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S1.50 PER ANNUM, REP Twenty million acres of tho land of tlio United Statos aro hold by English men. The colony of Sierra Lcono, Africa, is 103 yenrs old, yet tlicro is no machinery thorg excopt the scwiug machine. Tho population isnpwatd of BO, 000, and not a sawmill or atiy other kind of a mill in operation. Mr. Keith has contracted with tho Costa Rican Government for tho con struction of a suspension bridgo over tho Kcventazon Hiver. As security Mr. Keith rcceivos a concession of 800,000 acres of ontionnl territory. Professor P. II. Carpenter, tho deep loa student, liko Hugh Miller, the geol ogist, has taken his own life after a period of madness. What is there in the pursuit of science that drivos some of its greatest votaries to insanity and suicido. In Gray' Harbor, Washington, tho pelican is a common sight. Captain Bjrgman, of tho steamer Typhoon, shot two of tho birds the other day, and in order, to llud out bow much water the pouch of the bird would hold, he cut off thcaicid of one of them and tied a string tightly about the neck. Water from a faucet was allowed to flow in, and when tlio pouch was full it contained six gal lots. In a letter writton shortly before his dentil Historian James Partou illustrated (lis views on the financial sido of author thin by saying: "An industrious writer, by the legitimate exercise of his calling that i., ucver writing advertisements or trash for tho fake of pay cnu just exist, uo more. By a couipromito, not dis honorable, although exasperating, he can nvcrnge during his best years $7000 to 18000 a year. Hut no man should t'D'.cr the literary life unless he has a fortune or can live contentedly ou $2000 a ycur. Tho best way is to make a foltuno lirst and writo afterward." It teems likely, notes tho Chicago lerald, thnt electricity is to bo called in to explain many of tho celestial phenomena which have hitherto bceo ascribed to other agencies. That won iVrful yet beautifully simple instrument, tho spectroscope, which has revealed to us so much of tho cosmos, still seems to be Ur filed iu some directions whore difficulty would scarcely be anticipated. Strangely enough, tho phenomena which it fail) to satisfactorily explain art either such as aro kuown to bo electrical iu character or are ut least strongly sus pected of so being. From this and other facts, Stas has been led to suspect that tho ordinary interpretation "of the spectroscope aro not to be relied on when it is applied to electrical phe nomena. G. W. Chillis, iu the Philadelphia LtCitr, u authority for the statement that American gardeners aro now pro ducing as due chrysanthemums as those of Japan, which, thinks tho New York W, will scarcely bo credited by Sir Elwin Arnold, who has sojourned so long in that country and expatiated ou its floral beauties. Probably the finest specimen of this flower to be found iu America to-day is a product of the slip cent from Japau to Mis. Alpheus Hardy of Boston, and named after that lady. Tho wonder is that Americans should ex cel in tie cultivation of this flower after a comparatively few years of familiarity with it. The chrysanthemum did not become generally known here until 1862, when a number of varieties were intro duce J from Japan. We havo now up ward of 2000 of theui. They have al most supplanted the rose iu the favor of rich and poor alike. The llreedart O'atette says it recently visited tho Union Stock Yards at Chi cago, in company with a gentleman from England who is carefully studying American agriculture. His exclamations were not called forth by the magnitude of the yards ami the multitude of auimals gathered there, but to tho ill-iattened or immature condition of nearly all the cuttlo iu the jwns. "We tried" con tinued the Gaiette, "to interest him by railing attention to the characteristics of lots from widely different sections of the country, but the diversion was but brief, noil he always came back to the same po'nt of wondermeut. 