RATES OP APVtWTiaiWa. tae Saum, aa liieh, laaartloa ..J IM Oh Saura, MM lach, n. month IN On Bqaare, ra Inch, thra month. I M Oa Bqawa, m Inch, an year J at ToBqnara,onarar.. ........ ! Qaarier Calama, n year MM Blf Column, on rear .... m Oa Column, ont 7ft?...M .... MMt Ural dvartlaaMnt la Mat ym U ad hk tartioa. atarrlafti sad eaath aotlca sratt. All bill fot TMfly ilwtimiit ollcted aacs terlr. Temporar dTrUimenU aiuM k aU Ml airaaee. Jab work a delivery. THE FOREST REPUBLICAN I published tmy WtdnrxU;, a? J. E. WENK. Offlo In Smearbauga A Co.'a Building blm rnutrr, tionbsta, ra, T', ... II.BO prTr. T REPUBL COR W ncrir4l raetr4 for t parlo thrr month. VOL. XXIV. NO. 10. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1891. S1.50 PER ANNUM. .....,... n.n.uM WW IUM f a aaawti 1 Kmporor William, of Qormnny, i pressed himself in a recent speech before the studonta of tho University of Dona a being In furor of dueling. Largo bed of phosphate have been discovered In Brooks County, Ga., and reports aro tint there is plenty of it la that section. Preparations aro being made to utilize the discovery. The Georgian aro determined, remark the Now Orloaus Mn, that Florida shall DOt have a monopoly of that business. Experiments aro being tnado In Euro porta navies with captive balloons as points of observation. From ono sont up from a French ironclad, ships and tbo details of tho neighboring coast could be seen, In clear weather, for twonty or twenty-five miles. 'With silk as the ma terial of the cnblo by which it Is held, the balloon could riso In calm wcathor to a height of four hundred yards. The aubjoet baa attracted tho attontlon ot tho naval authorities iu Germany and England. The Germ in Emperor, who oxprossod at the conclusion of the recent school conference at Berlin'hia dissatisfaction with the nianucr in which Prussian his tory ia taught, has, according to tho re- port of Gorman papers, commissioned Professor Steuglcr, of the Cadet School, at Litcherfelde, to write a new history of Prussia under tho Ilohenzollurns. Tbe work will servo, in tho first instance, a a text-book for military schools, but is expected to be used in time at the high schools of Prussia. 'An institution peculiar to New York, which has been recently established," alleges the Atlanta Constitution, ''is a civil marriage contract bureau. If you want to get married T9ry quiotly, with out even the newspapers finding it out, you go to tills bureau with your girl, pay your fee, which is .$25, and a civil mar riage contract ia prepared for you to sign, and the affair is guaranteed to bo kept quiet. No record of these marriages re made, and they are not, strictly peaking, legal, but a lawyer who was consulted, said the courts would no doubt legalize thorn, if any legal question ever arose to make it necosgary to teat their validity In tho courts." The Latin-American department of the World's Columbiau Exposition ia very anxious to obtain information concern ing a copy of a littlo quarto published in Hotuo iu 1493, containing tho important bull of Popo Alexandor VI, by which be divided the New World between Portugal and Spaiu. Ouly two copies of this pamphlet are iu existence, so far as can be ascertained. Ooo ia in the Royal Library at MuuicU. Tho other was sold , T , . . . iu London at auction by Puttick & Simp. son, auctioneers, on the Zltti of May, May, s'' 1851, and was bought by Obadiah Rich for four pounds eight shillings, for some private library in tho United States which he declined to namo. It has cer tainly disappeared from tho knowledge "iievof bibliophiles, and no trace of it cau be fouud. Any person haviug knowledge of the whereabouts of this historical treasure will bo kiud enough to notify the De partment of State, Washington, D. C. (Tli9 Scientific America dcclaros that "the need of fast war vcssols was woll illustrated by the recent incident in the harbor of San Diego, Cat., when a Chilian cruiser belonging to tho insurgents en tered tho bay, anchored, took on board recruits, supplies of provisions, ammu nition, and then sailed away. Thissbip, uuder tho laws of nations, was in fact a piratical vessel, and as such was soized by the Goverumont authorities at Sau Diego, and a United States vessel place 1 onboard and in possession. But tho Chilian rebels paid no attention to the laws of tho United States; they may bo said to have capture 1 the i.Uee. Whcu they bad obtained all the supplie they wauted to assist them in carrying ou war against a friendly natiou, they upheaved anchor and steamed away, carryiug off as a prisoner tho official representative ot the great republic. This was a small ship called the Ituta, carryiug four guus. There ia nothing to prevcut tho Chilian