanation of my
mysterious words: to begin with, An
gelo brings our newspapers.
Dr. Potter; Ho brings mine; but is
that so remarkable?
Ethel It is remarkable that a little
newsboy should have so excited tho in
terest of a physician who, if his practice
is rather small, has certainly enough to
do without teaching every newsboy he
comes across.
Dr. Potter: You dou't understand.
Angelo wo3 especially interesting because
well, because I had iust seeu some one
I care a great deal for.
Ethel ; And you were feeling so benign
toward the world that you were interested
in. humanity in general and Angelo In
particular.
Dr. Potter (aside) : Angelo in general
and Ethel Van Rensselaer in particular.
(Aloud.) But you promised to explain
your very obscure words.
Ethel: I think better of it, and you
know it is a woman's privilege to crrango
her mind.
Dr. Potter: I supposed that nowadays
young women did not chooso to exercise
their old prerogatives, thoy have so many
new ones.
Ethel : They have few enough, taking
old and new together. They have been
walking rapidly meanwhile, very much
absorbed in each other, and are now
near i tig Madison avenue.
Ethel (suddenly) : There he is !
Dr. Potter looks across the street and
discovers Harry Shiptnan sauntering
along.
Dr. Potter (to himsolf): That fellow!
and how much pleasure in her tone.
Ethel (impressively) : I must speak to
him.
Dr. Potter: I will leavo you in his
bands. Good-morning.
Ethel (surprised) : Won't you speak to
him, too? Have you quarreled?
Dr. Potter (stiffly) : Never having had
the honor of meeting him, I have hardly
had the opportunity of doing so. (Aside.)
I should cordially Uke to.
Ethel (in blank amazement) : What are
you talking about? You are dreadfully
mysterious. (Aside.) Ho must be so
deeply immersed in his own scientific
thoughts that ho hasn't heard a word I've
been saying. (Aloud, sarcastically.)
Evidently Angelo and I are equally un
worthy of your attention. I am sorry
to have forced you to waste so much
valuable time.
Dr. Potter (bewildered) : Angelo and
you ! Unworthy of my attention I
Ethel (sharply): It would seem sq,
since you first decline to speak to him,
aud then show such a desire to leave my
society.
Dr. Potter: Decline to speak to An
gelo! Ethel: Why do you repeat my words?
But tho poor boy didn't experietce your
unkindncss, and that is fortunate.
Angelo, who has been hanging around
the corner, now boards a car, waving his
cap to tho slowly advancing Miss Van
Rensselaer and Dr. Potter.
Dr. Potter (seeing Angelo for the
first time): Was it Angelo you meant all
this time?
Ethel: Of course I meant Angelo. no
was right, oa the co. ner.
Dr. Potter: Then it wasn't that in
significant little wretch!
Ethel: Little wretch?
Dr. Potter: Now you repeat my
words.
Ethel: There goes a car.
Dr. Potter: No; it's a green one.
(After a pause.) Oh, Ethel, I wish you
liked me a littlo bit.
Ethel: I do; but not so much as
Dr. Potter (angrily) : You needn't try
tantalize me. I hate coquettes.'
Ethel (demurely) : As Angelo, I was
going to say.
Dr. Pottor (laughing) : Angelo is our
good genius. It was his littlo venture in
pencils that made our fortuue good for
tune, I mean.
Ethel: I think it was a Madison
avenue car.
Dr. Potter: The two combined An
gelo and the horse car. But, Ethel, you
haven't answeied my question. Signals
to approaching car.
Ethel (mischievously, as the car stops,
preparing to get on) : I didn't know you
had asked any. Frank Ledie't 11-
(unrated.
Tamo Hate.
Five largo rats are tho peculiar pets of
Charles Perkins, who lives on Noble
street, says tho Philadelphia Press. The
rodents evince great affection for him,
following him about tho house, like
dogs, run up his sleeve and come out at
tho breast, nestle around the rim of his
hat and perform a variety of tricks such
as leaping through a wire hoop aud
diawing a coach, four of them acting as
horses and one as driver.
Asked how ho tamed tho rats, Perkius
answered
"It is very easy when you know
how."
"Well, what is the how?"
