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VOL. XXIV. NO. 18. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20, 1891. SL50 PER ANNUM.
A Tonncssco paper predicts Hint cot
ton wui got down to five conts s pound
in another year or two, if we go on pro
ducing big crops.
1 "An Increase of 150,000 pooplo in ten
years la not bo bad for a State which
has had so much troublo over paying its
dobt at Virginia has," thinks tho Wash
Ington Star. .
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HATES OF ADVEHTI9IWO.
m Sqaar, a Inch, on Inaertloa s lot
Oa Sqoare, on Inch, on month tt
Ob Sqturo, Inch, thr months. I tt
Oa Sqaar, a Inch, on year t tt
Two Square, on year ft
Qurter Cornma, o 7r tttt
Ball Column, on rar .. t at
Oa Colaaa, oa rar ... Mttt
Ufa! tdrrtlMnt ta eU MT U teak m
Mrtioa.
V arrlafe ud death notlcea gratis.
All kill for roarly aWertlM mpnt eollctd
or If. Temporary adrerUiemeriU must ft pal la,
adraae.
Ja work tail a dell Tory.
Tho Chilian war has had a vory tori
out effect on the English hntmakers who
supply tho majority of tho Chilians. The
latter have boon so busy fighting that
they have had no time to attend to their
sombreros.
ine Massachusetts Legislature has
passed a law prohibiting tho erection of
buildings over 185 foot in height above
the street, except in the case of grain
elovators, .sugar refineries, steeples,
towers, and purely ornamental struct
ures. Tho Belgian Government has issued
an order forbidding all freight traffic on
tho State railroads on Sundays and the
great festival days. On these days no
goods are to be received except perish,
ablo articles, which are to bo conveyod
by fast trains.
The Emperor of Japan has declared
himself an enemy of duelling. In a re
cent docreo he ordered that every man
who accptcd a challenge should bo fined
heavily and imprisoned from six months
to two y oars. Any ouo who causes a
duel is subject to tho same law. Insult
ing a man who has declined to fight on
the field of honor is also punishable
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As stated In a rcpott of the British
Board of Trade, tho United States sent
to British ports in 1890 504,391 cattlo
and 884,046 sheep, whilo Canada sent
83,588 cattle and 121,309 sheep. This
n enormous increase in trade since
18717,, in which year the United States
exiioffted to British ports 11,523 cattle
antfl I'd,!" sheep, aud Canada 7630 cat-
tluja-d 10,275 sheep,
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yiyJ,mca doctors aro becoming to
nmif rous in Eng'un(l tl"t there is com
P 'tion or t'10 nPP'utmonts in hos
7'j pitals. When the Government decided
to supply women doctors in tho hospitals
lor alohammcdun women, thcro was a
call for a limited number of women
pbysicians. So many applied for tho
position, declares tho Now York AJcer
titer, that it will bo a serious task to
select from tho number.
WATCHINO FOR THE MORNINO,
When the shadows gather,
And the night grows doep,
And the weary eyelids
Cannot close in sleep;
'Mid these hours of sadness,
With their solemn warning,
Come that song of gladness,
"Watching for the morning.'1
When the morning clouds spread,
O'er the azure sky,
And the howling wild winds
Tell the storm is nigh;
When the stnrs all vanish,
Erst the heavens adorning,
Hope the gloom will banish,
"Watching for the morning."
WheD disease has stolen
Strength and cheer from tliee;
And the careworn spirit
Writhes in agony;
In the hour of sorrow,
Startled by its warning;
Comfort thou canst borrow,
"Watching for the morning."
Years are gliding onward;
Ab, how fast they fly 1
Wasting Is life's fountain.
It will soon run dry.
Death be cannot harm thee
Tread on death with scorning;
Brightest visions charm thee,
"Watching for the morning."
Though the shadows gather,
And the night grows deep.
And the weary eyelids,
CloBe in death's long sleep;
Through that night of sadness,
With its solemn warning,
Conies the song of gladness,
"Watching for the morning."
Watching, watching, watching I
Lord, how long, how long?
When shall break the shadows?
When burst forth the song?
Haste, tf Mossed daybreak,
With tby bright adorning;
Lot the joyous lay wake,
"Morningl Lo! The morning!"
