THE FOREST REPUBLICAN U p.bUihed cmi-j Wedauday, kf J. E. WENK. OD1o In Smaarbaufa ft Co.'a Bnildlnc xlm rraxrr, tiohmta, n Trm, . . . (. bo pmr Yoar. N. nbKrlptloiis nedi4 fot 1 tktm Mrlod (hftn lhr mnnlha. OorrMpondane MllelU4 from ml miU ml th, enontry. No n.tlc wUl b. Uku of urarmoui oatuiaDlckUou. RATES Of ADVERTISING. On Sqntra, n. Inch, on. Insertion t 1 On. Bqatr., on. Inch, on. month I M On. Sqnmr., B. Inch, threw month... . M One Sqnare, ... Inch, on. jenr 1M Two PqimrM, on. yI II M Vn.rt.r Column, on. jft M M n.lf Colomn, on. ju MM On. Column, on. jn 1MM Lfl dTrtl.m.iit. ten cent. pr lis. Mck bv M.rrl.i. ind doth notice, irr.tl.. Alt till, for y.rly .rtTt lament, eolifeted aacjt lerif. Tempor.r .dverUeemeDUi must b. pud 1 tdTincs. Jo. work cuk on Ww;, PUBLICAK. VOL. XXIV. NO. 1. HON EST A, PA., WEDNESDAY, APIUL 29, 1891. S1.50 PER ANNUM. The Chicago JVw Is convinced that a very largo proportion of the Canadian people are victims of Amorican fover. Minnesota'. Legislature has discovered that several mon thrive handsomely In Minnesota ly breeding wolves and sell ing their scalps to the State at $J apiece. Great Britain's tobacco bill, as figured up the by Pali Mill Oatett, is $80,000, 000 a ycar,or $15 per head per annum of the adult population of England and Ireland. The Medical Qutettt points admiringly to Germany because' "nearly all . her schools have connected with them gym nasiums and libraries, while many are providod with bath-rooms, supplied with hot and cold shower baths." It has been stated that over boys under fourteen or fifteen, a womnn can more easily exercise a good influence than a man, and at Scottish educational confer ence held this year a movo was made to employ women as teachers for boys and mixed classes. A Polish drink prepared from honey is said to bo growing greatly in favor in England. A large consignment has just been dispatched from Warsaw to London. "If the fact be true that honey as a drink a bocomiug popular, then," observes the Pan Francisco Examiner, "wo aro return log to the simple tutaes of our Saxon an costors." A statistical person in Washington an nounces thnt the proceedings of the Fifty-first Congress cover about 16,000 pages of the Congressional Record. There aro about 1500 words on a pagi of that publication. Hence the recorded uttcrauccs of our statesmen during the two sessions amount to about 24,000,000 words. ' A German who lost a leg in tho United States service at Bull Run, and finding himself thus exempt from military ser vice ia his own country, returned home and has since resided at tho villago ot Possncch, near Jena, has lately received a pension and arrears, amounting to over $(1000. The German papers, says the J'icayune, are much impressed with what they call the mtiniflcct-ce. of tho United States Government. The offer of a bounty of 100 acres ol land to tho head of every family ot twelve children in Quebec has resulted, announces tho St. Louis SUir-Saying; in nt least three times as many claims as ex pected. Tho idea was, of course, to en courago tho immigration of men who had given an unusual number of hostages to fortune, and jugding from the fact that over 1000 abnormally largo families have already entered claims, the idea was a remarkably good one. "Over oue htiudred tools and pro cesses, which are marvels ol ingenuity and scientific knowledge," says the Roch ester (N. Y.) Democrat, "have been in dented by fafe burglars. A recent bur glar's outfit, captured by the police, con listed of a Httlo giant knob-breaker, I . diamond drill and a high explosive o: the nature of dynamite, but put up it the form of a powder. It would opei the strongest bauk sale lu a half hour, and without noise enough to disturb peo ple in the next house, whilo the entire outfit could bo carried in the pockets ol an ordinary coat." " Experiments are being made by the United States Government," said Herbert W. Hotchkisi, of Michigan, to the New York 1'eUgram, "as to which spot in thi country is the healthiest. That is, they v are trying to flud out by certain belts and "- : presenbod areas which part of the conn- &ry has the lowest death rate. I am told V, thVt tho long-lifo circle iucludcs Grand H TraVerse Buy in Michigan, near Charlo 'roix.Vnd I can say tuut it is u place of perpetual youth. I went there to did some years ago and am now enjoying perfect health. There is no better place to build up in than there. The hospi-, tality of lumbermen is proverbial andl any mui who spends three months up there and docs tint come out a new man had better die nt once. " There are, remarks the New York Sun, about 200 tea testers in this city, a well pnid class of meu, most of whom in tho course of nature wjll die of kidney dis ease superinduced by