"Simply, I trap a rat in a cage and
then examine him carefully to see if ho
is young aud not too vicious. Having
selected a proper specimen, I take him
to tho yard aud drop hitn in a barrel
half tilled with water. If he tries to
clamber up the tides, I throw him back
and keep him in the water until ho is
completely exhausted. When ho is just
about to go under I take him out, pour
a little brandy down his throat with a
syringe and take him to the stove whore
I wrap him in a piece of blanket, coddle
him and nurso him back to lifo. So
grateful is ho that he remains my slave
forever after, fawns on me and becomes
quite a pet."
Mandrake, or Hallows riant.
Many singular stories are related con
cerning the mandrake, or gallows plant.
Tho roots were formerly supposed to
bear a strong resemblance to the human
form, and are figured as such iu tho old
herbuls, being distinguished as to sex
by the respective roots having long hair
or long beard. During the Middle Ages
nmndrako was declared to grow no place
except upon tho sceno of some teriiblo
crime, or where someone had suffered
the death of a felon. Some writers said
that tho plants of it which grow uuder a
gallows wero tho result of corruption
dripping from dead "bodys" left long in
the cha'ns. "When dug up," they said,
"it would utter a great shriek or a terri
ble groan." "If a man pull uji a man
drake, " says an old-time writer, "he
will turcly die soou thereafter. Iu com
mon prudence it is best to tie a dog to
the plant, and thus escape the evil thy
self." The poet says:
Mark how that rooted mandrake wears
Hi hmuuii fo-t, his tiutuuu bauds;
Oil as his shapely form h rears,
Aghast the H ibteuud ploughman stands.
St. Lout Ui'jiMU:
Potatoes were not planted in New
England fields until 1718,
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
China's one railroad has American en
gines. Platinum has advanced to about $20
per ounce.
It is now proposed to introduce elec
tric power in gold, silver and copper
reining.
It is said that by a new discovery the
telephone can be made of use in foretell
ing storms.
A spoed jt twenty-four miles an hour
is attained on the electrical underground
railway of London, England.
There are about 1000 electric meters
in use in London, England, and one
third of them are of American pattern.
Lake Maggiorc, in Switzerland, has
wnter of different colors. In its north
ern branch the color is green, aud in the
southern a deep blue.
The brownish discoloration of ceilings
where gas is used is caused by dust, car
ried against them by by the heated air
currents produced by the gas.
An English company is working a
silver mine in Bolivia which yields more
than 300 ounces to the ton, while speci
mens of almost pure silver are met with.
An enterprising Iowa farmer who
operates a big farm has called in tho tele
phone as a menus of direct communica
tion with the various departments there
of. Any kind of cotton covering, when
soaked in a solution of tungstate 6f soda,
is rendered absolutely incombustible. It
is therefore useful in central station
work.
One of the most exasperating accidents
that happen in connection with the trol
ley system of propelling electric cars, is
the killing of horses by the breaking of
the trolley wire.
Tho galvanized telephone wires in
London, England, weighing 221 pounds
to tho mile, have been replaced with sili
con bronze wires weighing thirty-six
pounds to the mile.
On shipboard pumping, ventilating,
lifting or hoisting, may all be performed
by the use of electric motors. On the
latest French warships all big guns aro
manipulated electrically. Electric mo
tors are now made which will work with
their armatures in the water.
Tho first applications of traction by
electricity having a really practical char
acter were mado in Europe at tho Berlin
(Germany) Exhibition iu 1879. An elec
tric tramway was there exhibited con
structed by the firm of Siemens & Halkc,
the action of which left nothing to be de
sired. News comes from New Castle, Penn.,
that Joseph Martin, a glassblower, is en
gaged in a ecries of experiments to de
velop a formula by which glass may bo
hardened so as to endure great shock.
He has devised a method by which a bit
of glass was treated and made so hard
that a strong blacksmith could not break
it on an anvil.
An electrician who has mado a spe
cialty of spectacular electricity says tho
day is not so far off when electrical fire
works will supersede those now used. Ho
declares that for a comparatively mod
erate outlay he could arrange au electri
cal display that would last for many
years, and could be repeated as often as
desired. It would comprise rockets,
Roman candles, wheels, Niagara Falls
and all the modern pyrotechnical effects.
How Knights Are -Made.
The ceremony of conferring the order
cf knighthood at the hands of the Queen
of England is not imposing. It is not,
in fact, a publio ceremonial, and only
those are permitted to wituess it who, by
their official connection with the Queen's
household, may attend her. The loyal
subject upon whom such distinguished
honor may be conferred may not even in
vite his "best man," nor tho members of
his personal circle of relatives or friends
to be present.
