r r THE FOREST REPUBLICAN la pabllahed arnrj Wedaeedaj, f J. E. WENK. Offlo In Brnembaugh & Co.' Building KLM ITRXKT, T10NB8TA, Til Trm, . . Jo prTHr, RATES OF ADVERTISING. )M Sqaara, a Inch, on. fnaertlon f IN Oaa Square, en. Inch, an. month t M One Bqoara, ee Inch, thra. months. IN Oa. Square, me Inch, ana year 1. M Two Sqnaraa, on rear la (a Qaartar Column, oa. year MM Ball Column, on. real- , W 0 Oaa Column, on. roar 10 Ot Lfal adr.rtlara.nta tea cent pt Uaa each ba te rtioa. Marriages and death aotlcei gratia. All ktlla for yearly ariTerttaementa collated ia terly. Temporary aJvertleeineuta muat a. paid It adraats. J. a work eaak en dallTery. Forest R ICAN. Hfh tn " frtoi Uorraapendence lollelte frem a! aarta af the VOL. XXIV. NO. 5, TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1891. $1,50 PER ANNUM. eonntry. Na netice will be taken or aanaroug EPXJBL Tho Secretary of the Treasury has made a ruling which is in effect that cigars am not tolmcco. A writer describes Kodiak blond, Alaska, as Inrgcr than cither of the New Englnnd States, with a genial climato capable of producing many varieties of fruit. Thirteen members of the new United States Senate nre natives of New York, Ohio comes next with eight of her sons in tho Senate, whilo Pennsylvania and Kentucky have six each. India silks are as cheap in Boston as in Calcutta, and they do say, whispers the Bostou Tranteript, that most of the charming "Indian" fabrics now for sale on tho bargain counters nre made in Manchester. liradstreet't makes the statement that "out of 21,000,000 pounds of cotton seed oil produced in 1888, 70,000,000 pounds wore used in the mixing with lard, and that tho competition with this bogus product has reduced tho price of pure lard from ton down to six cents a pound. There Is quite a little society war in England over tho wearing of cockades by eorvants. When the custom began, tho cockado on a servant's hat Biguified that his master was cither in the army ot navy. Now it signifies nothing, and military men aro iucliued to assert their prerogative to tho exclusive right to adorn thoir servants' hats with cockades. As a solution of all differences, it ha! beon proposed that Parliament should pass an act imposing a tax on cockades. Everybody who wants to put a cockado on a flunky's hat can then do s by pay ing for the precious privilege. Tho old furniture mania has reached s second and, in the estimation of the New Orleans Timet-Democrat, more rational stage. At first the rage was for old furniture, simply without reference to iti quality. Now pc'oplo nio more discrim inating, having learned that in the good old days there wero bad or dishonest workmen, just as there are to-day. At tho present time the old houses in Hoi laud and Belgium arc looked upon with tbo greatest interest by collectors of an tique furniture, as they contain a great deal of tho finest furniture, which hai been handed down for several genera tious. AccoiJiug to a census bulletin, th ratio of land and water surface is 98.16 and 1.8-4 per cent, respectively. Thii bulletin alsj gives the area of the States and Territories by counties, and tht classification of tho latter by sizes. The average number of persons to each square milo of tho land surface of the Union h 21.08. As illustrative of the sustaining capacity of tho United States, the bulletin says that if Texas, tho largest State in the Union, was as thickly populated as the State of Rhode Island, it would have 83,523,628 inhabitants, whilo if the United States had a density of popula tion equal to that of Hhodo Island, the population of the Union, instead of being 02,622,250, would reach the enormous sum of 945,766,300, or nearly two thirds of the present population of the world. The condition of rural France has soma Tescmblance to that of rural New Eng land. Tho Economiste Francait gives s digest of a number of recent documents relating to the condition of the agricul tural laborer there. Wages of farm hands have quadrupled during the present century, and tho greatest increase has been in the lowest form of labor. The man of all work, who was paid only $20 per year, iu addition to his board in 1684, now gets $80, whilo tho shepherd, "ths aristocrat of the farm," who received then $62 and board, now gets only $120. His wages have not doubled, while thoss of the humbler workman have more thau quadrupled. Tho increase of wages ol farm hands is ascribed iu part to the do maud for labor iu factories aud on rail roads, and iu part to the military service, which takes young meu from the farmt at the period when their habits are form ing, and gives them a taste of town lift from which they tire never whollj weaned. When their term of service expires, they begin