THE FOREST REPUBLICAN b published trtry WtdMsdty, hj J. E..WENK. Omom In Bmearbaqgh A Co.'ft Building BLM IT1H ST, TIOMK8TA, T. rm, . . . .o ptrTtir, Wo nbwrtiHIoni roooWtf for ft Ihtrtar ptrtoi tni thru month. Onn-Mpondenr toilettes' from il Mull af th c-nrtrr. No noilco wUl 00 Ukoa funimou nowanlckUou. RATES Or APVERTISIHQ, On. Sqniro, Inch, on tneertlos r On Sqnare, on Inch, on nonth ... IN On qne,cao Inch, three month... o Ooe Sqntr, on Inch, ono yrfcr jo To Fqntree, on reir II n Qatrter Column, on year II M Hslf Column, on jeer , MM 0o Column, on jr 10 ot L(tl sdrertliementi t.i cent per Hi ua ta Mrtloa. M.rrl.ff and death notlree gratis. AH oltlt for yearly arWertlee mentl eolltrteo1 qno teriy. Temporary ttlverllMment man k. pud la i(tu. Jeo work ch on delivery. For t Republican. VOL. XXIV. NO. 3. -JIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1891. $1.50 PER ANNUM. The New York Ilerald, in ft column onl Investments in Western mortgages, shown that the people of the Btnte of New York' have oyer $3,250,000 in them. j The press and land owners of Portugal! ro becoming alarmed at the dearth of; cultivators, and demand that theGovern rnent shall put a stop to emigration, as' husbandry is suffering, t According to the Strut Ilaitroad Qat t(tt the proportion of fatal accidents on the basis of numbers carried is very greatly in iavw of the electric and cablo roads and against the horse csr lines. Tho little King of Spurn very much dislikes being seated upon thetbrone at State ceremonials. IIo tries to climb down, and on ono occasion declared,' with tears, that he would rather sit on Lis mother's hip. i I "The Utopia, which rccentlywcntidoTyn with 600 passengers on board, waseqeiite as well equipped with life-saving np paiatus," signillccnlly observes tho Washington Star, "as ore the lcntling passenger lines going out of New Yoof' the individual steamers of which often carry from 600 to 1200 passengers in the summer season." Bays the Washington Pod: "The careless and apparently indiscriminate manner with which the .courts of to-day destroy the wills of rich men, docu ments that embody the purpose and ob ject of n lifetime of toil, has become one of the notable and notorious abuses of the day, and against this evil there is ris ing a vigorous demand for rectification and reform." It is said that Mrs. Kyle, wife of the Alliance Senator from South' Dakota, felt overpowering confidence during the can vass that her husband would bo elected, nd whenever ho talked of declining the nomination sho insisted that he would yield and win. This, confesses tho Boston ' Transcript, brings woman's intuition into play in politics in ft new nd admirable way. The Slalesman't Year Booh for 1891 es timates tho world's inhabitants last year, exclusive of tho Polar regions, to have been 1,467,600,000 and the land surface they occupy in whole or in part at 46, 850,000 square miles, of which 28,263, 000 square miles are fertile, 13,901,000 steppe and 4,180,000 desert. The Polar regions aro put down at 4,888,800 iquare miles, with ft population of only about 300,000. A Loudon Board of Trade return, Just issued, shows the large decrease in the hours of labor during tho past ten years, which is bringing the eight-hour limit nearer and nearer. Bakers who, a decado ago, worked seventy-two hours a week now work filty-four hours; miners, for merly sixty hours, now thirty-eight and forty-eight hours. Workmen of all trades now average fifty-four hours weekly, or nine hours a day. The Atlanta Constitution reins-' 'i: First-class typo-written copy is hailed with pleasure in newspapers and maga zine offices, but very little of it in first class. It is a positive relief to get a manuscript legibly written on whito pa per in good black ink, with a pen that makes a broad stroke. The troublo with many writers is that they use n pen with a flno point, and write a hair-lino scrawl that is hard to read. It is possiblo to make written copy as plain as print, and this is what every writer should do. Spain is busily preparing for the cele bration of the 400th auniversary of the landing of Columbus iu America. The Society of Americanists, which has de voted itself to tho study of everything relating to America, will hold a Congress on October 12, 1892, at tho convent of La Rabida, where Columbus found shel ter while he was platining his expedi tion. Spain's methods of celebrating the anniversary inuy not appeal so much to the popular taste us might have a great Exposition, but iu their scientific and historic aspect they will bo in kcepiug with an event so fur-reaching in its ef fects ou civilization. A profound scusatiou has been created in Italy by tho report that a French house sent 100,000 Remiugton cartridges to King Moucluk, of Abyssinia, byway of Obock. As Italy considers Mouelck to