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VOL. XXIV. NO. 43.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB, 17, 1892.
S1.50 PER ANNUM.
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China's Emperor 1ms got tired of f
counting wiiu ino nuncun niiu uuvr
itudying English arithmetic.
The six new States, Idaho, North
Dnkotn, South Dakota, Montana, Wash
ington and Wyoming, will have, col
lectively, twenty votes in tho next Elec
toral College.
A New York preacher, who preaches
among tho most ignorant of the city's
population, employs many devices to en
force his meaning using rats, frogs,
pumps, snakes, electricity, and chemicals
in object sermons.
The Australian city of Melbourne,
which was founded less thnn fifty years
ago, has already a population of nearly
half a million, and stands fifth among
the cities of tho British empire. It is
now a great shipping port, and its slum
quarter is small.
Slavery still exists In Portuguoso In
dia. A Brahmin, at Kalloda, possesses
a village of thirty-two hut, whore every
soul is as truly lm slave and property as
iu the olden days; and recently n Portu
guese, traveling from Qua, spoke openly
of the slaves on his estate.
No colors can bo "nailed to tho mast
head" of a new stcol warship. Doubt
less, suggests the Chicago Herald, Sec
retary Tracy and Clark Russell and tho
gallant jack tars of naval tradition may
feel one pang of regret at this impenetra
bility of a metallic mast. Fortunately
the metallic bulwarks are equally inpene
able. Aconito seems to be tho favorite poison
of physicians who seek to take their lives.
Tho death by this means of Dr. Doug
lnss, in Kansas City, Mo., will recall to
the memory of newspaper readers the
fact that within the last six months there
have been four or five cases reported of
medical men who have committed suicido
by the use of this sumo drug.
A curious fact revealed by the figures
of the recent census is that while there
are in tho United States three cities of
over 1,000,003 iuhabitauts each, one of
between 800,000 and 000,000, three of
between 100,000 and 500,000 each, and
nine of between 200,000 and 300,000
each, there is not a single one lmviug be
tween 300,000 and 400,000 inhabitants.
A Russian journal reports an interest
ing case of a philanthropic physician.
Visiting the patients of his district, the
doctor fouud that in many instances
their sickness was caused by hunger. To
the most needy he prescribed U pounds
of pure rje flour in doses of two pound?
a day. Ho ordered his patient to get
the inediciao at the drug store of the
nearest village, where it would be Issued
free of charge every day. Tho good
doctor made arrangements with tho drug
gists to supply the flour at bis expense,
lu this way his patieuts will be kept
from starvation the whole winter.
According to the Boston Cultivator
the wood cutters of England strongly
object to the methods of the Salvation
Army in interfering in their business.
Ono of the avocations to which General
Booth has assigned a part of the outcasts
and unfortunates he is reclaiming is that
of wood cutters. The enterprise, backed
np by benevolent contributions, has been
extremely successful, so that General
Booth is now one of the largest wood
merchants of London. Hois, of course,
able, to undersell those with smaller cap
ital who havo no ono to set them up in
business. What is needed for England
is not greater competition, for it is that
which has overthrown them. They need
a country where, competition is lees
llerco and the chunces of success for small
capitalists are greater.
An American bontbuilder who has just
uilt a small steamboat for the Mugda
eue liiver, in the Uui'.cd States of Co
lombia, says: "They get $2.50 per 100
'or freight 380 miles, and $60 for pas
jugers, $10 extra if they take a room.
Jut there is hardly one who wants a
ooui. They all carry their bed with
hem. It consists of a straw mat. You
ill see them come aboard with beds uu
er their arms. Along this river there
some very Hue land. Everything
ows without aid. They never plow
hoe, but just put tho so d iu the
uud aud go off aud leave it till it gets
i. They can raise three crops of corn
ar, aud line potatoes. Vegetation of
y kiud grows the year rouid. The
ito is just the sjuic, uevcr varies
than teu degree. It is now sev
fivo degrees. Mosquitoes and alli-.-
are plentiful ou the river. It is
to see the monkeys pluying on
pass, ami me alligators
'er. There is no
CREAMING OF HOME. ,
It eomes to me often in silence.
