THE -FOREST REPUBLICAN b psblUhed t7 W4adVi t J. E. WENK. Offloa la Bmeaibeugh A Co.'a Building BUM STRUT, TIOrf8TA, fa. tl.BO par Tr. k?.,.r'"1ptl0?' rwlTe4 ' Mortar rtol ln tkrr month. Oorre.von.Unc. Mlleltcd from til mm, af th HATES Or APVERTISIHO. Strun, ra. Inch, mi. tnaortloa ,.f IN Oa. aqaor., en. Inch, n. month I M On. Square, a. Inch, thrw month... ......a IN Oae Sqasra, ra. Inch, en. year 1 M tio Bqoares, en. jnt ..... II M qo.rtar Clnmo, ea year MM H.lf ColoW), OS. fMf.i..iH..n.iMHI M M Oi Column, on. year..,,.. INN Iral advertlMaenU taa wit. ff Dm aek ba- MltlOB. V.rrlif. wd elh aotlce. gratis. All .III. for yrlT rlcrtlnint eollffeo' etc teny. Temporary .drertlMment. must a. pala la aarince. J, work cask M delivery. Forest Republican. VOL. XXIV, NO. 12. TIONESTA.'PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 18M. $1.50 PER ANNUM. I Emperor 'William wants to nationalize tho German railway. Ha would tike to see tho chango made boforo next your. l '-fifth of tho ton million families in Francx havo no children. As many more have only ono child, and of tlioso who have as many as rcvcu children tho uuin bcr is ouly 230,00(1. During 181)0 thcru wero built In tho Unltod Stales 8500 churchos; ministers to the number of 4900 wero ordained, and a membership, in all denominations, of 1,01(0,000 added. There ia a vast amount of private wealth iu Chili, and tho aristocrats nro lavish in their expenditures.. Many of the private residence, in Sintlugo are veritable palaces and are m.iguilloeutly furnishcdv . Tlio arid lands capablo of culti vatiou aro estimated nt 100,000,000 acres by Major Powell, of the United States Geo logical Survey. They can bo cultivated only through irrigation. At present the sitos for reservoirs and irrigating ditches aro withheld by Congress from settlement or wile. r It must bo a sharp surprise, surmises tho St. Louis Sttir-Sayingt, for villages that have nestled at the base of a mount ain for years to bo suddenly ingulfed in hot lava which pours from tho mountain's top. That U what happened in Armenia tho other day. Inhabitants and real es tate in that neighborhood havoboth suf fered from the mountain's debut as a vol cano. k In spite of tho lack of faith in certain juries In New Orleans, observes tho Chi cago Uerahl, tho peoplo there keep up a custom which is indicative of the deepest respect for tho courts. Visitors to the city are apt to cucouutcr chaius stretched across Important streets and t radio sus pended thcreou. Inquiry brings the an awor that tho streets are closed becauee they lead by tho courts oind tho courts are in" session. When ccurts adjourn the chains are tossed aside and tralllc goes on again. The doctors am fond of tolling pa tients, asserts tho San Francisco Chroni cle, that any particular symptoms which they describe aro tho work of thoir im agination, but a recent case has shown they aro liablo to error. A womau who baa just died ia Bridgeport, Conn., waut ed the hospital physician two years ugp to recover a set of falso teeth which sho declared sho had swallowed. An opera tion showed tho stomach to bo empty, but the doctors told her the teeth had been found. A post-mortem examina tion showed sho had lived two ycurs with the falso teeth iu her gullet. Only about twenty-five United States ships, exclusive of tho reveuue cutters and tho training squadron, are now in commission, but it ia estimated that Ave years hence there will be forty-nino ships available for active sorvico, and that of these only threo or four will bo of the antiquated types that now make up the bulk of the navy. Before that time ar rives, however, there will be a vast change In the make up of various squadrons. Tho Asiatic squadrou iu particular will have got itself a nev out lit. Several of the vessels on that station have been kopt there for years past chiefly because they wero unlit for the voyage homo acrost the Pacific. . Tho rage for high buildings in Chi cago is increasiug rather than abating in intensity. More tall structures pierce the sky thau are to bo seen iu any othor city, but they are few in comparison with tho others that will rise iu a compara tively short timo at tho present rate of construction. Every olllce building now aday must run from fifteen to twenty stories high, aud new ones are. being projected almost dally. Where this rage will stop uo ouo cau tell. The in in who puts up a twenty-two story building will be beaten by the next one, and so on, until we may yet have buildings which tower above the clouds, with occupants enjoying sunshine and fair weather while the rest if us are slushing around iu the rain aud fog below. The grasshopper plague is apparently to have a successor iu a caterpillar plague, notes the