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VOL. XXV. NO. 2.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1892,
81.50 PER ANNUM.
A Belgian paper !s publish !ng nrticles
on tbe decay of the English Navy,
The German Reichstag has docred
that telegram are inviolable lccrets, ex
cept in criminal cases.
There has seldom been a time in the
history of American enterprise, asserts
Public Opinion, when capital was moro
reluctant to invest its idle money than it
is at present.
Carlislo, Penn., tlio oldest of Indian
training schools, was openod in 1879 and
has graduated only three small classes.
None of thorn, admits the New York In
dependent, hare had time to show what
they can do.
Judging from the number of charters
taken out in the differcut States for the
construction of railroads, it is estimated
that upward of 73!)J miles of new track
will be added to the total mileage of the
country this year.
The Journal of the College of Science,
published at Tokio, contains articles on
paleontology, soismography nnd natural
physics,' which would seem to indicate
that, in the course of time, Japan will
hare its distinguished savants and sci
entific investigators.
Borne of the wisest scholar! delight in
the collection of pamphlets, learns the
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 ptica then asked for them.
Dr. Edward Everett ilc is one of these
pamphlet collectors Hj koeps his in a
series of baskets suspended by rope and
pulley from the beams in the ceiling of
his, itudy.
, A hundred thousand children of Den
mark, with penny contributions, pro
cured a crown of gold, to be presented
to the King and Queen on their golden
wedding day. Tho gift is wrought to
represent corn ears and clover leave?,
and interlaced with a ribbun bearing
the inscription "The children of Don
mark have woven this crown for the oc
casion of the golden wedding of King
Christian IX. and Q leon L-iuisu on May
28, 1892."
One new creature in the next European
war will be tho Bnsna-Hcrzegoviuian
troops, who are now exciting the admira
tion of Vienna by their superior phy
sique, martial bearing, Arm, clastic step
and steadiness, as well as by their prac
tical dress aud equipment. Following
the British example with native Indian
troops, the Austrian Government de
cided to ininglo indiscriminately in
these new levies Christians and Mahome
tans, Greeks and Roman Catholics, in
stead of keeping tho sectaries apart.
The plan is said to work admirably.
According to the No-v York Truth, the
outcome of the experiment now beiug
triod 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
training horses for spued. The system
the idea is not abiolutoly new, but has
never before been applied on a largo
scale consists in tiaiuiug horses in tho
water, making them swim in tanks of
tepid salt water instead of tho constant
track work that lias tinned so many
promising auiinale. Tho swimmiug re
duces flesh rapidly aud strengthens tho
muscles and improves the wind as much
as ten times tho sumo time spent on the
track, and a very little supplementary
track work puts the horse in condition
to make a record. Should this system
prove all that it now scorns to be, Mr.
Tompkins will have done much to further
the improvoraont of horse flesh.
The Now York Sun says: Some of
the members of tho Foreign Legations at
Washington who are well kuown in the
New York clubs nre sufferers by the un
fortunate names which they have inher
ited. Mr. Grip,' the Swedish Minister,
for example, has had to listen to so much
play upon hit naiuo since his namesake
became a lashionuble malady, that it is a
wonder be 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 and blinkingly without
comprehending fully its meaning. The
late Persian Minister, Hadji Hussein
Ghouli Khan (I am not quite sure of the
spelling of all of it myself), found his
name so twisted in the mouths of menials
as well as of the people he met socially
that he probably looks upon Americans
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 Italian Society, whoso uu for
tunate name is Iuuiiaroue a name which
the vulgar have corrupted into Annie
Itooney, to tb Uf.'-' "tbiweu's great
LOVE STRONO AS DEATH.
Nay, my not, Sweet, that Love has turned
away
Because on. day
He (fathered alien flowers while it was May,
For Love is Love, and cannot go that way,
Tho" little loves there be that dance and
imr.
And kiss and cling;,
Aud praise the light and laughter of the
Bprinpr,
Dut on dark days, like birds, forbear to
sing.
Shall Love that bore tbe blast and did not
fail
Now cower and quail-
Strong Love that blanched not then, to-day
turn pale?
Nay, Love Is Love, my own, and cannot
fail.