to look for situations in the towns and to worry the public met to find places for them. These drafts upon the rural population, tending tc lessen the number of farm laborers, raisi tho wages of those who remain. The re suit is smaller profits to the farmer and f sort of agricultural crisis. Still auothci fact iu the. matter of rural depopulation is noticed, namely, a diminution iu tht number of childreu. Several cantoul are named iu which there has been a marked decrease of population since 1868. Iu two of these tho ascertained reason for a diminution of the number ol births was "the desire of the parents tc improve their own condition," and it it added that this effect has followed. Here we tiud real MultbusiuuUiu iu .practice. IDEALS. Like butterflies that fret Entangled in a net, Then at the last thro' some chance rift es cape Of half their raidanee thorn. With ruffled plumes and torrt, Bright mockeries of their former hues and shapes. Bo in the poet's mind , The rich Ideas confined Struggle to break In mnsio from his tongue; He speaks he speaks but ah, How changed, how different fnf The thought once uttered from the thought Unsung I So, too, the painter sees Bewildering images, And brush Is seized, and canvass quick un furled; The bright creation glows, " But lo! his easel shows Mere shadowy glimpses of that vision-World. Know then whate'er we cull Prom Art's fields beautiful, Whatever fruit philosophies may yield, Thoir prototypes more fair Are blossoming elsewhere, Bweet songs unsung and visions uurevealed; Until the veil is rent, Onr fleah-imprisonment, And we are borne beyond this dust's con trol; Then shall our orbless eyes Behold realities, And soul commune, immediately with soul. lemple Bar. MARY CLAR1M0NT, M. D. When Mary Clurimont's engagement was proclaimed to tho world there en sued a general expression of surprise. People are generally surprised at mnt rimonial engagements. There is always Rome cogent reason why things should have beeu adjusted otherwise why John should havo married Joan, and Peter Bhould prefer Betsey. Nobody was ever yet married to suit everybody. But in Mary Clarimont's case it did really seem ns if the course of true love had interfered seriously with tho current of common sense and prudence. Miss Clarimont was only one-and twenty, a tall, imperial beauty, with dewy biacK eyes, a skin as fresh as damask roses, aud dark-brown hair, coiled in shining bands at the back of her head Moicover, Miss Clarimont had a "career" before her. She had just graduated from Mcdficld Medical University, aud taken out her diploma as an M. I). "And only to think of it," said Aunt Jo, bunting into tears of vexation aud disappointment, "that she must needs go and ruin all her prospects by eet ting engaged to Harry Harlow, down iu PC iork!" "It does seem strange, Aunt Jo, when 1 sit down aud think of it, said Doctor Mary, laughing and blushing. "Six months ngo iny profession was all the world to me. I neither wished nor cared for unything outside its limits. Tho future was ull mapped out before mo without let or hindrance; and now " "Humph!" growled Aunt Jo. "Any brainless idiot can get married and keep a man's house and mend his shirts for him, but you were made for something higher and more dignified, Mary." Mary's dew-bright eyes sparkled. "Higher, Auut Jo?'' said she. "More dignified? There you are mistakcu. There is no higher or more dignified lot in life thau that of the true wife of a noblo husband." "Fiddlesticks!" said Auut Jo. "As if every poor fool who was dazzled by the glitter of a wedding ring didn't say the bamc thing! You've disappointed me, Mary Clarimont, and I'm ashamed of you, and that is the long aud tho short of it." "Dear Auut Jo," said she, "I shall not let my sword and shield rust, believe me. Harry has only his owu talents to advance htm iu the world, and it will be at least a year before we shall be ready to marry. In the meantime I shall ac cept the post of visiting physician to tho Aldcnbury Almshouse and practise my profession, just the same as if there were no engagement." "I wish to goodness there wasn't," said Aunt Jo. "I tell you what, Mary, I don't fancy that smiling, smooth tongued young mau of yours, and I never shall." Still Dr. Mary Clarimont kept her tem per. "I am sorry, Auut Jo," she said, pleasantly. "But I hope that you will eventually change your mind." "I used to keep a thread-aud-needle store when I was a young woman," re marked Aunt Jo, dryly, "and I always could tell the ring of a counterfeit half dollar when a customer laid it on the counter. I could then, aud I can now and I tell you what, Mary, there's base nietal about Harry Harlow." Dr. Mary bit her lip. "Perhaps. We will not discuss tho subject