D. D. T. McLanghlin, in Independent.
easiest chair he could find, and amused
himself by looking over a pilo of ex
changes on a desk at hand. Presently
this began to bore him, and lie began
rummaging about the room. It was
seldom that he was in tho lower office
alone, and he amused himself by climb
for the copy is all In. I think h it
writina to you upstairs to come back.
and he doesn't know you are hero al
, ready,"
"If he will only say he was wrong,
ana bsk my lorglveness," the; woman
muttered. innWInrr nt. nt tTin vn,ln nf
intf Up On a high Stool, and takintr a port the natterincT rain. Tlmn !. .inri.,1
and ibk and scribbling on some of the seemingly unaware of the boy's pres-
oince paper. ence. "But I mustn't ask too much. I
"I can do this, when I am one of the was in thn wrnnrr . ,.h . h.
oddytors," he chuckled to himself. "Now I tell vou what to do" .air,
Just then he heat.. . one comlnc Swincsev. with nacremou, int t
ill, th..).U .1 1 ..... l ... ... ' . "
r .....,.., D.ljr ,IU mm in nt me tniB into my nanus, we 11 nx it up all
uuur ui me ouice. tie raised nis noad right,
unu iookou over me nestc, and saw a
woman standing there, She had a very
palo face, but was very handsome. She
looked at the boy wearily.
"is the editor in?" shu asked,
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
: THE CROW AS A PET BIRD.
"Well, that depends," laid SwlDosev.
still scribbling vigorously, and looking
up uetween oaos at the white paper be
fore him. "Which one do vou want to
see?"
The woman sighed wearily, aud then
said, with an effort, "Mr. Griswold."
" am very sorry." -beiran the bov.
hitching his stool a little forward, and
grabbing his cap off, and laying it care
fully down before him, "but he is very
TTi . . .
ins eyes suonc, and ne toon a
few steps forward, with his small hands
clasped together and his face raised hope
fully toward the woman. "You let
me go upstairs and sort of prepare
him. I'll not say who wants to see him,
but I'll just give him a hint. And then
you go up aud surprise him; and if you
look at him and smile, and if you tell him
you are sorry, I don't think he would
send you away; now, do you?"
The womau looked down at the lad,
and smiled sadly at him. Sho could not
help being amused at his eagerness to
help her and tho lonely man upstairs.
lie seemed to divine what she was
thinking of, for he said, "Oh, you
busy very jusy indeed and gave orders mustn't think I am dinninir mv flmrnr in.
that ho was not to be disturbed. If there to something that ain't my business, for
is anything I can do" and ho paused I should liko to hear him tni, ... v.. i,i
expectantly. a long time aao: andbesides.it is not
"Nothing," she replied, and sat down riirht for
, , . ' I o w num. uu T. . I
In a tl,ai n.m. ,l.n n. : i,ur!ii I . . . 1 .. r J
. -.. ,ud niuuuw, --,,iu yuu i you ana nun are.
iieuse vou mm a may is waiting to seo
uim wncn no is at nuertyt'
The woman laughed nervously. "I
don't think you had better moddie", after
all," she said. "You may be a very
bright boy, but it might make him. angry
to think I had allowed "
"t never set up to be bright," said
Bwipescy, in an injured tone. "If I was
Now the office-boy scarcely knew
what to do. He did not exactly care to
go up stairs on an errand like that: it
would ruin his dicnitv. after tho re
marks he had already made. Besides, the
editor was in a nasty tompcr, and might an entire stranger he miffht not like It:
. , j """"mug. uui, ueing on tne Bean, wny, it's entirely
if disturbed. The speaking-tube there different see?"
was his salvation I He jumped from the The woman laughed again, and then
high stool and yelled tho messaao up. asked. "Whnt d
There was no reply, but it answered "Well, you sit right down in that
every purpose, and he turned to the lady chair again, and I'll run upstairs. I'll
and said : "Very good ; he will see you not bo gone but a minute, and then I'll
when ho is not busy, but you may have come back for you."
to wait. .... Bof ore she could say a word to stoD
TH R ST A PI7 HI? TUP DD innc h J , , t,Mm. tbf Bwipescy h!m, he had whisked out of the room,
XUJ2iOlAi4 Vb IIUj JjRIGGS- hdBl;eu h, lady face to face, and he and she heard him going up the stairs
VILLE "BUGLE."
BT WILLIAM EAKLK BALDWIN,
Mr. Bernard Bsrgoois was startled. Ho
jumped visibly, and nearly dropped a
-uU.,.. i lypone was taking from a
galley to the form on the imposing
----- -- ."wuiimuum witn the dig
nity of the foreman of tho mechanical
department of the Briggsvillo Jiicge to
ose his self control in this way, and he
looked around uueasilv n. . nir.. j
1 , , . "'"; imireu
... v u.:nr uy sniggered and mad
a whispered remark to another composi
, , ,uuu muy lOOKCd at i m .1
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IUU I1UU.
What mnrin tha fr-
whistle from tho speoking tubo not fur
maiicii a uuie, anu looicea at neracain. two stens at a timn hi, .ii.,i
Then he put his hands behind him and and looked down and watched the peo
stared at the floor for a moment. "I pie passing.
know tt'lin vnn nrn " 1, n mniA 1 mi ., ....