Ob, could Love cease, or change, or pass
away,
Then the soui's day
Would turn to night, unlit by any ray;
But Love, Sweetheart, can never pans away
Philip Bourke Marston, in Independent.
A BUFFALO HUNT.
BUFFALO is
more timid than
those calves
browsing there,.
and more power
ful than a lion
A trifle will scare
the wits out of
him; but unless
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 bad
lived in the West. lie had taken Grej-
ley's advice and crown up with the
country. Ho had swung through a wide
range, and bad lived among tho mount'
ains, but now owne l a large ranch on
the plains. Though engaged extensively
in the cattle business, there was a time
when he was as well nigh as largely eu
gaged in the buffalo business.
"Yes," ho resumed, "you can send
them flying as easily as you can a brood
of chickens, but it will not require the
wind oi a thoroughbred borso to catch
up with them. Aud when a buffalo runs
he is the most ungainly, lumbering crea
turo going.
, "Just about twenty years ago I was
along bore wben down from tbe north'
east rolled 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 beard the thundor of their
heavy gallop. The earth fairly shook
beneath their tremendous movement,
Great clouds of dust rose above them, as
though a cyclone was tearing up the
earth and filling 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 bad scented it, and
naa come irom nines away lor it wltn a
mad rush.
"It seemed as tbey approached that
their speed quickened. The herd was
led by a number of great, powerful hulls,
Their eyes rolled, whilo their tongues
bung from their open mouths. I bad
watched herds approach and pass me be
fore. But, hidden behind a rock, so as
not to aismru"' em, l watcboa wltn an
entirely new interest the sweep of this
berd, impelled by the fiery torments of a
consuming thirst. I quickly perceived
its object, and, as the channel of tbe
stream is a trifle deep, I judged that
there would be a sudden increase of
speed for a brief moment wben tbe banks
were 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 the
shores a result of heavy storms nearer
their source. I concluded from tho im-
Eetuous rush of this turbulent stream of
uffaloes that tho channels of this river
would soon be covered and quite filled.
But a moment later my conclusions were
more than realized. For wben the lead
er reached the very brink they plunged
down the steep bank, and they - would
have suffered no particular injury from
the sudden and swiit descent, because a
buffalo, though awkward and weighing
a ton, when he goes down almost n pre
cipitous decline will so csmbine a tum
ble with a slide and roll and leap that,
much like a cat, bo will soon-be right
side up at the bottom. It was what came
after them that prevented the leaders
from getting the best of tbe bargain in
reaching the water first.
"For this great berd 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 tbey bad been entertained soon
enough, to perceptibly cheek its move
ments. So down the banks they tumbled
on top of the leaders, rank after rank,
until tbe channel for a quarter of a mile
was lull and overflowing with them.
"Yes, the momentum was so great
and tbe stop so sudden that frost my
point of observation it seemed like an
enormous blak wave, whose edgo had
suddenly swollen higher than the suc
ceeding body, and it was rolling over
and over because of the undertow.
Pushed on by the great mass behind, the
buffaloes which reached the bank had to
leap upon the backs of those aiiead for
their lives, and so that great mass rolled
over and over, throwing many on the
opposite bank. You would have sup
posed that fatal consequences would have
resulted to great numbers.
"The ru&h was toon stopped. Then
herd widened out, those in the rear hur
rying up and down the stream, and those
tumbled into a heap into the bed of the
stream rapidly extricating themselves,
until, in an almost incredibly short space
of time, every buffulo was comparatively
free. I do not suppose there were more
thau half a dozeu that were sitiouM)'
injured. It iu simply remark tilde, the
toughness of the buffaloes which u-ed to
roam iu this great West.
"Hunting the buiulo, i existing
sport. To an old hunter, though, it is
usually a simple affair. For a long pe
riod during my lifo the commonness of
the hunt rubbed off about all the novelty
there was in it, and it came to bo re
garded as quite an ordinary event.
"I want to say, too, that the wholo-
salo way iu which those hu;ro animals
were slaughtered by speculators is some
thing which always riles the blood of a
Westerner when it is referred to. And
I cannot rec.ill those grand old boasts
without being reminded of tho brutality
and unpardnnablo bloody work of many
a white man from tho Last.
