THE FOREST REPUBLICAN b pabllibed trnj Wednesday, fry J. E. WENK. OfflO In Smearbaugh ft Co.'- Building KLM 8TRSST, TIONKSTA, Fa RATES op advertising: One Square, one inch, one insertion..! 1 One Square, one inch, one month .... 8 0CI One Square, one Inch, throe month.. . 6 OeJ On. Square, one inch, on. year 10 OCT Two Square", one year IS PJJ Quarter Column, one year. Half Column, one year 5v(XJ One Column, on. year . 100 09 Legal advertisements ted conts per Una) each insertion. Marriage, and death notices gratia. All bill, for yearly advertisements colleotei quarterly. Temporary advertisement! muafc be paid in advance. Job work cash .n delivers - FOREST REPUBLICAN Twmi, II.BO prTir, N. inlnerlptloiit nclT4 fof a ikwttr Mrlod linn thro mouth. r OorrMpondenc. ollcltod fr.ni 0 put .f the VOL. XXIV. NO. 20. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV, 11, 1891. $1.50 PER ANNUM. rn.ucwiu . ittN ei aa. aamymou. u, uiiicamosi. Robort - Bonner does riot think the trotting mile will reach 2:05. 'It is said that tho genoral use of the typewriter has greatly injured the ink business. Ono hundred years ago there were In the South 54,208 colored people to every 100,000 white pcoplo; to-dny there are but 41,470. The large yield and high price of wheat will, it is estimated and expected, make this season's crop in tho two Dakota equal to those of the five preceding years, This will give tho farmers five years' ln come with ono year's expense. Although the summer of 1891 was ex ceptionally cool, murders and suicides were unusually numerous, a fact, that maintnins tho New York Commercial Advertiser, that throws some discredit on the old theory that heat provokes to crime. A steamboat lino will begin running in a fow weeks between Chattanooga, Tenn., and St. Louis, Mo. The business men of Chattanooga are delighted at the prospoct, which means a reduction In freights to that point. Within flftoen days $1000 oach wore subscribed by 107 of Chattanooga's citizens as a guarantee fund. The trip of the eteumer Herbert o fow months Binco over the same route, made in the interest of Chattanooga mcrchnnts,domonstrutod tho entire feasi bility of tho scheme, as tho Mussel Bhoal Canal made tho worst part of the river navigable, and below that tho voyage was perfectly easy. Tho American Wool Reporter sees the solution of the deserted farm problem in Ncv Knghind in the rising of sheep. "Many ot thoso deserted farms," it says, "can bo bought from l?5 to $ 15 per acre, a id thcro nro cluster;) of them where 1000 or moro acres can be secured in a body. Thoso farms can bo stocked with grado Shropshires and Southdowns costing at from $5 to $13 per head, but thoso breeds of course should not be ruu in flocks of moro than thirty to forty head each. We liavo recommended Bhropshircs and Southdowus becauso of thoir superior mutton qualities, and becauso thoy are hardy and early to develop. Tho Ilamp shlrodown will also please, perhaps equally as well, and furnish most tooth some mutton. Tho Now England muttoa raiser is not ouly favored with sweet feed among the liuicstouo and granite ledges ond in tho green valley of his c'swiain, but is also additionally favored by a close proximity to tho bust markets in the country, where early lambs need never to hunt a buyer and where prices for prime mutton are always good." , Tho eastern shore of Maryland has boen so littlo disturbed by immigration, remarks the Chicago Utrald, that tho region numbers comparatively few sur names, so that at various times it has been necessary to resort to odd but very ancient devices to distinguish between men bearing the same name. The com monest device is tho patronymic by which of two men bearing exactly tho same Christian and family name ono is distinguished from the other by tho ad dition "of William," "of Thomas," or "of John," as tho caso may be,the niean iug of the phrase being "son of William, Thomas or Joha." Another dovico once commonly employed was to couplo with tho name an adjective to iudicato lomo physical peculiarity, as "long" to iudi cato a tall man, "black" to iudicato a datk man or "red" to iudicato a ruddy mau., Occasionally tho distinguishing word is tincompleuieutury. "Devil" is not an unusual prefix to tho Christiau or surnomo of a man having a reputa tion for vice or recklessness. A man bearing ouo of the host known names in Marylau J carried to his grave this pro Ox. Tho ngeut of a coinmorciid bureau who lias been through nearly fourteen coun ties iu western Kansas, for tho purposo of obtaining information on which to base a judgmout of tho busiuess condi tions of thai part of the country, reports that that portion of Kuusas is enjoying the most