When the fire light sputters low-
When the black uncertain shadows
Seem wraiths of the long ago;
Always with a throb of heartache
That thrills each pulsive vein,
Comes the old, unquiet longing.
For the peace of home again.
I'm sick of the roar of cities,
And of faces cold and strange;
I know where there's warmth of welcome.
And my yearning fancies range
Back to the dear old homestead,
With an aching sense of pain,
But there'll bs joy in the coming.
When I go home again.
When I go home again! there's musio
That never may die away,
And it seems the hands of angels,
On a mystic harp, at play,
Have touched with a yearning sadness
On a beautiful broken strain.
To which is my fond heart wording-'
When I go home again.
Outside of my darkening window
Is the great world's crash and din,
And slowly th autumn shadows
Come drifting, drifting iu.
Bobbing, the night wind murmurs
To the splash of the autumn rain;
But I dream of thi glorious greeting
When I go home again.
Kugene Field, ln Chicago Newt.
A WEDDING PRESENT.
BY CLAHBNCE C. CONVERSE.
A 0 K BROW-
NELL and Hugh
Morris, two chums
of mine, and I were
roughing it West.
The camp we had
selected lor our
headquarters was
far up in the wild
est part of Colore'
do, and only num
bered a baker's
dozen of old, a
most tumble-down
log cabins. They
were stretched
along the eastern
edge of a deep end
picturesque ravine
along whose base its
sturdy denizens
sunk their gloomy
looking shafts. Our
cabin stood a little removed from its
neighbors, up the ravine. The view from
its doorstep was magnificent. The rug
ged peaks of tall mountains towered at
the west, forming an admirable frame
for its grand sunsets; at the east lay in
viting green valleys broken by oddly
winding passes, while here and there
rose slighter peaks in fine contrast with
their emerald beauty.
Wo sat about the doorstop one night
reading the mail the stage had just
brought. I had two letters, Jack and
Hughes, each one. Hugh finished his
first, and when I hid read mine I saw he
was regarding Jack with apparent in
terest and amusement.
Jack's face was brightening more and
more, every word he read of his dainty,
scented little message. He was a hand
some fellow then. His head was crowned
with wavy, golden hair; he wore no
beard, his eyes were large, dark brown,
aud his build was almost faultless.
"Is it from Dresden!" finally ventured
Hugh. Jack nodded. We smiled.
Then he turned one of the leaves nearly
upside down and kept on reading. The
next page, too, had writing up its side,
as we told by his tilting it; but that was
the end, and he exclaimed
'Boys, I am the happiest fellow in the
glorious Un ited States I Do you congratu
late met"
"I never knew you two cared for each
other," cried Hugh, jumping at the con
clusion Jack's words hinted. "And
now you say you are open to congratula
tions! Do you really mean it?"
I also stammered something, I forgot
just what.
"Yes, the heart of stora Papa Hastings
was melted by my fervid supplications,"
cried Jack, tossing his hat into the air,
boyishly. "Now you two know the
secret reason why I have lost ten pounds
avoirdupois in the last three weeks. It
was not my climbing these perpendicular
hillsides. The old ogre wanted to forco
Belle into marrying some lout of a lord
over there. It Is a wonder I have not
gone stark, staring cad."
He opened the little billet-dcux nd
read: '' 'His name is Claverhoiue, and
he has two or more castles, aud is one ot
les immortelles, and papa likes him
hugely, but I put my foot down against
uiurrying him. I would rather my "
Jack stopped there, blushiug hotly,
and decided not to read further.
I feel as good as I would if I happened
on to a ton of gold up in the hills," he
exclaimed. "If we were in New York
I would take you fellows down to Dcl's
and give you the best supper he could
serve."
"But as we are notf" queried Hugh.
"Come iu and burn a pipeful of boot
top tobacco with mo," he laughingly ex
claimed. Ho gayly led the way into our little
cabiu as he spoke, and soon wo were sit
ting around the shaky table pulling our
corncobs aud chatting merrily about
Jack's good news, a cloud of blue smoke
hanging over our heads.
"Somehow this subject sugge3tt one I
have intended to broach three or four
times before," said Hugh, after a while.
"No; it isn't anything like JacV an
nouncement," ho added, as we started to
jcke him.