further, Auut Jo," she said, with quiet dignity, aud the old lady said no more. "Aunt Jo is wrong," persisted the pretty young M. D. to herself. "Mary is making a fool of herself!" thought Auut Jo. Aldeubury wits a pretty manufacturing village, with a main street shaded by umbrageous maples, a "west end, "where people who had made their fortuues lived comfortably in roomy old houses, surrounded by velvet laws and terracod gardens, and an "east end," where peo ple fought desperutely and not always successfully to keep body and soul to gether on the merest pittuuee. Aud a little way out of the village the almshouses, built and endowed by a cer tain smuggling sea captuiu, whose con science had pricked him during his latter days, raised their gray stone gables to the sky, and made a picturesque back ground to the landscape. Dr. Mary Clarimont made something of a sensation at Aldenliury. I'p to this i time all the resident SI. D.'s had been 1 stuffy old gentlemen with wigs, or pert I young ones with eyeglusses. I A beautiful young lady who wrote pie ' scrip Uous aud compounded pills aud po- j tions was a novelty In the town, and by no means a disagreeable one. People rather liked the idea, once they had con vinced themselvRs that the lady doctor understood herself and her patients. And the poor Old peoplo at the aim house grew to love Dr. Mary and listen with eager ears for tho sound of her carriage wheels over tho blue gravel drive which led up to the portico. It was a brilliant December day when the young physician stood id the nently capcted reception-room drawing on her fur gloves previous to entering her neat phaeton once aga n, while she reiterated to tho white-capped maid somo direc tions concerning old Ann Mudgett's rheumatism, when the matron hurried in. "Oh, I beg your pardon, Dr. Clari mont," said she, "but I clean forgot the now old woman." "The new old woman," repeated Dr. Mary, with a smile. "That is," exclaimed Mrs. Cunning ham, "she only came last night a quiet old soul, half blind, and quite bad with the asthma. Perhaps you d better just see her before you go. She brought a card of admission from Dr. Merton, the New York clergyman, who is one of our directors, you know. And sho seems a decent body enough." So Dr. Mary went cheerfully into tho little brick-paved room, with its white pallet-bed, cushioned rocking-chair, and neatly-draped casement, where sat a poor, little, shrivcled-tip woman, wrapped in a faded shawl. She looked timidly up, as Dr. Mary came in, from under the borders of her cap. "I m n poor body, miss," said sho, "and I'm sensible I'm making a deal of trouble in tbo world. But tho Lord don't always take us, miss, when we'd like to go." "This is tho doctor," said Mrs. Cun ningham. 9 The little woman would have risen up to make a feeble curtesy, but Dr. Mary motioned her to keep her scat. "What is your name?" said she pleas antly. "Louise Harlow, miss." "Marlowl That is an unusual name, isn't it?" said Mury Clairmont, coloring in spito of herself. " We're English, miss," said the old woman, struggling bravely with her asthma. "There ain't many of us in this country. I've a son, miss, in the law business, as any mother might be proud of." "Asonl" echoed Mrs. Cunningham; "and you in the almshouse?" "Not that it's his fault, ma'am," the old creature made haste to explain. "My son is to bo married to a fine, proud lady, as is fit for any prince in all the laud, and, of course,he can't be expected to burden himself with a helpless old woman like mo. He says I'm to write and let him know how I get along,and if I'm sick or anything he'll try to see. I sewed carpets uutil the asthma got hold of me, and supported myself comfortably. But, of course, I couldn't lay up any thiug for a rainy day who could? And Henry couldu't help me, for he's getting ready to be married, poor lad! So I went to Dr. Merton and asked him did he know any decent place where an old woman like me could end her days in pence. And he gave me a card to come here and somo money to pay my traveling expenses God bless him! aud here 1 am. Mary Charimont listened quietly to the garrulous tale, but the color varied in her check more than once as she stood there. "Is your son's name Harry Marlow?" she said, slowly and thoughtfully. "ics, miss, at your service," said the old woman, with a duck of her white capped head, which was meant to do duty in place of the impossible curtesy. "Is he like this I said Dr. Mary, tak ing a photograph from her pocket. Ihe old woman, with trembling bands. fitted on her iron-bowed spectacles, and looked at tho picture, uttering a little cry of recognition. "Sure, miss, it is Ins own self, ' she cried. "You arc acquainted with him, then?" "Somewhat," said Dr. Mary, com posedly, as she returned the photograph to its place. "Aud now I will leave you something to relieve this difficulty ia breathing. But the old crone eyed her wistfully. "Perhaps you know the young ludy iny son is to marry?" "les, said Dr. Mary, writiug some thing in her prescription book.