Chicago Herald. Re ports from British Columbia state that swunns of these pests aro appeariug along tho railroad lines, cavering the tracks ind giving evidence of phenome nal numbers that bode no good to tho season's agriculture. Tho cablo reports a liko phenomenon iu Bavaria, where men, women and children are engaged fighting caterpillars. Like grippe, it may be that this newest torment is to seize Europe and America simultan eously. Scieuce o Iters no means of ef ficient resistance. Thu ravages of the locust are still visible iu Kansas and other Western States. Tho American farmer will have a so. ry year if a visita tion of caterpillars is to be added to grasshoppers, THE STARRY HOST. The cquntless stars which to tint human eye Are fixed and steadfast, each In proper place, Forever bound to changeless points In space, Rush with our sun and planets through the sky, And like a flock of birds still onward fly: Returning never whence origan their raco, They speed their ceasolc. way with gleaming face, As though God bade them win Infinity. Alf, whither, whlthor is their forward flight Through endless time and limitless ex panse? What power with unimaginable might First hurled them forth to spin In tireless dance? What beauty lure, them on through primal night, Bo that, for thorn, to be is to advancer BihnpSWihlingy in the Century. OLD HUNDRED, ft C, AND ----THE JOTCLH. BV AMOS R. WKM.8. Old Hundred's real name was P. T. Simmons. "Just P. T;" ho always in sisted. "They don't stand for anything. Father and mother ran out of names when they camo to me, and gave me ini tials." So tho village wag dubbed him Old Hundred, for short, and the name adhered. For Old Hundred wos ono of those dried up little men who might be con sidered twenty if some inconvenient dd ladies did not remember holding themin their arm just forty years ago. Ho wore a dainty juveuila mustachc.'walked with a smart swing, ulthough one might no tice that his heels came down rather stiffly, and played games among the most frivolous at the church socials. He was a tailor, an excellent ono, by tho way, and his apprentices had by this time ceased to grin and chuckle when their master sprang down from his cross legged position ou tho table every morn ing precisely at ten, as B. C. passed on her way to tho postoflice, after tho mail. He would jump down, snatch up his hat iu an absont minded, blushing way, and remark that the mail nust be distributed by this time. If the apprentice had ceased to smile nt this sort of thing, you way be sure that it bad become an old story. Iudcod, Old Hundred had beon court ing B. C. for a long, long timo. Aud that was too bad, because B. C. deserved a better fate, a wore vigorous lover. No one could toll when Susy Bennett was first called B. C. If oue could have told that, you sec, it would have given somo clue to her age. Susy was a dear old girl, however, with kind, laughing eyes, aud a Bhrewd little brain of her owu. It wasn't her fault if she was getting up startliugly near a very rheumatic forty without ncttiug Old Huudred. For whin a matt has gono through forty years with a sueaklng desire for matrimony Ululating bis heart all the whilo, without the grit aud maulincss to say so when given opportunity by tho proper pcrsou once, twice, daily, Cupid despairs of him moro thau of the most rabid mysogynist in Bachelor loin. There is such a tiling, yon know, as a heart which is too soft for thoso daiuty little darts, which merely nurses them as a feather pillow would. Ouo day tho ancient twaiu wore stroll ing back from the postoilice at 10:30 A. M. ; with tho incipient courtship-air wmcii jiau uccu peiruieu so long ago. Sho was smiling at him,, bravely and hopefully, aud talking bright nothings, while his feather-pillow of a heart fluttered drowsily. Suduenly there flashed around the cor ner and bore straight down upon them Will Davis aud Lucy his young wife, on their bicycles, oil for a day's holiday to gether, if one might judge from their bundles. Upright they were, noiseless, swift, graceful uud full of life iu every movement and in every ilutteriug gar ment, glittering eyed, with handsome, healthful faces. Old Huudred aud B. C. turned to gaze admiriugly after them. 