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VOL. XXV. NO. 2.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1892,
$1.50 PER ANNUM.
A Belgian paper la piibllstvng ntticlcs
on the decay of the English Nary.
The German Heich?tag lias decreed
that telegrams are inviolablo secrets, ex
cept in criminal cases.
Thero has seldom been a time in the
history of American enterprise, asserts
Public Opinion, when capital was more
reluctant to invest its idle money than it
is at present.
Carlislo, Peon., tbo oldest of Indian
training schools, was opened in 1879 and
has graduated only three small classes.
None of them, admits the New York In
dependent, havo had time to show what
they can do.
Judging from the number of charters
taken out in the different States for the
construction of railroads, it is estimated
that upward of 7500 miles of new true'
will be added to the total mileage of tho
country this year.
The Journal of the Collogo of Science,
published at Tokio, contains articles on
paleontology, seismography nad natural
physics, which would seem to indicate
that, in the course of time, Japan will
have its distinguished savants and sci
entific investigators.
Borne of the wisest scholars delight in
the collection of pamphlets, learns tho
Chicago Herald. Indeed, there are
pamphlets which attracted little notice
at the time of their publication a cen
tury ago that arc now worth a hundred
times the piica thcu asked for them.
Dr. Edward Everot' Aulo is one of these
pamphlet collectors. Ho keeps his in a
series of baskets suspended by rope and
pulloy from tho beams in the cciliug of
his, study.
, A hundred thousand children of Den
mark, with penny contributions, pro
cured a crown of gold, to bo preseuted
to the King and Queen on their golden
wedding day. Tho gift is wrought to
represent corn ears aud clover leaves,
and interlaced with a ribbon bearing
the inscription "The children of Den
mark have woven this crown for the oc
casion of tho golden wedding of King
Christian IX. and Q isen Louisu ou May
28, 1892."
One new creature in tho next European
war will bo tho Bosna-IIcrzgoviuiau
troops, who are now exciting the admira
tion of Vienna by their superior phy
sique, martial bearing, firm, elastio step
and steadiness, as well as by their prac
tical dress and equipment. Following
the British example with native ludiau
troops, tho Austrian Government de
cided to minglo indiscriminately in
these now levies Christians aud Mahome
tans, Greeks nn.l Komati Catholics, in
stead of keeping tho sectaries apart.
The plan is said to work admirably.
According lo the No.v York Truth,the
outcome of tint experiment now being
tried by M. Gilbert Tompkins at his
Southern farm, near Sau Leaudro, Cal.,
will, in all probability, be a completo
revolution in the accepted method of
trainiug horses for speed. Tho system
the idea is not absolutely new, but has
never before been applied on c lurgc
tcalo consists in training horse in the
water, makiug them swim in tanks of
tepid salt water instead of the constant
track work tint has lnmoi so many
promising auimaU. Tho swimming re
duces flesh rapidly aud strengthens the
muscles and improve tho wind as much
as ten timos tho same time spent on tho
track, and a very little supplementary
track work puts tho horso in condition
to mako a record. Should this system
prove all that it now seems to be, Mr.
Tompkins will have done much to further
the improvement of horso flush.
The Now York Sun says: Somo of
the members of tho Forcigu legations at
Washington who are well kuown in the
New York clubs are sufferers by tho uu
fortunate names which they have inher
ited. Mr. Grip, tho Swedish Minister,
for example, has had to listen to so much
play upon his name since his namesake
became a fashionable malady, that it is a
wonder he survives it. Mr. Ho, of the
Chinese Legation, furnishes much mild
amusement in social circles because it can
be said with safety that he is not a rake
a comment which the Celestial mind
absorbs blandly aud bliukingly without
comprehending fully its meaning. The
late Persian Miuistur, Hadji Hussein
Ghouli Khan (I am not quite suro of the
spelling of all of it myself), found his
name so twisted in the mouths of mculals
as well as of the people he met socially
that he probably looks upou Auicricaus
to this day as very ignorant people.
There is an Italian iu Washington who is
not at all of the Legation set, who has
gained some local prominence as Secre
tary of the Ituluiu Society, whose uu for
tunate name is lannarone a name which
the vulgar have corrupted into Auuie
Itooney, to tins ll'v'oiu iwtUitoeu's great
dibgufcb
Love strono as death.
Nay, iy not, Sweet, that Love has turned
away
Because one day
He (fathered alien flower, while It was May,
For Love Is Love, and cannot go that way.
Tho1 little loves there be that dance and
sinp,
And kirn and cling,
And praise the liRht anl laughter of the
Spring,
But on dark days, like birds, forbear to
sing.