'Why do you Americans seiid such ill fatted beasts as these to market wheu there are great maize fields ou every baud?' We offered as excuse ovtrpiodtietion, the partial failure of the last corn crop, and that growers were discouruged, but failed to quiet his mi ml. 1 he well matured jiiimals only a handful in number were bunging from $5.50 to $6.20 per hundred pounds, while myriads, seem ingly, ranged down, down, down, reaching $1.50 per hundred pounds. Our English frii-iuj left shaking his head, puzz'ed that Ameiica should havt maize fields of almost unlimited area, illi scarcely a well fattened umuiai iu Chicago itevk yards," THE KEY OFCHR1STMAS LAND, Who has the key of the Christina. Laud? Where th. bonfire shines, And the holly twines, Carol I its sing a merry band And stars nr. bright o'er that fair strand Who has the key of Christinas Landr Light or. the hearts iu Christinas Land; In each group you meet There ar. faces sweet. Bowmt young and guileless are there, And brows not yet wrinkled with care Who hns the key of Christmas Land? Deer baby hearts In Christmas Lnnd, We want to be near, And Join in your cheer When the tree with Its strange fruit bonds. And you wait for what Santa send Whobas tli? key of Christmas Landr Lovo has the key of Christmas Land, Oh 1 come, Ch-M-ul) Love, With wings like the dove, Spread over heart, thy liht of peaea, Bow for a harvest full of Increase Open the gates of Christmas Land. Open the gates of Christmas La id; There is much to do And the days are few. Did all men set Charity free; By thy grace, let us see there bo None of God's poor in Christmas Land. William Lule. A MAD CHRISTMAS iiv b. nm.i.irs ofpbnhkim. If thero is one thing more than another when a bachelor coaimcnces to doubt whether his state of single blcsseduess is the most desirable form of existonco it is at Christmas time. Tho joys of the sea sou aro essentially domestic joys; and every one is cither looking forward to convivial meetings with a circle of rela tions and friends or a happy reunion with his own family. At such a time a middle-aged bachelor with no relations feels rather out of it. Now, although I must plead guilty to ten years of bachelorhood, I never was one of the misanthropical type. , I was single (observe tho past tense) not from principle, but merely from force of cir eumstaucts, nnd I was never addicted to shuttiug myself up with ray books and a cat, and growling cynical remark! at tho p'.oaturo seeking world. On the con trary, I am of a somewhat jovial dispoii tion, and was always fond of society. Christmas time I liked to spend at a jolly country house, aud could turn my mind to charades, dancing, romping with the villagers or children, conjuring and many other accomplishments. In fact, I may say with fine modesty that I once heard myself described by a couatry hostess as nu "extremely useful sort of mau." Tho idea of spending Christum in any solitary rooms, with only my landlady and her domestic to talk to was a con tingency which I had never contem plated for a moment; but last year I was very neatly brought face to face with it. I generally bad at least two or three invitations to select from, aud choee the one where I should be likely to meet the most interesting set of people; but on this occasion my usual invitntions did not arrive. The Har woods, with whom I had jpent the Christmas before, had lost a child, and were in mourning; the Houldens wero winteriug at Nice (.Mrs. lloulden was dtlicate) And at Houghton Grange both the girls wero married, aud tha Christ mas house parties were things of tho past. These were my stock invitation; uud us I recollected others among my circle of acquaintances to whom some thing or other had happened since last year it slowly dawned upon me that if I desired to avoid a Christmas in Lon don I had better make arrangements to remove myself either to a northern hy dropathic establishment which I had occasionally honored with my presence, or to Brighton hotel, where I was sure of falling in with some pleasant com pany. Just as I hai arrived at this melancholy decision, honevor, a letter arrived which afforded me the greatest 'WITn MY BACK TOWARD TUB ENGINE. satisfaction. It was an . invitation to spend a week or two with my old f rieud, Fred Halluton, at his place in Leicester shire; and with the vivid recollection before me of a pleasant Christinas speat at Gaulby Hull som3 throe years ago, I lot no time iu penuin-j a cordial assent to tho welcome iuvitntion. A few