'How finely Mrs. Davis rides!" mur mured Old Hundred. "And how exceedingly graceful Mr. Davis is!" resided B. C. ruther sharp- "I've often thought that I should like a wheel," said Old Hundred, with, of course, no perception of her anuoyanco. "Aud I should cd joy oue very much." added B. C. s "You!" Old Hundred blurted out, before he thought. Ho took mcutal credit to hinuolf for not Mulshing the seuteuce! "You can get tricycles now-a-days for almost nothiug," said B. C. slyly, "and of course that is the ouly whocl you would think of at your time of lifo, Mr. Sim uious!" "Hum!" said Old Hundred, aud "fluml" said U. C. Now dou't expect to be treated to a lover's quarrel. Our sod at o couple had got far beyond that dangerous stage of courtship. Yet as they parted somewhat grimly, "I'll show biui!" muttered B. C, aud "I'll show her!" muttered Old Hundred. An! that very afternoon the heart of the villago bicycle agent was made glad by an order for a lady's safe ty, and au order for a safety for our doughty tailor. That was ou a Monday, aud our nar rative calmly skip, a mouth at this point, calmly and mercifully. Frym timo immemorial it had becu Old Hundred's habit to call on B. C. ou Sunday evouiugs. At the begiuniug of his courtship, tho hand of tho feather hearted tuilor had quivered suspiciously in the operation of shaving for this' iin portant occasion. In the adjustment of his necktie his cluuuines. had beeu phenomenal for a tuilor. His steps up the broad walk which lid to B. C.'s frontdoor had been noticeably unsteady. B. C. had coyly seut the servant to usher him iu, and often, with au affectation of careless iitdiffereuce, received iiim with out rising from her chair. AU that had long beeu changed, but this particular night seemed to ropcatthc j experiences of old. Old Hundred's toi let was accomplished with blundering slowness. And why does tho odor of liniments follow tho fiery lover from his room ? And why does he groan as he bends to reach tho gate-latch? And what has become of his brisk, swinging gait up tho board walkl And why does not B. C. recoivo him, smiling, at the door? Why does she remain in that thick paddud arm-chair, and stretch her hand out to him so slowly? And what is the uso of using cologne whoro arnica has been? "Miss Bonnet," said Old Hundred, af ter a few wandering remarks (he al ways Miss-ed her) "didn't I notice a bicycle stunding in tho hall-way?" "Why, Mr. Simmons! Didn't you know that I could ride?'' asked B. C. with a radiant smile. "Is it possible! Why, wo must hnvc a rido together!" cried tho astonished tailor. "Together, Mr. Simmons! Can you ride, too?" iuquired B. C, with real amazement. "Of course I can! That is urn cr in act, Pm learning. And I'm get ting on wclH excellently well, Mr. Spoke tiro says, for a man of rriyer I should say, excellently well. But hbw.didymi learn so soon?" Old Hundred nsked" art" miringly. "Well, I can't say that I am through with my apprenticeship yet," confessed B. C, with a charming blush, "but Mr. Spokctirc says he hardly has to hold the machine at all, ami he thinks I'm doing better than most girls do who are many years youn that is, that I am doing very well, I need to bo helped into the saddle." "So do I," admitted tho tailor, hon estly . "But once iu, I havo absolutely no trouble, providoil the road is smooth and level, and Mr. Bpoketiro just keeps his hands on the machine, to kind of steady me, you know." "I still find it a rather difficult task to dismount without letting tho whool fall, that Is, Miss Bennett." "Why, do you? The last timo Mr. Spoketire helped mo out ho said I was cs graceful as a young girl. Mr. Spokctiro is so nico." "Miss Bennett, we must go out to gether next week, and as soon as possi ble! Or rather about Saturday, eh? We'll both bo in better trim by then, you know." "Without Mr. Spokctirc, Mr. Sim mons?" "Of course. What do wo want with that contemptible little dandy?" B. C. smiled happily at tho tailor's manifest jealousy, yet smiled rather un easily and fearfully. However, sho agreed, with many a misgiving, and the next Saturday afternoon was fixed for the adventure. Many a time during the following week Old Hundred and B. C. regretted their precipitancy. But B. C. was clear grit, if sho was approaching that awful for tieth birthday, and the little tailor hud been roused by the Spoketire hints to somewhat of the ardor a lover should havo. Saturday dawned perversely fair, with roads outiagebusly perfect, ar.d the after noon saw our hero and heroine trundling their wheels through the villago out to the Middletou Road. "We ir not ride through town," each eagerly agreed, "because peoplo might laugh," which was very true. The Middletou Road was an excellent stretch for the purpose, iu prime condl tion, and littlo frequented. Old Hun dred aud B. C. walked out of sight of the village, chutting gayly, avoiding all mention of the wheel. At leugth it bc came impossible to denyjhat tho right spot had beeu reached, and with Bet faces they placed their bicycles iu post tion. "You must help mo on, you know," said B. C, with a rather pale face, but brave withal, "Mr. Spoketire thinks it is still necessary! "Oh, yes! Why to bo sure!" stuttered the little tailor, looking awkwardly around for something