their unwholesome occupation. The habits of these men are exceedingly curiouY Some of theni refuse to ply their trade save in the morning, on the ground that the sense of taste cannot be trusted aftt r it has heeu bewildered by hours of won't. Most of them avoid the use of tobacco and ot highly seasoned food. Their accuracy of taste is astonishing. A tea taster will grade and price a dozen qualities of tea all from the same cargo. All this ac curacy seems unnecessary, however, for grocers unhesitatingly sell the same tea to different persons at very different prices, so ignorant ure most persons of quality iu teas. UVINO AND LOVINO. It Isn't life's purple and gold, door, That makes It best worth living; Hot always tho very costliest gifts Are dearest and best worth givingf The heart that beats In truest time With the music of creation, Is happier far than his whose will Can make or mar a nation. The little sunny gleams that prove Our dark cloud's hopeful lining Are brighter, dear, than It we had Walked always in the shining. I do not think God loves us loss, Or frowns on us hereafter Because we cover up a sigh With single-hearted laughter. There I. no heart o poor but gives, If it but will, a treitsure Richer than any kings may own, Greater than time can measure. No life can e'er be poor and cold, Or craving somen.w blessing, That hath and holdeth fairy gold, Love', gracious self possessing. Love soundeth depths that none may reach With any common plummet, It leadeth up to heights beyond This work-a-dny life's summit. A little tender, human love, Just at the right (line given, Goes far to make this sad old earth Seem like a piece of heaven. -Hattie II. Utoann, in Detroit Fret Press. THE TWO ORCHARDS. BT AUSTIN C. BUHDICK. Solomon Watts and Stephen Green wero two well-to-do farmers, and they both owned good orchards. Their fruit was mostly of a choice kind, and not only found a ready market, but commanded a high price. One thing vexed Mr. Green exceedingly, and was a constant source of annoyance. No sooner did his fruit begin to ripen on his trees than nocturnal and diurnal marauders commenced petty depredations on his choicest grafts. "It is very strange," muttered Green to his wife, "that those senmps will continue to rob my orchard. Only night before last old Towser tore the clothes nearly off from oue of the villains, and from tho marks of blood that I fouudon tho fence, I should think somebody must have got pretty severely bitten; and yet last night some ore was in tho orchard again. I dcclnro, it's enough to make ono run mad." "It is curious," answerd the wife, "and I'm sure I cau't see into it. How is it with neighbor Watts's orchard 1" "That's just what puzzles lao. Thev don't trouble his fruit at all, and he basn t got any dog, either; aud whnt's more, his fruit is some of it better than mine, and more exposed, too. Just let mo catch one of 'cm, that's nil." "It's too bad, certainly," uttered Mrs Green for she knew not what clso to aay. "Father," exclaimed ono of tho boys, who came running into tho house, "Towser's dead. Just us stiff as a log!" "Dead!" "Yes, out in the shed." An oath escaped from Green's lips, a ho leaped from his chair and hasteuod to tho shed. There ho found his dog a real bull-dog, that he hud bought ou pur pose to bite those who troubled him dead, to use his own expression, "as a door-nail." This was the most severe cut he had yet experienced, aud for a long time his mingled feelings of rage and chagrin rendered him literally fran tic. He knew at once that the animal had been poisoned, by the froth that had collected about the mouth ; aud he vowed vengeance most dire on tho perpetrator of the deed, if he ever found him. It was several hours alter the above event that tho family were seated by tho supper-table. It was already slightly dusk, yet not so dark but that the dis tant landscape was visible. "By crnckco, dad," excluimod one of the boys, whose attention hud been di rected towards the orchard, "there's somebody down iu the corner hooking apples." Mr. Green leaped from tho table, put on his hat, and then seizing a stout whip, he hurried from tho house. He distinctly saw two young lellows under oue of Ins trees, and having gained the road, he carefully crept down upon the other side, of the wall, until he hud reached a point oppo " whero the two boys, for boys they were were filliug their poc kets with the fruit that had fallen upon the ground. "Ahal my young scamps!" shouted Green, as he leaped the barrier, "I've caught ye, have Ii" And as ho spoke, he seized ono of the unlucky youths by the collar, and commenced beuting him most unmercifully. "I'll teuch ye!" he growled, shaking the crying boy. "O don't! I only picked up a few. O, I wou't " "You won't, won't ye No, I'll be bound ye won't. There, take that, and that, and" Before the next word escaped his lips, Mr. Green felt himself hit in the sido by a stono which bad been thrown from the road by tut boy who had escaped. The excited man let go his hold and sprang for the wall, but he failed to catch the nimble urchin who had assaulted him, and in the attempt he lost the one ho had caught. AVhen the farmer reached his hou-.