Arrayed in whatever uniform he may
bo entitled to weur, or' whatever dress
court etiquitte and tho time of day make
proper, if he bo a civilian, the subject
presents himself beforo his sovereign
and kneels at her royal feet. Seated on
the throno chair, the Queen lays the
shining blade of a sword across tho
shoulder of the kneeling but exalted
beneficiary, and says, using the titlo
which she is about to give, "Arise, Sir
So-and-so."
Piaiu Sir. CheltcnhamVKrown is thus,
by a single stroke of Her Majesty's
sword, transformed into Sir Knight, and
ho is permitted, pcrchauce, to kiss his
sovereign's fingertips in grateful acknowl
edgement of the distinguished honor.
Iu other cases than this of a plain knight
hood, and when the title carries with a
decoration, the gracious Queen, with
her own royal hands, pins the glittering
and much-coveted bauble upon tho coat
of her elevated subjoct. This is all tho
ceremony connected with the conferring
of knighthood, but it is a great deal to
the recipient. Tid-llits.
"Tho Needle's Eye."
The name "Needle's Eye" is givon to
a subterraneous passage ou the coast of
Bauffshire, 150 yards long from sea to
sea, but through which u muu can, with
dilliculty, creep. At the iiortli eud of
the Needle's Eye there is a cave twenty
feet high, thirty broad and 150 long.
The whole of this passage aud cave is
supported by immense columns of rocks,
inakiug a grand sceue which has a sur
prising effect ou one who has crept
through the narrow pissage. St. Lvuit
Jiciublic.
Work of a Prehistoric llaeo.
Near Cleveland, Tean., tht work of a
prehistoric race has been discovered iu
the shape of a wall now underground. It
is five feet high and has been traced 100
yards. Tho top stones have ou their in
side faces inscriptions iu hieroglyphic
characters. The rock is of sandstone,
mixed with iron. The mason work is
well done and the wull evidently untu-cl-ite"
the Mound Builders, Aew York
T Anne,
THE SOLDIERS OF CHILI.
THEY HAVE WONDERFUL ENDTJP
ANCE AND FEW NEEDS.
Able to March Thirty Miles a Pay
Points of Interest About a South
American Army.
The news that a whole regiment and
three battalions of iufantry stationed
near Pisagua, Chili, have shot their
officers and gone over to the insurgents
is generally regarded as especially omiu
ous for the Chilian Government, which
has fewer troops to lose than usually
has been supposed. Even on paper the
entire standing army of Chili contains
but 6719 men and 397 officers. These
troops aro included in eight battalions
of infantry, one battalion of sappers and
miners, three regiments of cavalry, two
regiments of field artillery, and one bat
talion of coast artillery. The force was
distributed at the breaking out of the
revolution as follows: In the northern
provinces, Tacna, Iquiquc, and Antosa
gasto, two battalions, one regiment of
cavalry, and one regiment of artillery;
near the middlo of the country, that is
between Valparaiso and Santiago, three
battalions, two regiments of cavalry, two
brigades of artillery, aud one brigndo of
coast artillery, to the south three bat
talions, a battalion of sappers and miners,
aud one regiment of cavalry. The
effective strength of tho Chilian army,
however, falls far below these figures.
In 1890 it was estimated at only 2305
men; since, during the period between
January 1 and November 1, 1158
privates had deserted.
This rather desperate state of nffairs is
due to several faults of army organiza
tion as well as the persisteut interference
of influential politicians in the technical
management of tho soldiers. In the first
place Chili is tho only country in the
world that unites a regular volunteer
service with an obligatory militia ser
vice. All members of the regular army
receive liberal pay, after tho system
prevalent in the United Stales. Once
enlisted, however, tho soldier is not
held so strictly to the duties of tho ser
vice as with us. By the personal in
fluence of friends, by petty bribery, and
in a hundred ithcr ways he may secure
his release without incurring arrest for
desertion.
At the head of tho Chilian military
organization stands a Minister of War.
This Minister is knowu among the for
eigners in Chili as tho most "nomadic
official" in the Chilian Cabinet. It is by
no means infrequent that a Chilian Min
istry falls five or six montlis after its
organization. Often, indeed, Ministers
resign four or five weeks after having
been named for office. This fickleness
of tho head administrator, combined
with the division of responsibility be
tween him and two Inspector-Generals,
is regarded as one of the most fruitful
causes of the demoralization of the regu
lar service. The drill, moreover, is con
ducted on tho most antiquated lines.