to leau his bicycle aainst, and at last laying it down clum sily in the middle of the road. B. C. sprang into the saddle with feint of girlish sprightliucss, and the poor tailor's weak muscles were unablo to prevent a most portentous s'.vayiugof tho wheel. "Mercy on us?" shrieked B C, "Don't let mo take a header bei'ore I start! and oh, Mr. Simmons, I shall be so grateful, if you' only hold on to the machine for a few steps, just until I get started I" "Certaiuly," grunted Old Huudred, whose every muscle was taxed to hold the whool upright. B. C. started, tho perspiring tailor trotting after, both hands clutching the raddle spring contributing so materially iu his awkwardness to the dilliculty of the steering that the agonized maid iu front soon cried back to him, "That will do. Thanks. Now mount and catch up!" aud away tailed B. C, stag gering all over tho road. Old Huudred trotted back to his wheel, picked it up, aud glancjd despair ingly after tho retreating safety. How could ho ever catch up? But that query was merged iu a greater one. Could ho ever mount? He made three attempts, each failure being hidden iu a thicker cloud of dust, and inscribed iu a deeper rent. But what were clothes to a tailor? There was Miss Bennett's uusteady form just disappearing over tho edge of tho first little hill. Ho must catch up with her, or be her laughing-stock forever. Luck ily, a small boy just came sauntering by, to whom he gave ten cents, with full di rections, and was assisted off iu much better shape than poor B. C. had been. "Oh, that I were safe iu my shop, sit ting cross-legged on the table!" thought Old Hundred. "That bicycles hail never beeu inveiitcd I That Miss Bennett were not ss fond of them! How smart she is? Who would havo thought it at her age!" But just here a rut upset the train of his thoutrhts, and all but upset himself. The small boy, left behind, was chuck ling with amusement. How clo: the ditches seemed, Bnd how fearfully deep! The machine, to tho tailor's apprehen sion, seemed insanely bent on plunging over the brink. His arms were pulled almost out of their sockets. Perspira tion blind od his eyes. More and moro wildly with each rut swayed tho crazy bicycle, and whirled Old Hundred dizzy uriun. no came to the brow of the little hill, which seemed a fearful declivity. Old Hundred clinched his teeth and pushed back hard on tho pedals, throw ing on the brake with all his might. Just then he struck a loose stone, lost control of tho wheel, and with closod eyes ran directly toward the side, and upset. i tie littlo tailor rolled over ana over down tho hillside gully, and lay on top of his wheel nt tho bottom. Slowly Old Hundred rose, and found to his intense relief that ho had broken no bones. To his equally great relief ho discovered that be had broken tho bicy cle One pedal projected from the crank at a most astonishing angle. A gay laugh rang out a few yards farther down tho ditch, nnd to I thero on its bowldcry side sat the stout-hearted B. C. ; at her feet her tricky wheel ! A nappy light sho no in her eyes. ".My wheel is broken!" said she, point ing to a handlo-bar bent back some forty degrees. s"And mine, too," said the smiling tailor, showing the disaffected pedal. "Isn't it too bad 1 I in afraid we 11 have to go home." With some toil tliey hoisted their bi- cylcs to the road agaiu, and set out for tho town, trundling them happily. And then it was that the tailor spoke these memorable words : "Susy," said h.S and Miss Bennett', brave old heart knew what was ap proaching. "Susy, you see how very unsteady thoso bicycles aifseparatet "Very," said B. C, tremblingly. "But suppose, Susy, pne were to take two bicycle, liko yours and mine, and. put a couplo of axles across, and a box on top, with two seats and a cover, what would that be, Susy?" "A family carriage," said B. C, look ing downward with a smile. "Yes, Susy, and it wouldn't tip over, but would run smoothly and safely, and wouldn't it be nice, Susy?" and Old Hun dred tried to trundle with one hand, that ho might uso tho right arm for auotber purpose, but it wouldn't work. "Wouldn't it be much nicer, Susy?" Yes, Susy thought it would. And so B. C. and Old Hundred walked happily back to town along that Middle ton Hoad henceforth blessed to them both, trundliug the fateful bicycles, which alone had been equal to the ending of that long courtship. Near town, Spoketire whirled smartly up, aud dismounted at sight of them. "Hud accidents, I see. Too bad. However, I can soon straighten that out." "Wo bavo decided, Susy and I, Mr. Spokctirc," said the bold tailor proudly, "to sell our wheels, and wo want you to act as agent. We'll leavo thc! at your shop. You see, Mr. Spoketire, we have decided, Susy