be under Italiau protection, this is re garded as an interference- with Italian rights, aud has not served to hasten the revival of friendly relations between Fr.ince aud Italy. A good share of the Italians, however, would like to give up African adventures altogether, one of the Roman newspapers saying that "when the whole truth is k sown, the necessity of ubaudouiug the er.tiro cuterpriso will be seen, and there fill be only one more research necessary, namely, to Uud some one yet mora foolish than ourselves who will take tho charge upon their ghoul-das." A SONQ OF CHANGES. I sang In the sun tho whole day long, 1 sang In the sun a merry song, I would not believe in grief or wrong; I sang In the ran the whole day long. I sat In tho dark and mooned all night: I hod loot my faltb In truth and right. And I had no hops of coming light; I sat In the dark and moaned all night. And yet at dawn In my heart I heard Once more the voice of a singing bird, Put the memory flushed It with a word. So my lip ne'er echoed what I heard. And now I am neither Bnd nor gay; I have learned at last that night and day, Sunshine and sorrows, para away; So now lam neither sad nor gav. E. C. White, in Lippineott, THE LITTLE GOLD NUGGET, A TALE OF AUSTRALIA. It was given to Efuo to take euro of. It was not a great prize, for it weighed only seven ounces; but it represented the only result of n strong man's toil for many weeks, ami, ns nuggets go, it was considered by no means a bad "find." John Archer decided that the nugget would be safer in his little daughter's keeping than in his own. There were thieves nud lawless men at this new gold rush, as nt all new gold rushes, nnd they would know of his prize. They would probably try to annex it. They would search all sorts Of cunning hiding-places in the neighborhood of his tent; they might even creep into tho hut at night, to feel under his pillow nnd among his rough beddiug for tho yellow earth thnt folk hate each other for. If ho caught the thief he would shoot him, but better not to run the risk of losing his treasure. And so he gave itdo Eflie to put in her old work box. Thoahiovesof'tho T diggings would bo too cunning to think of examining suchian improbablo hiding place. "You must takegrcnt cre of it, dar ling," said John Archer. "It is for jour mother." Ami Eflie stowed the lit fle nugget away in a corner of the old work box which had been her moth er's under th cotton nnd the socks she was darning for lu-r father. Sho folt duly weighted with the responsibility. She knew that this yellow earth was of great vulue, for her fhcr leaviug her mother, who was very delicate, with tome friends iu Brisbane, had come a long, weary way to Uud it, and she had seen his sorrow, his despair, as day after day he had eagerly worked with pick and spade, without finding what he sought. Having hidden the little nugget away, Eflie came out of the hut to look round and seo if any ono was near who might have seen her. No. No one was near who might have seen her only Billy the black King Billy, the Aboriginal mon arch, who loved rum and tobacco, und who was chopping aaine firewood for her. King Billy evidently had not seen, for ho was wielding tho axo with quite excep tional vigor; and if BiUy had seen it wouldn't have mattered very much, for Eflie trusted. This little girl's reason for trusting King Billy, tho black, was somewhat strange, aud is worthy of beinglrecordod. Sho trusted him becauso she had been kind to him. But Eflie was only twelve. As the child stood iu the (broad light, her tumbled hay-hucd hair kissed and illumined by tho bold rays of the suu, and her round, trustful blue' eyes shaded from the glare by two littlo fcrown hands, watching King Billy at his work, a flock of laughing jackasses alight ed in a neigh boring gum-tree and set up a demoniac cachinnation. What madeitho ill-omeoed birds so madly merry? What was tho joke? Eflie's trust? Billy's. gratitude? They failed to cxpluin; but thvir amuse inout was huge and sardonic. "Drive them away, Billy,"'cried Eflio, and tho obttdieut king dropped' his axo and threw a faggot of wood nt the tree, ' which stopped the luughteraud dispersed the merry-makers.' "Billy tired now," said the black, prinuing "too much work plenty wood," and ho poiuted to tho result of his labor. "Yes, that will bo enough, thank you. You're a good boy. I'll give you some tobacco." "Billy's thirsty." 