prosperous era in its history. The buuks, he says, are iu excelleut con dition; their deposits are increasing, and they are not usiug much Eastern money, largo amounts being received from farm ers who are paying oil mortgages and have money on deposit after doing it. Tho abuudauce of the crops this year is such, he declares, as to make up for tho losses sustained by the farmers in pre vious seasons. According to his obser vation the chief dilliculty they have to contend with is tho lack of threshiug inachiues to handle the wheat. But the farmers do not let this trouble them much as they are disposed to hold the grain jr higher prices, believing that by next February they rau get Sl a bushel instead of sixty cents, which is the present price. The prosperity of the rangers U having its edect oil retail : ''CsS, THE WORLD AND LIFE. The onward rushing stream of life Engrossed his every thought. The turmoil of the day, the strife With which man's breath was wrought, Made up existence tohismind; The world wae all in all. lie was a captive passive, blind To .truggle or to fall. Such was his thought; he never knew What force beyond It lay, Until across his path Lore threw A rosy, sunlit ray. He drank Its warmth, anil then it seemed 'Twas he who ruled the world; And sweeter than he ever dreamed Before him life unfurled. F lavel Scott Mine; in Harper's! WteMy. DORA. Duncan Holmes (soliloquizing in street car) I don t believe In love at first light, but I believe in fate. Ten min utes ago I Wis on my way down town with the fixed intontion of going in that direction and no other, yet here I am riding up town, with not the vaguest idea of stopping anywhere. What in duced me to change my mind so sudden ly! I have never done such aa erratic thing before. What lovely, lovely eyes she bast Conductor Chango cars for Thirty, fourth street ferry. Duncan Shall I chougo cars? Perhaps I'd better. A voice outside Bananas! Ten for a quartorl Put 'em up in a bag for yar? Duncan No, I'll stay where I am. It is true, I saw Sissy Tomkyns in this car as it passed me, but I would never run three blocks for tho pleasure of talking to him. Much more likely to run the othcrwuy. Ho is an unmitigatod ninny every one knows that. 1 was immense ly relieved when he got off tho car. Voice at tho window Ten for a quar torl Duncan And then I got this seat di rectly opposite her. How fortunate! Was there ever such a face? And such beautiful hair! Tho old lady must be her grandmother no, I don't want ban anas. We were so near her when wo were hanging on that strap together that she heard every word we said. I could see that plainly. That's Tomkyn's one virtue, he gives a person such opportun ities for being brilliant. (Car goes on.) Voicoiu distance Ten quarter bag for yer Duncan It's fate, that' clear. It is a little dark iu tho tunnel, so now I can look at her without her knowing it. 1 have never seen such a pretty pro tile nor such a lovely smile. And what a soft, sweet voice she has I I would listen to it all day. The old lady seems to be a sensible sort of party. Why docs she not drop her fan or her handkerchief, or do something to give mo a chance of making myself useful? Conductor New Haven depot I Duncan Nearly every ono is getting off the car. A little trip iu tho country would be agreeable, perhaps. No, I'll stay in town nnd go up the avenue. What is the old lady saying to her now? Some thing about the streets? Old Lady We must not go too far up, Dora. You will have to ask tho con ductor. (Looks round anxiously.) Duncan (raising his hat) Can I be of any servico, madam? Old Lady Thank you. I want to know where number Fifth avenue is. Duncan I am not quite sure, but I will ask the driver. (.Goes out on front platform.) Small Hoy in the street Look out for de dog ! (Car stops and frighteued cur runs In.) Small Boy (gleefully) There he goes 1 Mad dog, mad dog! (Lady passengers scream and rush out the other door.) Dora Don't be frightened, grandma. Wait for mo; you will fall, graudtnu! Conductor Woll, I never seed !uch a stampede. Passenger (to Duncan) Tho young lady dropped her capo. There she goes ; you can catch her. Duncan (taking it and rushing out) Fata is with me! Duncan Holmes (smoking in his room) What a raco I've had all the afternoon with that fur capel I distinctly saw her and the old lady getting into a cab, and I ran blooks and blocks to catch them. There was such a crowd in the .avenue that I could hardly keep the cab In sight I knew it by the biuo curtain at tho back. At last it stopped ; I came up breathless making my best bow; the door opeucd aud two geutlemeu got out. There were two cabs with blue curtains, and I followed the wrong one. What a dilemma I was iu. I was determined to find her before an advertisement for the cape appeared in tho paper, for I would not relish goiug to her as if to claim "twenty dollurs reward." I turned the cape insids out in hopes of fiudiog some clew to the owner, und in tho little pocket was a slip of paper with three memoranda written iu a delicate, ruu ning band: "Notopaper, milliner, Charley's slippers." How I envied Charley, whoever ho might be. Her brother, I thought, und she was going to order his slippers a good, kind sister. There was uothiug elso in the pouket except the handkerchief. 