aud I, to set up a tamily carriage." Yankee B'adt. Keen aro tho Shafts of Ridicule. Brave heartshave flashed out of lifo from the diu of mauy a field of battle, tho record of whose courago could Dover transcend the daily lifo of many a womau, forced to keep a steady front turned to ward tho legion of annoyances that marshal bcliiud an inadequate income. A pretty woman, forced to go looking like a dowdy because sho canuot a'Jord, or is not sufficiently selfish to wear, flue aud expensive clothes, is a sight to earn the plaudits of such as appreciate hero ism of the unwept aud unstoried kind. It takes more strength of character to face ridicule than it does to face a battery of Gatliug guus. A sueer pierces deeper than a bullet. A blow that only reaches a physical nerve center does not tell like the blow that buries itself iu the soul. I cau dodge a shell, if tho Lord has given me a level head and a moment's time, but nothing is going to help me whou my enemy rakes me with the light artillery of scorn and contempt. If we but kuew tho iusido history of the mm who goes dressed in seedy clothes, or tho woman who wears old shoes and rusty gloves, wo shoiUd perhaps uu-'over, when some of these shabby folk meet us on the way, as commoners do when royalty rides by. Chicajo JJentld. Cleaning Car Wheels by Stud Blast. A very cllicieut application of the sand blast is made in clcauiug newly-cast car wheels in the New York Car Wheol Works, Buffalo, N. Y. When taken from the soaking pit the wheel is rolled into a small chamber, where itstauds in a vertical position. The tread of th. wheel stands ou rollers which are moved by gearing, so that the wheel is slowly revolved without ((hanging its position. A flue, iuto which cinders are fed by a chute leading from a biu above, leads a blast of air against the face of the wheel, which is then reversed. Tho cinders used vary from the size of a grain of wheat to much larger, uud are used over and over. With this apparatus oue man cau clean twenty wheels in three hours aud a half, including tho time consumed in rolling them to and from tho ma chine. Tho cost is less thau hand labor, and the clcauiug is better done. -Vtio York Journal. No Fireproof Buildings. There is hardly a new hotel or business building iu New York but that is adver tised as fireproof, au 1 yet a leading architect told me'tho other day that such u thing could not exist. "They may bo fireproof to all extents and purposes," said he, "but if iullaiu muble material be iu them aud it gets aliru the irou girders and beams will so t-xpaud that they will lit thu floor almvu dowu. When one floor falls'iu au uou beamed building they all go, and then the side walls full. The ruin is usually more complete thau it is in au ordinary building. We do not build those iron fireproof fronts any more, because ia case of a tire they fall forward an I demolish the building c,ru tuu stioet, " Ai' Wiik, Uirald. A MILITARY EXECUTION. THX FATE OF A TOUNO OFFICER IN MEXICO. Shot to Death for Drawing a Pistol Upon His Superior Ofliccr "(Shoot Straight at My Heart.'' The following particulars of the recent execution of Lieutenant Estuperron, a young Mcxicau officer, arc given by a Timet-Democrat correspondent : Monterey and the State of Nuevo Leon has been the theatre of many military tragedies, but tho shooting of Salvator Estuperron, second lioutenant of the Mexican Cav alry, was the saddest that has ever dark ened the annals of the State. A brief history of the event which led to this morning's execution is necessary to a proper Understanding of the case. Last December a company of tho Thirteenth Regular Cavalry was ordered to do special duty atCadercyta, a small town on the Gulf road. Tho compaay was in command of a first lieutenant and tho de ceased. A dispute arose between the officers, and Lieutenant Estuperron fear ing, as his friends say, that his life was iu danger, drew his pistol, but did not shoot at his superior. It is claimed that he snapped the pistol, but it missed fire. For this offense he was placed under ar rest aud tried by a geucral court-martial and sentenced to death. There were extenuating circumstances admitted, and tho case was carried to the highest Federal courts. Pending a decision the first ofliccr of tho company was shot dead in the portals at Mon terey by one of the soldiers, and tho soldier, while yet the smoke was curling from his weapon, was shot down by the captain of the company. Whether these deaths affected the par doning power or not will never bo known, but the finding of tho court was approved, and powerful personal appeals by persons intimately associated with President Diaz were unavailing. Tho death wafKUt was signed and carried in to execution. That the - officer was ad mired by tho peoplo and dearly loved in bis regiment was well known by the au thorities, as the precautions taken by the commandant of the department were atnplo proof. The timo of tho shooting was kept a profound secret until the night before the execution. The cathedral clock chimed four. There was a sharp buglo call, a hurrying of mustering feet, quick com mands and rapid evolutions and in a few moments the garrison fell iuto line. The gate lit the rear of the barracks was opened, and the Thirteenth Cavalry in full marching order on foot, issued forth, followed by thoir baud with muffled in struments. The Fifth Cavalry followed, and then tho Fiftli Infantry. They formed a square, three sides of which consisted of tho representative regiments. The fourth was the wall of the barracks. Tho general commanding the departmeut and staff took up a position in tho centre. When the troops halted the commanding officer called, "Attention?" "Fix bayonets!" He theu announced the sen tence, and added: "If auy man moves in the ranks oi gives any expression of sympathy with the prisoner or fault with thu sentence he shall be committed toprisou from one to five years, depending on the gravity of tho offense." The silence as of death fell upon the soldiers and tho few spectators who were allowed to be present. Afar off the church bell tolled the knell for tho dy ing. The early sun just gilded the mountain peaks that rise liko giant senti nels around the historic city, and one's thoughts went back to tho dull gray morning long agi), when au American soldier knelt upon his colliu and met a bloody death almost on tho same spot. Great whito wreaths circled tho higher hills. It is now 4:45. From out of the gate issued a company of the Thirteenth, at its head a prisoner, and by his side a priest. With a firm tread aud a proudly lifted head he marched, never faltering or halting, but with a bright smile upon his face, he looked the least concerned of tho party. Ho halted at a small marked elevation tweuty feet from the barracks wall. His company filed past and formed iu front, four lines deep. Two lines advanced, halted, aud one still advanced. There were six men iu each line. The tiring party thus con sisted of six men in tho front line within tcu feet of the prisoner, aud the second line within fifteen feet. Tho other two liucs formed a reserve. The death knell tolled unit the clock struck 5. The offi cer advanced to bandage tho eyes of the prisoner, but tho latter waived the offi cer aside aud said : "I have looked too often iu the face of death to fear him now." "It shall be as you wish," said the captain, as he took his place at the left of the firing party. Taking oil his hat the prisoner surveyed tho assembled troops, looked once at the suu-tipped hills, ami said to the firing party: "Shoot straight for my heart, but do not strike my face. Adieu," Aud bringing his bauds to the position of "attention," he awaited the end. Thero was a slight flush of tho captain's sword. Tho guus came to, "Ready!" Another flash. "Aim!" The blade bops. Six sheets of flame dart toward t..j prisoner, who sprang into the air with three bul lets in his heart. The surgeon took his wrist. The captain gave a quick command, a soldier stepped from thu rauks, uud placing his n.lc to the pris oner's head, tired. Iu less thau fifty seconds from the drop of thu sword Lieutenant Estuperron was dead. Thu bugles sounded. The troops tiled pa it the body ; it was put iuto a colliu and the grim tragedy was over and as brave a mau us ever buckled ou a sword hud crossed to thu "bivouac of tho deud." During the past year there were over 5,000,000 pieces of matter withdrawu from the mails because of iucorrcct or insufficient addresses. The persecution of Hebrews on the Island of Corfu is sr. id to havo been plauued by Russia. SCIENTIFIC AND INDlSlIUAL. Paris has electric calm. Aluminium is $1 a pound. Electric boats are being made. Sanguinite, a new miueral, contains iilver, arsenic and sulphur. A waterproof paper has lately beon In vented that will even stand boiling. Metals are found to corrode much faster when in galvanic connection than otherwise. The metal in a five cent nickel piece Is worth aliout half a cent, and fifteen cents will purchase copper enough to make f 2 worth of cents. Tho Frankfort (Germany) Electrical Exhibition will be furnished with lights, and its machinery will bo operated from a distance of 107 miles. The first known weather rocord was kept by Walter Merlo for the years 13.17 to 1344. A few photographic copies of the original Latin manuscript now in tho Bodleian Library have just been made. Among tho anomalies reported con cerning tho past winter is that the weather in Iceland