Shall Love that bore the blast and did not
fail
Now cower and quail
Strong Love that blanched not then, to-day
turn pale?
Noy, Love Is Love, my own, and cannot
fail.
Ob, could Love cense, or change, or pass
away,
Then the soul's day
Would turn to night, unlit by any ray;
Hut 1xvp, Sweetheart, can never pass away
Philip Bourko Marston, in Independent.
A BUFFALO HUNT.
BUFFALO
more timid than
those calves
browsing there,,
and more power
ful than a lion.
A trifle will scare
the wits out of
him; but unloss
you hit him in a
vital part you can
almost put
whole cartridge box into him before you
will bring him down."
The speaker was a raw-boned frontiers
man, who for more than thirty years had
lived in the West. Ho had takeu Gre
ley s advice and grown up with the
country. He had swung through a wide
range, and nad lived among tho mount
ains, but now owncl a large ranch on
the plains. Though engaged extensively
iu the cattle business, there was a time
when he was as well nigh as largely eu
gaged in the buffalo business.
"Yes," he resumed, "you can send
them flying as easily as you can a brood
of chickens, but it will not require the
wind ot a thoroughbred horso to catch
up with them. And when a buffalo runs
he is the most ungainly, lumbering crea
turo going.
"Just about twenty years ago I was
along hero when down from the north
east rollea a big herd of them, contain
ing fully 30,000 buffaloes. It had been
a dry season. I was among tho hills
yonder when I heard the thunder of their
heavy gallop. The earth fairly shook
beneath their tremendous movement.
Great clouds of dust rose above them, as
though a cyclono was tearing up the
earth and tilling tho air. That small
stream we crossed a short distance back
was not near so full of water as it is now.
But tho buffaloes had scented it, and
had come from miles away for it with
mud rush.
"It seemed ns they approached that
their speed quickened. The herd was
led by a number of great, powerful bulls,
Their eyes rolled, whilo their tongue)
bung from their open mouths. I bad
watched herds approach and pass ine be
fore. But, hidden behind a rock, so as
not to disturb4 .ietu, I watched with an
entirely new icterest the sweep of this
nerd, impelled by tho fiery torments of a
consuming thirst. I quickly perceived
its object, and, as tho chnnuel of the
stream is n trifle deep, I judged that
there would be a sudden increase of
speed for a brief moment when the banks
wero reached.
"I had witnessed a comparatively dry
river bed quickly covered by a foaming
toircnt, whose rising tides soon swirled
and boiled up to tho very top of tho
shores a result of heavy storms nearer
their source. I concluded from the im
petuous rush of this turbulent stream of
buffaloes that the channels of this river
would soon be covered and quite filled.
But a momcut later my conclusions were
moro than Realized. For when the lead
ers reached the very brink they plunged
down the steep bank, and they would
have suffered no particular injury from
tho sudden and swiit descent, because a
buffalo, though awkward and weighing
a ton, when he goes down almost pre
cipitous decline will so combine a tum
ble with a slide and roll and leap that,
much like a cat, ho will soon bu right
sido up at the bottom. It was what came
after them that prevented the leaders
from getting the best of the bargain in
reaching the water first.
"For this great herd was almost a
solid, compact mass, and it had acquired
such a momentum in its headlong career
that considerations for the fate of the
leaders were not of sufficient force, if
even they had been entertained soou
enough, to perceptibly check its move
ments. So down the banks they tumbled
on top of the leaders, rank after rank,
until the channel for a quarter of a mile
was lull and overflowing with them.
"Yes, the momentum was so great
and tho stop so sudden that frotn my
point of observation it seemed like au
enormous blak wave, whose edge had
suddenly swollen higher thau the suc
ceeding body, and it was rolling over
and over because of the undertow.
Pushed on by the great mars behind, the
buffaloes which reached the bank had to
leap upou the backs of those ahead for
their lives, and so thut great mass rolled
over and over, throwing many ou the
opposite bank. You would have sup
posed that fatal consequences would have
resulted to great numbers.
"The rush was soou stopped. Then
herd widened out, those in the rear hur
rying up and down the stream, and those
tumbled into a heap into thu bed of the
stream rapidly extricating themselves,
until, in an almost incredibly short space
ol time, every buffalo was comparatively
free. I do not suppose there were more
thau halt a dozuu that were si-tiou-.iy
injured. It is simply remarkable, the
toughness of the butfiiloes which u-ed to
roam iu this great West.
"Hunting tuu buJalj U cxiMiuj
sport. To an old hunter, though, it is
usually a simple affair. For n long pe
riod during my lifo the commonness of
tho hunt rubbed off about all the novolty
there was in it, and it camo to bo ro
garded as quite an ordiuary event.