'Then you shall have some tea." "No ten. Rum." "No, Billy. Rum isn't good for you." "Good for miners; good for Billy." "No, it's not good for miners," said Fffie, emphatically; "it makes them Oght aud say wicked things." "Makes black feller feel good," de clared Billy, railing his dusky eyes. .This last arguineut was effective. Ellle went into her hut her father had returned to hii work aud poured a little spirits from John Archer's flask in to a "pannikin." Billy drank the spir its with rolling eyes, smacked his lips, und then lay down iu the shadow of the hut to sleep. The long afternoon passed very slowly 'or Eflie. Her few trifling duties as housekeeper were soon done. Tho littlo but was tidied, nud the simple- evening :iieal prepared ; aud some hours must pass before her father returned. How could she pass the time? Sho had only two books a Biblo and a volume of stories for little girls, which sho had won as a prize a, school in Brisbane. But sho was too young so appreciate the first, espec ially as the type,beit)g very small, it was diliicult readiug, and sho had grown be yond opprcciatiug the stories for littlo girls, having known them by heart three years before. Sho would like to have slept. Everything around her suggested and invited the fiesta the steady heat; the brightness of tho light without the hut; the distant murmur of miners' voices which came from beyond yonder belt of wattle gums; the monotouovj hum of tho locusts iu the forest; the oc casional fretful cry of n strange bird, aud the regular snores of tho fulleu kiug who slumbered in the hut. Evnu the buzz of tho annoying Mies assisted the general tllect and brought drowsiness. To remain still for a lew minutes ! would havo meant inevitably fullinir asleep. Efllo felt this, and remembered the little gold nugget. If sho slept, some thief might como and take it. And so sho, put on her hat, mid, forsaking tho sedwetive cool and shade of tli9 hut, went out into the brightness and heat. Archer's hut stood on the edgo of tho. valley, over ngainst tho foot of tjo blue, hcavily-timbored hills. About fifty yards distant from it, hidden among the tr.ccs, was a high moss-grown rock, nt tho baso of which Eflio had discovered the small est and sweetest of natural springs. Thither thechild ran looking back often to seo that no one approached tho hut in her nbsenco to bathe her face. In a few minutes sho returned, drying her face in her apron, and shaking her wet hair in tho sun. No one bad come; but King Billy was now awake, and was slouching lazily off toward tho bush. Eflie laughed ns she saw him his great head bent forward, and his thin, narrow shoulders bowed. She laughed to think of his laziness, nnd that ho should look so tired after such a very littlo wood chopping. She was still laughing at King Billy ns she opened tho old work-box to take another peep at tho yellow treasure, and to make quito suro that tho hoat hadn't melted it nway. And it was quite slowly that the laugh died from the pretty cye3 nnd mouth quite slowly, because of tho moments it took to realize and accept -n misfortune so terrible when she lifted the coarso socks nnd looked and sow no little gold nugget saw nothiug. Then horror and great fear grew in the bluo eyes, and palo agony crept over the childish faco and made it old, and tho poor littlo heart seemed to stop beat ing. Eflio said nothing, and made no cry; but bIio closed her eyes tightly for a mo ment, nnd looked in tho box again. No, it was no illusion; the littlo nugget was net thcro the first gold her father had found, which had been intrusted to her care, which was to havo been taken to her rrfbthcr it was gone. Sho put down tho box, quitb quietly, and walked out into tho day; but the sun was shining very strangely und mistily now, nnd the blue sky had grown black; nud tho trcea seemed to move weirdly ; and tho locusts had ceased humming from fear; but tho strange bird was somewhere' near, shriek ing brokenly, "What will father Bay? What will futhcr say?" But ns the child stood thcro despair ingly, her sight grew clearer, nnd sho was conscious of a pnir of dusky eyea watching bcr through tho leaves. Then only b'io remembered, nud she knew who had done this cruet thing. King Billyt And sho had been kind to him. Efliu suddenly burst iuto passionate sob bing. Tho black figure still hovered among the trees, often changing its posi tion, und dusky eyes still peered through tho leaves. And the laughing jackasses flew down to tho old treo again, and laughed more madly than before langhcd at Eflie's trust at Billy's grati tude. " It was ten o'clock, and darkness and quiet reigned in John Archer's hut. Over among the tents behind tho wattle gums ft few gamblers and heavy drinkers were s;ill awake, and their voices, raised in anger or ribald merriment, might oc cassiunally have been faintly heard from the hut. But Archer, who had sown hi wild outs, was a true worker; nud ho had his little daughter, for whose sake. Vio had built tho hut away from tho noisy camp. Archer had come home late and weary, as usual, had eaten his supper, and gone to rest without, to Eflie's intense relief, speaking of the littlo gold nugget. Tho child was afraid to speak of tho loss, and she was not