. !""" men owipesey was back with a cor-
"You are his wife. I dial encouraging; "Come along. I've
a ua nuuiim iuukvu up ouiciciv ana
raised one of ber hands to her forehead.
bhe soemod a bit dazed, and asked, in a
IV.. lt,n. 1 C . , ,
" "j ma. vuuviuuuu owipesey tnat sno I now.
scarcely knew what she said, "How did best.
you know?" Swipesey threw open the door saying,
"Ikutiwi I guessed I I put two and "Here she is, sir."
two together, and I know more about The old man v. .,ihi,n w- i..
the old man than the rest of the people; laid aside the type-writer for the pen,
and do you know, if you will let mo say and he kept on for a moment. Then he
it, I think you haven t treated him looked up in a bewildered way, threw
ho said presently.
,n ,'lt . I I! 1 .. ... .. w
up nmtiviji buu uxeu it. no il seo you.
And they went up the stairs un into
tho office, which had become quite dark-
ana was but a cheerless place at
rmlit,
The woman flushed, and looked at the
boy angrily.
"Uou t get mad ubout It," he advised
The New York Adocrtiter observes:
Italy's "fatal gift of beauty" has brought
upon hor many woes. Whcthur it was
California's fatal gift of her "glorious
climate" that brought down upon her
those fatal hordes of Chiueso we cauuot
toll. But her woes never end, it would
seem. Backed by Federal legislation,
she is on the poiut of stemming tho tido
of Celestial immigration. But now wo
learn that the Japancso havo found her
out. There aro now said to be 6000
Japs in California; a number soon to riso
to 20,000.
uunu nis pea, ruouea nis eyes, sprang
up, and with a bound was across tho
room. "Grace I" was all he said.
And Swipesey smiled in a self-satis-fled
sort of way, and closing the door,
left them alone. And when the editor
came down stairs Into tho lower office a
half-hour later, with a shining, happy
look in his eyes, ho found Swipesey sit
ting in tho chair, with his feet high up
thm,r,1,t l, .. 07 " , . . J . - uu tuo uesK and lis hat tilted on the
dcrstood, and taking off his aiiron we - l V? T " nCn Vou back of his hcad. buri P in tUo
into the hallway. From anTdini, there. He never said a folds of a newspaper. P
room he heard 'tho click C .? -b Z V ul? ,H ." P , Cox," he
writnr. nt mfArwu ....-a." . rf ,v ""' r u wuuuu two
a Rrftllfiv tiv.ntr.,,. T -. -.1 A. . ,1
intrmia i r i , , nuu my who. i wane everybody on
frnm Ilia onr IT Ai.b - .. . I
obrv the summon. .Vi " ber, in a fatherly way. "I mind my
T'l" bu3i-- . "you two people
first made him glne his mH V ' C.. . . to. " ,s lo. maK? UP 8nrt. 8to.P
and bawl backT ..Iiiii "c """ paused, with a judicial air,
"Come into mv ,o, - .. "ow .dld yu knW thisl" tho wo-
tou understnn,! " "" U0U 1 maQ askeo- "Doe. Mr. Griswold make
Mr. Bernard Itorrmni. tK....,,. 0 cu?Ja"' of an oIHce boy?"
Flexible cast-iron is now.
taper wheels increase in popularity.
Freshly powdofed charcoal is an ex
cellent absorbent of foul gasos.
A Pittsburg house will supply tho ma
chinery for an iron works at Hid Janoiro,
lirazil.
Tho first overhead trolley road in Eng
land is to be built in Leeds bv the
Thomson-Houston company.
A mathematician has discovered that
a bicycler can travel fifteen miles over a
good road on his wheel with less cxer- I
tion than he can walk three miles.
A six horse-power electric motor will '
opcrato the draw of tho new Harvard i
bridge at Boston. This is said to be tho
first application of electricity to work of
this kind.
Now York parties have been buying
wild marsh hay at Jefferson, Wis., and
will experiment with it for tho manufac
ture of a cheap but superior articlo of
binding twine.
The band saw is fast superseding tho
circular saw for all kinds of work. Tho
latest application is made by he tulors,
who are using it with great success for
cutting cloth.
A German professor has discovered a
curious gaseous compound, mado up of
oxygen and hydrogen. It dissolves
metals, and, with silver and morcury, it
forms powerful explosives.
A new idea in ratchet-drills is a tool
that will work in both directions, thus
saving one-half of the time consumed iu
tho use of tho ordinary ratchets. The
mechanicism is very simple.
A number of private residences iu
Boston havo been fitted up with eleva
tars operated by electric motors. The
elevators carry two or three passengers,
and the apparatus is said to be simple
and compact.