rebel from sending in other boats to capture or bombard Sua Diego or other towns along tho oast. Indeed, while tho Itata was taking on supplies at Sau Diego, other vessels of the rebels were hovering outsido tho harbor. Wo huva no uavy worthy of tho name, aud nearly all our seaports aro without proper do fenses. Like S m Diego, they are at the mercy of any siugle piratical bout that chooses to enter. This is a very humil iating positiou for a country like ours to placed iu. Alt told, we have a pair .uf small torpedo boats, half a dozen or so of suull cruisers, and au equal ui'ii bor of larger vessels. There should be fifty ships whero now thero are one. Every harbor ia the country should bo gourde 1 by efficient setitiuels cousistiug oi" vessels of high speeJ, ready for in stant action, to nmiuttin aud euforee tuo H'tqority of tua republic," O DEAR TO-DAY. Too are mine, all mine, O, dear, to-day, From the earliest gleam of your golden dawn, 'Till the twilight take you forever away. And tbe hours that yon promicod me now are gone. Oh, what shall I do with you, dear, to-day Shall I hold you oloan, and never share The blla that oome with your sunny light To my seeing eye with the blind man there? Oh, what shall I ask of you, dear, to day Mora blessing still for my goodly store The gift of a hundred happy thoughts, Or the love and the trust of one heart more Oh, r. bat ihall I say to you, dear, to-day, As you glide so swiftly and silently by That I'm glad, so glad, that you caruo to me, And sorry, so sorry, to sea you dief Oh, what shall I be to you, dear, to-dav. When the cold, dark night shall bid you nee, And the hours of another morning stand Relentless and stern 'twlxt you and mef Oh, what shall I make of you, dear, today- in me cnaln or my lire another link, That shall guide with other radiant ones My path to the Beautiful River's brink Eva Rett, in Detroit free Pre. UNCLE BEN'S MINERALS. HI HELEN FOHHK8T GRAVES. "Alixl Allxl where are vou?" Alexia Amos stood liko some avenging Fate in the middle of the square room at Amescroft Farm. She had pulled up every tack in tho well-worn ingrain car pot the one "store carpet" that the humble establishment afforded and had flung it bodily out of the window, where it had descended with crushing weight tn the fiery-red blossoms of a monster "burning bush. ' She had opened every casement wide, so that the yellow light of tho glorious May morning stroamcd in, a flood of crystal glory. She bad tied her auburn hair up in an old towel, and stood on a wooden choir scat, brushing cobwebs from the ceiling with an ancient broom, like tho pro verbial "old woman" of the nursery rhyme. At tho sound of her sinter's voice sho itoppod abruptly. "I'm hero," said she. 'What are you doing, Alix!" "I'm trying to civilize thiugs a littlo." "All alone by yourself, Alix?" "There's no oue to help mef" 'Can't you wait until Bridget Reir don comes to-morrow!" Alix shook her toweled head. "This is one of the cases." said sho. where patience has ceased to be a vir tue. No, I can t wait a day longer." Ellen looked anxiously arouud tho room. "Why, what have you dono with everything!" aid she. "Cleared them all out. If we are eo ing to have summer boarders, we must get ready lor them, U nclo Eben occu pies our best bedroom, and ia likely to for somotime; consequently this tuust bo fitted up for boarders." Ellen sighed deeply. f'l wish we weren't so poor," said i "" 1 w"" e couiu nvo wituout mjng our house every summer with a sno. "i wish wo could crowd of noisy strau"ers." "Why don't you wish for Aladdin's lamp, or the Koliinoor diamond while you aro about it!" said Alix, scornfully. "Alix, why have you grown so bitter of late!" pleaded tho gentler of the sisters. "I don't hardly know you!" "Am I bitter!" Alix stood still and hesitated for an instant or so. "Well, perhaps I am. But is it not enough to make any oue bittor, this constant cur rent of disappointment!" "I don't know that we have any more to bear than others, Alix." 'You do, tool" crioi Alix, springing down from her wooden chair, with burning cheeks and eyes alight. . "You know you do, Ellen Ames I Here you are engaged to Henry Lucas and can't marry until be can give you a home; hero uro we weighed to the very earth with poverty and care, and this old uncle of ours, coming back from a life time of shiftlcssneas in New Mexico, to place an additional burdeu ou our ahouldets." "lie is old and poor, Alix." "Very well, I'm youug and poor. Where's the difference! Of tho two, I maintain that he is tbe better off." Ellen looked at her stormy-tempered sifter with troubled eyes. Evidently she thought it best not to coutinue the subject. "What have you done with the little case of