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VOL. XXIV. NO. 14.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1891. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
Tho South," announces tho Phllndcl-T-liia
Jlecortl, "will shortly supply tho
country's lumlter demand. Thcro are
J500 saw mills running thero already."
Of tho $15,000,000 that Undo Sam Is
going to dual out to the sugar planters,
more than two-thirds will go to Louis
iana, estimates the Ctmmereial Adcer
liter. Tho Australian farmer i already en
gaged in turning hisattontion to the cul
tivation of cotton, and every assistance
is being Riven him by the colonial author
ities. r There nro more women In British
India (124,000,000) than thero ore men,
women and children in Great Britain,
Kmuei and Germany put together, with
tho population of several minor Euro'
penn State cast in as well.
One imperial heir in Austria killed
himself under circumstances of diBgriicc,
another (led into obscurity as pluiu John
Orth, while still another is lyiug nearly
dead. Tho haps of Hupsburg, moralizes
tho Washington Slur, are sadly numer
ous. i
According to reports, two-thirds ol
thu students of this Old World have a
rather brief and inglorious career. A
Loudon letter says: "One-third of the
students in Europe, it is said, die prema
turely from tho effect of bad habits ac
quired At college; one-third dio prema
turely from tho effects of c'oso confine
ment at their studies, nnd the other third
govern Europe."
''Few pcoplo have any idea of th
value of tho Nicaragua canal to thii
couutry," said Warner Miller to a Now
York reporter, "but thinking men know
that it is au absolute necessity. Tlx
canal will positively be finished in six
years. It will tako about 7-1,000,000
to finish it, and at present wo have spent
only about $3,000,000. Our plans are
perfect, and wo know to a pound just
how much we must excavate.
' II. S. Uuuton, one of thu leading mine
owner of Colorado, says that electricity
opctii up a new era in tho production of
silver. Tho reason of this statement is
that tnnuy of tho high mountain minos
have boon almost valueless because of the
expense of transporting fuel to them.
Now through tho utilization of water
power with the electric motor these
iniuc cau bo operated cheaply, and a
notablo iucrease of output may be looked
for. So evident is this fact that thero
has already sprung up a demand for
electrical mining machinery in Mexico,
and our American electrical manufactur
ing companies are now sending large
quantities of appuratus thither.
'Tho traditioual bow and arrow of
tho American Indiun," said a Westerner,
"arc things of tho post. The average
Indian of to-day is about as skilful with
a bow aud arrow as a six-year old boy it
with a toy pistol. It's very funny to see
Easterners whou they are traveling out
West get Iudiuus to show them how they
uso their okl-timo weapons. The Indian'
favorite way of exhibiting his skill is to
hoot at a quarter or half a dollar stuck
in a split stick, Tho money of course,
comes out of the pocket of tho Eastern
man aud tho noble Red Man will shoot
at it from a distance of a dozen steps
uud miss it with the most monotonous
regularity. As tho small boy would say,
he cau'l shoot a little bit. His weapons
nowadays are two kiuds, both ad'iptcd
from the white mnu. One is the ritle
which ho uses upon his friend the pale
face, aud upon his friend's cattlo. The
other is whisky, which ho uses upon
himself, aud it is quite as deadly to him
as bullets provided ho can get enough
of it."
Oue of tho phenomenal business de
velopments iu this country in tho Iusi
few years, says thu National Stockman,
has been iu growth of the dressed beef
industry. Thero lias not beeu a year in
its history iu which thero has not been a
substantial iucrease. Last year a total ol
3,730,000 cattle were slaughtered iu tin
West, against 3,050,000 iu the preceding
year, uu increase of twenty-two per ceut.
This fairly represents the rate of growth.
Of this total by far the greater part if
for consumption in this country, probablj
one-seventh of it going abroad, inasmucb
as tho aggregate weight of beef, exclu
sive of tallow, exported last year wai
380, 216, SCI pounds. Of course American
producers will bu glad to see beof expor
tation increase, even while recognizing
that the growth of the dressed beef trade,
as far as it contributes to supplying the
American market, is inimical to the in
terests of cattlo generally. Tho iudustry,
such as it is, with nil its possibilities, it
hero to stuy. To such a degree, though,
bus it interfered with beef ruining and
beef selling iu tho older States that it ii
desirable that legislation be provided,
if such a thing bu possible, to hold it in
cheek. At all events, it is certain to be
a great feature iu tho American cattle
industry iu timo to come.
OLD THING3 ARE BEST.
Old things nro best. We wander
Mo strangely and so lonely
From hore to tlint world yonder,
Wliy not. grow fond ami fonder?