"I remember a chase which took
place down near the Arknsaas River
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.j
some duck in a distant bend of the river,
where there were sedgy marshes, aud
where they found a favorito rosort. But
I was unable to discover tho faintest
sign of their presence, and, after ex
hausting both mysolf and 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 insigmlicant
pursuit, unworthy of a strong man: for
there in the distance was a great herd of
buffaloes feeding. It was to the wind
ward and consequently I ran no risk of
being scented.
Hastily eating what littlo luuch I had
remaining from tho previous night I
started. Luck favored me. I discov
ered tho serpentine line of a narrow
hollow formed by the waters when great
rains fell, moving to tho river. This
line wound around in a long and circuit
ous fashion until it came noar tbe 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 beir dis
tinctly the ripping sound which innum
erable mouths made as they tore the
green grass from the sod.
"I had not reached quite the point
where I determined to mount the bank
and make a charge upon the herd when
I came unexpectedly into aa opening
where tbe bauks lowered away, exposing
me to the full view of the cows that
happened to bo browsing in that direc
tion. , They instantly tossed their beads
and started. The attention of others
was drawn and then some bulls gave a
sharp snort, which was a signal for a
general stampede. Away tbe wboie
herd plunged. It was then or never.
So spurring my pony up the grade I
tore after thorn. They were in good
condition for Icadrng me a long race,
and swept away like the wind. But my
pony possessed unusual qualities of speed
and I gained on them gradually.
came close to the straglers, but, us I was
after some tempting steak, I had no dis
position to shoot down anything that I
could reach. So pressing on I saw some
fine cows ahead, nnd reaching them I
put a couple of balls in the first and
three in the others, which brought them
down. Then a couple of rods or so
further in advance I saw a magnificent
bull. lie was the biggest fellow I had
yet seen, with trcineadovs shoulders and
a mane which was immense. I urged on
my p my as tho enormous fellow, then
on the edge of the herd, a stalwart pro
tector, lumbered swiftly along, As I
drew nearer hts great proportions excited
keenest admiration, aud I at once re
solved that if I got nothing elso I must
certainly secure him. His magnificent
bead nnd his hugo bide would be tro
phies that any hunter . might well be
proud of.
"It was a nip and-tuck race. Tho big
fellow seemed to catch on to my purpose,
for he stretched himself out and tore up
the earth as his gait increased, making a
spurt of speed which lengthened the dis
tance between us. ,
"But my pony caught the full excite
ment of the race and bent himself with
new energy to his work, and it was
but a few minutes when we came
up to tbe big lello-.v s side. 1
took careful aim, and blazed away.
Instiuctively my horse swerved away
just in time to escape the outward.
luage of the beast, who tossed his he-id
and came charging after.
But he mado only several leap?, when
he resumed his pace and went tearing
ahead with still greater speed. Evi
dently my bullet had only grazed hiin,
stimulating him rathor than damaging
him. My horse was at his bc3t and
rapidly came up, so that wo soou were
tearing along neck and neck again.
"We were a little further oil this time
from tbe animal, when, on a line with
bim, I shot again. He turned quick as
u flash toward me. My pony, attempting
to leap aside, struck a number of prairie
dog holes and lost his footing. Before
he could extricate himself tho enraged
bull was upon us. His h?ad was down
and be caught the horse beneath. His
rush was so great tint bis heal was pre
vented from being thrown up as highly
as it might have been. As it was, my
pony was lifted Irom his fecit, gored, and
thrown to one side in a heap. I was
jerked from my seat, au 1 weut sprawl
ing over the beast. Iu tuo intense ex-
citemeut of a chase like that, one docs
not stop to calculate the risks he runs.
"In my condition any ono of a dozen
incidents would seem to be the occasion
of instant death. Behind mo cirue a
score of these large fellows right on a line
of my fall. It seoaiad th tt I wo ild be
trampled to piece. But I landed on nil
fours and was at once on my feet siiout
ing sud brandishing my ur ns. Too niais
parted, and I ran to a distance. But the
wounded bull, catching sight of me,
cume churning upon iuu with a furious
bellow. My bid luck was bouuj to con
tinue, for I stumbled aud fell.