Slowly he knocked tho ashos from his
pipe by striking it against the edge of
the table, and theu tilted his box that
cabin had never kuown a chair agaiust
the wall. He had an unruly mustache"1
nd he tugged at it as. ko said:
"Monti."
"W ha -""""'
edged. '-You remember I advised not
hiring him, at tho first. I think we
should get rid of him."
"But I am learning a lot of Spanish
from him," exclaimed Jack. "And we
three athletes need hardly fear one thin
greaser, who appears as weak as the pro
verbial cat."
"I have heard you say 'si sonor' once
or twice," twitted Hugh. "I hardly
think you will gain a hoard of knowl
edge fiom Montf, and I say with Cad,
get rid of him. You are likely never to
see Belle Hastings again if you don't; I
run a chanco ot never putting foot on
Broadway, and Cad the same. Shall we
givo him his walking papers when ho
appears to-morrow!"
"No, no," pleaded Jack, "I rather
like him, too, for his Castilian airs. We
have weapons. Let us keep him. That
he is useful you cannot deny."
We finally gave up arguing with Jack,
and let the matter drop. Monti's ser
vices were not dispensed with tho next
day. He continued to tutor Jack in
Spanish, carry our packs when we made
our little excursions thereabouts, and to
religiously collect his pay at eventide
each day.
Thus did a week slip by. On one of
our rambles during that time, we came
upon a fissure in a ravine's rocky Bide,
where we thought gold might bo found.
It lay about two miles east of the camp
in a little bit of tlmbcrland.
We had worked a day or so in tho
shafts sunk by the miners of tho camp,
for the novelty of the experience, and
when we discovered this opening, one
of us suggested that we put a blast in it
and see if we could lay bare any veins of
precious metal. Tho proposition was
received with favor, and wo settled on a
day for the experiment.
On the morning of that day, we sot
out for tho promising spot, Monti carry
ing a can of powder and other accessories
for the blast. Hugh and I took our guns
with us. We reached the spot in about
an hour aud a half. Then Monti dropped
his load at the edge of the fissure, and
we started to prepare the blast. But our
drill was missing. It had either Blipped
from Monti's load or been left behind.
"Monti," said Hugh disgustedly, "get
back to the cabin, as quick as your thin
shanks will carry you, and bring a drill.
Look along the ground, too, as you go
you may find ours dropped by some
stone."
"Si, senor," the fellow returned.
"We will tnke a little run down the
ravine for game while you are gone
hey, Cad!" Hugh added.
"All right," I exclaimed.
"And I will try a snooze here, mean
while," said Jack. .
He stretched himself lazily upon a
mossy knoll as he spoke, threw his coat
over the powder kog for a pillow,-and
pulled at his corncob contentedly. It
was a pleasant spot for a nap. A stunted
little maple gave him shade; the stream
flowing through the rocks, ten feet dis
tant, eaug a melodious, sleepinducing
lullaby.
"I should have bad dreams with such
a head-rest" said Hugh looking down at
Jack's blond locks and smiling face.
"And I, too, senor," added Monti.
"You won't forgot to put that pipe
out!"
"Ob, no," laughed Jack.
We separated then. Monti hurried
off toward the cabin andHugh and I
walked up the ravine.
"If we get anything out of that hole
iu the wall, what do you say making it
into a wedding present for Belle Has
tings!" asked Hugh, as we went on.
"A first-class idea?" I exclaimed.
"It may be a gorgeous dinner set."
"Or a glove buttoner."
"Yes," laughed Hugh.
We went on a little further, and our
way was finally barred by a steep ascent.
I proposed that wo return to Jack.
II igh was willing and we retraced our
steps.
We said little. Each was on tho alert
for game. A rabbit would make a very
acceptable stew, but not a single cotton
tail crossed our path. Hugh tugged at
his refractory mustache spitefully in his
disappointment as he preceded me.
A walk of ten minutes brought us to
the bend iu tho raviue where Juck
awaited us. When we turned it we be
held a tableau I shall long remember;
Jack lay sleeping quietly and over
him beut the panther-like form of Monti.
The greaser's sallow face bore a fiendish
smile. He rested on one knee, and in
his right hand ho held a burning match.