-e ho was not only enraged but he was really miserable. The ill-feeling he had cheiishcd had poisoned every fountain of feeling and his soul was the CT gall of bitterness. Before he went io bed that night, be had sworn that he jvould get a bear trap and set it iu his orchard. "Can I have a few of your apples, sirt" asked a traveler, of Mr. Green. Tho applicant was way-wrru and weary, .1 he .at down upon a stone near the jrehard wall, where the farmer was at work. "No," returned Green. "I den't raise apples to ive away." The raveler arose from his teat aud kept ou his way. A littlo further ou he CH1I1M llr.LB tliu ..n.l.t.r.l t.t M W u I u He atottpeil uud looked over the wall. ' ,Tht were luauf upples lying uuou the ground, and ho got over to pick tip a few, not noticing that tho owner was near nt hand. "Good day, sir," said Mr. Watts ap proaching the spot. "Are you traveling, sir?" "Yes, sir," returned the strnngcr. "I suppose a littlo good fruit must be cheering such a dny as this, especially when one is weary. Just step this way, sir. Hero are some apples much better than thoso." And as ho spoke. Watts picked tip his two hnnds full and ex tended them to the traveler. "You are too generous, sir," ex claimed the man, as he thankfully took tho proffered fruit. "O no, sir, I can ccver seo a person want for a little fruit whilo I have nn abundance. Thnt is ono of tho greatest sources of enjoyment my abundance gives me to minister to tho wants of others." "Then yours must bo a hnppy heart." "II is, sir." The traveler soon resumed hia jour ney, and tho fnrmcr again turned to his woik. That evening Watts and Green met. It was in a small shed belonging to the former, standing at some dstnncc from the house, and used in timo of washing sheep, there being a largo brook running by it. "Watts," said Green, "haven't them scamps troubled your orchard this sea son?" "Whntscnmps?" quietly asked Watts. "Why, them follows that bother mo so." "No ono has troubled me." "Well, that's curious. They'ro romp ing around my orchard most every night. Last night they just about spoiled ono of the best grafts I'vo got. I wouldn't have taken $20 for it. O, just let me catch 'cm at it, that's all. "What would you do?" "I'd flog 'em within an inch of their lives!" "Then I don't wonder that they rob you of your frui " "Dou't wonder! What do you mean?" "I mean simply this: that you are tak ing just the course to bringdown the re venge of these boys upon you." "And so I suppose you would have me buy them off that is, pay them for not stealing." "O, no, you don't understand mo. You know thnt these kinds of early fruit that you and I have are great temptations to tho boys and to even quite big boys, too. Now, they see the apples lying about on the ground, and it docs not ap pear like real theft to jump over the wall and pick a few of them up. They see them lying there exposed to the bugs and grasshoppers, and I cannot say that I blame a person for occasionally picking np a few. It is certainly no palpablo loss to us, and affords great satisfaction to them. Now, if you are asked for a few apples and refuse them, or if you find someone in your orchard merely picking up a few windfalls, and roughly drive them out, you may expect they will come when you don't know it, and then a feeling of pique will lead them to tnke as many as they can carry. In short, your orchard is a kind of glass house, and the more roughness you use to keep people away from it, tho more liable you aro to have it broken. You know the nature of boys as well as I do; and you know that harsh language and blows will make many, who aro by no means wickedly inclined, do some very dangerous things. Now, no one troub les me. If any one wants a few of my apples to eat, I give them some; for I have plenty to spare whilo thoy are grow ing and droppiug from tho trees. I take a great deal of real pleasure, too, in do ing so, for I lovo to see peoplo happy on my bounty." "But some of them pizened my dog." "I can't say that I wonder at that, cither." "Well, I must say 'you have somo strange notions of right and wrong," said Green, in a bitter tono. VI didn't say that I thought it was right. On the contrary, I think it was very wrong. But then you must remem ber for what purpose you purchased the dog, and in what muuncr you truiuod