In tried ofToctiohs only?
Old friends are best. Their f aces
Kneh year seem dearer, dearer,
And glow witli new-found graces;
Then, ah! These vacant plarva
Hut bring tho living nearer.
Old homes are best. The lnu:;hter
That tells of childhood's pleasures
Beneath the ancient rafter,
Surpasses nil that's artel-
And nil of manhood's treasures
OM lovo is best. Its sweetness
Makes pleaant sorrow's chalice,
And spite of Time's dread fle?tncsj
It gains Iu palm conifilencs
And Inughsat Ame's ninllee.
Old faith in lnit the teaching
Of heart enshrined mothers.
What profits subtlo preaching,
Or blind ami eager reaching
For doubt that mocks and smothers!
Old ways are tho best ; the glnduoss
Of simpler lives and fitter.
Ero wealth had coma with madness,
Or folly loft Its sadness.
And sin its lessons b!ttei
OM things are best. The glimmer
Of age forbids now choices.
Oh, as mine eyes grow dimmer,
Faintly across tho shimmer
Waft mo the old, sweet voices!
Ueoiye Ilortonjn Chtaayo Herald,
OLD MAN MIX ALL,
I1Y HKI.KN FOKKKST GRAVES,
"So you've got back ng'iu, Lo-i-syl"
Mid Old Man Mixall.
'.'Yes, Mr. iMixall," said Louisa Hill,"
"I've got back again."
"Any news, Lo-i-sy?" cheerfully piped
he octogenarian, folding tho week-old
tiewspnper so as to bring the "Financial
News" ou a level with his old steel spec
tacles. Louisa shook her head.
"Well, 1 vuml" said Old Man Mixnlh
"It's a shame!" Adam Putney always
was as queer us Suucho, and I do b'licve
ho grows queerer every year ho lives."
Louisa II ill sighed softly, and went
about her work of preparing beans.
Tho morrow was bean-pickintf day at
"Desperation null," and there was at
least a bushel of tho leguminous vegeta
bles ready to be picked over and
stemmed.
Tho boarders at Desperation IIull were
partial to pickles as soou as the cold
weather set in, and tho matron was
anxious to keep them satisfied and
happy.
Desperation Hall was a long,low erec
tion of gray stono that had been a suutl
mill half a century ago, and was now
utilized for tho accommodation of tho
town poor.
Captain Elias Fothcrindyke, a retired
sea captain, was at the helm of this in
stitution; nnd his wife, a thrifty dame
of many resources, aided aud abetted
mm in every respect. And of all the
boarders, old Simcu Mixall was the
cheeriest and most helpful.
"Cun't I help ye, Lo-i-syf" said he.
laying clown the paper. " Tears to me
yo've got a dreadful job there, with all
tlicin beans. I'm awful sorry 'bout
Adam 1'utuey.. I s'poso Peter's clean out
o patience with mm.
The color mounted to Louisa's cheek.
'Peter dou't sny much," answered
she; "but, of course, he's vexed. But
1 tell him that the farm belongs to Uncle
Adam, aud if his I'uclo Adam hasn't a
mind to sell to these railroad people, he
cau t be made to do so.
"An' ye can't no ways bo married
without the money I ' wistlully spoke Mr.
Mixall.
Louisa shook her head.
"Peter has his mother aud his luiuo
sister to support," said she, with a sigh
"We shall have to wait, that's all."
Old Man Mixall shook his head over
the emerald drift of beans.
"I hold with tho proverb," said he,
"that 'it's ill wuitiu' for dead meu's
shoes.' Aud tho Putucys always was a
long-lived race.
"He may live as long as ho wants for
nil me, observed Louisa. "I don t
grudge him a moment of his life, poor
old man :
"No, I don't believe you do," said
Old Muu Mixall. ' All the same, it's
pretty hard ou you and Pete. How's
Widow lilivcn? Any better of the rheu
matic? Mo uud Nancy Jlliven wo'vo
danced many a Virgiuia reel together In
our young days, though p'rups ye
woulitn t think it, Lo-isy."
"She's a little bitter," said Louisa
"Aud tho young folks are goiug to have
a masquerade frolic at the Lyceum to
earn money topuiut thu old Bliven house
and re-shingle the roof before fall sets in.
I'm goiug to borrow tho Quaker dress
that Libby Wcldou's grandmother wore
wheu she was marriud. It tits me ex
actly."
"I want to know I" ejaculated the old
man.
"And Peter's goiug to ask old Squire
Lomux to lend him the chest of Itevolu
tiouary uniforms aud things he's got in
the gurrct of the old house, added
Louisa. "He's goiugtobe 'Ueorge Wash
ington.