The cavalry, for instance, follows tho
Spanish regulations of 1807. Tho
weapons of tho troops on the other hand
are modern. The artillery has Krupp
guns, and the iufantry Manulicher rifles.
The arsenals and repair shops aro under
tho supervision of German officers. The
Chilian militia has a nominal strength
of 48,002 privates and 2119 officers.
Last year, however, only 1055 officers
and 27,000 men could be fouud for
duty. All the rest had "disappeared,"
the technical expression in Chili for de
sertion. A source of weakness of tho
recruiting service in Chili is the law
that whoever serves as a volunteer fire
man shall bo exempt from military obli
gations. Hence it is that Chili has the
largest and most willing force of volun
teer firemen of all countries in tho
world.
Despite all the deficiencies of the or
ganization, and the wide gaps iu every
division cf tho army, the Chilian army
is far from beiug as completely inetti
ciout.as the armies of most of the neigh
boring States. Tho Chilian soldier h is
two inherent qualites which render him.
superior to all other South Americans, as
well as to muuy Europeans ou the battle
field. Ho has wonderful endurance aud
few needs. With a littlo water aud a
few bites of bread he is able to preserve
hi3 strength throughout forced marches
of which the European soldier hardly
dreams. During the last wr with Peru
he showed this quality of endurance to
a remarkable degree. Considerable
bodies of Chilian infantry marched fre
quently thirty miles a day. Chilian cav.
airy, moreover, often covered, inarching
day aud night, sixty miles at a stretch.
Tho explanation of this exceptional phys
ical onergy of the caalry is to bo found
in the fuct that every Chilian is at homo
on horseback, aud that the horses havo
staying powers when ou tho gallop (tho
only gait the cavalry knows) which Eu
ropean horses never attain to. The com
mon couclusiou, however, that the Chil
ians urfc weak ou their feet because strong
on horseback is entirely false. Not only
is the average Chiliau horseman uu ex
ceptionally persevering pedestrian, but
often tho fastest foot courier iu the world.
Tho regular military couriers are fre
quently able to cover between fifty and
sixty miles a day, and a Chilian private
of only slightly extraordinary running
ability has been known to make, often
under a load of forty pounds, forty or
forty-five miles a day. -Vivo York Sun.
Unloading Freight by Eleelrk ity.
Electricity is now being much used for
the uulot.ding of lumber and other Ir.'ight
from vessels iu conjunction with u whip
hoisting drum. The power ued is uu
electric motor, which is connected by a
belt with tho shaft which operates tliu
drums. Each drum is operated by u
lever, and can be stopped in an instant.
When the lumber is drawn from tho ves
sel, a large hook from the wharf derrick
is attached, and the slicks are transferred
to uuy part of the yard. The entire pull,
iug, twisting and transferring is done by
electric power. Vumnun-iitl Adcertinr.
Ct. Paul, Minn., with a population of
131,000, has au area of 55 J siiuu.ro
miles.
AN OLD SPINNING-WHEEL,
A spinning-wheel of the oldon day,
Forgotten now. In the corner stands
The bunch of flax Is a dusty gray.
And for years untouched by living hand.
From each long spoke have the spiders spun
A filmy web; but they, too, are old.
And the rroit of years has long begun
On the hub of brass once bright as gold
It Is hard to turn the old whel now;
It slowly spins with a sorry creak;
It seems like a voice so faint and low
So long unused it can hardly speak.
But it has a charming tale to tell,
A tale of love and of sunny Juno,
And tho wheel breaks from its long-time
spell
And turns again with a merry tune.
I cannot remember all it told
One summer eve in the attic gloom,
Of a fair young maid, a suitor bold,
A whispered talk in the spinning-room;
Of a tender love that lasted long,
And a secret that tho world soon learned
All this I heard in the gent le song
The great wheel sang as It slowly turned.
Then the perfume of the lilies rare.
And the hidden bird's sweet vesper hymn,
Came on the balmy evening air
As the whisper of thewheol grew dim;
And the veil of years that tima had wove
Was riven asunder to reveal
A passing picture of that old love
That was told me by the spinning-wheel;
Ftavel S. Mines,in Harper's Bazar.
