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Nobank can horwiitor be established
n Canada with less than $250,000 can
ita!. 1
. A crusado against high buildings hos
boon Inaugurated by the Chicago Real
atnt Board.
1
Tbo cruiser Bennington was storm-
tested off Capo Hutteras, and found,
congratulates Once a Wech, to bo all that
wo claim for her a fast and seaworthy
gun-boat thnt neither tempest nor wavo
can flisconccrt.
The Canadians oro troubled becauso
tho exodus to this sido takes the bost ele
ment of tho population. It is believed
the census of last year will show more
than a million Canadians in tho United
States, or ono-fifth of tho population of
Canadu.
' Professor Thomas E. Edison's latest
uggestlon is tho most stupendous, thinks
the Washington Star, of any ho has
made. Ho says that by surrounding a
mountain of maguotic oro with wire, it
would bo possible to hoar Bounds from
tho sun. It would be going to a good
deal of trouble, adds the Star, merely for
the sako of hearing a loud noiso.
The underground system of eloctrio
railways In London will bo Imitated in
Paris, and probably in Now York. This
system, maintains tho Boston Trantcripl,
solves tho problem of rapid transit. Tho
cost of running is only sovon cents a
mile. By a new process tho tunneling
can bo done very cheaply. It is pro
dieted that underground railways will
become practicablo in cities of a hundred
thousand inhabitants.
Tho pcoplo of Iceland are the latest to
be alToctod by tho general spirit of dis
content that pervades Europe, observes
tho Philadelphia llecord. Numbers of
thorn have within tho last few years set
tled in Manitoba, and it is now said that
thero will bo a large immigration to
.Alaska. Tho Icelanders ha vo long been
striving to Becuro autonomy in their
homo affairs, but so far tho mother
country, Denmark, has refused them a
fuller measure of legislative power.
n 1 tt nr ; . 1
vnarics u. -uouro, a prominent lum
berman ol Galrcstou, Texas, eontcm.
platos, it is said, the shipping of a huge
raft of logs from Galveston to London.
IIo thiuks thero is less risk in this trip
than in shipping from St. Johns, Now
Brunswick, to New York. Old sea cap
tains assure him that his plan is entirely
fcasiblo. It is proposed to build tho raft
in three sections, firmly lashod and
spiked together. It will bo composed
of yellow pine for building purposes.
Tho London Financial Timtt places
tho European wheat crop at 1,008,000,
000 bushols ibis year, a decrease of 203,
000,000 bushels from 1890. It esti
mates the net docreaso in the wheat crop
of the world at 78,000,000 bushels. The
net requirements of importing countries
aro put at 467,000,000 and tho suiplus
of exporting countries at 390,000,000
bushels. It concludes that the deficit in
wheat, as well as tho larger deficit in tho
ryo crop, must be made up by imports of
coru and provisions from America.
The following scutenco from a letter
from ono of our friends in West Africa,
remarks the Now York Observer, shows
how soiuo of our missionaries live: "I
thiuk it would greatly ndd to our lives
aud strength to have fresh meat ouce
in two mouths instead of once iu two
years, as has been about tho average
siuco we came to Africa." This state
ment was made iu view of the fact that
there is now a better prospect of securing
a supply of animal food at ICamondongo.
Such provision ia most desirable, aud
we are happy to learn that it can prob
ably be met.
Notwithstanding tho improved me.
chauical prrecautions, t'ao greater skill of
employes, and tho closo inspection
which corporations, in their own iuterest,
are bound to muiuuiu, tho frcqueucy of
railway ucoideuts is said to be increasing
in this country. Tho long series of
serious wrecks this summer is strong
evidence of tho trutU of this statouiuut.
A fact which must work to thut end is
the deterioration of roadbeds. Ono of
tho disasters which occurred ou Western
railroads this summer was manifestly duo
to the iusecuro condition of tho rails.
Tho railway authorities of tho State iu
which it occurred notified tho officers of
the corporation that they must see to it
that tho road was properly repaired, or
forfeit their franchise. Tho railway
compauy'a officers replied that the road
did not pay and therefore did noj
warrant them iu makiug the expenditures
neccstary to keep it in good physical
condition, which was tantamount to an
acknowledgment thut tho road had not
been kept in a condition tit for use. This
is no doubt an isolated case, but it is ,
probable that many railways constructed
iu this country during tho last twenty
years are getting to that wheio repairs
lite necessary.
H OREST
VOL. XXIV. NO.
WHEN THE LEAVES TORN RED.
There Is a purple peacofulneM that covers
nature's features.