"I'd admire to see him," snid Old Man
Mixall. "I wonder now if Cup'n Elias
would object to megoiu'dowu there and
sceiu' you young folks rigged up?"
"I'll ask him myself," said Louisa,
who liked thu kindly old soul and wautcd
him to have the simple treat.
"You see, I dou't ofteu ask for an
eveuiug out," said Old Mali Mixull.
"Not but what I'd like it otieuer, but if
I ask, there's forty others would think
they'd ought to go, too, an' I don't want
Cup'n Elius to hev auy more trouble
thau's absolutely necetsary. liut I would
like to sue how you look as a Quakeress,
and I'm mortal sure Peter Putney'll make
an A No. 1 Ruvolutionerr"
Aud wheu the beans were all prepared
for the morrow's pickle, .Old Man .Mixall
strolled cheerily along the front of Des
peration Ilall, tying up some fat African
marigold be had planted, and placing '
now strings for his scarlet runners to '
climb on, in front of the windows where
old Aunt Huggles lay sick. I
r or the western light hurt nor old
eyes, and when the scarlet-runner leaves .
waved In the wind, she babblod vaguoly
of the green Maino forests where she had
boen born.
"I jest wish I was wuth a million dol- '
lars!" said the old philanthropist. "I'd '
givo Pete Putney find Lo-i-sy Hill the I
liucst farm iu Middle County. ' I don't '
see what possesses old Adnm to stick td .
his stony fluids And mullein pastures bo I
tight; when the railroad people offer blm
live thousand dollars for em. Guess 1 11
go raound an' see him about It. Lo-l-sy
Hill's too pretty a gal and too good a
one to bo kept waitin' until Pete enn dig
a home out of the rocks for her. It ain't
no pa'ticklcr fun that I know of, dotn'
housework at Desperation Hall."
And so, on tho evening of tho Widow
Blivcn's masquerade party, Old Man
Mixall trudged around by tho Putney
Farm to seo his ancient contemporary.
Old Adam eat warming his venerable
bones in the sun. Sunshine was cheaper
than firewood, if less satisfactory, and
ho returned his greeting.
"So ye won't sell the faim to the
Quantlck Company?1' said Simon, Sitting
cheerfully down on tho wooden scttco
beside his friend.
"I can't sell it, said Putney, drum
ming his wrinkled fingers on the window-sill.
"Why can't ye sell UP
"Ho won't lot mo;"
"Who won't let you?"
"My Gran'ther Putney."
"Land alive, mau, what ye talking
about?" cried Mixall. "Yer Gran'ther
Putney he's been dead nn' buried this
seventy years I"
"I dream about him every night,"
said Adam Putney, in the same slow,
mechanical way. "I see him a-settin'
on the old oak stump by tho well. And
he's always a-sayin', 'Don't sell the farm,
Adam?' I can't go agin him, can I?"
"Wal, I calc'late I should If I was
you!" declared Mixall. 'Dead an
buried folks hain't no business meddlin'
that a-way."
"I can't go agin hlral" repeated Put
ney, with the slow, settled policy of old
age.
"But here's your nephew, Peter, as
smart a lad as ever steppped, and Lo-I-sy
Hill, the prettiest gal goin.' They'd
have money to go to housekeeping If
you'd listen to reason."
"I can't go agin Gran'ther Putney. '
"And hero you be, poor'n Job's tur
key, holdin' ou to the rockiost farm this
side o' Scrape Mountain, all jest for a
consarncd whim!" persisted Mixall.
"I can't go agin Gniu'ther Putney,'
drcariiy repeated Old Adam, wiuking his
bleared eyes iu the sunshine.
And Old Man Mixall, fairly out of pa
tience, got up and trotted down the
rond, muttering unutternble things nshe
went.
"There ain't such a dumb fool as ho in
all the foolish ward at Desperation Hall,"
said he.
And it took a good deal of the laugh
ter and merrymaking at the Uliven mas
querade to erase the disagreeable impres
sion from his mind.
Old Man Mixall was a favorite every
where, and the hospitable dame in chargo
of the refreshments cheered him with
hot coffee, newly browued wattles,
chicken salad and frosted cake, before
he went iu to see tho young folks dance.
"That's Lo-i-sy 1" ho cried, shrilly.
"Ain't she jest as pretty as a pink in that
Quaker gownd and the scoop hat? And
there's Pete Putucy cuttiu' pigeon wings
In old Squire Lomax's Revolutionary
togs. Wal, I never!"
And Old Mau Mixall laughed until he
shook like a mold of jelly.