him. I don't woudor that he was killed, for ho has bitten a number of people since you had him." Mr. Green would have mado somo further remark, but at that moment his attention was arrested by the sound of voices from the path that run along by the brook, and thinking that ho heard his own name mentioned, ho listened. "Did you know that some of the boys broko one of old Green's trees last night?" asked one of the unseen tulkers. "No; did they?" "Yes, aud they walked off with more than a bushel of his best apples, be sides." "Egad, I'm glud of it the stingy old curmudgeon. He wouldn't give anybody an apple to save their life." "That's George Grey's voice," mut tered Green. "I'll tell you a circumstance," con tinued Grey to his companion, both of whom had stopped upon a littlo bridge that spanned the brook back of the sheep shed. "You remember my brother Frank?" "Yes." "And don't you remember ten years ago, when ho was a boy, how he saved Green s me! Green bad got into the mud-pond, and had already sunk up to his chin, and every movement ho made to free himself, only sank him deeper. He had gono out upou a log to get a duck that he had shot, and slipped off. There was no way to reach him, and no one dared venture after hitn. He groaned and cried for help. His mouth was soon under the mud, and in a moment more bis nostrils would be under too. His power to cry for help wus gone, and just as we expected to seo him disappear, Frauk came ruuniug down he had started from the house as soon as Green fell in and threw off his clothes and theu got a man to help him throw a long bjard out upon the soft mud. Theu he gave the end of a long rope he .had gut to the men who, had collected ou the .k... n..,l l,.L i.w, llw. ...I...- -...I 1, ..... out upon the board, theu jumped upon j the log And then sprang out to whera Green was sinking, Ho soon made the end fast under Green's arms, and then, hanging on to tho bight, ho sang out for thoso on shoro to haul iu. Green's life Was saved." "Yes, I've heard of it often, and I re member it, too, for I was quite a boy at the timo." "Well, to-day, Frank came homo, no has been gono to Canada for most nine years. Ho came by where Green was at work, and asked for nn npplo, end don't you think the old wretch turned him harshly away without even giving him one. Of course, Green didn't recognize him. And Frank didn't then choose to mnko himself known. The old skinflint must feel nice when he finds out who it was hs turned away." " should think so," returned the other. "But Mr. Watts gavo him as many as ho wanted," continued young Grey. "That Watts is a noble man." "That he is. You wouldn't find any body troubling his orchard. Why, there isn't a boy within twenty miles of hero that would do him harm, or lay a hand upon anything that belonged to him, without permission. I love that man, and everybody loves him. Come, let's be going. It's getting dark." There was a bright tear in tho eye of Mr. Watts, as ho turned to look upon his companion. "Frank Grey I" murmured Green, while his face showed the mortification ho felt. The lesson that had thus been given to the farmer was not lost upon him. It had struck him too forcibly, too keenly, to bo forgotten, that kindness could only be secured by kindness and forbearance and a generous hospitality commensurate with his means. Yankee Blade. What "Modus Vivendi" Means. Under the treaty of Utrecht, and oth ers following it, tho French claim that the right of catching and drying fish on the west shoro of Newfoundland was given them, and that it includes tho right to catch and cau lobsters, as well as other marine animals. The colonists, on the other hand, maintain that tho treaties cover only the cod fishery, that being the only ono then known. The French right to land at any time and anywhere on tho west coast during the fishing season is established by a Brit ish proclamation of 17C3, which con tains no limitation as the kinds of fish to be caught. France is opposed to British occupation the west coast, because, even though there be room for both na tions, there is no possibility of limiting such occupation. The colonists aro op posed to trbitration in the matter, know ing that it must result in recognition of French territorial rights, eveu though the fishery rights be denied ; and tho recognition of the French rigl ts as ex clusive would deprivo the colonists of the west shore industry. British pur chase of French rights seems, therefore, the only remedy. At the opeuing of the fishing season of 1890, a modus vivendi, arranged in March, gave tho colonists equal rights with the French for tho present season; 'and provided that tho canning factories built last season should remain, but that no new ones should bo built without