1 have kept It as a souvenir. There can be no harm iu such a theft as thttt. Some duy, wheu we are both old, I shall hunt her up again and give it back to her, und wo ahull laugh together over tho mud-dug ephtode. There is meluucholy satisfac tion in the prospect. It is a pretty little trifle daintily embroidered iu blue, with her name iu ouo comer Theodora; a sweet, stately, name, just suited to her. This shall never leave mo until 1 give it iuto her owu hands. When that time comes my hands will bu wrinkled uud shuky aud my hair wl.it,,, her blue eyes will be dim with veaie, und her voice wud huh I what U thu use of thinking of it? t don't believe in fate, but I believe in love at first sight. Ah, mei James is staying a long time. I told him to ride both ways. What a mercy it was that I did not carry out my first plan of applying for Information at the house in Fifth avenue to which thoy were going. I should have looked a precious idiot. I had made up my mind to relate the cr incident in an off-hand way and to describe the two ladies, par ticularly the old one, her soft, white hair and groy eyes, and all that, but any one, at least any woman, would have seen that I was in love and would have taken infi nite pleasure in enlightenina me. tbnuk;my lucky stars that I did not go mere, Dut received another inspiration whon within Ave yards of the house. I took one more look at tho cono and saw that it was quite now and had the maker's uamo inside the collar. I dashed over to tho elevated, caught tho next train, rodo down town, and reached the furrier's hop just as it was closing up. The pro, prietor was very obliging, callod un his men, hud the matter looked into, and in formed mo that a cape similar to the ono I showed him had been made a week ago lor a Mrs. fjuarles Botan. Married, married Theodora 1 ' He cave mo her address. I shall leave ou Saturday and join mother and the girls In Switzerland Here is James. Well? James It's all riaht. sir. The ladv described the capo exactly, so I gave it to her. She was very much obliged to you, and tho gentleman gave me fivo dollars, sir. Duncan Yes; very well. Now I want you to pack my small trunk. I am going to Europe. And, James, about what ago is er tho gentleman, Mr. Bo tan? Did ho seem to be a feeble, delicate-looking sort of man at all? James No, sir. I took him to be about thirty-six or seven a little otder thun yourself, sir. Duncan Yes. Now go. Fate is against met Duncan Holmes (in his married sister's drawing-room two years later) It was certainly a strange coincidence, to say tho least. Soon after reaching Geneva I saw in a New York paper the death, "suddenly," of Charles Botan, at the ad dress to whioh I had sent the fur cape. Two weeks ago I came home, and while attending an afternoon tea, here at Mar garet's, saw sitting in a corner, dressed in black, Theodora. I went to my sister and whispered, "Who is she?" "She?" returned Margie, "in black? Oh, that Is Dora Botan. Poor dear 1 she has only just left off hor crape. You must meet her; she is charming." In another min ute we were stunding before hor. Margie said, hurriedly: "Dora, this is my brother, Duucun Holmes. You have heard me speak of him," and then flew off to greet a new-comer. Ah, what a delightful half-hour I passed talking to her, listening to her voice, and lookiug into her eyesl She is not much changed, though sadder than she was, and I fan cied once that she had a dim recollection of me, but that is hardly possible. She did not speak of the fur-cape incident nor of her husband. I have met her twice iu the street since then, and last Sunday I went into church with her. She promised mo sho would be here this evening, and she has kept her word. (His sister shows Dora in.) Dora I nm early, I see. Good evening, Mr. Holmes; are we the first ariivals? Duncan No; there arc soveral per sons in the next room, but it is very comfortable here. Dcra I have not been anywhere for so long that I feel quite straugo. Duucan l et, a musicale is not a for midable affair. Have this arm-chair, and I will take this one. Now, I want