Cap'n Elias Fotherindye was seriously
alarmed when his oldest boarder did not
return uutil tho next morning.
"Why, I swan to gracious," said he,
"I allowed suthin had hnppeuod t'yc!"
"No, cap'n" said the old man,
"nothiu' hain't happened. But Pete Put
ney, he axed me, seciu' I was corulu'
right past tho place, to leave his Iicvolu
tioner rig to Squire Lomax's; an' when I
got to Squire Lomax's, they axed me to
stay all night. Dre'tful sociable folks
them Loinnxes!"
And the Old Man Mixall went out
to water his marigolds a id scarlet run
uers. The sun was setting behind the to
mato vines iu tho back garden when
Louisa Hill came breathlessly up the
path.
"Oh, Mr. Mixall," said she, "Peter
has just driven ttwnyl He has taken mo
for a ride."
"Eh?"
"Aud what do you think? We're to
bo married uext week?"
"I waut to know !"
"Aud Uncle Adam is going to sell tho
farm to the Quautick Company, and give
the mouey to Peter, and he's to liv with
us!"
"Wal, I declare!"
"Uucle Aduui say ho saw Gran'ther
Putney lust night a-aettin' ou the old oak
stump by the well, just at midulght.
And this time he was all dressed iu the
suit he fought at Bunker Hill iu mus
ket and cocked hat aud all and he says,
says he, 'Sell the farm, Adum sell the
farm,' as distinct as ever ye heard any
thing iu your life. And Undo Adam,
he says it's a direct message from his an
cestor, and thu deeds are to bo handed
over to-monow. Aud we shull be happy
at last !"
"Did you ever!" said Old Man
Mixall.
"It was a dream, of course I" said
Louisa.
"Oh, of course!" said Old Man Mix
all. But wheu she was gone to tell Mrs.
Fothuriudyke, the octogenarian walked
slowly out to his scarlet ruuuers, and
laughed long aud silently.
"I hain't outlived all my usefulness
yet," suid he. Stiturdny Ni'jht.
The $100,000,000 European bank de
posits uow being called iu by Hussia is
all borrowed mouey.
WISE WOItDSi
Bo there a will, and wisdom finds a1
wny.
Nono of us is Infallible not even tho
youngest.
Whoever teaches false moral princi
ples is an aggressor ou the welfaro of
socioty.
You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and forge
yourself out.
Tho effort of to-day should be to rec
oncile the faith Of yesterday with the
truth of to-morrow.
The very art of life, as far as I have
boen able to observe, consists in forti
tude nnd persovtinnce.
Language is a solemn thing. It grows
out of-life out of its agonies aud ecsta
sies, its wants and its weariness.
Poople are generally what they ore
made by education and company be
tween the ages of fifteen nnd twenty
five. Memory is the basis of conscious con
tinued personal Identity. Without it
each man would start afresh every mo
ment. The boy who resolves to do one thing
honorably nnd thoroughly and sets
about it at once, will attain usefulness
and eminence'.
He Who is taught to live upon little,
owes more to his father's wisdom than
be that has a groat deal left him docs to
his father's care.
Be cautious and bravo. It requires a
great deal of will and a great deal of
caution to make a great fortune, and
when you have got it it requires ten
times as much to keep it.
their First Day Iu Court.
It is always amusing to watch young
lawyers wheu they appear in court ' for
the first two or three times. Either they
are very much frightened nnd forget all
they wanted to sny, or they ero very bold
aud seem to think that they can give the
Judge more points in five minutes than
he could otherwise get in half an hour.
Borne have committed to memory what
they want to eny, and, while they go on
glibly with no obstacle ahead, let the
Judge ask a question and they are
swamped, and flounder about hopelessly,
unable to give a coherent answer, until
the Judge gives it up and lots them get
back again to the set speech.
And the effect these young lawyers
have on the old and toughened Judges is
astonishing. Some of the Judges are
thrown into thoir crossest moods by the
appearance of one of the youngsters.
They will make suggestions and ask what
the law is on that point, and what au
thority there is for thatfproposition, un
til the ablest lawyer might well wish he
was somewhere else.
Other Judges are caused to remember
the first time they themselves appeared
with fear and trembling bofore some
stern judicial light, and they at once set
about making tho young fellow feel ns
much at ease as possible. They nod ap
proval aud speak encouragingly aud re
frain fiom making any suggestions that
might throw the novice into a flurry,
so that he goes away feeling that he has
done pretty well after nil, and is rather
surprisod and pained wheu ho reads the
court's opinion showing the utter fallacy
of his whole argument. JVew York
Timet.
Regrrenlnir of Vegetables.