He had not beard our approach, and hn
was ou the point of applying the match
to a bit of fuse he had inserted in tho
stopper of the powder keg on which
Jack's head rested.
Hugh throw bis rifle to his shoulder
aud pulled the trigger. Mouti sprang
back and fell with a low groan. I would
have fired if I had not just unloaded my
weapon. Jack started up and looked
about him in surprise.
"Your Spanish professor was getting
a little too olficious" exclaimed Hugh
grimly, to him, as we came forward, aud
ho told Jack of what we had caught
Mouti at, while I made sure that the
treacherous villain's match bad not ig
nited the fuse.
"What's up here!" cried one of three
men, from the camp, coming upou us
just thon. "We heard a shot."
Monti lay groauiug aud cursing by the
maple's roots, and crying out that we
had tried to murder him. So I told
them the facts of the case; and Jack's
pocket book which fell from Monti's
pocket confirmed our suspicion that
Mouti intended to rob Jack aud havo the
powder explosion cover his crime. The
miners listened attentively to the ex
planation, and thou one of tiicui seized
the wounded greaser and started oil
campward, beckoulug for his compan
ions to follow, which they did, atter a
"Good by, gcuts," to us.
"'iWrniss is as good as a mile," cried
Jack, shorth "
foolish enough to think only the story
book greaser was a villain. Now I
place no reliance on one of them."
We drilled and blasted the rest of tho
day, and that rock-pocket yielded
enough gold for a really massive solid
table-set for a present to Bello Hastings.
Yankee Blade.
Tho Utilization of Niagara.
It is quite likely that the first large
contract the company will take for the
delivery of power at a distance from its
central station will bo to light the city
of Buffalo. This will require 3000 horso
power. The present value of a horso
power generatod from steam in Buffalo
is $35 per annum. Tho company is now
willing, to contract to furnish on its
grounds at Niagara Falls horso power
per annum of twenty-four-hour days at
these rates: For 5000 horso power, $10
per horso power; for 4500, $10.50; for
4000, $11; and so on down to S00 horse
power, for which there will be charged
$21 per horse power per annum. If
there be not a very great loss of power
in the transmission to Buffalo, it seems
very likely that the company will have
no difficulty in underbidding any con
cern now using steam as the motive
power for the electric lights, as the loss
by transmission is considerably less than
twenty per cent. About tho use of
water power of tho great falls in Buffalo
within a year or so there can be no
doubt. When it shall be brought to
New York is another matter, but about
that there are not so many elements of
improbability as to excito men to scoff,
for power has already been transmitted
electrically a great distanco, and that
too with reasonable economy. At the
recently held electrical exposition at
Frankfort-on-the-Main, power to operate
some of the machinery was transmitted
by electricity from Lauffen-on-the-Neckar,
a distance of 108 miles. At
Lauffen there was a waterfall from which
a turbine was opened, and a dynamo on
the shaft of the turbine generated the
current which was transmitted to Frank
fort over a wire one-sixth of an inch in
diameter. It was found here that the
loss in transmission was only twenty-five
per cent. Therefore it is likely that the
power can be transmitted four times the
distance without a loss so great as to
make the scheme impracticable. When
it does reach the great city, and by the
water which leaves its natural channel
for a brief space in tho Niagara River,
our streets lighted, our factories run, the
machine of the seamstress kept In motion,
and the very drill tho dentist uses to
bore our teeth impelled by it, then we
shall more than ever feel that around the
earth has been placed a girdle, a living
belt that throbs and pulsates at the
bidding of scionce, an encircling band
rich in the potentialities of mighty but
well regulated movement. Ilarper't
Weekly.
Fee of 8-00 for Advice of Ono Word.
Not long ago Mr. Morris Butler, son
of John M. Butler, who had just arrived
home from an eveniug party at 2 o'clock
in the morning, heard a carriage drive
up to the house, and a moment later an
swered a ring at the doorbell. A young
man of handsome face and energetic
manner blurted out without ceremony:
"What States can cousins legally mar
ry in!"
"I don't know," said Mr. Butler, as
soon as he could recover from the ef
fects of his visitor's bluntness, "but I
will ask father."
He wont up stairs and, after much
knocking, aroused his father.