- "I have seen her." "Perhaps, miss," faltered tho old woman, "you would give her iny humble duty, and tell her I would just like to look at her for once and see what she is like. There's no fear of my troubling her, miss, for I mean to end my days here. But I would like to see her just once. And if it wouldn't be asking too much, miss, would you please write to my son, aud tell him where I am, for I'm no scholar myself, and I'm his mother, after all." "I will write to him," said Dr. Mary, quietly; and so she went away. "I never see a lady doctor afore, said old Mrs. Mirlow, with a long sigh. "But she's a pretty crectur, aud it seems good to have her around. I hope she'll come again soon." "You may be very sure of that, said the matron, brusquely. "Dr. Clarimont ain't one to neglect poor people becauBo they are poor. lhat evening Aunt Jo, frying crullers over the kitchen fire, was surprised by a visit from her niece, who came iu all wrapped in furs, with her cheeks crim soned with the frosty wiuter air. "Bless me! this ain't never you I" said Aunt Jo, peering over her spectacles. "I drove over to see you, Auut Jo, snid Miry, "to tell you that you were right. The metal was counterfeit. "Ehr said Auut Jo, mechanically la dling out the biowu, curly crullers, al though she did not look at what she was doing. "I have written to Harry Marlow, can celing our engagement," said Dr. Mury, calmly, albeit her voice fullered a little. "The uiau who will heartlessly let his old mother go to the almshouse, tooner than to take the trouble to maintain her, can be no fit husband for any woman !" Add thed she sat down by the fire and told Aunt Jo everything; for crabbed, crusty old Aunt Jo had boen like a mother to her, and tho girl's heart was full to overflowing. When she bad ceased speaking, Aunt Jo nedded her head. "You have done well and wisely," said she. Old Mrsi Marlow died that wiuter id Aldcnbury Almshouse, with her bead on Dr. Mary Clarimont's arm, and never knew that hir garrulous confessions had deprived her son of his promised wife. And Mary says quietly and resolutely that her profession must be husband and home to her henceforward, "Just what it ought to be," says Aunt Jo. "No women ever yet succeeded in doing two things at once . "-Indianapolii Newt. Fresh-Water Commerce. Probably there are fow people whose attention has not been specially directed to the subject, who are aware of tho magnitude of the commerce upon the Great Lakes. It has been asserted that more tons of freight pa9s through the Detroit River in a year than the total imports and ex ports of the United States for the samo period. The commerce of the Great Lakes is carried upon more than two thousand vessels, of which more than half are pro pelled by steam. About six hundred schooners, some of them great four-masted craft, ply on the lakes during the five or six months when the straits and ports are not closed by ice. Many more are small schooners; nnd of these a large number, on the up per lakes, are owned and manned by hardy Norwegian sailors who have emi grated to this country. Steam is gradually displacing the wind as the motive power of the hike traffic, and steel is displacing wood as a mater ial. The steam vessels, too, are con stantly increasing in size. In 1886, there were, but six steel vessels on the Great Lakes; in 1890 there were sixty eight. At the same tinio that these changes in the size and material of vessels are taking place, a change is going on in their ownership. There is a smaller pro portion of vessels owned by individuals or small partnerships. The traffic of the lakes is rapidly coming under control of corporations possessing largo capital. The two great items of freight in the vast traffic of the Great Lakes are ore and grain. Many millions of tons of ore are yearly brought through tho Sault Ste. Marie canal down the lakes. Seventy million bushels of wheat and four million bushels of flour go annually by water to Buffalo. Tho corn tonnage is still larger. Yet the Great Lakes aro closed to navigation during as least six months n year, and winters have been known when Laken Superior and Michigan were frozen from shoro to shore. Youth' i Compan ion. The First Public Bunk. To Venice, tho "Queen of tho Adri atic," belongs the honor of having es tablished the first public bank of which any record can be found, such an institu tion beiug unknown to tho ancients. In 1711 tho Republic of