It may be a superfluous task to paint
the lily or to gild the reBucd gold, but
the regreening of vegetables hus assumed
the proportions of a gigantic iudustry,
which has its headquarters in France,
gives employment to 20,000 persons, and
represents a business of 68,000,000.
Nine-tenths at least of the green pre
served vegetables sold in Franco or
abroad are said to be regreoned with
sulphate of copper to give them tho ap
pearance of freshness.
Accordiug to tho Driti iTcilical Jour
nal the Glasgow Health Committee have
decided that, as the French Government
have annulled their re-greening prohi
bition, it remains for consumers to tuko
care of themselves.
"A foolish British public," says the
Glasgow report, "expects to get green
peas at Christinas such as it gets from
the market gardens in summer. The
French muuufucturer makes them to suit
his whim. The consequence is that it
j eutcs stale peas greened with sulphate of
copper all tho year round.
A curious fact is said to be that tho
largest sale of preserved peas takes place
iu that period of the year when fresh
peas nre in season. fieucauU (Lwjlandj
Chronicle.
Electrifying a Postal Card.
On a dry day rub with a brush or with
the hand a thin piece of paper. It will
become electrified in a short time and
will adhere to you baud, your face or
your coat as if it had glue on it, aud you
will not be ablo to get rid of It.
Electrify in the same niauuer a thick
piece of paper, a postal card for exam
ple, and you will seo that, as with seul-iug-wax,
glass, sulphur or resin, this
card can a. true t light bodies (small
pieces of cork, etc.). Balance a cuue on
the buck of a chair and wuger any oue iu
the audience thut you will make it fall
without touching it, blowing it or mov
ing tho chair.
I All you need do is to dry the card well
j before the firo, rub it vigorously with
I your sleeve and put close to one end of
the cane, wnicb will fol low it as irou fol
lows a maguct, until, having lost its
equilibrium, the cauo will fall to the
floor. C'A urcliman .
"llerriik."
Derrick is the name of a crano used in
shiftiug uud lifting heavy weights. It
is said to be so called from oue Theo-
' doric, who, while serviug at Cadiz as a
soldier under Robert, Earl of Essex, was
I doomed to deuth for some crime, but
pardoned by his commander ou condition
tiiat he womd hung twenty-three other
malefactors. tSurli are t'le revolutions of
fato that subsequently he was employed
in Loudon (o behead Kv-ex, the mau who
had suvuihU life. t'tiUdJhia lUurU.
A UNIVERSAL BEVERAGE,
lEQUNDAHT AND AUTHENTIC HIS
TORY OF COFFEE.
Its Discoverer Noted Its Wakernl Ef
fect on IlrowsliiK Uoats Intro
duction Into Kuropo,
While coffed now figures as one of the
most considerable economic- products, its
use as an article of food in civilized
countries is of comparatively recent ori
gin; Iu Abyssinia and Ethiopia, where
the coffee-plant is indigenous, the people
have been accustomed to decoctions from
its berries from time immemorial. There
the Arabs first tasted the fragrant
draught; and, highly delighted there
with, transported some of the precious
beans to their own country about the bo
ginning of the fifteenth century. In
Arabia the new exotic flourished luxu
riantly, and, strangely enough, entered
into tho occasions of religious contro
versy. Legend reports that a devout
Moslem, who had heard ot tho wakeful
effect produced upon browsing goats by
its foliage, resolved to try what influenco
a brewing from its berries might havo
upon tho somnolent dervishes who non
chalantly fell asleep during protracted
Icrviccs. The result was magical. Drowsy
laymen followed their example. Coffee
became the national beverage of the faith
ful. Mohammedan pilgrims to Mscca
carried beans to all lands whence they
had come. Egypt soon rejoiced in coffee-houses,
and in Constnntinoplo (a. o,
1554) they acquired instant popularity.
Mosques were overshndowed by thcrri.
Quickened wits of drinkers suggested
intoxication to the religious, and poli
tical insubordination to the civil author
ities. The former denounced the dan
gerous resorts, and the latter shut them
up. But the beverage triumphed. Pro
hibition did not prohibit.
In Cairo (1523) the Governor gravely
listened to all tho erudite arguments
ngainst coffee, served it out to tho ran
corous Opponents; aud left his seat
without saying a word. He was wise.