"Father," said he, "what States can
cousins legally mairy in!"
"Kansas," was the siugle word in re
sponse, between what sounded suspicious
ly like snores.
Mr. Butler returned down stairs.
"Well, what does he say t" asked the
visitor.
"Kausas," replied young Mr. Butler,
laconically,
"Thank you!" The door was closed
and the young visitor was gono.
Nothing further was thought of tho
incident until yesterday's mail brought
Mr. Butler a certified check for $200 for
"legal advice" from his hitherto un
known clieut. This is probably the
highest rate per word ever paid for legal
advice. It divides into $100 per syllable
and $33.33 per letter. Indianapolis
Home-Loving Dees.
It appears, from a letter from one who
kuows, that the black fellows of Aus
tralia knew long ago of tho home-loving
instincts of the bee, and made use of tho
knowledge thus: They used to wait till
they spied a bee sucking honey from a
flower, and thon geutly dropped upon
his back a piece of swansdowu. The
bee, immediately feeling something was
amis3 with him, started for home, per
haps to seek a bee doctor's advice as to
this strango malady. Owiug to the
little bit of white upon his back, tho
keen eyes of the natives were able to fol
low the insects in his homeward flight,
running, of course, their hardest to
keep pace with him. At last h e reached
his desired haven, and then the natives
knew where the hocey was hidden, and,
of course, availed themselves of this
knowledge to help themselves to as much
as they wished for. London Fijaro,
Bamboo Cuts Are Painful.
A cut iutlicted with a blade of grass or
a sheet of 'vriliug paper is bad enough,
but the most disagreeable wouud that
cau be iullictel ou the human body is
that inado with a strip of bamboo. The
outside of the bamboo contains so much
silex that it will cut like a kuife; in fact,
the Chinese and Japanese do make knives
of it, which are cheap und for a time
tolerably effective. A cut made with
bamboo is exceedingly hurd to heal aud
olri-- - - -to result.
. fluJi or
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL,
A cushion car wheel is now.
Petroleum block fuel is successful.
Germany stands at the front in elec
trical science.
German physicians report several cures
of whooping cough by inoculation.
A naturalist says that of all animals
tho horse has tho acutost senso of hear
ing. The largest known moth is the Giant
Atlas, a Dative of China, the wings of
which measure nine inches across.
Tho engines on the Manitou nod Pike's
Peak Railroad are reported to have suc
cessfully used crude Colerado petroleum
for fuel.
There is a very strong flow of natural
gas in the bed of the river about threo
miles from Ventura, Cal. A lighted
match will set fire to a space six or eight
feet in diameter.
A careful examination of the aqueous
humor of the eyes of cattle will determine
whether they are suffering from tubercle
or not. The bacilli will bo found there
in oil cases where the disease exists.
The word knot, signifying a certain
distance over water, is one-sixtieth of a
mean dogreo of tho earth's meridian,
which in figures is C, 07(5,818 feet, 2025.0
yards, or ono mile aud 26.56 yards.
A new railway is projected on which,
instead of trains, single cars of great
length will be propelled by electricity
supplied to them through the rails. Tho
speed to be attained is from 12'J to 150
miles per hour.
In order to prevent tho accidents that
so often occur when life-boats arc
lowered from the sides of a ship there
h been invented a raft, that supports
the boat, and from which it is lauuuhed
upon reaching the water.
Many savage tribes constantly use
without harm tho flesh of animals killed
with poisoned weapons; aud in recent
investigations with animals killed by
various poisons such as strychnine,
tartarized antimony nnd cserino the
flesh was found to bo of unimpaired.
llavor ana to produce no ill effects.
Professow R. L. Garner, the prominent
scientist of Washington, who has been
in consultation with Paul du Chaillu,
the African traveler, in regard to his
proposed trip to study the languages of
monkeys, has entered into negotiations
with metal-working manufacturers at
Philadelphia for the construction of the
cage to bo used in Africa. ,
In a new method of hardening plaster
of paris, communicated to tho French
Academy of Sciences, tho plaster is
mixed with one-sixth of its weight of
fine, freshly slaked lime, and used with
as little water as possible. When thor
oughly dry, it is treated with a solution
of either zinc sulphate or iron sulphate.