Venice was very hard presse l for fuuds to carry on the wars in which it was continually cu gaged iu order to uphold its supremacy. As a consequence a tax was levied on its moneyed men, who were promised a per petual annuity of four percent, on the loan thus contributed, tho borrowers never dreaming of tho posibility of re turning the principal. The lenders immediately instituted a bureau for carrying out the proposed plan of receiving and paying out the in terest, aud in a comparatively short timo it was erected into the Bank of Venice. Tho exact date of its founding is not known with any degree of certainty. Interest on the loan was promptly paid, and the creditors of tho Republic were subsequently paid iu full the sums they had advauced. Consequently, so popu lar did it become, that it was found abso lutely neccssury to transform the private bank into one of deposit, that all classes might take advantage of the accommo dation thus afforded. In 1723 the iutercst paid by the Gov ernment alone amounted to upward of $1,000,000 a year, aud tho shares aud credits of the bank were so well sup ported that nt all times its bills wero quoted aud held at a premium above the . current money of the Republic. After many years of prosperity, the bank was given its death-blow by the trench invasion of 197. Tho freedom of the city and the independence of the Republic vanished like a dream before invaders, aud as a natural consequence the bank having thus lost its credit and support, also disappeared in the geueral wreck. Detroit Free Print. The Strongest Race. "Tbo Irish is tho strongest race in the world," said one of them. "We have the breadth, tho chest. A few years ago two regiments of the British army wero lined up, the one in front of the other. There were 1000 Englishmen of the Royal Guard iu oue litie, and 1000 Irish men of the Counaught Rangers iu the other. The lines began at tho same place, but tho lino of Irishmen stretched thirty-six feet further than the other. It was caused by the difference iu width of chest, for tho men iu both regiments touched elbows." Ht. Louis Itcpubltc. Purdonlug the Dead. The Emucror of China bus curiona way of expressing his gratitude for the faithful services of a de ceased minister. Iu the issue of the Pe- kiu Official Jnurnnl which followed the death of the Murutiis Tsenc km iini'ril decree was published announcing that I his majesty freely pardoned the dead , statesman all the fuults and crimes which be committed during his life, Chicago Act, SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Heating by electricity is promised. Compressed air signals aro successful. A petroleum bicycle makes forty-hind j miles an hour. I Wire-wound guns nre tho latest ac quisition of tho United States Navy. It is said that at last a satisfactory arc lamp for use on an incandescent circuit has been designed. The electrical underground railway in London has proved that a speed of twenty-four miles an hour is practicable. The electric arc is composed of a stream i of vapor arising from the actual boiling or vaporization of the solid ends of tho leparated conductors. To secure uniformity in the painting ind varnishing of their passenger and freighs cars somo railroads employ ex pert chemists to analyze the paints and ails used. A doublo hulled ship has been devised by Captain Meacon, of Chelsea, Mass., which is said to be absolutely unsinkublc. His plan has received indorsement in tho highest quarters. A new electric appliance is so con structed that in railway train signalling it is impossible to give a clear signal be fore tho delivery of orders iutended for the approaching train. Tho only onyx polishing works in this country, located in Rutland, Vt., will be removed to Missouri and enguge in pre paring for market the vast quantities of onyx mined in Crawford and Pulaski counties. One of the two chimpanzees at the Paris Jardin d'Acclimatation inoculated with Koch's lymph died forty-eight hours after the operation. The luugs of the creature were sent to tho Alfort School of Hediciue to be carefully ex amined. At - Mont-Dol, in Brittany, already well-known geologists and palaeontolog ists, the remains of about a huudred ele phants have been discovered, gathered on a small surface of about 1900 square metres. All the bones sro broken, nnd it is thought that the animals must have been eaten by prehistoric men. - In response to inquiries as to how bard rubber can be polished, the following in structions are given: Use a felt lap charged with the finest grade of pumice stone mixed with enough lard oil to make a thick paste. Run the lap at a high speed, nnd of course, apply the rubber to the side and not to the rim of the lap. A device has been recently patented