days later beheld rae, followed by a porter carrying iny various impediments, ou the platform of St. Pmicrjs, prepared to make my journey dowu to Leicester by the half-past three Manchester aud Liv erpool express. The Pullman was crowded with a pack of uoisy school boys, so I eschewed it nn 1 selected an empty first-class carriage. I took pos session of ray favorite corner seut, with my back to the engine, and wrapping my leg round my knees aud unfoldiug a newspaper glided away from the city of smoke in a remarkably good humor, partly inspired, no doubt, by a capital luucli, iiLd partly by pleasurable antici pations ot my forthcoming visit. Fred met me at Leicester station, nnd I v with regret that be was looking I ale and ill and much thiuuerthau when bad (.a blitt last, H aeujd pUw.d to sco mo, however, and greeted me warmly. "i'm GOING TO Cni'CK UEtt down. During our drive to Gaulby I hazarded a few remarks, with a view to ascertain ing what sort of a party there was col lected at the Hall, but I got nothing de finite out of him, lie was quite unliko his old self, and I came to the conclusion that he must be ill. As we drove up the avenuo I leaned out tho window to gaze at the fine old mansion, aud it struck rae at once as looking cold and uninviting, while the grounds wero certainly very much neglected. Something seemed wror g all round, and I began to feel al most sorry I had come. Wo overtook Mrs. Hallston at the hall door, just re turned from a walk. She was as gracious and as pleasant as she had ever been to me, but I farcied that I could detect in her manner nnd appearance something of the ill being which seemed to exist around her. We all three entered together, and the momont we pasted through the door I felt convinced that ray expectations of a jolly Christmas party were doomed to dis appointment. There aero no decorations about, only ono doleful looking servant and apparently nothing stirring. I felt sure something was wrong, but at any rate I consoled myself with the reflection that I had lost little by coming, as it had been a choice between here aud the hotel. But, all the same, I did not foel particularly cheerful as I followed tho doloful looking servant upstairs, along wido corridors, across passages, upstairs again, and then down a long corridor, until ut last wo reached iny room in the west wing. My surmises were correct. When 1 descended, after prolonged and careful toilette, my host was lounging about in a shooting jacket and he and his wife were the only occupants of the room. 1 was the only guest. "I've something very serious to say to you, NeillsDn," he laid slowly (Ncillson is my name). "I'm going to make a confidant of you, if I may, old man." I bowed my head and listened. "You haven't noticed anything par ticular about my wife, I don't suppose, havo you?" he asked, with a searching glance. I a imittcd I had thought her straugely silent, and apparently having some anxiety weighing upon her mind. Ho laughed, a ohort unpleasant laugh, and leaned over to rae confidentially. "I rely upon your discretion, you know, Ncillson. I wouldn't have it known for the world; but my wife is mad." ".Mad I" I stared at him incredulously. "Yes, mad," he repeated impatiently. "It was the sun iu India last year that did the mischief. She would expose hcrelf to it. Tiie doctor whom I hive consulted advised mo to send her to private asylum, but I haven't tho heart to do it. She's perfectly harmless, you know; but, of course, it's an awful trial to me." I stammered out an expression of sym pathy. To tell the truth, I scarcely knew what to say. I was bewildered at this painful explanation of the gloom which reigned over the house. Presently Fred closed his eyes and left me to digest this strange and unweloome piece of news. I am naturally somewhat selfish, and be fore very long my sympathy was diverted iu some measure from my host to my self. It occurred to me thai it was by no means a pleasant prospect to bo a guest in a house the mistress ol which was mad. It was not altogether kind'of Fred to invite me, I thought, under the circumstances, without some explana tion of his wife's state. I began to feel quite ar. injured mau. I was quite tired of my own company, and Fred was fast