"I want to say, too, that tho whole
sale way in which theso hir.ro animals
were slaughtered by speculators is somo
thing which always rile3 the bbod of a
Westerner when it is referred to. And
I cannot recall these grand old beasts
without being reminded of the brutality
and unpardonable blooJy work of many
a white man from tho Last.
"I remember a chase which took
place down near the Arknsaas Hivcr
along in tho early spring of the year
1800, I think. Our camp was beginning
to suffer for provisions. One afternoon
I mounted my pony, intending to win
some duck in a distant bend of the river,
whero thero were sedgy marshes, aud
where they found a favorito resort. But
I was unable to discover tho faintest
sign of their presence, and, nfter ex
hausting both myself nnd my pony in a
long search beyond, I concluded to
stop where I was for tho night. The
next morning my hunt for ducks was
made to appear a small aud insignificant
pursuit, unworthy of a strong man: for
there in the distance was a great herd of
buffaloes feeding. It was to the wind
ward aud consequently I ran no risk of
being scanted.
Hastily eating what littlo luuch I had
remaining from tbo previous night I
started. Luck favored mo. I dtscov-
cred the serpentine line of a narrow
hollow formed by tho waters when great
rains fell, moving to tho river. This
line wound around in a long and circuit
ous fashion until it came near the herd
I was soon into this hollow, and my
pony picked his way down it on a fast
walk. As I came near I could heir (lis
tinctly the ripping sound which innum
erable mouths made as they toro tho
green grass from tho sod.
"I had not reached quite the point
where I determined to mount the bank
and make a chargo upon tho herd whon
I caino unexpectedly into au opening
where the bauks lowered nway, exposing
me to tho full view of tho cows that
happened to bo browsing in that direc
tion. They instantly tossed their heads
and started. Tho attention of others
was drawn and then some bulls gave a
sharp snort, which was a sigual for a
general stampede. Away tho whole
herd plunged. It was then or never
So spurriug my pony up the grade I
tore after them. They wore iu good
condition for leadrng me a long race,
and swept away like the wind. But my
pony possessed unusual qualities of speed
and I gained on them gradually. I
came close to the straglers, but, as I was
after some tempting steak, I had no dis
position to shoot down anything that I
could reach. So pressing on 1 6awsotno
line cows ahead, nnd reaching them I
put a couple of balls in tho first and
three in the others, which brought them
down. Then a couple of rods or so
further iu advance I saw a magnificent
bull. He was the biggest fellow I had
yet seen, with tremeudovs shoulders nnd
a mane which was immense. I urged on
my pmy as tho enormous fellow, then
on the edge of the herd, a stalwart pro
tector, lumbered swiftly along, As I
drew nearer his great proportions excited
keenest admiration, aud I at once re
solved that if I got nothiug clso I must
certainly secure him. His magnificent
head and his huge hide would be tro
phies that any hunter might well be
proud of.
"It was a nip-nnrl-tuck race. Tho big
fellow seemed to catch on to my purpose,
for he strctchc.1 himself out And toro up
the earth as his gait increased, making a
spurt of speed which lengthened the dis
tance between us.
"But mv pony caught the full excite
ment of tho race and bent himself with
now energy to his work, and it was
hut u few minute) when we came
up to the big fellow's side. I
took careful aim, and bluzid away.
Instinctively my horse swerved away
just in time to escupe the outward.
lunge of the beast, who tossed his head
and camo charging after.
But he made only several leaps, when
ho resumed his pace and went tearing
ulieid with still greater speed. Evi
dently my bullet had only grazed him,
stimulating him rather than damaging
him. My hor-:e was at bis bc3t and
rapidly camo up, so that we soou wero
tearing nlong neck and neck again.
"We were a little further oil this time
from the uuiiual, when, on a lino with
him, I shot agaiu. He turned quick as
u flash toward me. My pony, utle.npting
to leap aside, struck a number of prairie
dog holes and lost his footing. Before
he could extricate himself tho enraged
bull was upou us. His head was down
and he caught the horse beneath. His
rush was so great that his hea 1 was pre
vented from being thrown up as highly
as it might have been. As it was, my
pony was lifted trom lus feat, gored, and
thrown to one side in a heap. I was
jerked from my seat, au 1 went sprawl
ing over the beast. Iu tno intense ex-
citcmeut of a chase like that, one does
not stop to calculate tho risks he runs.
In my condition uny one of a dozen
ncidents would seam to be tho occasion
of instant death. Bj'iind ine cimo a
score of these largo fellows right on a line
of my fall. It seemed lint I wo ild be
trampled to pieces. But I lau led on all
fours and was at ouue on my feet sioat
iug Hud brandishing my ar ns. Tiie mas
parted, and I ran to a distance. But the
wounded bull, catching sight of me,
came charging up;j:i mo with a furious
bellow. My bad luck was bouu J to con
tinue, for 1 stumbled aud fell.