was the mildest re membered. There was not, wo aro told, a flake of snow, Dor a single hour of frost. A now spool factory in the town of Alpena, Mich, turns out 80,000 spools daily. Last year tho twenty-three mills in the town put out 202,000,000 foet of lumber, 52,000,000 laths and 33,000,000 shingles. There was recently exhibited in Dub lin, Ireland, a new burner for lighthouso use, possessing twice the illuminating power of the largest burners now em ployed. It is calculated that this new burner, iu connection with a specially devised system of lenses, will transmit a light equal to about eight millions of candles, which far exceeds the most pow erful light at present used. Iron pipe is now welded by electricity at tho Columbus (Ga.) iron works. Co lumbus is the first city In the South in which this new Bystem has beon em ployed." - The managers of the Iron works expect to effect- considerable saving over the old method, diich weld taking about seven seconds. From the time of finishing one weld until the completion: of tho next takes about one minute. This includes clamping the two pipes, ad justing the position of the machine, weld ing aud taking out the pipes. An ingenious machine is used in Eng land for prepuring telegraph post arms. These arms are usually made from tho best selected English oak and vary iu length from two feet to four feet. They are in the first case planed on tho four sides by means of a special planing ma chine, nnd then sawn to tho exact length required by means of a double cross-cut sawing machine made specially for the purpose. The arms are then passed on to the shaping machine, which rapidly nnd effectively does its work. The ma- . chine is quite self-contained aud has tho driving shaft placed overhead and sup ported upon standards fixed to tho main ! bed. The arrangements for dealing with the various lengths of arms have been carefully worked out. At tho official test of tho machine tho wooden anus were finished ut tho rate of three per I minute. m I A Caucasus Chevalier. I Tho Caucasus is full of highwaymen, who make the roads unsafe But there are also knights of good order there, of whom tho highwaymen are in terror. The Listok of Till is reports an interest ing illustration: A merchant of Ti His mado his way to a neighboring city to purchase horses. He had a large sum of money with him. Iu the district of Bortchulinsk he was assailed by three Tartars, who tied hint to a tree. One of them held a dagger over his head, while the other two unbuttoned his garment aud made ready to steal what he had. But suddenly a mau on horseback ap peared from behind a hill. As soon at the robbers sighted him they called out, "Sha 'au halir!" (Sutau comes), and mounting their horses, disappeared iu e moment. Tho man on horseback freed the unfortunate merchant and told him tc mount and resume his journey. Th merchant offered a huudred ruble bill to his liberator, but tho latter disdain i'ully docliuod to accept It. "If thou hast many of these things," he said, "endow the jioor aud hitfe the rest. Shatro does not want thy money. Uo thy way, anil include Shatro in thy prayets to Allah.' Lotion Transcript. Queer Mechanical Playthings. Among tho babies' toys from Japan at the National Museum is a mouse that feeds from a bowl when a little bamboo spring is touched, lowering his head aud long tuil iu quite a lifu-liko manner. Another is a small cylinder, into which oue blowt through two small reed tubes, three balls of pith being kept bobbing iu a bit of cage over the cylinder by the breath, while a cut iu ono of tho tubes produces a shrill whistle. Another is a little mau that is made to jump up a long stick by a bamboo spring, and still another is a wooden gemlemau who rides along between two wheels, being at tached to the axle with a heavy base. A toy jinricksha is oue of thu more ex pensive playthings, showing a foreigner being uiawu iu a baud bugy by a uative between the shafts. Further devices for toy purposes are kaleidoscopes, boxes with glass toiw tilled, like cupboardi, j with various household utensils iu miuia l ture aud bags tilled with shot for tossing. - Watliai'jton Vir. Teeth ut the Ancients. Tho cyclopedias tells us that "arti ficial teeth" came into fashion about ISO years ago, but in spite of cyclopedias the fact remains that skulls have been found in Etruscan tombs datiug as fur buck as I tiOO years before Christ, in which there j are most inU restiug and instructive speci mens of dentistry iu geuerul aud artificial I teath iu particular. Sin fruncitco AU 1 mmiutr. IN CAMP. Skyward Pino, that saw it all, Whisper never what thou knowestt Many, many things befall When the coaxing moon is tall Through the tender shade thou thfoweet. Blame not