butterflies aud birds' nests i" said she; "and the cabinet of minerals and the paper box of stones?" "Tumbled tbitn back of the goose berry bushes," said Alix. "I can't have the room cluttered with all the trash he brought back in that wooden chest of his." "Couldn't you bavo stored them away in the old chest itself?" "Nousensel Such stuff as that? And, besides, it would have been quite impos sible, for I've had Billy chop the old ark up into kindling wood. lie' 11 never know !'' "Oh, Alix!" "I dou't care!" flashed out Alix, witb a reckless toss of her head. "It's too bad ! Everything goes wrong with and mother is utterly overworked, aud I'm clear discouraged, and aud " All of a sudden her factitious cnurago broke down. She sank iu a littlo heap on tho floor, her head on the wooden chair-teat, and her masses of auburn huir escaping wildly from tho towel, while her whole framo shook with sobs and bright tears trickled down her cheeks. At the sumo moment Mrs Ames's solt, tremulous voice was heard, calling: "Elleu Alexia! Where are you, girls? Your uncle is took dreadful bad! Hun, oue of you, for the doctor? Aud t'other one, come sua help me lift him!" Eileu flew to her mother's assistunju aud A1U uiechajuically tore tho towed tram her curls, exchanged it for a boo- j bet and hastened to summon Doctor Dodd, who lived at the other end of the village. "Is it my fault?" she asked herself. "Was it becauso I repined! Oh, dear, oh dear, what a wicked girl I must bet But everything seemed so hard and cruel, and and I couldn't endure it." Late in the afternoon she peoped into the sickroom, shy and shrinking, like a frightened child. "Is bo worse!" sho whispered. Sirs. Ames came to tbe door, a slight, soft-eyed woman, liko a human dove. iou needu t speak so low, daugh ter," said she. "lie can't hear you. IIo's quite unconscious." "Why docs he keep muttering so? "I think he's wandering in his mind- poor old Uncle Eben I Oh, dear -oh, dear I And I can remember him such a portly, handsome man," added tho widow, wiping her eyes. "lie was tho youngest of all the brothers. Come in, Alix, and see him. He's spoken your namo two or three times. Don t look so startled, dear. He seems qui to bappy and composed. IIo's talking all tho while about those curiosities of hit the minerals, you know, and things." Involuntarily Alix's eyes mot tbo gently reproachful glance of her sister's, Tho suddeu scarlet mounted to her check. "Oh, Ellen, dou't look at me sot" she exclaimed. "I brought thorn every one back yes, I did and I put them ex actly whore they were before Do you think I could have como into this room if it hadn't been for that?" And she went up and stood by the bedside, her eyes full of tender tears, her voice pitiful and low. "Uncle Eben," said she, ."do you know mc? ' "It's Alix. aln't it?" crooned tho old man, after a moment s silence. "Alex ander's oldest girl. The prettiest one. Yes, it's Alix aud she's to have my cu riosities all of them, mind! Nell has got a lover, and that ought to be enough for any girl. But Alix is alone, and Alix shall have my curiosities. "Thank you, Uncle Eben!" said Alix', as tho invalid paused, expectant of an swer. Aud then be began to prate of South American forests and the ruined mission houses of New Mexico, and shortly after he died. Andwben Alix finished cleaning the spare room, sho left the poor little treas ures in the drawer of an old-fashioned book-case there. "I couldn't have the heart to throw them away a second time," said she, "af ter what be said to me. It was like child giving one shining pebbles or wilted buttercups, with the idea that they were precious treasures. But I'm glad he said it. It seemed to soften my heart; and, oh, it was very hard and bit ter just then ! And I didn't know how could I? that I should miss him so much!" It was late in tho summer when one of the neighboring girls came iu. "Miss Alix," said she, "you told our Becky she could have a basket of goose berries, didn't you them purple, prickly berries, that grows down by'the gardeu wall?" "Of couraa I did," Alix answered crisply. "I kuew your grandma liked Kooseberry lam. "Well, look here," said Fanny Rice, oneniusr ber closed hand. "See what sho picked up there." "A little sparkling stone, isu't it?" "It's an opal," said Fauuy, in a uiys tenons whisper. A what?" "An opal." "Nonsense, child! What arc you talk ins about?" cried Alix, scornfully. "But it is an opal. John Lyttoo, who works at Tiffany's, in New York, down visiting his mother, and ho says it's a real Oriental opal in tbo rough Now the question is, John says, how did au opal ever set among your gooseoerr bushes? Is there a jewel mine hidden down there?" she added, half jestingly Alix turned first red, then white. Sho kuew well how it had come there. "Ask John Lytton to come hero and see me. Fannv." said she. "I have at least a dozen stones like that." It was like the ending to a fairy story, Not iewels turning to ashes, apparently but rough pebbles ranking, all of a sud den, a) precious jewels. Uncle Eben's minerals, diaguisad i tho dimucss of their conglomerate sur roundings, were opals of raro fire and value. 