"Down iu tie neinlo'js plunges at
me came the monster. I cjuld no', rise
quit's; eunuch, an I falling at tho side of
an old buffalo trail i narrow pit.i worn
into the ground by the ui'iru'iing of
countless buffaloes in oviti t in single lile
1 rolled into this. Tho bja-ij.tore. uot'ie
ground with his hoo i ia try.u; I i bi'y
and lioo':;i- I fero. iou ly al n.. H;s eav
ae eyes Inline I like e ills of lire, an I
troth, stiiinc 1 with till o I, drip .: I ini n
ill luoitii. lifi hi i ,: i-i 'die ' ha 1
uot.ee J iLc 3it.1i eii: vl uiu id; lmt j
lying there, with that tossing nnd dash,
ing head abovo me, it see nod to bo three
times as largo and ugly and tcrriblo in
the extreme, I expected every instant
to feel the awful thrust of his horns. His
head bumped against me. His enormous
mane brushed mo. His noso struck mo.
The froth from his mouth spatterc 1 mo.
His tremendous breathing puffed like a
steam engmo again nnd again into my
face. But his horns wero too short to
catch on readily. I knew that my only
safety was to lio low and say nothing.
Just ns I was about to congratulate my
self that the fellow could not get at mo
has horn toro a rent in my trousers. The
ripping noise maddened hi in if possible
stilt more. Ho made a deeper scoop for
me and caught my buckskin coat in the
shoulder, jerked me up from the ground,
nnd threw me to the right. I fell side
ways, but mostly on my feet, and started
on a run in a direction opposite to where
his head pointed.
"He swung around and was after me
iu a trice. Of course I could not hope
to outrun him. He gained on me. I
stopped, facing him, nnd had by this
time drr.wn my revolver. On ho came
like 11 hurricane. His grizzly and awful
front, his fiery eyes, his mighty,, head
long, plunging gait, which seemed tho
very embodiment of nn overwhelming
force all this hr.s boon indelibly photo
graphed on my brain, though the process
was about as instantaneous as could be.
When he was within about four or fivo
feet of mo I leaped to one side, and hit
impetuous rush swung him straight along.
But as he tore by me, the very ground
shaking with his jumps, for he weighed
over a ton, I sent a bullet iuto his side.
It penetrated his lungs. The others had
been effective. I could see him roel.
"He stopped, turned, was about to
make another charge, staggered, sank on
his knees, his florce eyes rolling in mad
fury at mo. I mjved around to his side
and put another ball into him, when he
went clean down and stretched himself
in tho last struggle.
"Come down aud visit me, and as you
step across my threshold there in tho
vestibule confronting you will be his
enormous head, as lifelike as the art of
taxidermy can present. Look at that
grand head and you will be compelled
to give credence to a part of my story,
at least, and your regrets will join mine
that no more of tho noblost American
game ia to be found ou these great
plains." Chicago Tribune.
What to Do In Case of Accident.
Professor Wilder, of Cornell Uni
versity, gives tho following short rules
for action iu case of accident, which will
be found useful to preserve or remem
ber: For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing;
dash water into them; remove cinders,
etc., with the round poiut of a lead peu
cil. liemove matter from tho ear with
tepid water; never put a hard instrument
into the ear.
If an artery is cut compress above the
wound; if a vein is cut compress below.
If choked get upon all fours and
cough.
For slight burns dip the part in cold
water; if the skin is destroyed cover
with varnish.
Smother fire with carpets, etc. ; water
will often spread burning oil and in
crease danger. Before passing through
smoko take a full breath, and then
stoop low; but if carbouic acid gas is sus
pected walk erect.
Suck poisoned wounds, unless your
mouth is sore; enlarge tho wound, or,
better, cut out the part without delay;
hold tho wounded part as long as can bo
borne to a hot coal or end of a cigar.
In case of poisoning excito vomiting
by tickling the throat or by warm water
and mustard.
If in water, float cn the back, with tho
nose and mouth projecting.
f or apoplexy raise tho heati and bidy :
for fainting lay the person flat. New
York Herald.
Have Variety In Your. Food.