to tell you a secret. Dora A secret, Mr. Holmes? Duncan Yes; and to restore to you a piece of property of yours which acci dentally came into my possession two years ago, and which I have feloniously retained and concealed until now. Oh, you need not think this a joke, it is solemn truth. Have you forgotten? Dora Have I forgotten whatf Duucau That we met two years ago. you and I. There is recollection written in your eyes, but you do not quite place tue. Dora I thought I had seen you be fore and heard you talk. Ouly yester day I was thinkings- Duncan OI mei Thank you. Now listen. I camo uptown to-day in a streot ear, and as we reached the tuunel I heard a familiar voico which gave me a thrill of delight. The words it said were un poetic aud commonplace: "Banauasl ten for a quarter. Put em up In a bag for yer?" In au instant I seemed to seo vou sitting opposite me, a sweet-faced old lady ut your side. Sho asked me where No. Fifth avenue was. Do you cniomber now? A htiutcd dog ran through the car aud you vanished from my sight. What is the matter? There are tears in your eyes. Dora lcs; I lecollect it nil. It was ouly fow weeks before my great, great sorrow- Duncan Oh, pardon me. I did not mean to grieve you so. Hark, the music is beginning. Shall wo go iuto the other room f Dora No, thauk you; we can hear very well. Are you foud of muic? Duucau Yes; very. I nut fellow plays well, too. Dora 1 am so glad you thought dear graudiuu had asweot face. It suite J her character exactly. I uearly died when 1 lost her, and now I am quite alone. Duucin Is she deadl Iain shock et to hear it. I had no idea you were in mourning for her. (Aside.) Where on earth is Botan, then? Dora Your face shows you are grieved. Thank you. I remember that you were very kind that day. (dingiug begins.) That is a iiue voice, but 1 very tired of tho song. Are not you? Duncan I do not know it. Dora Not kuow ".Marguerite?" Duncan Yes, os; of e iiir-c! Par don me, 1 was thinking oi to net nug tUu. luiu (jlud we uie not to .kive another verse. It is time t restored the rest of your property to you. This hand kerchief has been all over Europe with me. Dora Did I drop it in the car? But, no; you have made a mistake. It is not mlno. Duncan Not yours? I found it in the pocket of your fur capo, and It has your name. Look Theodora? Dora Indeed you mistake. My name is Dorothea. Duncan I do not understand. Did not my servant go to your hour in Seven tieth street? Dora No; he could not have done so, for I have always lived in Madison ave nue. Duncan But he saw your your Mr. Botan. Dora Who can you mean? I have no brother, and my father has been dead for ten years. Duncan But but do you mean to say you did not lose your fur cape that day? Dora Mr. Holmes, I assure you I never had one. I begin to understand now. The lady who sat next me in the car bad one on her lap. Duncan I soe, I see ; I was oh a wild goose chaso. But tell me, what is your name? Margie called you Dora Botan. Dora Here is ray visiting card in her card-basket look 1 Duncan Miss Dorothea Boughton Miss Dorothea Boughton I Miss I Well, well, what an absurd mistake I made! Was thereover such a stupid? Sissy Tomkyns himself could not havo done worse. Let me explain from tho beginning. Dora Hark ! A duett. (Tenor sings.) "For one brief space we met, I looked on thee and loved, aud lov-ed thee !" Duncan That is just my case." Dora It is not polite to talk during tho singing. Duncan For two years I have loved you hopelessly, Dora Dorothea. What say yot ? Dora Hush shl Listen! (Soprano sings.) "Look, look In mine eyes And ask, and ask no more I" tVank Leslie's Newspaper. Thought a Holo Through a. Board. A celebrated electrician statod that ho rould easily "think a hole through an inch board," and by connecting a drill so that it could be actuated by the cur rent produced, be actually did it. A. E. Dolbear, writing on this subject, says that the experiment, far from being new or inpracticable, was carnod out in this country more than twenty years ago by Dr. Lombard, of Harvard College. A thermopile was counected with a dolicato astatic galvanometer, and a person selected for the test. The individual was placed In a reclining position and the thermopile touched bis head. A certain place was found where tho tem perature changes in the skull were moro quickly appurent than elsewhoro, and the instrument was fixed at that place. So long as the subject remained mentally passive the galvanometer needle re mained at zero, but as soon as a word was spoken to attract his attention, tho needle would at once be deflected, though no muscle was moved. A noise outside, a door opening, or any incident that would cause