"Down iu tiojiemlous plunges at
me cmne the monster. I cjulil not rise
quick enough, and fulling at the side of
Hn old butlalo tr.iil i narrow p.itli woru
into the ground by the inarching of
countless hulfaloes moving in sin le tile
I rolled mtnthis. Tiiu um-toru iipt!i:
kiouud with his hoo i iu try.u ;- i i ti,
and liuoke 1 fero .-'.mi ly ;it tr.. His fav
eyes burned like c i lls of tiiv, uu I
truth, suine I wit'.i Mi o I, drip " 1 i'on
Ills IllO'ltll. lie-l I I I i; i Idle ' ll I
uut.cud the .hl au: ol iii mill, but j
lying there, with that tossing nnd dash
ing boad above me, it see nod to bo three
times as largo and ugly and terrible in
the extreme, I expected every instant
to feel the awful thrust of his horns. His
head bumped against me. His enormous
mano brushed me. His nose struck mo.
The froth from his mouth spattered mo.
His tremendous breathing puffed like a
steam engine again and again into my
face. But his horns wero too short to
catch on readily. I knew that my only
safety was to lie low and say nothing.
Just ns I was about to congratulate my
self that the fellow could not get at ma
has horn torn a rent in my trousers. Tbe
ripping noise maddened him if possible
still more. Ho made a deeper scoop for
me and caught my buckskin coat in tho
shoulder, jerked me up from the ground,
and threw me to the right. I fell side
ways, but mostly on ray feet, and started
on a run in direction opposito to where
his head pointod.
"He swung around nnd was after me
in a trice. Of course I could not hope
to outrun bim. He gained on me. I
stopped, facing him, and had by this
time drr.wu my revolver. On ho came
like a hurricane. His grizzly and awful
front, his fiery eyes, his mighty,. head
long, plunging gait, which seemed the
very embodiment of an overwhelming
force all this has beon indelibly photo
graphed on my brain, though the process
was about as instantaneous as could be.
Wben he was within about four or five
feet of mo I leaped to one side, and hit
impetuous rush swung him straight along.
But as be tore by me, the very ground
shaking with his jumps, for he weighed
over a ton, I sent a bullet into his side.
It penetrated bis lungs. The others had
been effective. I could see him reel.
"He stopped, turned, was about to
make another charge, Btaggered, sank on
his knees, his fierce eyes rolling in mad
fury at me. I inaved around to his side
and put another ball into him, when he
went clean down and stretched himself
in tho lost struggle.
"Come down and visit me, and as you
step across my threshold there in the
vestibule confronting you will be his
enormous head, as lifelike as tbe 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 tne noblest American
game is to be found ou these great
plains." Chicago Tribune.
What to l)o In Case of Accident.
Professor Wilder, of Cornell Uni
versity, gives the 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 point of a lead pen
cil. Remove matter from the 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
creaso danger. Before passing through
smoke take a full breath, and then
stoop low; but if carbonic acid gas is sus
pected walk erect.
Suck poisoned wounds, uoless your
mouth is sore; enlarge tho wound, or,
better, cut out tho part without delay;
bold the woundod part as long as can be
borne to ft hot coal or end of a cigar.
In case of poisoning excite vomiting
by tickling the throat or by warm water
and mustard.
If in water, float cu tbe back, with tho
nose And mouth projecting.
J) or apoplexy raise tbe bead and bsdy :
for fainting lay the person flat. New
York Herald.
Have Variety in Your, Food.
There is a source of ill health in inanv
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 hear such a cause of ill houtth
is existing on our Ameiican farms, but
such is actually tbe cose. It is true that
really good vegetable and fruit gardens
are lacking at a great part of our rural
homes. There may be a few vegetables
growing in the garden at the height of
tbe season, but such a thing as an effort
to have fresh vegetables in abundance
mno months in the year is almost uu.
known on a Northern farm, and the
same is true in reference to fruits. Whilo
it is possible to have fruit on the table
every day iu the year grjwn on a farm
in the North, there is not one farm in
ten thousand so supplied. Vegetables
and fruits take the place of medicines in
maintaining health and vigor of tho
body. Iudeod, it is doubtful if peoplo
supplied with an abundauce of fresh
vegetables and ripe fruit have much need
of medicine or medical aid. More and
more attention to this matter is needed.
New York Independaut.
A Belie of tho War.