There is n source of ill health in many
rural homes which certainly should not
exist. Tho cause here referred to is lack
of variety of food. It may sound strange
to some to near such a cause of ill health
is existing ou our Aiueiicau farms, but
such is actually the case. It is true that
really good vegetable uud fruit gardens
are lucking at a great part of our rural
homes. There may be a few vegetables
growing iu tho garden at tho height of
the season, but such a thiug as an effort
to have fresh vegetables in abundance
uiuo months in the year is almost un
known on a Northern farm, and the
same is true in reference to fruits. Whilo
it is possible to h ive fruit on the table
every day iu the year grjwn on a farm
iu tho North, there is not one farm in
ten thousand so supplied. Vegetables
nnd fruits take the place at medicines iu
maintaining health and vigor of the
body. IuueeJ, it is doubtlul if people
supplied with nn abundance of fresh
vegetables and ripe fruit have much need
of medicine or ine lical aid. More and
more attention to this matter is irjcded.
New York Independaut.
A Itelic of the War.
Tho following, says Harper's Weekly,
is a cViy of a bill, written in lead
pencil 0.1 coarse yellowish "war piper,"
for seoai-hand crockery-waro sold ul
auctio 1 ii Hilcigu. North Carolina,
.January 7, lS'H. Tne war was still
ueariy a year and a half froai its chje,s
some i lea may be gained of what priu-Ji
rose t in thj la-t days of the Con
federal :
i wait iv, eac'a M IK) S 00
1 bitt.-.- ft o)
2 sto v crocus, each $1 ',5 4 . 1
(I cup . -in 1 sauc -ri 7s on
li t.a - ns uu I naue m Ii I 0 1
1 J p 1 - , etea W S3 V3 ()
llia-uiiii.! ri ;
'4 bleu.-: h:.:ies, eaea l-'i 00 $1 ih
!i st -a'i ilis'ie., each j( 00 Hi H
'IV .-.b i.vl, and cniHt, sr, tdi
J -li di -Ii otc.i 4 5) ;i III
uil stalMh, t-el! ti 0J l:j 00
1 Miup tutf ni as 00
1 Ki avv il.su 111 00
I I'ilW lil-ll (cwu ltiMh JISI
j (UllliT I'iatt?-, e;ic I i 'J't .'It 3i
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Wooden pavcuicnU founded On steel
are a novelty.
The normal temperature of a man is
9FT degrees Fahr. j that of a tish, seven-ty-seven
degrees.
Fifty-ono metals nro now known to
exist. Four hundred years rgo only
seven were known.
The latest discovery in industrial
scicuce is that glass can bo cast iuto
largo blocks for building purposes.
A now mineral species called "bolerito"'
has been discovered in Lower California.
It is a copper and silver ore, which is
found iu cubic crystals of an indigo-blue
color.
Ten dams with a horse power of 100,
000 units will bo erected in the St. Louis
River, near Fond du Lac, Wis. This
power will be utilized for the benefit of
Dulutb, Minn.
A puddle-ball weighing 60C pounds is
being made at tho National rolling mill,
Pittsburg, Penn., and will form a por
tion of the World's Fair exhibit at Chi
cago. Tho ball will break tho record
for size.
A brilliant aerolite, burning with a
green color, was observed rocenlly at
Madrid, Spain. It remained for five
minutes near the constellation of the
Great Bear, and afterward took a north
westerly course and vanished.
' Beccnt experiments on the notion ol
metals on india rubber show that ooppcr
is tho most deleterious. Platinum, pal
ladium, aluminum and lead act only
slightly, whilo magnesium, zinc, cad
mium, cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium,
tin, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, silver,
and gold have no action whatever on
this materia.
A correspondent of the Geneva (Switz
erland) Tribune relates that his family
were disturbed one evening by a mys
terious ringing of the electric bells all
over the house. Investigating thn cause,
tho writor found that a largo spider had
established itself at a poiut where the
bell and the electric light wires rau close
to one another, with ouo leg on citnci
wire, thus establishing a connection.
Most yellow or orange colored flowers
are phosphorcsceut, if watched in the
twilight during July and August, wheu
the atmosphere is highly electric and
not a particle of moisturo is in the nir.
The common potato, wheu decompos
ing, gives light enough to read by a
light so vivid that onco a cellar at Stras
burg was thought to bo on tiro whec
shiuing with tho phosphorescence of de
composing potatoes.
A specimen of prehistoric hatchets ol
peculiar form was exibited by M. Vil
lavona, of Picra, nt the meeting of the
Krvr".'h Asocintiou. About two hun
dred if them had been found at Elcho.
I They were rimplo emblems or images of
j a hatchet, made of a thin blade of mctil,
ornamented ou both sides Iro n one end
to tho other, and without edges. At the
top is a kind of cup suggesting a socket
that docs not exist, und representing,
probably, the jot of the casting.