without vague hopes that a beneficent providence would restore the nugget duriug the darkness, and save her from this great trouble. For this she prayed very earnestly be fore she lay down to sleep. Or did sho sleep ut all that night? She never quite knew. But she thinks that it was then that she first experienced that terrible, purgatorial condition which is neither wakefulness nor sleep, when the body and mind uro weary enough to bring the profound sleep which they require, but which the brain is too overladen and too cruelly active to allow; when dreams seem realities uud realities dreams. It must have been a dream when sho saw something small and yellow float through the tiny window on the ghostly silver moonbeams. Aud yet, having dosed her eyes, she opcuud them again, it was still there hoveriug about in the darkuess less bright now, and with a palo yellow halo. But it faded quite away; it was a cruel, mock ing dream. Then was it a dream when the okl curtain, which divided her comer of tho hut from her father's, moved near tho ground bulged slightly tpward her? It would Do curtails t ) see, aud sho lay still. From under tho curtuiu seemed to como a thin arm, and slowly, cautiously, after the arm u head with a great shock of hair. Aud the luooubeams j Jit touched the face I think they kissed it, though it was black, for they found . iu a black hand tho little yellow object which had floated iu tho first dream. It was nil so real, so beautiful, that tho child lay still, scarce dariug to breathe, lest the vian should melt away; uud wheu iu her dream came the voico of her father, with tho words, "Speak, or I'll tire," her lips refused to open. But it wns uo dream when tho shot came, and the Black Kiug rolled over on the earth, duad, with the little gold nug get ho hud come to restore pressed iu tho duuth-agouy ngaiust his heart, where, too, was a littlo gold. Aud tho laughing birds iu tho old true, startled from their sleep by the shot, laughed ouce more, wildly aud madly, at Billy's honesty; but thero was bitterucss iu their merriment, for their master, the devil had betu cheated of tho soul of u Black King. A foreign watchmaker ha patented a device by which, un hour or tuo befnro a clock runs down, tho word "wind" will appear at au opeuing iu the dial. fflSE WORDS. Sometimes the weakest doubt shatters tho strongest faith. Tho less sense a fool has the more sense it takes to manage him. The happiness of love Is in action ; its test is what ono is willing to do for others. People generally despise where they flatter, and cringo to those they would overtop. . If idleness docs not produco vice or malevolence, it commonly produces mel ancholy. Strange how much more pride a man takes in having lived long than in hav ing lived welll There is a sixth sense; it is the sense to let well enough alono and was given only to woman. The vulgar rejoice in the vices of the great. Here at least they have some thing in common. When one is tempted to give up all for love, it is wise to retain a remnant for him to live upon. The fewer secrets a girl has when she is young, the fewer wrinkles sho will have when sho is ojd. Some women's faces are, in their brightness, a prophecy, and some, In their sadness, a history. If it showed every time a man wai bored, what a perforated-looking thing tho average man would bel It is not looking others squarely in the face that proves a man's courage; it is tho strength to look himself iu the face. The exactions of selfish pcope have a single merit; they prevent the cultiva tion of a similar vice in other people around them. Time is iudeed the theatre and seat of illusions; nothing is so ductile. The mind stretches nn hour to a century, and dwarfs an ago to an hour. Carlyle, in a letter written to a young mnu who had asked counsel of him, said: "Be wise, be steadfast, modest, diligent; you will infallibly arrive at something good and if it bo a quiet thing instead of a noisy, think yourself the luckier. " Country Roads. Thero is not a rural town within board ing distance of a great city which could not at slight expense assure itself all the city boarders that it could accommodate by the simple process of systematically and intelligently improving and beauti fying its roads. If it were to appoint a Town Committoo with power to employ experts, or to obtain expert advice, and to carry out the suggestions thus obtained in road improvement, the mere public advertisement of that proceeding would uttract boarders from all directions. The expense would not be great. In nearly every case tho gravel or cracked stono necessary for the construction of a ser viceable, well-drained road can be ob tained within moderate distance. There is, for example, in some parts of Orange County, in New York State, a kind of soft red sand -stone to be found