The following, says ll-u-per's Weekly,
is a cy of a bill, writtea iu lea I
pencil on roarso yellowish "w.tr piper,"
for sec mi-hand crockery-ware, sold ut
auctioi ia Kuleigli, North C.irolini,
January 7, lS'Sf. Tuo war was still
uearly n year and a half from its cloie.sj
some i ka may bo gained of what prices
rose t iu thj luit days of tiiu Con
federal) :
4 wait -iv, eac'a 1 4 00 t 00
1 siit-v ft o.)
I sto 1? erodes, each ti -5 4 .V)
li cup : an 1 saucjrj 7- U)
H t.-i!M')S au.isaucrs til O)
II p i eca to 25 , To 00
1 g.a-i ma;:
2 uu.: lii.'.iiB, eaeo tlo nil 30 Of)
J st'-a'-i dishes, eaell $il 00 4fi DO
'IV iji --".im.vI, and emu!, s. i
'J pir il.i ch-h . Bic.i 4 .V) it in
li sail stauus, ecb ft Oi 13 00
I hiUp tureeu Ms no
1 kiuvt rt.sii Ill ml
I gravy ui.-h e.-aek(b '.Jul
" iiihiht plat?", eau l 'J.r Ml M i
; V!jfi d-k- .inner-, ty,cli lt '-'5. Mi in
U4l ,,, .folJ lU
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Wooden pavement founded On steel
aro a novelty.
The normal tcmpcrnture of ft man is
984 degrees Fahr. J that of a fish, seventy-seven
degrees.
Fifty-one metals are now known to
exist. Four hundred years ego only
seven were known.
The latest discovery in industrial
science is that glass can bo cost into
large blocks for building purposes.
A new mineral species called "bolerite''
has been discovered in Lower California.
It is copper and silver ore, which is
found in cubic crystals of an indigo-blue
color.
Ten dams with a horse power of 100,.
000 units will be erected in the St. Louis
River, near Fond dn Lac, AVis. This
power will be utilized for the benefit of
Dulutb, Minn.
A puddle-ball weighing 606 pounds is
being made at the National rolling-mill,
Pittsburg, Penn., and will form ft por
tion of the World s Fair exhibit at Chi
cago. Tbe ball will break tbe record
for size.
A brilliant aerolite, burning with a
green color, was observed rocently at
Madrid, Spain. It remained for fivo
minutes near the constellation of the
Great Bear, and aftorward took a north
westerly course and vanished.
Recent experiments on tbe "action ot
metals on India rubber show that copper
is tho most deleterious. Platinum, pal
ladium, aluminum and lead act only
slightly, whilo magnesium, ziuc, cad
mium, cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium,
tin, nrsonic, antimony, bismuth, silver,
and gold have no action whatever on
this material. .
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 the cause,
the writor found that a large spider had
established itself at a point where the
bell and the electric light wires ran close
to one another, with ono leg on cit'uet
wire, thus establishing a connection.
Most yellow or orange colored flowers
ere phosphorescent, if watched in the
twilight during July and August, when
the atmosphere is highly electric and
not a particle of moisture is iu the air.
Tbe common potato, wben decompos
ing, gives light enough to read by a
light so vivid that once a cellar at Stras
burg was thought to be on fire whec
shining with the phosphorescence of de
composing potutoes.
A specimen of prehistoric hatchets ol
peculiar form was exibited by M. Vil
lavona, of Piera, at the meeting of the
French Association. About two buu
dred of them had been found at Elcho.
Trinit tiTAva aimnln amKloma rr n i ra a tt
nviu o 1 1 u rv uui j iviua i iiunv. vs
a hatchet, made of a thin blade of metil,
ornamented on both sides Iro:n one end
to the other, and without edges. At the
top is a kind of cup iuggesting a socket
that does not exist, and representing,
probably, tbe jet of the casting.
The reason for the red sunset indicat
ing a fine day to come is because the
amount of vapor floating i a the air re
flects the beams of the sun and more
freely transmits the red ruys of light
than tho colored rays. It is the degree
of moisture in the atmosphere which nf
focts the refraction of tho light, and
whon red rays of evening are freely
transmitted the amount of moisture doe?
not approach tho raiu point, and, there
fore, promises the following day to be
fine.
A Unlquo Portrait.