With the first, tho color remains white,
while tho second, by gradual oxidation,
yields tho color of iiou rust.
Dr. Marey, tho eminent French phys
iologist, has been studying the flight of
insects by photochronography, tho ap
paratus used to obt'iiu photographs
allowing exposures to be made so short
as 1-25,000 of a second. His observa
tions indicate that tho win 5s of insects
in flight, by meeting obliquely tho re
sistance of the air iu to-aml-fro move
ments, act iu a very similar manner to
tho sculls used to propel boats.
A mothod of recovering tho gold and
silver waste of photographic processes
consists of suspending iu tho liquids
containing the metals iu solution a plate
of carbon attached to tho positive polo of
a battery and a zinc plate couueclol
with the negative pole, tho two being
separated by about an inch and a half.
Tho closing of the circuit causes the
metal to bo precipitated to tho bottom of
the solution in tho form of a black
deposit, which is dried and reclaimed in
tho form of metal by melting in a cru
cible. Patriotism ami Earthquakes.
Patriotism in Chile is verY highly de
veloped. On September IS, tlio National
independence day, every house is obliged
to fly tho National flag and at niglit a
lantern. Each dwelling must have a
flagstaff for such purposes. Tho schools
are only allowed to use text books by na
tive authors and the bands are required
to play compositions of native composer.".
Iu Sautiago aud Valparaiso as fine things
can bo bought iu the chops, many oi
which are on a luperb scale, as cui be
purchased anywhere iu tin; world. To
the foreigners tho joy of existence iu
that country is somewhat iliniuislied by
the constauc earthquakes. These are of
two kiuds, designated as the "tcni'ilir"'
and "terremoto." Tho former only
shake the gruund, while the latter cuno
tho earth to wavo like sea an 1 to cr.ie c
open, overthrowing cities an 1 butyiug
towns in their ruins. Young women
are employed as the car conductor of
Valparaiso, and the dudes who insist
upon flirting with thorn are termed
"mosquitoes," becauso they arc such a
nuisance. Wathington Slur.
Peculiar Fancies About Meat.
It is funny what peculiar fancies
people havo about incut," said a L'uiou
Market butcher to the Man About
Town. "Now, most people thiuk that
people who have plenty of money get all
tho choice- meat ou tho market, while
those who cannot afford to pay fancy
prices do not fare so well. No v, that
is not true, but the contrary is an 1 the
reason is this, as a rule people who pay
fancy prices want a fancy looking piece
of meat and in order to get it wo have
to waste a good deal iu tiiu cutting, am!,
of course, we do not proiii"- "the
losers by the tuu"'' Xor
do not care for tu
meat t
wajt
HABITS OF THE GORILLA
THE MOST FORMIDABLE ANIMAL
IN EXISTENCE.
Gorillas Llvo in Faintly Gronpa
Their Appearanco and Great
Strength Fierce Flffhtcrs.
The gorilla Is probably tho most for
midable animal in existence. Imagine a
man six feet two inches in height and
measuring four feet and a half across the
shoulders. Givo him a girth about tho
chest of seventy inches, and arms long
enough 'to reach nearly to his ankles
when ho stands erect. Make him muscu
lar in proportion, with huge canine tusks
and a jaw strong enough to crush a rifle
barrol. Suppose him to havo no nock,
an immense body , very short bow-legs, long
black hair all over his body, a flat nose and
feet like bauds. Thero you havo a fair de
scription of a gorilla of the largest size.
Ordinarly theso animals do not exceed
five feet in height, with a breadth of four
feet across the shoulders. Much as they
resemble men when grown, they are much
moie human in appearanco during the
early stage of their being, having a like
ness t babies in many ways that is most
striking.
Gorillas live in family groups, each
consisting of a male, one female and her
young. They do not frequent tho s:une
sleeping-place often, usually spending the
night where they happen to bo. Choos
ing a full-grown tree to build a lodging
in, they bend the branches together at a
height of twenty feet or more, thus mak
ing a sort of bed, which they cover with
twigs torn off for the purpose or with
leaf-moss. Tho mule spends the uighi.
crouching at tho foot of the tree, against
which he places his back, in this way
remaining on guard to protect the female
nnd young iu the nest above from attack
by leopards. Theso powerful carnivore
aro always ready to devour any species of
ape they can capture.