There are about 105 women to every
100 men ; one quarter of the population
of tho world die before the age of seven
teen years; only ono in 1000 lives to bo
100 years old, and only six iu 1000
reach seventy-five.
.excessive moisture or tuo Hand lb a
disagreeable trouble for which tho fol
lowing is said to be a remedy : Tinc
ture of belladonna, half an ounce; eau de
cologne, four ounces. Hub it upon the
hands several times daily.
The death of Albert Hamm, the great
oarsman, at the age of thirty-one, revives
the question, of the healthfulncss of ath
letics. Hamm's death was the result of
hemorrhage of the lungs, aud it "is be
lieved that overtraining caused it.
Slate is extensively used for electric
switch boards, and nlthough it is liable
to fracture, yet an electric construction
company recently drilled 12,000 quarter
inch holes in a slab five-eigths of an inch
thick and containing but twenty-twc
square feet of surface.
A Liverpool man has invented an elec
tric organ with many novel features.
He does away with stop-knobs, a touch
of the button inBtantly putting the stop
in or out of operation. By tho action
of tho "transposing switch" the music
as it is being played may bo transposed
to a higher or lower key by the action of
the electric current.
IT CAN BE TAUGHT TO TALK BET
TEB THAN THE F ABBOT.
Tho recent outburst against tho Prince
OI Wales is, says London Truth, proof I
, positive that loyalty in the old scuso of
tho word has ceased to exist. The
Queen is respected as a woman, but not
as tho descendant of a lino of Kiugs.
The monarchy rests upon the fragile basis
of the good conduct of the occupant of
the throno. As a priuciplo it has already
disappeared. It has bocomo a mere ques
tion of expediency whether we shall have
a King or do without ouo. KinirKliin
o r
will last out my time, but it is doomed
TVI.4l T1 , , ,,. .
uciuur .ungiauu win gee on uottcr or
worse for being a ' republic, I do not
know; but a republic England is likely
to become before fifty ycurs have ex
pired.
. writer, nt intervals with
"plunk 1" and then with brief
I sions or silence. II0 hesitated before
1 KD0ki,11,? at "l0 cIoscd doori tor when
me -om man used his machine that way
: ' "v ""u uiut no was in a
bad temper.
I And tho "old man" was in a bal tom-
per when Mr. Bernard Bergeois mustered
l --"uKii courage to luce him. His
eyes gleamed through a pair of gold
bowed spectacles, and his hair, which
was turning gray, was rumpled over his
forehead. He gave the tnrdir form. .
reprimand for his slowness, aud then made
areolar mat quite upsotMr. Bernard
Bergeois. "Send everybody home," ho
Slid. '
"l don t thiuk I onltn
it is but a
ago, when ho bought tho paper, that ono
day some one was iu the office and asked
him about you. He all to once became
very cool, and said, in nn uneasy wav.
that you were in Californy for your
health. And one day I was cleaning up
his desk, and I found a picture there
your picture. I put It back where I
fouud it; and ono night when I had to
come back to the offico with some copy
m icuve ior me compositors to begin on
la tho morning, I fouud him in the
dark at his desk, sittiug there and cry
ing, with the picture in his hand. Ho
didn't know I saw him, but I did just
the same. And that's why I am sorry
for htm ; I had never seen a man cry be
fore. And when he's cross and hard
with us people about tho oftico, I know
he ain't really that way. but that tho
The Goveriimunt of ftnain hit. rrmntn,!
I want to introduce to two merchant in A
exclusive privilege, for tea years, of ex
porting from tho province of Angola a
new industrial prouuet invented by them
and extracted from a common tubercule,
which has not yet been scientifically
classified for aay industrial purpose.
The product is to be applied to the tan
ning of hides.
said, joyously.
you to my wife. I want
the paper to know her."
"I suppose so," said tho bov. discon-
tentedly. Hut then, ho added, in his
imputent way: "You needn't interduce
me to her. She aud me knows each
other already." Uarper't Weekly.
Speed or an Earthquake.
Tho course which an earthquake runs
is usually very rapid. From the instant
when the first shock was Jelt at Lisbon
to tho period when all was over, and
nearly 30,000 people killed, not more
than two minutes had elapsod. Usually
from teu to thirty seconds elapse be
tween tho first and last shocks of severe
carthnuakn. Tint. ri,ia HrrlitniMr 1
ir ' ritr,i t uvimuuu, iu. auu wuou ne s cross and bard . ,., ..8u.u.Uii
sir, faltered the foreman. "It is l.i.t with i i. .v. ... t , not always the earthouake's modn Af
little after 4 o'clock." hn ZSZZZ "Z7 , ".V traveling. While Caruca in Venezuela
"That makes no dim.,,,, r-.. T J , . lu'" luu was almost tofnllv nW,,i ..,i 10 o,.
i,. , juu ijiu urives uun 10 11, ana tie is trviucrto . J J
hear? Send everv one au t...... I ,, .. ',u 10 neoule we killm! in 1.. tv...n .