in England for tho purpose of removing grease from gloves or fabrics. It is called a bonzine pencil, and consists of a cylindrical body about the size of 'an ordinary lead pencil, containing benzino. At each end then is a thick piece ot felt. Oue piece is inteuded to bo moistened by the benzine, whilo tho other end of the pencil is kept perfectly dry to take up the superfluous moisture. A number of experiments on tho com parative palatability of insects, etc., are recorded in 2fature,by E. B. Tiehenerand F. Finn. Tho insects experimented upon consisting of beetles, moths, bees, etc. were oflered to domestic mice, common toads, and a common myuah. The results evinced considerable varia bility and somo caprice in the tastes of the animals fed, but do not indicate that their appetites wero voracious for the delicacies given them. Tho stronger beetles were taken with some hesitation. The mice declined to take bumble-bees; the mynah ate wasps greedily; the toads readily took wasps and bees, and were often stung, without seeming to pay much attention to the accident. The cockroach was eaten by tho toads. The mynah for a long time refused, and only took it, as well us the earth-worm, finally, iu the dearth of our insects. A few centipeds were given to tho mice and the mynah, but were never eaten, though the mice, in one case, eagerly seized aud killed a large specimen. Tin in Silk. An ingenious Frenchman has discov ered a process of recovering the tiu con tained in tho wash waters of silks which have boen weighted,- and has accordingly received from tho French Society for the Eucouragement of National Industry the prize allotted for tho utilization of rcsid eral substances, and it is ostiinat.d that Lyons alone will effect an auuual economy of $60,000 by these means. Tho gentleman deserves his reward, for the history of the reclamation of waste products, although it has beeu full of surprises and may bo considered au amazing testimony to the genius and patience of man, contains nothing mora remarkable than this profit derived from the refuse of this excessive adulterant. The question has been more thau once asked why silk rags hud no value, but they muy yet be sought ufter by dust contractors und marine store dealers, uot for the sake of the silk, but of thu tiu, and if we hud an industrial mint we might contemplate tho contingency of an old silk gown split and torn because it was as much metal as textile, being converted into a dripping Kin or some other kitchen Utensil. i'ai Francisco Chronicle. Engines Pursue a Runaway Fire. Tbo novel sight of a burning charcoal wugon being pursued by a tiro cugino created considerable excitement in Chicago tho other evening. A charcoal pediler, alighting from his wagon, went into a store. During his absence somo small boys thrust a wad of burning paper in tho bottom of his wa-on, ami in a few minutes the big load of char coal was iu a glow. The lire startled the horse, and it ran at a furious rate. Somo one gave tho alarm to Engine Com puuy No. 21, aud when the firemen turned the corner of Taylor street, tho blazing wagon wus two blocks away, with a crowd of about one hundred per sons in pursuit. The driver of the en gine lashed his horses into a galop, and un exciting chase commenced. Alter a chase of several bloc ks, the engine com puny succeeded in heading off the runa way horse, and the flames were cvtui guished by a stream from the tbuiuic al engine. Ikntvn Transcript. POISOiNS AND ANTIDOTES. REMEDIES TO BE APPLIED BEFORE THE DOCTOR COMES. Thd Symptoms or Various PoUons Simple Vet Kfllcndlousi Meant for Counteracting Their Effect. The first remedial effort in case of poisoning should be to enable the system to reject the poison ; the next, to coun teract its serious effects ; and dually, to begin the restoration of its normal tone. The poisonous substances usually found in the household may be divided into three classes, which include: (1) the corrosive mineral and vegetablo acids, such as sulphuric, nitric, carbotio and oxalic acids; (2) tho simple irritants, like the strong alkalies potash, lime, zinc, etc. ; (3) the specific irritants, like arsenic, iodine and phosphorous. Prus sic acid, chloroform and opium belong to the ncurotio poisons, somo of which simulate in their effects the symptoms of diseases of the brain and spinal cord, producing delirium convulsions, paralysis and syncope. AVhcn after eating or drinking a per son is attacked with violent pain, nausea, purging, convulsions, delirium, or great drowsiness, the supposition is probably that poison has been taken, and im mediate medical aid should be obtained. While tho use of tho stomach pump is the most thorough means of empty ing and cleansing the stomach, its