In the daytime the gorilla family
roams about the forest seeking food. In
walking the animals totter along in a
swinging gait,' supporting themselves
partly by resting the knuckles of their
hands upon the ground. Much of their
locomotion, however, is accomplished by
climbing from tree to tree. They are
very skillful climbers, and if ono branch
doos not seem sufficiently strong to bear
their weight, thoy will uso threo or four
at once. As soon as a young male
reaches maturity a conflict for the mas
tery ensues between itself and its father,
which results in a final settlement of the
ownership of tho fuuiily, the weaker one
being either killed or driven away.
The male gorilla arrogates to himself
tho same right not to labor which is as
sumed by human savages. His business
is fightiug, exclusively, and ho does not
usually condescend even to gather food,
his wife and children collecting fruits
and other dclicaaies for him to devour.
If they are not sufficiently nimble in this
employment he shows his resentment by
growling and boxing their ears.
When he fights ho stands erect upon
hisWTid legs, the hair on his head and
the nape of his neck bristling, his fright
ful teeth displayed, and his forehead
wrinkling with a fearful scowl. At tho
same time he beats his mighty chest re
sounding blows with his fists and utters
most terrific yells of "Kh-nh, kh-ah!"
which makes tho forest re-echo. He par
ries blows with tho dexterity g( n prac
ticed boxer, and his method of attack is
usually to seize his human adversary by
the arm, crunching the limb in bis teeth;
or he throws the man down and rends
him with his hugo canines. Tho best
thing that the hunter can do at close
quarters is to permit the beast to seize
tho barrel of the gun, which it will at
once carry to its mouth. Thus directed,
a bullet is likely to bo a settler. Other
wise, the gorilla will quickly crush the
gun barrol between his teeth aud proceed
thereupon to wipe out his opponent. To
run away is au impossibility iu the thick
woods.
The coarse black hair which covers tho
gorilla becomes gray in ago,and this fact
formerly caused a mistaken belief to the
effect that there were two species, ft is
said that tho animal will assail the ele
phant aud drive it away by striking tho
hitter's trunk with a club, knowing that
to be tho sensitive point of tho probos
cidian. Probably the gorilla would bo a
fair match in strength for a lion, sup
posing that it came to a match between
them; but there are no lions iu Gorilla
Land. Tho gorilla has thirteen ribs on
each side,whereas s man has only twelve;
it has also one more vertebra iu its back
bone than man has. Philosophers have
been disposed to attribute the progress of
mankind beyond the anthropoids to his
possession of a serviceable thumb, upou
which all his ability for manipulation
mainly depends. Many of the great apes
have most human-like hands, save for the
thumb, which is not nearly so well de
veloped, aud lacks certain importuut
muscles. For example, a gorilla canuot
possibly perform the operation kuowuos
"twiddling." His muscular streugth,
however, equals that ot at least half a
dozen of the most powerful men. Tho
capacity of his chest cavity is more than
one-third greater than that of a man,
which contributes enormously to his en
durance. The rudimentary tail found in
anthropoid apes nut infrequently occurs
with human beings, and this develop,
ineut is said to bo hereditary among the
Niam-Niaius of Central Africa aud also
among the southern Malays. As for the
prehensile foot, anatomists have called
attention to the fact that the foot of a
young baby has power to grasp ami is
often u-ed to pick up aud hold objects
very firmly. X-Jimton 2'ranurijt.
"igand multiply
AT TWENTY-ONE.
A minor yesterday,
To-day a man in years.
Shall I look far away,
Through telescopes of tears?
Or gaze with hopeful sight
Upon the rising sun.
Because its radiant light
Has crowned me twenty-onef
'Tis little that I know,
The past in vain I scan;
But I would wiser grow
And be indeed a man.
The wisest of the wise,
A sad career may run,
If he alone relies
On "self" at twenty-one.
Be this a time to turn
A leaf in history;
With honest hands I'll earn ,
The bread of industry.
And store my mind with thought
When dally tasks are done;
Thankful for lessons taught,
For I am twenty-one.