conscut of the British and French naval commanders. The modus vivendi was maintained only by the pres ence of British and French cruisers. Uelcgntes were sent both to Ottawa and to London; to impress upou the authori ties the hardships due to the modus vi vendi. Two bills aimed nt restriction of French fishing operations were passed by the local Legislature; but under instruc tions from London, the Governor with held his snnction, unless clauses should be introduced exempting tho French shore from their operation. Protests have been made against the attitude of tho home Government aud threats of an nexation to the United States have been uttered. Tho modus vivendi has been prolonged, and tho islanders have been informed thnt Eugland and France must ccruo to terms of settlement, irrespective of colonial opinion. Detroit Free Press. The Spanish Mau-Serraut. A Spanish man-servant is, indeed, a curious type. Iu grand, aristocratic houses, tho footmen aud tluukeys are tho same all over tho world ; but the "ma jordomo," or butler, is a person to be feared and respected in his black cloth and silver chain. He is very honest if you trust him, and he does his work splendidly. He burnishes the silver plate until it shines like the sun at noon time, and ho brushes bis master's clothes until all the nap is taken off. But it is in miuor questions of style or tact that a Spanish man-servant of this class is deficient. Ho can never be made to stand up straight on his legs; his invari able rule is to assume a lounging gait to lean upon a table or against a wall, whilo he condescends to receive your orders. Ho is, however, so good natured, and grins so heartily at any re mark overheard as ho waits nt table, that yffu cannot tied it in your heart to get angry with him. He will at times vol unteer a reply to a question put by you to a guest; uud if no guests ure present ho has been known to join iu the family conversation. Ho is txceedidgly fond of gorgeous neckties aud pea-juckets; and if you go the length to bestow a "frac" or dress-coat upon him, he looks so aw kward and uuguiuly when he puts it ou that you are faiu to regret the general impulse which prompted you to such munificence. You sigh to see him once more iu his old clothes. This is a sort of uian-servuut everybody has in Spain; the poor fellow is badly puid, for he never turus more thun thirty or forty pesetas a mouth. Button I raincrit. A Chimney 4U0 Feet High. The rhimr.ev for the rnvfil nmelt'inrr works of Saxony is to bo 460 feet iu height, und to have au inside diameter of twenty-three feet ut the base, tupcriug tit 154 feet. A tine. lO'.Kt vardn in length, connects tho works with the ,iuiuey, which is ou a hill about 2U0 leet iiigner tuuu me wonts. -luurtcan Jladiimjt, SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Aluminum at $1.23 per pound is ia tho market. By the whetstone Automntid system COO words are telegraphed a minute. A boiler alarm that keeps automatlo watch at all valves is a new invention. One of the most admirable uses to which rubber has been put is for horse shoes. The running of steam from mills to the sewer has been prohibited at St. Louis. American inventors still hold the lead in the use of comprossed air for firing large masses of dynamito. An Australian photographer is re ported to get excellent pictures of objects at a distance of sixteen miles. In Scotland many small vessels aro now propelled by water jets, and some of the Clyde steam ierryboats are thus driven. Seaweed Is now made into a tough paper, which takes the place of window glass. When colored the effect is similar to stained or painted glass. The newest boiler presents a large heating surface and takes up little room. It is made of tubes. Things seem to run to tubes and tubercles these times. Chicago has underground and success fully working 404 miles of electric light cables, 650 miles of telegraph wires and oUoU miles of telephone wires and cables. The Royal Meteorological Society ol London has received an account of a lightning stroke in Ireland which shat tered the shells of some eggs without breaking the inner membrane. The sheep shearing machines run bj electric motors aro increasing in fuvoi among Australian fiockmasters. It ii claimed that they pay for themselves is one season in the increased value of the clip. Dr. Goropins, of the French Academy, once made a professional examination ol a thirteen-year old girl who wa9 ten feet four inches in height. Sho was probnblj tho tallest woman of her ago that cvci lived. A gigantic pendulum a bronze wire, a hundred and fifteen metres long, with a steel globe weighing ninety kilo grammes at the end has been suspended in the Eiffel Tower, for tho purpose ol demonstrating visibly the motion of