THE FOREST REPDBLICAH Is pabllthtd every Wtdaesday, kf ' J. E. WENK. Offloa In Bmearbaugh 9k Co.'s B all ding KLM TMET, TIONXSTA, I. Terms, - f I.OO por Yttr. He inbutrlptlem neolTei lot skorter Mriod tbitn thr months. RATES OP ADVERTIJIji On Square, one Inch, on. Insertion! On. Square, on. inch, one month . .4 One Square, on. Inch, three month 1.1 On. Square, on. inch , on. year ...., Two Squares, one year Quarter CoIuiud, one year., ......... ,Half Column, one year. ............ J One Column, one year Legal advertisement ten cents each Insertion. Marriages and death notices gratis All bills for yearly adverti-umentoe quarterly. 1 emporary ad vcrtief be paid in advance. Job work cash en delivery. OREST PUBLICAN. Oorrrapoiideiiee solicited freia M MrtJ mf the VOL. XXIV. NO. 39. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN, 20, 1892. country. Ne netlce wtll he Uk $1.50 PEK ANNUM. O-SlUDaiCaUOBf. Re England hit) a Oovcrnmont fishing school la which, apart from that special training, the boys rcccivo elementary, literary instruction, while thore ore also classes in training. Raisin raising and prune growing; aro two comparatively now industries in California that nro ' uttnining very largo proportions, and tUa domestic products hare almost driven the foreign goods from our mnrkcts. To show tho growth of tho industry of furnishing knitting wool, it is only necessary, maintains tho New York Commercial Advertiser, to point out tho fact that in Pennsylvania h singlo fac tory turns out 5,000,000 bundles a month. It is staled that, in ndditioa to tho land at prescut given up to sugar culture in Louisiana and Texas, Louisiana can furuish 3,000,000 acres nnd' Texas a million moro, which,, nt the rato of pres ent production, tho New York Independ ent thinks, would supply the wants of a grcntcr population than now possessed by the United States. Co-operation is getting in its work in England somewhat more rapidly than iu this country, notes tho Detroit Fiee l'rat. At Leicester a big shoo factory lias just been built covering six acre of ground and costiug $150,000. The machinery will cost 100,000 more, nnd these items, with $1, 000,000 in working capital, represent the accumulations of a co-operative euterprisc. It is estimated that the factory wheu complctoJ will turn out 50,000 pairs of shoes in a week. Tho San Francisco Chronicle states thnt "two young men near Los Angeles aro rapidly making n fortune slaying coyotes. Last April they wcro not worth $50, but now they have $3700 to their credit iu bank and they are adding about $150 a week to their deposit. They have fifty traps set, and wlt'a these and their rifles ara rapidly thinning out the coyotes in Lis Angeles nn 1 San Bur naidiuo Counties. At $3 u sculp there is moro money iu hunting coyotes than in growing grain or fruit, but tho busi ness will probably como to an cud wheu the next Legislature meets. The lnw which was passed nsa joke has proved to bo very costly pastime. . It is extremely iuteresting to know, remarks tho New York liidenendtnt, that the peoplo of Tierru del Fuego hnvo re cently proposed to establish a custom house to act independently of other custom houses. Tho country lias cstab lished considerable trade with England iu wool nnd its other products. Tierra del Fuego comprise the mass of islands nt the southern point of South America only oue of which is of any considerable size, that one being Ia'o bundle 1 miles long by twenty-five miles -wide. Tho Straits of Magellan separata tho Tierra dol Fuogo country from the mainland. Tho most southern island of the group is tho ono upon which Capo .Horn is situated. Here is an expert opinion upon Eli eon's new electric motor: It is not mere ly tho outcome of speculation, but the result of actual experiment oa a com mercial scale. Mr. Elisou use tho rails as conductors aud operate at low po tential. Ho has proved that there is no cause for fear from tho accidental forma tion of a short circuit through tho cross ing of tracks by vehicle with irou wheels or tires. As regards tho question of safety to human bciugs aud animals likely to come in contact with tho rails, It is ueedless to add that tho oilcct of twenty volts upou the human body is im perceptible, aud actual experiment has also shown that horses aro not effected by it in tho slightest decree. Sj far the initial cost of the new system will make it inapplicable to any but tho largest cities and tho largest short roads. The New York Su muses: "First comes tho man who has ucquired an island in Paget Souu I, na which lie is raising black cats for their furs, and New York furriers have already shown to readers of The Euniaj Sun that there's millions in it. Next, hero is a man in Missouri with a rattlesnake