The banner at my mast,
Shall wear no stain of sin;
The lesson of the past
Is writ my heart within.
I hope for strength and grace,
The path of wrong to shun,
While I renew the race
Of life, at twonty-oue.
-George V. Bungay, in the Argow,
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A soft snap Tho woolly dog.
A high-toned chap The fellow with
the falsetto voice.
Not unfrcquently tho butcher becomes
a haro-drossor. JJotton Courier.
Running expenses arc those which you
pay as you go. Augutta Chronicle.
Atlas was tho first leading gentleman.
Ho supported Earth iu her great roil. -ruck.
Yelling at a street car for a hastcniiig
lady is a sort of charity bawl. Texas
Biftingt.
There is no particular harm in riding
a hobby, if you do not take up the wholo
road with it.
Bashful young men ought to practice
sparking with dumb-bells. Bingham
ton Ilepublican.
A cut from an incompetent tailor is
one of the saddest things that a social
aspirant has to bear.
The older tho man grows, tho less ho
is disposed to see how near ho can skato
to a danger sign. TheWatevlury,
nusband "Wo must economize."
Wife "Well, dear, what do you want
me to give up." New York l'rctt.
It is quite natural with somo men that
the thread of their narrativo should bo
come badly warped. Columbia I'ott.
"Oh, yes, I often have to sit on tho
jury," said the Supremo Court Judge, as
ho administered a reprimand Life.
Silcnco is not golden for tho poor
maiden who is dumb when a rich suitor
asks for her hand. Morning Journal.
Whon a man starts out to reform him
self ho has undertaken a job that will
keep him busy for life. Jlum't Horn.
" Chef" this month has an articlo on
"Boiled Batters." "Roasted Umpires"
are more common. Minneapoli Journal.
"Sweet is the bread of in :ustry,"
It hath been sagely said.
And yet by loailng oft is made
Tho sweetest kind of brend.
tVu'fuyii Tribune.
Bachelors are creatures who havo con
sulted their female relatives before ven
turing ou matrimony. Milwiiukte Tri
bune. Tho trouble wi'.h "men of iron" is
that they are apt to get rusty without
knowing it Bismarck for instance.
Puck.
Looking too closely at a dollar tioesn't
make it any bigger, but it very often
makes the soul a good deal smaller.
lttim'i Horn.
"Ho itolo a watch," said tho police
man, referring to the prisoner. "Theu
he shall do time," replied the judge.
The Wahrbury.
Little Sister (as she catches sight of
Chappie's clirysuutheniiini) "Oh, look
there I Mr Van has got sister's powder
puffin hi buttou-hole." Judys.
Weary of Well Doing: Mother
"Clear, why can't you bo a good boy!''
Wayward Four-Year-Old "Mamma, it
iintKts me so tired."- t'AuM.t) Tribune.
Though legal usae does not will
That lawyers plead a sptx-ial ;ear iu,
At C"urt 't iii common for them stilt
To have a lawsuit to appotr in.
iu.
"Is this u fast train!" asked the travel
lug nmu of tho couductor. "Of course
it is," was the reply. "I thought so.
Would you mind my getting oui to see
what it is fast to!" Sei York Snn.
Ambitiuus Author "Naggus, I am
obliged to you lor not pulling my la-t
story all to pieces." Literary Elisor
"Not at nil, llorus; I couldn't m'i hold
of the thread of it." Chic-njj Trtbune.
"Aro you pretty well acquainted with
your mother tongue, my bo) f" asked tho
schoolteacher of the uew tcliolar. "Yes,
sir," answered the lad timidly; "ma
jaws me a good ileal, sir." Tito Comic.
"Thero is oue great satisfaction I
have," remarked the tortoiao as ho drew
in his bead aud closed his house for tho
night "how ever much my social rival
will hate me becauso I am iu tho swim,
they cau't slab mo iu the back." 'm i.
Mrs. Jl. "How is the caatested will
case coming on, Mr. SUimmerf " Mr.
Shimmer "It's all sifiled uud in my
favor." Mrs. B. Jf. congratulate you.
I suppose you'll ,0OQ je takiug your family
to Europe!" yir, Shimmer "No; but
' 'cr is going to take his."
They