in great p.bundunce, whicjj, crushes readily under tho wheels and makes a bard, firm road bed, which is never dusty and never muddy, which is yielding to the horses' feet and most agreeable to rldo over. Ordinary gravel can be used with almost equally good results. The main thing is to secure something like scientific knowl edge in the construction of the road and in tho mixture of materials. The vicious idea that anybody can mako a road by shoveling dut into the middle of it from the gutter, or, what is the same thing in h wholesale form, hauling it there by means of a "scraper," mu st be abandoned at the outset, and not only nbandoued but prohibited. Until that is done no reform will be possible. Century Maga zine. How (Jio Spider Undresses. Did you ever seo a spider change his skin? It is an interesting sight, one that will well repay any one for the time lostiu waiting for the novel event to take place, says a writer who knows. When preparing for the change the spider stops eating for several days uud makes his preliminary arrangements by fastening himselt by a short thread of web to one of tho tnaiu lines of his snare; this to hold ihim firmly while ho proceeds to undress. First the skin cracks all around the thorax, being held only by tho fore part. Next the abdomeu is uncovered, und then comes the strugglo to free tho legs. Ho works nnd kicks vigorously, seeming to have a very hard time of it. Fifteen minutes of continued perseverance, how ever, brings him out of his old dress, the strugglo causing him to appear limp and lifeless for some time after it is finished. Gradually ho comes back to life, brighter und more beautiful than beforo the try ing ordeal was begun. Xta Orleam Picayune. A Truvelluj Workshop. A uovel mode of preparing ships for service on their stations is ubout to be inaugurated by the British admiralty. A torpedo depot ship is uow being tiUed out with all the appliauces of a largo workshop. Wheu ready sho will proceed ou a voyage around the world, visiting all tho foreign stations aud making good all defects in torpedo arrangements of vessels connected therewith. It is said that this vessel can carry Whitehead tor pedoes sufficient to equip every ship in the navy iu time of war. Courier Journal. Tattoo Marks Won't Como Out. It hus often been claimed that tattoo marks may be removed by pricking over them goat's milk. This is a mistaken idea. Chemists aud others havo for years experimented with various prepa rations iu the hope of discovering some agent to wholly remove India ink marks from the human skin. Nothing, how ever, has as yet been found thut will re move portion even of the objectionable) marks, uulesS, possibly, the attempt bo made immediately following the tattoo ing process. Botoi JJuUetin. CHILEAN NITRATE MIXES. GREATEST NATURAL CURIOSITY ON THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT . Intercwtlns; Facts Concerning This Very Valuable Commodltity The Supply Inexhaustible. When we first saw Iquique (pronounced E-kce-kec), littlo more than half a year ago, writes Fannie B. Ward, it was one of tho most peaceful and prosperous cities of Chilo a seaport second only to Volpraiso in population nnd commercial importance, in .wide contrast to the burned and battered ruiu the rebels mado of it on their recent raid. It has long been the gTcat shipping point of tho world for nitrate of soda a vast busi ness, practically controlled by English capital; and therefore in tho eyes of Englishmen Iquique is of more conse quence than all the rest of Chile put to gether. For more than a year past tho nitrato people havo been doing little profltablo business, principally on account of the Government troubles and consequent strikes among the laborers, and also be cause the English market is overstocked with the commodity, and therefore its price is correspondingly low. From this nitrate industry alone the Chilean Gov ernment has been collecting n revenue of about $20,000,000 per annum in ex port duties. Perhaps the greatest natural curiosity on the Southern Continent is this inex haustible deposit of nitrate of soda. Beds of it are strewn along the western coast for five hundred' miles; nnd throughout all that distance the physical aspect of the country is the same everywhere an Arid range of hills from four to six thou sand feet high, rising abruptly out of the Pacific, backed by a desert pom pa (plain) from fifty to one hundred miles wide, which gradually ascends to the foot of the snowy Cordillera. Nowhere else in the world except in this particular pampa are nitrates found in quantities worth mentioning. The pampa above Iquiqui derives its name from the tamarugal bushes with which it is sparsely covered. Furthei north, above Tarapaco, tho bold features of the Cordillera and some beauty to the landscape; while inside