The masterful drink estopped discussion
forever. In 1653 coltee cutered Eng
land from Smyrna, whence it was
brought by Edwards, an English mer
chant doing business with Turkey. He
wns wont to regale his friends with tho
delicious liquid, prepared by the skillful
hauds of Pasqua Rossio, his Greek ser
vant. But visitors increased too num
erously. Hospitality became burden
some; Peace and pocket cried out for
relief. Edwards established his man in
a coffee-house at Newman's Court, Corn-;
hill, London. Twenty-three years after
this event coffee-houses were tho favor
ite haunts ol wits nnd politicians "for
discussing, theorizing, and general wag
ging of tongue." Coffee aud criticism
were cronies. Therefore the phosphor
escent Charles II. and his courtiers,
wincing under the "slanderous attacks
upon persous in high statious," would
fain havo suppressed coffee-houses as
"hot-beds of seditious talk" aud public
nuisances. They failed to do so. Tho
revolution of 1GS8 followed. Tho vic
torious institution survived tho Stuart
dynasty, and attained the zenith of ac
tivity and splendor iu the first half of
the next century.
Theveuot, tho French traveler, on his
return from the Oricut iu 1058, treated
his guests to after-dinner coffee. To
Parisiaus this was merely an eccentricity,
that would not have become fushiouablc
but for a similar example set by Snlimau
Aga, the gallant Turkish ambassador, in
ItitHI. lie enlisted the euthiisiusm of
court ladies iu favor of the black ami
bitter liquor. Philosophers aud litcru
teurs gladly gave in their adhesion.
Boileau, La Fontaine, Molierc, Voltuiro
aud the Encyclopedists, together with
the chessplayers, found inspiration iu tho
coffee-houses, which thenceforward as
sumed conspicuous positions in the social
life of Gallic cities. "R icine aud coffee
will pass," is a prediction of Madame do
Scvigne as yet most uuluely of fulfill
ment. Germans began drinking coffee during
tho Seven Years' War (1730-63), stolidly
sculled at opposition to tho practice, and
hated' Napo'.eou all tho more for restrict
ing it by his "Continental Blockade."
Universal pence was accompanied by
universal indulgence iu the exhilarating
cup. Americans took kindly to its cou
teuts, and by coustuutly eulargiug de
mand imparted powerful impetus to
colleo commerce und culture. Riso in
prices during tho great civil war "di
minished tho consumption about two
hundred thousand tons." But for that
it is asserted that "the world would uot
have had coffee euougli." Demand rose
with every Union victory, and fell with
every Union defeat. Consumption in
creased 36.84 per ceut. in lstU, 17.5
per cent, iu 1865, 23.5 per cent, iu 1806,
27.23 per cent, iu 1867. Removal of
duties and financial prosperity increased
tin) call for the aromatic beiry, nnd ad
vance iu price because of short crops or
syndicate operations diminished it. Thu
coffee-cup is a business thermometer iu
the United States. llaqier't Weekly.
Interesting History of a Yacht.
Tho steam yacht Cuteriua, formerly
owned by J. Pierpout Morgan, antl well
knowu iu this port, is now thu property
of Joseph Pulitzer, of tho New York
World. The history of tho transaction
by which this mugiiiliceut yacht came
iuto the possession of Mr? Pulitzer is de
cidedly interesting. Tho boat formerly
flew the English flag, but uow she has
an An ericau register. Several mouths
ago sho weut ashore on Long Island
Sound. The underwriters, who consid
ered her badly damaged, sold her to a
Mr. Sullivau, who raised aud repaired
the bout. The price paid by Mr. Sulli
van was $16,000, and he fouud thut her
damage could be repaired for u few
thousand more. Ho ut once sold her to
Mr. Pulitzer for $.10,000. This burguiu
was mutuully advantageous, for .Mr.
Sullivan cleared over f 25,000 by the
deal, ami Mr. Pulitzer got a magnificent
yacht worth $11.0,000 for half thut sum.
Besides that the beachmg iu Ameiicau
waters entitled her to au Americuu reg
ister. i'iilaUcljjIiia ltuvi'U.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Blasting it done by electricity.
Electric cranes are increasing in use.
The brain of man exceeds twice that
of any other animal.
A man breathes about twenty times a
minute, or 1200 times an hour.
One dollnr a minute is tho charge for
using- the new London-Paris telephono
line.
Tho great telescopo of Lord Itosse, in
Ireland, has a speculum six feet diame
ter, fifty-five feet focus.
Pennsylvania makes fifty-two out ol
every 100 tons Of foiled iron in the
United States, and sixty-nins out of
every 100 steel rails.
It keeps tin eo large Chicago factories
busy to manufacture tho locomotive
headlights and railroad lanterns that
are used in this country. The factor
icj give employment to 1100 men and
boys.
A number of fino residences in the
Back Bay section of Boston arc being
equipped with elevators operated by
electric motors. The machinery is very
simple and compact, uud ,tho elevators
will carry two or three persons at good
speed.