asleep. So I opened the door softly and made my way dowu to the hall. As I passed an open door Mrs. Hallatou ap peared and beckoned me iu. I had no alternative but to obey her invitation. "Mr. Neillson," she said, in an agi tated tone, "as you arc going to stop here for a day or two, there is some thing counected with this household which you ought to know. Has my husband told you anything?" I bowed and told her gravely that I knew all, and that slid had my profouu 1 est sympathy. She sighed. "Perhaps you are surprised that 1 should ask whether Fred had told you," sho said, turning n little away from me. "It seems range, doesn't it, that one should be mad and be conscious of it ? It only comes ou iu fits, md they are terrible. Shu shuddered, aud so, to tell t ho truth, did 1. "Such a phase of madness, is probably not incurable," I veu hired to suggest timidly. "Incurable! of course it is not iucur able," she answered, vehemently. I edged a little toward the door. I had uo experience in tulking with luna tics, and felt anything but comfortable iu my present positiou. Mrs. Hallaton was beginning to look very excited and dangerous. "Of course if you are frlghtone l, Mr. Neillson," she said a little contemptuous ly, "you can leave us wheuevur you please. These tit do not come ou olteu, but thej art anything but pleawut things to witness when they do come Ira." "I shoiild imagine sd," I assented, de voutly hoping a (it was not thrtn pend ing! SooO I managed td make tny adied, and with a sigh of rdiof found myself oncd more irl the halb I nude my way to Eurdett's room, but he had ponO td bed, and seeing it was nearly 11 o"dloe:k( t decided to go td bed, arid, prccoded by a sqrvant (I Could Oever have found the way myself), I mounted again the wide stairs nnd threaded the numerous passages which led ti my room. It was at the cud of a wide Cor ridor, on either side of which were six doors. "Does any one sleep up here?'' I asked the man as be bade me good night. He pointed to a door exactly opposite mine. "That is tho master's room, sir," he replied; and the one at the bottom end U Mrs. Hnllaton's. No one else sleeps in this part of the house. The servants' rooms are all in tho north wing." I nm generally ablo to sleep at what ever hour I retire; but it was early, and the fire looked tempting; so, instead of immediately undressing, I changed my coat for a smoking jacket, and, lighting a pipe, made myself comfortable in an easy chair. Soon t heard Mrs. Hallaton's light footsteps ascend tho stairs, and the door of her room open aud close, aud a little while afterward Fred halted out side my door to bid me a cheery good night, and then entered the room oppo site. How long I sat 1 here I cannot tell, for I fell into a heavy doze, and when I woke up with a sudden start it was with the unejsy consciousness that something unusual bad awakened mo. I sprang to my feet and looked fearfully around. Tho flickering flames of my fire, almost burned out, wero still sufficient to show rae that no ono had entered the room ; but while I stood thero with strained senses I heard a sound which made my blood run cold within me; and, although I am no coward, I shivered with fear. It was the half-muffled shriek of a woman in agony, and it came from Mrs. Hallaton's room. For a moment I was powerless to move; then I hastily unlocked my door, and, hurrying down the corridor, knocked nt hers. There was no answer. I tried the handle ; it was locked ; but, listening for a moment, I could hear the sound of a woman gasping for breath. I rushed back along tho corridor to Fred's room. The door was closed, but unlocked, and I threw it open. WITH HER LITTLE IIAXD IX MINE. "Fred!" I cried; but Fred was not there, nor had tho bed been slept on. A caudle was burning on the dressing table, and in the right hand corner of the room was what appeared to bo a hole in the wall, but when I stood before it I saw at once that it was a secret passage running parallel with the corroidor. Looking down it, I could sec a light at tho other end, and know ing it must lead into Mrs. Hallaton's room, I caught up the candle and bend ing almost double, half rau, half crept along it,, until I reached its other extremity aud foun I myself in Mrs. Hal