tho earth. Dr. Broadbcnt tells the British Medi cal Association that a mark ol a weak medical man is the indiscriminate use ol etimulants in fevers, a ready resort to narcotics and sedatives, treatment di rected to symptoms only, und a fondness for new drugs of high-sounding names. A portable boat has been devised by Colonel Apostoloff, of tho Russiau army, which may be constructed instantly by making a framework with the lances of the Cossacks and covering with a tarred cloth. Two boats are capable of carry ing thirty-six men, with thoir baggage and arms. A leprosy commission has been dis patched from England to India, which, after an investigation of one year, is ex pected to report concerning tho desirabil ity or otherwise of encouraging the vol untary partial withdrawal of lepers from among the non-leprous population; ol enforcing tho complete, isolation of all lepers; and of enforcing the isolation of certain lepers. It will also report on the best methods of accomplishing whatever may bo decided upon. A Money-Making Woman. "That woman is capable of inakiug money was never more fully demonstrated than in the case of Mrs. Francis Zeep, ot Atlanta, Ga., who died recently," said Mr. Calviu McClure, of that place, who is stoppiugnt the Southern. "Mrs. Zeep was a poor womnn a few years ago," continued Mr. McCluro, "aud by hard lubor hud saved up a few dollars. In looking nround for a good investment she concluded that she could muke money by going into the dairy business, und forthwith she bought a cow aud began business. It was ou a small scale at first, but she prospered, and after a time sho bought a few more cows, and iu that way kept adding to her stock according as her means aud business would jastify. Sho was up early and late. After milk ing the cows sho would prepare tho milk for market uud deliver it to her custom ers. In two years after Mrs. Zeep en gaged in the dairy business she was known by nearly every citizen. Sho was strictly business, and went wherever hex business called her, no matter whersthut was. She invested her money us fast us she made it, and her investments invari ably proved good ones. At tho time of her death sho left an estateapproximately valued at 40,000, including a dairy farm of seventy-eight acres, well improved and stocked, near Atluutu. "Mrs. Zeep was a widow, without any children, anil had no heirs except u young niece, who but recently attained her majority, uud who Mr. McClure says will get possession of tho tstato. St. Louit Stai -Sayinijs. Ammonia as a Fire Extinguisher. Considerable alarm was occasioned ut Queeusferry, near Huwurdeu, iu Eug lund, recently, by a serious explosion and fire at the works of Messrs. J. Turner & Co., chemical manufacturer and tar distillers. A still churged with anthra cene oil, ten tons in quantity, exploded with terrific force, ow ing to the chok ing of the worm, and shot a volume of flame skyward that illuminated the dis trict over a wide urea, and wus visible ten miles oil. The burning oil scattered itself over the yard und to the pitch house adjoining, where hundreds of tons of pitch was stored. The pitch ignited, aud the conflagration assumed alarming proportions. Luckily, all tho day men had just left the works, but three who were burned. Tho Suudycruft Fiio Brigade was promptly on the kpot, und, by using umuioiiiu water from a 5U, 000 gnllou tank, they subdued the lire in an hour aud a half. Juunml uf' Out Lijht- THE RISE OF THE STOVE. ANCIENT AND MODERN METHODS OF KEEPING WAHM. Vlre WVr l'lrt Built In Open Hearths loVcs of I ho Anclont Tho Brazier Tho 1'ltnt Chimney. The first step in the development of the stove w a9 an open hearth. In some nations it has never advanced beyond that stage. The Esqtiimo to this dny, and the Indian, too for the mutter of that, heat their dwellings by building a fire in thd ccuter of the room or hut, and per mitting the smoke to escape through a hole in the roof. The consideration of light requires thnt this hole ehould be large enough to give easy egress to the vapor, und the larger it is, of course, the more heat will escnpe. Warm as Greece and Home and Egypt are, stoves were mado there in tho dim and misty vistas of the past. It was not just the pattern used in Chicago at pres ent, but was a metal basin in which char coal was burned. It sat in the middle of the room, and as the resulting smoke was of the slightest no opening in the roof or elsewhere wus necessary. The same im plement, still called by its old Greek name of brazier, is still employed in many portions of continental Europe, where it is utilized for heating as well as cooking. But tho progressive Romans improved on that and made hypocaust. It was tho germ of the present furnace. It was made under tho