- j ui ijciu iurL-b uiidut everyiuinff. 1 ' . ----- ,.ju,.jr
hoy. That's plain
Thirty thousand tons, or two thousand
carloads, of staff will bo used iu the con
struction of the maiu buildings of the
Exposition at Chicago. It has been de
cided that all of tho buildiugs will bo
faced with this material. Stuff was lu
reuted iu France about 187b", aud first
used in the buildings of tho Paris Expo
sition in 1878. It is composed chiefly
of powdered gypsum, the other constit
uents being alumui, glycerins and dex
trine. These are mixed with water
without heat, and cait in molds iu any
desired shape and ullowed to harden.
The natural color is a murky whito, but
other colors are produced by external
i washes, rather than by additional ingre
dients. To prevent brittleuess the ma-
terial is cast arouud a coarse cloth, bag
I fe'i"R or oukum. Tho casts aro shallow
j like, and about hulf au inch thick. They
umy 08 ia auy form iu imitation of cut
t atone, rock, faced stoi in. ninMilirra tw
I the most delicate designs. For the low-
r portions of tho walls the material is
uixed with cement, which makes it hard,
taff is impervious to water, and is a
iruianent buiMinir material. iilthi.U 'li
cost is less thau oue-tenth of that or
i ble or granite.
except my office
enough, isn't it?"
Kyery now nod then tho "old man"
jo.uu ausentiy strike a key with his
fingor, and then look up aud jerk out a
few words.
"But thcro are five columns to set "
began the bewildering forinan.
"Come earlier in the nmrnw
I don't want anybody around' now!
caa 'nan write with thoso presses
out there making such an everlasting
noise, ana you people iu the composing
room giggling and making such a
rucaei 1 t ny don t you have better dis
cipline out there?"
Mr. Bernard Bergeois had no answer
ready. Ho was quite nouplussed.
Never before in the course of his profes
sional career had he received such an or
der as this. "Send evcrjody home!"
Was the "old man" going insane! Did
he not know that to-morrow was publi
casion day!
"I here are five colums
again.
"Send your five columns to tho deuce !"
interrupted the other, furiously. 'I
don't care whether there are five columus
or fifty, so long as every ono of you gets
out of here. Send me my ollice-boy!"
Now the office-boy, who, by-the-way,
was named Cox, but who was known to
his intimate friends as "Swipesey," was
much more pleased with the orders ho
had received thun the worthy foreman.
He wont down into the lower office and
sat in an easy-chair, with his feet 011 tho
uesa. in irout ot him, and watched the
oiuur employes me out with
air.
1 he began
everything.'
Tho office-boy told, all this in a crave
manner, and his quietness evidently im
pressed itself on the woman in his favor.
for sho Buid nothing, and allowed him to
go on.
'Sometimes I would see in tho other
papers that 'Mrs. Griswold, wife of
Editor Griswold, of the Briggsvillo Un
file, is in Santa Barbara for her health,'
aud then you would be in Tacoma uud
all sorts of places; but he uover spoke of
juu iu ins paper, ana you never came
here. I havo heard talk, too, of a quar
rel you two had, and of course I have
have surmised that something was
wrong. I don't know what separated
you, or why you left him, or he you, aud
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seconds by the creat shock of 1812.
there are cuses in which constantly re
curring shocks havo lasted for weeks.
No odds how brief tho span, the most
frightful havoc can be wrought, and the
wave of destruction propagated from the
most distant regions. Tho rumbling
earth sounds travels at tho rate of about
10,000 to 11,000 feet per second, and
the earth wave, on au average, about
1200 feet in the same space of time.
St. Louit ltepulic.
A Bnuk Messenger's Duty.
"When we get to tho bank Iu the
morning," said a bank messenger to a
reporter, "tho first duty is to onen all
it isn t any of my business ; but now you letters and take chure of drafts on citv
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iiujju you win iiieu we eiurt out and present
Orijiu of the Grossbeak.
There has always been a dispute in
regard to tho pretty grossboaks which
have visited this city ia largo flocks
nearly every winter for ten or twelve
years post. It has been claimed that
they originated from a number of the
birds of this species brought here in a
ship from China and turned loose by Mr.
Walter Moffet. Others claim that the
birds are natives of this country, and aro
identical with the evening grossbeak of
the Middle States. Among tho birds
brought over on the Coloma, from Hong
Kong, to be turned loose here, aro a
number of these grossbeaks, which goes
to prove that the theory that the flocks
here originated from birds brought from
China by Walter Moffet is tho true one.