I Like a many-colored-bed-quilt o'er a baby's
trundle bed,
Nature covers all us children, nervous, tired
little creature,
Mervous, tired little children, whether
princes, popes, or preachers;
When the leaves turn rod.
And she spreads her gaudy bed-quilt, all
aglow with golden glory,
For she knows 'twill please her children and
decoy them oft to bed,
They drift oft In their gorgeous cribs, like
babies In a dory,
Down through misty, hasy valleys that we
read about In story;
When the leaves turn red,
A balm that's full of sleepiness envelops hill
and river.
An air that's full of sweet content o'er all
the earth is spread;
We know we dream, and yet we pray to bo
awakened never,
For 'tis the prayer of every soul to dream
right on forever;
When the leaves turn rod.
S. TV. Fobs, in Yankee Blade.
A COUiNTRY GIRL.
BY GENEVA MAHCtt.
"Thero aro lots of pretty girls around
here. You've come just in time."
The speaker was Jerome Wallace. IIo
and his friend Clinton Munroe, rat smok
ing in the room of the former, at the St.
Nicholas Hotel, a fashionnblo resort
among tho picturesque hills of Colorado.
"You ought to know, as you came a
week ago," repliod Munroo. "Are any
of our set here?"
"None, except Miss Fortesque. 1 re
ferred to tho girls of tho neighbor
hood." "The country gills! Bahl Milkmaids
and farmers' daughters, and tho liko.
lilowsy creatures, with waists liko bar
rels, great red hands, and feet as big and
heavy as sledge-hammers. Thanks, none
of them for mel"
"Shi" said his iriend, speaking in a
whisper. "Not so loud. The partitions
between these Western hotel rooms aro
very thin. Miss Fortesque's room is next
to this, and, if I'm not mistaken, I saw
some of thoso very girls go in thero a
whilo ago."
Munroe was a gentleman notwith
standing his coxcombry, so ho lowered
his voice also as he replied :
"Sorry, 'pon honor, if they heard.
Wouldn't do anything to hurt their feel
ings for the world. 1 suppose they have
feelings, you know."
"Wait till you become acquainted with
somo of these girls before you speak so
impudently of them," said Wallace, se
verely. "There's Judge Ilorton's
daughter. IIo was in Congress for
several years, and she spent her winters
in Washington. She's as fresh as a
pink, and bright as a diamond; rides
supcibly; rows liko a Harvard or Yolo
Etroke oar; dances divinely; sings "
"Spare me, spare me!" cried Munroo,
affecting to stop his ears. "I know just
the sort of thing you mean. Goes
blustering about in a mau's hat and
jacket, apes all sorts of men's sports,
talks in a mau's voice, and has a mus
tache almost as thick as a toothbrush.
A woman has no business with physical
exercise. It's the fad of tho age. A
Fifth avenue belle is the ouly woman tit
for our class."
"You don't men' what you say,"
answered Wallac .if angrily. "You'ro
not such an absc ..te fool."
The next day the two friends rctu.niug
from a walk up the mountain sido found
themselves in tho valley, whero a clear,
crystal stream here and thero starred
with water lilies flowed between wooded
banks. Suddenly they beard the quick
sound of oars, and the next inomcut there
shot into sight arouud a bend a small
boat. The only occupant was a young
lady, a beautiful one, too, who sent her
fairy skiff skimming aloug with a grace
and ease that made it seem really alive.
She remained in sight only a few minutes,
then disappeared around another bend,
coming and going liko a swallow in its
flight. Wallace, however, during that
brief space, recognized an acquaintance,
and removed his hat deferentially with a
low bow. Sho answered with a brief
smile aud a nod, then was gone.
"A modern water nymph, by Jove!"
cried Munroo. "Beats tho old Greek
ones all hollow. Who is she? Somo
Eastern girl, I suppose."
"That returned Wallace, gravely, "is
one of the girls of the neighborhood
of whom you mado fun yesterday, you
remember."
Munroe gave a long whistle.
"Oh! Miss Ilortou," he exclaimed;
"if she's a specimen of your country girls
I take back ail I said. Are there any
mors like her?"
"Plenty," replied Wallace, "but this
is not Judge Ilorton's daughter. This
is Miss Nannie White. Her father owns
a farm in the valley. A farmer's daugh
ter, you seo."
Muuroo gave auother long whistle, but
said nothing further.
That night there was a bop at the
hotel, aud Clir.tou Muuroc, in a perfect
evening costume, was to bo seen danc
ing with Miss White, not ouce only, but
every time sho would permit bim.