laton's room. I stood upright nnd glanced half eagerly, half fearfully ground. The room was empty, but tho window directly opposite to me was open, and as my eyes fell upon it I stoo l pet rified with a dull sickening horror, and the candle dropped with a crash from ray nerveless fingers. There was a miniature balcony outside the wiudow, aud on this stood Fred Hallaton, hold ing in an embraco, which was certainly not of love, the fainting form of his wife. The raoou was shining full ou his face, ghostly and demoniacal, with the raging fire of the madman iu his eyes and the imbecile grin of the lunatic on bis thin lips. In a moment the truth flashed upon mo, and as I stood there gapuig and horror struck he saw me aud burst into a fit of wild laughter. "Ha, ha, ha! You Neillson? Whata joke! See what a glorious view of tho grounds 1 Come and bend over, muu; don't be afraid. Docs the height make you dizzy I It's made her;" and he motioned to the iuseusible figure of his wife, whom he still held clasped in his ' arms. "Do you know what I am goiug to do with her? I'm going to chuck her down there," and hu pointed to the gar den below. "A mud woman is of no use to anyouc. Come and lend ms a hand." Mechuuically I rushed to the balcony and strove to wrench from his encircling gtasp tho fainting form of his wife. Like a flash his imbecile grin vanished and his eyes filled with a muliguant fury us ho let go his grasp of his wile uud sprang at me like a tiger cat. It was iu vaiu that I wrestled with him. His loug aims were around uiu uud held uic us if I' were iu a vice. I tried to shout for help, but my tongue cleaved to the roof of my mouth, an 1 a laiut gurgling was all tho sound I could command. Nearer aud nearer we drew to the parapet' edge, until ut last I could see tho lawu below, studded with flowerbeds like tho pattern of soruo fancy work ; for Gaulby Hull was built high, and we were on the third story. I felt his hot breath in my face, and caught lus diabolical look of triumph us lio slowly forced mi back ward against the outside rail, wsic'a cruuked aud wiv4 with uiy weight, and then my struggling foot seemed t part with the earth, as with a wild yell ofi "Leicester! Leicester!" I ripened my eyes and snt tip with a start. Th paper had slipped from my finger., and the train was slowly steamlnif into Iciccster station, and there, standing upon the platform, smiling and robust, looking the very picture of health, was Fred HallatnH. That Christmas party at Gaulby Hall was tho most enjoyable I was ever at, and the people (tl house was crammed full of visitors) the most entertaining and agreeable I ever mot. There was one young person especially a Misa Alice Pratison she was thon with whom I got on remarkably well. I never enjoyed visit so much in my life as I did that one, nor a ride so much as one afternoon when Miss Pratison and I, after a capital run, rode home together with bcr littlo hand in mine and our horses very closo together. Next Christmas, if Alice doesn't object, I mean' to have a jolly little hou?e party of my own. Christmas Carols. Musical specialists divide csrols into two classes, the sacred and the secular, although there is a third, the words of which are a curious admixture of both, as for example: If the suu shines through tho apple trco on Cristmas Day there will bo as abundant crop tho following year. Now the time is couia wherein Our Savior Christ is born; The larder, full ot beef and pork Tb. garner's filled with corn. Tho music is often excellent, many ol the carols being composed during the best days of the ecclesiastical roasters, and in not a few of these compositions appear fugue, counterpoint, and eveu canon of excellent composition and har mony. They were originally tuug in all the churches at Christmas time, instead of the hymns for the dny, and in the rural districts of England this custom is still observed. But more frequently at pres ent they ore heard from the lips of stroll ing bands of singers, whilo a solitary warbler sometimes serves to recall tho e-arrollcr in Dickens's Christinas story, who begins outside the door with : "God b'.css you, merry gentlemen, may nothing you dismay," when old Scrooge cuts the song short with a ruler. Many collections of carols have becu ' made, and some of them are really ro 1 markable compositions, being fugues iu ! three to six parts, nnd the woids of not ' a few convey ancient legends, occasion- I ..ll A.al.