Old residents say that there were no such
birds here in tarly duys. It is scarcely
possible that they have emigiated here
over the liooky Mountains. I'vrtUim
Oregonian.
the Way to Train Them Whllo They
are Young AmuHlng Creatures
mm They Got Older and Wiser.
Crows make very amusing rets for any
one who can put up with their innate
spirit of devilry, and besides that they
can be taught to talk more distinctly
than most parrots, says Nnture'i llealm.
It is a common idea among the country
people that they will not talk unless
their tongues are cut at a certain tender
age. Be that as It may, I havo heard
crows talk excellently that never had
their tongues cut, and some whose
tongues are cut never will talk at all. I
always take my chances without cutting,
and out of nearly a dozen that I havo
owned only two proved void of a bump
01 language.
To be sure of having a good, affec
tionate crow, take him from the nest as
soon after hatching as you can find him.
If he is the first of the brood hatched, all
tho better. How aro you to tell that!
Why, if you find one baby crow
and four eggs in tho nest, does
not that settle the question beyond
dispute? Namo him as soon as you get
home. It is a good plan to have a family
consultation on the subject, for a re
chiistenltig is fatal to tho proper educa
tion of your callow charge. Always call
him by name when you feed him. Ho
will learn his name before ho knows
what feathers are, and respond to it
whenover ho hears it utttercd.
Feed until half fledged on meal nnd
water regular "chicken dough" and
if any "chicken sickness" comes on con
sult the "chicken doctor." In other
words, tho young crow must be raised
on about the same diet as a young chick
on. Feed plenty and feed often. A
crow's nest is tho best thing to keep him
in during his infantile days. If you
haven't one make a substitute. As lie
glows in strength nnd is able to travel
about a little ho needs more variety iu
his food, but bo careful ho docs not
swallow anything that is very salt.
Dump a handful of gravel down his
mouth occasionally and give him min
nows and frogs once in a whilo. Swal
lowing his first livo frog seems to give a
young crow a most agreeable new sensa
tion. Do not be in a hurry about mak
ing him batho.
He will wash himself whenever it is
necessary, and if takon and plunged into
cold water whilo the pinfeathors are full
of blood it may cause him to literally
"catch his death o' cold." As soon us
he is well on the wiug his language les
sons should begin. Shut him up in a
darkened room when well fed, and begin
by whispering the word or phrase you
wish him to learn. If he seems to listen,
icpcat it a little louder, and continue
until he cither grows restless or goes to
sleep. It will bo but a few minutes.
Iiepeat tho same lesson and nothing
elso every time you visit him or pass with
in hearing for a week or ten days, and if
your crow doesn't talk in that time ho j
probably never will.
Generally they will begiu to practico
to themselves tho hrst or second day of
their imprisonment, but onco a word or
phraso is learned others will quickly fol
low. If really talented you can make
your crow appear to answer any ques
tion. For instatico, call his name
gently -and add "What" in a loud,
emphatic tone. Soon, when his name is
called, ho will respond "What" with
just the same emphasis and induction
that he 1ms heard you give. Then,
again, if you say, "It's diuuer-timo"
whenever you feed him, some day ho will
walk into the house hungry nud gravely
announce "It's dinner-time.'
As he growi in years and knowledge
your crow will develop a variety of thiev
ish and amusing tricks too numerous to
mention. He will cultivuto the most
friendly acquaintance with somo peoplo
and show an unaccountable animosity
toward others. Ho will attend you part
way whenever you leavo home, and if
your hours of return aro regular, will
probably meet you at the same spot aud
welcome you exuberantly. Every tune
he fails to do so look for him at once;
he will either be in some utterly entranc
ing bit of mischief or else dead.
BEFORE THE GATE.
They gave the whole long day to idle laugh
ter. To fitful sons and jest,
To moods of soberness as idlo, after, '
And silences, as idle, too, as the rest.
But when at last upon thoir way returning.
Taciturn, late and loath,
fhroufrh the broad moadow in the sunset
burning,
They reached the gate, one fine spoil hin
dered them both.
Her heart was troubled with a subtle an
guish Suoh as but women know.
That wait, ami lest love spoak or speak not,
languish.
And what thoy would, would rather they
would not so;
Till he said manlike nothing comprehend
ing Of all the wondrous guilo
That women won win themselves with, and
bending
Eye of relentless asking on her the
while
"Ah, if beyond this gate tho path united
Our steps as far as death,
And I might open it" His voice, affrighted
At its own daring, faltered under his
breath.