9 Whether he had picked them up in New Mexico, nmnng the ignorant traders there, or brought them direct from South America, no oue ever kuew. But opals they wore. "And to think," said Alex, witn a a little catching to her breath, "how near I camo to throwing all my inherit ance away I Oh, what a wicked, evil tempered young virago I wasl And no thing but Elien's sweet, gentlo words saved mo from tho consequence of my own folly. And so Ellon shall have half of my inheritance." And for so.uo weeks tho gooseberry bushes at tho foot of the Ames garden formed a sort of Mecca for sighUuers and curiosity-mongers. "We niu". used to berry bushes as bear precious stoues," chuckled old Uatfor Gerdis. "Not in this part of tho ! world." Saturday Iti'jht. Weight ou Various riauels. On Jupiter, which is a much larger and heavier body than the earth, a man would weigh about 4Si pounds whoso weight on the earth would be SOU pouuds. This man would wtigh 21b' pounds on Saturn. Coming to the smaller bodies wo rind that he would weigh less than i ou tho earth. His 200 pounds would shrink to 174 ou Venus, to uinety-two on Mercury, to sixty on Mars, aud to thirty on the moon, while on tho little ; asteroids, or telescopic planets revolving lictwceu Mars aud Jupiter, ins weigtil would bo from two to four pounds only. Tbe matter depend ou tho ina and at tractive foui of tl pluucl, hicajo lime; WISE WORDS. The more important an animal is to be the lower is its start. Man, the noblest, 1 is born the lowest. Without keeking, truth cannot be nown at all t and seeking it can be dis- I covered by the simplest. Grief is not to be measured bv tbo tears . shed, nor docs tho loudest mourner dd serve tho largest bequest. Every incomplete work Is a monument to human folly. Whatever is worth be ginning is worth ending. She was regal, she was haughty, sho was highborn and distinguished ; and like the rest of us, she was clay. In things pertaining to enthusiasm no man is sane who docs not know how to bo insane on proper occasions. It is tho crushed grapo that gives out the blood red wine; it is the suffering soul that breathes the sweetest melodies. Each man can learn something from his neighbor; at least ho can learn this to have patience with his neighbor, to live and let live. Think you that judgement waits till (he doors of the gravo aro opened? It waits at the doors of your houses, It waits at tbe corners of your streets. Tis nature has fashioned sonio for am bition aud dominion, and it has formed others for obedience and submission. Tbe leopard follows hit nature as the lamb. Good thoughts aro blessed guests, and should be heartily welcomed, well fed and much sought after. Liko rose leaves, they give out a sweet smell if laid up iu the jar ot memory. Life is not made up of groat sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness and small obligations given habitually aro what preserve tho heart and secure comfort. To be full of goodness, full of cheer fulness, full of sympathy, full of bolpfull hope; causes a man to carry blessings of which he is himself as unconscious as a lamp is of its own shining. Nothing can leasen the dignity and value of humanity so long as the relig ion of love, of unselfishness and devotion endures; and none can destroy the altars of this faith for us so long as we feel ourselves still capable of love. Fine Points In Cannibalism. Tt was formerly supposed that the relish with which certain savage tribes ate their enemies arose from tho gratifi cation of the passion of rovengo. With in the last few years, howovcr, it has been clearly shown that some of the bar barian man-eater are really fond of Hu man nesh lor its own sako that they enjoy it as a civilized epicure enjoys turtle soup or roasted ortolan". Your Fiji Islander thinks the greatest praise be can bestow upon any edible is to say that it is "as tender as a dead man." The t ijians have plenty of provisions, but thev consider "Ion!? nicr" their pleasant name for human flesh much , finer than nork. beef or mutton. I The New Zealanders, ou the othor I hand, do not consider man's flesh as a ' delicacy, but eat dead heroes and "wise men" (whether they have been friends or enemies makes no difference), with the idea that they imbibe the valor and in tellectual qualities of tho deceased