The reason for the red sunset indicat
ing a flno day to come is because the
amount of vapor floating i 1 the air re
flects the beams of tho sun aud more
freely transmits tho red rays of light
than the colored rays. It is the degree
of moisture in tho atmosphero which nf-
focts tho refraction of tho light, aud
when red rays of evening are freely
transmitted the amount of moisture doe?
not approach tho raiu poiut, und, there
fore, promises tho following duy to be
flue.
A Unique Portrait.
Many remarkable stories are told con
cerning the wonders of penmauship,
such ns the work of Jolm.J. Taylor, ol
Stroator, III., who once wrote (ilK)O
words ou the blank side of a;postal card;
and tho Austiinr who wrote 100 letters
on a grain of wheat; but in tho estima
tion of the writer, Gustavo Dahlberg, a
Swedish university studeut, has eclipe 1
thorn all.
This wizard of the pen has made a
portrait of King O-car, the whole iu
microscopic letters, forming short aud
long extracts from the Bible.
Tho right eye of this wonderful
portrait is made up of even verses from
the Psalms of David; the left of versos
from tho Proverbs of Solomon, the Book
of Chronicles, and the Song ol Solomon,
containing iu nil .117 words and 17011
letters. The King's uniform is com
posed of the whole of the first fifty
Psalms.
The exact number of words and letters
in tho whole portrait is not stated, but
judging from the fact thut it took 1709
letters to ma 0 one eye, tho whole num
ber of letters in this triumph of the pen
man's art cannot fall much short of
50,000. In making the name of the
King alone, Dulhberg used all of the
Itoyal Greek prayer aud the exxvi. and
exxvii. Psalms, says the Philadelphia
Press.
The portrait, which is said to look
life-like and natural, is on tinted paper
of tho kind known us "Hayne's Stand
ard," aud is so small that a United States
half-dollar laid upon it comparatively
hides it from view. Takeu all in all, it
is accounted the most wonderful piece
of penuiaofhip ever executed.
All Orator's Bashful Bi'innlii.
During the Indian war of '30, while
volunteer companies were boiug formed
in dillerent counties of the State, a com
pany was oi'uauized in Hancock County,
Captain U. W. Brown commanding. On
their departure for the seat of wur the
citizens of Sparta decided to give them
an ovation. Orators were scarce, uud
after searching the town over for a
speuker it was suggested (bit there was
a young lawyer there who had uevei
made a speech, but who might be per
suaded lo try his luck ou that occasion.
The young luwyi-r was quickly neon, and
consented to nay it few words by way ol
encouragement to thu Hancock Blues 011
their departure ou so patriotic a mission.
The BHiech was the talk of the town for
uevcrul days. The speaker was Alexan
der 11. StepUcuH. Atlanta Constitution.
SOME POINTS ON CLAMS.
JACT9 ABOUT THEM WHICH ABE
NOT POPULARLY KNOWN.
Put One in a Tan nt Koa Walcr and
Observe What a Wonderful Crea
ture It ts Porcine Clam Hunter.
IN a talk cn clams an ichthyologist
said to a Washington Slnr man:
"Tho clam in point of merit seems
4 always to havo been over-shadewed
by the oyster. Yet the more humblo
mollusk, which finds a domicilii in sand
or mud, is a very useful ns well as ad
mirnblo creature. You know the 'squirt'
clam, which is so justly popular in New
England, whero it is sometimes called
the 'sand gaper' or 'old maid.' It is au
animal unattrativc enough in appearance
when newly dug up. But put it into a
pan of shallow sea water and you will
presently observe some things about it
thnt will surprise you.
"As soon as tho clam, thus restored to
its natural clement, has regained confi
denco it stretches out its tube or 'neck'
to a length ot several inches, perhaps
nearly a foot. Then it is seen that this
important organ has two openings at the
end, fringed with, appeudagos like little
feelers. Two tubes pass through the
neck to tho body of the clam, and, if you
watch, you will see a current of water
flowing iuto one tube and out the other.
This currcut is produced by the motion
cf small hairlike 'cilia' lining the interior
of tho animal. Tho clam has viscera, a
heart, a stomach into which the mouth
opens almost directly but I did not in
tend to givo you an an domical lecture.
"Theso 'squirt' or 'long' clams arc
found plentifully as fur north as tho Arc
tic Ocean, where the seals, walrus, polar
bears and foxes feed upou them greedily.
Their habitat extends ns far south as
Cape lluttcrns, below which they are
scarce. They thrive also nlong the north
eru coasts of Kuropo and on tho shores
of Japan, Alaska aud northeastern
Asia. Tho young clam, as soon as he is
old enough to establish a dwelling lor
himself, protrudes his foot, which is at
the opposite end from tho neck, and
proceeds to dig with it. This foot is
really a very remarkable instrument,
inasmuch as the animal can alter its
shape at will so that it becomes a spade,
a hook, a sharp wedge or a pointed grav
ing tool. With it the clam digs down
for six or eight inches into tho sand,
leaving extended behind him hissiphon
liko neck.