ma, O Pine, too soon ! I ye all beguiled me to It ! Had ft not been night and June, With the plne-brenth and the moon, I had ne'er been bold to do it. Ah, her forehead was so white Where that soft ray camo and kissed her; When the happy heaven's light Lingered with her as of right As of sister with a sister ! All our little camp asleep; Only I at midnight waking Waking to the moon to creep, Kiss her silent brow and keep Lips aye holier for that slaking. She, O Pine, will never know Never blush amid her laughter. She Is nothiug poorer so, I so rjch as who shall go Dreaming it forever after! Bi Chariot F. Loomis, in Scribner. HUMOR OF THE DAY. A milo is tho centipedo of distance; it has 5290 feet. Washington SUir. There's millions in it Tho United States Treasury. Washington Star. Tho rolling stone gathers no moss ; but it manages to keep on top, for all that. The xylophone player is tho fellow who makes the "woods ring." Statct man. A man can call his body an earthly tenement, and yet object to being called a flat. Vucl. It was a mean artist who suggestivoly painted a dairy in water-colors. Rich mond Recorder. Tho houey beo deserves recognition as kind nature's sweet restorer. iilmint (JV. F.) Uiuette. Though somo women have golden hair, others havo but' plaited hair. Jeaeller't Circular. It is probable that many jolly dogs will have barks on tho sea this summer. iVdie York Herald. A manufacturing dentist often shows his teeth without smiling or opening his mouth. -lib"1 York Journal. Iron is good fer the blood, but no man likes to have it diknittiatered in the form of carpet-tacks. l'uck. A mau never realizes until he lias mado a fool of himself what a laughter-loving world this is. Atchison Ololie. Ho "Miss Sharpe has a very fine voice." Sho "No wonder. She grinds It so much." Detroit Free Pre. Don't uudcr-rute modest ability. Tho needle has only ono good point; but wo couldn't get along without it. Puck. The good artist is known by his work, but the poor artist is obliged to grow hU hair long to be identified. Sfatetnym. "Is there uuything brilliant about Prozcr's writings?" "Yes tho start between tho paragraphs." Chicago Uerald. Frank "Stella's fuco is her fortuno!" Tom "Yes, but she's given too many certified checks to time." At'ia York Utrald. "Blitturs began lifo as a school teacher." "Really?" What a preco cious littlo baby he must have been." JVtia Fori Jfnn. There's nothing liko sticking to a thing wheu you apply yourself to it, as the fly said when it alighted ou tho fly paer. Texnt Sijtimjt. Little Kitty (who is doing the honors and wishes to be very pompous) "Will you have chickiug or muttiug, Mr. Brown?" Harvard Lamfioon. No, Ethel, you are mistakeu. The phrase, "a literary treat," has no refer ence to tho settiug up of books by tho printer. Indianajolit Journal. "Tastes differ," said Muglcy. "Good thiug they do," put in Bottleton. "II they didn't squills and strawberries would tasto tho same." co York Sun. Jack Withcrspoou "Why do you sing all the time." Jim Westhall "To kill time." Jack Withcrspu-.n "Yotl have a good weapon." Princeton Tiger. Somo peoplo are born musicians, others achieve music nnd others live next door to the man who hopes to play the cornet in the villuo band. ft'imi'm (-V. Y.) Uautte. Young Wife "Wo are told to 'cast our breud upon the waters.'" The Brule "But don't you do it. A vessel might run against it aud get wrecked." A'di. York Herald. Mistress (trying ou oue of her new gowns) "Noruu, how does this dress -.orau, now noes tins uress oruh (without looking up) -y well, mem. I found it a lii'le lor the arms." Chinvo TrihuLe, filing to turn out thU gas," said lit?" Noruh (without looking 'Not very tight under 'I'm go the old man, volutin; iuto Ins room v. aero sat his daughter and her young man. "Thanks," said thu iiuubashed young man, "I was just goinj to do it myself." Union UrraUl. "Dou't you think," said ono of tho doctors, 'hut it would be a good i lea to have the study of medicine carried ou under the supervision of the Govern ment?"' "1 suppose," replied tho other doctor, thought fully, "that it might lu turned over to the interior departmt ut." Ntio York Po,t. Tiuuniiis "I cr you know, I was talkiug to I called on Miss Laura last night." Mr. Figg "Yes, 1 know you did the fourth time iu one week, 1 be lieve. Why don't you come aud live with us, aud be done with it J" Tmi uiins "Thut'i just what 1 wauled to see you about." Vhmoi , Journal. The Moravian Mission in Greenland consists of six stations, in t.vo groups, and of nine missionaries. I'mhr rhcir -hui gu are I tiilS persons. The rest of the itieonlaiiders ale cured for by Lu therau brethren of the Church of Dou-murk.
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