dur ing the process. Tho "noblo savage" of Terra del Fuego never eats any of his own people, except when other meat is remarkably scarce, although always ready to "take iu" the shipwrecked stranger. In severe winters, if wo are to believe the story of a British admiral (Fitzroy), the Terra-del-Fucgons, "when they can obtain no other food, take the oldest woman of their party, hold her head over a thick smoke, made by burning green wood, aud, pinching her throat, choke her," after which she is served up to her friends. The barbarians, ou being asked why they did not cat their dogs instead of their old ladies, naively answered that their dogs caught otters, but that their venerable grandmothers and aunts did not. Probably the majority of even the lowest order of savages prefer fish aud yams to humftii flesh, but it is neverthe less true that there are several tribes in Australasia, Africa aud the South Sea islands that actually hanker after it. There is some cousolution, however, in the assurance given us by travelers that most of these anthropophagi prefer colored persous to Caucasians as tablo luxuries. This fact is certainly encour aging to tho missionary interest. Hca York. Lodger. Ancient Inks. Tbe iuk first used probably was some natural animal pigment, such as the black fluid obtained from various species of cuttlefish ; but the limited supply of this material soou led to the use of a chemical mixture of water, gum and hmiblack, and the characters wero painted rather than written, by means of a brsad pointed reed. As iuk of this simple nature was easily removed from tbe surface of the parch ment by the mere applicatiou of moisture, it was early found necessary to contrive some means of forming a more durable ink, and for this purpose the expedient was adopted of treating the mixture with somo substuuee suc.i as vinegar, of the nature of a mordant, which would peuu trate the parchment written upou, aud form an ink not liable to fade. A chemical dye, consisting of au iu fusion of galls with sulphate of iron, wo afterward used, as from its vitrious na ture it hit into the medium employed; but a compound ve etublo ink, contain ing a good deal of carbon piguieut, wit subsequently adopted, aud wus verj generally employed dowu to tho uiiddlt ages. With ink of this sort the best aud most ancient manuscripts which huvo been pre served to us were written, and the sepa rate leaves, after being allowed to dr) slowly, were bound together iu vol umes. 1'liuy and Vnruviiu, as well as otbei writers, give receipts for tho mauufac tuicol iuks, (Jh unhurt ' Jvurn.rff SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. England lms nn electrical launch. W'ool is mado from wood tree flbr. Vermont Claims the first eloctrto motor. Detroit undertakers must wear rub- ber coats when they handle diphtheria vorPBes' The manufacture of starch from ar row-root is a new and thriving industry in Florida. At least ono person in threo between the ages of ten and forty years is subject to partial deafness. Tho most claborato dental apparatus known belongs to the sea-urchin, whose jaws are composed of forty pieces, moved by forty separate muscles. Certain peculiarities in tho spectrum of tbo sun aro thought to indicate that much of its matter is still in ele mentary forms owing to its intense heat. Tho steel works at IDerde, Germany, have introduced a now process for de sulphurizing pig iron, and it is said that many of the largo works are applying for licenses to use the process. A new mineral has been discovered to which tho namo Sauguiuito has been given. It is bronzo red in color by reflected light, and upon analysis is found to contain silver, arsenic and sulphur. It lias been discovered that platinum at a white heat will consume tobacco smoke an I keep the atmosphere of a smoking-room perfectly clear. Lamps with a littlo ring of platinum over the flame arc used for this purpose. Soino English manufacturers aro blenching paper, without impairing its strength, by an electrical process. A Bo'utiou of magnesium chlorido is ucd, which is decomposed by a powerful cur rent, with tho evolution of chlorine and oxygen. Inquiry into the subject of explosions iu mines being caused by dry coal dust has led to somo very valuablo experi ments aud plans for clearing the galleries of foul air. Oue of these consists in moviug opn water butts thrrough the iffected I al ies. Tho coal smut col lects in the .ater, and the air is thereby cleared before tho danger limit is reached. A new npparntus for water lias ap peared in the form of a still, which is do icribcd as consisting of "a series of largo 3nt disks of metal, placed upright and tept in position by pipes running hori toutnlly ou the