operation by an inexperienced person may cause serious injury, either by flood ing the lungs or by lacerating the surface of the stomach, which has already been injured by the corrosive action of certain poisons.' Tho safest course of procedure by non-medical persons is the promotion of the nausea, which is one of the indi cations of poisoning, until freo vomiting has been effected. The simplest means to this end are the safest in the hands of anyono but a physician, that is, tho use of lukewarm water iu which mustard has been dissolved; a tcaspoonful to a half pint of water, repeated until the stomach is entirely empty. The second remedial action is the ap plication of some antidote calculated to counteract tho effect of tho poison cither by combining with it, or depriving it of its deleterious qualities. The combina tion of antidote with poison forms harm less chemical compounds, or those which are insoluble in tho gastric fluids. It then remains to neutralize the effect of the poison upon the system, and to over come any depression -r shock it may have caused ; these are purely tho phys ical offices. Of tho corrosivo poisons, those most frequently used iu the household are oxalic aud carbolic acids, creosote, and the caustic alkalies, potash, soda and ammonia. Oxalic acid has sometimes been taken by mistako for Epsom salts; tho salt of sorrel, or the essential salt of lemons, used, like oxalic acid, for clean ing purposes nnd bleaching has caused poisoning. The symptoms of oxalic acid poisoning are a burning sensation during swallow ing, burning pain in tho stomach, and almost immediate nausea. When there is no vomiting, great prostration, feeble pulse and convulsions, death is likely to follow from collapse. Tho antidote is lime in any form plaster or mortar chalk, whiting or magnesia, mixed with water; but no fluid without an antidote, because it would favor the absorption of the poison. As is the case with most poisons, white of egg is a useful remedy. Creosote and carbolic acid are so often in use in disinfectants that they may prove dangerous, especially as death so rapidly follows a dose of tho poison. The mouth and lips are whitened by contact with the acid, tho pupils of tho eyes are very much contracted, the breath ing becomes stertorous, aud coma is soon followed by dcuth. The possibility of relief is small, but oil may be freely given, aud immediately removed by tho free use of emetics, before it can bo ab sorbed. Crude potash, pcarlash, caustic soda, washing soda und household ammonia have uu acrid burning taste extendiug to tho throat nnd stomach, accompanied by great pain, tenderness upon pressure, ab dominal pains and suffocation. The im mediate relief may be followed by death from starvation, owing to tho closing of tho oesophagus by stricture. Eveu tho common remedy for sore throat, chlorato of potash, has been known to cause death. In a recent instance au ounce of tiie chlorate was taken iu mistake for Epsom suits, and death ensued withiu a few hours. The remedial treatment con sists of neutralizing the poison by use of somo weak acid, like viuegur aud water, and the free consumption of the acid from fruit juices, lemons especially, fol lowed by draughts of sulud oil. Harper' t Bazar. AVIiut Fog Means. Professor Reynolds recently gave practical illustration of the effect of fog iu connection with some new belting which had beeu running for four hours at Owens College during a heavy fog. Tho belting, which was new and bright when sturted, was found, when stopped, to bo black und loaded with dirt. It hud been running ut 41)1)0 feet au hour. Pro fessor Reynolds pointed out the resem blance to the dirtiness of au express train, the phenomenon in both coses beiug due to the fact that the rapidly moving body comes iu contact with a greater quantity of air in a given time than a stationary body, and, therefore, picks up a greater quantity of utiu'ospherie pollution. J.otiiicilU Courier-Journal. Telegraph Cable Pierced by (irass. At a inci ting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, at Calcutta, a piece of cable wuj exhibited, showing that the India rubber coverings hud been pierced by a blade of grass. The piercing was so complete and the contact with the copper core so perfect that "dead eurth," as it is tech nically called, was produced and the efficiency of the cable destroyed. The species of the gnus, owing to its dried up condition, could not be dutciuiiued. tt. Louis lltj'ublic. THE DESERTED HOUSE, i Back from the road, up the old path, Unmindful of harvest and aftermath. With empty casements, drear and gray. The house stands, facing down the bay And either side the slanting gate The faithful sentinel lilacs wait. Deep tangling vines