house, in a littlo cellar prepared for it, and the beat was conducted to the rooms nnd baths through crevices left in "the floor and lower portions of the wall. Later flues wero provided, conducting heat to any portion of tho house. Iu some of the old Roman villas in Englnnd the re mains of these old-time furuaocs are still found. Tho first chimney was built in a house in the fourteenth century. It was tho fire-place of to-day with scarcely a varia tion. In some cases tho halls and lodges of tho great lords were provided with a banqucting-room in which one whole end of tho apartment was taken up by tho chimney. This was largely for tho pur pose of cooking, and a whole ox was often roasted in sight nf the table on which it was later served. Distant por tions of the room were cold, but, as tho peoplo were warriors and toughened in fiber by constant exposure, they wero supposed to get along with an occasional turn in the warm end of the room while the feast was preparing. But if a pil grim, a palmer, a man who had been to the Holy Land, should come along, ho was a favored guest aud wus allowed to sit in the palace of honor ut the sido of the great fireplace and to regale himself on the choicest of tho viands and tho best of wine, repaying the host for the entertainment later by singing or chant ing an account of his experiences iu the land of the Saracens. The old Germans themselves almost as ancient as the Romans, made tho first metal stove. It was on the outside of the house to be warmed. But, while that may seem like a curious place to put your stove, your smiles may vanish when you are ir formed that one end of the stove proj cted iuto the room. The fir ing was done on the outside, and it must have beni a most unwelcome thing in deed, then, to get up first in the morn ing aud start a fiie in the stove. Tho ashes were taken from the bed without being rcattered over the carpet, uud the business cud of the contrivance which reached iuto the room did all the good our present stoves can accomplish ex cepting that they lost mora heat than do these. A little over a century ago Mr. Street, of Loudon, took up the old Roman idea of u hypociiUi.t uad made a furnace, which wus warranted to warm nil parts of the house, to conserve the heat aud have the fuel aud to overcome all the objections uguinst stoves uud braziers, lie must have had a good time fulfilling bis guarantees, for the best furnace makers oft nis latter age cauuot always accom plish all they desire, or ull that Mr. Sleet promised. But iu uny oue of a dozen ;;ood lurnaces the problem of heating is perhaps xs well .ettlcd as it ever c:;u be while we gel our heat from buiuini' iueL But the furnace has by no means ilrivcu the older stove out ol use. Never was the enterprise of Btove-iuukiug carried on to so great an extent us now. Never were so uiuuy stoves made and old; never were such skill aud art ex pended in their manufacture, and never were they such things of beauty as now. The modern purlor heater is a triumph no less in urt than in utility. To the very greatest possible extent it controls the heat generated, reducing uud uliuottt suspending coiuliustiou, conveying the gases away perfectly, uud even uiditig iu the work ol purifying the utmoHphore of the room. And ut the sume time intense beat cun be produced with the miuiuiutu of trouble. A.compui'utively very small proportion of the homes in the country ure suppliud, or ever will be supplied, with furnace. The work Jjf heuUng iuunt be done with stoves. They ure less expensive, they heat a single room, while there is no economy in a furuuee unless it is uited to heat the entire house. And thou there is tomethiug in the homeleso, wuudering teuaut character of our population tuut will for many jeurs iusuie permaueut-y to an article of furniture that can be moved from house to house or from room to room. And us the brazier aud stove of the au?ieuts could ut times be used for cook ing, the development of this implement took a two-fold direction. Wiiile the furnace aud parlor-heau-r provide warmth, the range discharges nil duties in regard to cooking. Fine as were the roasts prepared iu the chimney of the baronial hall, savory as was the baking done iu tho old fashioned Dutch oven, both are equaled or exceeded iu the kitchen rau:;c of to-dav. i'hUw Jlrru.U. The populutiou of Texas acenrdiujf to ' the eleventh census, is 2,'.'o3,53'i. MY REWARD. Beside my path a slender tred Prooped 'noath a winding-shoot of snow, Its fotterod arms appeilod to mo, I (hook it free, and bade it grow; Next spring it bore my fruitage rare, Repaying many fold my care. Beside my path a fell.iw-man Lay prone upon the froxen hoath, Wretched his rairuent, pale and w-an His features with the hue of death; I