-nl.tt innfix.l Imlli in irlon 1111, 1 1- iu 1. 1 n it ii i j j..ii. i ii.n 1 1 u v . u .u - and language, such as "The Carol of tho Holy Well:" All under the leaves, the leaves of life, I met with virgins s?ven; And ono ot them was Mary mil I, Our Lord's mother of Heaven. Oh, what oro you seskinj, you seven fair maids, All under the loaves of life? Come tell, came tell what sek you All unler the leaves of lit.'. We're seeking for noleavt, Tnomat, But for a triend of thine; We'ra Feeking for sweet Jesus Chrift To be our guide and thine. Christinas Hints. Buy no more than you can afford. Give no gift where you do not de light to. Shop no more than you have tho strength for. Enter.'niu only within you means. Keep your Christmas nerve and muscle and heart and hope and cheer first for your own home, your own fireside, your dearest, your closest, your sweetest and then for the homeless, the tireless, the unloved, the "undeared," and ba true, true, true to the last Christmas card that goes to your postollico, or the last "Merry Christmas" that crosses your lips! Couldn't Fool Santa Clans. Santa Clans "One of tiie boys he.s becu tiying to ring in his father's stock ing on mo, but he a goiug to ;:et badlv left." ' , r y Christmas Proverbs anil S.iws. A warm Christinas, a cold Faster. A groen ChrUtmis makes n fat grave yard. If ice will bear a in ia before Christ mas it will not bear him aftensarJ. If Christmas finds a bridgi he'll brea'v it; if bo finds none he'll ma te one. Tiie shepherd would rathm- see his wife enter the stable on Christmas Day than the suu. Yule is come, an 1 Vme is gone, And we havo feast ; 1 woll; So Jack must to Lis uail Maiu, And Jennie to hi-r ivii!. Gcttin Heady lor CliiUduas. Husband (who Is laying the carpet) "Oh, g'aee Blank it." Wife ' Go ou, dear, tuy what you think; l'vo covered iny ears. You kuo.v lean t bear to hear uch talk, especially when C'uriiuias is u ukui'." TllEQUKER WAYS OF RAT UMPLFASAKT LITTI.B PEASTS, BUT WORTH STUDYING. What Their TalU Are t;ool For lollies of Their Skin. Trachtnjc Them Trlrk lint, a Food. A rat's tail is a wonderful thing. Tho great naturalist, Cuvicr, sars that there are nioro muscle In this curious append ago than are to b. found in tliit part of the human anatomy which is most ad mired for its ingenious structure namely, th hand. To the rat, in fuit, it tail serves a a tort of hand, by mean of which the animal is enabled to crawl along narrow ledgi-. or other difficult passages, uing it to balance with or to gain a hold. It 1 prehensile, lik tho tails of some monkeys. By mean of it the littlo Iwast ran jump up height otherwise inaccessible, employing it as a projectile spring. It ha often been said that tho glove makers of Paris make use in their trade of the skins of rat which are caught in the sewers, but this is denied. Certainly, says the Washington St.ir, the material would not be strong enough to success fully counterfeit the kid, unles it wero for tho thumb parts only, which are gen erally of a thinner and different kind of leather from tho rest. Suggestion has been tuado that the trado might be opened with the Chinese for tho skins of the rats they tat. A thrifty Welshman at one time exhibited himself publicly in England attired in a costume composed from top to toe of latskim, which he bad' spent three year and a half in collecting. Tho dress was made entirely by himself. It consisted of hat, neckerchief, coat, waistcoat, trousers, tippet, gaiters and shoes. The number of rats required to complete the suit w as C70. Most curious of tho garments was the tippet, com posed entirely of rats' tails. At ono time a batch of several thousand ruUkins was imported from France into England for manufacturing purposes, but they wero fouud too small and too flue iu texture to be useful. Dr. Buckland says that many of tho elephants' tusks brought to London for the use of workers iu ivory are observed to havo their surfaces grooved into small furrows of uucqual depth as though cut out by a very sharp-edged instrument. This is dono by