farm, who sells 3000 worth of rattlosuake oil per nunuiii. His live tto::k on a fenced forty-acre patch are counted at 10,000 tails. The man who tried to make a fortune out of spiders' silk uni failed, is an old story. Tho inau who is doing pretty well with his terrapin ranch iu Maryland is another story. The Long Island leech farm is ancient history. How the Florida limn, with his alligator pre serve, may be getting along has not been repoi ted lately. Among the few prom ising objects of cultivation which appear to have been neglected us yet nre musk rats, crabs. edibles;iails,sluuks (.Vlaskau suble of the funicrs), 'possums (very toothsome), the deadly nightshade, monkshood and strychnine plaut. Bloom iug Melds of belladonna and aconite would variegate tho rural iaudscupj aud might eutich the owner," FORTUNE JELLINO. My darling has learned the secret That the gypsies, long ago, Wielded to lure the yellow gold From credulous hands of snow And now, In a charmed silence No voice from the world must break, Sue deals and ponders the fateful cards For dear Dame Fortune's sake. Anon, she starts, exulting! "A letter, a company, The smile of the tun, the laugh of the lute, And a lover of high dozree! But alas for my wish I It comes not," The broad brows knit as in pain. The poor little prophets are straight upswept And the tale begins again. O gra;- eyes, masterful, steady, On the whimsical game Intent; Little ye reck of the shining forms That over your folly are bent; -Little ye reck of the promise That throbs In the living air. Or the gracious hands outstretched in vain With gifts that mock compare) Great Mother Nature lingers "I have almost lost my child;" And stately Learning echoes her In accents deep and mild. That as Love's plumy pinion That brushed against your face. That strain of musie Is calling you As it soars to the heavenly place. But hist ! what hurrying footsteps Nearer and nearer sound? What shape more fair than all beside Transfigures the scene around? Quick, maiden, break from your glamour 1 Down, the false prophets! 'Pis shel O quick, or eternity hides her, sweet! rris Opportunity 1 HI. P. Guild, in New England Magazine. FOR A FLOWER. Count Clairvillo had just given in marringe his only daughter Yolande to the Marquis of Kergouet of an old and proud Breton family. The ceremony was over and tho church doors were flung open, displaying the high altar decorated with flowers and lights, and in the garlanded doorway ap peared the young pair, wnllo the bells pealed joyously. All nature seemed to be in festal attire, for the sweet odors of spring filled the air, the wild birds were singing merrily and sunbeams fell like a halo across the foreheads of the bride and erosm. She was fair and graceful and in her white gown and veil seemed like an angel strayed from heaven; tho bridegroom, noblo aud gallaut, looked with love unutterable at the fair girl who leaned upon his arm. Tho countrj people were dressed in their Sunday clothes, the men wearing rosettes in thoir buttonholes, the women with lilies of the valley in their bodices, and all waved flowering hawthorn branches and made the air ring with ac olamations. 'Long live Mademoisello Yolande 1 Long livo the bride! God bless our sweet young lady 1" they cried, and from time to tune they added, "Long live tho mar quis r The church of Clairville overlooked tho village, being built on a rocky emi nence, and was npproached by a steep winding path and stairway J rich aud poor, noble and simple, dead and liv ing, all must euter the church by way of "Purudise road." I ho wedding party, guttering in gold and silk aud velvet, and followed by the cheering crowd, walked down tins rustic pathway to where tho carriages were waiting, and the bridegroom, pleased by the enthusi asm of the people and their evident af fection for his bride, said to her tender ly: 'You see, my love, how dear you are to theso people. They will never forget you. I fear they owe me a grudge for stealing their good augel from them." The bride smiled and raised her sweet eyes to his face for a moment, and then she turned to her father, saying: "It is such a beautiful day, papa, may we not walk home?" "Certainly, dear, if you wish it," ho replied, glad of an opportunity of pleas ing his child, from whom ho must soon part, and accordingly tho bridal pair aud all the young persons of the party walked through the village to the chateau of Clairvillo, which was situated at tho other end, while the dowagers and other persons followed in their carriages. Yolande, leaning on her husband's arm, stopped repeatedly at the humble cottages where the poor old men and women whom age or iufirmity rendered unable to go out, were waiting in their doorways to see the bride pass. For