Then she whom both his faith and fear en
chanted Far beyond words to tell,
Feeling her woman's finest wit had wanted
The art be had that know to blunder ,
drew near a little step, and mocking,
"Shall we not be too late
For tear she said. "I'm quit worn out
with walking;
Yes, thanks, your arm. And will you
open the gator"
William Dean Honeils.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
a lordly
"Hope ou have a pleasant time," he
said, politely, to the fluffy-haired com
positor. "We can ruu this offico alone
this afternoon, we can. I write the
eddytoriuls aud sets them up. The old
mail he's wutiug Important letters, and
cant be disturbed. Good afternoon."
Cox made lumself comfortable iu the
have come back to him,
stav with him."
Tho woman looked at Swipesey's in
telligent freckled face, uud saw tho
brightness of his small gray eyes. Sho
was impressed with his red hair and his
snub-nose. And she humored him by
asking, "Is that what you would udviso
mo to do!"
"Certainly," answered tho boy, with
out hesitation. "That's what 1 would
advise you to do."
"But suppose he wants me to come
more thau half way i Suppose, ufter all,
ho doesn't want me to stayi"
"That's all right. I'll fix that. lean
mauago it. He's been waiting for vou ;
long time, I guess, but he's too proud to
tell you to come back to him. He's up
stairs now, writing a letter, aud" hero
Swipesey looked at her brightly "I
thiuk it is to you. Sometimes he has
started letters, which I havo found iu
tho waste-basket turn or partly burned,
beginuiug, 'My dearest wife,' but I
don't think he has ever scut them.
However, that is none of my business.
Uut to-day what do you think he did?
He sent everybody home iu order to be
uloue that ho might write. It was uoth
lug couuected with I he paper, I kuow,
the drafts uud receive in return chocks
or cash. These we bring to the bank
aud deposit. Now couiis tho answeriug
of the mail. This orten requires con
siderable time, and as soon as it is com
pleted we tie it up aud help pack it off
w tne posiomce. we aro ofteu iutrustcd
with large sums of money, but are re
quired to give no bond. Our duties uro
by no means light, as you can seo. I
once carried $100,000 froui the bank to
the Treasury Department in tho Govern
ment building. Ou this occasion I was
guarded by five trusty men, picked by
the bank officers. I did not know who
they were, but they all knew 1110. Every
bank messengers carries a loaded re
volver wheu on tho street." Cincinnati
Tima-tstar.
Facts About the Mooso.
Ia the ZjoUxut Mr. Lockhart, an ex
perienced hunter, gives some interesting
facts about the moose. Tho senses ol
hearing and smelling in the moose are
remarkably acute, and tho animal iu
couching lies with its tail to windward
and eyes to leeward, so that it can scent
an approaching euemy from one side or
see him from the other. When sleepiup
or ruminating, the ears of the moose art
perpetually moving, one forward, the
other backwurd, alternately, like thost
of a horso. Before going to rest thj
moose turns ou its course and lies dowi
near Its trail, so as to be able to hear 01
smell its pursuer before he cornea up with
it.
Unique Carpet for a Church.
A unique carpet is being made for tho
Church of Le C'umr de Jesus, Moutmar
tre, iu Paris, by some Parisian ladies.
It will cost $20,000, and the names of
the workers are to bo embroidered
around the border. The centre repre
sents Moulniai tre, and above are to be
tho arms of the city of Pans. CUicaijn
Timet.
Armadillos In Texas.
A Mr. Culleu, who resides some eit'hi
miles from Austin, Texas, brought into
that city recently an armadillo which ho
captured near his home. Its back ro
somblos that of a tortoise. It has a uost
resembling au alligator or opossum, aud
has long claws which resemblo those ol
a bear. Tho armadillo burrows iu tbt
I ground liko a grouud-hog and is pceuliai
to the South American and Central Am
erican countries, whose iuhabiUuU es
teem it good food. It is rather au odd
find in this couutry, though. Mr. Cul
leu says there are a good mauy of thonj
to be seen ou Williamson Creek, iu thut
couuty Aete Ortean I'icayuiie.
A Brush-Mukiu Machine.
A simple-looking machine for brush
drawing, knot picking, aud trimming
was thown yesterday iu Parlor K of tho
Astor IIouso. Hitherto brushes have
becu mado by hand, and tbt new machiuo
is calculated to save much time. It will
make brushes twice as fast as they cau bo
made by hand. A boy or girl fifteen
years old can ruu it, and it is asserted the
brushes can be drawn more perfectly thau
oy iianu. me niacin no rests ou a table.
A wheel containing tho wire is ruu by a
ireauie.
1 ho wire is carried over to and through
a hollow needle worked by hand, which
is suspended from a support iu front of
tho vise in which the block is placed. A
clamp in tlie handle can be used to draw
iu the material when small work is to bo
done.