An English firm manufactures a com
bined oil engine aud dynamo. A large
number of these engines have been built
and sent throughout the various colo
nies, where they aro said to be oper
ated with especial economy for small
plants.
Phosphorus is now made by aid of
electricity id England, tho tnixturo ot
phosphoric acid being decomposed by
the heat of an electric arc embedded in
the mass. This local application of heat
is said to be more economical than heat
ing in large retorts by the ordinary
process.
Electricity has superseded steam
power at the royal foundry at Wurtom
burg, the dynamo being driven by a
large turbine water wheel. Tho stream
furnishing tho water is some distance
from the works, the electricity being
conveyed across tho town by overhead
coud uc tors. The current operates some
twenty-five lathes and polishing ma
chines. A Warsaw engineer has invented a
new harness by which tho danger of shy
ing horses is averted. It is so arranged
that by pulling a string which is at
tached to the driver's seat the horses are
at once unhitched and (he vehicle is
brought to a standstill. The invention
Was tried by tho best horsemen in tho
City and found perfectly successful. A
model of it has beeu sent to St. Peters
burg with an application for a patent.
M. Mareelhacy has made soino addi
tional improvements in diving apparatus
which havo received the approving in
dorsement of the Frcuch authorities. Iu
this arrangemomout, iustcad of the heavy
electric hand lamp, employed ordinarily
by divers, the plan is to alllx powerful
glow lamps at the top of the helmet, so
that the diver's bauds are at all times
freo for work. The lamp is connected
by a conductor with a battery either on
shore or in u vessel above as the case
may be.
The practicability of telegraphing
without wir.'S has recently been demon
strated by the success of several experi
ments. Not long ugo Mr. Preece, tho
head electrician of the postal telegraph
system id England, succeeded in estab
lishing communication across the Solent
to tho Islo of Wight, and telegraphed
also across the River Severn, without
wires, merely using earth-plates at a suf
ficient distance apart. It is now proposed
to iniiko practical uso of this system iu
communication with lightships.
A Canine Hero.
A correspondent of an Euglish paper
writos: "I recently wituessed thu fol
lowing little incident on tho Thames,
near Twickenham, when the river was
full ot land water, aud therefore, very
swift nnd dangerous. Two dogs, one a
large animal, tho other a littlo terrier,
were enjoying a swim near the bank, but
soou thu little one was carried out some
distance and was unable to gut to shore.
By this timo the big dog had regained
tho shore, aud, seeing what was happen
ing to li is companion, begun running
backward nnd forward iu the most ex
citing manner, at the sumo time whim
pering aud barking, und evidently not
knowing for the moment what to do.
The terrier was fast losing strength, and,
although swimming hard, was beiug
rapidly curried down stream. Tho big
dog could contain himself no longer.
Running some yards ahead of his strug
gling friend, he plunged into the watei
und swain vigorously struight out uutil
he got in a lino with the little head just
appearing behind linn. Theu hu ill
lowed himself to be curried down, tail
first, until he got next to thu terrier,
this being accomplished in thu cleverest
niauuer, aud begau to swim hard, gradu
ally pushing the little one nearer uud
nearer to tho shore, which was guiued
after a most exciting tunu. The fact ol
this canine hero going so far uhead to
allow for thu strong current, and the
judgment shown iu getting alongside,
and then the pushing, certainly scenic 1
j lo mu to ueiohuu lusuiicb ui a very uil;u
order."
A Solomon Come to Judgment.
A famous Chicago lawyer oucu had a
singular cuso to settle. A pbysiciuucumu
to him in great distress. Two sisters,
living in thu sumo house, had babies of
equal age, who so resembled each other
that their own mothers were unable to
distinguish them when they weru to
gether. Now it happened thut by the
curelcssucss of the uursus the children
had become mixed, aud how were the
mothers to muke sure that they received
back thuir owu iufaiits? "Hut perhaps,"
' said tho lawyer, "the children weren't
changed ut all. "On, but there s no
' doubt that they weru changed," said the
! pbysiciau. "Are you sure of itf" "Per
j fectly." "Well, if that's tho case, why
dou't you chauge them back again f 1
I don't see any dithculty iu thu cu."
' livstvit (j'uittti.
A SONCJ FOR TWILIGHT.
Uow the winds a-wailing go
Through the sere, forsaken trees I
Now the day is waxing low.
And above the troubled sens
Paint stars glimmer, and the breexst
Hovers, sad with memories.
Now the time to part has come,
What is left for ns to say f
Bhall we wander sad and dumb
Down this garden's leaf -strewn way.
Or by tossing waves and gray
Hand in hand together stray r
'In this garden shall we stand.