IIUHOIt OF THE DAY.
A self-feeder Vanity.
A day-laborer Tho sun.
Never apart The whole.
A bear-trap Rising stocks.
Generally speaking, woman is seldom
silent.
An elevator is a sort of hand-me-down
affair. St. Joseph Aletrs.
The copyright law means no right to
copy. 1'ittiburgh Press.
It nlways annoys a man to Gud anew
acquaintance as vain as he is himself.
A good motto for the poaching sealers
would be Come early und avoid tho
"Rush." Purl:
To a landsn.au it would seem that a
cutter should be at homo in a chopping
sea. Boston Courier.
"This is a terriblo weight of gilt,"
moaned the littlo picturo with tho big
frame. Washington Post.
Tho sunlight comes for rich and poor
alike; tho blizzard is mostly for poor
folk. IfihcauUe Sentinel.
He was so very ugly, this
Extraordinary man,
That when In battle he faced death,
Death turned away and ran.
New York Herald.
In old times a strong arm was neces
sary to tho dictator; but just now ho
finds short-hand far more important.
Puck.
Maud "Has Clara really traveled so
extensively?" Ethel "No, but sho has
read the guido books carefully." it un
ity' Weekly.
During the winter tho Len may be
dilatory, but she generally comes to tho
scratch when the garden is planted.
Texaa Sittings.
To keep a resolution, base it firmly on
good and suliicieut grounds, and do not
forget either tho preamble or the resolu
tion. Tcjus Sitiws.
"Do you think those shoes are worth
mending?" "Veil, yas, if I zole and
heel tern, and put new uppers on tern.
The strings ure still goot." Life.
Professor of History "Wh.:t do vou
j know about Louis XIV. 's time?" Jack
! Athleticus "Nothing, sir; I never knew
I ho was a sprinter." ilnroard Lunqioou.
I'd rather boast no family
Aud rise to mighty tilings,
That claim to be dosejiuled
From a long line of kin s.
Mtinsey's Weekly.
Au agricultural editor says that tha,
best nrticlo he ever saw on milk was
cream. Some city people think that it
was not Very widely copied. Loirell
Courier.
Ho "How did you know I was nt the
door? I didn't pull the bell.'1 Who
(admiring the circlet he has just placed
upon her liuger) "I heard the engage
ment ring." Xcio York he raid.
Mr. Brczey "Just on your account,
madam, I've been hiding my light under
a bushel for years!" Mrs. Brczey "O,
dear! Extravagant a ever! Why didn't
you buy a pint cup?" Xcw York Ht,dd.
"Dear Widow Brown, my lovo is true!"
"Your smoking, sir, a-uiiisl you plends."
"I'll .rive up smoking, dear, for you."
"Then I'll give up uiy weeds."
.fxnhje.
"But this gill Egbert is engaged to
isn't sho giddy? She seemed' to me a
rather thoughtless creature." "Thought
less!" answered Egbert's mother. "Shu
is absolutely thiukless." J,ulitihtj)otn
Journal.
'Intelligence has just reached me,"
began Mr. Blodger, as lie sat down to
the dinner table. "Thank heaven if it
has, at last," exclaimed Mis. Blodger,
und the food was partaken of iu silence.
Loirell Citizen.
"So you waut a railroad position,"
mused the Superintendent. "Do you
think you could give nn intclligiut
account of uu accident?" " Ves, sir.Vin,
sure I could." "Then I think we havo
no place for you." Klmir.t tl.u.ic.
in thu Restaurant. "1 am sorry, Mr.
Scnolerl, to have to ak you not to eumo
to this restaurant any. more, but you aro
s.) continually shakiu-' your ilea I that it
Slight give rise to misapprehensions as
to the cpiality of the ili-hes. I kuow, of
course, that you ate reading the political
news, bi t the other cucls don't know
it.
Fliegmde JJluttier.
Weird Aerial Pheiioiiu-n n.
Two waterspouts were observed about
fx miles out to sea from Kedoiido U.irii
recently, followed a few minutes after by
A heavy shower of rain. The sea and
clouds pieseiiiu.l a weird aptK-artiiieu
ftbout the tune f the pluMiiriien.m, a, id
lightning Hashes ere seen intl... u,..i
L'louds.
'I'll
e scene was altogether a
, mmieiui I'li.'lsi.ler.ll It ulte
fmu.JUJondo (t'f.) L;jM,