"It really seems one of those cases,"
said Miss Fortesque, "so rure iu this
seltish world, of love at first sight, and I
congratulate you, my dear," she said,
turning mischievously to Miss White,
who just then came up. Miss Fortesque
was a few years older, and had a way of
saying what sho chose. "ilu is uude
niably handsome, beside being a mil
lionaire." "Dear me," demurely replied Miss
"White; "you frighten 1110. To thiuk
that this grand Sultan should condescend
to throw his haudkerchief to poor me,
who am ouly a country girl."
Miss Fortesque looked at her sharply.
"So you overheard that speech of his,"
she said. "1 hoped you hadn't, for
Cliuton Munroe, with ull his dudishue&s,
id at heart a gooiTfellow."
"But thiuk of hh) having to associate
28. TIONESTA,
with blowsy, red-handed, sledge-ham-tncr-footed
girls," answered Miss Whito,
with a gay laugh. "Nay! having oven
td dance with them. I wonder if I
would crush his dainty foot if I had
chanced to tread upon it iu that last
waltz," and as though to emphasize tho
idea sho put out for an instant tho small
est and prettiest slipper imaginable.
"You aro making fun, and I won't
talk to you any more," replied her
companion, with a gravo affectation of
reproof. "Speaking rationally, I don't
know what our cities would do If thoy
were not recruited from the country.
Most of our prettiest womon had mothers
or grandmothers born on the farm, and
to that they owe thoir health and good-.
looks, for the two aro substantially syn
onymous. A vast majority of our
leading lawyers, clergymen, physicians,
and merchants were country lads. But
fortunately every city gentleman is not
like Clinton Munroo. You don't find
Mr. Wallace disparaging tho countrv. dd
your'
A deep blush rose and spread over
Sliss AVhite's face till it dyed even the
tips of her small shell-like cars. Shd
waved her fan before her faco nerviouslv.
out ihibs r ortesque nau noted tno blush,
aud drew her own conclusions.
I . - r-i . . . ... .. -
In a few days every one at tho hotel
was talking of the conquest Miss White
had mado.
"Such a match for her," said tho en
vious old maids. "How sho'll adorn
Fifth avenue," said a good-hearted old
dowager, who boasted of the "bluest
blood."
I though Wallace was smitten
there," said a cynical old bachelor, "but
as he is only a poor lawyer, of course he
hns no chance, and aware of this ho
withdraws.
"I met Mr. Munroe and his friend
Wallaco,"said another, "out walking this
morning. Miss llorton was with Wal
lace, aud tho love's were behind ; Mon
roe was very attentive, I assure you."
"tor my part," said a romantic miss,
"I don't think Miss White will marry
for money. Mr. Munroo mny be very
attentive, but if some ono clso, whom I
have had my eye upon, would speak I
believe she d take him without a penny."
Who that some elso was this keen ob
server did not say, but other people be
sides Miss Fortcsquo had their suspicions.
We who ure in tho secret of all parties
will not attempt to conceal Wallace s
love for Miss White. He had stood aloof,
however, ever since tho night of tho
dance.
"If she likes him best let her have
him," he had thought. "IIo is richer
than I, and can give her luxury and easo.
I will not stand in her way."
From which it will be seen that he was
a very proud man, and was also slightly
one-sided in his judgment in this matter,
for why not givo tho lady a cbauco to
take hitn aud a moderate competence if
she preferred it instead of ease and
luxury!
Fortune made for her, or for him, tho
chance in spito of Wallace's prido. One
evening after they had danced together,
Munroo for onco having taken out an
other lady, the two strolled out on the
piazza, aud thence allured by tho moon
light dowu to the river. Wallace chauced
to say that he expected to lcavo in a day
or two, and something iu the tone of her
'cply mado him look quickly into her
face. The secret camo out, as it always
docs, iu tho most natural manner after
this, and before thoy returned- to tho
house were plighted lovers.
"Only you wero hardly fair to me,"
said Miss White, "I had never, I am
sure, given you any reason to believe
that I was mercenary, or that I would
rather be an idle woman of fashion than
tho real helpmate a wife ought to bo. I
don't believe tho truest happiness is to bo
fouud iu wealth aloue. It is rather in
knowing thut others aro making sacri
fices for ono, and that one can make sac
rifices in return. I kuowyou thought I
encouraged Mr. Munroe, but I did not.
I only accepted attentions that I could
not refuse without positive rudeuess. If
he had ever said a word that permitted
me to reveal my position I would have
spoken quickly. Besides, you never, or
hardly ever camo near 1110, aud somehow
you musu't misunderstand mo, dear, I
don't wish to speak unkindly of tho man,
but ho always seemed to tako it for
granted that every girl must full in love
with him; so I thought it quite fair to
punish him with his couceit, at least a
little if I sould."
An hour later Miss Whito stood again
by tho stream, this timo with Mr.