concentrated attention, would have a marked effect ou the needle. It is now proposed to measure the relative strengths of various efforts, as, for instance, working out problems in mental arithmetic or gGometry, read ing English, Latin, German, or any other language, iu all of which processos it will be cosy to ascertain by tho move ments of the needlo the respective de gree of effort made by tho person experU mcuted upon. Boston I'ranscript. Pigeons In Journalism. The Edinburgh evening papers havo a trained service of carrier pigeons lor use at race meetings, football or cricket matches, shootiug competitions, etc., and iu out-of-the-way districts whore there is no telegraph or telephone within easy reach thoy are often very useful. Thoy are housed in quarters specially erected for them ou the flat roof of the oiiico, the dovocote including an ingen ious trap arrangement aud electric bell. When a reporter desires to use tho pigeons he leaves word the night before with the person iu chargo of them. This is very necessary. Whon they are to fly far on any particular business it Is hotter that they should be only lightly fed la the morning. Tho pigeons two or four, as may bo required are caught in the morning and placed iu a comfortable wicker or tiu basket, like a small lunch- con basket, with cotnpartnieuts. Th reporter, whou ho leaves the office, car ries the basket with htm. Ho also pro vides himself with a book of fine tissue paper, "flimsy," and a sheet of carbon ized paper, "a black." Ho writes hii rep rt very legibly and compactly, so ai to put as much ou a page of "flimsy" ai it will possibly hold. Then he rolls tho "Unnsy neatly up and attatches it t the leg of the bird by means of an olostii baud. Or he may scud two. pages o: "flimsy," one ou each leg. The pigeon, being released, makes straight for home J'imea-Deinocrat. Misunderstanding. A great deal of uuhappiuess iu horn life comes from misunderstanding the people one lives with. Each of us is more or less affected by the personal im pression of a conversation, iucideut, oi episode, lhe way it strikes us is very apt to push quite out of sight the way i it may strike auother. In consequence we misinterpret moods or attribute to our kiudred motives which have uevel occurred to them. The quiet manner it taken to mean irritaliou when it is sim ply weariness, o." impulsive speech is i supposed to spring from auger, when it I may have its origin fi;-m embarrassment or indiscretion. At ull evoiits life would be smoother in many a homo if everybody would endeuvor to uudi rsi.'nd his or hei neighbor iu the home, and if everybody wire tkkeu ut tho best und not ut tin worst vuluatiou. Detrvit Fix m. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. An average locomotive costs $10,000. Iron has been rolled to the thinness of 1-1800A of an inch. A new method to utilize coal culm hoi been successfully tried. Antimony is found extonsivcly in Por tugal, the largest beds being situated near Braganza. An electrio flying machine was re cently made to rise to a height of seventy feet and fly about 400 yards. The French make paper umbrellas, rendered wholly waterproof by golatined bichromate of potassium. By the use of tho camera, with power ful telescopes a new and very large crater has been shown upon the moon's sur face. A French electrician has gotten up a device by which he can send 150 type written words per minute over a single wire. The sturgeon is toothless and draws in its food by suction, but the shark has hundreds of teeth set in rows that some times number ten. A seamless steel boat made lrom one piece of metal by hydraulic pressure promises to be very desirable. It will last a great while and cannot leak. ' The largest locomotive yet built in Europe was recently sent out of tho Ilirschau works in Munich, Bavaria. It is forty-six feet over all and weighs eighty-four tons. Telescopic steel masts or rods are to bo used in lighting the public squares in Brussels, Belgium. The object of this system is to preserve the beauties of the parks in the daytime. The effective range of the modern magazine rifle is not less thau a milo, and the maximum range not less than two miles. There is danger from richochet up to a distance of a mile. As heat resistauts we may mention as bestos, plaster-of-paris, uncalcined gyp sum, sand, clay, ashes, charcoal, soap stone, pumice stone, chalk, infusorial earth, mineral wool, rock, wool. Tho Majestic is tho most economical coal burner of any of the Atlnntio flyers. She burns but 220 tous a day, shows 19,500 horse power and makos an averago of over twenty-three miles an hour. Eloctricity is playing an important part in the working of