Many remarkable stories are told con
cerning tbe wonders of penmanship,
such ns the work of John, J. Taylor, of
Streator, 111., who once wroto 0000
words on the blsnk side of a;postal card;
and the Austriasi who wrote 400 letters
on a grain of wheat; but in the estima
tion of the writer, Gustuve Dahlbcrg, a
Swedish university student, has eclipe 1
thnm nil. , . . .
This wizard of the pen has made a
portrait of King Oicar, the whole iu
microscopic letters, forming short and
long extracts from tbe Bible,
Tho right eyo of this wonderful
portrait is made up of even verses from
the Psalms of David; the left of verses
from tho Proverbs of Solomou, the Book
of Chronicles, and the Song of Solomon,
containing iu nil 317 words and 1709
lettors. The King's uniform is com
posed of the whole of the first fifty
Psalms.
The exact number of words and letters
in the whole portrait is not stuted, but
judging from the fact that it took 1709
letters to ma e oue eye, the whole num
ber of letters in this triumph of the pen
man's art cannot fall much short of
50,000. In making the uame of the
King alone, Dalhberg used all of the
Royal Greek prayer uud the exxvi. and
exxvii. Psalms, says tbe Philadelphia
Press.
The portrait, which is said to look
life-like and natural, is on tinted paper
of tho kind known us "llayne's Stand
ard," and is so small that a United States
half-dollar laid upon it comparatively
bides it from view. Taken all in all, it
is accounted tbe most wonderful piece
of penmanship ever executed.
An Orator's Bashful Beuinlo.
During the Indian war of '36, while
volunteer companies were being formed
in different counties of the State, a coin
puny was organized in Hancock County,
Cuptuiu U. W. Brown couimaudiug. Ou
their departure for tbe seat of war the
citizens of Sparta decided to givo them
an ovation. Orators were scarce, aud
after searching the town over for a
speaker it was augmented that there was
a young lawyer there who had never
made a speech, but who might be per
suaded to try his luck ou that occasion.
The young lawyer was quickly seen, and
consented to say a fuw words by way of
encouragement to the Hancock Blues ou
their departure on so patriotic missiou.
The speech was the tulk of the towti for
several days. Tuo sjker was Alexan
der U. btepheus. Atlanta Constitution,
SOME POINTS ON CLAMS.
TACTS ABOUT THEM WHICH ABB
NOT POPULARLY KNOWN,
Pat One fn Pan ol Sea Water nnil
Observe What a Wonderiul Crea
turd It I .Porcine Clam Unnters.
IN a talk cu clams an ichthyologist
said to a Washington Staf man:
"Tho clam in point of merit seems
4 always to have been over-shadowed
by the oyster. Yet the more bumblo
mollusk, which finds a domicilo in sand
or mud, is very useful ns well as ad
mirable creature. You know the 'squirt'
clam, which is so justly popular in New
England, where it is sometimes called
the 'sand gaper' or 'old maid.' It is an
animal unattrative enough in appearance
wben newly dug up. But put it into a
pan of shallow sen water and you will
presently observe some things about it
that will surprise you.
"As soon as tho clam, thus restored to
its natural element, has regained confi
denco it stretches out its tubo or 'neck'
to a length ot several inches, perhaps
nearly a foot. Then it is scou that this
important organ has two openings at the
end, fringed with appendages liko littlo
feelers. Two tubes pass through the
neck to the body of the clam, and, if you
watch, you will see a current of water
flowing iuto one tubo and out the other.
This current is produced by the motion
cf small hairliko 'cilia' lining the Interior
of the animal. The clam has viscera, ft
heart, a stomach into which the mouth
opens almost directly but I did not in
tend to give you an anatomical lecture.
"These 'squirt' or 'long' clams are
found plentifully as fur north as tho Arc
tic Ocean, where the seals, walrus, polar
bears and foxes feed upon them greedily.
Their habitat extends as far south as
Cape Hatteras, below which they are
scarce. They thrive also along the north
ern coasts of Europe and on the shores
of Japan, Alaska and northeastern
Asia. The young clam, as soon as he is
old enough to establish a dwelling for
himself, protrudes his foot, which is at
the opposite end from the 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 spado,
a hook, a sharp wedge or a pointed grav
ing tool. With it the clam digs down
for six or eight inches into the sand,
leaving extended behind him his siphon
like neck.