with close embrace The porch's fluted columns trace. And busy swallows dart and call From out the rain-stained, snaking wall And longing, watching, desolate, The faithful sentinel lilacs wait. At dusk in the old house I see A dancing light's weird mystery, Is it a firefly's fitful gleam. Or some ghost candle's flickering beam? Is It for this, when tho hour grows late. The faithful sentinel lilacs wait? Boston Transcript, HI MOB OF TIIE DAY. A spring dish Frogs' legs. Hand-over-hnnd Tho highwayman. Dead men tell no tales, but they leavo no end of I hem in print. ruck. Of all sad words of tongu or lip, The saddest is: "I've got the grip." Vnuscitlc Jli-ccze. You need help to raiso a laugh, but you can sigh alone. Indianapolis Jour nal. The greatest philosophy is in not want ing things you cau't get. Atchison Qlobe. Tho father gathers his dollars in cents; his son scatters the cents iu dollars. Troy Prem. "Soft and low," sang tho peddler, who was closing out some over-ripe fruit at reduced rates. Statesman. "Fetching little thing, isn't it?" as the owner of a retriever pup remarked to a frieod. ft. Joteph Aeics. Women are not cruel to dumb nui mals. No woman will wilKutly step on a mouse. Richmond Jlecordtr. It tukes nine tailors to make tiie modern man. One to make the clothes and eight to collect the bill. New York die carder. Hiss Tence "I like to meet a man with a history." Mr. Tence "So do I provided bo doesn't havo it for sale." Puck. Mrs. Brown "My baby is tho pretti est in tho town." Mrs. Black "Why, what a coincidence 1 So is mine." Uarper't llamr. Stylos of female beauty nro said to have changed withiu the past few years. Short womon are nbt in good form any longer. Lowell Courier. . "Move forward a little 1" roared tho street car conductor. "1 can't," gasped the man in front, "I dou't know how to ride horseback." Uarper't liazir. My name's "Responsibility," I'm awful hurd to tlx; But when well fixed, to fix the fix Is one of my sly tricks. Puck. It is not safe tc judge man's courngo bf the tone of voico he oinploj a when ho speaks to tho ollicc-boy. Wait until you hear him address his wife. Ara York Jlecorder. "Jack doesn't cull on Miss Goldfo now." "No; I heard he was put out with her father." "I rathtr guess it is because ho was put out by her father." New York Press. "What! you say that Mr. Smith, tho merchant, has gone blind 1 Here's a pretty how d'yo do. I've g t a bill on the mau which is made out 'paytiblo ut sight!'" Ntw York World. Mrs. Mai a prop sometimes hits tho nail on tho head. It ruined iu torrents as sho left the church Sunduy morning without an umbrella. "How irrigating this ia 1" sho ejuculutod. Nem York JJerald. Judgo (to youthful witness) "My son, do you kuow what would become of you if you should swear to what is not true?" Youthful Witness "Ws'r. Tho luwyers'd git me." Chicago Tribune. It is l ard on a mau to have his beard shaved off for fun, just to see if his friends will recognize him, and then to be bitteu by his owu dog ut the front gato when ho comes home to tea. Homervile Journal. Wickwire "Aud what is your opinion cn tho issue of au elastic currency, Mudgo?" Hudgo "If it will euablo n uiun to stretch his week's salary from one pay day to the next, I'm iu for it." Indianapolii Journal. lie stole her glove, For deep iu lovo . ile was, aud badly smitten; But, later viewed. The crime ho rued, When hereeeived-tho mitten. J nd jr. Tommy "Can wo play at keeping a stoic iu here, mamma?" Mamma (who has a headache) "Certainly, but you must be very, very quiet." Tommy "Well, we'll prcteud wo don't adver tise." Art in Advertising. Judge "You ute un incorrigible" young scoundrel I You stole from your parents and then left a good home. Why did you do that!" Penitent "Your honor, it was impossible for mo to tuke it with me." Aei Yrk J!i.Ul. "That's u little hint I yivo my land lady once in a while," said .Mr. A. Star bourder; and as ho spoke ho deiio'ited on the floor the advertising sheet of the HViiYc., from which hull'-a -d o.eu of the "Boarders Wanted" udvcrliacuiculg had beeu cut out." Park. KIglitliniidciliicss. There is evidently something in tho structure of the human body that makes a person naturally right haude I. If this were not so the fashion of tiding mainly the right hand or the lei; would cha;i.;u from generation to geneiatioii in-teud uf remuiniug tho same as it seems to h ivo done from the earliest tine s of which wo have any account. The to sides ot tho body are rarely the same. Tiu- U-lt font is generally smaller than llie riiit, I ho J two sides of a man's li -ad do not -um i in the same way, ainl the i.'.ini siiueiiiic is not exactly the same uu bulU aide.-. i
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers