TEE FOREST REPUBLICAN U Jbllhd (Trj Wtdaaiday, kf J. E. WENK. Omo In Smrbuga ft Co.' Building lm run, tionwta, n. Trma, ... JOprTHr, RAT 8 Of ADVEWTISIWO. fM 9fmt erne rech, n. iasertim 4 M M S,HN, M tBh, D BOBtk .". If OHMn,m Inch, tbr months......... t O" e.ure, Inch, ana yew .. is M Two Saaar, on ywr ........ qiartwOtfana, tS Hll Column, eM fw ... SSS 6MOtan,mrMl...i MN Lri iMImmIi tn erau par te emia. KurllM u4 ttk slew gratia. 1 AD kill! for yearly adrtlit oolKctoJ lorly. Temporary adTsrUMianta mast ko pM loi ItntM Jok work easa a itllnrj. r OR PUBLICAN. nhwrrptlons metre for saerter frioi wn lhr month. VOL. XXIV. NO. 28. o TIONESTA, PA., .WEDNESDAY, NOV, 4, 1891. S1.50 PER ANNUM. JLvH -H VsJ JL. No bank can henfcltor be established n Canada with less than (250,000 cap. ital. 'f A crusade against high building hot bcon inaugurated by the Chicago Real Jtbtnta Board. Tho cruiser Bennington tu storm, tested off Capo Huttcras, and found, congratulates Once a Wed, to bo all that wo claim for bor a fast and seaworthy gun-boat that neither tempest nor wave ma flisconccrt. The Canadians are troubled because the exodus to this sido take the best ele meat of tho population. It is believed lh census of last year will show more than a million Canadians iu the United States, or one-fifth of the population of Canada. ! Professor Thomas E. Edison's latest suggestion is tho most stupendous, thinks the Washington Star, of any he has tnado. Ho says that by surrounding mountain of maguetic ore with wire, it would bo possible to huar sounds from tho sun. It would bo going to a good dual of trouble, adds the Star, merely for the sake of hoarlng a loud noise. The underground systom of electric railways in London will bo Imitated la Paris, and probably in Now York. This systom, maintuius the Boston Trantcript, solves the problem of rapid transit. Tho cost of r uuiiiug is only seven cents a mile. By a new process the tuuneling can bo cone vory cheaply. It Is pre dicted that uudorground railways will become practicable in cities of a hundred thousand inhabitants. The people of Iceland are the latest to be afTocted by tho general spirit of dis content that pervades Europo, observes the Philadelphia Iixtord. Numbers of them havo within tho last few years set tled in Manitoba, and it is now said that there will be a large immigration to Alaska. Tho Icelanders havo long been striving to secure autonomy in their homo affairs, but so far the mother country, Denmark, has refused them a fuller measure of legislative power. Charles II. Moore, a prominent lum berman oi Galveston, Texas, eontem. plates, it is said, tho shipping of a huge raft of logs from Galveston to London. He thinks there is less risk in this trip than in shipping from St. Johns, New Brunswick, to New York. Old sea cap tains assuro him that his plan is entirely fcasiblo. It is proposed to build the raft In three sections, firmly lashod and spiked together. It will be composed of yellow pine far building purposes. The London Financial 1'imtt places the European whoat crop at 1,068,000, 000 buhols this year, n decrease of 203, 000,000 bushels from 1890. It esti mates the net docreaso iu the wheat crop of the world at 73,000,000 bushels. The net requirements of importing countries aro put at 467,000,000 and the suiplus of cxportiug countries at 390,000,000 bushels. It concludes that the deficit in wheat, as well as tho larger deficit In the rye crop, must be made up by imports of corn and provisions from America. The following sentence from a letter from one of our friends In West Africa, remarks the Now York Obitrver, shows how soiuo of our missionaries live: "I think it would greatly add to our lives aud strength to havo fresh meat once in two mouths instead of once in two years, as has beeu about tho average since we came to Africa." This state ment was made iu view of tho fact that there is now a better prospect of socuring a supply of animal food at Katnondongo. Such provision is most desirable, and we are happy to learn thut it can prob ably be met. Notwithstanding tho improved me chanical precautious, the greater skill of employes, and the close inspection which corporations, in their own interest, are bound to maintain, the frequency of railway accidents is said to be iucreasing in this country. The loug series of serious wrecks this summer is strong evidence of tho trutU of this statement. A fact which must work to thut eud is tho deterioration of roadbeds. One of the disasters which occurred on Western railroads this summer was manifestly due to the insecure condition of the rails. The railway authorities of tho State in which it occurred notified the officers of the corporation thut they must see to it that the road was properly repaired, or forfeit their franchise. The railway company's ofliccrs replied that the road did not pay uud therefore did not warrant them iu uuikiug the expenditures necessary to keep it in good physical conditiou, which was tantamount to an acknowledgment thut the road had not been kept in a condition fit for use. This is no doubt au isolutcd case, but it is probable that many railways constructed iu this country during the last tweuty years are getting to thut where repair tue nee'essury. WHEN THE LEAVES TORN REtX There Is a purple peacefulnest that covers nature's leaiures, Like many-colored-bed-quilt o'er a baby's trundle bed, Nature covers all us children, nervous, tired little creatures, Nervous, tired' little children, whether princes, popes, or preachers; When the leaves turn red. And she spreads her gaudy bed-qullt, all eglow with golden glory, For she knows 'twill please her children and decoy them on 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 tarn 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 la spread; We know we dream, and yet we pray to be awakened never, For 'tis the prayer of every soul to dream right on forever; When the leaves turn red. S. W. Fott, in Yankee Blade. A COUNTRY GIRL BY GENEVA MAUCIi. "There are lots of pretty girls around here. You've come just in time." The speaker was Jerome Wallace. Ho and his friend Clinton Munroe, tat smok ing in the room of the former, at the St. Nicholas Hotel, a fashionable resort among the 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 the neighbor hood." "The country gills I Baht Milkmaids and farmers' daughters, and the like. Blowsy creatures, with waists like bar rels, great red hands,' and feet as big and heavy as sledge-hammers. Thanks, none of them for me I" "Shi" said his friend, speaking in a whisper. "Not so loud. The partitions between these Western hotel rooms are rery 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 while ago." Munroe was a gentleman notwith standing his coxcombry, so he 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 some of these girls before you speak so impudently of them," said Wallace, se verely. "There's Judge Horton's daughter. He was , in Congroes for several years, and she spent her winters in Washington. She's as fresh as a pink, and bright as a diamond; rides superbly; rows like a Harvard or Yale stroke oar; dances divinely, sings" "Spare me, spare mo!" cried Munroe, affecting to stop his ears. "I know just tho sort of thing you mean. Goes blustering about in a man's hat and jacket, apes all sorts of mon'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 the age. A Fifth avenue belle is the only woman fit for our class." "You don't men what you say," answered Wallac- if angrily. "You're not such an abswute fool." The next day the two friends returning from a walk up the mountain side found themselves in tho valley, where a clear, crystal stream here and there starred with water lilies flowed between wooded banks. Suddenly they heard the quick sound of oars, and the next moment there shot into sight around a bend a small boat. The only occupant was a young lady, a beautiful one, too, who sent her fairy sk:ff skimming along with a grace and ease that made it seem really alive. She remained in sight ouly a few minutes, then disappeared around another beud, coming and going like a swallow in its flight. Wallace, however, during that brief space, recognized an acquaintance, and removed his hat deferentially with a low bow. She answered with a brief smile and a nod, then was gone. 'A modern water nymph, by Jovei"' cried Munroe. "Beat the old Greek ones all hollow. Who is shet Some Eastern girl, I suppose." "That returned Wallace, gravely, "is one of the girls of the neighborhood of whom you made fun yesterday, you remember." Munroe gave a long whistle. "Oh! Miss llortou," he exclaimed ; "if she's a specimen of your country girls I take back all I said. Aro there any mors like her?" "Plenty," replied Wallace, "but this is not Judge Horton's daughter. This is Miss Nannie White. Her father owns a farm in the valley. A farmer's daugh ter, you see." Munroo gave another loug whistle, but said nothing further. That night there was a bop at the hotel, and Clinton Munroe, in a perfect evening costume, was to be seen danc ing with Miss White, not once only, but every time sho would permit him. "It really seems one of those cases," said Miss Fortesque, "so rare iu this selfish 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 she chose. "He is uude niably handsome, beside being a mil lionaire." "Dear me," demurely replied Miss White; "you frighten mo. To think that this grand Sultun should condescend to throw his handkerchief 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 Clinton Munroe, with all his dudisbness, is at heart a good lellow." "JJut think of his having to aosociat with blowsy, red-handed, sledge-ham-mer-footed girls," answered Miss White, with a gay laugh. "Nay I having even to dnnce with them. I wonder If I would crush his dainty foot if I had chanced to tread upon it in that last waltz," and as though to emphasize the idea she put out for an instant the small est and prettiest slipper imaginable. "You are making fun, and I won't talk to you any more," replied her companion, with a grave 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 women 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 la not like Clinton Munroe. You don't find Mr. Wallace disparaging tho country, dd you?" A deep blush rose and spread ovet Miss White's face till it dyed even the tips of bcr small shell-like ears. She1 waved her fan before her faco nerviously, but Miss Fortesque had noted tho blush, and drew her own conclusions. In a few days every one at the hotel was talking of the conquest Miss White had mado. "Such a match for her," said the en vious old maids. "How she'll adorn Filth avenue," said a gaod-heartod old dowager, who boosted 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 he withdraws." "I met Mr. Munroe and his friend Wallace,"said an other, "out walking this morning. Miss Horton was with Wal lace, and the lovers were behind ; Mon roo was very attentive, I assure you." "For my part," said a romantic miss, "I don't think Miss White will marry for money. Mr. Munroo may be very attentive, but if some one else, 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 Fortesque had their suspicions. We who ure in the secret of all parties will not attempt to conceal Wallace's love for Miss Into. He had stood aloof, however, ever since the night of the dance. "If she likes him best let her have him," he had thought. "Ho is richer than I, and can give her luxury and ease. I will not stand In her way." From which it will be seen that be was a very proud man, and was also slightly one-sided in his judgment in this matter, for why not give the lady a cbanco to take him and a moderate competence if she preferred it instead of ease and luxury I Fortune made for ber, or for him, the chance in spite of Wallace's pride. One evoning after tbey had danced together, Munroe for once having taken out an other lady, the two strolled out on the piazza, aud thence allured by tho moon light down to the river. Wallace chanced to say that he expected to leave in a day or two, and something in the tone other reply made him look quickly into her faco. The secret came out, as it always does, in the most natural manner after this, and before thoy returned' to the house were plighted lovers. "Only you were hardly fair to me, said Miss White, "I had never, I am sure, given you any reason to behove thot I was mercenary, or that I would rather bo an idle woman of fashion than the real helpmate a wife ought to be. I don't bellove the truest happiness is to be found in wealth aloue. It Is rather in knowing that others are making sacri fices for oue, and that one can mako sac rifices in return. I know you thought I encouraged Mr. Munroe, but I did not. I only accepted attentions that 1 couw 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 came near mo, and somehow you musn't misunderstand mo, dear, I don't wish to speak unkindly of tho man, but ho always seemed to take it for granted thut every girl must fall in love with him ; so I thought it quite lair to punish bun with his couceit, at least a little if I sould." An hour later Miss White stood again by tho stream, this time with Mr. Munroe. "Mr. Munroe," she slid gravely, when he had finished his avowal, "I regret you did not tell me this before if I had to be told at all which I deplore. For cannot marry you. In fuct, 1 am pledged (o another." "Ah I" he crieu, wuna scare. "Yes; this evening 1 agreed to be come his wife. But," and now she drew her tull figure up to its fullest height and her voice had a tone that made him feel rather humiliated, "iu no eveut could I have married you. I am ouly a country girl," with a low cour tesy, "one of those blowsy, red-handed, sledge-hummcr-footed creatures. " She was gone. For with tho last word she dropped another courtesy, and with a guy, mocking luugh ruu buck to the hotel. "A precious fool I'vo mado of mysolf. We city chaps are not smart euough for these couutry girls," was his mortified mental comment, but when ho learned to whom she was betrothed he was amazed. "Cut me out! And he a poor man 1 By jove, womeu are what no fellow cuu find out." ye York Weekly. The French Army. According to the "Annual of the French Army for 1891" the standing army will coutuia uext year 570,603 men aud will show au increase over this yeui of 324 officers, 7410 meu, aud 1018 horses. The total number of otlicers, doctors, and other otliciuls of officers' rank is given at 75.000. The estimated expenditures for the army uext year ar 134,000,000. The baujo yiil is a back uuuiber. SCIENTIFIC iND INDUSTRIAL Paper belts beat leather. France makes paper linen. Electricity heats laundry irons. A four-day ship must have 155,000 uorse-power. About 4500 species of wild bees are known, and of wasps 1100. The electno motor Is - said to Lavs Dow found a use in connection with nearly 300 branches of productive In dustry. The greatest known depth of the ocean is near the Ladromo Islands, whert soundings have been mado to a depth ol 80,850 feet. Mr. F. Walter claims that an alloy ol ninety-five per cent, of tin and five pel cent, of coppor will strongly cement glass to metals. It has been lately pointed out thai the air is much contaminated with arse nic, especially in English cities,from tin burning of coal. A German substitute for leather it some of its uses consists of thin bosrdi with wire Dotting between, the who! glued together and pressed. The 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 aoross tho meridian has been perfected at the Georgetown (S. C.) College observatory. The instru ment is called the photochronograph. The fourth edition of the Russian Pharmacopoos is soon to bo published, and will describe 808 substances used in medicine. In the third edition the num ber was 1026, of which ' 318 have been discarded, while 100 have been added. Dr. M. O. Cooke, of London, finds that 4600 species of mushrooms and toadstools ure now known to science. 1400 ol them being found in the Britisl Isles. Only 134 can safely be regarded as edible, whilo thirty are decidedly poi sonous. A "locomotive steamboat" Is being built in Sweden for the navigation of a chain of small lakes separated by falls. The boat is to be fitted with wheels fit ting a track, and power can be applied either to the propeller or to the 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, the exact period of the sun's revolution on its axis. Ho 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 beiow is reported to have occurred in twenty minutes on No vember 18, 1890. A heav,v , rain pre ceded the chaDgo. Some thirty Kirg hiscs, who were returning to Oldenburg,' were drenched with the rain, then frozen on their horses. Dr. Giruud's recent experiments in Franco in the transformntiou of the1 thermio euergy of combustion into elec trical energy, and the consequent gener ation of heat, havo resulted in the con struction of a stove which may possitjly, when modified and perfected, come to levolutionize our present modes of heat ing dwelling-houses. The enormous mass of extra dead weight, duo to the carrying of the boiler, fuel and water in the old locomotive,! will be entirely unnecessary in the rail ways of tho future, which will be pro pelled electrically. Unquestionably tho future electro-locomotion will show a motor on every axle, or, at any rato, upon two axles of each car, and every car running as a unit, in which case they can run coupled together in $ train or not, as may be convenient. An Astonishing Discovery. In 1799 a discovery was mado which profoundly agitated the scientifio world. During that year a man named Schu machuff, Chief of a wandering tiibe of Tunguzcs, built a cabin for his wife on tho borders of Lake Oncoul, and went to search on the seashore for mammoth tusks. One day he saw in an icy cliff it Bhapclcss mass which piqued his curics-l ity. About a year afterward, passing this point, he observed thut the object in the ice cliff was more detached from the ice than it hud been before. Ho noticed two long projections, but he could not yet tell what they were. Toward tho close of tho next summer tho whole side of the animal projected beyond the wall of ice. The Chief returned now to his cabin on the shore of Oncoul, and told his discovery to his wife aud friends. They were seized with consternation. The old men told over aruin the sto ries they had heard from their fathers, stories of a like monster seon once in an ice cliff of tho sumo peninsula, and they told what their lathers hud said of the calamity which befell the discoverer aud his household. They perished miserably, every ouo. Schuiuachoff was terrified aud felf sick. On his recovery avarice begun to get the better of superstition. The ice cliff wus explored uiruiu, but the mammoth was found still imbedded. At lust, toward tho close of the fifth year after tho first discovoiy, tho ice hud melted so much thut the grcut beast hud slid down along au esc.irpuu-nt more than 200 feet high and lodged oa a bank of sand on the seashore. Here Suhu machoff found his mammoth uud cut nil the tusks which ho sold. Yahinyton Star. Toughness of Cottonwood. Cottonwood, which grows abuuduntly on the banks of muuy Southern streams, is coming iuto use for boxmukiug. It is a very tough wood, us shown by a remarkable te-it made at Memphis. A concern there uiudu to order for a Cali fornia express company a dozen boxes for conveying treasure across the contin ent. These were packed solidly uud then dropped from a height, itoxes of other woo.li wore dustioye l, but those of cottouwood were only sli jlitly injured by the twisting, but other wise wcru not damaged,, Tuast, I LAND OF EARTHQUAKES. CAN SALVADOR AND THE TEtlROBS 113 Pi!OPi.S HAVE KNOWN. How a Volcano Jtoso Out of tho level Karth Something About Ilia Poop I o anil I ho Country. Tho earthquake which did such dam ago in Sun Salvador tho other day was not the visitation of some new terror upon the people. Earthquakes are of Common occurrence in thut country sufficiently so, at least, as to Insure each generation an experience. It is a small volcanic country, but lit tle largor than Connecticut, but is one of the most prosperous of the Central Amen' 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 the far southern climates has stored up a wealth which makes it compare with it neighbors rather to its advantage. The Salvador ians were the first of the Central Ameri can people to throw off the Spanish yoke and were aain the foremost in declar ing for religious liberty. They came near being citizens of the United States. Sometime in 1822 tbey resolved to ask to be admitted iuto the sisterhood ofho United States, but the general overthrow of Spanish power in Coutral America re lieved them of their necessity before the annexation was accomplished, and they preserved their independence as a re public The country is beset by revolutions and earthquakes, both of which are -almost epidemic, but in spite of that they are prosperous people, and it is a "vory fine littlo republic." Their rocky coast has no harbor which is safe, but never theless they have a considerable com merce. At La Libertad, the principal seaport, an immense iron pier extends far out into the sea, in order to give a landirg for lighters from tho vessels which have to anchor far out. Three times before the capital, San Salvador, has beon almost destroyed by earthquakes, and eleven times It has suffered severely since 1575. In 1773 and 1854 the capital and several other towns and cities were nearly destroyed. San Salvador stinds at an elevation of 2800 foot, about eighteen miles back from tho coast, and is surrounded by a group of volcanoes, of which two are active, one iu particular, known as Yzalco, throwing out volumes of smoke, ashes and lava every sevon minutes with the regularity of clockwork, like tho puffing of a great steam engine. Within view of tho capital are eleven great volcanoes, two of which are un ceasingly active, while the others are subject to occasional eruption. The nearest is the mountaiu 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 the westward, very steep, and its sides are broken by monstrous gorges, immense rocky de clivities and projecting cliffs. The sum mit is crowned by a cone of ashes and scorire that have been thrown out in centuries past, but since 195(5, subse quent to the greatest eurthquuko the country has kuown, the crater has beeu extinct, aud is now filled with a bottom less lake. Two active volcanoes are Sun Miguel and Yzalco, nul there aro none moro violent on tho facg of the earth. They present a magnificent display to the passengers of steamers sailing by tho coast or anchored oil La Libertad or Ac ajutla, constantly discharging masses of lava, which flow down their siucs in blazing torrents and illuminating tho sky with fiumcs issuing from the craters it regular iutervals. Yzalco is, as stilted, us regular as a clock, tho eruptions oc curring like the beating of a mighty pulse every seven minutes. It is impos sible to couceivo of a grander spectacle than this monster. It rises 7000 feet, al most directly from the sea, and au im mense volume of smoke like a plume is constantly pouring out of its sum mit broken with such regu larity by masses of flume that rise 1000 feet that it has been named "The Light House of Salvador." Arouud tho base of the mouutain are fertile plan tations, while above them, covering about two-third of the surface is au almost iineuetrable forest whose foliage is perpetual and of the darkest green. Beyond the lorest is a ring of reddish scoriic, while above it tho live ashes and lava cast from the crater are constantly chuuging from livid yellow when tbey are heuted to a silver gray us they cool. Yzalco is iu many respects tho most re markable volcano on earth, first because its discharges havo continued so loug uud with such regularity; again, because the tumult iu too earth's bowels is always to be heard, as the rumbling aud explosions aro constant, being aildiblo for one hundred miles, aud, finally, it is the only volcano that has originated on this cuut neut since the discovery by Columbus. Most of tho buildings of San Salvador are of a lobe, and the architecture is not very impressive and gruud, the earth quakes discouraging great outlay to se cure architectural beauty. r.nhinyton Star. Whore Mammoths Boamcd. In the days when tho mammoths roamed in Northern Siberia tho climate of that region must have beeu compara tively mild. It could not have been very warm, because iu thut cao their long fur would not have beeu required, but it was doubtless teiiqerutu. Sud denly there came a frigid change. It it had beeu gradual the unimuls would huvo slowly migrated southward, but evidently it came ull at ouce. Tliu i;igia tio beasts congregated for shelter iu valleys, where they were overwhelmed by snow drifts, uud lay dowu to die be neath fleecy uvuluuchcs, which were finally transformed iuto solid ice. This ice, composing glaciers, was swept through the gorgi s toward the Arctic Ocean, carry ng the buried cicalurci along with it. WitJtinjl.'it Mar, WISE WORDS. "W are martyrs to our own faults. White hairs are like the sea foam which caps the waves after a storm. The man who "wouldVt 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 hii good Intentions, but he can't, got cash for them unless they are backed by deeds. The man of one idea may be a bore, while the man with none is that delight ful acquaiutance who allows you to do all the talking yourself. An animal when it is sick craves for solitude; whereas the human-being, on the contrary, is only happy when he can make his sufferings public. Every single action of our life carries in its train either a reward or a punish ment, however little disposed we aro to admit that such is the case. The true "grand-dame" displays the same manners in her toilet room as in her salons, and the same courtesy towards her servants as towards her guests. Nervous force is an awfully queer thing. The man whose nerves would not quail at the ramping of a lion is all broken up at tho nervousness of a woman who has no nerves at all. The world docs not forgive us either our talents or our successes, nor our mar riage, nor our friendships, nor our future. The only thing which is looked upon with indulgence is our death. The man who has forgotten his grand father's first name may look with con tent upon the prido of long descent; but it is hard to say just how his great grandfather looks down upon him. There is a kind of close relationship between all those who are suffering from some sorrow or other. It wo are in mourning we feel somehow or other drawn to every block dross we moot. When for a short time ono is deprived of pleasure, one no Iongor feels the long ing thereafter ; and even if she docs at length knock at our door, we open it with fear and trombling, dreading that it may bo sorrow in disguise. Bamboo for America. It is hoped by the Department of Agri culture that the bamboo may yet be cul tivated in this country, as it is in China, where it supplies a large part of the wants of the peoplo, being applied to more than five hundred different and useful purposes. In the Flowory King dom It takes tho place both of iron r.iid steel. The farmer builds his hou e and lences out of it, his farming utensils as well as his household furniture are manu factured from it, whilo tho tender shoots furnish him with a most delicious vege table for his table. ' The roots are carved into fantastic images, shaped into diviuing blocks to guess the will of the gods, or cut into lantorn handles and canes. The taperiug culms aro used for tho prons of houses, the frameworks of awnings, tho ribs of sails, and shafts of rakes; for fences, and every sort of frames, coops and cages, and for the handles and ribs of umbrellas and fans. The loaves are sowed iuto rain coats and thatclios. Tho wood, cut iuto splints of various sizes, is woven into baskots of every form, sown into window curtains and door screens and twisted into cables. The Bhaviugs and curled threads furnish materials for stuffing pillows, whilo parts supply the bed for sleeping, the chopsticks lor eat ing, the pipe for smoking, the broom for sweeping, the mattress to lio upou, the chair to sit upon, the table to eat on, the food to eat, and the fuel to cook it with. The forule to govern with, the book to study from, the reed pipe of tho organ, the shaft of the soldier's spear, and the dreaded instrument of the judge ; tho skewer to pin the hair, and the hat to screen the head; the paper to write on, the pencil to write with aud the cup to put the pencil in ; the rule to measure lengths, the cup to gauge quantities, and the bucket to draw water; tho bird cage, the crab net, the fish pole are one and all furnished by this plant, whose beauty when growing is commensurate to its usefulness when cut down. A score or two of bamboo poles for joists and rafters, fifty fathoms of rattan ropes, aud a supply of palm leaves aud bamboo inuts for a roof, supply material for a common hut iu tho south of China. JJvtton Trantcript. Young; People Need Much Sleep. A German specialiit, Dr. Cold, has recently pleaded for giving young people more sleep. A. healthy infant sleeps most of the time during the first weeks; aud, in the early years, people are dis posed to let children sleep as much as they will. But from six or seven, when schools begius, there is a complete change. Ar the age of ten or eleven, aud as he grows older the time of rest is shortened. Dr. Cold believes thut, up to tweuty, a youth needs uioo hours' sleep aud un adult should have eight or nine. With iusullicieut sleep, the nerv ous system, and bruiu especially, not resting enough, aud ceasing to work normally, we tiud exhaustion, excitubil ity, aud intellectual disorders gradually taking the place of love of work, geoerul well-being, and the spirit of iuitiative. Scientijie American. Facts About the Queen Bee. A queeu can beat a heu at luying. Give her tho best surroundings, with plenty of honey combing in uud all thut, and she will luy 3000 eggs iu twenty-four hours. She does not cackle over it either. Euch egg meusures one fourteenth of uu inch iu length uud one seventh ot au inch iu thickuess. Even whuu she is ouly dsiug an average busi ness she will luy more than twice her own wuight in tweuty-foiir hours. Hut, mind you, she does not do anything else. Does not even feed herself. You will sue the workers constantly offeriug her food. American Be Journal. A LITTLE GARDEN. A tittle garden, prim and square, Has little owner, sweet and fair. A little garden hedged about, With little beds and walks laid out; Where little hollyhocks grown tall Stand olose against the garden wall. And np their (lender stalks there twines ' A host of morning glory vines; Where little roses, from thoir trees, 1 Bend spicy calls to little bees, ' And little daisies, pink and Whlto, '' . Crowd little bluebells, blue and bright; Where little pansies, put bo t ween Verbenas red and white, are seen, And all around the borders set, Are little plants of mtgnonet. 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 dainty charm of it. Ah, little garden, well I know What little maid, not long ago, Plucked all your choicest bu is to be A little nosegay just for me t Eva Lovett Carton, in Independent IlUflOR OF THE BAY. Eaten out of house and home Pbnic lunches. Tfoifon Asm. The "words that burn" go into tho waste-paper basket first. Experience is the cream of life but it sours with age. Teatat Siftingi. "Mr. Enpeque has run away with his wife." "That was a shrowed move." Puck. "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. t?af teeton Kewt. The stoutest soldier will sometimes quail before his wife's baking powder. The woman who says sVi6 ''lias waited an ago" is very carutv'l not to add it to her own. Pud. -. . "The Chinese are a queer race." "Aren't they. What you might call a scrub race, too." Life. '. nover have any luck," groaned Chipsloy. "You are fortunato. I havo phuty, and It's all bad." Puck. 1 He (proudly) "My motto is live and let live." She (wearily) "I wish it was sleep and let sleop." Botton Courier. Photographer "Now, look pleasant, please," Customer "It is quito impas sible, sir. I'm a ticket ageut in a rail road office." He "Aro you sure you care for met" She "I wish you wouldn't be so sus- Eicious. Havo I asked yet to see your ank book!" Life. Ago before beauty After time has turned it into antiquity, jeoplo may go crazy over tne ugliest article wo con mako to-day. Judge. Miss Dorcas "Have the poor any plcusuro, thiuk you)" Miss Ann Thrupa "Oh, yesl They criticise tho charac ters of the rich." Puck. "Do as I say," thundered an angry father. "My will shall bo law." "Well, then, I'll bet it wasn't drawn by a law yer," returned bis son. Life. "Pii. hour rln vnn uriiln?" fiiil fb Tn- dian boy to Oyster-that-L.iughs. . "First catch your hair," sentontiously replied tho noble rod man. lljston Trantcript. He swore long ago to succoed In life, And the crown thut he woarj is not dim; For a race-horse to-day is uamei tor his wife, And a tug-boat is called after him. Judge, i Architect "What do you think of my design for the female college!" Friend "I notice ono iucongruity it has a man-sord roof." Binghamtoii Re publican. "Pop, what does 'commons' moan!" "Why, food rations." "Then," said the smart youngster, with a wink, "isn't a hotel the House of Commons!" Baltimore American ,, "Is that the Prosidont of the bank!" "Which oue!" "That stylish looking fellow who says, 'I and tho Board of Directors so much.'" "No; that's th8 janitor." Brooklyn Life. "No wonder the papers talk about po litical extravagances," said Mrs. Gill hoolcy. "Didu't I hear my husband talking the other day about a convention thut wanted a silver platform!" Balti more American. Visiting Aunt (consulting railroad guide) "I never could understand ono of these things. It's all Greek to me." Boston Child (aged three) "II thut's all it is, auntie, let uie huvo it. I'll read it for you." Chicago Tribune. Itospousibility : "To look at that' young clerk oue would think that he carries greater weight of responsibility than the proprietor." "Well, he does, for that mutter. The proprietor can make mistakes without losing his job." Indianapolit Journal. "Now, gcutlomen," said the eloquent advocate, "I leave the? case iu your hands. In closing I have just oue re murk to make." Aud the experienced juror iu the dark corner of the box set tled himself for auothur comfortable half hour nap. Buffalo tixprmt. riliH assists 1 the lire with the kerosuue cam hhe alwavs iittist.d iu follovvmj taut ptuu lu spiu ot tutr missus's ra ;e. And now she has tlowu from this dull vale of feVtlK, At thuakitt, tuuder ue of uiuety-tlvo yours- hhe hud to succumb to old at. imliaiiitj,uUs Journal. Aocoitliiig to the Burlington ilaickeye an old s'.ago driver remarks thut life may be compared to a set of harness, "it bus uuecs of cuie, bits of good foitunt, breaches of good manners, britllsd tougtie, and every oue has a tug to pul! through." It may be added thut it is saddle-1 with great responsibili ties. Lowdl Courier,
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