Munroe.
"Mr. Munroe," sho slid gravely, when
he had finished his avowal, "I regret
you did not tell me this beforo if I had
to bo told at all which I deplore. For
I cannot marry you. Iu fact, I am
pledged to auother."
"Ah!" ho cried, with a start.
"Yes; this evening 1 agreed to be
come his wife. But," aud now sho
druw her tall figure up to its fullest
height and her voice had a toue that
mado him feel rather humiliated, "iu no
event could I have married you. I am
ouly a country girl," with a low cour
tesy, "oue of thoso blowsy, red-hauded,
sledgo-hauuner-footed creatures."
Sho was gouo. For with tho last
word sho dropped another courtesy, aud
with a gay, mocking laugh ruu back to
tho hotel.
"A precious fool I'vo mado of myself.
We city chaps aro not smart enough for
these country girls," was his mortilied
mental comment, but when ho learued to
whom sho was betrothed ho was amazed.
"Cut me out! Aud he a poor maul
By jove, womeu are what 110 fellow can
tiud out." Xeu York Weekly.
The French Army.
According to tho "Annual of the
French, Army for 1891" the standing
army will coutaiu next year 570,003 men
aud will show au increase over this yeai
of S2i officers, 7410 men, aud 1018
horses. The total number of officers,
doctors, and other officials of officers
rank is given at 75.000. The estimated
expenditures for the uriny next year art
$134, 000,000.
The banjo yirl ia a back uuuibcr.
Re
PA., .AVEDNESDAY,
SCIENTIFIC JND INDUSTRIAL
Paper belts beat leather.
France makes paper linen.
Electricity heats laundry irons.
A four-day ship must have 155,000
horse-power.
About 4500 species of wild bees are
known, and of wasps 1100.
The electno motor is said to hav
How found a use in connection with
nearly 300 branches of productive in
dustry. Tho greatest known depth of the ocean
is near the Ladromo Islands, where
soundings have been mado to a depth oi
80,850 feet.
Mr. F. Walter claims that an alloy ot
ninety-fivo per cent, of tin and five pel
cent, of coppor will strongly ceineul
glass to metals.
It has been lately pointed out thai
the air is much contaminated with arso
uic, especially in English cities, from tht
burning of coal.
A German substituto for leather it
some of its uses consists of thin boards
with wiro notting between, the whol
glued together and pressed. Tho mate
rial is tough and pliable, and suited fot
trunks, etc.
An instrument whereby a star is caused
to record with absolute accuracy the
time of its transit across tho meridian
has been perfected at tho Georgetown
(S. C.) College observatory. The instru
ment is called the photochronograph.
The fourth edition of the Itussian
Pharmacopeia is soon to bo published,
and will describe 808 substances used in
medicine. In the third edition the num
ber was 1020, of which '318 have been
discarded, while 100 have been added.
Dr. M. C. Cooke, of London, finds
that 4600 species of mushrooms an
toadstools are now known to scietice,
1400 ol them being found in tho Britislj
Isles. Only 134 can safely bo regarded
as edible, whilo thirty are decidedly poi
sonous. A "locomotive steamboat" is beiug
built in Sweden for the navigation of a
chain of snmll lakes separated by falls.
The boat is to be fitted with wheels fit
ting a track, and power can be applied
oither to the propellor or to tho locomo
tive driving wheels.
Professor Frank II. Bigelow, the emi
nent astronomer, is said to have com
puted, by a very complicated process of
calculation, tho exact period of tho sun's1
revolution on its axis. IIo makes it
twenty-seven days, nine hours, fifty-two
minntes and fifty-two seconds.
In Oldenburg, a fall of temperature
from thirty-seven degrees above zero to
twenty-two degrees below is reported to
have occurred in twenty minutes on No
vember 18, 1890. A heayv rain pre
ceded the change Somo thirty Kirg
hiscs, who were returning to Oldenburg,1
were drenched with tho rain, then frozen
on their horses.
Dr. Giraud's recent experiments in
Franco in the transformatiou of the!
thermic energy of combustion into elec
trical energy, and the consequent gener
ation of heat, have resulted iu the con
struction of a stove which may possibly,
when modified aud perfected, como to
levolutionizo our present modes of boat
ing dwolling- houses.
Tho enormous mass of extra dead
weight, duo to the carrying of the boiler,
fuel and water in tho old locomotive,,
will be entirely unnecessary in tho rail
ways of tho future, which will bo pro
pelled electrically. Unquestionably tho
future tlcctro-locomotion will show a
motor on every axle, or, at any rato,
upon two axles of each car, aud every
car running ns a unit, iu which case they
cau run coupled together in a train or
not, as may be convenicut.