from Antofo gasta, in the great desert of Atncama, there is not even a distant mountain to be seen nothing but brown sand ns far as tho eye can reach. Thero is no cloud on the burnished 6ky to temper the rays of the vertical sun; the hot air distinct ly vibrates, and blue mirage lakes tan talize the thirsty traveler. Ono can scarcely bear to touch the scorching sand, at 130 degrees, and a light south wind continually raises whirlwinds of dust in every direction. Neither bird, beast nor plant of the lowest typo can live in these barren wastes; und yet their hidden wealth hasted to tho creation of several villages, whose every necessary of life is brought from a long distance. A few years ago water sold on tho Ata cama desert for If 20 the arroba, or about 12.50 per gallon, aud a drink for a mule cost fifteen shillings, or 3.73. Finally, at a place in the desert called Carmen Alto, a sun condenser with 50,000 square feet of glass was employed to distil iresh water from that of the tea. This wus afterward wrecked by a whirlwind, but a smaller apparatus on the same principle is now being worked at Sierra Gordo, nnd re alizes a handsome profit, though tho water sells for only thirty cents tho arroba. Most of the coast towns aud in land factories are now supplied by means of condensed steam, some of tho con densers producing no less thau twenty five tons of good water for every ton of coal burned in the boilers. Moro recent schemes havo been started for supplying the coast towns with water by meuus of pipes runniug across tho desert from springs at tho foot of tho mouutaius. Iquiqui, Taltul, Antofogasta und Mol lendo are supplied iu this maimer, and other similar aqueducts are being con structed. Tho portion of tho puiipa in which English-speaking people are most inter ested is that lyiug between Iquiqui and Pisagua the celebrated "Tamarugal Pampa," where lie the Tarapaca beds and where a colony of Northern "ilitrata Kings" have accumulated their millions. A high, chilly upland, about tweuty miles across, separates the outer Sierra of Huatacondo from the higher range of the Cordillera; and then the Andes slope sharply down to the plateau of Bolivia, 12,000 feet above tho sea. The surface of the desert is not sharp sand, but dry earth mixed with a certain proportion of sandy particles, aud ini tiation would turn every rod of it iuto a fertile plain. Wherever wells have been sunk, alternate layers of gravel, sand and mud aro disclosed, eavh series of layers representing the fequence of u single Jood iu former ages; hence it fol lows that in times long past the pampa must have bceu subject to periodical in undations. Water may be found almost anywhere, nt the depth of from fifty to 150 feet; but no place has yet beeu dis covered where tho conditions necessary for artesian wells are fulfilled. 1'liiU delphh liecord. A Clever Littlo Boy. The gopher only remains a few seconds in his hole, when ho feels no irresistible desire to come out ugaiu aud look about him. Takiug advantage of a kuowledgo of this habit of theirs, a littlo boy, eight years old, who was lot for teu days iu the prairies of Assiuiboia, 150 miles uorth of the Canadian Pacillc Kailruttd line, in 1886, was able to save his life The boy wore lace boots with leather laces, and used to spread a uooso made, with u boot laco over a hole wheu ho had scuu u gopher go in; he would then lio Uowu aud wait for him to come out ugaiu. When the gopher, according to his wout, put his head out to see the world, the little boy pulled the string, caught him by the ueck and ate him. As there was plenty of ram-water in the holes about, tho boy g,t along very well iu this way till a searoli party rescued him. L'luci-uovU. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Tarif has a steam phaeton. A paper bottle factory is to be started at Glassboro, N. J. Electric soldering irons ore being used with success in somo of the great Eastern tanneries. Nearly nil tho winter nnd summer re sort hotels of first-class pretensions are appointed with steam heating appara tus. When cast and malleable iron are used in tho same structure a galvanic action is set up between them und tho malleable iron is corroded. The English estimate thnt in establish ing an arc lighting plant tho first fifty litjtits cost $250,000, with a very Bmall fraction added for an increased capacity. Tho new war ship of the English navy, tho Royal Sovereign, was constructed in seventeen months, which is said to be the best time on record for such work. The materials used in tho manufacturo of the different substances U6cd on ceil ings and wnlls for decorativo purposes consist of the residuum of randlo distill ing, wood, flour and common paraflino oils. Black being a color which absorbs heat rays, some tauk-stenmers are being painted gray, tho idea being to