heavy guns, am munition hoists, and winches in the French Navy, New ships are being fitted with electric appliances in lieu of hy. drnulio gear. Tho practice of plncing tho green boughs of the eucalyptus tree iu sick rooms is growing in Australia. They not only act as disinfectants, but tho volatile scent has also a beneflciul Influ ence on consumptive patieuts. Smoke is finding its champions in Eng land, notwithstanding the efforts mads to prevent its diffusion in the atmosphere. It is claimed that the carbon in tho smoko is a powerful deodorizer, and as such, is a blessing rather than a nuisance. By means of a powerful jet of com pressed air a German ongineer drives dry cement down into the sand or mud at the bottom of a stream, so that the watei immediately fixes the cement and it be comes like solid rock, suitable for founda tions. An American maohine which will suc cessfully work out the fibre of sisal from the plant has produced a boom in that industry never realized with the English machines heretofore used.- The now ma chino does not out the fibre, and tho product leaves thoimachiue ready for the market. After the passage of an electrio storm there is quite au appreciable amount of ozone iu the atmosphere, so much so that its presence may be frequently de tected by exposing a piece of blotting paper, previously dipped in a solution of starch and iodide of potush, when it will be turned blue. The French are now painting their war vessels a dull, sulphurous gray, ex actly the color of smoko as it arises from cannons. They sayithis color has tha advantage of being as' illusive and indis tinguishable in fogs and .sea mists and darkness as during the smoke of battle. It is more bafiliug iu tho search light than any other tint. A five-inch shot was recently fired through tho cellulose belt of the Danish jcruistr Hepla, entering tho bow in the port side, aud coming out on the star board side. The Hepla steamed for three hours at a speed of sixteen knots per hour. The cellulose is reported to havo proved so effective that at the end of the three hours the water-tight com partment through which tho shot passed contained but two feet of water. During the run the water rose high above the shot hole. Cellulose is a water-excluding substance. A Hare Hook. Tho Carnegie Free Library in Alle ghcuy, Pcnn., has become tho fortuuato possessor of a copy of Audubon's "Birds of America," the gift of Mrs. William J. Aloxundor, of Mononahela. The work is one of considerable rarity aud of great value, copies o( tho original edi tion of 1811 selling at lrom fLll) to flOOO. It is not generally known that the great naturalist's daughters live in old homestead near Audubou rurk, over looking tin Hudson. They were ouco possessed of considerable weulth, but it was lost through uufortiniute invest nieuU, and they uro now iu somewhat straitened circumstances. Some of tho big handsome plates from which Audu bon's monumental work was print,:, 1 are preserved in the Museum of Natural History in Central Park. UMon Trn- ltttln Doesn't Follow Battles. A great many people are of the opin ion that battles are generally followed by-ruiu. It inuy surprise them, there fore, to bu told that a distiiiguishcil wrilrr in Hcituce proves that out of '4i ) battles of tho Civil War only 158 wuie followed by any rain ut all,au, that ofteu was but UtlU Blurt tluuia shower. A TRIUMPH OF SURGERY. LATINO BARB A CHILD'S SKULli TO OHBATB A MIND. The Wonderful Operation by Which n Imbecile Was Transformed Into a Kal tonal Iiclntr. Can you think of an operation that, would create a mind ? Can youconceiva of the meaning to humanity of a discov- ery that would transform a congenital imbecile into a rational being? Such an operation was tho one I was privileged to see. Tho patient was a child about onq year old. Of good parentage aud of healthy bodily grow th aside from thd fact that its skull was that of a new-born child, and it had hardened and solidified into that shape and size. The "soft spot" was. not there, and the sutures or seams ol the skull had grown fast nnd solid, so that the brain within was cramped and compressed by its unyield ing bony covering. The body could grow did grow but tho poor little compressed brain, the di rector of the intelligent and voluntary actions of tho body, was kept at its first estate. Even worse than this, its strug gle with its b.iny cage made a pressure which caused distortion and aimless or unmeaning movement. The arm and leg turned in, in that helpless, pathetic wy that tells of imbecility. In short, tho baby was a physically healthy imbecile the most pathetic object on this sad earth. Upon examination, the surgeon, a