rats, which are fond of the gelatine or animal glue in the sub stance. The ivory cutter selects for hi purposes by preference those tusks which have been gnawed in this way, because they are the ones which contain the most gelatine and are therefore the best iu material. Curiously enough, tho trade, while giving this much recognition to the rats' work, has not recognized them as the authors of it, tho common belief in the business beiug that the ivory has been thus gnawed by alligators. How it is imagined that alligators get a chance to chew elephants' tusks Is a problem. How many people have ever eaten jelly made from elephants' tusks? Yet it is very good indeed. In the English factories where many tons of ivory are sawn up annually to make handles for kuives and forks, great quantities of ivory dust are obtained. This dust is old nt the rite of sixpence a pound, and, when properly boiled and prepared, it makes the finest, purest and most nutritious animal jelly knowu. Years ago ivory jelly was a very fashiouablo remedy and much sought after. Hats are remarkably intelligent ani mals, as may be perceived from the dilli culty that is experienced iu catching them. They can bo taught many tricks. Among other things it is possible to make them learn how to beg, to jump through a hoop, to drag a littlo cait iu harness and to carry sticks or money. Bats have never found favor as a deli cacy for the table in Europe or iu this country, but in many lands they are lei isbed ns an article of diet. Tho slaves of Jamaica used to regard them as a dainty, their masters not pioviding them with auy other meat. Their method of cooking tho toothsome rodents was to impale each one ou a long wooden skewer, after cleaning the uuiinal aud cutting off the tail, turning it briskly around over a fire until the hair was all buret off, Then it was scruped until free from fur, and finally the end of tho skewer was stuck into the ground, in clined toward tho fire until it was toasted dry and crisp, thus beiug made ready for the meal, ltuts may commonly bo seen for sale in the markets of any Chin ese town, split and pressed under a heavy weight, so as to look somewhat like dried fish. In this shape the pig-tailed orien tal buys them, souks them iu water uud tbcu boils, roasts or fries them. Huts cause great annoyance on board of ships. Dr. Kane uid that if uAed what, after darkness, cold und scurvy, were the three best ttiug curses of bis arc tic sojourn, be would say ruts, rats, ruts. Neveriheless, wheu in distnss for other food, ho was afterward very glad to eat tho pests. He writes: "Through the long winter night Hum used to beguile his lonely hours of wateh by shooting ruts with bow uud urrow. Tho repugnance of my associates to share witu me this tuble luxury gave me fre quent advantage of fresh meat soup, which contributed uu doubt to iny com parative iiiumiuity from scurvy." Agaiu he writes: "Our diet will bu only a stock of meat biscuit, to which 1 shall add for myself a fi w rats chopped up uud frozen into tullow balls." SclentiUc Vision. The human retina and the chemical rctiuu, suys Professor William Schooling, ee very differently. Look ut the Plei ades with unaided eye uu I you may see six or seven or u do.en slurs; look ut it through a three inch tclcorope und you may see perhaps 3UI). fctudy it through a telescope for three years us M. Woltl bos dene, aud limp the stars and their pluces, and you may ricord Cod to 70U stars ou u strange background of nebu lous light; expose a sensitive plate for uu hour und more than twice that num ber are revealed, lengthen the exposuio to four hours aud you have a bietuiat uf 2320 star with a different aud mom FAIR IS THE WORLD. Tender was spring, when shyly she'eamo wooing. Kissing to life tho clods that long wero dead: s Bummer was fair, her generous alms pur suing, '. Filling the world with garlands and with bread. r., Fair Is the world, now lordly Autumn ruleth. With leaf and blossom rudely thrust away; Sweet i. tho air the sturdy north wind cooleth, And" dog and gun take their awaited day. j Keen is my joy, though sadly their last I petal. Tho faithful asters drop upon the sod, I Jilitlie I my heart, though grim the frosty cystals I je oold upon the prostrato goldon rod. Fair is the world, my buoyant youth recall ing,' A. dwp into the woods I take my way; Fair is the world, though forest leaves aro falling And moor and marsh and upland change to gray. For overhead the eager wild fowl greet me. And from the upland pipes the plover's cry, Th. saucy "scape" of startled jacksnlpo meets me. And timorous hare, to friendly cover fly. Ye.! fair's tho world, though Old Tiuia turns the glass, . And woods are bore of any bird that sings! For staunch old Bang goes "feathering" through the grass And stirs the copsawith whirr of hurrying wings. 