"It is by no means of this siphon that
the clam maintains communication with
tho surface. Having neither the means
nor tho inclination for roaming, it de
pends for food upon microscopic articles
which are sucked in with tho current of
water through tho tube, tbo water bring
ing oxygon also to the gills. Its burden
unloaded, the water flows out through
the discharging tubes, carrying with it
all excromentitious matter. This cur
rent is continuous, so that it is never
long between drinks with this bivalve,
which fact may perhaps account for the
origin of the phrase, 'happy as a clam.'
'Hogs on Long Island nnd 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 nnd profitable method of
kcepiug swine. In winter tho clams bury
themselves deeply, but icicles are ofteu
found in their shell. These mollusks,
which, as human food and tor bait, con
stitute an important element of tho ma
rine wealth of tho United States, have
been recently transplanted to tho Pacific
coast, being carried across the continent
with the oyster seed which is annually
transported in large quantities from the
Eastern States. They havj thriven great
ly, succeeding where tbo oysters have
failed, and have stocked Sau Francisco
Bay with a now food supply.
"The Pilgrim Fathers uud other early
colonists in this country fouud the In
dians 'treading' nnd diving for 'rouud'
clnms, otherwise known in the aborigi
nal tongue as 'quhaugs.' They adopted
the former method, and to this day
their descendants in New England cau
be seen all along the const wading iu
the wuter and fceliug with their toes
for tbe mollusks, which lie buried
usually in mud that is thickly ovorgmwu
with seaweed. Tho uuiiiml always lies
with tbe edge ot its shell out of the mud
in order to breathe aud the feeling of it
to tho foot is uoniistakeablo. Diving
aud 'Heading' for quahaugs among the
Indians used to be performed by the
squaws and older children, such labor
beiug beneath the dignity of tho num.
At present oyster tonus, rukc3 and
dredges are employed for tho purpose.
The aboriglues manufactured money out
of the shells, us well as arrow points,
scrapers, spoons, paint holders aud other
utensils.
"Tbe Indians iu tho old days wero
great eaters of clams, as is proved by the
enormous deposits of tbe shells which
remain along tho shores of buys aud estu
aries. Tbey dried clams as well ut
oysters iu tho suu ou pieces of bark,
thus preserving them tor purposes of
trade. Tho coast tribes conquered by
the powerful Six Nations paid a large
tribute of clams, which were regurdod
ns a great luxury iu the interior not
only the interior of the Indian, 1 mean,
but of the couutry. In the summer and
full the savages cume to tho seashore for
the purpose of celebrating their great
festival of the greeq com, on whieh oc
casion clams, succulent ears of corn and
seaweeds were roasted together. It is
from this custom that tho mo leru clam
buke was derived.
Arabian Horses.
The true Arabian horsos cannot bs
purchased, as the exportation of them
from the Turkish dominions is prohib
ited. All of them that have been brought
here have been given to prominent per
sons by the Turkish or Kgyptiuu Govern
ments, aud us only horsus nre given aud
li 0 inures they ure not bred pure iu any
ytvl ot this continent. Consequently tbe
rtniiions are tisod only for closing.
NljiY Vulk 'i'lmeJ.
THE OENBROU3 LAUGH.
Oh, th. generous laugh, unreserved and
whole, .
Is the music of the heart; .
Tis the anttwm grand of a goH big sou)
And of heavenly choirs a part.
I'll irrafip th. hand of the man or maid
Who with laughter fills my ears;
'TIs the only sound that can never fad.
Jn the Valley of vanished years. -Oh,
th. thrilling; shout '
As th. laugh rings out r- I
From a stout heart, firm and true;
'Tis th. robust sound S
The wide world round, ' ;
As it thrills you, througu and throurti '
P. 8. Cadjr
'
HUMOR OF THE DAT."
V
Food for reflection The good dinner
that you missed. Siftingi.
Remains 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. Louisvido
Courier-Journal.
The spring poet has few writes that
publishers are bound to respect.
Rochester Post-Express.
There was a fire iu a lawyer's office
here the other day that was caused by a
soot in the chimney. Lowell Courier.