"H is by no nieana of this siphon that
tho clam maintains communication with
the surface. Having neither tho means
nor tho inclination for roaming, it de
pends for food upou microscopic nrticles
which are sucked iu with tho current of
water through tho tube, tho water bring
ing oxygen also to the gills. Its burden
unloaded, tho water Hows out through
the discharging tubes, carrying with it
all excromcntitious matter. This cur
rent is continuous, so that it is never
loug between drinks with this bivalve,
which fact may perhaps account for the
origin of tho phrase, 'happy as a clam.'
'Hogs on Long Island aud elsewhere
know how to dig for clams very well.
They go out upon the flats at low water
nnd root wherever tho pressure of their
weight causes a squirt to appear. This
is a very cheap and profitable method of
keepiug swine. In winter the cla'us bury
theniselvos deeply, but icicles are often
fouud in their shells. These mollusks,
which, as human food nnd tor bait, con
stitute au important, elemeut of tho ma
rine wealth of the United States, havo
been recoatly transplanted to the Pacific
coast, being carried across the continent
with the oyster seed which is annually
transported in large quantities from the
Kastern States. They havj thrivon great
ly, succeeding whero tho oysters havo
failed, aud have stocked Sau Francisco
Bay with a uow food supply.
"The Pilgrim Fathers uud other early
colonists in this country fouud th" In
diums 'treading' and diving for 'rouud'
clams, otherwise known iu the nborigi
1111I tougue as 'qiihuugs.' They adopted
the former method, and to this day
their desceudauts iu New Knglaud ran
be seen nil along the coast wailing in
tho water and feeling with their toes
for the mollusks, which lie buried
usually iu mud that is thickly ov.irgrown
with seaweed. Tho animal always lies
with the edgo of its shell out of the mud
iu order to breathe uud the feeling of it
to tho foot is iinmistnkeable. Diving
aud 'Heading' for quuhaugs among the
Indians used to be performed by the
squaws and older children, tuch labor
being beneuth the dignity of the lueu.
At present oyster touu'S, rakes and
dredges are employed for the purpose.
The uborigiucs manufactured money out
of the shells, as well as uriow points,
scrapers, spoons, paint holders nnd oilier
utensils.
"The Indians iu tho old days wero
great eaters of claim, as a proved by the
enormous deposits of tho shells which
remain along the shores of bays aud estu
aries. They dried cluins as well us
oysters in the sun ou pieces of bark,
thus preserving them for purposes of
trade. Tho coast tribes conijiiure I by
the powerful Six Nat ions puid a large
tribute of clams, which were regarded
as a great luxury in the interior not
only the interior of the Indian, 1 mean,
but of the country. Iu the summer and
fall the savages came to thu seashore for
the purposu of celebrating their great
lestival of the green ruru, on which oc
casion clams, succulent ears of corn aud
seaweeds were roasted together. It is
from this custom that thu mo leiu clam
Luke was derived.
Arubiai'. Horses.
The true Arabiau horsos cannot bs
purchased, u-s the exportation of them
from I he Turkish dominions is prohili
itcd. All of them that have beeu brought
here have been given 10 prominent per
sons by the Tin k ish or Kgyptiuu Goveru
mi'iils, aud us only lmr-.es arc given and
lio limit's they are not bred pure iu any
prill of this continent. Consequently the
,'taliions arc use. I ouly for dusking.-
NviY Vol it TllUCj.
THE OENBnoU3 UUOH,
Oh, th generous laugh, unreserved and
whole.
Is the music of the h. nrt; .
Tis tho anthem grand of a ro?1 Ms sou)
And of heavenly choir a part.
I'll grasp the hand of the man or maid
Who with laughter flllamy ear;
'TIs the only sound that can never fade
In the Valley of vanished year.
Oh, the thrilling shout '
As the laugh rings out y. )
From a stout heart, firm and true;
'Tin the robust sound S
The wide world round, ' ,'
As it thrills you, through and Ihrnurfc '
P. B. Casoiiiy
HUMOR OF TIIE DAY. - '
Food for reflection The good dinner
that you missed. Sifting).
Hemains to be seen The girl before
the mirror. St. Paul Globe.
The leap-year girl might try him deli
cately with a little pop-corn. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Tho spriug poet has few writes that
publishers nro bound to respvet.
Hochester Post-Express.
There was a tire iu a lawyer's oflico
here the other day that was cau-cd by a
soot in the chimney. Lowell Courier.