An Astonishing Discovery.
In 1799 a discovery was mado which
profoundly agitated the scieutifio world.
Duriug that year a mau named Schu
macholl, Chief of a waudcring tiibe of
Tunguzes, built a cabiu for his wife 011
the borders of Lake Oucoul, and went to
search on tho seashore for mammoth
tusks. One day ho saw in an icy cliff 11
shapeless mass which piqued his curics-1
ity. About a year afterward, passing
this point, ho observed that tbo object iu
tho ico cliff was more detached from tho
ico than it had been before. IIo noticed
two long projections, but he could not
yet tell what they were. Toward tho
close of tho next summer tho whole sido
of tho animal projected beyoud tho wull
of ico. Tho Chief returned now to his
cabin on tho shoro of Oucoul, and told
his discovery to his wife aud friends.
They wero seized with consternation.
The old men told over attain the sto
rlos they had heard from their fathers,
stories of a like mounter seen once iu an
ice cliff of tho same peuinsula, and they
told what their fathers had said of the
caluiuity which befell tho discoverer and
his household. They perished miserably,
every oue. Schumacholf was terrified
aud felf sick. On his recovery avarice
began to get tho better of superstition.
The ico clilf was explored a''aiu, but tho
mammoth was found still imbedded. At
last, toward tho closo of the fifth year
after tho first discovoiy, tho ico had
melted so much that the great beast had
slid dowu along au esc.irpmeut moro
tuau 200 feet high an I lodged oa a bank
of saud oa tho seashore. Hero Schu
machoff found his mammoth aud rut oil
the tusks which ho sold. Wadtiwjton
Star.
Toughness of Cottonwood.
Cottouwood, which grows abuudantly
ou the banks of mauy Southern streams,
is coming iuto use for boxmakiug. It
is a very tough wood, as shown by a
remarkable tet made at Memphis. A
concern there made to order fur a Cali
fornia express compuuy a dozen boxes
for conveying treasure across the contin
ent. These were packed solidly and
then dropped from a height. Boxes of
other woods were duitr oye I, but those
of cottoawmtd were only slightly injured
by the twisting, but oilierAisu were not
damaged, wt,'Ki:-tjo J'tm-.t, (
publican
NOV, 4, 1891.
A LAND OF EARTHQUAKES.
CAN SALVADOR AND THE TERRORS
IT3 PEOPLE HAVE KNOWN,
How a Volcano Itose Ottt of tho
l.pvcl Karth Somol lilnjr About
lluj IVojilo and iUn Country.
The earthquake which did such dam
ago in San Salvador tho other day was
not the visitation of somo new terror
upon tho people. Earthquakes are of
common occurrence in that country
sufficiently so, at least, as to iusurocach
generation an experience.
It is a small volcanic country, but lit
tle lnrgor than Connecticut, but is ono of
the most prosperous of the Central Ameri
can republics, the proportion of inhabi
tants to tho area being greater than that
of the other republics. A considerable
industry and a spirit of independence and
progression unusual in tho far southern
climatos has stored up a wealth which
makes it compare with it neighbors
rather to ita advantage. Tho Salvador
iaus wore the first of tho Central Ameri
can peoplo to throw off tho Spanish yoke
and wero aain the foremost in declar
ing for religious liberty. They camo
near being citizens of tho United States.
Sometime in 1822 they resolved to ask
to be admitted iuto the sisterhood ofatho
United States, but the goneral overthrow
of Spanish power in Ceutral America re
lieved them of their necessity before the
annexation was accomplished, and they
preserved thoir independence as a re
public. The country is beset by revolutions
and earthquakes, both of which are -almost
epidemic, but in spito of that they
are prosperous peoplo, and it is a "very
flno little republic." Their rocky coast
has no harbor which is safe, but never
theless they have a considerable com
merce. At La Libcrtad, the principal
seaport, an immense iron pier extcuds
far out into the sea, in order to givo a
landirg for lighters from tho vessels
which have to anchor far out.
Three times beforo tho capital, San
Salvador, has boon almost destroyed by
earthquakes, and eleven times it has
suffered severely sinco 1575. In 1773
and 1854 tho capital and several other
towns and cities were nearly destroyed.
San Salvador stmds at an elevation of
2800 feet, about eighteen miles back
from tho coast, and is surrounded by a
group of volcanoes, of which two nro
active, ono in particular, known as
Yzalco, throwing out volumes of smoke,
ashes and lava every sevon minutes with
tho regularity of clockwork, like tho
puffing of a great steam engine.