Back of the viso are adjustable shears
which can be set for any leugth of brush.
The block is put iu the vise. It remains
there till the brush is complete. The ma
chine was patented last February.
York Timet.
Hurvi'stiuir Frojs.
Frog huutiug in tho swamp districts
of Southern Missouri is getting to he a
lucrative aud importaut industry. The
frogs come mostly from New Madrid
Couuty, where the crop is uow being
harvested. At the French .Market iu
St. Louis last Saturday we saw a pilo of
frogs that would have tilled two barrels.
A half-dozen men with pinchers were
pulling the breeches oil tho green, old,
vrigiual greenbacks. They are esteemed
a great delicacy. limiio Terr (Mv.)
Itfjuter.
j Tho Jesuit order has a total inember
j ahip of 12,JUO,dividod into tweuly-sovcu
provinces.
Even the funny man sometimes gets
out of humor. l)alUi Nem.
The bow legged man has tho bulgo ou
the bicyclo. liinghamton Hepuhlicun.
Venison is sometimes deer at any price,
but oftener it isn't. Elmirn Omette,
No man is ever so hard up that ho
can't ruiso an umbrella. Elmira Gazette.
How to get a woman to keep a secret
Give her chloroform. Texm Sifting:
Should the tclcphono trirl wear "vol-
ler" shoes in summer? liotton tiulletin.
There is a whole world of difference "
bctweca tho North and South poles..
Life.
The proper time for cxperimcntimr
with airships is in fly timo Xeio Orleam
Picayune.
Someone asks: "Who is tho really
happy mau?" Some other raau. Ifeit
York Recorder.
Tho politician who wrote nn open let
ter wishes now that he had kept it closed.
Teta tiiflimjt.
Budgely says tho most difficult part of
a drinking song is tho "rcfruiu." liing
hamton Jiepubliam.
A goose futm has been started in Mich
igan. It will bo managed by a MicUigan
der. Tetat Hitingt.
Wooden "What a funny head that fel
low has." Wagg " Yes. lie's a humor
ist." Button Courier.
1 A mau's idea of being good to a woman
is to give her opportunities to bo good to
him Atchison Ulobe.
Husband "Do you suppose that you
could dress on $10 a yoarf" Wife "I
could, but I can't" Loicell Citiien.
A man who will lie for himself with
out hesitation will recoil with horror
from lying for you Atchison (JUe.
"And she rejected you?" "Sho did."
"By Jupiter! And yet they suy that wo
men have no tense. " Neie York l'reu.
"How contagious tho gentleman bo
hind the but is," said u Boston girl at
the base-ball match. Washington Star.
"Papa says Mr. Blamjue is a promis
ing young man." Her Sister "Ho is,
iudted; he's engaged to six L'irls!"
Life.
Maud "I'd hate to think that you'd
throw yourself at Fred." Mamie "Why
not? He's a good catch." Brooklyn
Life.
Ouo troublo about unpleasant peoplo is
that it generally seems impossible for
thum to get out of tho way Milwau
kee Journal,
Batley (iu history exam.) "They say
that history repeats itself. Ah! if it
would but repeat itself to me!" Har
vard Latnioon.
If tho small boy who runs away to go
swimming doesn't muke a cleau breast of
it while he's iu the water he won't wheu
ho gets out Buffalo Expreu.
Wheu Edison's kiuetograph comes luto
general ute, we shall at least bo ablo to
see what that sweet-voiced operalor at
tho Ceutral office really louks liko
Life.
Thatcher "Nixon seems liko a dull
sort of fellow. Does ho ever crack a
joke?" ISoxtou "llus to always.
Can't seo into it if ho doesn't."
Kate EUh.'t Wathinjlon.
Maiumu "Now, Pussio, you must go
to nurse and tell her to put you to bed;
it's past 8 o'clock. 1'U'sie "No. Mum
mie, dear, it isn't; cook has jut told
me it is only half p.ist." Eun.
It is so perplexing to bo told that a
married muu lias been relca-ed from his
suffering ut last you cau never tell
whether it is the muu himself who has
died, or his wilo. ErcmleiMatt.
Your sou has been graduated i"
"Yes." "Now tiio ouestiuu is. will I...
bo able to make ins kuuwlodgo useful,
to impart it to others" "1 gllcsS so'
Ho has boifuii to imiKirt it to
Bolivar (uu eutliusiastio advocate of
cremation)"! wrote the Crematiou
Company last week asking tliuui to tile
my lurmal application to bo cremated."
Van Dyke "Ab! Did you reueivu a ,a.
ply?" Bolivar "Oh, yes. They told
luo to come early uud avoid the iu,li '
Brooklyn Lije.