At the Fifth Hour: Zonobia "I liko
autumn." Augusta "How so?" Zeno
bia "Autuuiu leaves." New York Her
ald. It is a dangerous time for a man's
greatness when his wife's imagination
begins to wear thin. Iiidiuunpolis Jour
nal. A New Jersey minister married fiftcju
couples withiu sixty minutes the ot her day.
Fifteen knols nn hour isn't bad. Lowell
Courier.
In Kuglaud they stand for office, in
this country they run, and in both coun
tries they lio more or leas. Oil City
Blizzard.
A magaziuo article asks: "Do titles
pay?" Well, geuerally, no, until they
are sued, and then sometimes tuey get
out of it. Hochester Post.
A burking dog or a crying baby msy
not be npprecinted by one's neighbors,
but either certainly gives tone to one's
establishment. Boston Transcript.
Yes, iny sou, colleges have their
faculties, but it is not the faculties of
tho students that receivo tho highest
compensation. Boston Transcript.
Wool "Who was it advocated
'throwing physic to tho dogs:''1 Van
Pelt "Don't .remember the name; somo
fellow wdioso wife had one, likely."
Brooklyu Life.
"Ah," mused Mr. Hungry Iliggins, as
the "charitable oliioer,'1 steere I him
toward the city wood-yard, "I have onco
more struck tho popular cord." ludiau
apolis Journal.
A housemaid says her mistress is In
consistent. Sho charges her not to
break a dish, aud if she does break one,
she charges her for it just the s.imc.
Boston Transcript.
"I think this thing of overwork being
fatal is all rot,'' remarked tho paste-pot.
"Why, of course it is," replied the
Lent-umbrella joke. "Just look at us!"
Indianapolis Journal.
Colonel Slyc, or St. Louis, lias bee
sent to prison for twenty years for rob
bing an express car. The Colonel made
a mistake by not taking the whole rail
road. Washington Post. ,
Bertha "Grandma, is oor tcef good !''
Grandma "No, dnrling; l'vo got rono
now, uufortuuutely." Bertha "Then
I'll givo 00 my nuts to miud till I como
back." Pacific Methodist.
Conductor "Madam, I am obliged to
ask faro for that boy; ho looks older
thau four years." Mother "ile isn't,
at all; hu has his father's heal but his
mother's ways." Cloak Journal.
Mrs. Dix "These clubs must be very
unhealthy places." Mrs. Hicks "Wuaf
111 ikes you think so?" Mrs. Dix ".My
husband says they wouldn't let a matt iu
uulessho had the grip.'" Nov i'ork
Herald.
Thoie aro too many penplo who will
not cist their bread upon the waters un
loss they aro assured beforjhan I that it
will como back ugatn in a few days a full
grown sandwich, all triumio 1 with ham,
butter and mustard, rolled up in a war
ranty deed for ouo-half of the earth ami
a mortgage ou tho other. Orriu (Wi-ili-iugtou)
Enterprise.
The girls ure busy just now making
ucckties for their best young men. Tir.'y
first carefully study his complexion, and
then buy the silk which will bu beco uiu ;
to his pcculiur Ntyle of beauty. Tne silk
is crouched into a "four-in-hand tie."
It takes time and patience, but the maid
und man are happy. The youth who has
uot beeu presented w'th one of the new
tics is wearing u pained, hurt look.
New York World.
Kurlj Hours in Audiian Ti.vn.
Thero is a peculiarity which Vienna
shares in common with all Austrian,.,
towns. At 10 o'clock the streets are de
serted. Scarcely will you meet oue soli
tary soul. A law authorizes the portiere
or concierge to levy a tax of tuu krejtz
ers, called tho Spergnld, 011 nay persou
leaving or eutering tno house after that
hour. Thus this Spi rgold oblige you,
when you are invited to 11 party, to pay
ten kreutzi-rs on leuviug your own apart
ment, ten more for yourself and your,
servant 011 eutering your host's house,
the sunn) when you leave it, au 1 thu
same on re-euteriug your o.vu. Thus
tho theatre aud opera begin early, uud
the pcrfoi malice is timed to end at a
quarter before ten. If it lasts longer
nearly tho whole audieucu rise-i ami
hastens away to be home iu time ,i iave
the Spergol I. Cafes are emptied at tuat
hour, the trains aro crowded as th.t lust
moment of gruce arrives, and even tho
rubbers of whist at the 1 lob ; are iuter
ruptcd. It grows into such a force of
habit, aud is Mich uu titvcptcd fact, that
unless under exceptional circumstances,
you do not think of incut liu the dcV-
Now Voik Ditputth.