In the day's departing light
Here, where first I touched your hand
On that unforgiven niht
When you stood, 'mid roses bright,
iTrenm-ernbodied to the sight
Where we met, Lovo, shall wo part
In this garden shull wo twain.
Mouth to mouth, as heart to heart.
Loving turn, and kiss again
In this garden shall we drain
Love's last bitter-sweet, and pain?
Nay, Love, let us leave this place;
Let us go, Dear, to the beach,
Where In happy summer days,
Bleeping Love awoke to speech ;
And his voice, tho' low, could reach
To the deepast heart of each .
There the sea winds drifting sweet
From some strauge Innd far away,
And the blown waves as they moot
One another In the bay
These together haply may
Hint some word for us to say.
Lot us kiss, then, Dear, and go
Down together to the sea.
We will kiss, Dear, meeting so,
If the days that are to ba
If my heart should then be free,
In you should remember me !
Fhilip If. Marston, in Independent.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Lies at death's door Tho obituary.
Makes noiso enough for two Twins.
Going tho rounds Tho muu climbing
I ladder.
A bird in tho Laud ia not worth two
n a bonnet. Life.
Shadows of a great city Inspector
Byrne's men. Life.
Of course a fisherman knows what his
act income is. Loaell Courier.
Oue of tho barbarisms Toasting
ladies in hot weather. Chicago Liqht.
Ihe West Point cadet defines n kiss as
a report at headquarters. Vitroit Frea
Press.
After all, a tuning fork is merely a
kind of pitch fork. Uinjhamton Jlepub'
lican.
Tho Gallant (humbly) "I nm not
wealthy, Miss Lauras but I " Tho
Beauty "That will do, Mr. Golightly,
No!!" Puck.
Seaside landlords aro preparing to gut
four surplus money if it takes all
summer.
If we had microscopic eyes, beauty
would not bo skin deep. Pittiiiiirg
Dispatch.
Tako n losson from tho strawberry
box. It is never tM. WestUM (JV. J.)
Standard.
A man whose soul is harrowed is not
necessarily a cultured individual. ZAm
ton Herald.
About tho poorest occupation you cau
find is to sit down uud admire yourself.
1 vim's Horn.
Great men nre only ordiuury men with
their hair combed aud their faces washed.
Atchison Ulobe.
Tho best method of kecpiug books
Don't let your friends kuow you havo
wy.Voston rust.
The world would be much bettor thau
It is if meu would live up to thuir obitua
ries. Cu7 Cotl Item.
Thero is one lucky thing about spoiled
children we never havo them iu our owu
family. h'lmira Umette.
The angler first lies iu wait for his
catch, and then lies iu weight of his
catch. Uurrisliurg Tclejiam.
; Tho man who talks iu his sleep is not
as much of a nuisance us tho mau who
sleeps iu his talk. Jioston Courier.
Meu would bo very wise if they could
only learn as much as their boys think
they could teach thuiu. Ham's Horn.
The baseball umpire hasn't much of a
reputation as a duelist, although he Is al- '
ways calling men out. Hlmira llazitte.
What a wheelman most ilrouds is ris
ing ground, especially thu kind that rises
up and strikes him cu tho top of thu head.
Detroit Free Press.
If you waut a thing well done, do it
yourself geuerully; but when it conies
to sewing on a button you hud belter
ask your wife. Someroillc Journal.
Society Note: The groom's, present to
tho bride was a huudsomu diamond
brooch, besides many other beautiful
things in cut glass. h'lmira tlatctte.
Ouo of Dr. Howard Crosby's charac
teristic puns was his translation jf "In
vino Veritas," which hu Englished us
"Braudy peaches." XaoXork Jiidcjiciil
snt. "My social instincts are always very
strong," said the policeman. "It gives
me intense satisfaction to meet somu
good clubablu fellow." Waihinyl on
Post.
Smith was about to die, and was mini
about it. "Let mo place your heal
lower ou the pillow, ileir," t-aid .Mrs.
Smith, gently. "Say!" said Mr. Smith,
faintly, "who's doing this dying, you or
irJtd.je.
A Matter of Taslo: "Say, barber,"
said tho victim to the arlUt, "you aro
using a different brand of shaving soap
thau you u.-md last week.'' "Why do you
think sof" "It tastes different." -Vc
York litcrhr,
"I haven't hud uu outing for two
years," complained Mrs. J.iysmit Ii.
"That's too bud," replied her husband
sympathetically. "I'll look at the .e I
vertisiueuts and see it' thero isn't a lito
excursion to a iulu of lots you cau go to
to iluy." Waip.