011(1113. HI.nOR OF THE DAT. A martial strain The tug of war. Wage always appeal to man's hirena ,uro. J'itttliarj Jmjnitch. The bright girl tries to uiako light of everything. lMlhtt ,efi. You can't estimate a man' liberality by what he thinks you ought to give. K I mira (Jautle. "What on earth i Bink picking on the guitar?" "A quarrel, I should judge." W The naves of a church do not com prise the rogues of the congregation. Chicago Tribune. A good liar is better company thatrii truthful mau with an in. pediment in his speech. Drake't Mitgmine. "Time's up," as tho workman an nounced when ho fixed tho hanging clock. Hiltimore American. It is a great deal easier to secure an in dorsement for a man's character thau for his note. 1'ittiliurg liiynttrti. Tho statement that a detective recently caught a cold has beer, received in sug gestive silence. liin-jhamton leader. AVords are ever mighty to deceive. It makes a big difference whether a tramp or a hero cries, "(live me icst !" I'ucl, It takes a smart boy to tell a lio suc cessfully. If be tells it unsuccessfully his father is apt to make him smart. V'vct ilenc Telcyram. "Which ono do you wish to marry?" "Tho younger sister." "Which one is she)" "I don't kuow. They both claim to be." DrooklyH Life. Hicks "What is political faith?" Wicks "Merely a choice between tho lies piomulgiited by the different par ties. "L'vstoii l'raiueriit. It all the people iu tho world w ere ex pert mind readers, bow quickly tho daily thoughts of most people would be radi cally improved. &mcrcille Journal. The sumac has iu fi ry glow, The maple has its Hume, The elm treo has no red at all, lint it's handsome just the same. Ilonttm Trtmmurjit. The Arkansas rejected lover who is suspected of having lm me t a bride's trousseau may have wished to be regarded as her old flame I.oiitilU tVwritr Journal. Happy thought! Fceblewittlo ug gests that henccfrrth it be considered quite tho proper thing to servo dropped e'g with picked-up diuners. Detroit frtt l'rtu. If a man could only sre the conse quences of all the evil tilings he docs how bard he would try uot to do the evil things, but to avert the cousequcu ces. " Somerrillt! Journal. "Mrs. Ncwriche's speech betrays her plebian origin." "Ye but she is mak ing every effort to reliue it." "Thiuk so." "Yes. To-duy ut dinner .ho usked for a 'small slice of miming.'" Ac York I'rcu. Professor Whaikem "Who helped you to do these sums t" .luhnny Fizzle top "Nobody sir." "What! nobody? Now don't lio. Didn't your brother, help youf" "No, be didn't help me; he did them all by himself." Tixat httlimjt. "After all," said the great muu as he laid down tho paper, "it is the liviug who suffer most wheu one of our number passes from this life." "l.i you thiuk sol'1 said bis private socriUry. "Yes; the survivors are tin.' ones w ho ""0 t'.o newspaper pictures.'1 WishmytjH fW, An Obj-etiou Overcome : Hojack "It is objected thai uo the Government XiUuiM-kers cuu produce a shower, they have no means of shutting the ruiu otf win 11 we have had enough." Tomdik "Oil, yes, they have. All they need tit do is wild up a lot of balloons loadc 1 with dry sponges." ilioiljH Lilt. It is said of u certain lileiary woman that she is never at h -s for a leply, and never misses an opportunity In say a bright thing. One day, a i rieud was describing to her a noted artist, uhoul whom her curiosity had been greatly nroused, but whom she hu 1 never seen. "To begin with," remarked tin- friend, "he bus a perfect Niagara ul u Ion head !' "What ".said the oibrr; "do you mean to te'l inn thu poor man has a tttlttiait vvui both e;vl ' ,lytinwt.
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