miuimize the risk of explosion on board these ships through the oil becoming heated by tho sun's rays. The best idea of tho value of the Bes semer invention may bo formed from the Bimplo fact that when Bessemer began experimenting steel sold in England at from $250 to $300 a gross ton. He sooti made a better steel at $30 a ton. For stopping the freezing of exhaust pipes of engines or pumps a pump:boy in Michigan suggested tho introduction of a small jet of cold water to play into the exhaust. The plan was acted upou, and it is said to work admirably. It is proposed to substitute locust for oak in the manufacture of insular pius. Tho first named wood possesses many superior characteristics, not the least of which is durability. It will last from fifteen to twenty-five times longer thau oak. Many explosions in flouring mills nro said to havo been caused by olectricity generated by belts. Even ordinary bolts are found to generato sufficiently strong currents to perform the common experiments for which electric machines are used. A new centrifugal machine recently invented is called the hrematokrit, nnd it is employed for determining the volutuo of corpuscles present in blood. Its use fulness lies in tho ability which tho doc tors will now have of comparing the blood of dillcrent individuals. At Sydney. New South Wales, naval works, comprising nnvnl nud victualling stores, engines and ship-repairing fac tory! docp water wharf, with shears to lift tho heaviest guns and , extcusivo magazines for naval ordnance stores, aro being carried out nt tho expense of tho Colonial Government. An ingenious electrical bnlanco was feccntly exhibited in Paris. Tho objoct to be weighed was placed in tho pau, by which act an electrical circuit was closed and a motor put in operation which moved tho weight out on tho beam of the balance. When tho equipoise was , established tho circuit was broken. Upou emptying tho pau the weight re turned. , A Fetish Man. From "Fetishism in Congo Land," by ono of Stanley's pioneer olliccrs, printed ia tho Century, we quoto as follows: The fetish man under any name is tho authority on all matters connected with the relations of man to the uusccn. Ho is the exerciser of spirits, tbo maker of charms aud the prescriber aud regulator of all ceremonial rites. He can discover who "ato tho heart" of tho chief who died but yesterday, who it was who caused tho canoe to upset, aud givo three lives to the crocodile nnd the dark waters of tho Congo, or even who blighted the palm trees of n villago aud dried up their sap, causing the supply of maUfu, or palm wine, to cease, or drove away tho rain from a district uud with ered iti fields of nguba (ground nuts. All this is within the ken of tho Ngauga Nkisi, nud he is appealed to on all those occasions to discover tho culprit, by his iusight into tho spirit world, and baud him or her to tho just chastisement of an outraged commuuity. This is the only substituto for religion that the Africau savage possesses; its tenets aro vague aud unformulated, for witli every tribe and every district belief varies and rites and ceremonies are as diverse as tho fancio of tho fetish men who prescribe them. Electric Lights autl Eyesight. Dr. Johu II. Payne, a Boston oculist, ays: "Most pursuits who use the incan descent electric light liko a new lamp bu. cause the light is whiter uud moro bril liant than after tho lamp has been in use for two or three weeks. This is wrong. It is this dazzling white light that harms tho eye. An old lamp is the best, for iu theso the light has become changed to u palo yellow, which is tho ideal color. Just as in noonday brightness human sight is not so clear and far-reaching as nt thu yellow sunset, so a new iucaude Rccut burner is not so good for tho eye us un old one. Au old burner so adjusted aud shaded that tiio light from it does not shine iu tho face, is the idea arti ficial light. Au urgmid gas burner comes uext. The uso of the aro light should bo confined to street lamps. Somo store keepers still use them, but they uro terri bly hurtful to tho eye. This is becauso tho iuteusity of tho light is constantly changing, uud this jumping of tho hluzo ia much worse for tho cyo than the flicker of tho gaslight. I have hud oc casion to treat a great many people for inflammation of tho retina caused by working by the light of arc lamps." SI. J.mtii lioha-J);!,, rrlt. Seattle, Washington, and St. Paul, iliuu., are uer.v coaiiecte.1 by rail rtad. OIRLS' NAMES, Frances Is "unstained nnd free;" .' Bertha, 'pellucid, purely bright;" Clara, "clear as the crystal bb;" Lucy, a star of radiant "light;" Cntlmrino is "pure" as the mountain alrj Henrietta, a soft, sweet "star;"' Felicia is "happy girl;" Matilda is a "lady true;" ! Margaret is a shinin? "pearl;" Reliecea, "with tbo faithful few;" Susan