top and bottom. Water Is boiled in a vessel and tho steam is con ducted from the same to tho dish through i pipe. Tho steam ra' ug from the water is condensed in the disks by a cur rent of air andathe water is collected in the bottom pipe." The size of still de tignnl for family use has eight disks aud is said to distil a gallon of water in an hour. Professor R. A. F. Penrose, Jr., of tho Texas Geological Survey, says the finest of clays suitable for the manufacture of fire brick. c:irthenware, and even fine china ware, aro to bo found abundantly in East Texas. Two companies are now engaged making pottery at Athens in Henderson Couuty. Tho articles manu factured are fine brick, tiles, sewer pipes, jugs, etc. The clay at this point is of a light gray color, becoming almost white when dry. Equally fine clays abound near Jefferson, in Marion County, and near Rusk, iu Cherokee County. It is thought good openings are offered over thero for manufacturing tho finest of wurjs. Snakes Attack a S.ian of Horses. While Frank Oldham, a young farmer living southeast of Pendleton, Ind., was barrowiug a piece of new ground he aroused from slumber two ugly aud enor mous black snakes, measuring about twelve feet, that immediately showed fight. They first mado a rush at the young man and tried to coil themselves arouud bis legs, but he escaped from their slimy embrace and made for tho fence at a rapid rate, closely pursued by the ser pent. When tho snakes saw that Frank was out of their reach on the fence, they returned to the horses, which had been left standing, still attached to the bar row. Soon the horses wero noticed to be rearing and kicking and performing acrobatic feats that would surpass Bar num's trained equincs. Tbe man, mustering up his courage, armed himself with a fence rail and hastened to tho relief of bis team. He found one reptile coiled around the fore leg of one horse, and tho other snake around ono of the hind legs of the other horse. The serpents struck the defence less animals repeatedly, while tho air re souuded with a peculiar hissing noise. After a struggle of about thirty minutes the farmer succeeded in beating off the reptiles and releasing tho scare 1 team. He then mounted the harrow aud a chase commenced, tho horses at full speed dragging the harrow and Frank witb the snakes iu close pursuit. Tbe fleeing team raised a cloud of dust, aud w hen it reached the opposite side of the field the snakes were lost to view. A p tily with guns and clubs was quickly organized to search for the snakes, but w is uitablo to find them. lndiantjioli$ Journal. M'eighlug Machines. Weighing machines and scales of somo kiud wero "in use 1HU0 B. C, for it is said that Abraham at that lime "weighed out" -100 shekels of silver, current money, with the merchant to Ephroti, tho Hit tite, as payment for a pieco of land, in cluding the cave nu.l all the standing timber "in the field and iu tho fence. ' This is said to be the earliest transfer of hind of which any record survives, aud that the payment was made iu tho pres ence of witnesses. Tho original form of the weighing scale was probably a bar suspended from tho middle, with a board or shell suspended from each end, ono to contain the weight, the other to contaiu the matter to be weighed. The steel yard was probably so called from the ma terial of which it was made, and from its former length. It is also known as the Uomuu balauce, aud is of great antiquity. jit. Luuit lbpMie, DOG FOOD AND MEDICINE. UNiatJB ESTABLISHMENT THE METROPOLIS. IN Preparing Food for Aristocratlo Co nlnea Curloue Loolclntf Machines Patent Fhyaia for tlio Oog. Tho manufacturing of food and patent medicines for the aristocratic dog is one of the few industries not as yet over crowded. Tho dog's "Dclmonico's," as it may very appropriately be called, has done business at the same stand for a much Ion jcr time than its more dignified prototype. Its glaring sign, moro at tractive than artistic, covers the front of a four-story brick building in an upper East side street. For nearly a quarter of a century Sprat's factory has had a monopoly of tho making of dog food. Everything that is made by the establishment is most amply protected by patents. But so great is the fear that some ono will dis cover tho secrets of tho establishment, that it is only with the greatest difficulty that an outsider obtains a view ol tbo interior. The business is now conducted by a limited stock company. From twenty-five to fifty men are employed f'jtir days in tho week. Monday and Tiicu'arjof each week are devoted to sort ing the stock on hand. It is really far from being a prepos sessing place. An odor, anything but pleasant, greets tl)o nostrils of the visitor entering