Within view of tho capital are cloven
great volcanoos, two of which are un
ceasingly active, while the others are
subject to occasional eruption. The
nearest is tho mountain of San Salvador,
about 8000 feet high, and showing to
great advantage, because, it arises so
abruptly from the plain. It is only three
miles from tho city, to tho westward,
very steep, and its Bides aro brokcu by
monstrous gorges, immense rocky de
clivities and projocting cliffs. Tho sum
mit is crowned by a cone of ashes and
scorito that have been thrown out iu
centuries past, but since 185C, Bubso
queut to the greatest earthquuku tho
country has kuown, the crater has beeu
extinct, aud is now filled with a bottom
less lake. Two activo vo'.cauoes aro
Sim Miguel aud Yzalco, nu I thero aro
none more violent on tho faoa of the
earth.
They present a magnificent display to
tho passengers ot steamers sailing by tlio
coast or anchored oil La Libertad or Ac
ajutla, constantly discharging maics of
lava, which fiow down their bides iu
blazing torrents and illuminating tho sky
with llamcs issuing from tho craters it
regular intervals. Yzalco is, as stilted,
as regular as a clock, the eruptious oc
curring like tho beating of a mighty
pulse every seven minutes. It is impos
sible to conceive of a grauder spcctaclo
than this monster. It rises 7000 feet, al
most directly from the sea, and au im
mense volume of smoke like a plume is
coustuutly pouring out of its sum
mit broken with such regu
larity by masses of flamo that
rise 1000 feet that it has been named
"The Light House of Salvador." Arouud
tho base of tho mouutaiu aro fertile plan
tations, while above them, covering
about two-thirds of the surface is au
almost impenetrable forest whoso foliage
is perpetual aud of the darkest green.
Beyond the lorest is a ring of reddish
ooorue, while above it the live ashes aud
luva cast from tho crater aro constantly
changing from livid yellow whou they
ure heated to a silver gray as they cool.
Yzalco is iu many respects the most re
markable volcano ou earth, first because
its discharges have continued so long aud
with such regularity; agaiu, because
the tumult iu the earth's bowels is
always to bo heard, as the rumbling aud
explosions uru constant, beiug audible
for one hundred miles, aud, finally, it is
the only volcano that has originated on
this continent since the discovery by
Columbus.
Most of the buildings of Sail Salvador
are of a lobe, aud the architecture is not
very impressive and grand, tho earth
quakes discouraging great outlay to se
cure architectural beauty. Witliinytoit
Mar.
Where Mammoths Beamed.
Iu tho days when tho mammoths
roamed in Northern Siberia the climate
of that region must have beeu compara
tively mild. It could not have been
very warm, because iu that case their
long fur would not have been required,
but it was doubtless temperate. Sud
denly there came a frigid change. If it
had beeu gradual the animals would
havo slowly migrated southward, but
evidently it came all at ouee. The giguu
tio beusts congregated for shelter iu
valleys, where they wero overwhelmed
by suow drifts, aud lay down to dio be
neath fleecy avalanches, which wero
finally transformed iuto solid ice. This
ice, composing glaciers, was swept
through the gorges toward the Arctic
Oceuu, carryng tlie buried cieulurv's aloug
With it, WnallilljtjH tstif,
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S1.50 FER ANNUM,
WISE WORDS.
We are martyrs to our own faults.
White hairs are like the sea foam which
caps the waves after a storm.
The man who "would'n't do a thing
for the world" is frequently found doing
it for himself.
The vulnerable point of one's charactei
is much more speedily discovered by oui
inferiors than by our equals.
We may give a man credit for hit
good intentions, but he can't, got cash
for them unless they are backed by
deeds.
The man of one idea may bo a bore,
while the man with none is that delight
ful acquaiutance who allows you to da
all the talking yourself.
An animal when it is tick craves for
solitude; whoreas the human-being, on
the contrary, is only happy when ho can
make his sufferings public.
Every single action of our life carries
in its train either a reward or a punish
ment, however littlo disposed wo aro to
admit that such is the case.
The true "grand-dame" displays the
same manners in her toilot room as in
her salons, and the sarao courtesy towards
her servants as towards her guests.
Nervous force is an awfully queer
thing. The man whose nerves would
not quail at tho ramping of a lion is all
broken up at tho nervousness of a woman
who has no nerves at all.
Tho world does not forgive us either
our talents or our successos, nor our mar
riage, nor our friendships, nor our future.
Tho only thing which is looked upon
with indulgence is our death.
The man who has forgotten his grand
father's lirst name may look with con
tent upon the pride of long descent; but
it is hard to say just how his great
grandfather looks dowu upon him.