gentle, sweet-natured man, whoso en thusiasm for his profession for the re lief of suffering makes him tho object of devotion to many to whom he has given life and health, and the inspirer and final appeal for many a brother prac tiouer,discovered what he believed to be the trouble. Led by that most uncom mon of all things, common-senso, he be lieved that this little victim of nature's mistake might be changed from a con dition far worse than death to oue of comfort for itself, nnd to thoso who now looked upon it only in anguish of soul. The child's skull was laid bare In front. Two tracks were cut from a little above the base (or top) of tho nose up and over to tho back of tho head. One of theso trucks was cut on each side, the surgeon explained, because it would give equal expansion to the two sides of the brain, and because it would cause death to cut through the middle of the top of the head , where lies "the superior longitu diual sinus." Ho left, therefore, the solid track of bone through the middle, and cut two grooves or tracks of bones, one on cither side, where nature (when she docs not make a mistake) leaves soft or yielding edges by means of which tho normal skull expends to fit the needs of the brain withiu. The trench made displaced or cut way one-quurter of an inch of Bolid bone all the way from near the base of the nose to the back of the head. In the middle of the head on each side a crosswise cut was made, and one inch of bone divided. Another cut was mado on cither side, slanting toward the ears. This was one nnd a half inches long. The surgeon then tendorly inserted his forefingers, pressed the internal mass loose from tho bones where it adhered and pushed the bones wider apart. This process widened tho trenches to ouo inch. The wound was now dressed with tho wonderfully effective new aseptics, aud the flesh and skin closed over. The op eration had taken au hour und a half. There was little bleeding. The baby was, of course, unconscious during the entire time. Oh, the blessings of auas thetics! And now comes the wonderful result ot this bold and radical, but tender and humane operation. The baby rallied woll. In three days it showed improved intelligence. In eight days this improvement was marked. From a creature that sat listless, de formed, and unmindful of all about it, it began to "take notice," like other chil dren. From an "it," it had been trans formed into a "he." It hud been given personality. It ato and slept fairly well. On the tenth day the wound was ex posed and dressed. It had healed, or "united by first intention," as tho doc tors say ; and again one cnu but exclaim : "Oh, those wonderful aseptic dressings! It had united without suppuration. It was a clean wound, cleanly healing. One month after the operation tho feet and hands had straightened out, and lost their jerky, aimless movements. The the child is now a child. It acts and thinks like other children, laughs and cooes aud makes glud tho hearts of those who love it. llnij.er't Magazine. A Splendid Herd of Elk. Header, what would you have given to have seen, as 1 have, a band of 250 bull elk all collected together ou a beautiful piece of green grassy turf ut au elevution of nine thousand feet? Here was t eight to make a man's nerves tingle. This was the largest band of bulls, by actual count, that I huvo ever seen, though my cousin and partner once saw, iu the fall of tho year, including bulls, cows aud calves, fifteen hundred. This was ou the mem orable occasion when tho on'y elk ever killed by any of my mou gave up his life, aud we have all concluded that this par ticular elk was frightened to doath, for though three mou shot at him and each was coulideut ho hit him, they always asserted afterward that no bullet mark could bo found on him. Srribner. Forests and Pure Air. I A Parisian scientist, while testifying i to tho greater purity of the air in tho vi- ciuity of forests, does not attribute tho cause to a great richness la oxygen, the quantity of the latter being tho same in the atmosphere of woods usiu plains, but 1 to the absence of those agcuU which vi tiate the atmosphere of towns. When forests are not surrounded by muishes, a I well-treed region it next to exempt from epidemics. Versailles is a cisa in point. ' It is surrounded by a screen ut forests: epidemics ure uukno.vn, yet the ( if a iuo', wrutchoi water. 