held my hand to him, anil lol He scowled, and cursed, and bade me gd 1 "Alas!" I sadly thought, as then j I left him to pursue my way, I 'Have trees more gratitude than men!" ! I heard a voice within me sny : . j "Fatience, 'twas heavon gavo the tree Tho fruitage that rewarded thee." TV. B. Seabrook, in Youth's Companion. HUMOR OF THE DAT. Always on time Ilia forelock. Early to bed and catly to rise makes littlo boys very tired. Life. "What has been the greatest mistake) of your life?" "Making so many." Puck. " i "Do you play by note!" "No," re plied tho violin virtuoso; "I piny for cash." Pad. Money is tho root of all evil, but tho -need of money is the evil itself. Binq hamton Leader. Never judge a man's mind by tho length of time it takes him to make it up Baton Traveller. The world never sits clown twice on a mnn who has any point about him. Milicaniee Sentinel. If you wish to be entertaining just forget yourself long enough to talk .to somebody about himself. Dallas Xcvct. Friend "Is the play a go?" Budding Dramatist (f adly) "Yes, but I had hoped it would bo a stay." American Grocer. Ah, you do not know tho anguish of being cut by your best friend till you be gin to shuve yourself. Elmira. Uazettc. Humor, a kindly little bse, Makes laughter sweet f.s honey; Whilo Wit ia like a wasp, for he btings when he'd fain he funny. The average man would sooner pay dues at a gymuasium than saw his own wood for exercise. Keio Orleans Pica yune. "What was that noiso I heard in tho pnrlor last night, Maria?" "It was Will iam breaking his engagement.-'' Boston QaKtle. "Medicine," said a littlo girl to bor ployuiato, "is something that makes you be careful not to catch cold again."' -Vault iwjton Post. Passenger "Which of tho fool ques tions you hear every day tires you tho niosti" Conductor "That one." In dianapolis Journal. Upson Downes "Sny, old man, lend me a five until pay-day." Howue de Bout "Which your pay-day, or tho day j'ou'll poy mo?" Puck. Tho oyster leads a calm aud placid life. While he lives ho is never known to get "hot." It's only ufter ho dies that ho gets in a "stew." Ejioch. Professor "Didn't I see you coming out of a saloon?'1 'Ninety-lour "Well, sir, you wouldn't have me slay iu one, would you?" Yale Uncord. Little Susie "We havo hud a great awakening iu our church." Littlo Ethel "Why, in our church they never go to sleep." Chicaijo Timet. "All's fair in love;" that is my creed; Who douhts it is a churl. All's fair in love; ii.li, yes, indeed! K.spcciully the girl. Ihick. "Robbie," said the visitor, kindlv, j "hnve you any littlo brothers and sis- ters?" "No," replies weo Robbie, sol- euinly; "l m all the children we vogot. B stonian. "Aud I suppose, like a brave soldier, you followed your colors." "Yes, whenever there was a battlo I noticed that the colors were flying, so 1 flew, too." Buffalo b'sjiress. "Why won't you take Flickeles as partueril" "My dear fellow, Flickeles was engaged to my wife before I married her. Aud would you have me tako for partner a man who is cleverer than I?" FlUijtnde Blactter. Tho Little Trader: Mnitz received from bis teacher a box 'ou the. ear, but undeservedly, for it was his neighbor who bad been out ol order. "Now, tea her," he said, "you see that it was not my fault. Don't forget to credit me with that box ou the car, will youi" Flicijcntic BlactU r. Dejected Tramp "Yes'm, I've had a sad history. I've traveled this country for years and yeurs, homeless und hope less, in search of something I fear it would break my heart to find. Kind- hearted Lady "And what is poor maul" Dejected Traiup uia'aui. " CVi Uunjo Tnlni ue. that, my -"Work, Mysterious Tricks of Slenm. Notwithstanding t'.io many years tho stcuiu boiler has beeu under oliservatiou, there are conditions of steam making which play strange tricks, us indicated by the steam gauge, tho picture, with out any discoverable cause, at times in creasing forty or fifty degrees iu as many seconds, and not inlreqiieutly leading to disaster. Iu a bir electrical light station iu Philadelphia there has recently oc curred a series of mishaps lo toe boilers extending over a period of twelve or fourteen months, the strongest boll be ing inadequate to '.eep ihe bends and headers intact. Experts have examined aud studied, but without being uble io agree upon the cause, und though a coro ner's jury, made up of boiler makers and engineers, called toiuquiru into the causu of au txplosiuu which killed ime. man und frightfully scald, d two othc.-., brought iu a verdict against the etc. i il eal company, it was uujldo to exp'am wherein theio had been want of precau tion or point out the safeguard pspiovd to pieveut a similar occuiience. tiu Ante) 'uun.
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