each one she had a word and a smile, and many a trombling baud and weak, thin voico was raised to bless her. The joyous procession now reached a turn in the narrow road and came to a standstill, being met by a funeral party. It was a very poor affair; there was no coronet emblazoned on tho white pall which covered the corpse of a young maiden, and not a flower was seen there, not a single blossom, in spite of the warm springtime. Behind the bier a poorly clad man, the only mourner, walked slowly, looking, with his head bent and bis face covered by his hands, a picture of despairing grief. At sight of the Clairvillo weddiug party, the men currying the bier stopped and would have turned out of the load, but the mourner raised his head and gazed fiercely at the happy throng, who with their rich gala clothing and smiling faces seemed to oiler insult to his sorrow. "Go onl" he said, iu a hoarse voice to the porters, as if be would have liked to crush the fine lord aud ladies beneath his feet, but the men did not stir. Then the count stepped forward, sayiug gravely: Reipect the deud, fricndsl Fallback and let the bier pass." lie was instautl; obeyed, and the funeral moved on past the gorgeously attired throng, who made way reverently. As the bier passed the bride, she was filled with pity at sight of the young still form uuder the white pull, aud taking a sprig of orange blossoms out of her bouquet, she laid it gently upon the bior. The stern mourner saw tho act and his expression softened a little, thon covering his face again, ho broke into low sobs. "Who is that manJ" asked Count Clairvillo. "I do not know, my lord," replied tho man addressod. "lie is a stranger. Ho came to the inn a few days ago with his sister. She was almost dead, as any one could see. lie seemed to love her very much, and when she diod he cursed and shook his fist at heaven. This morning I told him it was too early to have the funeral, and that he ought to give the cure time to change his stole after tho wedding, but he would not listen to me." The bridal party moved on, and soon the merry peals of tho church belts were changed to a mournful tolling, as the bier passed under the gay floral decora tions of the door. "Who is that young lady?" asked the mourner of a by-stander. "The bride? That is Mademoiselle Yolnndo do Clairvillo," was tho reply, and the stranger murmercd softly: "May she always bo happy 1" Then he went into the church. Twenty years passed and the Reign of Terror began. In La Vendee the war was ot its height when the convention sent one of its members to Nantes with instructions to take swift and violent measures against the royalists. Accordingly, this man, Carrier by name, caused a number of "suspects" to be con Quod in Entrepot, a building near the cathedral of St. Pierre; men, women and children were hustled pell-mell into this ante-chamber of tho River Loire, aud in spite of the daily drownings, the prison was ever thronged with victims. In a lingo low hall the terrible pro consul presided at the mock trials. The prisoners were divided into two parties, the , accused and the condemned ; the former group diminished rapidly, as the latter increased, and at last Carrier resolved to hurry the pro ceedings by dispensing with all formality in disposing of the victims. Then the fatal words, "Condemned to death I" were heard repeatedly as the royalists were hurried across the hall. "Henri de Kergouetl" called tho clerk, and a young man about eighteen years of age left his c3mpanions and advanced to wards the tribunal. He bowed to .the judges with as much easo and grace as if ho were at the court of Versailles, and seemed to be uuconscious of the fact that a cruel death awaited him. "You are accused of conspiring against the republic in the person of Its repre sentative," said Carrier, "you took part in a plot against my life." The youth turned a frank, fearless pair of eyes toward the speaker, and answered slowly: "I owe my father's death to you. I always pay my debts1" "Henril" cried a woman's voice en trcatingly. Carrier cast a furious glance round him, and then Henri do Kcrgouot was hurried away. Two women now stood before tho judgo, Who asked of the elder ono: "Are you tho mother of that young man?" "Your name?" "Yolande do Clairville, Maquise de Kergouet." The judge looked fixedly at tho speaker for a minute, then declared the the investigation at an end and added briefly, "Condemned to death, all three." ThcMoomed were now led back to thoir dungeons, and nt nine o'clock at night the executions began. Tied together, two by two, the unfortunates were thrown into boats, taken out on the river and dispatched with sword or bayonet and their bodies cast into the water. This method, however, soou proved- too Blow to satisfy Carrier, and he caused hundreds of his victims to be driven to i neighboring quarry and shot. The Marquise de Kergouot and her two children were awaiting their doom in silence when tho jailer entered thoir coll and ordered the daughter to follow him. "Why must we bo separated?" cried the mother. "Citizen Carrier's orders," replied the man. "Be quick I" After a long aud tearful embrace the young girl left her mother and brother, and followed the jailer into the presence of the dreaded pro-consul, who looked at her earnestly and when they were left alone asked slowly: "What is your name?" "Yvonne do Kergouet." "Do you love your mother?" 