1 A HAUNTINO THOUGHT, ' If the wind Is the breath of tha dymft As ancient legends say, What rebel soul, defying, " Sweeps down the storm today? What fruitless, mad regretting Uttered that lingering wnilP What life of war and tempest Is npilled upon the gale? If the wind I the breath of the dyiu, Across this sea of lights What saintly soul, reply ing',''..; Goes out to God to-nightr Whom does this moonlit zephyr , Uplift on its white broastf What spirit, pure and patient, In rapture sinks to restf -Elizabeth Stuart I'hrlpt, in Independent. II I'M OB OF THE DAT. The tramp's style of expression is nevor labored. Wutftington Stur. Jagson says it's a long loan that has no returning. Elmira (Jatetle. ' Even the strictest vegetarian believes it is meet that hp should' rat. Boston. Courier, We have hair-dressing parlors, and why not dental drawing-rooms? Boston Gazette. Tha "balance of the season" is what troubles paterfamilias. Boston Common wealth. "No, Gubbins, you will never be a brain-worker." "Why not?" "Haven't got the tools." DanmilU Breete. There's one good thing a bad boy won't take, and that is good advice. Richmond Record. " " ' ,' The dear hunting season has been trans ferred from tho beach to tho drawings room. Fitlsburg Dispatch. In tho world of fashion every old hen has her set. And they manage to hatch out a good deal of mischief. Texas Sifting. The barber who will invent a style of whiskers which tho wind can't blow, through has n fortune awaiting him. J Buffalo IirprrM. "So you llvo in Chicago?" "Yes." "Are you interested in the fair? " 'iYoa bet, I'm engoged to three of 'cm nt prcs-' cnt." Caie Cop Item. Some ono says "poets nro declining;" this is evidently a mistake Every poet will tell you that it is the editors who aro declining. Richmmd Reorder. Tho young mau who says "Than" you I" when the girl ho promised to be his wifo c say it in words. Somcrtille He took the coin they gave lilru Its looks he could not trust; He rnted it to his lips with care . v 'Iwas thus he bit the ihut. H'7iiii(oii Sfnr.'l Mrs. Pendergrast (in disgust) "Yorj call theseshades alike! Is there anything you can match?" Mr. Prcndcrgrast "Yes. Pennies." Kale I'ieLVr Washing ton, j "Father," asked a boy, "why do they call this place tho Excliangci" "Be-, cause, my son, it is where wo exchango money for experience." B'l'on Bul letin. ' He (seriously) "Do you think your father would object to my marrying you?" She "I don't know. If ho is anything like mo ho would." Brooklyn Life. If some peoplo were to do unto other! as they would havo others do to them they would not have a single moment in which to look out for themselves. Dallas 1ft vi. "You had better, ftof pt Ji. JHippla," said Mrs. Elder tq, ior daughter; "it is your last clwucc."' "You think this is the ef)y" of last rewrt, d.i yon, minima," ake4'tbe girl. Detroit Fret IVcs. Editor-in-Chief (to managing editor) "I understand that James has re signod." Managing Editor "James has abdicated, sir, not resigned. James, you kuow, was oillco boy." Jury. The husband was rja ling t ie new at nighty And his wifo said; 'Toll nu pray, How mauy balloonist? wo, o killed outright Who made ascensions to- lay:'" .Wie York I'ress. , n'm that young man of youra is ho worth anything, tiiiauci.il'y?'' "Why, yes, papa. He is worth ut least $35 a week to the store, ho says, though t he only give him ten." liuliaajolis Ju mil. Jiuks "Waito would be a good to start a church." Finkius ,. so?" Jinks "Ho has sisters euougi. ntuoug our leading families to start a good -sized congregatiou." JUw IVil JleraM. Miss Pearl White"! wish you ta paint my portrait." i).Sh!ns "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I cau't do it." Miss Pearl White "Why not?'' Dobbins"! never copy other pamtin-j." Cincinnati Uatettt. First Jewolor "Do you sell that new hnune of Upsou, Downs fc Col'' Sooon-I Jeweler "No longer; I so'.d them ev cral largo bills. They paid promptly at maturity, so 1 stopped." Jtietler't Circular. Visitor "I have often wanted to visit a luuutio asylum, but I suppose there is uono la the city." Hesideut "No, but we've get a Board of Tra le. (Proudly) Conic along. It's iu s.svon. It will Jj just as well." iWui I Ural I. First Youth (at railway depot) "Tiuveled fari" Second Youth ".Not yet, but I expect to before I stop. I ant goiug west to keek mv fortune." First Youth "I just got back. Lend m-j a dime, will youf" Ki.,t;t Citu Journal. Tho small boy always looks uuh envious admirutioii ut the drum major leu, ling the proce-sion with his g,i l headud baton aud his big be.irskiu hat, but tho littlo fellow with tho comet iu tho buck row of tho baud gets tho big ger puy. tioincrcilto Jviifrm, "(Jan I read your paper f" asked tho man iu the rear seat. '! d-m't know whether you can or not," replied tlm 'iostuu loan uhead of him, "but you n, ay iry if you choose," aud it took the bre.ik iiinn, tho news agent uud tho eouductor to separate thoui. IvUdj BU2.
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