There is a kind of closo relationship
between all those who are suffering from
some sorrow or other. If wo are in
mourning wo feel somehow or other
drawn to every black dross we meet.
When for a short timo ono is deprived
of pleasure, one no longer feels tho long
ing theroaf tor; and even if sho docs at
length knock at our door, we open it
with fear and trembling, dreading that
it may bo sorrow in disguise.
Bamboo for America.
It is hopod by the Department of Agri
culture that the bamboo may yet bo cul
tivated in this country, as it is in China,
where it supplies a large part of tho
wants of tho people, beiug applied to
moro than five hundred different nml
f useful purposes. In the Flowery King
dom it tjikes the pluce both of iron r.ud
steel. The farmer builds his hou j aud
ienccs out of it, his farming utensils as
well as his household furnit"ru are manu
factured from it, while iho tender shoots
furnish him with a most delicious vege
table for his table.
The roots are carved into fantastic
images, shaped into divining blocks to
guess the will of tho gods, or cut iuto
lantern bandies and canes. Tho taperiug
culms are usod for tho prons of houses,
tho frameworks of awnings, tho ribs of
Bails, and shafts of rukos; for fences,
aud every sort of frames, coops aud
cages, uud for tho handles aud ribs of
umbrellas und funs. The leaves nro
I sowed iuto raiu coats and that:hos. Tho
wood, cut iuto splints of various sizes, is
woven into baskots of every form, sown
into window curtains aud door screens
and twisted iuto cables. The shaviugs
and curled threads furnish materials for
stuffing pillows, whilo parts supply tho
bod for sleeping, tho chopsticks lor eat
ing, tho pipe for smoking, the broom for
weeping, the mattress to lio upou, tho
chair to sit upou, the table to eat ou, the
food to eat, und the fuel to cook it with.
The forule to govern with, the book to
study from, the reod pipe of tho organ,
the shaft of the soldier's spear, and tho
dreaded instrument of the judge; tho
skewer to pin tho hair, aud the hat to
screen the head ; the paper to writo on,
the pencil to writo with aud tho cup to
put the pencil in; the rule to measure
lengths, tho cup to gauge quantities, aud
the bucket to draw water; tho bird
cage, the crab net, the fish polo are one
aud ull furnished by this plant, whoso
beauty when growing is commensurate
to its uscfuluess when cut dowu. A
scoro or two of bamboo poles for joists
and rafters, fifty fathoms of rattan ropes,
aud a supply of palm leaves aud bamboo
mats for a roof, supply material for a
common hut iu the south of Chiua.
Uvttun Transcript.
Young People Need Much Sleep.
A German specialist, Dr. Cold, has
recently pleaded forgiving young peoplo
moro sleep. A. healthy infant sleeps
most of the time duriug the first weeks;
aud, iu the early years, people are dis
posed to let childreu sleep as much as
they will. But from six or seven, when
schools begius, thero is a complete
change. A' the ago of teu or t-leveu,
and as he grows older tho timo of rest is
shortened. Dr. Cold believes that, up
to twenty, a youth needs nine hours'
sleep and un adult should have eight or
nine. With insufficient sleep, the nerv
ous system, uud bruiu especially, not
resting enough, aud ceasing to work
normally, wo find exhaustion, excitubil
ity, aud intellectual disorders gradually
taking tho place of lovo of work, general
well-being, und the spirit of initiative.
Scientific American.
Facts About the Queen Bee.
A queeu cau beat a heu at laying.
Givo her tho best surroundings, with
plenty of honey combing iu uud ull
that, aud sho will lay 3000 eggs iu
twenty-four hours, hiie does not cackle
over it either. Each egg measures 0110
fourteeuth of au inch iu length aud one
soventh ot au inch in thickness. Even
when she is only djing au average busi
ness she will lay more than twice her
own weight iu twenty-four hours. Hut,
mind you, she does not do anything else.
Does not uveu feed herself. Vou will
seethe workers constantly offeriug her
food. American lkt Journal,
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A LITTLE GARDEN. .
A little garden, prim and squnrev
Eaa little owner, sweet and fair.
A little garden hedged about,
With little beds and walks luid out;
Where little hollyhocks grown tall '
Stand close against tho garden wall,
And up their slender stalks there twines
A host of morning glory vines;
Where little roses, front their trees, . j
Bend spicy colls to little bees,
And little daisies, pink and whito, V .
Crowd little bluobolls, blue and bright;
Where little pansies, put botween
Vorbenoi red and white, nro seen,
And all around the borders tut.
Are little plants of mlguonet.
Alyssum, heliotrope together
Run riot there In summer weather;
And pinks and asters, lovely graces,
Fill up the little garden spaces;
And little butterflies that flit
Complete the daluty charm of it.