At the Fifth Hour: Zenobin "I liko
autumn." Augusta "I.'owso!" Zeno-.
bia "Autumn leaves." New York Her
ald. It is a dangerous time for a man's
greatness when his wife's imagination
begins to wear thiu. Iudiuunpoiis Jour
nal. '
A New Jersey minister married fiftcsn
couples within sixty miuutcs the other day.
Fifteen knots an hour Isn't bad. Lowell
Courier.
Iu England they stand for office, in
this country they ruu, aud iu both coun
tries they lie more or less. Oil City
Blizzard.
A magaiino article nsks: "Do titles
pay?" Well, generally, no, until tlicy
are sued, and then sometimes tuey get
out of it. Rochester Post.
A barking dog or a crying baby may
not be appreciated by one's neighbors,
but either certainly gives tono to one's
establishment. Boston Transcript.
Yes, my son, colleges have their
faculties, but it is not the faculties of
the Btudents that receive tho highest
compensation. Boston Transcript.
Wool "Who was it advocated
'throwing physio to the dogs?' Van
Pelt "Don't.remeiuber tho name; some
fellow whoso wife bad oue, likely."
Brooklyn Life.
"Ab," mused Mr. Hungry Higgins, as
tbe "charitable ollicer,'1 steered him
toward the city wopd-yard, "I havo onco
more struck tho popular cord." Iadian
apolis Journal.
A housemaid says her mistress is In
consistent. Sho charges her not to
break a dish, and if sho does break one,
she charges her for it just the same
Boston Transcript.
"I think this thing of overwork being
fatal is all rot," remarked tiiu paste-pot.
"Why, of course it is," replied tho
Lent-umbrella joke. "Just look at us!"
Indianapolis Journal.
Colouel Slyc, of St. Louis, has bee.
sent to prisou for twenty years for rob
bing un express car. The Colouel made
a mistake by not taking the wholo rail
road. Washington Post..
Bertha "Grandma, is oor tcef good V
Graudma "No, darling; l'vo got rouo
now, unfortunately." Bertha "Then
I'll give oo my nuts to min i till I coiuo
back." Pacific Methodist.
Conductor "Madam, I am obliged to
ask fare for that boy; he looks older'
thau four years." Mother "ilo isn't,
at all; ho. has his father's beat but his
mother's ways. "Cloak Journal.
Mrs. Dix "These clubs must be very
unhealthy places." Mrs. Hicks "Wnaf
makes you think so f" Mrs. Dix "My
husband ssys they wouldn't let a man iu
unless ho had the grip." Ne.v York
Herald.
Theio are too tinny peoplo who will
not csst their bread upou the waters un
less they are assured beforehand that it
will come back again in a few days a fuii
grown saudwich, all trimmed with hum,-"
butter and mustard, rolled up in a war
ranty deed for one-half of the earth and
a mortgage ou tho other. Orrin (Well
ington) Enterprise.
The girls ure busy just now making
neckties for their best young meu. They
first carefully study his complexion, aud
then buy the silk which will bo beco niu;
to bis peculiar style of beauty. The silk
is crouched iuto a "four-iu-band tie."
It takes time and patience, but tho maid
and man are happy. The youth who has
nut been presented w'th one of the new
ties is wearing a paiued, hurt look.
New York World.
Kurlt Hours in Austrian Titiid.
There is a peculiarity which Vienna
shares in common witii all Austriau
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 tea kreutz
ers, culled tbe Spergnld, ou auy persou
leaving or eutering the house after that
hour. Thus this Kpergold obliges you,
when you aro iuvited to a party, to pay
ten kreutzers on leaviug your own apart
ment, ton more for yourself and your,
servant on entering your host's house,
the sumu when you leave it, aud the
same ou ro-euteiiug your own. Thus
tho theatre aud opera begin early, and
the perfoi mauoe is timed to end at a
quarter before leu. If it lusts longer
nearly the whole audiunco rises and
hastens away to bo home iu time to iuvo
tbe Spergold. Cafes are emptied at tout
hour, the trains are crowded us Ilia last
moment of grace arrives, aud even the
rubbers of wiiist at the club; uru inter
rupted, it grows into such u torce of
habit, and is tuch uu accepted fact, that
u u I cms under exceptional circumstances,
you do not think of mcuiiiu' the deb'.
New York Ditputch.