is a "lily white;" Jane- hrw tho widow's curve nnd "grace;" Cecilin, drrir, "is dim of sight;" Sophia s-iows "wisdom on her face;" Coitstanc3 Is firm unci "resolute;" Grac, delicious "favor meet;" Charlotte, "iwtd", good repute;"' Harriet, a fine ' o lor sweet;" Isabella is a "Indy rare; ' l.ucintln, "constant as tho day;" Marie means, a "indy fair;" Abigail, "joyful" as a May; Elizabeth, "un oath of trust;" . Adcltn, "nice princjKs proud;" Atjarhn, "is truly good nnd just;-' Letitia, "n joy avowed;" Jemima, 'a soft sound in the air;" Caroline "a sweet spirit hale;" Cornells, "harmonious nnd fair;" Kelitid, "a sweet nihtingnle;" Lydin, "a refreshing well;" Judith, "a song of sacred praiso;" Jttlin, "a jewel none exc?l;" I'riscilla, "ancient of days." HUMOR OF THE DAY. Comes high, but wo must have it The sun. Life. A duad heat must bo the kiud that is usctl in a crematory. Buffalo Exprest. A woman can say moro with a few tears than a man cau express in a book. Jlum'i Horn. "Was Byron a club man?'.' "Not all through, lie had a club foot only." ilnnsey'i HVfAy. People are like baso drums, the thin ner their heads the moro noiso they make. Wuthington ftnr. When n man has run his race in this world aud tho end comes ho is out of breath. Jrcu Orlcant Picayune. Every one admires a man of push, but nobody wants to bo the person pushed nsido by tho man. St. Joseph Newt. Up goes tho price of horses' board. Every bit that goes into your horse's mouth must bo paid for. iiotton. Trail icript. De Jones "I say, Van Brown, how is it that you are always out when I call?" Van Brown "Oh, just luck." Boston Gaiette. Professor "Gentlemen, tho nir is a substance which we cannot see, but it is by no means so simple a substance as il looks. Fiitgcndc Blaettcr. Head of Firm (angrily) "Who is that smoking in the ollicc?" Bookkeeper "Tho ollice-boy, sir." Head of Firm "Oh, all right. I thought it was ono of the clerks." Brooklyn Life. From a speech: "Gentlemen, we have great cause for rejoicing that this 6tono which has so long weighed upon our hearts has bceu finally removed from our uecks. " Fliejende Bluctter. Roso (on tho divan) "I think I'll say yes. It is better to marry a mau you respect thau ono you adore." Dolly "But it's so much easier to love men thau to respect them." Life. "Mr. Leipup,"said tho laudlady to the new boarder, "do you wish to havo your egs for breakfast iu uny particular way?" "Yes, madam," ho replied; "I prefer them fresh." Judjc. Miss Physics "Dear Mr. Physiology, you remind me of u barometer that la filled with nothing in its upper story." Mr.Physiology : ,lYou occupy my upper story, my dear Miss Physics." ItKhcstcr 3tliainin. A household journal 6ays: "Tho toothsome niinco piu has quito a pedi gree." Wo knew thuro was something iu it mighty hard to digest, but nover once suspected it wa3 a pedigree. Nor riitoitn Jiruld. "Amelia, darling." "Ye3, Arthur.' "You know we uro soon to be married." "Yes." "Aud we should learn to be economical in small things." "Yes." "lludn't you better turn down the gas?" Hjiare Momenta. "I havo always taken pleasure iu your presence," she. said, us thoy wcro parting us friends and uothiug more. "I beg your pardon," ho said, reflectively, "but would you mind spelling that last word?" Wiiahiii'jton 2'uat. "What's this report about Smithers sending an infernal marhiue to you, Ilronson?" "It's perfectly true. Ho didn't send it to me, though. Ho sent it to my boy. It a imnic box that plays 'White Wings.' " AV;b lor!: Herald. With trembling voice, thou ;h urdent look, He faintly asked her could he e-ook. Hhe oml she could nud, lolder fcnwu, He asked her if sliVil bo his own. "Indued;" said she, with her nosu a curl; "I tupposo you i wanting a hired fcirl." Iniliantijtolia Jnumat. Dapper "What is the greatest lie, Snnppcr, that ever impressed itself ou your experience?" Snapper "Well, by all odds, tho worst lio I evci heard was the imo your quartetlo perpetrated last night when they came around to tho house nnd sang 'There's music iu tho uir.' " Ji'mt mi Co'trUr. The Headmaster of tho Girls' nigh School is describing to tho class tho beauty of tho Alps, which ho has visited duriug his vacation, nud ends his lecture iu these words: "Ami there, with ono foot I stood tu the ice of the glacier, while with the other I was plucking tho most beautiful flowers!" t'lifjende Blaettcr. "Madam," said the tramp, "I was told by the woman who lives next door that if I would call here a charitable lady would donate to a deserving way farer soiuo scui) s of fried liver left over from breakfast." rfho paid that, did she-, tho menu, good-fur-nothing !" ex claimed tho woman. "Fried livei, in deed! Como inside, my good inuu, uud I'll cook you tho lust porterhousu steak you ever ate." Aro UeiaU.
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