nn tho ground floor. This is tho receiving room of the initerhils used in the manufactured products. One is hardly surprised to learn that thous ands of pouuds of butchers' scraps aro brought here in t'uo course of a month. Oatmeal iu wholesale quantities aud tons ot herbs aro mcd. Tho old-fasbiouo I dog-bone, boncset, catnip and beet root uudor various scientific names, find a use hero either as food or as medi cine. Tho second floor is occupied by four curious-looking machines having great cylinder attachments. After some of the men havo carefully sorted the fat and the meat it is ground up separately in these machines into disagreeable masses. After that it is placed into gi-eat wooden tubs, where various mixtures are added. Tbe cooks in this establishment aro very chary of telling you just what they put in these tubs. Tbo next process seems so muoh like the ordinary bakers' work that one is quite disposed to taste things, and when the round and square cakes have been placed in tho brick ovens and taken out a tempting brown, oue is really in sympathy with tho aristocratic dog. naving been properly cooled tho biscuits are taken to tbe next floor, where seyeral "hands" are employed to do nothing but pack them in neat paste board boxes. According to size these boxes are labelled for pet dogs, for greyhounds, for St. Bernards. Then there are spe cially prepared dishes for cats. The poor animal that has been the subject of so much derision has boen specially con sidered, and sufficient of a specially pre pared food to keep her for two days may be obtainod for live cents. But it costs a pretty penny to keep a dog. A large dog must have six or eight cakes, besides a quantity of meat. The meat will probably cost ten cents, tbe cakes four cents apiece. That makes (3 a week. There is the dog tax, and the dog must have a collar, which will cost anywhere from $1.50 to $5000. There is a crate to scud him to the dog show, $11; a brush and comb, $4; a waterproof blanket, $b.50; a mckle plated slip, $10; a brass show-chain, $3.50; a yard chain, $1. Then tho dog must be housed, an amount of about $100 to begin with, and $3 and $4 a week afterward, will keep an ordinary "400" dog in Now York. The most important department of all is that of the patent medicines. Away up at the very top of the building, re moved from the various odors, is tho office of the company. All day long the secretary keops the books and sends out circulars to every one who has registered a licenso for a dog. Right back of the office, unreached by the prying outsider save through the office, is the medicine department. Tho mixtures of herbs and chemicals aro boilol iu great 'kettles aud tho liquid brought up to this floor to bo put iu bottles of various sizes and labelled cure or mango, another a linimeut for sprains, iuother to prevent balducss, or rather a ttimulaut for tho hair, which is tho samo thing. It is quito astonishing to learu that sure cures for seventeen diseases aro made. The wonder grows gre iter when r.ijo remembers all the dogs oue bus kuowu that were never treated for any thing. When they wero sick they went away and lay dowu iu a cool place, hav ing eaten ot some herb kuowu to dogs, and slept ".ho illness off. But theu, of course, there wero uo aristocratic dogs. Thoy may have successfully herded sheep or churned the butter but they uever would havo taken tho prize ia the dog show. Not only docs this curious establish ment make liquid mediciues, but pills, aud as a recent addition to tho business it makes dog collars and dog soap aud crates tor carrying or shipping dogs iu, dog brushes aud combs, mackintosh waterproofs, with hoods, for grey houuds, aud blaukets. For its out-of-town trade it makes food which makes hem lay iu dull scu"us, foods lor pigeou aud s a n fo. washiug tho latter. -Yei York iYeioj. Asbestos lbpihit. Ti'.e Industrial ltrvitio calls attcutiou to tho wouderful deposit of asbestos whicit has bee u fouud near Hamilton, iu Ragit Couuty, Wash., aud ha beeu un covered for a distance of seveuty-tivu feet, aud at tho cropping is said to ei ;hl feet in width. Tho asbestos is of ex cellent quality, tho fibers, flue as silk, being iu somu instance as much us eighteen inches iu length. Tho coast line of Alaska exceeds length by miles that vl all the rutt of Ibv United States, LOVE'S SHADOW. My lady sighs. Iler thought Is stirred By something that she deeply fools, But cannot tell. The mating bird In witchery of song reveals A sympathy. Bhe, too, could sing, ' Did she but fully comprehend The meaning of those notes that ring, And with the joy of living blend. My lady loves. Across her path. Unknown to ber, a shadow lies. All Ufa its perfect fulnoss hath In bird and bud and cloudless skies. Yet, echoing the songster' bliss. She sigh before the song is done. Bhe doss not know love' shadow is Far brighter than the noonday sun. " Flavel Scott Mine, in Uarjier' Wceklf. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Knowledge may be power; but it won't run shafting. Tho cautious man is ft very cousider-It person. WatMnyton Pott. Tho siairlo thought that joins two souls must bo a sort of mental hyphen. Puch. It takes sticktoitiveness to succeed in the human fly business. Etmira On-' ttltr. A Literary Pirate Something muoh more romantic than the real one. Puch. Small favors aro thankfully received; but they aro oftou unthaukfully roaiem, bered. Tho frog doc9 not wear his suspend ers too tight, but he looks liko it. Dal lat Aeiti. ! When a woman begins to clean houso the first thing to go is her husband. Staletman. "That lecturer is a host in himself." "Yes. He would make a Hue population for a desert island." What a comfort it would be to a housewife to own a hen that could lay a carpet. Ilotion Uulhtin. Tho high jumper may practico pa tiently, but his cherished o'oject is to win success at a bouud. Puc'i. Grccuc "Your wife seems to be fond of dress?" White "Yes; every day is Decoration Day with her." A'cio York Ueratd. The man who invented "the Euglish crease" in trousers is quito well off. Are we to understand that his fortuuo is in creasing. Statesman. "Do you boliove tho bad copper al ways turn, up?" "Yes after the fight ing is done and Jliis services aro not needod." Brooklyn Life. Cumso "Doctors seem tovr t, good deal as a class." Banks 'Pl but they can hardly help it. They havo' to treat people all the time, you know." Cordlneut. Mrs. Van Million "But.Mr. Marigold, If you marry my daughter, how do you and she propose to live without money!" Jack Marigold ."Do you mean to say that you would allow your sou-in-law to starve?" Muntey'i Weekly. There was a man in our town, Who was so wondrous wlsa That when his business sluinpsd way down Began to advertise; And when the public saw his spread. With all their might and main Unto his place they straight away spod And aet him up again. iveio York Herald. Jones "Why didn't you give Whip pleton satisfaction wheu ho challenged you?" Robinson "According to the code, I could not fight him unless I re tracted the insult." Jones "And what was tho insult, pray?" Ilobiuson "I told him ho was not my equal." Kat r Field' $ Washington. May "Belle Von Leer would havo-" been a martyr in tho dark nges."""Stell, "What makes you thiuk so?" May "Why, you know, when sho found that George Bond had lost all his monoy sho said: 'If I marry bim pcoplo will say I am a philanthropist, and I cannot and will not bo ostentatious. . So I shall give him up, though it break my heart.' " JVeto York Herald. 9 At a watering place in the Pyrenees the conversation at table tinned upon a wouderful echo to bo heard somo dis tance off on tho Frauco-Spanish frontior. "It is astonishing," exclaimed an inhab itant of tho Garonne. "As soou as yon have spoken you hear distinctly the voice leap from roci to rock, from preci pice to procipici, and as soou as it has passed the frontier, tho echo assumes the Spauish' accont." Courier dt JfiJi. Mr. Nocasto (hotly) "It's a shamo, au outrage, a menace to American in stitutions for ono man to havo a milliou dollar. Think of the harm ho can do with it. Thiuk of tho power ho wields." Mr. Fortymillion "That's so. I guess I'll have to change my will. II:i"iuguo relatives I had concluded to divide my wealth amoug my friends aud acquaint ances, aud as I left you a million " Mr. Nocaste "Um er a goo I deal depends ou the iuuu, you know." JVie York Weekly. A Rose Question. In one of tho pretty home gardeus at Bay St. Louis, where tho roses grow aud blow unmolested by fashion aud tho uew-faugled names that fashion invmU for theiu, thero is iu bloom a rose treo with eccentric flowers. It is a sweet bceutcd damask rose, next of kin prob ably to tho new, iinpeiious "America. Beauty." The tree is covered with large, lovely rose iu full bloom, aud from the heurt ot each rose, growiu'; up ubove tuo petals o.i a siugle stallt; is a cluster of three or four little im.naturely formed ruses, Kvery rose on tho trcu is thus sprouting this most curious freak of nature. The second growth of roses does not como to perfect flowers, but the wi.zou, weak, ill-lormed lloiver crowing from tho heart of the mother row are singularly seet iu perfume. Cau uny of our fiorisls explain tho ccceutiio motherhood v( this damask rose I Vu UrUan Picayune. There were lit 000 eattlo bought iu Ch ca-o d.uing the mouth Oi .Match for export to Euixpu, -J
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