'Ah, yes, Mousiourl" replied tho girl, trembliug with terror. "And your brother; what would you do to save his life?" "I would gladly give my own life 1' cried Yvonne eagerly. "I do not waut your life, child, but your silence. How old are you?" "Sixteen years, Monsieur." "Then you have not yet learned to lie. Listen to mo. Here is a letter which I coufido to you on condition of your promising mo that it shall not be opened until midnight. Moreover, you are not to speak of it to any one. Have I your promise? Very well. Go!" The frightened girl took the letter, put it into her bosom aud wastakeu back to the cell, but before sho had time to reply to tho anxious questiouiug with which her mother and brother greeted her, a man appeared, carrying a pistol, signed to them all to follow him and led them out of the prisou. Then imposing the strictest silence upon them, he gave his arm to Yvonne, while lleuri de Ker gouet supported his mother's trembling form. Iu a few minutes the little party reached the river bank, after hurrying through the dark streets of tho city, aud the royalists realized at a glauco that they were uot far from the (pot where tho executions of that day had taken place. Their guide gave a siguul aud a man in a boat instantly made his appearauce from out of the gloom. "Oet iu," said the boatuiau, iu a low tone, aud as soon as they were seated he rowed out into the middle of the stream. "Be brave, little sister," whispered nenri, clasping Yvonne to his heart, nnd then they nil waited calmly for their last hour to come. In a few brief moments they seemed to live their whole live over, to feel again tho joys and sorrows of their early childhood, as well as thoir recent trials and alarms. Suddenly they saw in tho distance the outline of a ship dimly defined against the dark sky; they approached it rapid ly, and before they had recovered from their amazement, found themselves on board, while their late conductor rowed back to the shore. "What docs this mean?" asked nenri, after an astonished pause. "That you ara saved!" replied tho captain of the ship. "Saved? How? By whom?" "That is more than I can tell you, mndame. All that I know of the matter is that a few hours ago I received a large sum of money and an order to wait here for three passengers who wished to go to England. The order was accom panied by a safe-conduct signed by the pro consul, Carrier. In a few days, we shall, with a good wind, bo in sight of the the English coast." The little family, hardly able to be lieve their ears, looked nt each other in wondering delight, and Mme. do Ker gouet murmured with a prayer of thanks giving: "Who can our unknown friend be?" Then Yvonne suddenly asked the cap tain what the hour was. "It was just half-past twelve, mad emoiselle, he answered, end tho girl hastily drew out the letter she had re ceived, tore it open and read tho first line: "To Mademoiselle Yolando de Clair villo." It is for you, mamma," sho said, giv ing it to her mother, but tho marquiso signed to her son to read it aloud. It ran as follows: "Twenty years ago, on your welding day, you laid a flower from your bridal bouquot on my sister's coflin. She was just sixteen years old. I wish to pay my debt, and in re turn for your flower I give you three lives. "Carbikb." Wei York Home Journal. Natural Telephone. A gentleman from Minnesota, about twenty-five miles southwest of Rapid City, South Dakota, tells of a discovery which was accidentally made iu the mountains northwest of that town a few weeks ago. According to the story told, there is a natural telephone line be tween two mountains in the Black Hills range. On each side of an interveniug valley, twelve miles in width, stand two high peaks which tower above the other mountains and have long been known as landmarks, being called the twin peaks. These mountains ure fully 10,000 feet high and at least 4000 feet above tho near range. Only on rare occasions have these peaks been ascended and jut little was known of their topography. Somo weeks ago a party of tourists determined to make tho ascent and dividod into two parties, ono for each peak. They, too, took apparatus foi signaling, and expected to have pleasure and amusement Vy flashing the heliograph code across tho intervening space, to tho mystification of the people of the valloy. The ascent was mado, and while tho people were making arrangements to signal across one of the party on the north mountain was surprised to hear voices which apparently camo from tho air. He moved about and the sound was no longer heard. By changing his position several times ho discovered that at a cer tain spot on the mountain he could heai the voices, and it was not long before he found tl at they proceeded from the party on the other mountain. . He called the attention of the others to the phenomena and then they attracted the party on the south mountain aud found that an ordinary conversation in au ordinary tone of voice was plaiuly heard from ono mountain top to tho other. There was only oue placo on each mountain where it could be heard and it appeared to be a natural telephone. No shouting was necessary and tho words were perfectly distinct. Unman Growth, Weight and Height. Quartelet obtained some weight rec ords of note, but no reliance can be placed in tbem in the light of modern observation. Ho concluded from such statistics as he could get that a new-born infant was, on the average, one-twentieth the maximum weight iu middle life; that during the first year after birth tho increment of weight is ubout one-tenth of all that is added subsequently, and and that between the fifteenth and twentieth years moro is added to the weight than during any other five-year period of life. However, individual in stances differ so widely that very littlo reliance can be placed in tho results be obtained. That Quartclet's statistics of weight were incomplete and unsatisfactory is shown by the fact that bo did not detect the interesting law recently recognized, viv., that tho weight increases slowly, or even diminishes, wheu the height is in creasing very rapidly, but increases rap idly wheu tho height remains nearly stationary. M. Louie Ilepuvtic, Bavaria's Kin? Tliluks He's a Stork. Reference to this story may serve us an excuse for alluding to the queer fad of the present monarch of Bavaria, the mad King Otto. His insanity appears to have takeu the form of an illusiuu that he is a stork. Iu oue ot the magnificent apartments devote 1 to his use at tho palace at Furstenriod he lius laboriously constructed a gigantic nest, every stick and straw of which he has conveyed to the spot iu his mouth. Iu that nest he squats almost the entire day with feath ers stuck in his long, thick hair aud beard, while he chatters iu imitation of the "clappering" of a stork wheuovei any oue approaches. Occasionally, too, he stands on ouu leg gaziug vacantly straight before him, while at other times he stalks gravely about just in the same manner that he has seeu the long beaked, long-legged birds do. Set Yvrk inbuilt. A CHINAMAN AT DINNER. THE FOOD HE EATS AND HOW ITS TAKES IT. Dinner Begins With Tea Favorite Viands A Groat Variety of Vere tafoles Unpleasant Dainties. A Chinese dinner begins, as wo would think, at the wrong end first. As tho first course wo were served with tea in dainty littlo China cups. Tho second course consisted of small dishes of water melon seeds. Those nro a favorite deli cacy among the Chinese. Next camo sliced oranges, served iu individual dishes. Tho oranges were imall and very sweet nnd juicy. The fourth course was tho dinner proper and contained tho Biibstantials. Rice was tho principal viand and was served in a largo center dish, each person being given a bowl. There were several smaller dishes of dif ferent kinds of meats aud vegetables to est with tho rice, such as duck meat, pork, mutton and curry, beau curd, stringed cocoanut, etc. This courso complctod our dinner, since ws did not pattake of the rice wine with which tho Chineso frequently end their meals. lticc is tho Chiuaman's staff of life and forms tho principal artielo of diet throughout tho country. It is cooked steaming in a basket or sieve suspended over a shallow iron kettle partly filled with water. The other articles of food are cooked in the same way and nt the same time, as many as four or five steamers being fitted nicely over each other and covered to keep in tho steam, which the water be'ow supplies to all nt once. Baked bread is not used ; neither is milk, butter nor cheese. At first it seemed strange to me to sit down to a meal at which these familiar dishes wcro lacking. Perhaps tho greatest variety iu the Chinese bill of fare is found iu the vegetables, aud certainly much of their agriculture consists in raising them. Bean curd or beau jam, such us we had at tho hotel dinner, is made by boiling and grinding black beans and mixing the fiour with water, gypsum and turmeric. There aro twenty or more kinds of beans aud peas raised iu China and they are prepared for food in many different ways. Cab bage, broccoli, kale, cauliflower, cress, colewort, lettuce, sow thistle, spinach, celery, dandelion, succoiy, sweet basil, ginger, mustard, radishes, artomisia, amuranthus, tacca, pig weed, burslauc, ehophcrds' purse, clover, garlics, leeks, ouions, scallions, ailantus and chives aro somo of tho principal greens, many of them decidedly odoriferous during cook ing and after eating. Carrots, gourds, squashes, cucumbers, watermelons, to matoes, turnips, radishes, brinjals, pumpkins aud okers may be named as most common among the score or more garden vegetables. Sweet potatoes aro very plentiful. Tho Irish potato has been grown for a good many years, but has not come into general use among the people. Fruits of most varieties are abundant nil tho year, oranges being the most common. The few puppies and kittens that are sold for the table are fed on a diet of rice bofore-haud. Hats may be eaten in somo few cases; iu fact I believe I saw a string of dried rats hanging in a market in Cauton, but they are ucither common nor cheap, and ought not to bo cousidered a distinctive part of Chinese diet any moro than frogs' legs and snails should be of American diet. Birdsuost soup is eaten, occasionally by those who can afford it. It is very expensive, costing a dollar au ounce. I was fortunate enough to taste some once, and thought it the most deli cious soup I had ever eaten. Sharks' fins aro also eaten now and then by epicures. At frequent intervals nlong tho streets in the city there are what might bo called restaurants, right out into tho street. The keeper may bo seen squat tiug on the stouo pavement on a low stool. He has a little earthen furnace, or "fungelow," on which he cooks various kinds of food. Ou a low counter by his side are trays of food and iu front of tho couuter an stools f ir customers. The Chinese generally have only two meals a day, breakfast about nine or ten o'clock in thu morning and dinner at four or tivo iu tho afternoon. Husband and wifo seldom eat together, and never do so when strangers or guests are pres. out. Tho females eat by themselves, after thu men have finished. The ricu is pluced iu a largo dish in tho centre of the tablo and each person help) himself, tilling his bowl by means of it ladle or large spoon. Ho then holds his bowl iu his left hand near tho chin, an I pushes the rice into his mouth by means of two chop-sticks, both held beiweeu thu thumb and tho fore and middle lingers of the right hand. Knives an 1 forks aro uot used at meals. Whenever a bit of fish or igctable is wanted, it is selected from the common dish aud conveyed to the mouth by tho use of tho chop-sticks. The Voire. A (Juecr Volcano. In the extreme eastern edge of Arizona, some forty miles southwest of the remote and interesting Indian pueblo of Z mi, New .Mexico, is a strange natural phe nomenon u great, shallow salt lake, at thu bottom of a bowl-like depression' somo hundreds of feet deep, und ubout thico miles acro-is. The basiu is dazzling white with u crust of salt crystals. About iu thu center rises a small blade volcauic peak; and if one will take the trouble to ford the salt hike which ho will find a disagreeable, but uot dangerous task and climb the peak, hu will I'm I its crater half tilled by u lakelet of pure fr.sh water! Sicholas. Row to Foretell a Sturm. By placing two irou bars at seven or eight yards distance from each other,aud putting them in communication ou one side by au insulated copper wire and on the other side with a telephone, it is said that a storm cuu be predicted twelve hours ahead, through a certain dead Hound heard iu the receiver. fimi' eitcv Chronicle. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Aluminum makes the best artificial limbs. Thore are six thousand pieces to a locomotivo engine. Sixteen million horse-power goes to waste every hour at Niagara Falls. Few persons aro aware that carbolic ncid is combustible ; but it is, neverthe less. If your shoes troublo you by squeaking, drive a peg in the middle of the sole, clear through both layers, and it wili stop all tho annoyance. A translucent mineral substance, the color of umbur and with properties of asbestos, is reported to have been dis covered in immenso deposits in the United States of Columbia. According to Swedish papers the ex pedition of Dr. Nauscn to the North Polo has been postponed until 1S93. The de lay is caused by the impossibility of sooner finishing the ship to bo used. Tho attempt to establish an observa tory for meteorological purposes on tho summit of Mont Blanc, Switzerland, re cently abandoned owing to the thick crust of snow and ice on tho mountain, is to bo renewed. It is said that 1000 sheep will fairly enrich on aero of ground in twenty-four hours. Estimating that each animal would drop eight pounds of manure, solid and liquid, there would bo four tons of a pretty good phosphate. At the newly discovered metalliferous mines in Texas, the miners struck a "blanket lead" of silver ore almost at tho surface of the mountain into which they had begun tunneling. There is a crowd of laborers, promoters and speculators at band. The most interesting of rcccut photo graphs of the sun shows a reraarkablo solar disturbauce, iu which vapors as cend to a height of 80,000 miles. This eruption lasted fully fifteen minutes and was accompatiled by fluctuations of tho compass needle. A Canadian electrician states that elec tricity causes the tides, and demonstrates it by olectrifyiug a rubber cinib by rub bing it through tho hair, and then draw ing it over tho top of a glass filled with water, the result being that tidal wave follows the comb. A company has been forme 1 in Gor many to erect works foi tho production of tho now explosive dahmcnite,which is especially adapted for mino use, having moro power than dynamite, at tho same time being perfectly harmless under or dinary circumstances. Many curious and pretty devices are used for S3ftening the electric light aud adapting it to household use. A library table lamp consists of an adjustable shell supported upon a graceful spiral shaft. Other shells of mother-of-pearl ore used to soften lights for tho ceiliug. Hammcrfost, tho most northern town in Europe, has a night lasting from No vember 18 to January 23. Near tho town are three streams with current so strong ns never to freezo, aud theso have been utilized for electric light, which has been introduced into every hotisa. On tho estnto of tho Marquis do La guna, in Spain, n water wheel of twenty horse power runs a dynamo. Plowing by electricity has been propose:l,and the current is to be transmitted to a field three miles distaut, where n motor on a plow is to be operated. Tho cable at tached to the plow is to bo wound on a reel and drawn over tho field. The Boomerang. The boomerang is an instrument used both in war and in thu chase by tho aborigines of Australia, it is usually about two feet in-length, made of hard wood bent into a curvo resembling an obtuse angle, flat ou one side and rouudod on the other. The method of usin? this curious weapon is very pe culiar. Tho thrower takes it by one cud, holding the bent side downward, aud hurls it forward us if to hit somo object twenty to tweuty-tivo yards in advance. Instead of continuing to go directly for ward in accordance with the Newtonian law, it slowly ascends in the air, whirl ing round nnd round, describing a beau tiful and geometrical curved lino till it reaches a considerable height, when it begins to retrograde, finally sweeping over tho head of tho projector, striking the object for which it was intended, which is always iu the rear. This surprising motion is produced by the rcuctiuu of thu air upou the bends and curves of the oddly-shaped missile. Lieutenant Breton, iu his book en titled "Excursions iu New South Wales and Western Australia," has this to say of that singular weapon- "The boom erang is ouu of thu mo-t curious weupous of war ever invented, ut least by a bar barous people, nor is it easy to compre hend by what law of projectiles it is made to take the singular directions that it frequently doe. I have seen a native throw one so us to make it go forty or fifty yards horizontally, and not more than four feet from tho ground. It would then suddenly dari into the air to the height of fifty or sixty yards, de scribe a very considerable curve uud finally fall ut his feet. Iu ull cases, uo mutter how thrown, tho boomeraug keeps turning witli great rapidity, liko us if ou u pivot, making a loud, whiz.ing uoisu ull tho while." N. Imait lui;iufUc. l'liciiinulic Tubes for Passengers. A Hamburg ((Jermuuy) cjinpauy has in view a curious project. A pneumatic railway probably underground is to be constructed between Hamburg uud Bueheu, a distauce of fifteen miles, und passengers uru to be simt liku parcels through the tube, making thu trip iu cleveu minute'. The passenger carrier is to bo of cylindrical form, forty iuehei in diameter uud twice us long. This is to enclose three smaller cyliudtrs, of thu size of a human be:u.-, in which thu pusscugcrs uru to tiavel. Each little compartment is to have an eluctric glow lamp, aud compressed fresh air is to bu supplied while the traiu is in luotiou. Trtiitw (.Y. J.) American. LULLABIES FROM ALU LAHD3, DANISH. ,, Sleep, sleep, little mouse The field your father plows; Your mother feeds pigs In the sty, Bhe'll come and slap you when youcry- ohinkse. f; Snail, snail, come out nnd ba fo-i -Put out your horns and then your head, And thy mammy will give thee mutton, . For thou art doubly dear to me. BPANisn. ' The moon shines bright, And the snake darts swift and light. I see five baby bullocks ' And a calf young and white. ARABIC. Sloop, my baby, sleep, Sleep a slumber hale, Sweetly rest till morning light. My little farmer boy, so bright. ZULU. Hush thee, my baby. Thy mother's over the mountain g There she will disr tho littlo garde And water she'll fetch from the r NOBWatllAN. Row, row to Baltnarock, How many fish are caught in tho no. One for father and oue for mother, Oue for sister and one for brother. SWEDEN. Hush, hush, baby mine; Pussy climbs tho big green pine; Mother turns the millstone, Father to kill the pig has gouo. GERMAN. Sleep, baby, sleep; Thy father guards the sheep, The mother shakes the dreamland tres, And from it full sweet dreams for thee; Sleep, baby, sleep. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Marriage is often mirage. Stflintge. Tho tramp's motto All roads lead to roam. Lowell Courier. Yesterday is a waste basket iuto whio Timo dumps lost opportuuitios. In the game of life the opera composor makes the most scores. Cnicigo Timet. -, Despite the oyster's phlegmatic tem-Jt perament ho often gets into stews. Bal timore American. t i "Wo must havo an organ to support; f j us," as the man said to his monkey. ' Baltimore American. i Never hire a person that wants to ' know why you want something donoj. Milmaulee Journal.' A Texas cow kicked a mulo to deatl It must havo been a mule without aaf, hind legs. Botton Ifewi. Men are most likely to rave about a woman's bair when it is found iu the butter. 7'i Siftimje. There is no need of dull times board ship. Tho crew cau always gc, a boom. Lowell Courier. "Plant Cannibals" is a headline iu the Dispatch. All right. Plant 'em ten feet deep. Ihttiburg Chronicle. ,i The latest wrinklo is a source of sati faction to young peoplo, but to tho o is otherwise. (Jalvttton JYisirs. Asking questions t-f a public speuki is a good deal liko stuudiug on a trat to scare a locomotive. Columbut Poet. Fivo things lire essential to success in life. Oue is a good wife; tho four others aro mouey. Hichmon l Jtccorder. Justice is blind, but not so much so as tho man who goes to law with the idea that he is sure to get justice. 7wv Sifting). Every man who does not labor and lay up a fortune may causo absolute suiter-' ing to his daughter's future husband.' Elmira Gatette. The acrobat's lot is an unfortunate one, for no matter how much ho makes bo is continually subject to reverses. Baltimore Ameri&in. It seems strango that, when our armj officer has gown old ami tired iu tho service, thu Uovermicnt should re-tire him. Boston A'ew. Tir. Hammond says wo havo two , brains. This accounts for tho fact that ' somo mon think twice before they uct once. lloc'taUr Post. f . Editor's Wife "Why do you throw? the contribution into thu tire?'1 K litoi "Because there is no fire iu the contrj butiou." .eto York J'rets. 1 Ethel "George said last night thnt there wasn't a girl iu town with a com plexion liko mine." Maud "The incau thiug.'" Brooklyn Life. "Straugcst girl I ever met," mutlered ' Chappie almost to himself. "y''y?" asked Cholly. "Accepted me," remiv ed Chappie absently. Sue York 7t,rn Tho greutest surgical operation is said to be a Lansing, .Michigan, and tho greatest feat of strength that of Wheel ing, West Virgiuiu. VhilaJelihit :UcS ord. i "Are you still ongagu H" asked tho old frieud, who had uot s;en thu dear girl for some time. "Oil, yes," sho unswered; "but it's to auother uiuu." JIurper'i Butir. "So you gave your sister a beautiful birthday present, did you, Tommy i" "Yos'uv, 1 always givu Susie a prescut on her birthday, 'cause miuu comes a uk ufter hers." Yankee Blade, Some of Tennyson's early poetry wuO written witli ink that has since faded en tirely from the original muuuscriiit. These may now b classed as his first blank verse. 1'hilideliMit Lmljcr. "You seemed to bu holding u long talk with Tiuimius this afleruoon. What was thebuideu of your conversation !" "I don't remember now. 1 know it was a burden, though." IndianaxtUM Journal. Thiggs "If you hud ubout ?7,000, C00 what would you do with itf" Pis ties "1 should build the finest, hand somest, best furnished, most elogmt, maguitieeut and yet hoini like residence iu Chicago." "Then what?" "Tuuu I'd I'd travel." CiUajo Tribunt. Oue-hulf of the people are suppose I tj die before the uge of sixtccu. i
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