Ah, little garden, well I know
What little maid, not long ago,
Plucked all your choicest bu Js to be
A little nosegay Just for me!
Eva Lovett Carson, in Independent
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Eaten out of house and homo Pbnio
lunches. Boiton Xeici.
The "words that burn" go into tho
waste-paper basket first.
Experience is the cream of life but
it sours with age. Texcu Siftingt.
"Mr. Enpequo has run away with his
wife." "That was a shrcwed move."
Pud.
"What an odd paper weight you
have!" "Yes. It's my wife's first bis
cuit."
The best way to prevent rain is to get
everything ready to plant turnips. Oal
vctton Newt.
Tho stoutest soldier will sometimes
quail beforo his wife's bakiug powder.
Valley JVr. ...
Tho woman who says slio ''has waited
an ago" is very caro&ii'i not to ndd it to
her own. l'uci. -.
"Tho Chineso aro a queer race."
"Areu. they. What you might call a
scrub race, too." Life.
nover havo any luck," groaned,
Chipsley. "You aro fortunate. I havo
pliuty, and it's all bad." Puck. 1
IIo (proudly) "My motto is live and
lei livo." Sho (wearily) "I wish it
was sleep and let sloop." Button Courier.
Photographer "Now, look pleasant,
please," Customer "It is quito impos
sible, sir. I'm a ticket ageut iu a rail
road office."
He "Aro you sure you care for me J"
Sho "I wish you wouldu't bo so sus
picious. Havo I asked yet to sco your
bank book?" Life.
Ago bofore beauty After timo has
turned it into antiquity, jeoplo may go
crazy over tno ugliest articlo wo can
mako to-day. Jinlije.
Miss Dorcas "Huvo tho poor any
pleasure, think you?" Miss Ann Thrupe
"Oh, yesl They criticiso tho charac
ters of tho rich." Puck.
"Do as I say," thundered nn angry
father. "My will shall bo law." "Well,
then, I'll bet it wasn't drawn by a law
yer," returnod his son. Lift.
"Pa, how do you scalp?" said tho In
dian boy to Oyster-that-Laughs. "First"'
catch your hair," sententiously replied
tho uoblo rod man. ltjtlon I'ranscrijtt.
11a swore Ion? ago to succood in life,
And tUeri-owa that he wearj is not dim;
For a ruce-horso to-day is uaiuol for his
wife,
And a tug-boit is called nftor him.
Judije. 1
Architect "What do you think of
my design for tho female college?"
Friend "I notico ono incongruity it
has a niuu-sord roof." Uinghamion Re
publican.
"Pop, what does 'commons' moan?"
"Why, food rations." "Then," said
the smart youugstcr, with n wiuk,
"isn't a hotel the House of Commons?"
Baltimore Ameri&tn ,.
"Is that the President of the bank!"
"Which one?" "That stylish looking
fellow who says, 'I and tho Board of
Directors so much.'" "No; that's tho
junitor." Brooklyn Life.
"No wonder the papers talk about po
litical extravagauces," said Mrs. Gill
hooley. "Didn't I hear my husband
talking tho other day ab ut a convention
that wanted a silver platform!" Balti
more American.
Visiting Auut (consulting railroad
guide) "I never could understand ono
of these things. It's all Greek to 1110."
Bostou Child (aged three) "II that's all
it is, auutie, let 1110 have it. I'll read it
for you." Clticao Tribune.
Besponsibility : "To look ut that
young clerk 0110 would think that he
carries a greater weight of responsibility
thau tho proprietor." "Well, he does,
for that matter. The proprietor cau
mako mistakes without losing his job."
ImlitmaKjlti Journal.
"Now, geutlemen," said the eloquent
advocate, "I leave the case iu your
hands. In closing I havo ju't otio re
mark to make." And the experienced
juror iu the dark corner of the box set
tled himself for auother comfortable
half-hour nap. Ihiijalo h'fjirtM.
Him ussiste I the lire with the keroseu. can:
i-lie nliva Its,sI d iu following tnat l'lall
111 hpitt ut her lllin-m 1 u ;e.
And now sho has tiowu from this dull vale
of tears.
At the bolt, tender u e tif ninety-live yeais
Sho had to succumb to ui 'a e.
lnilniim4'ijhs Joucnttt.
AccoKling to the llurliiigtou lla:cieya
au old sf.ago driver remarks that life may
be compared to u set of harness. "It
has 11 aces of caio, bits of good
foltnnc, breaches of good manners,
bridled tongue, und every one has a tug
to pul! through." It may be added
that it is saddled with great responsibili
ties. Jowdl Courier,
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